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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
THE USURER'S DELlVERANCE

the starving men who for four dayA
had fought unfed at Lule Bourgas. For
three days ,he lay hidden. gnawing his
fingers in fear and hunger; and on each
of these days he heard the gutteral
tones of fugitive Turkish soldiers close
above his head.
On the fourth day 1t seemed that In
the morning they had gone Yet it was
dusk before he dared to venture out.
All day he had not heard sound. and
as the evening fell he erawled forth
cautiously and sought the wall recess
in which he had stored his flat, brown
loaves and strips of dried meat and
strings of onions.
They were gone, of course. He had
known 1t; but the knowledge did not
save him from a frenzy of despair. He
routed among the ash heaps and muck
middens of the village. trying to ap-
pease his hunger with cabbage stalks
and refuse.
Suddenly he heard the thud of horses
hoofs; and fear of the Turkish aoldiery
overmastered even his hunger. He. an
in1del foreigner could expect no mercy
from them In the hour of their defeat,
and In an ecstasy of terror he ran to
hide himself again. 1t was too late
to make for his cellar. Already, in the
gathering dusk, he could see Inc fore
most horesmen topping the rise at the
head of the village street.
He flattened himself against the
wooden side of house and prayed that
in the darkness they would never see
him.
Presently the thud of iron shod feet.
changed to the ring of the metal upon
the cobbles of the street. Would they
come down the alley way in which he
lurled. or pass straight on to the court
yard of the village khan?
The riders came nearer. Almost they
had passed him an& suddenly the fore
most refined his horse in and dismount-
ed. He turned into the alley, seeking
post to which to tether his horse. An
other moment and he would have
touched the crouching Armenian, but at
the crisis of his peril dispair and terror
lent kind of hysterical courage to
Mardukian. He bounded from conceal
ment with an inarticulate cry and
clutched the dismounted man by the
throat.
At the first movement the flashes of
a dozen carbines split the darkness.
Mardukian and his victim fell, kick
ing and striking in the filthy roadway;
and the mounted men galloped to the
top of the village street
After many minutes they ventured
cautiously back, still fearing an am
bush. NarduSian. still living as they
turned him over. had time to notice one
thing before he coughed out his life
in welter of blood and phlegm on the
cobbles.
They We're Bulgarians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
Growing Cite. and Hotels

Most of the southern cities are we'll
off in hotels,'' said w. F. Eason of New
York city. birmingham has been be-
hind other large southern cities in the
matter of modern high class hotels, but
1t will soon be right up with the process
sion.'
Richmond. Norfolk and Atlanta are
probably the leading hotel cities in the
south at the present time. I can remem-
Der when Richmond was very poor
hotel town, but today it has one of the
firest hotels In the world and five or six
'other modern hosteiries.
Birmingham will probably show a
larger growth in the next census than
any southern cik, and it is safe to say
that it will have four or five additional
skyseraper hotels before that time. Hotel
building, like fireproof office building,
seems to be a contagious habit. I see
that Birmingham is now agitating, for a
large auditorium or convention hail. When
such a building IS provided this will be
one of the popular convention cities of
America
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
Alan ost1er in the London Express.

