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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
THE HAWK AND THE CROWS

THE HAWK AND THE CROWS
John Burroughs, in Harper's Magazine
for March,
Day after day and week after week as
look through the big, open barn door
see a marsh hawk beating about low
over the fields. He, or rather she (for /
see by the greater size and browner color
that it is the female) moves very slowly
and deliberately on level, flexible wing.
now over the meadow, now over the oat
or millet field then above the pasture and
the swamp, tacking and turning, here eye
bent upon the ground and no doubt send
ing fear or panic through the heart of
many a nibbllng mouse or sitting bird.
She occasionally hesitates or stops in her
fight and drops upon the ground, as If
seeking insects or frogs or snakes. /
have never yet seen her swoop or strike
after the manner of other hawks. 1t is
pleasure to watch her through the glass
and see her make these circuits of the
fields on effortless wing, day after day,
and strike no bird or other living thing,
as If in quest of something she never
finds. never see the male. She has per-
haps assigned him other territory to hunt
over He is smaller, with more blue in
his pluniage. One day she had a scrap
or a game of some kind with three or
four crows on the side of a rocky hill.
| think the crows teased and annoyed
her l heard their cawing and saw them
persuing the hawk, and then saw her
swoop upon them or turn over in the air
beneath them, as if to show them what
feats she could do on the wing that were
beyond their powers. The crows often
made a peculiar gutteral cawing and
! caclxling as If they enjoyed the sport, but
they were clumsy and awkward enough
on the wing compared to the hawk. Time
after time she came down upon them from
a point high in the air, like a thunderbolt,
but never seemed to touch them. Twice
| saw her swoop upon them as they sat
upon the ground. and the crows called
out in half sportive, half protesting tones
as If saving, THAT was little too close;
beware, beware;, 1t was like a sldllful
swordsman fiourishing his weapon about
the head of a peasant; but not feather
was touched so far as l could see. 1t Is
the only time | ever saw this hawk In q
sportive or aggressive mood. | have seer
laws tease the sharp Skinned hawk in this
way and escape his retalatng blows by
darting into cedar tree. All the crow
tribe / think, love to badger and MOCK
soma of their neirhbOrs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
COAL TAR FOR PAVING

From the Newark News
Coal tar mixed with a mineral and a
vegetable substance is claimed by the
Lindenhot Chemical works as success
flu lroad paving substitute for asphalt.
Into a heated vat is placed 1000 parts
of tar and to this is added from 200 to
300 parts of fine sawdust, or even wood
shavings or chips, with from 400 to 500
parts of groung chalk, mari or ashes.
The mixture is stirred until homose-
nous, the temperature being kept between
$50 and 1So wegrees c. The mass can
be nodded into paving blocgs, or it can
be rolley into uniform and elastic layer,
which resists wear, heat and cold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Business Activity

"A few weeks ago | remarked that
my business last year was SO per cent
better than that of any previous year
since had been engaged in business
in Birmingham, and now l am able to
state that in January and February
of this year I have made new high rec
ords as compared with the same pc
riod in 1912" said R. L. Seals of the
Seals Piano company
Il have been selling pianos here for
more than a quarter of a century. and
l have never felt so optimistic as
do today I have always refrained
from boasting about my trade, but
business has been so good that 1 can
not help now speaking of it, Last
Saturday my concern sold 27 pianos
and that was certainly a fine days
business. The outlook for the yeaf
could not well be brighter."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

held his majestic court alike In the Gulf
of Mexico and the Bay OF Naples. Just
awhile ago" I quote from that renowned
epistle of the Bluegrass statesman. "a
tarpon. escaping a shark leaped entirely
over the boat and then leaped back again,
falling into Benefits lap and breaking
his leg. Iie"--the tarpon, of course
weighed 1872 pounds"
And yet, according to the Kentucky
senator. the fishing was merely pastime
by comparison with the hunting. Deer
stalked round the settlement by night.
Wild turkeys We're so unused to the sight
of man that they stood about in nocks of
ten and blocks of five and allowed them
selves to be shot for very love of sport.
The panther and the catamount furnished
a bit Of occasional excitement. Now and
then bruin could be seen sucking wild
honey from the full trough of a luxuri-
GUS bamboo. As for duck and quail, they
were too numerous to mention" They
Just flew into the pot" And over all the
eagle scared and screamed and through
the tortuous undergrowth the rattler
crept, "as familiar and friendly as men,
ber of the family
So Gen. John S. Williams wrote and SO
Walter N. Haldeman read and tugged at
his beard. "Oh, he'll get you," | said.
And he did, and it heightened. and bright
ened the days of both of them and re-
mains to this good hour a living memo
rial, as of Gods bounty, for. optimst
though he was. the imagination of the
hero of cerro Gordo could not overstate
the enchantment of Naples-on- -the-Gulf.
That was 80 years ago. Ever since Ma
ples-on-the-Gulf has been thought 10
live for. A third generation is well on its
way now Maybe when the canal is go
ing, commerce will strike it. Then, good
by to paradise But not yet. thank
heaven, not yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
A LONG WAIT.

