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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15
POPE GIVES A
PRIVATE AUDIENCE

ONE, February 1.-THE pope today
received in private farewell audience the
1T. Rev Maurice f. Burke, bisnop OF
st. Joseph, Mo, who was the first preiate
to be admitted to an audience since the
death of the Pontiff's sister. Rosa Sarto.
Bishop Burke thought that the Pope
although affected by his loss. appeared
vigorous and in good health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15
Ask for Tidewater Franchise

The citizens of Pratt City petitioned
the commissioners yesterday to grant the
Tidewater a franchise over several blocks
in that section for the purpose of con-
structing loop. That petition could not
be acted upon, but was received. The
company must ask for the franchise
which will be done, 1t is expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15

MEMS HALF HOSE
All 10c Half Hose ................. &c
All 15c Half Hose .................. &c
All 25c and Soc Hose TIC; 3 pairs SOC
All SOC Half Hose 35c; pairs S1.00
Including silk or isle.
All $1.00 Silk Half Hose ......... 69c
All $1.50 Silk Half Hose ......... 90
All $500 Silk Half Hose ........ .$1.29
All $3.50 Silk Half Hose ......... .S1.79
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15
MEMS NIGHT SHIRTS

All soc Night Shirts ..............3 39e
All $1.00 Night Shirts ........... 79c
All $3.50 Night Shirts ......... .S1.09
All $500 Night Shirts ............$ $1.39
All $4.00 Night Shirts ............ $2.79
All $3.50 Silk Night Shirts ........ $4.99
All 25c Carriers TIC
All soc Carriers .... r. .............3 .35c
All standard makes-black, white or
colors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15
MEMS UNDERWEAR

All SOC Shirts or Drawers ........ SOC
All $1.00 Shirts or Drawers ....... .69c
All $3.50 Separate or Combinations $1.09
All $500 Separate or Combination $1.29
All $3.50 Separate or Combination $1.79
All $500 Separate or Combination $2.19
All $3.50 Separate or Combination $2.99
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15
MOBILE BAY MAY
GET APPROPRIATION

washington. February 14.-tspe-
cial. 1.-THE rivers snl4 aa 3rs bill.
renorted to the sralf foaay, car
5ried. in addition % lee Sc bill.
10000 for Grants Pass Is .e bay,
and for examinatioa sra sas vey of
waterway from We ~ r Mobile
bay, and also TO -+fTf eaff ey of
Paint Rock rive-.for e 7sleF above
its mouth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-15

All size /neckbands to 17l2. Beauti-
full patterns of woven madras. All
colors, guaranteed to you to be alb
solutely fast, neckbands pre-shrunk
which prevents shrinking.
The Washington times., 1913-07-01
SUMMER RESORTS
Colonial Beach.

JOHNSON HOUSE, Colonial Beach. Va, on
the Boardwalk: open for the season. Spe-
cial rates for large parties.
GEO. T. JOHNSON, PROP.
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him, for must die. and II is she who
has killed me-Emily de Reuss. oh!
may the gods, whoever they be-the
gods Of the heather. and the God OF
the Christian. your God. Joan, and the
God of Justice curse her! II had lived
I should have killed her. II my fingers
were upon her throat-I could die
happy"
He fell back upon the pillows. Doug
las led Joan from the room. She turned
and faced him.
who IL this woman" she asked.
a Continuation OF This story VIII
BE Found In Tonofrow's
Issue Of Tie Timea.
The Washington times., 1913-07-01


Edw ard b. Mclean, millionalre club-
man and horseman, who several days
ago annexed two red ribbons at the
London International Horse Show.
won two more reds yesterday. His
stable took second prize for tandems
over II and not exceeding Is hands.
With Judge w. II. Moore, of New
York. who woa the championship of
the show for pairs of harness horses
exceeding IS hands yesterday. ]. Sum-
ner Draper, the Boston horseman and
others. Mr.. McLean's stable has in b
great measure aided In keeping Amer
ica's colors in the fore at the show.
Mrs. Alma X. Mangan was today
granted an absolute divorce from
Charles r. Mangan by Justice Ander-
son, presiding in Equity Court No. 1.
The decree directs that Mangan pay
$50 a month for the support Of his
child.
The Washington times., 1913-07-01
School building. tomorrow afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock.