Alan Ostler IN the Ionuon rsApiesS.
K = ARDUKIAN was not popular
M with his fellow villagers of
Baba Tepe. He was, for one
thing, man of Intelligence; Mardukian
could think. whereas to the ordinary
Turkish peasant active and consecu-
tive thought is almost physically pain
full. He was also (by reason of mental
superiority the wealthiest man in the
village; and, finally, and worst of all.
he was an Armenian. as his name de-
clared Christian. and one who de-
spised and detested Ottoman author
ity
In times of peace, when 1t was fair
ly safe to do so. he had Haunted his
anti Turkish and nti-constitutional
views in the eyes of all and sundry.
He knew that for him and for his kind
brighter days would dawn if the Turk
ish yoke-the one thing that saved
Mussulman creditors from his utter
most extortiopv-could be removed. Mar
dukian was a usurer. as well as farm
er and a khan-keeper; and we'll he
realized that under enlightened chris
ltion government the money lending bus
iness which he now practised furtiyely
and with many fears. would be accord
ed a protection which would make MIN
truly rich. The Turk has hatred OF
the moneylender-his faith forbids US
ury-and though the borrower will pay
back when he can, 1t does not pay the
a,.lx, IA g. alien
and an unbeliever, to be oyer-exorbi-
tant In his demands.
So Mardukian hated the Turkish
yoke" and prayed always that 1t might
be removed And when at last the Bal
kan war broke out and the Turks lost
first kirk Kilssa. then Visa. then Lule
Bourgas, the hopes of the Armenian ran
high. His hour OF deliverance was at
hand He saw himself a wealthy man,
able to oppress his creditors with I'M
punity, and to extort from them ex-
orbitant rates of interest. in Keeping
with the ideals of his race.
After Lule Bourgas. the villagers oil
3aba Tepe Joined that pitiful throng
OF fugitive peasants that poured
through Thrace, afoot, on donkeys ana
In bullock carts. starving, dying from
exnosure stricken down by cholera.
typhoid, and dysentery; but struggling
on, day after day, week after week, TO
thronE the gates of Stamboul, and
and a refuge in the cypress-snaded
cemeteries beyond the northern wall.
They fled, in pahic-stricker thousands.
from the terror of the name of Buigar,
Rn,rar for q civilized and enlightened
member of a noble race whicn eoespi'e
certain indiscretions) Is we'll worthy TO
.ake its place at the council board OF
the great powers, these wretched Thra-
cian peasants knew him only ss mu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
A SENSE OF DIRECTION

From the Memphis Commercal-Appeal.
Somebody in Birmingham must be
selling a particularly mean brand OF
BOOZE Every day men are noticed on
the streets that lead from the business
part of town to the Terminal station in
condition of beastly intoxication." ."-Br-
mingham Age-Herald. Queer how all the
booze fighters go right on to the Ter
minal station. They seem to know where
to get off all right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
ArTrMN. AND SPRING.

Now poets lightly tune the Tyre,
A rapt and still melodious. choir.
TO sing of Autumn's mingled hues
OF red and gold and misty blues,
The while they paint with curious art,
The dreams that fill the happy heart
OF him who deems old Winters grip
Transcends the days when fairies trip.
Most sweet is Spring, her lovely eyes
More blue than are the bluest skies.
And soft her touch on bloom and tree;
very queen of love is she.
But Autumns pensive beauty seems
Her spell that stills the laughing streams
Those purple vistas shot with sun,
And the peace that broods when day Is
done
Seems more imbued with majesty
Than ever hoyden Spring could be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

cago. -.
"Crop reports that come from the west
are generally satisfactory. The western
cities are wonderfully prosperous, but the
south is the section that will probably
attract most attention In the business
werld in the next IL months. The south
has made large crops this summer. NOT
wtthstanding the fact that orouth IN
.o,na nlaces has cut down the yield, the
money that will pour into the sou'h ior
this years crop will make new hish
record.
.Bnsiness conditions throughout the
country are sound, / think, and we may
expect something of boom between
now and the holidays"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
DEFINITIONS FROM PERSIA

From the Boston Transcript.
Poet-A proud beggar.
Physician-The herald of death.
Poverty-The consequence of marriage.
Fool-An official. for instance. who il
honest
Bribe-The resource OF him who knows
he has q bad cause.
Widow-A woman in tho habit OF prais-
Ing her husband when he is gone.
Guest-One in your house who IA i'm.
patient to hear the dishes clatter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
THE BIRD AND THE BEACON

By F. W. BOurdillOn.
Poor bird that battlest with the storm
To gain the beacon-light
Then fall'st wounded woful form
Into the CULTS of night!
A thousand lips that light may bless;
To thee tis the last bitterness.
light was given to the earth,
Wearing womans name;
A thousand tongues have told her worth.
And deathless II her fans.
But was the spent bird, that there
Salvation sought. and found despair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
OUR MUSICAL AMERICA
Erau, T.asIfo's