A LONG WAIT.
In twenty years from now said Pete,
Just look for me on Easy street"
The time went by, with hopeful air
We looked and found he wasn't there.
But one whom we did question said,
The while he wagged a hoary head
Il once did know a fellow who
Lived back this way, mile or two.
.He might have been the man you seek
He earned l think, twelve plunlxs a week
And had SO large a family,
From debt he never did get free.
And when at last he closed his eyes
And went, [ hope, to Paradise,
He whispered, ere his spirit passed,
I We come to Easy street at lastr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

Minneapolis Sunday morning. The
building had a large seating capacity,
but not large enough to accommodate
all who came. for there we're many
men standing in the aisles. on that
Sunday night passed by large Pres
byterian church as the congregation
was coming out and there was a vast
throng of worshippers
Minneapolis has the city beautiful
idea well developed 1t impressed me
as a model city. I remained there sew
eral days and never saw a man on
the streets under the influence of
liquor; never heard of any shootings or
dlsorderly conduct of any kind. Min
neapolis has a large foreign. popula-
ton, but the people seem to BE polite
and especially well hammered, and yet
it is a Sunday theatre town. I am not
saying this by way of argument in fa-
Yor of a wide open Sunday, but simply
to give bit of information"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

Charles d. Hilles, chairman of the re-
publican national committee, says that
convention for the purpose of changing
the basis of southern representation or to
enuneiate new rules which would permit
each state to select delegates TO future
conventions in acceptance with its own
laws. instead of aF arbitrary ruling by
the national committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
THE AMERIcAN NEWSPAPER

r. A. scott-James, In Harper's Weekly.
I cannot resist the conviction that it is
the localization OF papers, the present i'm
possibility of their being national papers.
which accounts for so many of their OBJ
vious defects. 1t partly accounts for their
commercialism. 1t partly accounts for
their inaccessibility to IDEAS. How little
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
THE UNaUIET HOTELS OF SPAIN

W. D. Howells, in Harpers Magazine for
March.
The dinner, when we came back to it,
was not very good. or at least not very
winning, and the next night it was no bet
ter. though the head waiter had then
made us so much favor with himself as to
promise us a side table for the rest of our
stay. He was a very friendly head waiter,
and the dining room was a long glare of
the encaustic tiling which all Seville
seems lined with, and of every Moorish
motive in the decoration. Besides, there
was young Scotch girl. very interesting
ly pale and delicate of face, at one of the
tables, and at another a Spanish girl
with the most wonderful fire red hair,
and there were several miracles of the
beautiful obesity which abounds in Spain.
When we returned to the annex it did
seem, for the short time we kept our win
dows shut, that the manager had spoken
true, and we promised ourselves a tran
quill night, which, after our two nights
in ordova, we needed if we did not mer-
it. But we had counted without the
spread of popular education in Spain.
Under our windows. just across the way,
there proved to be a school of the Royal
Society of Friends of Their Country as
the Spanish inscription in its front pro-
claimed; and at dusk its pupils, children
and young people of both sexes began
clamoring for knowledge at its doors.
About 10 o'clock they burst from them
again with joyous exultation in their ae-
quirements: then, shortly after, every
manner of vehicle began to pass, especi-
ally heavy market wagons overladen and
drawn by horses swarming with bells.
Their succession left scarcely a moment
of the night unstunned; but If ever a
| moment seemed to be escaping, there was
| maniacal bell in church near by that
clashed out: "Hello Here's a bit of 81
lence; let's knock it on the head!'
We went promptly the next day to the
gentle old manager and told him that he
| had been deceived in thinking he had
given us rooms on quiet street, and ap-
pealed to his invention for something, for
anything, different His invention had
probably never been put to such stress
before, and he showed us an excess OF
| impossible apartments, which we sub
jected to a consideration worthy of the
greatest promise in them. our search
ended in suite of rooms on the top floor,
where he could have the range of a fiat
roof outside If we wanted but as the pri-
vate family living next door kept hens,
led by lordly turkey. on their roof, we
were sorrowfully forced to forego our
peculiar advantage. Peculiar we then
thought it, though we learned afterward
that poultry farming was not uncommon
on the fiat roofs of Seville, and there is
now no telling how we might have pros
pered if we had taken those rooms and
stocked our roof with Plymouth Rocks
and Wyandottes. At the moment, how
ever, we thought it would not do. and we
could only offer our excuses to the man
ager, whose resources we had now ex-
hausted, but not whose patience, and we
parted with expressions of mutual esteem
and regret.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

