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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
LATE NEWS AND GOSSIP OF BIRMINGHAM SOCIETY

a few days in London going there es- peeially to hear the opera at Covent Gar den. and later will go on to Alsace-Lor- raine to visit her mother She will sail for America September 2, and after ill., ing a professional engagement in New York will arrive here and reopen her studio September IA.
 Miss Maud McLure Kelly. Mrs. J. V. Allen and Mrs. Robert Woodrow will go to Dothan Friday to attend the unveiling ceremonies at Jackson trail.
 Mrs. c. A. Gholstin. sr., and her daugh- ters Miss Julia Gholstin and Miss Louise Gholstin, will leave the first of the week for Lay Springs and Center, Ala, to spend month.
 Mrs. Charles G. Daniel will leave Thurs day morning for New England where she will in all probability make her home She will spend the greater part of the summer in Hartford, Conn.
 
 MT. and Mrs. A. G. Jones have return ed from their wedding trip, and are at home at S27 First avenue, West End
 MT. c. NJ Tardy and his daughter Miss Annie Tardy have gone to Savannah. from which point they will sail for New York to visit Mrs Warren Buchanan (Mary Tardy). MT. Tardy will remain two Weeks, and Miss Tardy expects to spend the remainder of the summer. MT. Louis K. Plosser will leave this af- ternoon for Atlanta to meet his daughter Miss Leona Plosser. who is coming home from Boston, after spending the winter in study, and will accompany her home. Mrs. l. L. Freed (Sybi Dellheim) of Houston, Tex, is the guest of her par ents, MT, and Mrs w. l.. Dellheim, 2205 South Fourteenth avenue. Mrs. Charles Harris of Steiner, Ga. Is the guest of her mother and sister, Mrs D. K. Stevens and Mrs. Julie Hawes 2GO9 Phelan street.
 Prof. J. M. Shelburne of East Lake, Is spending a few days in Columbiana Miss Dora Whetstone of East Lake is visiting in Thorsby. Miss Juanita Ackers of Thomasville, Ga, is the guest of Miss Ruth Sims in East Lake.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
Royal Strong Men

There have been monarchs of bodily strength sufficient to qualify them as professional strong men.
 Among these was Augustus the Strong of Saxony, who was in the habit of play full moods in seizing a couple of his cour- tiers, one in each hand. and holding them at arms length. Augustus would also twist stout iron bars and straighten horseshoes with wrench of his muscu- lar wrist. On one occasion, when the horse of one of his attendants baked, the herculean Saxon put his immense shoul- ders to the animals flank and literally pushed it on it's way.
 George Gastroit Prince of Albania
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28

 tiful Students of the University of Ala bama and other Alabama colleges Will meet in Birmingham for the trip, and it is hoped that a large number of Alabamians will go and meet students from Yale, Harvard. Princeton, Lehigh, Virginia and many other colleges and universities of the country in the Land of the Sky. All the morning will be given to military drill and instruction and the afternoons will be given over to pleasures, baseball, ten- his, tramps, rifle practice on the range, etc. The young students are all antiei- pating both profit and pleasure.
 
 MT. James Merrill and family have opened their St. Clair Springs cottage and will spend the hot months there.
 The young women of the Young Wom- en's Christian association will occupy the Hale cottage for the season at St. Clair and Mrs. Breedlove Miss Baker and Mrs. Louise DeShazo are at the springs prepar- ing the cottage for the occupancy of the Young Women's Christian association. MT. and Mrs. Heiser are at St. Clair Springs for short stay.
 MT. and Mrs. M. B. Friedman and Miss Rhetta Werthheimer will spend the week end in Chattanooga
 Miss Lucille Byrn of Murphreesboro, Tenn who has been the guest of Miss Susie Perry and Miss Selma Perry, will be Miss Selma Robinson's guest after Tuesday.
 Miss Jessie Lipscomb of Gaffney, s. C.. is spending a few days with MT. and Mrs George M. Webb at Mountain Terrace Miss Kathleen Hayes will leave today for Meridian to be the guest of Miss Allie Kate Settle at a house party
 MT. J. Hurd Walker of Boston, MT. and
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wielded such a powerful sword that it is said he could sever a bulls head at a single stroke. To decide a wager, this same prince walked off with a platform on which were standing several of his courtiers.
 Charlemagne was another of the royal strong men, He could snap horseshoes with his fingers. If we are to believe the chronicles of the times. and Don Sebastine merely by the pressure of his knees he could make his charger groan with pain.
 Peter the Great is said to have so de- veloped and hardened his naturally strong muscle by years of work as black smith and carpenter that he came to be the strongest man in his dominion. He had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
HEAVY DAMAGES ARE
 CLAIMED nv CJOIrY

