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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-09

and feels along the top shelf OF the
pantry, in the dark. accidentally knock
ing Off and breaking corpuient bottle
with no label on 1t, this Is sure sign OF
short drouth.
when the sky is intensely blue and
the back tax commissioner is getting in
bis work. local storms can be anticipated.
When the sky amt blue the indications
are that 1t is cloudy.
should you pass through q sheep pas
ture where a belligerent ram is grazing.
Il is very likely your clothing Will get
damaged by the wether.
"If the corn shucks are very thin the
winter will be colder than the summer.
If the corn shucks arc very thick the
summer will be warmer than the winter.
If the corn shucks are Just right the
winter will be cold and the summer will
be warm.
when the sun sinks In a bank OF clouds
In the evening II Is a sure sign that the
hens will soon become roosters.
However protracted the drouth may
be, there is always sufficient moisturs
10 enable you to soak your diamond ring
'In addition to committing these gems
of thought to memory. let the pale stu
cent procure a copy of an almanac
one wherein an indelfcate man is obtrud-
ing his entrails upon modest public--and
where the jokes are sandwiched among
the rube medical testimonials. and after
a faithful perusal of this library of song
ie will be better qualified to set up
as a weather prophet than the circus
poster prevaricators, and typho-malarial
liars who continue to do business at tho
old stand" "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-09
Dainty Din1p1ed Darling Da1n1atia

its day among numerous islands OF indie
scribable beauty, the most interesting of
which are Ilissa, Lesina and Curzola. They
are inhabited by fishermen whose cos
tunes are strikingly picturesque. The
mountains rise directly from the sea, SO
that the tiny villages at their feet ap-
pear as birds nests clingine to the rocks.
Then we come 10 Gravosa, the harbor of
Ragusa. the latter being the great show
place Of palmatia, and it is declared that
there is no more lovely view in this old
world than the approach to this charming
spot. 1t is a rival of Naples and COM
petitor of the Bosphorus, and when |
first beheld it I could have wrung my
hands in ecstacy.
made it a point to run over from
Ragusa to the island OF Lacroma, for it
was that spot which inspired the great
Arnold Bocklin to paint his celebrated
picture. Die Insel der Totem Qsland of the
Dead, canvas before which / have lin
gered for hours at a time.
was more than repaid by the visit for
I felt that to rest in q spot of such di-
vine loveliness almost caused me to yeafn
for eternal sleep.
Here l abandoned my steiner and
could not resist the temptation to run
through Montenegro and catch a
glimpse of Albania. For 10 hours |
drove through country weird. inspir-
ing and unique in the extreme; erag
after crag and rocky range after rocky
rance rose before me. engulfed and sur
rounded me as billows of adamant upon
a sea of jade. AT times as I mounted
some high elevation l could see the
lake Scutari sparkling in the sunlight
as a mammoth mirror of FURNISHED
silver. Then 1 entered Cettinnie the
capital, a town with one broad street
presenting houses not over two stories
in height, less than half dozen
cross streets, the palace and church
where are Inferred the former rulers
of the land.
But what shall / say of the women
of the land7 1t Is futile to attempt a
description of their matchless forms.
The women of Tiiis possess faces to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-09
"NADA," THE NEW GAME OF CARDS

Hands may be played with trump
OF as no trumpers.
Any player bidding seven, eight, nine
or ten, may bid no trump" or may
bar suit, by saying TO lose seven,
bar hearts, for instance This means
that he will lose seven tricks at no
trumps, or against any suit that tho
adversaries may name as trump. except
heart. Unless a suit is "barred'' In the
bid, no following bidder can name =
suit as trump against the bid.
The adversary on the left may pass
bid higher, or name trump suit
ner cannot name a trump suit. but he
may take his partner out by bidding.
higher and barring another suit, or
gcing no trunps at the higher bid. mo
trumps' bars naming a trump suit.
IL A says, seven. bar hearts," and B
says, clubs are trumps," G may say
eight, bar clubs" or any other suit.
Any suits barred on previous bids
remain barred. If G bars clubs, ID
might name spades or diamonds, buS
IL G bid no trumps, u could not name
a trump suit, but could bid higher
II the bidder revokes. he loses his
contract and 20 penalty addition at
least. The adversaries may play the
hand out for extra penalty tricks. II
the qdversaries revoke. the bidder wins
his contract at once and gets 20 penalty
besides. In grand. each revoke costs
20 points. a lead out OF the wrong
hand loses the gane for the adversar-
les There is no penalty against the
bidder for wrong lead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-09

