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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08
STRICTLY BUSINESS

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Another play with commercial title
is said to have been withdrawn from
circulation. 1t is Pay the Bearer"
The rating of 81 Promise to Pay" ism
known.
For Value Received" started out not
long ago, and Quoted at Par is some
where in Saskatchewan.
The location of Three Days Grace
isn't known, but Certified and ''At
Sight" are playing the provinces.
Perhaps this plagu OF titles Will end
finally with In the Hands of the Sher-
.iG',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08
RACE PRIDE IN CHURCH

From the Kansas City Star.
At Manhattan one night this week q
negro bishop was attending revival
in one of the negro churches. While
the audience was singing one of the
good old hymns the bishop stopped the
singing. See heah,' he said, you all
is singin just like white folks. Now, |
want you to sing like niggers.v The
next day negro, telling of the incident,
said; After that we dcs had fine sing
AM. We did indeed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

DR.. r. G. Johnson, a physician at
Laurel Miss, probably holds the
worlds record for officiating at child
births. While testifying in civil ac-
ton in the Jones county circuit court,
DIR. Johnson said he had been practicing
for 40 years, and that he had kept a
record which showed that he had been
This is an average of 3 births month
for the 40 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08
THE .cuckoo-iN LOVE DIvINArIoN

From the London Chronicie'
The cuckoo.s first call OF the season
formerly nlaved a great part in love di-
vinations. A common oehef was liiae an
unmarried person hearing CUCKOO can
and Immediately taking OFF shoes ana
stockings would find on the great toe OF
the right foot hair, whose color would
be that of the destined suitor's. Another
idea, mentioned by Milton, and persisfins
till this day, was that an unmarried man
or maid would remain single for as many
years as the number OF the cuckoo's can
when first heard in the spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08
A sUBTERFUGE.

who first spoke of The cup that
cheers. but does not inebriate?'"
Il don't know. 1t must have been
some person who had never lived in n
prohibition town where patrons of
cafes drank surprisingly strong tea
out of coffee cups"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

Goucher college, Baltimore, is a
womans college, and the $1,000,0 600
fund for it has been completed. An in
debtedness of 100000 will be paid off,
as an endowment.
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ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

.oh, yes, do. my DEAR answered
Mr.. Wishbone. a heartless man. Il al
ways answer promptly when you ask
me If l will have second cup of cof-
fee"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

Them as has, gits,' is the rule in the
Balkans also Bulgaria gets whatever
she demands; Servia and Greece get
less than they want, and little Mon
tenegro gets nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

As soon as the lobster palaces in New
York. were ordered to close at 1 a. rn
turkey trotting and tangoing in the
afternoon were at once begun. Idlers
will be idlers.
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AS. TO GARDENS.
In the gardeH of life
Every thistle that grows
IL fostered with love
May turn into a rose.
Baltimore Sun.
In the garden of life
Every cabbage that's out,
IL treated just right,
VIII turn into lxraut.
indianapolis Star.
In the garden of life,
Any mushrooms that grow
Nav prove, at the inquest,
Just toadstools, you know
Louisville Post
In the garden of life.
We often plant seeds.
And hope TO get blooms.
But they turn out Just weeds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08
THE MORALS or PANS

william Richard Hereford in April Smart
Set.
In France infidelity on the part of the
husband l. considered 10 he not SO much
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

Secretary Redfield wears schedule X
whiskers and claims to know as much
about the tariff as our own Oscar Un-
derwood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08
HARDLY.

Got your spring suit yet, Goshlock .
In my minds eye"
"oh, we'll. you can't wear 1t there"
PAUL COOK.
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A SLuGGARD.

Upon cold and frosty morn
He sure did hate TO leave his bed,
But when the morn was soft and warm
He still reclined with sleepy head
From which we judge he'll ne'er be found
Where Fame her shining crown bestows
And though he lives for ninety years,
VIII never pay up all he owes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

The Nude descending a stairway" is
er descending the White House steps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

Perhaps no one will strive harder in
the next three or four years to make
reputation than Prof. w. Howard Taft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

At this season of the year a young
man does not know whether to so 10
the ball game or get engaged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08
NOT INTERESTED.