AJ The Wahpeton and Sisseton tribes of Sioux Indians on the Fort Totten reser- vation near Devils Lake, N D., have a
 bill pending before Congress which re | lates to a claim for $2,0OO.OOO worth of | land, a strip about 10 miles wide and 30 l miles long, on each side of the Minnesota river. says Devils Lake, N. D., special | to the New York Herald. This claim dates back, to a treaty made with the Indians in 1851 which, according to the Indians, ceded to the government all their lands in Iowa and Minnesota for this piece near the river. When the treaty | was presented to Congress, however, it was amended without the red mems ap-
 proval, and the Indians received only about 30 cents an acre for their land, they contend.
 This bill asks that jurisdiction be con- | ferred on the federal court of claims to hear, determine and render judgment in the claims of the Sisseton and Wahpeton
 bands of Sioux against the United States. The case is to be submitted to the court | of claims within a year after the bill passes. Whatever moneys may be found due, less the attorneys fees. shall be placed to their credit in the Treasury of
 the United States. The compensation of | the attorney Is not to exceed per cent. | Ignatius Court, the, official represeta- l tive of the Indians, has ust'returned from | his fourth visit to Washington in the in- terests of this bill. He has succeeded in having the bill favorably reported by the committee on Indians affairs to the Sem ate and has a promise of a favorable re- port from the subcommitte of the House He hopes the bill will have passed both houses by the latter part of | June.
 l Court is a grandson of one of the sign CTS of the treaty and he Is direct de- scendant of illustrious chieftains of his l tribe He is a man of education and ex- nerience in political and business affairs. His brother Simon Court, now deceased, was deputy United States marshal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
BLACK AND TAN DOG ASTUDENT 13YEARS Goes to School Every Day and Won't Let the Chil-
 dren Be Tardy

Hilo, little black and tan dog has
 gone to the Whittier school in La
 manda park every school day for the
 last 13 years IIilo is the property of
 Mrs. M. M Burris. who lives in La
 manda park. says a Pasadena, Cal, special to the New York World.
 When the two older Burris chill dren were going to school, Hilo start
 ed his education. He followed them every school day in the year. Punctu-
 ality was his watchword. Every time
 he heard the bell ring, he would bark with glee and proceed to inform the Burris children that school was about
 to begin. If they fingered, he would
 bark furiously and try to impress on
 them the folly of being late.
 Years went by. and the children completed the various grades, until they were graduated. The youngest boy
 went to the Lamanda park school for seven years, Hilo following him ev- cry day. Finally he came to a school in this city. but Hilo still trots to his
 first school, apparently feeling that he can still learn much there.
 <ASSoiuiiS to pdTk TeSlu6nLS the dog never misses a day He aI-
 ways arrives at school on time. gives the students and teachers critical glance, and parks his approval. He then visits the classrooms, to see that lessons are proceeding we'll. He goes from one classroom to another, and
 then inspects the grounds.
 ] When noon arrives, the children feed Hilo with scraps of lunch. If he
 does not get enough provender he goes home and completes luncheon, return ing to school until the days session
 is over He never comes to school Sat
 urdays or Sundays, nor during vaca- tions.
 Hilo was once run over by wag-
 on, the wheels crushing. his two hind legs. For two days the dog was toe i'll to move, but the morning of the third day he was seen dragging him. self to school on his two front paws From the Burris house to the school is three blocks. The school stu
 dent body Is thinking of taking a large picture of Hilo, and framing 1t in the eighth grade room, the dog seeming to have a preference for that place
 TIilo, in spite of his advancing years is still active, and Is apparently good for many more years of education.
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tContfnued from Page Twenty-six) to perfect plans for the Fourth of July meet.
 surprise social will be given Monday afternoon at the Fffty-sixth Street Baptist church by the Ladies' Aid society. The womans Missionary union will meet Monday afternoon at the Ruhama Baptist church in East Lake.
 Mrs L. A. Christians Sunday school class will give an entertainment at the home of Miss Frances Fields in Wood lawn Tuesday evening.
 The Ladies Aid society of the Ensley Highland Presbyterian church will give Cinderella social Thursday evening in the parlors of the church.
 Mrs. G. D. Randle of Ensley will en- tertain a number of friends at forty-two Thursday afternoon from to o'clock. BRIEF MENTION
 Mr. and Mrs David Hall of Henrietta, Ark, are visiting MT. and Mrs. J. II. Hall in Wylam.
 Mrs. R. B. Sergeant of Wylam has as her guest Mrs. M. IT. Wood of Atlanta and Mrs. Laura Bush of Athens, Ga.
 