away on the SUM kissed shores of the
Adriatic.
Strange is it that although so close TO
Italy the objective point of the tourist
and pilgrim, Dalmatia, which lies just a
little way beyond. is scarcely known to
the travelling world.
The names of her bays and towns are
music to the ear What is softer in sound
than cara, what sweeter than Istria,
what more replete with euphony than
Illyria? When one speaks of Curzoi
Gravosa and Lacroma one feels as though
his mouth were full of bonbons and the
most dainty of CONNECTIONS.
But this is not all; wild as is the land
it is filled with palaces of seciusive gran
deur, churches of impressive architee-
ture, cloisters Of seductive charm and
gates of most wondrous beauty. TO
know Dalmatia but for day is to dream
forever of the Incompatible loveliness of
this land OF lure and languor
No wonder that Alphonse Daudet took
his characters from this section Of the
world in his kings in Exile" one of tho
most pathetic and charming pieces of f1c-
tion in all literature. No wonder that
Austria holds with the tenacity of wise
to this crown jewel of her imperial pos
sessions, and 10 wonder that the traveller
who chances to stray within its confines
is intoxicated with its spell and marvels
that he never before appreciated the dainty
dimpled darling who slumbers in perpet-
ual sunshine with her head resting upon
pillows of purple and her feet laved by
a tide that almost lisps in numbers.
The best way for the traveller to become
acquainted with my sweetheart is to
take a coastwise steamer from either
Trieste or Fiume that calls at Dalmatian
ports 1t is Austria's today, but it once
belonged to Italy, ana her garb still por-
trays the remnants of Italian rohing.
However, sshe iron hand of the Hapsburss
has not despoiled the picturesaueness of
the land and in many instances Austrian
domination has facilitated the access to
the charms of the country as British rule
has made easy transportation in Egypt.
French is of little use to the tourists
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look upon which is to love but the
figures of the Montenegrin women are
as near an approach to the divine as
humanity has ever attained.
| only got my nose into Albania, figu-
ratively speaking. but even at that I
learned much.
one of the sta6es of our union has
adopted the motto: "Montani semper
liberati.' (mountaineers are always
free mem hence while the Albanian
albeit mountaineer is not free he is
engaged in a perpetual struggle for
freedom Marco Bozzaris was an Al
banian and the ancestors of Crispi the
italian prime minister came from Al
bania. Scanderbers was the national
hero of that land and was successful
in II pitched battles from the Turks.
It has been declared that the Alban-
ians are lawless hut this is an error.
They obey the law strictly but their
law is an unwritten code. 1t Is not
denied that one-fifth of the male pop
ulation has fallen u sacrifice TO the
terrible vendetta. \ blow given even
inadvertently calls for blood as the
only means of repairing wounded hon.
or. II the offender is not slain the law
demands one of his relatives as vic
tim and thus tie shedding of blood Is
unending. With them persons descend
ed from common male ancestor
through the male line are considered
as brothers or brother and sister and
this excludes all marriage among those
of the same tribe. Or if two men swear
common brotherhood they form tie
which for generations subjects the men
and their offspring to the same mar
riage laws involved in blood relation
ship.
Persons related through the same
godfather are inhibited from inter-
marriage and there are two kinds of
godfathers-that of baptism and that
of hair. When a child of either sex
is two years old. its locks which have
never before known the scissors, are
unceremoniously clipped off. This cut
ting is done by the godfather who. If
the child is a christian, leaves one lock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-09
BY C. F. MARKELL