What do you think Of chop suey at
s25 dish?e
II don't think of 1t at all. I wouldn't
think of chop suey at five cents a dish..'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

Harvard's department of wit and
humor should be exclusively devoted
to the colored comic supplements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

Mrs. Nelson has said it and that set
ties it. She says: Battling" Nelson is
going to retire from the ring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

There will be 100 members in the
Chinese parliament that meets today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

The first pony express was started
from St. Joseph, Mo-, on April 8, 1860.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

The open season for chasing umpires
off the lot will soon be opened in these
parts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

The mayor of New York cannot real
ly afford to seek yindication at the
polls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

Cleveland has just celebrated the fif-
teenth anniversary of its first gasoline
car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08
END OF A MYTH OF THE SEA

We fear that Mrs. Pankhurst will ge
hungry in three years.
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GOING DOWN

1OlN0i DOWN.
Young Dashton thinks he's in the
swim"
Yes, he thinks he's in the swim but
as matter of fact, he's In a whirlpool
and can't SWIM"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08
THAT PICTURE.

Darn the luck. This department gave
the wrong name Sunday morning to a
certain picture in Chicago that has stirred
up the vice commission OF that town.
The catalogue title, we believe, is
Nude Descending the Staircase still. a
certain lack of familiarity with such a
shocking picture should commend us to
all proper people. Even at this distance
we blush to think that there even exists
a picture of such glaring immodestv.
What must the prudes of Chicago suffer.
who have this great work. so to. speak.
in--their midst?
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lie hath borne himself beyond the
promi.e of his age, doing In the figure
of n lamb the fcnts of a lion.
Much Ado About Nothing.
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ASKING TOO MUCH.

Anxious advertiser who asked In tn.
of The Age Herald for "uust.
lers With brains in every county,
seems to have overlooked the fact thai
hustlers of that sort would necessaril,
be more or less scatter-brained.
BORN EVERY MINUTE.
Away. away
Cried Thomas Trotts.
Il Will not buy
Suburban lots"
But later on
We hate to knock
He bought some bogus
Mining stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

a party of Chicago capitalists. saws
the Mobile Item. interested with John
II. Bernard, the well known Holland
engineer. in the Alabama and New Or
| leans transportation company, are to
make a trip from Chicago to Tuska-
lccsa, and to the coal fields near there,
some time in the early part of May,
stopping en- route at Mobile. 1t is pro-
posed to have the Chicago men make
the trip on self propelled steel barges
through the Chicago drainage canal
orleans. At New Orleans they Will
take a small steamer and go to Lage
Borgne, at the mouth of which Engi-
neer Holland is constructing 16 man.
moth steel barges. the first of which
will be completed by May I. The plan
of the capitalists is to stop at Mobils
be provided for them by the Mobile
Chamber of Commerce and Business
league. The concern recently had its
capital stock increased to 10000 600
-----7r--'s---------
Mrs. Lydig's art treasures in New
York, brought at public sale a total of
sS62,555. An inkstand sold for $1,000.
and a walnut chest for $1,000. A sill
Yer gilt table ornament in the form of
a horse went for $500, to Boiler &.
in the form of a goat; a table orna-
ment in the form of a lion to j. & /.
buyers paid $4,000 for a rampant lion
$4,000 for hen, and $27oo for jump
ing horse, all table ornaments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

TWO KINDS.
Aliceyille has her knockers,
Who try to give 1t fits,
But Alicevillian knockers
Are not making many hits.
Sweet, in Aliceville News.
Birmingham has her Knockers,
A brave and busy crew;
They rivet bolts in buildings tall
That soar up to the blue
HE TAKES EXCEPTION.
"Yon never pay attention to anything
say" pouted Mrs. Wishbone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

W. Q. wharton and A. J. Eaton, Jr.,
are the only authorized travelling rep
resentatives of The Age-Herald in It's
circulation department..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08
A NOBLE WOMAN

rank Crane in woman's World for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-08

entered at the Birmingham Ala.
postoffiee as second class matter under
ael of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-11
MAKES YOUR BACKACHE
QUICKLY DISAPPEAR
A Few Doses Relieves ALI
Such Miseries; Bladder
Weakness, Kidney Trouble
and Rheumatism Prompt
ly Vanish.