 Miss Ethel Prather of sandusky is the guest of Miss Lottie Mae Smith in Wy lam.
 MT. Robert Emonds. who has been at tending Virginia Military institute, has returned to his home in Norwood.
 
 Miss Myrtle Carter of Nashville is visit ing Miss Leone Krauss in Norwood. Mrs. T. J. Hurry will leave next week to join her sister. Mrs. Keaton, in St Louis. Later they will go to Michigan for two months stay.
 Miss Lillian Keaton of Mississippi is the guest of Mrs. J. T. Cuniff in Nor wood.
 Mr. and Mrs, F. O, Dill, MT. and Mrs. H. T. Shoot Mir and Mrs. Robert sims Miss Anita Loveless and MT Norborne Shoot of East Birmingham are guests at house party in McFalls, with Mrs. NJ. o. Shoot as hostess.
 MT. and Mrs. J. M. Johnson of Chatta- nooga are guests of Mir. and Mrs. c. D. Harvey in Inglenook.
 Miss Pearl Johnston of Amite, La, is visiting Mrs S. F. Coggins in Inglenook Mir and Mrs. Edwin Wallace of Ten nessee are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. $. H. Wallace of InEenook.
 Miss May White has returned to Att lanta from a stay with Mrs. D. W. Tinck in Inglenook.
 MT and Mrs M. P. Hollingsworth of Tuscaloosa are spending the week. end with MT. and Mrs. J. E. Wood in Pratt City.
 Mrs, A. 2. Strange is the guest of her mother. Mrs B. r. Roddy. in Pratt City.
 
 Chappell Cory, Jr., and Armstrong Cory will leave July to attend the Students Military Instruction camp of the United States government, held at Asheville, N. c. The location of the camp was chosen with. especial regard to healthfu climate, pure water supply and pleasing social en- vironment, and is picturesque and beau
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
Disastrous Climax
From Judge.

From Judge.
 Mary-Love never drd bring me any luck, mum.
 Mrs. smith-Really, I fail to see how that can concern me, Mary.
 Mary--No, indeed, mum; only now I've broken the statue of venus. mum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
Cooks Springs

Why make long and tiresome trip to distant resort when COOKS SPRINGS accomm odations there? The health giv- ing water is appealing to many this season. Go there and forget this hot weather. 347-599O Main. or long distance Cooks Springs
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-17

to be a sacrifice to Russian diplomatic relations
with Greece She was to marry Prince Boris Oldest
son OF the king of Bulgaria. She is fourteen and
ne seventeen-yet this is considered none too
young by the diplomats when the friendship OF
TWO countries is to be cemented
Little -Anastata is still too young even for
rumors The czar. perplexed over the prob
lem OF the elder three, already sees her as an
added difficulty in the distance.
The czarina is little help to him. The constant
attempts on the life of her husband. the almost
daily conspiracies within the palace the menac
ing OF the lives of herself and the children the
disastrous war with Japan the exposure Of the
scoundrelism of the czars near relatives, the out
break of bloody revolution and her strained re.
lations with the himself. have tended to
unbaance her mind.
Her own is marriage of convenience. She
lived with her brother girl and her
roundings were anything but happy. She
treated in off-handed way In st. Petersburg
on visits there before her marriage The idea
OF a German marriage was not popular In Russia.
However, the advice OF Queen Victoria OF Eng
land who anxious for her granddaughter to
accept the brilliant match thus offered her, and
the fact of strained relations with her brother
combined to prevail upon her and she finally
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-17
CZH71 N1C1Hc2ZHS
FAT MEN UNPOPULAR NOW

