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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-12
Tempt 'ture Pre-
 High Low cip-

years. For many years he had been an employe of the city of Bessemer.
 James Singer of Budapest, Hungary. passed through Bessemer today en route from New York to San Fran cisco on foot on $500O wager. He left New York on June IA, 1914, and has to reach San Francisco by June l6, 1915. Singer was associate editor of the Budapest Herald, but because his paper made statement that En- peror Francis Joseph did not like he had to take a three-year sentence or leave the country so he left. When he left New York he had only 8 cents in his pocket and today he had s1.75 and five pairs of shoes, which he carries on his back.
 Albert D. Brown of New York city is visiting relatives in Bessemer, hay . ing been called home by the serious illness of his father.
 Miss Agnes Roberts and Miss Jose phine Roberts have returned to their home In Columbus, Ga, after de- nghtful visit to Miss Irene Robbins
 Mrs. c. W. Nixon of Tuscaloosa is the guest of relatives and friends in Bessemer
 Mrs H. c. Waller and daughter, Miss Kathleen Waller. have returned from a pleasant visit to friends in Philadel- phia.
 Jake Jessel has returned from bus mess trip through Florida and will be the guest of his mother, Mrs. Esther Jessel, for the Christmas holidays.
 Charles Long will leave in few days for Mobile where he has accepted position.
 A. J. Swaney has returned from Tus- caloosa where he has been visiting friends for several days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-12
Daniel c. Francis Dead

Kissimee. Fla. December u.-Daniel G.. Francis. descendant of the Mayfiower pil- grims and a captain in the First Con necticut infantry during the war between the states. died at his home here today. He was 7S years old The body was sent to Hartford, Conn, tonight for burial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-12
Appointments Announced

Montgomery, December 11.-(Special.) The following appointments were an- nounced today by John H. Wallace. Jr., state game and fish commissioner: Drew Bynum of Wheeler. game warden of Law renee county. to succeed M. J. Gilchrist. resigned; Jack c. Slaughter of Lafayette, game warden of Chambers county. to suc- ceed G. c. Schuesslarr, moved from the county. .s,t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-12
SOME EARLY GLIMPSES
 AT NEXT LEGISLATURE
Senator Jones of Barbour Would Have Created De- partment of Printing. Textbooks Plan
By HIGH W. noaEn1.

Before the development of north Ala bama, Barbour county was the territory from which politicians with power to con trol received their credentials In the old days there was a political saw, "as Bar bour goes, so goes the state,' which never failed to be borne out And on account of the power which the county yielded. it used to be said that Alabama was di- yided into three grand subdivisions, north Alabama, south Alabama and Barbour county.
 At the present time, there are several counties in the state more powerful in a political sense than Barbour. However the old county continues to send out sons, by birth or adoption, who assume rank in all political gatherings. In the legis- lature which will be convened in Jan uary. Barbour's senator or the Twenty fourth districts senator, will be G. Ernest Jones of Clio. editor of the Clio Free Press
 MT. Jones had the misfortune in early youth to have been born in some other than Barbour's cline. As a matter Of fact, he first saw the light near Blakely, Earle county, Georgia. This was on Feb ruary 10, 1886. In early manhood, how ever, he learned that it would be to his advantage to cross the Chattahoochee and settle in Alabama and Barbour Since reaching that decision he has been d happy man. And he has been fortunate He edits a good paper, he has had sue cess in the telephone business, he has been a member of the city council of Clio, he was a presidential elector in 1908, and again in 1913. Of the electoral college of the latter year he was secre- tary. He Is a Mason and a Knight of Pythias, a Woodman of the World and a member of the farmers union. He is a Baptist, is unmarried and is a dem ocrat.
 Senator Jones has at least one ambitious scheme to present to the legislature. He wants Alabama to go into the printing business by the establishing of depart ment of state printing, this department to print guano tags state codes, school books, and in short, every other paper or document or tome which the state would be compelled to have printed. The main reason why Senator Jones would create the department of printing Is the fact that ne at the present time adheres to the belief that school children of Ala balna--or their parents-are forced to pay from twice to six times as much money for school books as school books are worth. The senator made his race for the legislature on "school book platform. and he swept his opposition off the face of the earth. He believes that he will have as much success in the legislature.
 In regard to this legislation, which he intends to put through, he says:
 "The measures which l shall propose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-12

years. For many years he had been an employe of the city of Bessemer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-12

