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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

Nesting among the Grampian Hills, about eight miles south of Camden, the county seat or Wilcox, amid a bower of leafy oaks, is historic dwelling now known to but few outside of the residents of that section of the state. This place Is the ancestral home of the well known Tait family. and 1t is called "Dry Fork. because situated near the one of two forks of McCants' creek which always runs dry in the summer season. Broad pas. lures and fertile cotton fields surround the home, and about mile away Is a tiny stream known as Yankee Branch. from the fact that in ante-bellum times two Yankees located a stave camp on it's bank and manufactured oak slaves for a great while. It's waters never faih are clear and sparkling and contain med icinal properties.
 Dry Fork" was built by James Ashley Tait in the year 1885, when the region for miles around was the virgin forest. and it Is a unique reminder of the homes of the early days Mr. Tait came from Georgia, with his father. Charles Tait. in the POS and the latter was the first federal judge of Alabama.
 The two settled near Burnt Corn, Mon- roe county. but soon after James Tait began the erection of Dry Fork" on the old Claiborne road further north. and in what is now Wilcox county. The house contains 10 rooms, the blanks having been sawed with ripsaws aud dressed by hand. There are two stories, each containing a wide hall and a gallery, and the old home has been the scene of much gayety in the by-gone days.
 Judge Charles Tait. father of the build- CT of the place. was one of the promi- nent men of his day and Ed F. Green land, deputy clerk of Huntsville, in his book of distinguished men, says: The first record now in the district court of the United States commences the sec ond Monday in July, 1924. Hon. Charles Tait, presiding judge"
 Judge Tait had the misfortune to lose leg in childhood. He was sent to carry some tobacco to market. It was packed in a hogshead. with a spindle in each end. A pair of shafts was attached and a horse hitched between the shafts, and he riding the horse; in this way was the tobacco rolled along. The horse be- came frightened. ran away: broke the boys leg. which had to be amputated neal the knee. After the accident, the sufferer who was an orphan, was found lying in the road by Bishop Asbury of the Meth odist church. who took charge of him and educated him at ColSesburg college Maryland Today among other antiqui- ties at Dry Fork Is shown the wooden leg of Judge Tait. When going to hold court, 1t was the Judges custom to board
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

however. is 10,s5s when those employed as teachers and sisters of charity are included. This great increase in the Ro- man Catholic clergy and in the number of nuns, however. is explained by the fact that large numbers of priests. monks and nuns who have been expelled from France and Portugal have settled in Eng land. Ministers and priests of other re- ligions increased from 11.57l to ii es1
 The distribution of the weelth of London is well shown in a table giving the pro- portion of domestic servants per 1000 fami- lies in the different quarters of the me- tropolis One would have thought that Kensington and tye West End of London, the homes of the wealthiest of London's citizens, would have made the best show ing in this respect. but 1t is beaten by Hampstead. Hampstead boasts of 7s7 domestic servants per 1000 families. while Kensington has only 707 The reason for this is that Kensington includes a num- Der of slums as well as homes of wealth which pulls down the average while Hampstead is almost exclusively inhab- ited by the well-to-do middle class After these two boroughs there Is big drop to 64S in Westminster and then the numbers tall off gradually until we reach Wimbledon with s5s servants per 1000 fam lilies. After that there is slump to e4 in Stepney and a gradual decline to Beth- nal Green, which ends the list with only 35.
 One would hardly expect to find much farming in London. but the census man tells us that there Is very respect able farming industry in the greatest city in the world In the county of Lon don, which is only the inner ring of London. he found 066 men and 1es wom- en engaged in farming and he found 2 coal miners working at "the face'' and 52 below ground He also found threo tin miners at work, but he does not give us the interesting information where Londons coal and tin mines are situated. Practically every trade that Is practiced In the country is found in London. There are even 157 fishermen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

