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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

IN 1894 plot was discovered which
 threatened the life of Napoleon and 0 the English in particular hinted at his probable assassination. At the time there was living at Ettenheim under an assumed name the Due d'Enghien, a descendant of the great Condo
 The Due q Enghien, having fallen un- der suspicion, was arrested at Etten- helm, in the neutral territory of Baden, brought to Vincennes at midnight, and was placed on trial with much formality by military court. It had been ascer- tained that the prisoner would come secretly into Strassburg, and with him was an English agent who had just come from London.
 On March 10 Bonaparte summoned his colleagues, the two consuls, with Tal- leyrand, Fouche and Regnier, to a privy council, at which it was decided to ar rest the duke. Generals Ordener, Cau- laincourt and Fririon were sent at the head of small force, and during the night of March II the duke was arr rested. He was at once sent to Paris.
 Meanwhile the papers seized at Etten- helm, and the reports of the officers commanding the expedition, had reached Bonaparte. Everything pointed to mis- take The duke was not conspiring; he was living quietly at Ettenheim. But Napoleon paid no attention to these facts Was he under the influence of one of those fits of rage, genuineS or simu- lated?
 On the morning of March 20 meet ing of the privy council decided to summon immediately a military com- mission of seven members to be named by Murat, as governor of Paris. At II o'clock Murat made his nominations appointing as president General Hulin who commanded the consular guard. At 80 the duke arrived at the Castle of vincennes, where two hours before his grave had been dug. At 9 in the evening the members of the commission met at the castle. A detachment of troops com manded by Savary was also present. At II o'clock the duke was subjected to a preliminary examination in his room At a. m. on the Fist he appeared before his Judges, Savary standing immediate ly behind Hulin. The examination was short and revealed nothing. At 2:30 the Due d'Enghien was shot
 No other act of Napoleon has excited so much discussion as this. Some writers have laid the whole blame of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
A Productive Garden

'In a garden area 30 by 30 feet at my home in Norwood I have been supplying my family table with a good variety and an abundance of vegetables" said w. M. Lindsay.
 "Of course there was no trouble in ir- rigating such small patch. I have the best roasting ears that I have ever tasted. The ears are small, but there is no waste on the cob. No pastime is to me so interesting as cultivating a gar den"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

planted sails for navigation much of the oceans romance passed away. Doubtless that was true, but the ocean itself, in its shifting moods, is the same and there is still poetry in the floaming wake of steamr, in the lightning's flash and the dark heaving pillows, if one is inclined to look out of his floating hotel" and see it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
TO BUILD THE WHARF
e Tuscaloosa News.

FTOm tne uSCdIUOSd NeWs
 After careful investigation of the sev- eral sites proposed for the municipal wharf and of the cost of constructing the necessary warehouse and freight con veyor, the Board of Trade committee has made it's report. It recommends that the wharf he located between the county bridge and Lock 10 and that the ware house be built on the adjacent high ground. The cost of the freight conveyor and the warehouse is estimated at s50oo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
Coincidence in Names

Tn reading an editorial in the New York Times, l was struck with coinci- dence in names" said a citizen.
 Under the caption of June Politics. the article refers to Judge Nathan L.. Miller of the New York court of appeals as probable candidate for the governor ship. Our MT. Nathan l.. Miller of the Birmingham bar may have other name sakes among lawyers, but the New York jurist is the only one have come across
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
SENATOR WHITES FIRST SPEECH
From the Mobile Register.

From the Mobile Register.
 Senator Frank S. White made his first speech in the Senate Monday, upholding the opinion that commercial attaches should be appointed with regard to their special fitness. No doubt, it was good speech and delivered in the earnest man. ner that always commands attention for what MT. White has to say. The Senate, however, was in changeable mood, and after twice reversing its action, settled finally upon and in favor of the placing of the attaches under the civil service reg ulations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
Furniture Man Report. Good Bushes.

