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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22
SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT

BY William Wordsworth.
She was a phantom Of delight
When first she CLEANED upon my sight;
A lovely apparition sent
To be a moments ornaileni;
Her eyes as stars of twilight fair:
Like twilights too, her 1usNy hair;
But all things else about hcI llpwn:
From May time and the cheerful dawn.
dancing shape, an image i:av,
10 haunt, to startle. AMI wayla..
saw her upon nearer view,
spirit, yet woman too,
Her household motions light and free,
And steps of virgin liberty:
countenance in which did meet
Sweet records, promises al sweet
A creature not too bright or good
For human natufe's daily food.
For transient sorrows. simple wiles
Praise, blame. love, kisses, tears and
smiles.
And now I see with eye serene
The very pulse OF the machine;
A being breathing thoughtful breath
A traveller between life and death;
The reason firm. the temperate will,
Endurance, foresight, strength and skill;
A perfect woman, nobly planned
To warn, to comfort. and command;
And yet a spirit still and bright
With something q. angelic light
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
WHO WON?

WHO WON2
Your rival in love once2"
''Yes."
He seems rather erestfallen. You evi
IDENTIFY got the girl?"
mo. He got the GIRL"
MAUD MULLER-IN TWO FILMS.
Maud Muller ON summers day
Had poor success at raking hay.
The headsman gave her pride biff;
Declared her acting was too stiff.
'fhe judge rode up; things went to smash
Just then he lost his false mustache.
The manager let out a whoop;
Said the judge acted like "supe''
Affairs kept getting worse and worse;
Nine times he made them all rehearse.
They went six hours without a meal
Before they got a perfect reel.
VIII S. Adkins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22
LOOKING BACKWARD.

The wattlebys put on grand airs. hut
the old gentleman used to be a section
hand on railroad"
You'd never guess It, to hear Mrs. wat
tleby refer to him as one of the pioneer
railroad builders"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

A Pennsylvania girl was arrested for
carrying a revolver in a holster that was
strapped to her knee. Probably wanted
it fixed so she could grab her money with
one hand and her pistol with the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

1t is reported that soo-pound church
bell was taken from the Green Springs
Baptist church Wednesday night. The
self respecting thief want with a church
bal19
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

Since Mrs. Pankhurst is now in France,
there are no doubt certain government Of
ficials in London who wish the English
channel were 10 times as wide and far
rougher than it is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

A Birmingham man is said to have
swallowed a small watch Wednesday
night. and the alleged humorists of the
local papers are all having perfectly
lovely time" over it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

very remote from each other. but I feel
sure If Jack had slipped his halter within
80 days after being parted from his chom
he would have trailed that little mare the
150 miles that separated them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

In New York some of the juriscon-
suit are discussing the meaning of i'm
peachment The dictionary is clean
enough to say nothing OF New York S
constitution. From either point of view,
Governor sulzer is impeached.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

Senator Penrose's suggestion that
United States soldiers be placed on po-
lice duty in Mexico will hardly bear
fruit. That would be a certain way to
cause trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22
TECHNICAL LANGUAGE.

"Gmph The headline writer on this
newspaper is a rather impudent fellow"
What has he done?"
lover the announcement of the birth of
son and heir to a prominent speculator
he wrote, Love Declares a Dividend
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

You did your best, John Lind, and If
Uncle Sam has to whip Mexico, it won't
be your fault
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

Some good craftsmanship by govern
ment gunners was shown at Sandy Hook
the other day. Might send the score to
Huerta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

One girl went on record as having got
her bathing suit wet, but while crossing
the street car line the deadly third rail
counted another victim.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

The French government is preparing
to withdraw all bronze coins from circu-
lation. Then the poor devil without a
SOU will be more numerous than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

Wonder what has become of the Balkan
war. At the last hearing the allies were
figuring on the division Of the spoils
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

Women's styles will change again with
the coming autumn, and the fashion
plates suggest many beautiful effects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

Telegraph editors are in sore distress
trying to decide whether Thaw or the
Mexican situation shall have the most
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

With 100 assassins reported to be on his
trail, DR.. Sun may be excused from oc-
casionally glancing under his bed before
hitting the hay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