The slim figure is in the ascendancy. Even the
great of the earth afford altogether to dis
regard the dictates OF the fashion which DEGREES
that all men and all women shall present to the
world the outlines of spare severity. says the
rLcndon Saturday Review The kaiser and Mr..
Taft have both found 1t necessary to go in for
process of weight reduction It would be inter-
esting If some student OF manners would trace
with precision the process whereby what thinking
people call "embonpoint' came into general dis
credit. Fat is now regarded as an indiscretion,
and almost crime Only the very strong
minded dare to be fat at all, and there are few
indeed who glory In corpuence
There were some ages, indeed. when few were
In position to cast stone at the plump man.
The eighteenth century especially. seemed to run
to over-nourishment. Ruminatfve repetion is the
prevailing expression In the portraits of the
period; and the majestic swagger of corpuence
is visible in the rolling periods of Gibbon. Burke
Johnson and the rest. not excluding theologians.
Their eloquence seems early dinners; their satire
suggests the twfnges of gout.
The tradition lasted well into the nineteenth
century. Dickens nearly always treated the fat
man--at least the benevolent fat man-wth af-
fecuonate respect. His Pickwick and Cheerybles
seem to reflect the convictions that stoutness Is
not only natural but rather laudable cond
tiou for the elderly And when Tony Weller de-
clared that width and wisdom go together. he
was merely condensing into an epigram the verv
common English idea that native sagacity was tn
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-17
LEneTHEN LIFE HUNDRED YEARS
That Is Prediction of Secretary Of
Kansas Board of Health

Kansas City, Mo.-In the next CEN
tury. $50 years will be considered Just
a ripe old age DR.. S. J. Crumbine.
secretary of the Kansas State Board
of Health, told state meeting of
mothers here. DR. Crumbine said that
scientific attacks on disease will cause
life to be heightened nearly 100 per
cent in another 100 years.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-17
Fund for Exploring South America.

New York.-Theodore Roosevelt
will give to the American Museum of
Natural History $4,000 when he re-
turns to New York in May and assist
it in raising $4,000 more to carry on
explorations in South America.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-17
PREDICT RECORD N;HEAT CROP.
Federal Report Estimates 551 900 ,ooo-
Bushel Harvest from Condition.

Bushel Harvest from Condition.
Washington. = A record-breaking
winter wheat crop is in prospect this
year, the Department of Agriculture
estimating on a conservative basis
that the yield may exceed 551.000.0 600
bushels. The condition Of the crop,
April l, was 95.6 per cent of normal,
or 11.5 per cent better than the aver
age April condition for the past ten
years.
The area planted last autumn was
36,o06,000 acres and with compara-
lively good winte- it is believed the
percentage OF acreage abandoned has
been somewhat less than sc per cent
below the past ten years, SO that an
unusually big acreage will be harvest
ed If conditions continue favorable
throughout the season.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-17
Jones FERN anent Head Of Conference.

Denver.--A.A A. Jones. first assistanv
secretary OF the interior, was elected
permanent chairman of the irrigation
conference and the report Of the Or
ard adopted. The committee reconi-,'
mended the formation of committees
on the Carey act project. the reciama-
tion service, the desert-land act and
on irrigation districts. These commit
tees will consider federal and state
cooperation for the promotion of irri-
cation work.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-17

viii come some
day seeking ven
geance. Charles
reputation is fair
ly good yet. yet
'twould be a love
less match. little
to the taste of
a twentieth cen
tury princess.
The girlish Ma
rie. third daugh-
ter of Nicholas,
has been rumored
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-17

be found in its perfec-
ton in alliance with a
profile of pronounced
convexity. But now the
fat man has no defend
ers. The medical man
denounces him. The
tailor only makes him
a suit under protest.
The novelist gives him
no quarter. The dra-
matist will allow him
no nice benevolent
parts; he Is only intro
duced to look foolish.
The labor cartoonist
adopts him as a type of
the capitalist.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-17
purity CONGRESS Meets Nov. 5.

La Crosse, Wis. L Announcement
was made by B. S. Steadwell. presi-
dent of the Worlds Purity Federation.
that the eighth Purity Congress will
convene at Kansas City Nov. 5.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-17

nee upon time there was king and
he had four daughters. And the king
was much perplexed where he should
find suitable husbands for them. For
he was kindly man and they were
beautiful girls"
We can well imagine this as the
opening paragraph of an old-time fairy
tale. But in this case It Is an actual,
acute situation staring in the face that
much harrassed man, the czar OF all
the Russians. Several years now the
gers OF Europe have been explaining
y expediency arranged for the charming
Perhaps they have been right
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-17
Josiah |. Pickard is Dead.

Chicago.--Josiah l.. Pickard. educa-
tor and author, prominent in the Mid
die West thirty years ago, died at Pas.
adena, Cal He was ninety years old.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-17
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No sineoure.

'tf~t1f Ss
Apropos of a rich
wlfe's desertion OF a
poor husband. George
Ade said, at the Chica-
go Athletic club:
The man without
means, artist or mu-
sician or what not, who
marries a rich girl.
earns his money. He's
got to stand around, or
-biff-out he goes.
"A young magazine
editor told me. jubilant-
ly. the other day that
he'd resigned his Job.
" I'm going TO mar
ry.' he said, a girl with
an independent In
come
" No. / warned him.
what you're going to
marry is an income
with an independent
girl
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-17
INTERNATIONAL
SUlDNS01OOL
LESSON

(By z. o. SELLERS. Director OF Evening
Department. The Moody Bible Institute.
Chicago)
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-17
LESSON FOR APRIL 10.
COST OF DIscIPLEsHIP.