"Our business is very good now and has been all the year." said Bertram Jacobs of Ben M. Jacobs and Bros, the we'll known furniture dealers.
 T have known better years, but I have also known years of extremely hard times. If all years were as good as this would have no right to complain. Some people have complained of dullness here, but that was probably the result of a chronic habit.
 T think President Wilson was right when he said that the talk about hard times was a psychological attitude, or words to that effect. l believe we are going to have a great deal of prosperity here this summer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
MORE PRACTICAL.

''The man who decorates his home with United States flag is patriotic"
 Perhaps so. but beseve the man who is really working for the good of his country keeps plenty of fly swatters about the place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
SAVED.

How sweet the sound of summer rain.
 In gentle drops descending; l hearken to it's glad refrain,
 While pleasant thoughts are vending To creatures small and fields of bloom
 cheered by the silv'ry shower, Which thus commutes the sultrv door,
 Of bird and bee and flower.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

King George ordered the discharge of the man who roamed through Bucking- ham palace while intoxicated As the intruder was merely a man and not a woman, his presence in the palace was nothing to be alarmed about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
REASONABLE YARNS.

The Delaware man who says he heard sleighbells in blacksnake and after kill ing the reptile removed two sleighbells from it's stomach ought to meet the Cali fornia man who says he was kicked 20 feet into a river by a bear P. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
AT THE HOME OF FRANCIS s. KEY

AT THE HUME OF FRANCIS q. KEY By Clinton Scollard. Bland are the skies OCT calm Potomacs
 tide, Curving. a shining sickle. toward the
 sea, And OCT the memoried spot hard by my
 side,
 Where stood the home of Key. dozen banners toss in the free air, Red, white and blue in shimmering folds
 above: And what more fitting than wide waving
 there The bright flag of his love! Beyond, yirginia's slopes of dappled
 sheen
 Clint in the radiance of the summer sun. Where. hallowed by their hosts of dead
 are seen
 The heights of Arlington. f But not to, them our thought goes out.
 though limned By deathless glories that to them belong But unto him whose lips,S anointed
 hymned
 Our lands first battle song! Aye, unto him who on that crucial morn beneid our banner shine as still it j
 shines, And penned with patriot joy and patriot His memorable lines. His be the honor his the nations s prajse The nations love, the nations fesltvi Muse, keep forever green the wreath os bays
 About the brow Of Keyl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

The international convention of Rotary will be an all-week affair. There will be 20OO or 9000 visitors and the Texas city is prepared to entertain them The Rotary club IS not secret order, but as a "hun.i of live wires' it is in a class with the Mystic Shrine or the Elks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
SOON ENDED.

However dark this life may be,
 However filled with trouble, Viewed with the right perspective, we
 Can deem it just a bubble, A little while poised in the air
 That shortly will be broken; Scarce worth a moments brief despair, Or tears that grief betoken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

A contemporary points with pride to the fact that not single umpire has been mobbed this season. Now, watch out for some old fogy to say the game isn't what it used to be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
NO RECIPROCITY.

Pa, what Is meant by Greeks bear ing gifts'7'
 T don't know. son. I've tipped many Greek without getting anything in re- turn.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

Although besieged by newspaper report CTS in London, Colonel Roosevelt refused to talk. And no doubt they thought they had an assignment that was ''cinch.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

Five thousand Filipinos denounced the Wilson administration in a mass meet ing just about the time when the Presi- dent was being "Tommied'' at Prince ion
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

The health of Manila is better than it ever was Cndertakers in Vera Cruz are also having less to do than formerly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
TRANSFORMED.

Felice de We're, who's now the rage And hailed as beauty's queen, Before she went upon the stage
 Was little Sally Green.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
ONE WAY.

A young wife wants to know how to get rid of ants" said the Questions and Answers editor
 Tell her to take her meals out and starve them to death" suggested the sec ond assistant city editor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

THE COMMONPLACE KIND. What sort of married couple do vo,, consider MT. and Mrs. Twobble?" She's one of those Now, Henry.' wives and he's one of those Yes. my dear husbands"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

Huerta is said to be good to his fam fly. That being the case he ought to have more regard for the families of other men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

Tom Ball of Texas carries his head q considerable distance from the pavement and may therefore be considered a high Ball.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
A DIFFICULT FEAT.