be required if the war Is at all pro- be filled in some way. On the conti-
 nent women are~already gathering the harvest, but on the continent the de-
 mand for workers will be less than i'll England, for the countries of con-
 tinental Europe are suffering much more severely economically than Eng land. They have lost all their export
 trade nd>practically their entire work ing population Is under arms. England
 with the Atlantic open is able to main
 tain her foreign trade and may rea-
 sonably expect to gain a great share of the trade lost both by her allies and
 her enemies. That is, If she can do the
 wbrk. and while she will not be so dcnuded of men as her neighbors. she
 will still be short and women will be
 required to take their places The sig
 nificant feature of the volume of the cvnsus returns just published is not the increase in the number of em-
 ployed women in England for that has not grown in any startling degree. In
 1901 there were 4,171,571 occupied fe-
 males,' and in 1911 this number had
 increased to 4,S30,734. What is signifi-
 cant is the way in which they have
 rushed into the male occupations For
 instance, in 1881 there were 100 wom-
 en law clerks. Old fashioned lawyers
 held up their hands in horror and de-
 ciared that their employment was im-
 possible. Women could not keep se-
 cfet, they declared. They could not be
 trusted for the strict accuracy neces- sary in legal work. They could not stand the strain of the close applica- ton required and so on. But in 1901 the number had crept up to 367 and in 1911 1t had bounded forward to 2159. Since 1911 I am told unofficia11y the figure has almost doubled and now lawyers are so reeonciled to the woman clerk that strong movement has grown up among male lawyers in fa- vor of the admission of women to prac- tice full fledged solicitors.
 The woman doctor is a less familiar figure in England than in America, but she Is steadily winning for herself a place in the sun. In 1881 the returns showed that there were only 25 medical women in England. In 1891 there were 2t2 and in 1911 495 In this field of en- deavor women are perhaps more heavily handicapped than in many others, for their sex precludes them from numbering
 men among their patients and many wom-
 en are prejudiced against them. They are increasingly entering the field of medical
 research work and many are doing excel lent service. There are also large num-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
Croquet Is Coming Back

From the Detroit News.
 In eastern centers whose whims and inclinations make themselves felt tEyoughout the land, croquet is com ing back, and we may look for 1t to blooms in our own wards. presently We welcome the prospect. It presages we sanguinely believe, reversal to a milder mode of life. Our momentum has been inereasing season by season, what with the tango, suffrage, aero blaming and the joy ride, until we are borne along at a pace threatening
 -it Is declared-the fundamentals of our mortal existence.
 Croquet will be an antidote to this. Is it essentially a soothing diversion. Sidewhiskers, lemonade, and Laura Jean Libby are it's natural acomplish- ments. It requires skill of subdued sort and can be played by young ladies who are loath to shake loose their coiffeurs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
Better Than Spanking

Spanking does not cure children of bed wottinr. There Is a constitutional cause for this trouble. Mrs. M. Sun- mers, Box w. Notre Dame. Ind. will send free to any mother her successful home treatment, with full instructions. Send no money. but write her today if bon't blame the child. the chances arc it can't help 1t. This treatment also cures adults and aged people troubled
 with urine difficulties hy day or nj. h C
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
Regret

fTbnl duOSe.
 Dyer-Rownder wishes now that he hadn't married a widow. Ryer=~Why2
 Dyer-He can't use any of the old exc cuses for coming home late.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

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 NERVOUS plsoRDERs DISAPPEAR If weak, nervous. irritable and lack ing energy and ambition. caused through .exceesss-come to us at once. RUPTURE CURED WITHOUT
 SURGERY
 Cases we accept for treatment have no pain and are not detained mo ment from business
 RECTAL AILMENTS VANISH Piles. Fistula. Pastures and other Rectal Diseases treated without the knife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
Men, Get Cured
FEES AS LOW AS $3.5O Rid Yourself of Disease by Quick.
 Safe, Scientific Methods