miles away. and the largest city in Dal.
malta.
To see Dalmatia without visiting salata
is like attending a performance of Ham,
let with the Sweet Prince" omitted.
1t is a dual city, the old town being
comprised within the walls of the great
palace of Diocletian some Geo feet In
length. and the new town reaching from
the sea to the mountain. The very name
OF the place signifies palace, so-called
because here Diocletian, fast by the bay,
With the high mountains at his back and
the low hills on either side of him, built
bis villa and his palace. II was then
known as Salona, but the prouder name.
the name which savored of the Rome
which Diocletian had forsaken, olung to
the spot, and as the "palace" is known
today. Freeman says OF Salona she 'on
her own inland sea, with her own archi-
peiago in front of her, with her mountain
wall Rising above her shores became the
greatest city of the Dalmatian coast and
one OF the greatest cities of the Roman
world" And the stupendousness of her
remaining ruins attest the grandeur and
greatness of her former glory. Her
streets are mere tunnels and l know of
no more weird experience than TO traverse
them at night. They connect the great
gates in the middle of each side and di-
vide the whole into four mammoth blocks.
The present spacious arcaded Piazza del
Duomo is the great court of the palace
and the cathedral contains the mausoleum
of the Emperor who abandoned the ROM
an capital In order to cultivate his gar
dens.
Atrium, vestibule and chamber suites
are OF intense interest to lovers Of art,
and here are to be seen the earliest
known arches which spring directly from
columns without the intervention of an
entablature.
They are the medieval germ budding
into the Roman architecture. When sa-
Iona was destroyed by the fierce Avars
>scme ZOO fugitives from that place took
refuge In the ruins of this palace. From
Spalato southwark the steamer threads
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-09
Some Yarns of the Courthouse Gang

close to the Capitoline HILL as an offset
to the robustness of the odorkof the Ro-
man primaries. Large, bulgy leather sad
debags could be hung on the aroma of
Roman politics. 1t is the chronic habit
OF the spectacled college professor to in
yeigle against the political degeneracy and
corruption of this century, as compared
to ancfent Rome, but, although he is as
badly mistaken as IL he had burnt his
short, nothing but the gold cure will
break this habit.
.Them Old Roman Peanut Politicians
was plumb jammed with grit. and hus-
tie, likewise they had some social GUS
toms that commands the appreciation of
my Judgment. Let one of these Eternal
City Ducks get a few toddies aboard,
and he'd go squttering down often the
Forum organized for war, and in search
OF gore, and the first Bull-Moose Progress
sive he met in the Appian Way-he'd latch
on to him, and go to smashing furni-
ture and fixings with him, in political
joint debate. Them Gents would wade
into a riot, and butcher enough Regis
tered Voters to hold a Primary, and then
so home and play mumble-the-peg for
Danes did not howl for the ballot-their
time was quite taken up in combing their
hair, and thrashing boy children. The fea-
lures of these historical females is far
from fascinating. fact is, they are plumb
fierce, and In their set heroic faces they
totes a capacity for trouble equal to a
bald-hornet's nest in hole in the ground.
Tn our day, most of these Roman
gladlatorial snoozers. after having a few
fights at the polls, and trying on a couple
of their high jinks, would have infested
the calaboose pretty reverent. 1t certain
ly required some sand, axle grease, and
a good Bowie knife, to be a leading Ro-
man citizen in them Ammo Domineys.
when men sought office in Rome they
were called 'Candidati from white
(Candida) robe which they wore-this Gus
tom giving us the word Candidate
When men seek office in this country
they are called jail-breakers, horse
thieves, grafters, Jim dandy meal iiars,
negro lovers, drunkards, hypocrites.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-09

and other great and growing Industries
of our beloved state have had bestowed
upon them. Not half the thought Is given,
by the weather prophet liars to the fore
casts, as that bestowed upon the hind
casts. If some bright and enterprsing
young man will get up Forecast syndi-
cate he will find IL as remunerative as
playing the shell game with Alabama
school lands.
by closely studying the predictions of
Professor Tice, Old Probs. Doctor Hos
letter, and other great yeather-breeders,
he will soon acquire the ease, and facility
of the extemporaneous liars who pen fie-
ton on this alluring subject.
''only few general, helpful rules can
be laid down as a guide TO the amateur
weather prevaricator, but for the COM
fort of the young predietor he is assured
that, at first people will pay no more
attention to his prophecies than the street
railroad gives to the wishes and COM
plants of the people of Birmingham, but
keep pegging away until finally you get
your stun on the baseball page, and then
people will sit up and take notice.
Growing spring weather can be ex-
pected along in May when Sarsaparilla
SlBnS, ltTtlllZeI plies anu tdlluihdlSo loi
governor, decorate the landscape. Frosts
are likely to occur In autumn, shortly>af-
ter the election, and when the tax collee-
tor ralSes in your last cent. When peals
of thunder shakes the earth and jars the
Stone postoffice with a crash about every
three minutes lightning can be reason
ably looked for.
movements of wind can be accurately
forecasted by a studious observer, even If
he has never seen the Alabama legislature
in session. A spanking breeze generally
follows the homecoming of the youngest
boy from the direction of the creek In
summer. with his hair wet and his shirt
on wrong side out.
"a black and tan republican convention
in Alabama Is sure precursor of
hurricane--a sewer gas hurricane. A
white squall always comes on when the
paregoric bottle Is misplaced. The in
dorsement of a bank note frequently
serves to raise the wind
when the farmer gets up at midnight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-09