The Italians are a versatile race"
 Why do you think sop
 They can eat spaghetti and keep up an animated conversation at the same time.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT.

KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT. Good heavensl Here it is 1 o'clock and I promised my wife would be home before midnight"
 You are in for it
 I'm afraid so. The domestic weather forecast indicates storm followed by heavy shower"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
BEGINNING THE DAY-start

BECINNING THE DAf-s"r' me out afresh today, hor"' fife have the old-time thrill! m"ke the world young again to me! he- store my fond hopes. May 'ictors
 aaxxIine and virtue as spien- did as they were. Give me "e" heaven and new. earth' Cbri.t,s sake. Amen. H. M' E'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

Paterson, N. J., thinks it can end knocking by burying a big wooden hammer. That's fine example of op- timism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

sometimes ocean liners can crash to- gether and go on about their business May the number of such cases increase
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
ToMORROW-THE GAINES WILL CASE
JURY WANTED INFORMATION

JURY WANTED lNFOHMAIlON From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
 Sometime ago there was homicide case in western court in which there was considerable doubt as to the guilt of the accused. The trial judge seemed to share the popular belief.
 Gentlemen of the jury" said he, in concluding his charge. If the evidence in your minds shows that pneumonia was the cause of the mans death, you can not convict the prisoner"
 Whereat the jury retired and in 10 min utes the constable returned and presented himself before the judge
 Your honor" he remarked, "the gentle men of the jury want some information
 "On what point of evidence?" asked the judge.
 None. judge" was the rejoinder of the constable. They want to know how to spell pneumonia"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19
LOWEST BIDDER

From the New York Times. l have come to ask for the hand of your daughter" announced the young man. Have chair" said her father, kind ly. T presume you have made an esti- mate of what it will cost to keep my daughter in the style to which she has been accustomed?"
 q have, sir
 And your fgures?'
 'Ten thousand dollars a year,
 I'm sorry, my boy said the older man. 'but cannot afford to throw away 5000 year. Another suitor has figured he can do 1t for $S000."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

The ''malefactor of great wealth" seems to have become manufactures of de- pression."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

When women go to Congress will the Congressional Record issue a fashion supplement?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

sh... beautiful, and therefore 10 "e wood, xs. |. n woman; therefore to be won'
 Henry VI.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

IN DEADLY EARNEST. Pa what is militant suffragette?" militant suffragette. son. is a woman Who wants to vote so badly that she for gets to powder her nose"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-19

Entered at the Birmingham, Ata-' postoffice as second class matter onuer act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-22
fine WINTER RESORT
St. Moritz, in Switzerland, Won
derful Pleasure City.
Features of the Town Are the Result
Of Thirty Years Expenditure of
Energy and CapltaI-Haven for
Lovers of Winter Sports.

st. Moritz, Switzerland.-It has
been said that it requires not only
natural advantages, but a quarter of
a centurys labor, to make a really
good Swiss winter resort. At st.
Moritz is to be seen the outcome of
80 years Of energy and capital expen-
diture. The Cresta, most wonderful
OF toboggan-runs-a g~listening pol
ished sheet of ice from Church Leap
to Cresta villages the result of
many years of loving study and labor.
The Kinks are the product not only of
much money, but also of long expert
ence in the fine art of tending ice
at an altitude of 5000 feet. Many
years of observation have enabled the
devoted engineer of the bobrun to
combine the maximum of thrills with
the minimum of danger. At st. Moritz
a man will find any winter sport he
loves, and find it the very best Of it's
kind. Bandy, tobogganing, bobbing,
ski-joring, curling, are all at their best
in this the most important winter
sport centers in Switzerland, and are
to be had side by side with every
amenity and luxury of modern life.
Ffrst-class hotels, a well-appointed
club (where cards are not unknown),
a fine English church (where the serv-
ices are choraD, a series of race-meet-
ings, shops full Of Paquin dresses, ex-
pensive instructors both in the com
pletest Continental or English styles
and in the most hybrid developments
Of the tango, covered lawn tennis
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-22
IN HAPPY LAND OF MEXICO
Picture May Be Slightly overdrawn,
Though There Is Much of the Real
Thing About 1t.