Don't give up. Call and be examined by a specialist who has had many years expe- rience in curing men. He will tell you the truth about your condition, FREE.
 Men who are suffering and cannot pay the fees charged by most special. Ists. should take advantage of this of fer and GET CURED. Call at once, have a talk with us and we will ex. plain to your our treatment. We are curing people daily without cutting. chloroform or danger. No matter who has failed or how long you have sui fered, don't give up. Call and we will EXAMINE you FRED. RHEUMATISM ENDED Enlarged, Swollen and Stiffened Joints cured without running the stom. |ach by harsh medicines.
 STOMACH AND BOWEL DIS ORDERS
 Indigestion, Dyspe psia, Coated Tongue, Perverted Appetite, Fullness After Eating. Classes, Dizziness and Heartburn quickly cured.
 vARicocELE CURED NON.
 suRcIcALLY x
 Weakening and wasting of partA. Losses of urine.
 SPECIAL AILMENTs
 Discharges. Burning and Itchins ,oon relieved. Lost vigor and vitality due to abuse |,r excesses.
 Hydrocele or swelling, tenderness of parts, cured without the knife. Structure and it's effects, Prostatic enlargement reduced.
 Ulcers from infection or injuries. Q Large Rooms. Fully Equipped
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-03-14
INDULGENCEs.

A.. The doctrine and practice OF the
Catholic church in regard TO indul-
gences is a matter about which even
fairly well educated Catholics have
often very happy ideas Many Of the
devotions performed by the faithful
have been enriched by the church
with these spiritual privileges. We
find for instance that certain pray
ers have received an indulgence o.
forty days, or seven years, or in
some cases a plenary indulgence,
and a large number Of Catholics will
fulfill the prescribed conditions and
gain the indulgence without having
a very clear idea Of what they are
doing.
And when we so outside the
Catholic church what astounding
ignorance we encounter! No Cath
Ollie teaching has been so persistently
misrepresented by non-Catholie
writer's. Even in the works Of men
of reputed scholarship, particularly
when the subject is the so-called
Reformation and the causes which
led up to il, we find the grossest
errors; and we may well wonder
how the authors can have the eff
frontery TO pose as authorities when
they do not even know the meaning
of the terms they use. The average
essayist generally assails this mat
ter of indulgences with intense bit
terness. He will tell us that the
strenuous and virtuous Luther (who
was indeed strenuous but hardly
virtuous) rose in righteous wrath
against Papal DEGREES which gave a
full forgiveness OF sin to those who
paid for IL; that the indulgences
granted by Leo X. were "a license
TO commit sim" that the Roman
power In the sixteenth century was
SO degraded that II publicly pro-
claimed that the giving OF money for
the Basilica OF st. Peter would en-
sure "the pardon OF all past and
future sins, no matter how grievous
they might be-" Such are the state
ments gravely set forth by his
torians"-and every word OF them
Is a falsehood.
For Catholics who understand the
teachings OF the church on this inn
portant doctrine there Is hardly any
thing which is a greater incentive TO
the performance OF good works.
Once the necessity OF satisfying God
for our sins Is appreciated the value
OF indulgences appeals TO us with
more than ordinary force. The
church, DESTROYS Of enriching the
faithful from the spiritual treasury
beQueathed to her by our blessed
Lord and from the merits OF the
saints, and knowing that all the
members OF the kingdom OF Christ
can assist one another before God,
generously grants her fayors 10
those who show the proper DISPOSE
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-03-14
NIGHT OF THE BIG WIND.

The might OF the big wind" in
Ireland was January 6, 1889. On
this date a hurricane swept the
Island. doing immense damage, and
followed by potato rot and famine,
in which many starved to death and
emigrated to escape O
like fate. II was caused, as any
Irishman can tell you, by the fairies.
On the preceding night, January O.,
1899, the feast OF ST. Ceara, which
is the night the faiires hold high
revel. violent disputes arose among
the prominent fairy leaders, and
next night most of the fairy host
left the Green Isle never TO return,
The hurricane was caused by their
wings, and the night is still referred
70 In ireland as the night OF the
big wind" while the subsequent mis-
fortunes we're attributed 10 careless
persons naming the good peo-
pie"
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-03-14
AN IRISH TUNE.

viii you listen to the laugh of II,
Gushing from the fiddle;
More's the fun in half OF 1t
Than cen an Irish riddle.
Sure, it's not a fiddler's bow
That's making sport so merry;
It's just the fairies laughing So
l heard them oft in Kerry.
VIII you listen to the step Of II,
Faith, that tunes a daisy;
Just the very laep of II
Would make the feet unaisy.
Hold your tongues, We noisy rogues
And stop your giddy prancing;
It's me can hear the weeshee brogue.
OF Irish fairies dancing.
Will you listen TO the tune of IL,
Sweeter than the honey.
I'd rather hear the Groom OF II
Than get a miser's money.
Sure, my son, It makes me cry
But don't play any other;
May God be with the days gone by
| danced il with your mother.
Hugh f. Blunt.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-03-14
MYSTIC ROSARY.