Tho Woman's Missionary society of the First Methodist church will serve t"rkey dinner and supper as well as oysters any style tomorrow in the vacant store on Second avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth street, next to Erlick and Lef- kovits.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
Black Hole of Calcutta.

The innate corruption and depravity
OF human nature were perhaps never
more clearly brought out than in the
historic Black Hole of Calcutta. That
atrocity stands unrivaled as an in.
stance OF the utmost suffering human
lty can endure, passed through by a
large number, yet leaving few sur
VlVors to tell the tale Many more
have been slain or executed at one
time, death being expected; but
probably only safe keeping of the pris-
oners was intended, and only fear of
breaking despot's sleep prevented
their earlier release Yet this torture,
"unequaled in history or fiction,
whose record cannot be read unmoved
after the lapse of hundred and fifty
years, was produced merely by crowd.
ing men together in an i'll ventilated
room. No fires, racks, nor scourges
were needed; all that was done or re.
qulred to be done was to take from
each the amount of air and space to
which he was accustomed, crush him
into close proximity with his fellows,
and the thing was accomplished
From "A Farmers Note Book" by C.
E. D. Phelps.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
CHILDREN LOVE
SYRUP Of FIGS
1t is cruel to force nauseatIng,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
do, The children's revolt is well-found'
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only dell
cious California Syrup of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
Of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that teaspoonful
given today saves sick child tomor.
row.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle
of california Syrup of Figs which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
On each bottle ADV.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
ADVISED HIM TO GET BUSY
Laborer Resented Interest Shown by
Statesman as to the Farmers
Prospective Crop.

The earl of Aberdeen, lord lieuten
ant, whom Mr.. Ben Tillett suggests
hanging, is one of the mildest-man,
nered and most kindly Of men.
He takes a great interest in agricul,
ture, and one evening, while taking
walk in country district, he paused
to watch laboring man at work in
his little garden.
Leaning over the fence, his lord
ship asked: rs this good soil?"
Aye" said the laborer dryly.
Several other questions we're an
swered in the same laconic way, the
laborer digging busily all the time
Lord Aberdeen asked: What
is your next crop to be-"
The laborer paused in his work and
looked at his questioner severely
See here, my Mamie" he re-
81 dinna suppose you ken
onything ABBOTT crops. Just you get
a bit garden yersel' an start work
ont, an then yell haze something bet
.er tae dae than come botherin' busy
'olk."
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
States and Their Flowers.

Some time ago l had request for
the state flowers and did not have the
list at hand. am very glad to pub.
llsh 1t now / find in some cases the
state legislature has adopted the
chosen flowers, and in some instances
they have been selected by a vote of
the school children.
l do not give this as an authoritative
list, but print 1t as it came to me:
Alabama, golden rod; Alaska, forget.
me-not; Arkansas, apple blossom; Cal.
ifornia, golden poppy; Colorado, col.
umbine; Connecticut, mountain laurel:
Delaware, peach blossom; Florida,
orange blossom; Idaho, syringa; Hi.
nois, violet; Iowa, golden rod; Kansas
suntoWer; Kentucky, golden rod:
Louisiana, magnolia; Maine, pine cone
and tassel; Maryland, black-eyed Su-
san; Michigan, apple blossom: Mime
sofa, moccasin; Mississippi, magnolia:
Missouri, golden rod; Montana, bitter
root; Nebraska, golden rod; New Mex.
lco' cactus; New York, golden rod:
North Dakota, wild rose; Ohio, scar.
let carnation; Oklahoma, mistletoe.
oregon, Oregon grape; Rhode Island.
violet; South Dakota anemone nat.
ems; Texas, blue bonnet; Vermont red
clover; Washington, rhododendron:
west Virginia, rhododendron; Wiscon.
SIN, violet; Wyoming, gentian.
NINE. MERRI.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
NINE. MERITS ADVICE
ENJOYABLE GAME FOR WINTER
EVENING IS "UP JENKINS"
Idea Originated in the East, and 10
Sure to Afford Lots Of Fun-va.
rlous Flowers Of the States
Given From Memory.