1t is no longer necessary for any one
to suffer with backaching, kidney trou-
BILE. have disagreeable bladder and urf-
nary disorders to contend with, or be
tortoured with rheuma tism, stiff joints,
and its heart-wrenching pains. for the
new discovery, Croxone, quickly and
surely relieves all such troubles.
Croxone is the most wonderful rem
edy yet devised for Kidding the system
of uric acid and driving out all the
poisonous impurities which cause such
troubles. 1t is entirely different from
all other remedies. 1t is not like any
thing else ever used for the purpose.
1t acts on the principle of cleaning out
the poisons and removing the cause.
1t soaks right in through the walls,
membranes and Innings, like water In a
sponge. neutralizes. dissolves and
makes the kidneys sift out and filter
away, all the uric acid and poisons
from the blood. and leaves the kidneys
and urinary organs clean, strong,
healthy and well.
1t matters not how long you have
suffered. how old you are, or what you
have used. the very principle of Crox-
one is such, that 1T is practically i'm
possible to take it into the human sys-
TEN without results. There IS nothing
else on earth like it. 1t starts to work
the minute you take it and relieve:
you the first time you use it,
If you suffer with pains in your bacl
and sides, or have any signs of kidney
bladder troubles. rheumatism. suci
as puffy swellings under the eyes or IL
the feet and ankles. If you are nervous
tired and run down. or bothered will
urinary disorders. Croxone will quick
lv relieve you of your misery. You cal
secure an original package of Croxon
at triiing cost from any first elias
druggist. All druggists are authorize,
to personally return the purchase pric
If ii fails in a single case.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-11
LOWELL

Elias Bryant of Illinois arrived in
town last evening to make relatives
and friends a brief visit
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Handley of Bloom
ington, ILL.,. arrived in Lowell last even
ing to visit at the home of Bernard Car
lin.
James Palmer and wife and Mrs. r.
c. Wood attended the funeral of Hen
~ McCarty at Creston yesterday.
Henry McCarty. who died at his
home at Crown Point Friday, was
buried in the Creston cemetery yester-
day. He leaves a wife and nine chill
dren.
Mrs. S. l. Ferguson and son Will and
daughter, Mrs Claude Trump. were
Hammond visitors yesterday.
Ernest Surprise transacted business
in Hammond yesterday.
Roy Daum, wife and son and Miss
Hannah Caster were guests at the
home of John Caster of Shelby Sunday
Edward Peterson, a brick mason and
concrete worker of Shelby, was In towr
yesterday. He reports that there vii
be considerable building in Shelby thi.
coming spring and summer
Henry Worley returned Sunday even
Ing from a business trip in Chicago.
Ike Gershman of Chicago arrived II
this place Sunday evening to visit hi,
father and sister
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-11

FORMED
LAST EVE,

Steps toward the organization of .
Mutual BENEFIT Gold liIe) Life Insur-
ance company and an allied underwrit-
ting corporation were taken at a meet
ing held in tho Victoria hotel last night.
The insurance company will be or
ganized under the laws of Indiana
while the underwriting company. with
a 100000 capital. will be incorporated
under the laws of Arizona
Experienced insurance men who have
been successful in the formation of
other companies are promoting the new
venture and many prominent Gary
business men, whose names are not
disclosed are back of the new venture.
John A. Brennan. Joseph Title. Samuel
Miller and others will have something
to do with the new company. Attorney
Clyde Hunter is looking after the legal
aspects
The underwriting company will have
a contract to write all of the insurance
for the insurance company. 1t will also
engage in the bond and stock selling
business and 1t will borrow money from
the insurance company to build homes
in Gary for selling purposes.
Subscribers to stock In the under
writing company will be obliged to
take out insurance in the insurance
company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-11
GRANDMOTHER USED SAGE TEA TO
DARKEN HER FADED OR GRAY HAIR

Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy"-you
will get a large bottle for about SO
cents. Some druggists make their own,
which is usually too sticky, so insist
upon getting Wyeths, which can be de-
pended upon to restore natural color
and beauty to the hair and is splendid
for dandruff, dry, feverish, itchy scalp
and falling hair.
A well-known downtown druggist
says his customers insist on Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur, because. they say.
it darl<ens SO naturally and evenly that
nobody can tell 1t has been applied
it's SO easy to use too. You simply
dampen a sponge or soft brush and
draw it through your hair. taking one
strand at a time. Do this at night and
by morning the gray hair disappears
after another application or two,it is
restored to it's natural color and looks
glossy, soft and abundant. Harry 5
Drug Store. Citizens Natl. Bank build
ing, l.. Harry Wes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-11
CASSIE
WILL Be A
CANDIDATE
The Redoubtable ex-Alder-
man Maurice Napoleon
Battleaxe Castleman Says
He'll Make Knots Look
Like Two ~ Cents.