LESSON TExT-Luke H:25-s5.
GOLDEN TEXT-"Whosoever would
save his life shall lose 1t; and whosoever
shall lose his life for my sake shall find
it," Matt. 1925.
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[
" Y y

HS Siouu VI Iuu1OTS mas
swfrled most thickly about the
proud Olga, the eldest daugh-
ter, because there is great lik.
lihood of her inheriting the
throne by the demise of her
tubercular little brother.
Here is indeed fitting sub.
)ect for the romancer. Sweep
ing. imperial, with curl OF
her lip so cold and naughty
that 1t would almost belle her
reputation for good nature, she
Is every inch a queen. There
is magnificence about her
youthful carriage rarely at
tanned even by royal blood.
Yet she cares nothing for
the throne. the ermine. the
crown diamonds and the scep-
ter. 1t is well authenticated
that she tried to throw herself
away upon her young cousin.
Prince Dimitri Paulovitch. the
son OF the profligate Grand
Duke Paul.
For years a romance de-
veloped between them. There
The herald., 1914-12-17
SANTA CLAUS GIFTS.

Have a large sack (about the size of
a laundry bag filed with inexpensive
toys. Each boy or girl is allowed to
plunge his or her hand into the bag
(Which is pulled together at the top
with a drawing string) and to keep it
there for a minute. feeling as many as
possible Of the toys contained in 1t.
Paper and pencils are then diStrib-
uted. and each must write down the
names of all the toys he thought he
recognized in the bag.
Those having the best sets of an
swers receive the toys as prizes.
OF course the bag is opened and the
contents spread out in order that all
may see just what is there.
This is not a game for the very little
tots. but any school boy or girl can
play it.
The point which puts it beyond the
very little folks is the fact that the
names have to be spelled out.
The herald., 1914-12-17
Match Trick.

Give a person sixteen matches and
ask him to lift up from the table fif-
teen of them on the surface of the re-
naming one. To accomplish it you
must do as follows: Place one match
on the table; now place seven of the
matches on this single one crosswise,
one end on the table. other portion on
the single match; now in between
these seven more matches leaning In
the opposite direction; on top of all the
matches, just where they cross, place
the remaining match; now grasp the
first single match placed on the table.
lift up, and you have all the matches
raised clear from the table. just as If
they were a solid mass
The herald., 1914-12-17

"OR those who can sing and for
those who cannot the honorable
ballad of the popcorn man Of
fers opportunities for huge ell
joyment at the Yuletide. when all is
joIlity and merriment-
The players are arranged in circle.
The leader turns TO his left hand neigh
Dor and sings solemnly to a grave or
monOtOnous tune the following words:
Oh. don't you know the popcorn man?
Oh. don't you know the popcorn man?
Oh, don't you know the popcorn man
Who lives in poor mans lane?
The leader and every player must
maintain sober face throughout the
chanting of the ditty or pay forfeit
The next player, thus questioned in
song, must stare the leader in the face
and sing In serious manner this reply:
Oh, yes, / know the popcorn man!
oh, yes. l know the popcorn man!
Oh. yes. l know the popcorn man
Who lives in poor mans lane!
When be has concluded this stanza
he turns to his left hand neighbor and
interrogates him:
Oh. don't you know the popcorn man?
Oh. don't you know the popcorn man?
Oh, don't you know the popcorn man
Who lives in poor mans lane?
The fun continues in this way until
the round of players has been made.
When all have sung the words the
whole company joins in singing the
following chorus:
We all well know the popcorn man.
We all well know the popcorn man.
We all well know the popcorn man
Who lives in poor mans lane.
1t is to be believed that no company
has yet succeeded in singing through
this ballad without accumulating
large quantity of forfeits.
The herald., 1914-12-17
CHRISTMAS BALL GAME.

To provide Yuletide amusement for
the children try the following:
Suspend a wreath of evergreen or
holly by a red ribbon from the ceiling
and see who can throw an apple
through 1t. Use a soft rubber ball
where the apple would be likely to
break things.
The players stand at the opposite end
of the room from the wreath and on
base which has been arranged for in
advance.
All those whose missiles actually
pass through the wreath receive pop.
corn balls as rewards for their dex.
terity.