erick v. Abbott. u. s. A., is home
from Dartmouth College. where he was
graduated last month as valedictorian.
Mr.. Abbott made the best record In
mathematics in the history of Dart
mouth. Abbott is a graduate Of West
ern High School. class Of 1909. His
grandfather. Henry L. Abbott. and his
father both made regulations as stu
dents at West Point
The Washington times., 1913-07-01
City Mems
Notes

Increase in pay goes into effect to-
day for a number Of employees Of the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company. Those who get the increase
are trainmen, depot clerks. and start
ers who have served the company ten
years.
CoilidinG with delivery wages
while riding a bicycle at Sixth and
E streets northwest Yesterday after
noon, Henry weisenberg, ten years
old, Of SIG E street northwest, was
was taken TO Emergency Hospital.
A meeting Of the Board Of Eduea-
tion will be held at the Franklin
The Washington times., 1913-07-01

Industrial training, Bible study,
temperance. manners, kidness to dumb
animals. and music will be taught to
900 children in the Shiloh Church sum-
mer vacation school which opens July
to establish three similar ones in the
southwest, Georgetown, and the
northeast but has at present only
funds for one.-
The Washington times., 1913-07-01

come by the heat at Eleventh and
Water streets. southwest last even
Ing. He was taken to Emergency
Hospital.
The Washington times., 1913-07-01

Siias Redmond, nifty years old. oi
King George county, Va. was over
The Tupelo journal., 1913-08-29
Babies Face Screens.

Italian colonies set fashions Of their
own in taking care of babies. A
wanderer in one of those populous dis
tricts saw a bunch of small wire
screens resembling BASEBALL masks
dangling in a store window.
What are those things for?" was
the query.
Screens to protect the babies
faces at Italians Sunday outings"
said the shopkeeper. "On their gala
occasions every carriage load of cele-
bFants pelts every other carriage load
with candy pellets as big as a pigeon
egg and hard as a rock. If they hit
the babies in the face they are likely
to put an eye out. Such accidents
have happened. Lately mothers have
become more careful and they tie a
r over the baby's face until the
candy has all been thrown away"
The Tupelo journal., 1913-08-29
Rurk Was Accommodating.

She was we'll dressed, and Annis
Burk, the mayors private secretary,
put on his very best smile when the
woman entered Mayor Shank's office.
Where is the honorable mayor Of
u city," inquired the woman.
u am very sorry" replied Burk,
''but the mayor is out Of his Office to-
day, on a private business NATTER
Possibly you can attend to the
little matter of business I wanted to
see the mayor about
Il shall be glad to do so, if l can,"
replied Burk.
We'll" continued the woman, open
ing an elaborate hand bag. Il have
here a very fine brand of toilet soap.
1t is only ten cents a cake, and am
sure if the mayor were here he would
be glad to buy it,"
Burk bought indianapolis News
The Tupelo journal., 1913-08-29
FELT HIMSELF A CHATTERB0X
Hero of Story Morgan Used to Tell
Would Have Been Good Compan.
ion for Won Moltke.