Our idea of real loafer is the man
who wanths to make a bet that Harry
Thaw will never be returned to Mat
teawan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

The premier of Brazil is planning to
Introduce baseball into his country. Brazil
is already rich. Baseball should make
it happy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
" HE four letters addressed by
Charlotte Bronte to Prof Con-
i stantin Heger of Brussels
which have just been published by the
London Times. throw an interesting
and Illuminating light on the character
aud psychology of the famous woman
who was the author of "Jane Eyre
They also show how little basis there
ever was for some Of the suppositions
which Charlotte Bronte's attitude to-
ward Heger from time to time sug-
gested. 1t is matter of familiar
knowledge that when Miss Bronte was
earning a little money as a school
teacher or governess At Brussels, and
also perfecting her education, she
formed the acquaintance of a man for
whom she conceived very strong ad-
miration and an extremely warm re-
gard. That man was Prof. Constantin
Heger. who figures in Charlotte
Brcntes story Of "villette,' in the
character of Paul Emmanuel and the
English writer's relations with Heger
have been the subject of some curious
speculations.
Their nature is most clearly exhibited
in the correspondence which has now
been made public. and which has been
donated to the British Museum by the
son of the man to whom it was ad-
dressed. 1t Is somewhat surprising that
these letters should have escaped de-
structon, for 1t is evident that their
recipient thought very little of them
and took only the most languid interest
in their contents. They read like the
effusions of a romantic school girl, and
as such 1T may be assumed that Heger
sssssss.ssssuss.s..ssssss
where the old house stood when I was a
little boy So the old memories come
back as sit on the moving machine and
drive about the field
There are also some very instructive les
sons to be learned in this alfalfa field. On
one part where the soil is inclined to be
light and black, potash is needed. and
where we have applied it is splendid
strong alfalfa, and where we have not
applied 1t the grasses are coming and the
weeds, and the alfalfa is thinner on the
ground The whole field is an expert
ment station and every rod of the way
around Ii is of interest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22
DIscouRAeING A BORE.

DISCoURAGING A BORE.
Hello, Blobbs."
How are you, Kirkly?"
Say, I've got a new story to tell YOU
when did you originate it?"
'oh, didn't originate it, I heard 1t
somewhere"
Then 1t isn't new"
Weller, not exactly new"
And long experience has taueht me-,
Kirlxly, that you never hear story until
it has travelled all over town four or five
times. That's why I'm not at all enthu-
siastic. But fire away. What is the
story?"
"shucks! I've forgotten 1t now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22
TWAS EVER THUS.

There's many a man
Does all he can
TO keep himself from feeling blue,
But just at the time
The outlooks prime,
Why, rent or something else falls due.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

When thieves fall out lobby inves-
tigating committee has easy sailing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22
SECONDHAND LOVER.

"Dobbs tells me he is a great lover of
nature"
Yes I don't know of any man who en-
joys seeing the picture of sylvan dell
in magazine more than Dobbs does"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

with prolonged sigh. II was feein'
all right day or so ago, but jes now
seem ter have symptoms of rheumatic.
lumbegger, dyspeepsy. ringworm. bron-
seetus an some more things thet 1
KANT remember"
"Ye don't mean 1t, Hez," sympathet-
cally responded Josh. What i'm their
thunderation hev ye been dom ter YER
self?"
''Nothin'. Josh. replied Hez, +" cept
readin' a new almanac thet the druggist
jes sent me-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

HAD ALL THE SYMPTOMS.
Was Hamlet mad?"
Il don't know about that, but I'm sure
he was a dyspeptic"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22
THE BRONTE LOVE LETTERS