to establish some sort of commun-
cation between tile partners, so that
they may arrive at the best bid for
the combined hands. just as they do
at auction bridge. If player bids to
lose eight, bar hearts, for instance, he
shows that he Is long in hearts, but
safe to take no tricks in that suit un-
less it is the trump suit Here are
the official laws for the game so far
as they are at present settled.
Official Laws of Game
Four players, with the fun pack, cut
for partners. seats and deal. Thirteen
cards are dealt to each player. one at
at time. Each player bids in turn.
dealer first. and the bidding continues
until three pass. n, bid is compulsory.
The object of the game is to take
as few tricks as possible, SO bids name
the number of tricks the player viii
lose. The lowest lid allowed is to lose
seven. All bids TO lose seven, eight.
nine or ten must hc played with the
partners hand on the table as a dunn
my, face up The first lead always
comes from the left of the highest bid
der.
Bids 10 lose II arc nils to lose 12,
grand nils: to lose all 10 tricks, nadas
These three games are played as lone
hands by the bidder against two adj
yersaries, there being no dummy.
If no one makes a bid, the hand is
played as a no-trumper. and the side
winning the greater number OF tricks
scores 10 points each for the difference
so that eight tricks against Ave would
be worth 80 points. This is called "a
grand, and is to punish those that viii
not bid on losing hands.
II the bidder succeeds in his contract
he scores 10 toward game for a bid of
Z. 20 for a bid of eight 80 for bid of
nine and 40 for bid of 10. He scores
so for a nil; 70 for grand nil and 100
for a NADIA He gets nothing extra
for under tricks. rhe game is 100 and
a bonus of 100 Is added for each game
won. The side that first wins two
games wins the rubber.
If the bidder fails, neither side scores
anything toward game. but his adver
saries score above the line as penalty
the value of his contract, and 10 points
extra for each trick by which they de-
feat IL. Thus Did to lose nine that
lost seven only. would cost so points:
80 for the contract and 20 penalty for
the two tricks over All penalty scores
are added In at the end of the rubber
to increase or reduce it's value.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-09
PERILS OF A CONVICT'S WIFE

out, and to write her husband of her
safety
In visiting the hospital TO see this one
patient we became interested in the many
especially the children; some confined to
their beds, others able to more around
the room, and several tiny babes. They
have mothers. of course, but 1t is ques-
ton il they will ever know them-plty,
pity. And while we were there, wonder
ing over the things we could not help
thinking of the widespread suffering OF
humanity-in a moment, the scene was
transformed. There was Miss Clara Wood
son, Florence Rogers and Mary Myrtis
Cook, bringing in q ray of sunshine. They
were no strangers, either for they knew
"Bill'' and Buster and these little faces
knew them, too, and that their Hsits
were welcome shone on every face. From
room to room they went with the kindest
How are your Nor did they leave un-
til they realized they had gained some
pleasure from the visit, and how simply
by giving of themselves for few min
.utes, and carrying a spirit of tenderness
into sick ROOM The eyes Of the mothers
frightened as they saw them, beautiful
young girls, in face and character.
There sat the tiny baby boy in his car
rage waiting He didn't know he was
sick: he is almost well. What Is he wait
ing for? But he evidenced the fact that
he wanted love and affection. A little
child strolling along happened to loiter
near his chair. He reached out his big
hand, his face beamed, the light shone
through a splendid eye. He grabbed that
little girl and kissed her. Who taught
him the power of love and to be loved?
we are born surely into the world to
give and receive kindness and when tina.
is withheld there is something lacking.
Sometimes as we pen these lines Of
trials and tribulations we wonder II tho
people will read them--if the editor will
let them go through? But then we hope
on. because there is so much that is
bright and cheerful told. So much space
to pleasure given that we send our mes
sage to give a serious thought. 1t IL
wholesome sometimes to know that as we
dance to the beautiful music, and are
served the choicest dainties. that the
scene changes somewhere; that life is not
all zone sweet song and that while We
taste the sweets. the bitter is served on
the other side; and we must dispense
among our fellow man some OF the bless
ings that are ours: that we may more
fully enjoy our own.
"Our happiest moments are when we
forget self in useful efforts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-09
BY WELLINGTON VANDIVER