J.. Pierpont Morgan was always a
silent man, and he would sometimes
champion the silent with a story,
"Old John Bates, an upholSterer," so
the story began, was renowned for
his silence. People who had been his
customers for a generation had. many
of them, never heard a word from him
except Good morning. Five dollars.
Thank you. Good day Old John, in
fact, cultivated silence as a genius
cultivates his art.
"a patron M day said to John:
whats the best kind Of mattress?'
Hair was the reply.
"The patron, some twenty years
later, had occasion to buy another mat
tress, and again he asked:
Whats the best kind, John?'
Cotton
"'Cotton?' the patron cried. Why,
you told me twenty years ago that hair
was the best
1.-THE old man gave a quaint sigh.
Talking has always been my ruin,'
he said"
The Tupelo journal., 1913-08-29

lars" he said. MAY I tear this into
pieces and throw them into your
Maste-basket?"
1t was strange, the extraordinary re-
.vuIsion that came over the double. He
hsd his enemy at his mercy, this
Governor Haines who had hated him
since their boyhood. and on whom he
could now take effective revenge. Sud-
denly he felt that his whole mental at.
titude was changing. He thought of
the man, bravely and silently fighting
down the scandal of his past life, OF
his uncompromising battle for purer
politics. He stretched out his hand
impulsively and took his pen, and in
large letters wrote at the bottom OF
the bill vetoed He held it out to-
ward Searles.
Searles seemed completely non
plussed. For a whole minute he
stared at the vetoed bill. Then he got
up and stretched out his hand.
Governor Haines," he said, Il think
the world of you. You have won the
fight and I'm man enough to recognize
it. You'll have the people on your
side now-and l don't kick against the
pricks. You've bested me and you'll
have the entire Searles organization
with you when we offer you the nomi-
nation"
He shook Haines by the hand and
walked slowly out of the office, shak-
ing his head. The double at the desk.
however, was even more Disconnected
than Searles. Why had he done this
thing, he whose whole life had been
dominated by hatred of his enemy?
He must have dozed, for some min
utes later, when he looked up, he saw
his enemy before him. Governor
Haines was looking steadily at him,
but he evinced no surprise.
Lets fight this thing out right
now" he said. I've finished with you.
l shall never temporize with you
again. l have compromised and
feared you; h~enceforward it is war be-
tween us for ever"
IF you had told me that twenty-five
years ago I should never have troubled
you at ALL" answered the double, hum
bly,, rising.
Governor Haines did not answer
him, but watched him leave the room.
The sleepy secretary outside did not
notice him pass. Nor would he have
seen him even had he looked for him.
Each man has his double, his worse
nature. But when he has conquered
him the double becomes a harmless
wrath, transparent as a breath of
marsh air that is dispersed in the sun
light.
Copyright, 1918. by w. G.. Chapman.)
The Tupelo journal., 1913-08-29
Women as "White Wings"

The director of public works, Mr..
Cooke, is going to appoint women in
sp%ectors of street cleaning, not, as
he said, to encourage the equal suf-
frage movement, but for the sake OF
efficiency in ferreting out dirt.
Cooke believes women inspectors
will be more conscientious than men.
For these tenets he has had practical
demonstrations during his term of of
fee by the employment there of a
young woman who has acted in the
capacity Of private inspector for the
director. She is not on the city pay
roll, and her salary has come from
private sources. Her field covers all
manner of public contracting work
Philadelphia Dispatch to the New
York Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-08-29
LOVER OF GRACE DARLING
Jimmy Giles of Ipswich, Eng, Once
Courted Famous Life-Saver-But
She "WouIdn't Leave Daddy"