Across the aromatic coffee fields
the tremendous note of the ruby-throat-
ed hacienda came throbbing.
Far in the distance the snow-capped
peaks of the Sierra Madres rose
against the cerulean. None genuine
without the cerulean.
Lounging on the chaparrista in the
shade of a bush, the tray
eler questioned his native guide.
Jose, who is the mar they are TAX
ing out to shoot?"
HE is our president, senior"
"And who was the mar they shot
just ahead Of him?"
HE vas our president yesterday"
Where are all those soldiers going,
scattered over the buenavista?"
"They are looking for Miguel For
nadia, senior. Miguel will be presi-
dent tomorrow, and he has gone into
hiding"
"a strange people you are" said
the traveller. Tell me about the fel-
low who is kicking a mule in the ribs
yonder by the corral"
There is little to tell about him,
senior. He is only Pedro Tornado. He
will be president day after tomorrow"
On the evening breeze came the
faint tinkle Of the upas bell as the
mesquite herds wound slowly DER the
piZarro.-Life.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-22
READY TO PICK THE WINNER
Lesson Street Orator Sought to I'm.
press Apparently Failed to
Take Root.


The street-corner orator had gath
cred around him a group of urchins.
Why they listened so attentively he
didn't understand; nor probably did
they know themselves. Simply moth
ing doing.
But the orator took full advantage of
his opportunity, and delivered an i'm
proving lecture on the value of kind
ness to dumb animals.
At the end he sought for some illus
tration to point the moral and adorn
the tale.
1t was there at hand. Across the
way walked a lady, leading two little
dogs in leash. The one was black and
the other white.
"Now," exclaimed the tub-thumper.
latter what / have said, supposing
those two dear little dogs were to
start fighting, what would be the first
thing you would do?"
No answer came at first; but one
little arab turned to look at the dogs
critically and thoughtfully.
well, guv'nor," he answered, at
last, II think I'd ave tuppence on the
little black 'un!"-London Ttt-Bits.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-22
EPIDEMIC CAUSED BY FLIES
London Government Board Objected
to Offending Heap Of Dust Near
Children's lnfirmary.

London.-An outbreak Of enteritis
occurred last summer among the chill.
dren in the Southwark infirmary, and
nine died. The epidemic was definitely
traced to the presence near the in.
Urinary of the Camberwell borough
councils dump for dust and rubbish,
which is now taken to a railway sid.
ing at East Dulwich railway station,
close to the infrmary.
The local government board has
again called upon the Camberwell Dor.
ough council to make other arran@
ments for the removal of it's dust
and rubbish.
DR.. Bruce, the medical superintend
ent, declared that the cause Of the
outbreak was to be found in the dust
siding. During hot weather, he said,
the institution swarmed with flies, and
the children's wards were unbearable
DR.. Fletcher, a local government
board Inspector, supported DIR. Bruce
but the borough council for the second
time declined to take action, and
merely acknowledged the boards let
ter.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-22
RED, ROUGH HANDS MADE
SOFT AND WHITE

For red, rough, chapped and bleed
Ing hands, dry, assured, itching, burn
ing palms, and painful f1nger-ends,
with shameless nails, a one-night Cuti-
cura treatment works wonders. d.
r~ections: Soak the hands, on retir.
Ing, In hot water and Cuticura Soap.
Dry, anoint with Cuticura Ointment.
and wear soft bandages or old, loose
gloves during the night. These pure,
sweet and gentle emollients preserve
the hands, prevent redness. roughness
and chapping, and impart in a single
night that velvety softness and white.
n~essfso much desired by women. For
those whose occupations tend to in
lure the hands, Cuticura Soap and Gu.
ticura Ointment are wonderful.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post,
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."-Adv
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-22
"Noblesse obIIoe."