The Mysteries OF the Rosary focus
mind and heart upon some event Of
Joy, sorrow or glory in the life Of
Jesus. There is a vocal element OF
prayer which, to the heart that loves,
Is less a distraction towards the lower
needs of the fancy or the finger than
a Jacobs ladder to lead the climbing
feet heavenward towards the stars.
A great speaker toys with the trink-
cts on his chain in a paradoxical ef-
fort to concentrate his mind on
things of the mind.
When Elijah sought the gift OF
prophesy he besought them to bring
him minstrel. "And when the min
strel played, the hand of the Lord
came upon him" He found inspira-
ton where you and /, gentle reader,
would find only distraction. Thus
the vocal and the manual part of the
Rosary, the mere telling and tallying
the beads, has its effect in engaging
tongue and hand with those lesser
activities which leave the spirit free
to soar.
Moreover, the bidding of the AYES
plays a mystic part in focusing the
soul on its Saviour. They determine
how long the soul shall be focused
II is not a mere instantaneous i'm
preston; IL Is a time exposure.
BY a delicacy OF divine art the
length of time during which mind
and heart shall rest on God is meas
ured, not by the movement of a hand
round a dial, nor yet by the move
ment Of the earth round the sun, but
by the circling Of beads through
hands that pray and the wreathing OF
Paters and AYES by lips that love.
Whilst the Pater and It's attend
ant train OF AYES move gently be-
tween the fingers and through the
lips, the soul is resting In its thought
OF Jesus. Then when the AYES
cease, and a certain fullness OF time
has come. one mystery of Jesus life
gives place to another, as wave fol-
lows wave on the deep and rhythm
follows rhythm in the songs men
sing.
Even thus the prayers said on the
lips and the thoughts overlooking
silently in the heart. in their rhyth-
mic movement of speech and silence,
OF mystery and following mystery.
become by the fullness OF their time
and rhythm. a song Of songs made
to Him whom heavens glee-singers
bore with carols TO the Vale of Tears
Vincent McNabb, o. p.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-03-14
IRISH IN AMERICA.
America Would Be Splashed All Sides
Emerald Eue

added four hundred buildings to New
York; Patrick f. Murphy, President
Of the Mark Cross Company, and
we'll known in New York as an after
dinner speaker.
Many Of the most distinguished
Judges have been OF Irish blood.
Among the nine Justices OF the
Supreme Court OF the United States
two are Irish by descent, Chief
Justice Edward d. White and Justice
Joseph McKenna. In New York we
find six judges who are of unusual
prominence.
What the Irish have done for
America in education would need a
small book I'm itself. To John
Tyndall, the notable Irish scientist,
the United States owes double debt,
as he not only delivered a course of
lectures here in 1872, but devoted
the proceeds to the cause of scien-
tific research in America. 1t would
be a sin of omission at this point
not to mention the thousands OF
young women of Irish birth or par
entage who are doing faithful work
as school teachers in all parts of the
United States.
Take away our Irish orators and
journalist and this would be a
dumb and cherries country indeed
Here, for instance, is an off-hand
list of Irish writer's past and pres
ent: Capt. Mayne Reid, John Boyle
O'Reilly, Ignatius Donnelly, Patrick
Walsh, James Jeffrey Roche, Patrick
Donahue, P. F. Collier and DR.. James
Walsh. The power of expression
which is typical of the Irish race rises
frequently to the heights of art. The
Goddess of Liberty on the dome OF
the Capitol at Washington was
chisseled by the hands of Thomas
Crawford, whose son Is the well
known novelist, f. Marion Crawford
1t is to Dublin we are indebted
for st. Gaudens, Victor Herbert,
Patrick S. Gilmore and John Nc
Cormack. In the religious world we
find many noted Irish names: Car
dinals Gibbons, Farley and O'COn-
nell, and Archbishops Ireland,
Keane and Ryan. No history of the
Revolution is complete without its
Irish chapter. In 1876, many of the
signers of the Declaration of indie
pendence were Irish. When the civil
war put American manhood to the
test the Irish were everywhere.
That the Irish have been in poll
tics goes without saying, and no
freshman will ever allow the fact to
be forgotten that James G. Blaine,
one of the greatest figures in all
American political history, was of
irish descent. The late Patrick A.
Collins, Congressman, Consul Cen
eral and Mayor of Boston, for years
was the foremost Irishman in New
England.
Nothing can be more absurd than
to speak of the Irish as newcomers
In America. No one but a resur-
rected moundbuilder would be en-
titled to do that. For the last
thousand years or more, whenever
there has been any great enterprise
on foot, in the thick of things there
have always been men with the
shamrock in their hearts.-Katherine
V, Murley.
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-03-14