Have you ever played the exciting
game Of up Jenkins?" If not try it;
was initiated last summer while at
an eastern resort, and even the quite
grown up lads and lassies enjoyed a
round at it and the hotel living room
used to ring with merry laughter.
hope can make the rules clear so
you can all understand, and the faster
1t is played the more fun it Is. The
players are divided into sides with
leaders or captains and sit In line
on opposite sides of a table. A toss
up is made for the first start, and 1t is
the place of the leader of the "in"
team to say what shall be done by the
"out" team, who have a coin "a quar-
ter is best which they must endeavor
to keep concealed.
The players on the "out" side pass
the coin from one to another beneath
the table, leaving it hidden with one
of the members.
When the leader calls up jenkins"
and raises his hands over his head,
the opponents follow his example with
their hands closed He says Down
Jenkins and brings his own hands
down on the table. The out team
follow his example and now the lead
er must say under which hand the
quarters is concealed. Crying off"
which means off the table, he touches
each hand which he thinks is empty
and leaves the hand which he suspects
has the coin until the last If he is
mistaken and the coin is beneath one
of the hands he has ordered off" his
side loses and the other team is 'in"
and his out If the last hand should
happen to have the quarter, the game
is won and another turn is taken. The
side that is "out" must follow the op-
ponentS' captain only: If he says Up
Jenkins while his hands remain on
the table and the hands of his team
go up, the opponents take no notice of
the order, nor if all hands are held
up and he calls Down Jenkins" with
out his suiting the action to the COM
mand. The leaders example only is
folloWed, not his words, and here is
where many players get caught. For
all mistakes made by the out side
.orfelt Is paid to the "in' team. The
hands are brought down on the table
lard to smother the ring of the coin.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
TAKE UP ORIENTAL TURBAN
Latest Vagary of Fashion Has Met
With Favor-EasiIy Made From
Strip of Tinsel Net.

Back to the turban has gone Dame
Fashion. Not to the well-known head.
covering Of Madame de Stael and her
contemporaries, but to the turSan of
the Orient, than which nothing is
easier to make. It is merely wide
strip of tinsel net whose folds are
held down with crescents in spangles
so that 1t may be folded neatly in
bandeau manner about the forehead
to expose a simple and very fiat head
dressing.
To go with the turbanlike couture,
consisting of long and thick strand
of unwaved hair swathed about the
crown of the head and In front
brought close to the forehead, there
are some charming fancy hairpins in
brilliants set in gold or silver. Their
tops are shaped like plain ovals, horse
shoes or half-moons and they keep the
couture firmly in place They are also
most effective when used on oriental
turbans in white gauze.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
NOT A MIRACLE
Just Plain Cause and Effect.