, regarded them, but passionate as they
areswith the kind of passion that might
be expected from the creator of Jane
Eyre, the Innocence of their thought
land sentiment is absolute Constantin
Heger had wife and family. He was
properly and prudently unwilling to
establish relations at all approaching
intimacy with the then obscure and
not especially attractive young woman
| who had formed such fatteringly
high opinion of his character and
merits.
1t is evident that as soon as the
correspondence began he set the bounds
within which 1t must be restricted. If
Miss Bronte insisted upon 1t she might
write to him not more frequently than
himself the privilege of replying TO her
letters when he felt like 1t. or of not
replying at all If he preferred. which
he usually did. On November Is, 1916.
Charlotte writes: The six months
silence have run their course l may,
therefore, write to you without falling
In my promise" and at the close of the
same letter she observes: $50 long as
I have hope of receiving news from
you I can be at rest and not too sad.
but when day by day l await letter.
and when day by day disappointment
comes to fling me back into overwhelm-
ing sorrow, I lose appetite and sleep
I pine away" On the edge of this let
ter some commonplace notes in pencil.
one of them the name and address of A
shoemaker, have been written by Miss
Bronte's hero.
There is no escaping the conclusion
that Paul Emmanuel was as much
creation of her imagination as Roch-
ester himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22
UNSEEMLY CHATTER.

UNSEEMLY CHATTER.
In days of old
When knights were Rld
And very often drunk.
Whence er one fell
1t sounded-well.
Just like a load of junk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

TELEPHONE
Bell (privnte exchange connecting All
departments), Main 490O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala
postoffiee as second class matter under
act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

f. W. BARRETT. r.......... Editor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald So.0O
Daily and Sunday per month ~
Daily and Sunday, three months. wv
Weekly Age-Herald, per annum .oV
sunday Ase-Herald ...... 200
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

A. ]. Eaton, Jr.. and o. e. Young are
the only authorized travelling repre-
sentatives of The Age-Herald IN It's
circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-22

10 NON
Your rival in love once ,"
Yes"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-09
ETIQUETTE OF THE JUNGLE

A moving picture firm has been TAX
ing SOME remarkable pictures at wa
ter-hole in Abyssinia Of animals which
come there from miles around to
Quench their thirst. 1t is the etiquette
of the jungle for the elephant to drink
first. No matter how many animals
are around the waterhole, they all
stand aside for the greatest beast OF
ALL Many of the animals come 40 to-
80 miles for drink, and there is a
truce between even the most deadly
enemies. After the elephant comes
the rhinoceros. Although most of the
other a2iHals observe the water-hole
truce faithfully, two rhinos will fight
over their precedence.
The cinematograph operator obtain
ed wonderful pictures OF two of these
huge animals going at it hammer and
tonSs." The fight only ended by one of
the animals being killed. When the
rhinoceros has finished the giraffes
drink their fill, followed by Zebras.
Zebras always travel in herds. and
sometimes 40 to SO will arrive at the
waterhole at a time. According to
the etiquette of the jungle. however.
they only come in fourth for the drink
ing stakes. The first four animals
are fixed in order, but the rest get a
drink just how and when they can.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-09
KING Furnishes A DRIVER
Monarch of Spain Boxes Mans Ears
for Beating Exhausted
Horse.

Partisan interesting anecdote OF
the king of Spain is now going the
rounds of Paris. The other day, 1t 10
said, man was driving up steep
hill just outside of Madrid heavily
laden cart drawn by two miserable
horses, both of which looked to be at
the end of the tether.
One of them, dead beat, fell ex.
hausted. and was unable to arise, in
spite of the blows showered on the
unfortunate beast by the driver. with
the butt end of his whip.
At this point large automobile
came into view over the brow of the
hill. driven by a young man, with a
lady at his side. The motorist look
in the situation at glance snd at
once stopped.
Getting down, he skilfully raised
the wretched horse to it's legs, and
then proceeded to box the ears of the
driver soundly.
'Now," he said, starting his auto
mobile, you can. if you like, go and
complain to the king of Spain"
The chivalrous motorist was Alton
so himself. with Queen Victoria.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-09
Wearing Gowns and Then
Returning Them.