is kept clean there will be found the
city beautiful. Birmingham is not
financially able to do as much for civic
improvements as some other cities
and for that very reason the people
should get together and strive all the
more to promote public cleanliness,
in the end that this may be model
IL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

Josepuh Patrick Tumulty has rented u
house in Washington with two bath
rooms, and this fact has led some well
meaning persons to question the sound
ness of his democracy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

The refusal of the Senate to confirm the
nomination of Irwin B. Laughlin as secre-
tary of the embassy to Great Britain will
make Hallett Johnson, barely "a, the chief
representative of the United States at
the court of st. James after March 4.
The second secretary is absent on leave.
Young Johnson has had only six months
experience in the diplomatic service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

The new nickel embellished with an In
dian head on one side and a buffalo de-
sign on the other will be put into gen.
eral circulation tomorrow Two millions
of the coin have already been ordered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

vassar students can no longer unbend
from their high intellectual attitude by
going to moving picture shows. They
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

The Wilson Inauguration will be far
more peaceful thap the Huerta inaugu-
ration, but the weather may not be even
as good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

Paul Mario Pierre Thureau-Dangin. the
secretary of the French academy, is dead.
Some time in the last century he was a
prolific author.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

After Tuesday next we will have two
ex-Presidents who are not in accord on
any known subject.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

Mrs. Champ Clark, wife of the speaker,
dress herself and her three daughters on
$1,000 year apiece while they are in the
White House." Public sentiment in every
direction upholds Mrs. Wilson in her de-
termination TO confine her dress expenses
to $1,000 year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

Congressman Palmer says the selection
of All Fools day for calling the extra
session means that we will fool all the
calamity howlers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

Washington chiropodists expect to reap
a harvest when General Rosalie and her
army arrive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
HARD 10 CONVINCE.

HARD TO CONVINCE
I see where a scientist chased a butter
fly for whole year"
Il once knew young fellow who
chased butterfly all around the world"
How did the chase end?',
'She said Yes in Egypt"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

Government by gunmen has never be-
fore been tried in country holding 15,-
100000 of people. such as they are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

Five million muskrat skins are marketed
each year. but when the consumers get
them they are variously named
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

Mrs. R. c. Burleson, grand marshal Of
the suffragist parade. insists that the
Stars and Stripes shall be carried at the
head of the pageant of March 3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

Mexican housewives no longer have to
oodge cannon balls as they run down 20
the corner grocery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

Time drags on both sides of the fence.
It is as boresome to w. H. T. as it is to
Woodrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

The word elect" will soon be chopped
out of Woodrow Wilson's title.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

Mexico should be shaken up and told
that this is the twentieth century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
A MODERN MAID.

= -'HN117H H1IN4N NiEA1iJ
Z Il don't suppose Feliee could make a
pie"
mo, but you ought to see her mend a
puncture.'
I'm a sock?''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

Huerta is as rhetorical as he is blood
thirsty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
HAzARnINc A cI,nse.

HAZARDING A GUESS.
There's something grotesque about Pill
kins. don't know exactly what
.Aheml Have you ever seen his wife ?p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

TELEPHONES
Bell (prfvste exchange conseetssx -
epartments). No. ARee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala
posloffice as second class matt~r uu"er
act of Congress March 3, 1919
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-08-08
JASPER NOTES.