That Battleaxe Castleman's candi-
dacy for mayor of Gary on the citizens
ticket is joke is evidenced by the
fact that the old war horse is busy cir
eulating primary petitions for the pur-
pose of securing signatures.
The ex-alderman yesterday swooped
down upon number of uptown poll
ticfans and sought to win them over to
his cause.
Promises Honest Government.
Il will make Tom Knots look like a
two-cent piece" said the Batt1eaxe.
I'm as good as elected.
MY administration will be an hon.
est one. When ] was in the council
you never heard of me getting tangled
up on a dictagraph or being arrested
for conspiring to murder the sheriff
and steal the ballot boxes"
Batt1eaxes candidacy is taking well,
especially in the south end where lac
has been making a plea to the tax and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-11

assessment payers. Battleaxe is get
ting around to each foreigner who had
his property confiscated for delinquent
street and sewer assessments and is
urging a change of administration.
Another Judicial Candidate.
Another candidate for the city Judge
ship via the republican ticket oomed
up today in the person of Attorney J.
T. Wachowski of Seventh avenue and
Broadway, one of the best known mem
bers of the country bar
Mr.. Wachowski was the first lawyer
to open up law office in Gary. He Is
a leader among the Polish people and
during his stay in the city he has
built up fine practice. Mr.. Wachow
ski has been a good worker for the re-
publican party and after many repub-
leans urged him to come out for tho
judgeship nomination he consented tc
admit that he would be a candidate fol
the nomination.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-11
ATOWn fOlnI NEWS
Happenings Of Day in Lake County's Lively Capital

Using a skeleton key a sneak thief
or thieves made an entrance into the
Hildebrandt Bros tailoring establish
ment over the Westerman store on
Sunday night and succeeded in making
a successful getaway with quite a good
deal of valuable plundeer. suit of
clothes, several pieces of cloth and
other tailoring goods were taken. No
trace of the burglars could be found.
although the authorities worked all
day yesterday on the case. 1t is not
believed that local talent was impli-
Gated in the footing of the tailoring es-
Enlistment The robbery Sunday
night marks the first to occur in Crown
Point since last summer
Rehearsals for the home talent play.
MIR. Bob" to be given for the public
library benefit at Central Music hall on
Thursday and Saturday night of this
week are being held each evening and
promises to be one of the best attrac-
lions ever given by local talent. The
advance sale of seats for the play has
been good and the house promises to
be sold out for both evenings. The
play is given for most worthy cause
and should be patronized by the entire
population OF the city.
THE TIMES was misinformed as to the
revival services to be held this week
Recent issues gave the REVEALS to bt
held at the Presbyterian church wher
the article should have read Methods
Episcopal church. Both congregations
however. will participate in the specia
meetings. the only difference being thu
| edifce where the services will be con
| Quoted. The meetings will be con
Quoted at the Methodist church eacf
evening this week with the exception
/ of Saturday.
The high school basket ball team II
| arranging a game with Valparaiso
possibly for Friday night of this weel
at the Porter county seat and viii
make the trip II all the arrangement
| are concluded in time.
Mr. and Mrs Maurice Mckenzie en-
tertained a small party of friends a
dinner at their home on Court stree
last evening.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-11
SHUCkS
From the Diary of ST. Lence