Americans spend on music three times
the amount spent on the army and navy
This statement which was made at the
annual convention of the New York State
Music Teachers association seems to fiat
ter our musical TASTE To be exact the
amount is $500 900, a vast sum to ex-
rend on any single interest. 1t 10 more
than any other country dcvotss to the
same object.
The mechanical musical instrument not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

only amuses and entertains, 1t also edu-
gates one in the appreciation of good
music. Every home should possess such
an instrument. In most households, even
when some members can play. they can
not, as q rule, perform difficult, classi-
cal music. Unless there were automatic
musical instruments to fall back upon,
the family would miss hearing much Of
the best music.
Mr. Frank Damrosch; director of the
Institute of Musical Arts. thinks ti.o
musical advance of this country has been
both astonishing and gratifying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
IN THE ART STORE.

Don't you think this artist put some
natural touches in his picture?'
.'Yes. And | observe some natural
touches here and there, for which the
artist was not responsible"
what are you talking about?'
"Fly-specks."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
MEDICINAL QUALITIES OF WEEDS

Analysis of our edible weeds shows that
they possess powerful medicinal qualities.
The dandelion, for example. is replete
with tonic salts and Is aperient. besides
being a natural liver medicine; the milk
weed is perfect tonic for the kidneys
and a general cleanser of the system; the
common yarrow is a good spring tonic for
children; while red clover is one Of the
richest of all heterogeneous plants, ana nj
tdogen is one Of the most strengthening
elements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Strong Iron Market

The pig iron market could not well
be stronger than 1t is at the present
time said Vice President J. w. Nc
Queen of the sloss-sheffield Steel and
Iron company.
Since early in July have sold for our
company $1,000 tons. None of this ton
mage was sold for less than 5000 on a
No. foundry basis. The market has
peen strong at s11 recently and. of course,
we have sold considerable tonnage at
that price. There has been some selling
during the past few days ON $1150
basis. There is a great scarcity of low
grades and for such iron one may get
at the rate of l1.50 on the usual basis.
| think the market for all iron will be
firm very soon at S11 80 for No. 3"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Rockefeller's Cleveland estate. spent
Labor Day 1aboring My men are better
off working and earning money. rather
than spending 1t foolishly." said the
noble hearted John.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

OF "Androcles and the Lion" Bernard
Shaw's newest play, the London Daily
News says: 1T is one of the authors
mistakes" Let us hope that it Is not his
worst one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
JUST SO.

Food prices now are rather stiff;
Our purses they deplete.
A man could save much money II
He didn't have to eat.
Louisville Courier-Journal
The stuff we wear is pretty high,
And with the moon does flirt;
And dresses cost as much oh my.
Though wife wears slltted skirt.
Indianapolis Star.
What though we pay a lot for dress.
Ard likewise for our keep,
There's no occasion for distress
As long as talk Is cheap.
Seattle Post-lntelligencer
Oh, yes, talk may be cheap.
And yet, 1t costs, you know,
To buy the stuff bartenders keep
To make "ehn music flow.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Camille Flammarion says a new conti-
nent is being born on Jupiter. But that's
a small matter compared with what they
do to Harry Thaw.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

A ST. Louis woman proposes to have
moving picture films made depicting her
ing to unmarried persons. If her hus-
band consents to pose with her, the in
reference of the police may be necessary
to prevent an excess OF realism,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
SOON GONE.

1.-The trouble with you Flushby. is that
money burns hole in your pocket"
you are mistaken, Jowl<fns. 1t doesn't
even stay there long enough to ignite the
lint in my pocket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

The parson who puts up the best rain
prayer can have anything he wants in
Kansas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

The number of sympathetic letters Sui
zer Is receiving from governors all over
the country leaders to a suspicion that
some other legislatures are disclosing a
disposition toward reealcitrancy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

reach. Hence their irritating and ma
niacal energy in clinging to the slight
est facts, their sleepy dullness, their In
comprehensive indifference and igno-
rance, and all the wretched absurdi-
ties which we have noticed more than
oucA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

woman is having moving picture
made of her domestic infelicities which
she doubtless hopes will move the court
TO grant alimony
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

There are said to be 234 known mill
lionaires In Chicago. There are probably
some In hiding who have not been
counted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Some are so unjust as to intimate that
publication of the state Of FRITZ Scheff's
financial affairs is just a shrewd way
the prima donna has of suggesting that
a vacant husbandship is open for a mill
lcnaire who is otherwise eligible
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Suffragettes object to being made a
target by vaudeville performers. 1t is
only the suffragettes who misbehave who
are funny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

The modest oyster Is being dragged forth
intos the white light of publicity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
FATHERS NAIL.