Rev. r. H. Hill preached at the New
Hope Baptist Church Sunday at IL
a. m; he also preached to the prison
ers at the Jail at p. m. Rev. G. H.
Toliver preached at Z p. m. His
text was Mark 33:13. Mr.. R. ]. Sci
well, of Whitwell, Tenn, was seen
in our town Monday. Mr.. Owel Nc
Kinley and Miss Vinia Smith, Of So.
Pittsburg, Tenn, were married Sun
day at Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Grimes
Messrs. Frank and John Greer, Of
South Pittsburg, spent Sunday with
their parents. Miss Lou Dena Mercy.
nolds left this morning for Richard
City, where she will teach school, Mr..
Myrland Martin, of South Pittsburg,
was seen in Jasper Sunday. Mr.. ].
P. Greer left for Victoria Monday,
where he will teach school. Mrs.
Fred Shockley opened school Mon
day with forty-six enrolled. Mr.. Robt
Currenton, of South Pittsburg, was
seen in our town Monday. Mrs. Dave
Buchanan, of Chattanooga, is visiting
her brother-in-law, Mr.. Mitchell Good
man. Miss Vera Robinson spent Sun
day with Miss Lola Robinson. Mrs
Will Wyatt and Mrs. Sam Hale, Of
Soddy, spent Sunday with Mrs. join
Springs. Mrs. Guss Hall and Mrs
Fred Shockley and little son, Frank
Frank Shockley, spent Sunday witt
Mrs. John Pryor. Mrs. Hamilton, o
New Comb, KY, is visiting her sis
ter. Mrs. Sam Carter. Mrs. Brown
McReynolds is still i'll, Mrs. Viii
/ Cooper and little son, of Chattanooga
are visiting her sister-ln-law, Mrs
Will Robinson. Mr.. Sam Greer lef
| for South Pittsburg Monday, wher'
he will clerk in a store. Messrs
Frank, John and Sam Greer, Edwarr
Thurman and Byron Kelley were tn
guests of the Misses Springs Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Hill were in Vic
toria Saturday Miss Loudena Mo
Reynolds was the guest of the Misse
Snrinpc Sunday
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-08-08

lain of Parson lodge; T. B. Boggan,
Dink Harbor, all OF which received
compliments for the earnest efforts
they made to get this lodge and tenn
pie before the people. Mrs. Cooper
left Monday for Columbia to see her
relatives. Rev. A. 7. Cooper is hold
ing the fort of the A. Nj. Z. church,
and the gavel in U. B. +. lodge. Mrs.
/. V. Mathes and Mamie Harbro are
holding the temple fast. Rev. Dowell
and his good wife are holding the
nj. E. church and public school fast.
Mrs. Bette Spears is somewhat indis-
posed. Mr.. Ed Martin was brought
home on the Watt N. Russ suffering
with heart trouble; much better at
this writing. Mrs. Lena lobe was
here Sunday to the annual sermon.
Miss ALA Ray, teacher at Waynes-
bcro, Miss Vella Knox and others en-
joyed themselves here Saturday and
Sunday.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-08-08
wlLLlAMsPoRr NOTES.