New York-The latest development
of the graft-exposing fraud that is now
sweeping through New York life is
the revelation that women of wealth
and good standing in New York So
ciety have joined the ranks of the
grafters.
Not only do these women take graft,
but they go out and get 1t, and the
situation has now reached a point
where the department stores. which
have been the worst sufferers, have
organized to protect themselves. The
women have, Of course, been cruelty
shocked to hear the right name given
to their practice, which was one OF
the oldest and simplest of gentle
CRAFTS.
The woman who feels that none Of
evening gowns would do for partlcu-
larly brilliant occasion would saunter
into store during the early after
noon, look over and try on gowns, till
she found the handsomest one that
she could wear, and order 1t sent
home Immediately ''on approval"
Next day she would return the gown,
saying that her husband did not like
it, or that the color was all changed
when she got it in the gas light.
The store people, though they knew
from the feel Of the fabric that the
gown had been worn for an evening,
could not protest, for a customer
even bad one, is always in the right.
and the store is always in the wrong
when it comes to difference OF
opinion.
The department stores cure for the
trouble is simple and effective. They
now paste label of flimsy paper on
the sleeve or back OF each gown In
contrasting color, big enough to be
seen three blocks away. A tag or an
ordinary sewed cloth label could be
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-09
RINGWoRM ON CHlLD's FACE

Stratford, Iowa-"Three years ago
this winter my seven-year-old son had
ringworm on the face. First it was In
small red spots which had rough
crust on the top. When they started
they looked like little red dots and
then they got bigger, about the size
of q birds egg. They had a white
rough ring around them, and grew
continually worse and soon spread
over his face and legs. The child suf-
fered terrible itching and burning, so
that he could not sleep nights. He
scratched them and they looked fear
full. He was cross when he had them.
We used several bottles of liniment,
but nothing helped.
II saw where child had rash on
the face and was cured by Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and 1 decided to
use them. T used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment about one month, and they
cured my child completely" (Signed)
Mrs. Barbara Prim, Jan. 80, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-09
BAKING Made A,mos. Automatic

Science has done many wonderful things
ia the way of tightening kitchen-wo rk.
but possibly the most welcome OF Its
many achievements Is the PREPARATION or q
baking powder that makes baking almost
automatic.
This wonderful baking powder IL known
as Calumet Baking Powder.
AS you perhaps know from yonF own
experience-baking Is largely matteT OF
luck" liz your baking powder happens
to DE just right, your baking will be good.
But If it varies in quality or in strength
as so many baking powders do. your bak-
lngs are more than likely to be ruineG
Calumet Baking Powder puts Stop to
the dependence on "luclS." With IL, all
quickly-raised foods can be made without
the slightest trouble-made pure and
wholesome and tasty. For Calumet itself
Is pure in the can and in the baking-and
so uniform Ia quality, so carefully pre-
pared, that failures are impossible. You
can judge of it's purity. too, when you
know that it has been given the highest
awards at two Worlds Pure Food Expo
sf- LONESOME at Chicago in 1907 and the
other at Paris, France, last March. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-09
EARL ASKS AN INTRODUCTION
Reporters Induce Him, However, to
Tell Whether te Wished to
Catch Heiress.

oh, | SAY now, you haven't been
presented to ffle. Really, old top, you
cawn't expect ME to talk to you with
out an introduction" declared the earl
of Levan and Melville when he was
discovered hiding behind ventilator
on the steamship Carmania as it was
about to sail
why, your elegance" said a re-
porter, I'VE don't need an introduction.
We're willing to taka you for what
you're worth. Well introduce our
selves"
"But that's all bally rot, you know
declared the frightened earl. why,
in England the press men wouldn't
dare to do such a thing, don't you
know. The press men here are unique;
absolutely. don't you know. You know
too much. I've read all about you
fellows, don't you know. You are
unique; you are inventive"
His grace is a Scot. He stands six
feet three and is twenty-three years
country three months. he said, and
was going home
Shooting what, rattlesEakes? in
CURED one reporter
"Oh. no." replied the earl. II shot
the bull moose, don't you know.
Haw. haw, haw! l say, pretty good.
what?"
The nobleman has sandy hair tina.
grows all over his face. His trousers
were baggy and his overcoat looked
as-if he had slept in it. Asked If he
had selected an American heiress he
became indignant and refused to talk.
He didn't like this "bally country"
anyway.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-09
FINDS $4,000 IN MATTRESS