The Duke de Richelieu one day Wis.
tied his son, who was a student in the
University of Paris. DO you need any
money!" he asked In the course Of the
conversation.
NO." said his son, 81 still have 20
louis from last months allowance"
On hearing this, the duke took the
boys purse. and handing 1t to his
servant, said: There, John, are sc
louis. My son, the Count de Fonsac.
presents them to you. Go and drink
his health"
But to his son he said: Young man.
remember that you are the son of the
Duke de Richelieu. Be more generous
with your money!"
How many youths In college today
would like to have so thoughtful a
father!-Youth's Companion.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-22
cabbaees as Real Estate.

Wonders never cease in American
law. Here comes a judge in our own
state, trying the ase of a man who
entered his neighbor's garden and
pinched a head of cabbage. The Judge
decides that it was not larceny of per
sonal property at all, and hence not
a basis of criminal action; but the
cabbage heads are real estate, and
that the neighbor's remedy is to bring
a civil action contesting title. We
have eaten garden truck-spinach and
lettuce for instance-which tasted like
real estate. But we never knew be-
fore that to steal it was not theft. And
after a cabbage head is eaten what
good is the title? Now, if it had been
a franchise or an election that was
stolen, 1t would have been less surpris-
ing in the law to let the culprit go
free; but who would ever have thought
that the science of judicial hairsplit-
ting would finally be successfully in
voked to protect a plain, everyday cab
bage thief?-Pittsburgh Press.
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-22
UNABLE TO SEE THE JOKE
Probably Druggist Was of the Same
Opinion as His Small CoIored
Errand Boy.

A druggist, who had a little colored
errand boy, fell into the habit of play
ing practical jokes on him. One day
the druggist was mixing some COM
bustible oils. Suddenly there was a
terrific explosion, which hurled the
chemist in one direction and the little
darby in another, while the whole
place burst forth into flames.
After a time a black figure emerged
from under a counter, whimpering and
rubbing a rapidly growing bump on
his head. He limped over to where
the druggist sat, half-dazed, with a
deep cut across his forehead.
"You hadn't oughter play wild me
dat-a-way, DOCTOR" he said, r~eproach-
fully. Dat shore amt no way to
play!"
The Penn's Grove record., 1914-05-22
NO NEED TO GIVE UP GAMES
Men of Middle Age VIII Feel Better
II They Occasionally Indulge In
Favorlte Pastimes.

The age at which men find them
selves compelled by pressure of bust
ness or the cares of life or by phys
ical infirmity to give up their favorite
game is advancing, says the Youths
Companion. Once upon a time games
were almost exclusively for those
who were still in school or in college.
When a boy took up what was de-
~pressingly referred to as "the serious
business of life" he was expected to
abandon the frivolous point of view
that playing games was supposed TO
denote. The boys of that period are
today serving a late apprenticeship
at the game of golf or spending fire.
quent afternoons as spectators OF pro-
fessional ball games.
Having found out for themselves
that such early deprivation is a mis-
take, they do not impose 1t on their
sons. Innumerable Americans are
nearing middle age who are almost as
active on the tennis courts or on the
golf links as In the days OF heir
youth. Football, of course, they have
had to give up; 1t cannot be played
as the casual recreation of a busy
a To baseball some men cling,
although with difficulty; 1t requires a
larger number of players than is
readily available. Yet, on holiday oc-
casions, when middle aged men long
out Of practise engage in baseball,
there will always be a fair proportion
Of them who show that they retain
much of their juvenile skill and alert
ness. They do not slide to bases, but
they field the ball Clearly and bat
vigorously, and not only feel them
selves, but make the observers be-
lieve that with a little practise they
could, in the v%ernacular, come back"
The giving up of games should be
so gradual, so voluntary, that it In
wolves no sense of loss or of sacrifice.
Generally speaking, so long as a man
has an impulse and a desire to play
a game he will be the better for
yielding to 1t. That is the wisdom
that the new generation has learned.