compared to the reacefulness of the
scene
I'VE amt going to have any peace
in that bastard republic until Uncle
Sam picks UP the saddle colored gov
ernment and spanlks it exhaustively
with a heart pine shingle. And after
he has done that he ought to take the
toy away form the kid, because he don't
know how to play with 1t without
hurting himself. When a fool is ruin
Ing a good farm he ought to be kicked
off of it and good man put there
TO run it,
"The weather this winter has
knocked the everlasting stuffing out
of the most renowned prophets in tho
business" observed the red headed in
surance agent. I'm olden times the peo-
pie stoned the false prophets, but if
that was the custom now our supply
of rocks would give out, At the be-
ginning of this season the newspapers
trotted out the oldest inhabitant, the
corn shucks and the United States
guessing bureau, all of which assured
us that we would have a winter that
ould freeze the water pipes and make
Alaska hump herself to keep up with
us
Time has proven that these sea-
soned liars were all off their kerzlp
with their shopworn mendacities. We
haven't had any winter in Alabama,
and Easter is fixing to happen in late
March, and everybody knows we never
have cold weather after Easter. have
fiattered myself shat l was something
a trifle above the average liar. my
business encourages and develops this
trait, and kind friends have said full
some things in praise of my feeble ef-
forts to Ku-Klux the truth; but when
l compare my childish fiction with the
robust mendacities of the weather bu-
reau and its able corps of Ananiasses
am forced to admit that | am as badly
outclassed as a lying Niger witness
in a prohibition case Is exceeded by
the solemn recitals OF a court record.
IT fear that this subject OF the weather
is not fully receiving the attention that
the controversy between Governor Conner
and the Louisville and Nashville railroad,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-09
BY MRS. J. b. REID

of tears They soon called the doctor,
and DIR. Wells and DR.. Mcqueen were
both nurse and physicians to me-
never knew such kindness before. I
never knew mother, and have had
very little attention-my life has been
one of anxiety always-and when / found
a convict camp SO full of human kindness
l could only think of Gods mercy in
giving those burdened with such trials
this providential supervision
We asked her il she wanted anything,
and there she showed the true wife. Yes,
mann, help to get my husband free. He
promises me a new life'' Then we asked
of his sentence-the length and the Of
fense-and she hesitated and then said:
You know how men are: they will do
wrong when they drink, and my husband
has that habit. The worse I know that
he did was that, and then he spent his
money. understand his offense is dis
orderly conduct, and he is working out
the cost of court. His sentence Is for
five months. He has already been there
90 days. He told me his work was satis-
factory. He lays railroad tracks and puts
in switches, and has been repairing tracks
In the mines. When his time Is up he
expects to stay right there and work at
free labor, and then we will go there.
| have no money or anybody to depend
on but him. So can't you get him out?
She was earnest, and no matter how Bit
ter had been the past it was all forgotten
with her. She wants her partner free.
After she had convinced us of that, then
she asked of her children.
DR.. Watts brought them all In Monday
morning. The mother was carried to the
Hillman hospital. The children were met
by an officer of the Children's Aid So
cjety and carried to the home of the juve-
nile court where they will be cared for
until things are made better for their
parents. 1t is very true. one half the
world can never know what the expert
ence of the other half encounters, and
when we come across case like this, we
feel impelled to tell 1t: not alone for their
own sake. but to awaken the natures of
others There are so many little atten-
tions the world might give to lessen the
anxiety of others, even a visit to poor
woman In the depths of despair. although
you can give her only a handshake, and
then we all can find some clothing that
might fit the children. If not some for
her. Her sorrow had been so great; she
forgot to ask II the babe we're boy or
girl, and she asked US to write and find