Mrs. Thomas McMoore, of Frank
lin, Tenn, was visitor among home
folk and old friends for several days.
She left Monday for her home In
Franklin. She was accompanied by
Mr.. McMoore. Wednesday evening,
July 80, Mrs. Emma and Sarah Sowell
entertained from 3 to $3.50 p. M, in
honor of their adopted son, George
Wilson Sowell's fifth anniversary. AT
5 o'clock a cordial invitation was ex-
tended to forty little folk to assemble
on the front lawn, where covers were
laid for all beneath the beautiful
shade trees and flowers, where they
enjoyed the hospitality or Mesdames
Sarah and Emma Sowell; also twenty
three grown people were present,
Those who assisted in receiving and
serving were Misses Osteen Ship, L.
T. Williams, FLYER Fitzgerald and B.
M. Greenfield; little Master Sowe |
received many handsome presents. A
! three-course menu was served. After
enjoying different amusements, the
little folk expressed themselves as
having spent a delightful time. Mss
Aller Joe Foggy, of Grace Branch, IS
visiting her auntie, Mrs. H. l.. Hud-
son. Mr.. Fl. l.. Hudson accidently
caught his hand in the hay bailer and
received a very painful hurt. Rev.
3. N. Maury, of Bethel, Columbia,
preached an able sermon at Harlin's
Mines July 81, also DR.. Davis, Of Co
lumbia, gave a grand lecture on race
pride. His lecture was elevating as
well as instructive. Rev. ]. d. Cross,
Of Mt Pleasant, filled the pulpit for
/ Rev. N. Smith Sunday at II o'clock,
also Rev. r. B. Flowers. Rev. N.
Smith preached at night; all sermons
were grand. It is sad to note the
death of Mrs. Martha Gasllin, who de-
parted this life July 2Sth. She was a
| fruitful member of the Christian
Church, a devoted wife and loving
sister. She leaves to mourn their
loss one sister, Mrs. Hill Hail. and
| two brothers, Messrs. John and G..
! B. Pye, and a host Of relatives and
! friends. The funeral service was at
tended by Rev. Jim CAN'T; her re-
mains were laid to rest in Atrrock
Cemetery. Mrs w M. Johnson was
the hostess of a beautiful dinner Sun
day: those seated at the table were;
Rev. N. Smith, Mr.. Buford, of Mt.
Pleasant, Mr.. and Mrs. Lem Erwin,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Tucker, Mrs, l. j..
Edwards, of Nashville; Misses E. L..
Wainwright, Christine Church, Mrs.
Ellis Anderson was the hostess of a
pretty dinner Sunday. Those who en-
joyed the hospitality were: Mrs. VIM.
Webster, Mrs. H. E. Russell, of Co.
lumbia; Mrs. Wesley Watkins, Misses
Rosie, Sadie and Fannie Martin, Rev.
and Mrs. J. D. Cross, Of Mt. Pleasant.
Miss Annie L. Church and Mr.. Les
lie Watkins, of Mt. Pleasant, were the
welcome guests of Miss Maud Will
liams Sunday. Mr. A. J. Blackburn
was entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. M.
M. Watkins Sunday Mr.. Ben Vain
wright, of Water Valley, speaks in
high terms of the Globe; we wish to
have his subscription for the same.
The crops in this vicinity are look
ing fair considering the dry weather.
Miss NJ. 3. Crosby was entertained by
Mr.. Felix Webster, of Chartersville,
Sunday. II you wish to keep well
nostcd pay IN your subscription and
read the Nashville Globe.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-08-08
oRLINDA NOTES.

1t is quite dry here. Crops are
very much in need of rain. The
Health of the community is very good.
Mr., Simon Ellison, a very aged man,
departed this life Sunday, August g..
Mr.. Ellison was quite an honorable
citizen who will be greatly missed in
this community He was n member
remains will be laid to rest that
Of Second Grove M. E. Church His
cemetery. He leaves a wife and a
host of children, grandchildren and
friends to mourn his loss, though we
trust our loss is heavens eternal
gain. The Friendship Baptist Church,
Crosspl ains, Rev. Dunlap, pastor Of
which many of our citizens are mem
bers, had an awakening revival last
week. Rev. d. w. Bowen, pastor OF
First BAPTIST Church, Springfield,
Tenn, and Keysburg Baptist Church,
Keysburg, KY, conducted the meet
ing. This was the grandest meeting
that has been had in this community
for a number of years. Rev. Bowen
is noted preacher, we truly believe
him to be a worthy man. People
from all directions, both far and near
crowded in to hear him and at the
sclose of one weeks work he received
thirty-nine converts for baptism.
We feel everybody that attended was
greatly benefited, for such shouting
and praising the Lord was never be-
fore known. The name of Rev. D.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-08-08
CLIFTON NOTES.

The annual picnic of the U. B. F, Of
and S. M. T. was a success. Deca-
turville was well represented, d. G.
Master M. G. Jones was present also
and helped us out at II a. M, Rev,
w. J. Young having been elected to
preach the sermon. He was escorted
to the stand by the marshals, 7. B.,
IBoggan and Charley Harbor, and
preached the annual sermon He re-
.ceived many compliments and votes
of thanks for the able manner in
(which he handled his subject. Talks
were made by Rev. Conrade, the chap