Says the Lexington. Mo-, Lexingtonan,
Every man talks in an important way
days to get his mail; hates to leave town
because he misses his mall, and all there
is in 1t is a bill or two and circulars
advertising mining scheme. IL he
chances to be at home when he opens it.
Hush, the mother will tell the children.
Don't disturb your father while he is
reading his mall. F" But If father hap
pens to receive pink scented note in his
mail mother acts like an entirely differ
ent person.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

"0h, no. othef boys may aspire to be
President of their country some day.
We shall be satisfied If our boy gets to be
the president of a railroad"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Nearly every state has its we'll known
author, who is well known outside of the
state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
Business Conditions

Trade has been somewhat quiet during
the past two or three weeks and do
latter part Of September; It is usually
that way" said c. G. smithers Of chi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Having been retained as adviser" to
the New Haven railroad at salary of
$4,000 a year. former President Me1len
should worry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Walker Weston has bought farm In
Minnesota. Just a short step from New
York." he says.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
EASY.

Men like bold Pegoud remind US
We can win golden crown
And leave earthly cares behind us.
Just by flying upside down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Yes. the Nashville auto races were
success. Four persons were killed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

WHO GETS THE DIVIDENDS?
The latest wreck on the New Haven
railroad seems to have been due to the
use of an obsolete system of danger sig
mails installed twenty-five years ago.
Enough said
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
Excellent Telephone Service

In all communities kickers will be found
and in large cities the time will hardly
come when there will not be those who
find fault with public service corpora
tions, no matter how good in the main
the service may be. Touching Birming-
hams telephone service the consensus of
opinion Is that 1t is now first class. Per-
sons who are well informed and who
have had large experience with the serv-
ice say 1t Is safe to assert that no city
of Birmingham's size has better tele-
here. In speaking of this matter yes
terday Robert Jemison, Jr., said:
"The Southern Bell Telephone company
Is giving Birmingham an excellent serv-
ice. There Is no question about the hon.
est efforts that are being made by the
management in keeping abreast with Bir-
mingham's needs. A great deal of money
by the telephone company in improving
its great plant and It's operation. l
believe that the public gets better service
from one company than it did when there
were two in this city
When public service corporations do
not give satisfaction, complaint should
be made, but this chronic kicking that
sonable but it hurts the city's reputa-
tion. II our people would pull together
and boost more and discourage unrea
sonable knocking Birmingham would be
all the better off,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
ADRTFT WITH THE TIMES

Post tells about a fake blind man in KAN
sas city who couldn't resist looking at
a slit skirt and was sent to the work.
house for 100 days. ANY way" says Col.
Bailey, that saves the slit skirt from a
shutout" As a matter of fact, the slit
skirt often makes a very good showing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
TOO FAR.

Some people go too far in trying to
be concise"
whats the matter now?"
"Dobbs told me about a friend of his
who had stoned a young woman and I
found out later that he had merely bought
her a diamond ring"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Poor Bill" says Martin Littleton of Mr..
sulzer. The best thing. for him to do
is to get an automobile, like Harry
Thaw." But Bill is poor in more ways
than one He hasn't the money with
which OF buy immunity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
KEEPS HER TAUT.

n Er1i . IIE1iN IT . 7
Mrs. Dawkins holds her head high
"Yes. She has an invisible check rein. y
What Is that?'
Pride"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
Army ana Navy Diocese

"One Of the questions which the Prot
estant Episcopal general convention,
which meets in New York next month,
will probably act upon is the memorial
presented at the last general convention
held in Cincinnati In 1910 by the Rt. Rev.
Alfred Harding, bishop of Washington,
asking that diocese be erected especially
for the army and navy" said a layman.
Bishop Harding presented the paper In
behalf OF IA clergymen of the Episcopal
church serving as army and navy chap
lains.. 1t was set forth in tho memorial
that the chaplains needed the counsel and
advice of a bishop; that they desired a
more vital connection with the mission
ary activities Of the church, etc.
If such action should be taken the
United States would have tho only dio-
cese of tho kind In the world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
MODEST PARENTS.