There are some quite remarkable
things happening every day, which
seem almost miraculous.
Some persons would not believe that
a man could suffer from coffee drink.
ing so severely as to cause spells of
Inconsistencies. And to find relief in
changing from coffee to Postum is
well worth recording.
L used to be great coffee drinker.
so much so that it was killing me by
inches. My heart became so weak I
would fall and lie unconscious for an
hour at time.
My friends, and even the doctor,
told me it was drinking coffee that
caused the trouble. l would not be.
lieVe it, and still drank coffee until I
could not leave my room.
Then my doctor, who drinks Pos.
tum himself, persuaded me to stop cot.
fee and try Postum. After much hest.
tatlon concluded to try 1t. That was
eight months ago. Since then I have
had but few of those spells, none for
more than four months.
1 feel better, sleep better and am
better every way. now drink moth.
ing but Postum and touch no coffee,
and as | am seventy years of age all
my friends think the improvement
quite remarkable"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Write for a copy of the
famous little book, THE Road to Well.
VILE"
Postum now comes in two forms.
Regular Postum-must be well
boiled. 15c and Csc packages.
instant Postum-is a soluble DOW.
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes delicious beverage
instantly. SOc and SOC tins.
The cost per cup of both kinds is
about the same.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
CLOTH AND SILK COATES
I title Garments Have Returned to
Favor In More Affurfng Forms
Than Ever Before.

Coates are with us again and in a
far more alluring form than when they
first came out few seasons ago. Then
they extended below the waist line,
but nowadays they scarcely cover 1t
at back and sides and not at all at the
front. In fact. they are glorifled ex-
pressions of the demure Elton jacket,
made up in one Of the new rough-sur
faced fabrics Of a vivid shade like
sapphire blue, carmine red, or lizard
green, and lined with hand-embroid-
cred shot silk gauze, resembling bro
caded materials Plaided and Roman
striped soft silk coates are being
made up into adorable little garments
lined with a solid bright color. And
to go with these mere apologies for
wraps there are belt-vests broad
enough to extend we'll below the waist
line and far enough above it to give
an empire effect to the transparent
blouse worn beneath the jacket. This
belt in plain-colored corded silk, is
severely tailored, appears to close in
front Git actually hooks at the back)
with double row Of tiny silk-covered
buttons, and at either side has a small
lapeled watch pocket.
Both the cloth and the silk coates
are worn with white serge frocks at
the southern resorts. while those in
plaided or striped pattern are also in
tended for use with black satin house
skirts.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
SET Off THE PEACHY SKIN
Excellent Reason Why Black Velvet
Patches on the Skin Have Met
With Such Favor.

Black velvet patches are more fav-
ored than are the older-fashioned
patches in court-plaster, because they
are so much more becoming to their
wearer. Their soft denseness makes
a sharp contrast on a peachy skin
and In these days every fashionable
woman's cheek is peachy, either nat
urally or artiticially. The black vel.
vet patches are round, diamond or
crescent shaped and so tiny that only
with the utmost difficulty are they
handled while being put on. But once
attached to the cheek, the chin or the
brow, they stick tightly for they are
mucilage-backed. The true coquette
nearly always wears a black velvet
patch these days with her evening
gown and sometimes she places one of
them upon her shoulders or her back,
depending on which of these parts of
her anatomy is the most beautiful.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
Colors From Argentine

Unless all signs fail the coming
spring is to be a cheerful season If
eminine garb can make it so for the
1ewest colors are exceptionally vivid
lot to say glaring. The Argentine
lance is responsible for shade Of
'ellow enriched and deepened with
ones of red, called the tango and
mere is queer tone of pink some.
what resembling Nell rose which
shades into orange, blends beautifully
with black or bronze and is christened
the Argentina. All Of the new blues
are exceedingly intense, the greens
are vivid as tropical foliage and the
erstwhile modest mauves and hello
ropes have a yellow-red undertone
which give them q peculiar brillianca,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
Black Ornaments.

Black ornaments are becoming
more and more the fad. The fashion.
able strings of cut jet beads are OBJ
tanning greater vogue with every
week that goes by. Black velvet
bracelets, clasped with rhinestone
monograms, are worn closely abou,
the wrist. Huge black oilcloth roses
are pinned against afternoon frocks
and the latest Paris ornament Is a
cabochon of onyx surrounded b,
pearls, fastening the airy materia,
of white tulle bodice at the bust
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
Supreme Test.

0uPTCMe eSt.
Does your husband treat you I'm.
kindly" asked the lawyer.
Certainly not" said the unsub-
stantial woman.
Then why do you want a divorce?"
Il don't actually want divorce. |
merely want to apply for one. Then
] can Judge by the kind of a fuss my
husband makes whether he really
cares for me or not"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
New Photograph Frames.