Jeb lite SEE he'd invest in one o.
the mairyplanes If tn upkeep cost
wuzn't so heavy.
Lots o. this love at first sight bust
ness oughter peek agin.
A small but select crowd of music
lovers gathered at Central Music hall
last evening for the concert given by
the Fortnightly Musicale club. 1t be-
ing the second in the course to be CIV
en- this winter. However what the
crowd lacked in numbers it made up
in enthusiasm and rapt attention. for
the program given by the three talent
ed Chicago artists was probably the
best in point of excellence that has
ever been heard on Crown Point
stage The three musicians-Herbert
Kirschner, violinist; Harrison Buch.
pianist, and Mrs. c. A. Nixon, vocalist
were each master of their respective
art and delighted the audience with
their mastery OF instrument and voice
The concert deserved far better at
tendance considering the excellence OF
the program and those who failed tc
attend missed a rare musical treat
The Fortnightly Musicale club mem
bers are to be congratulated upon the
merit of their second concert to tht
Crown Point public.
Tho delinquent tax sale at the court
house yesterday. conducted by th'
county treasurer, was we'll attended
and usual the platter was cleaned
in short order by the regular INVESTOR
in the delinquent tax titles. Investors
from all over the county were preseat
particularly from Hammond and Gary
and the big list was parceled OF II
chunks to those anxious to invest II
the money-producing investment.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-11
VETERANS TO
MEET IN HAMMOND
300 Heroes of Spanish
American War to Assem-
BILE Tonight.

Spanish American war veterans Of
Hammond, East Chicago. Gary and
whatever other parts of the county
they are located will meet at the Ho-
tel Majestic at s o'clock tonight for
the, purpose of listening to an address
by Department Chief of Staff NJ J.
Donnahue of Streator. Ills, who with
DR.. Daniels and Mr.. Hellman of Chi
cago will deal with matters Of par
ticular interest to the veterans OF
Lake county. of which there are about
500. vivce Commander H. ]. Granger
is entertaining Mr.. Donnahue today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-11
CARDINAL GIBBONS
SCORES LACK OF
RESPECT FOR LENT
Prelate Says Many Utterly
Disregard Observance
of Season.

Baltimore, Feb. 11.-Cardinal Glib
bons said last night that it is time that
some of those calling themselves
CHRISTIANS call a halt on their lack of
utter disregard for the rules and OBJ
servances of the season.
Those who go to the seaside, to the
mountains or to some other resort to
spend the lenten season when they con-
slider everything dead are to be GEN.
sured," continued the cardinal. They
are not obeying the command of the
church to spend this holy season in re-
pentance for their sins. They imagine
that by going off to some restful place
they are observing the rules which for
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-02-11
OWES HER LIFE To
ECkMAN'S Alternative


A Valuable Remedy for Throat and
Lungs.
Eckman's Alternative is being used
with success in the treatment of Tuber-
culosis in all parts of the country. Per-
sons who have taken it, improved. gain
ed weight, exhausting night sweats
recovered. II you are Interested to
know recovered. If you are interested
to know NOR about it. we Will put you
In touch with some who are now we'll
You can investigate and Judge for your
self. Read OF Mrs. Govert's recovery
Gentlemen: Thinking that perhaps
a short history of the remarkable re-
covery of my mother-fn-law mrs An
ma GoverD might benefit some other
imonial: About September 10 1908. she
was taken sick with Catarrhal Pneu-
monta. and continually grew worse. re-
were so bad that it was necessary to
change her clothing once or TWICE ey-
cry night; her cough Increased and got
so bad that everybody expected that
She would not live much longer. In
January, when Rev VIM. Berg, of st.
Michaers Church, al Schererville Ind,
prepared for her death. he recommend.
ed that / get Eckmans Alternative. and
see II 1t would not give her some relief
l then requested the attending physi-
clan to give his diagnosis and he in
formed that she had Consumption
and was beyond all medical aid When
1 asked IL he thought that 1t was use
loSe 10 Try tne AltegallNe, ne Fopilce
that No physician could help her any
and ! could suit myself about it SO
Immediately had Rev. VIM. Berg to send
for bottle. Practically without hops
/ for recovery, insisted that she try tn!
| Alternative which she did I am glad
f, to say that she soon began to I'm
/ prove. Now she works hard as ever
weighs twenty pounds heavier than sht
ever did before she took sick. and is II
good health. She frankly says she owe.
her life and health to Eckmah's Altera
tive"
! (Sworn Afndavit) JOS. GRIMMER-
Eckman's Alternative Is effective II
Bronchitis. Asthma, Hay Fever. Throa
and Lung Troubles and in upbuildini
! the system Does not contain poisons
optates or habft-forming drugs Fo
sale by Otto Negele and other leadinl
druggists. Ask for booklet telling o
; recoveries and write to Eckman Labor
atory. Philadelphia, Pa. for additions
evidence.-Adv.