Jimmy Giles of Ipswich, Eng, who
for nearly so years was dock gate
man and assistant engineer, is a link
with the past, inasmuch as he was the
sweetheart of Grace Darling.
Listen to the following conversation
with the old seaman and live over
again the memories Of that brave ex-
plot near Longstone Lighthouse that
made immortal history:
when a young man I took a cargo
of salt from Ipswich to Sunderland.
While there | left my brig and was
made coXswain of a coble that sup
piled Longstone Lighthouse. with pro-
visions.
"This was in 1899, and as Grace's
great deed took place the previous
year : was anxious to meet the famous
girl. On my first trip in the coble I
saw her standing at the lighthouse
door, but, although I tried to drew hes
attention, she got behind the door.
"The next time l visited the light
house I took a silk handkerchief full
of grapes and gave the lot to Grace
when I saw her, She thanked me-,
and we got on well.
Grace was not handsome, but she
was passable, with dark eyes and hair,
and a face bronzed by the sea air, and
conveying a sense of purity and limo
cence that I have never beheld in any
other.
"She wore very short skirts and a
dark blue Scotch cap, which suited
her we'll. She was as good as IN
sailor, and could set a sail or pull an
oar with the best of them.
"Her father, an old man, nigh 10,
was a very old-fashioned man, and al
ways wore drab knee-breeches and
buckled shoes, with a sparrow-tall
coat, big waistcoat, and a round skull
cap trimmed with fur. He didn't think
much Of my carryings-on with her.
"She showed me her presents, in
Guiding a gold slipped in a scarlet mo-
rocco case, which the Gar OF Russia
sent her. She was often asked to go
to London, but she wouldn't leave
Daddy And, although | became her
sweetheart, that was the reason h
gave me for not marrying, and so we
drifted apart."-Stray Stories.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-08-29
One Mother Too Many.

A pleasant adventure, n that is
usually reserved to much younger
daughters, has happened to Mile. Mis-
tinguette, of the opera, Paris, France.
She has been reclaimed as a long-lost
daughter by a woman of Bergerolles,
whose daughter disappeared sixteen
years ago. and whom she affirms she
recognizes in the distinguished artist.
Mile. Mistinguette has a good heart.
She would like nothing better than to
recognize the maternity of this honor
able dame, but unfortunately she al
ready has an authentic mother, and
at this time of life cannot accept the
luxury of q supplementary mamma.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-08-29
niscIalmed Responsibility.

A Dutchman was going to cross a
bridge. He was riding in a little cart
drawn by a goat. The toll man came
out and said; Here, you've got to
pay toll before you can pass this
bridge"
What, to pay toll?"
yes, FIVE cents to o this
bridge"
After an argument the Dutchman
paid the five cents and went on. In
the afternoon he came back again,
only this time he had the goat sitting
Oh the seat, and he was dragging the
cart himself.
Out. came the toll man and said:
Here, you know you've got to pay
five cents"
The Dutchman shook his head, and
pointing to the goat, said:
Don't talk to me-ask the driver"
The Tupelo journal., 1913-08-29
GOLDEN AGE OF sPlNsTERs
At This Day, and Hour In America, 10
the "Antient Maydev TO Be Seen at
Her Very Best.

That this is the golden age Of the
spinster no ore will deny, and that
America furnishes the soil in which
these hardy plants put forth their
finest bloom is equally indisputable,
writes Agnes Repplier in the Century
Magazine. How many years have pass
ed since the ''antient maydes" of Bos-
ton-which term included all unmar-
ried women older than twenty-five
were pronounced by John Dunton to
be a dismal spectacle?" How many
years since a few acute and ingenious
gentlewomen' in colonial Virginia had
the temerity to remain single and cul-
tivate their own tobacco plantations,
for which unnatural behavior they
we're subjected to repeated "admonish-
ments?"
Now the 'antient maybe" flaunts
who are patiently doing their duty to
the world. Now if a oma runs a
successful apple'orchard or dairy farm,
her exploits are heralded far and wide,
and other women write exultant papers
about her, intimating that the day of
the man agriculturist is virtually over.
| am not sure that the attitude of our
great-grandfathers who jealousy and
somewhat fearfully guarded their pre-
g~rogatives, was not more flattering to
my sex than this enthusiasm evoked
by achievements which in a man
would not be found worthy of notice.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-08-29
Real Comfort.
he said

She was the new charwoman, and,
because of the fact that her new mis-
tress was young and inexperienced,
she was expatiating on her manifold
woes.
Yes; an would yop believe it,
num-, there's me 'usband done no work
for six years, an 'ad an ailmenti for
the last four? An I've two children
to pervide for. 'Couse, ones sixteen,
though the others only a little
'un.''
But" %iRterposed the young mis-
tress timidly at last, "doesn't-isn't
the elder one a great help?"
You're right, num-" declared the
garrulous one, as she wiped her
streaming eyes with the corner of her
apron. shes a real comfort, she
is. She often sis down an cries with
mel"
The Tupelo journal., 1913-08-29
shortest statutes on Record.