The finding of small fortune in an
old mattress that lie was about 20
Schultz of Rochester, RIinn. The
mattress had been in the family's
POSSESSION for years. and some time
ago was relegated to the scrap pile.
Mr. Schultze decided to burn the nat
trees and was about to apply the
match when he felt a small. hard roll.
which he pulled out. 1t proved to be
rcil of greenbacks, amounting TO
$4,000. Mr.. Schultze is unable to ex
p.a;n the presence of the money.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-09
QUEER CREATURE OF THE SEA

Sepia Is sometimes loosely spoken
of as "a sort of Indian ink; 1t is
something very different from real
lnGian ink, which is a substance com
posed of purified SCOT, gum, camphor'
and musk. Sepia is peculiar ami
NAL substance obtained from the INK
bags or ink sacs of cutie fish.
The cutie fish are p group OF SIN
gular sea creatures allied to sIugs
snails, oysters, and other so-caileo
shell fish" The cutie fish mas
sort of shell beneath the skin tsold
under the name of "cuttie bone }.
pair of large eyes and horny beaK'
Like all molluscs, they have no real
limbs at all, but from around the head
there spring eight or ten long tenta'
cles, each armed with numerous suck
orS.
BY forcibly squirting out the sea wa
ter which it. has taken in the sepla
can shoot backward through the water
with great speed. The sepia is inter
esting, too, as being able to change
its color in a measure SO as to har-
monize with its surroundings. Just
under the topmost layer of skin there
are distributed all over the surface Of
the body number of cells, containing
a dark pigment; when these cells are
expanded the surface of the body be-
comes darkly spotted, but az they ara
contracted the creature looks paler
Though best developed in the sepia
and its nearest allies, nearly every
member of the cutie fish group pos
gesses an ink sac. The ink sac con-
(ains the dark pigment secreted by
sDecial gland. When discovered or
pursued by an enemy the sepia dis
charges some of its ink through Il sort
o. funnel or tube; the pigment mixes
with water very quickly, and forms
dark cloud of inIy water, beyond which
the sepia will dart into safety.
Sepias are often caught in nets with
fish The fishermen, despising the
cuttles, throw them out upon the
beach, and then they may be seen
lying in tiny pools of dense black
liquid and continually ocZing out more
ink in a vain attempt at concealment.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-09
TRIPLETS BORN AFTER DEATH
Posthumous Babes Are Hearty and
Physicians Are of the Opinion
That They Will Live.

Altoona, Pa.-Posthumous triplets
were born to Mrs. Mary Gordon Of
Tatesville, Bedford county, at the hos
pital at Roaring Springs, and the doc
tor believes they will live. although
the mother died an hour before their
birth
They are lusty babes, two girls and
a boy. The boy weighs 5h pounds
ole girl 4 pounds, the other on
pounds, or 14% pounds all told.
Some months ago the father died
and last week Mrs. Gordon's son. Ar
lington, brakeman, was killed in this
Pennsylvania yards here. Deeply de-
pressed by the double bereavement,
her life hung in the balance. Ten
children were previously born to her
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-09
Merely an Amateur.

A man who lives much at hotels
had some odd experiences during the
strikes of the walters in New York
and Boston.
On the morning after the strike was
called in New York he ordered boiled
eggs in New York hotel. The man
ayers had hired all applicants for jobs
at waiting, and the one who took this
boiled egg order was a tough person.
He brought the eggs, came over and
leaned on the back of the patrons
chair and said:
"Say, cul, kin shuck them eggs fer
yez?"
In Boston the waiter at breakfast
was a big, burly person who seemed
unfamiliar with the work The man
at breakfast ventured mild protest.
Jaw, fergit it," said the waiter.
amt no waiter. l came UP here to
be a breaker in the truckman'S
strike" Saturday Evening Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-01-09
DEAD DRUNK" AT AGE OF SIX

After his mother had given him a
few drops of whisky, sweetened with
sugar, to relieve cold, six-year-old
Charles Vanderbilt of Williamsburg.
N. X. acquired the whisky habit, and
as a result was removed to the Will
liamsburg hospital in critical condi-
ton.
Neighbors advised the mother to
give her boy frequent doses Of whisky
and sugar after he had contracted a
cold a week ago. While the child was
left alone temporarily he found the
bottle and swallowed about five table
spoonfuls of the liquor When his
mother returned she found him in an
alcoholic coma and called an ambu-
lance.