fifty-acre plant in West Virginia,
and William Kelly, whose invention
has added hundreds of millions to
the wealth of the steel industry.
In the Burke family three heroic
figures appear in the first chapter Of
our Revolutionary history-Thomas
Burke, the first Governor of North
Carolina; Adamus Burke, Chancellor
Of South Carolina, and John DAILY
Burke, historian, patriot and duelist
All three we're fighters with pen and
sword, who made an indelible mark
on the Southern State a century ago.
In 1872, when Froude cast some
aspersions upon the Irish, it was
Father Thomas Burke who fought
against him. And at the present
time we have Burkes enough in the
United States to fill a "Burkes
Peerage" of their own. There are
two Bishops who bear the famous
name, at Albany and st. Joseph; one
/ Brigadier General, in Oregon; one
Congressman, in South Dakota; a
railroad President, at Cleveland,
and a Judge at Seattle.
As for the Sheas, at least four Of
I them have worked their way to the
| front-Gen. John Shea, who won his
1 laurels in the Revolution; Capt
Daniel Shays, who first fought at
/ Bunker Hill; George A. Shea, an
eminent Chief Justice of New York,
and John Culinary Shea, the his
torian of the Catholic church in the
United States.
In the American business world
of today a large proportion Of the
solid men-the men who stand like
pillars under the heavy burden--are
of Irish blood. Most conspicuous Of
all stands the financier, Thomas
| Fortune Ryan. He is one of the
greatest masters of financial states
lmanship. In a different field stands
James ]. Hill, born in Canada Of
| Irish parents. He is the creditor OF
the Northwest, the railway builder
who has opened up a territory equal
to couple of Germanys-the steam
ship builder who has linked America
with the markets of the East.
Another New Yorker is Alexander
! f. Orr, who was nineteen years old
before he had seen any other coun-
try than Ireland AS a President of
large commercial bodies he has few
equals. For nearly fifty years he
has stood under the heaviest respon-
sibilities, and was chosen, because OF
his ability and uprightness, to pre-
side over the immense interests of
the New York Life Insurance Com
pany. If we speak of great Irish
bankers, where is there a large
American city without one? In
Pittsburgh, where there are score
of banks bullying with steel millions.
the dean of the financial fraternity
is Thomas Mellon.
In New York there are three at
least who are too prominent to miss
Thomas M. Mulrey, President of
the Emigrant Industrial Savings
Bank; Myles O'Brien and Samuel
Bayne, who organized national banks
in seven States. Other weighty bust
ness men are John Flannery, the
Savannah cotton king; Thomas F.
Walsh, of Washington; John d.
Crimmins, the contractor, who has
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-03-14

tions, by obediently fulfilling the
conditions laid down for the gaining
of the indulgences she imparts. To
be solicitous about satisfying Gods
Justice is a sign of predestination.
To be eager to make amends, as far
as it lies in our power, to Him
whom we have offended, is an indi-
cation of a desire to fulfill his law.
For these reasons, II for no others,
Catholics should gain for them
selves and for the departed as many
Of the indulgences of the church as
possible, in order that they may
insure their own salvation and assist
the departed with whom they are
still in communion.