The old parliament of the Scots was
noted for it's short and pithy statutes,
Apparently Scotsmen in the olden
times, if their critics are 10th to credit
them with wit and humor, believed
that brevity was The soul of legisla'
ton. For instance an old Scottish par
lament passed an act which said sim.
ply mo mar shall enter any place
where there is hay with a candle un-
less it be in a lantern" which is prob
ably the shortest statute ever passed.
In fact, one small volume is enough
to hold over two centuries of Scotch
legislation, and one has never heard
that the country was the sufferer
thereby.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-08-29
JUST ONE WAY TO GET EVEN
Accept "ca!l Down" for the First
Mistake, but Resolve That It Shall
Not Happen Again.

Boss called you down, Ell? Cave 1t to
you hard and heavy. Feel sore and
vengeful. Want to get even with him,
quit, perhaps? You'll show him what's
what.
Well, now, just calm yourself. Hes
itate a moment. Cool off a bit, Be-
tween US two, just you and me, didn't
you deserve it? Had an excuse Ell?
Come, you know better than that.
What's the use of trying to get out
of it that way.
We know, you and l, there's only
n way of maxim up for a mistake
or for falling down on the job. Lis
ten, let me whisper ii. Never let it
happen again. See?
Anyone, the boss included, makes a
mistake once. But the second time
O similar occasion arises-thero the
real test.
Some high-brow philosopher has
said that one Of the characteristics
that distinguish the reasoning hui
man being from other animals is that
he can profit by his mistakes.
Now, then, grit your teeth, clench
your list. Now, Mr.. Boss, see if you
can catch me making a bull like that
again! If you do you can hand
me the blue envelope, and I won't
murmur.
But, believe me, you shan't have the
opportunity. Not if | al help it, and
l can!-Maurice G. Lipman, in Chi
cage Record-Herald.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-08-29
NOT ALTOGETHER PloUS WISH
Gardeners Appeal for the Elevation
of Mrs. Stowe Did Not Mean De-
sire for Her Happiness.

Recalling the days when the literary
colony at Hartford, Conn, was acquir-
inf fame, DR.. Joseph H. Twichell used
to tell an amusing incident in the
friendship of Harriet Beecher Stowe
and Mark Twain.
The Stowe and the Clemens prem
ises were separated only by a fence,
close to which, directly in the rear of
the Stoves house, was Mark Twain's
large conservatory.
Mrs. Stowe, ever a passionate lover
of flowers, availed herself thankfully
and literally Of his invitation to make
free with it's contents, much to the an
noyance of the gardener, for she had a
careless way of breaking off flowers
from the stalk that vexed his soul.
When he made complaint of this
habit Mr.. Clemens had numbers of
pairs of scissors put at intervals here
and there on the conservatory shelves,
trusting that Mrs. Stowe would see
and use them on her visits to it. But
they seemed to escape her notice, and
she continued to go on as before, till
at length the distressed gardener
begged Mark Twain to lock the door
and keep her out.
But no; he told the poor fellow that
whatever she did the place must al
ways be open to her and her liberty
in it un%restrained. At that the much
tried man ~fervently exclaimed; 81
wish the old lady was in Heaven!"
The Tupelo journal., 1913-08-29
No DAMAGES for Uncauqht Fish.