"I suppose you think that boy of yours
is the brightest youngster in the world?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

SURE.

A man may not
Possess great fame
And still wear "Ton. .
Before his name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Game. draw .tbis curtain, and let's see
Aour picture.
-Troiius and Cressida'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
Dinners Light and Heavy

The general movement for temper
ance includes temperance in eating as
well as total abstinence or marked mod
Grafton in drinking alcoholic stimu-
lants." said an old citizen. IL look
over Marion Harlands menus for the
week published in The Age-Herald and
have been struck with the tonthsome
meals she suggests and at the same
time with the reduced number Of
courses for dinner as compared with
other days.
Il was brought up on three square
meals day and each OF them a full
meal, but during this long, hot summer
just ending 1 have been cultiva ling the
habit OF lighter diet-hot tea and toast
for breakfast; light dinner or lunch
con at 1 o'clock with soup and very
little meat. few vegetables and fruit
or an ice, and for supper salad some
stewed fruit. bread and butter and iced
dinners, even her Sunday dinners. are
scheduled for evening. She calls for
only one meat and only two vegetables
That Is certainly an improvement over
the old idea of three or four vegetables
to say nothing OF two meats in the
summer
LAS for the dinner hour. prefer the
old fashion dinner In the middle OF the
day and light supper about or 1850
o. clock at night. Marion Hnrland is
Virginia born and reared and she was
brought up on the noon dinners, but in
these recent years she evidently pre-
fers the evening dinners She has even
the Sunday dinner in the evening. This
may do very we'll in the north, but it
will never become the custom in the
south. In every southern city dinner
is served on Sunday and q big dinner
at that, at 1880 or 2. This is done SO
as to let the servants on at night, the
lady of the house setting cold spread
Sunday evening.
speaking OF sunday dinners, those OF
us who have lived in the country or
have visited In the country recall the
great feasts prepared BY the average
farmers wife, especially during the
months OF August and September. when
everything is ripe. The recipe book
Sunday dinner in the summer time,
such as Marion Harland gives US, Will
never be accepted on the farm. where
beef, mutton or lamb and fried chicken
and about six vegetables and dessert
are always served.
But coming back to my original
Proposition. the lighter diet habit is
growing and should grow. I feel all the
better for having been temperate in
eating and drinking this summer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
OH, YES.

OH, YES.
Col. George NJ Bailey of the Houston
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Mobile Register New York is to have
a s12,000,00o hotel. They'll be getting
hotels soon that will cost as much as
battleship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

Marion County News: BY all means
the government Should manufacture its
own armor plate. and Birnlingh am
will be an ideal place for such a plant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

MI with his fellow villagers of
Baba Tepe He was, for one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07

TELEPHONE
Bell fprIvate exchange connecting ah
deparfmenfsl Main Ae0O.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-05-22
new HEARING
IS GRANIED TO
WATER COMP ANY
REDUCTION OF RATES WILL NOT
GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL
FIRST OF JULY.

Petitions filed by the Water Com
pany OF Tonopah, asking for a re-
hearing before the public service
commission in the matter OF rate
reductions have been fayorably con
sdered and the commission has set
June 20 as the dat5 for the taking
of additional testimony on the sub
jeet.
Fred A. Burnham, manager of the
company, returned yesterday from
Carson where he appeared before the
commission and requested that re.
hearing be given his company, stat
ing that were the proposed reductions
as already ordered, to go into eff
feet 1t would mean that the affairs
would be forced into the hands of a
receiver.
The petition for the rehearing was
forwarded to Carson several days
ago by Attorney II. r. Cooke and the
matter was fully considered during
the time Burnham was present In
granting the petition the commission
announced that time had been ex
tended until July | for the putting
into effect of the rate reduction, and
1t is now possible that further
extension will be taken pending the
consideration of the facts brought ou
at the coming hearing.