Small photograph frames made Of
nickel or brass are arranged to hang
on two small uprights in the fashion
of little easels, so that they can be
tilted to ANY angle.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
The Reason,

"Why was the boss candidate
scratched SO on the ticket"
because the people are itching for
reform
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
loQicaI Result

Smith got a windfall the other
day"
What did he do with it,"
Blew it in"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20

Dr. Pierce's Pellets. small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invig-
crate stomach, liver and bowels and cure
constipation. Adv
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
SPECIAL TO WOMEN
The most economical, cleansing and
germicidal Of all antiseptics Is
MD -.-.....-zs
INHII1T9<
A soluble Antiseptic Powder to
be dissolved in water as needed,

Asa medicinal antiseptic for douches
in treating catarrh, Inflammation or
liberation Of pose, throat, and tina.
caused by feminine ills it has no equal.
For ten years the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co. has recommended PaXsine
In their private correspondence with
women, which proves its superiority.
Women who have been cured say
1t is worth its weight in gold" At
druggists. SOC. large box, or by mail.
The Paxton Toilet Co, Boston, Mass.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20

Red Cross Ball Blue will wash double as
many clothes as any other blue. Don't
put your money into any other. Adv.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20

THE JOY OF DANCING EXERCISE.
Is assured to those who use Aliens Foot Ease
the antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes.
II prevents soreness and aching. 10000 test monias
FRhH trial package address Allen 8. Olmsted,
lie Boy, N.Y.-Ady
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
Rank.

rs he an actor of rank"
Eyes, very"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
Exotic,

What large eyes that Boston girl
has"
They were grown under glass"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20
Answered.

Evelyn-When does Hazel expect
30 get married?
Loraine-Oh, every season.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-03-20

Spicy conversation should be han.
died gingerly.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17
is THIS SAFE BURGLAR PROOF
Recognized Methods Of cracksmen
Met by "Invltatlon" to Use
Explosives.

Ingenious burglars have been given
a new burglar-proof safe to tackle, de-
signed to prevent blowing of the safe
by working nitroglycerin into the
cracks round the safe door. That
method of attacking a safe is still the
favorite one. The old way was to
drill holes in the door and pour in the
explosive; but long since, the doors OF
the best safes have been made of steel
that cannot be drilled by a burglar.
Then the attack shifted to the cracks
round the door; but the shoemaker
met this with doors fitted so perfectly
that the simple insertion OF. sheet OF
paper between the door and the jamb
would prevent closing the door. The
burglars responded by widening the
crack according to several methods,
One was to pound the edge of the door
and the edge of the jamb with heavy
round-headed sledge hammers. distort
ing the edge sufficiently to permit
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-17

the seventeenth century. The greater
part Of the square was destroyed by
the French under Villeroi in 1896. For
tunately, the city hall and kings a
sion escaped the fate of the other build
ings in the Grande Place owing to the
fact that they were isolated.
Brussels is a bright and healthy city,
and its museums and works of art as
we'll as its historic associations, its Ia
nous art schools and c~onservatoire
have caused it to become a favorite
colony for European and American stu
dents of both art and music. The city
provides excellent outdoor concerts
every afternoon in summer in the
splendid park, and in the evening a
musical program is provided in Waux
hall. The first prize given by the
Brussels conservatoire is highly valued
throughout all Europe. Living in the
city is cheap, and it is claimed "a franc
buys as much in Brussels as a shilling
in London"
Like Paris, Brussels has many ar
cades lined with splendid shops. h
Galerie st. Humbert is one of the most
popular of these glass-covered arcades,
where the Brussels ladies of fashion
buy their choicest costumes and the
latest Partisan styles in hats and Jew
elry.
By taking a carriage and driving out
along the fine Boulevard de Namurs,
the highway constructed by Napoleon,
that prince of road builders, the