A suit for damages for the loss of fish
one might have caught was before the
courts of Maine in an Injunction ac-
ton against a canning company for
unlawfully dumping into Passema-
quoddy bay a lot of decayed sardines
in cans They had been swept by the
tides into the plaintiffs weir and pre-
vented fish from getting into it until
the refuse matter was removed. The
Supreme court awarded him damages
for injury to his nets and for the ex-
pense of hiring men to remove the
dead sardines to permit live fish to n
ter the weir, but gave him nothing
for the fish he might have caught in
the meantime.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-08-29
BRIDES HIDE WEALTH
ROMANTIC HAPPENINGS THAT
ARE SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL.
Cases Have Been Known, However
and the Marriages Have Been
Happy-Sad Case is Reported
From Milwaukee.


Romance and reality generally keep
a respectable distance apart when it
m to millions and marriage. Ten
nyson has his poem of the lord who
wooed the girl as a poor man and sur
prised her when he took her home to
share his noble name and mighty do
main. But this was the mar with the
money seeking the woman who had
none and keeping his wealth a Sc.
cret.
Then there was your old friend
Claude Melnotte, who courted and won
the celebrated Lady of Lyons, pre-
tending that he was a regular Croesus
instead of a gardeners son.. He tried
to keep romance and reality apart.
but eventually the ak dropped on the
scheme.
The New York case of Miss Thryza
Benson and Montague Flagg the other
day, however, reverses the usual plot
of the novelist. Mr.. Flagg met Miss
Benson at an innocent house party.
They were mutually attracted immedi
ately.
So Flagg paid ardent court. He
wrote the young lady and she wrote
him, he all the while never suspect.
ing she was an heiress to seven fig.
ures of fortune" Every once in a while
something would happen that would
all but reveal the secret, but Miss Ben.
son would give the hush sign and the
subject would be turned. At last Flagg
proposed, was accepted, and the couple
were married; on the wedding day the
bridegroom learned officially that his
wife vas the granddaughter of Robert
Hoe and destined to inherit riches ii
would take quite a little while to
count.
A wealthy Milwaukee widow a few
years ago advertised in a matrimonial
paper that she would make a good
wife for the right kind of a man. She
picked out the best photographed mar
that answered, and thought she'd try
this novel plan to smoke out the pos.
sible fortune hunter. When they met
she said:
Il have money and at the same time
I haven't. TIN all depend. Don't ask
me any more questions. Well try it
for six months"
They were married. The bridegroom
proved the most silent kind of a man.
The former widow could hardly get a
word out of him. But he was a deter.
mined, steady working, sober chap and
she fell in love with him. At the end
Of six months she said to him: Its
all right You're my man. I've plenty
of money"
But the six months husband spoke
more volubIy than she had ever known
him to before. Said he:
"Nothin' doin'-nothin' dom. Was
just goin' to tell you nothin' dom. I've
got money myself. thought Id try
you out the same way. The splice
don't suit. Me for Nevada. Nothin'
doin'.'
The Tupelo journal., 1913-08-29
WORSE NATURE
1t Is Each Mans Double and Be-
comes Harmless When
Conquered.
Ry 7 EDWARDS.

Nobody except the Governor knew
that he had a double-not ever thu
Governors wife, who knew him, pes
haps, better than anybody else. The
two men resembled each other so COM
pletely that it would have been impos-
sible for their most intimate acquaint-
ances to distinguish them. If there
was any distinction, it was that the
expression of character and sincerity
upon the face of the states chief e1-
ecutive was replaced, upon the face CT
the other man, by a certain furtlVs
cunning.
From his earliest years Governor
Haines had been engaged in a cor-
slant fight against this man. He had
intruded into his life, had placed him
in invidious positions, had, in general,
committed actions which had needed
all the governors ability to nullify.
And he had followed him even to ths
executive chamber, Matchmaking him,
offering compromises, threatening.
The executive mansion was totally
unguarded. In that sleepy little capital
town formalities had not come into
favor. The double strolled quietly
across the lawn, entered the mansion
and made his way to the Governors Of
fee. His secretary, nodding at his desk,
bowed to him, unconscious that this
could be anybody but the Governor
Haines he knew.
Mr.. Searles has t%elephoned that he
will be here in half an hour, sir" said