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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
HE MEANT CABBAGE.

French Consul in America reporting on the best method for handling garbagee Garbage is a healthy plant, and may
 1t Is not likely to be affected by the frost. When cut early 1t is crisp and toothsome, The odor in cooking Is somewhat dis agreeable, but when it reaches the table this is forgotten in It's delicate, palatable flavor. When finely sliced it is known as and warm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
TIPS FROM TEXAS

oIft tfIe IdIIdS NeWS.
 Do not judge by appearances. The man with his face swathed in whiskers can ha as sossipy as smooth-cheeked girl.
 AS general thing, being cynic doesn't add anything to newspaper reporters s pay envelope.
 When 1t comes to beauty and the beast ne IS usually a beast of burden and sine s his load.
 our observation is that in grand opera the tenor usually loves a lady with ..ast and the basso doesn't love anybody.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
DANIEL WEBSTER TO THE BUTCHER

From the New York Globe.
 Daniel Webster was once sued by his butcher for bill of long standing. Be- fore the suit was settled he met the butcher on the street and to the mans great embarrassment stopped to ask why he had ceased sending around his order.
 Why, MT. Webster" said the trades- man, T did not think you would want to deal with me when I brought spit against you.''
 Tut. tut!' said Webster. "Sue me all you wish, but for heavens sake don't try to starve me to deathi''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
TROUBADOUR AND JESTER
HE LIGHTS OF 1sHKooDA.

III13 LI1iIIo Of Ilo1thOODA. The lights of Ishkooda
 They shine on the mount And fling OCT the valley their glow.
 They tell of the toll,
 The sweat and the wealth That lie buried in regions below. As eyes of a demon
 They sparkle and play And mimic the stars in the sky.
 To some they mean wealth,
 To others but toll That grinds them for aye and for aye. The lights of Ishkooda,
 They never grow dim No matter how long is the night
 They light up the sky;
 Their oil is a sigh, And signing but makes them burn bright
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
HANDSOME.

BillSins; T notice that Chicago woman Is suing for divorce because her hus- band threw clock at her.
 Dilkins: T suppose he tried to lay hands on her by proxy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
A PROFESSIONAL.

Bimsby: T understand that Miss H. brow turned young Nixon down. Did he take her refusal much to heart"
 Grimsby: Not at all; he's accustomed to taking negatives. He's a photographer, you know"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

Wife; John, what has become of the alarm clock? It's gone"
 Husbands T put it on the mantel last night and I heard it go off this morn ing'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

A southern legislature adjourned to see Ty Cobb play ball Laws can be passed at any old time, but chance to see the renowned Tyrus in action doesn't come every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

Oklahoma is "dryes state, but the dreadnausht Oklahoma had wet christening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

granddaughter of President l'ylci
 has been busted from fourth-class post.
 office and her opinion of President vii. | son isn't fit to print
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

The defunct Delaware River and Atlan- tic City Railroad company has $51 worth of assets. Even a little red depot is worth more than that,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

Tt is not wise to be wiser than is
 necessary" according to one philosopher.
 The problem lies In finding out how wise it is necessary to be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

A tipless hotel will be opened in St.
 Louis May l. It will be interesting to see just how long it will take bellboy in that hotel to pass given point
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

King Alfonso recently played a joke on some of his guests by giving them an unexpected drenching. king should be above slapstick humor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
The Iron Trade

The local pig iron business has been very quiet this week. Matthew Addy & Co.,, in their Cincinnati report for this week, say in part:
 ''rhe two opening months of this year were good, but when March came there was sudden paralysis as far as new business was concerned. This came so suddenly that there was something forced anl unnatural about it; it was not caused by any ordinary commer- cial or industrial conditions; apparent ly the whole trouble comes from the widespread fear that further agitation, government interference and adverse legislation will continue. The railroads so far have been denied their request for higher rates and the constant post ponement of the definite settlement of this most important matter makes things worse. The railroads are by far the largest consumers of iron products. but at present they are using about 5 per cent as against a normal 40 or 45 per cent. With the largest iron custom CTS buying only a mere fraction of the amount ordinarily consumed. it is easy to see one of the great causes that distresses the iron market and among ironmasters the feeling is universal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

Everybody says that General Pancho
 Villa is brave man, but that doesn't
 make him any less problem to the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

Mime. Caillaux says she only intended to warn Calmette. If that's the case. Ter craftsmanship is about the worst ever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

| The Missouri man who hitched his for mer wife to plough is married now to a woman who henpecl1s him. The mills of the gods
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
BEGINNING THE DAY-Grant, o

BEGINNING THE DAY-Grant, o Lord, that I shall not spend all my time today in work and play and speech and thought and prayer. May there he one little still while fin which I shall simply listen to Thee. Give me nm open ear and waiting
 heart. Then do Thou speak, 0 Thou, whose will I would make my own. For Jesus snke. Amen.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

Ambassador Page read his speech 10 Dr. Gorgas in London from typewriter
 pages and probably scanned every comma l before committing himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

John Lind has bought a whaling bust
 ness in Alaska. The public won't know
 much about that whaling company's pri vate affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

S"The society of women is the foundation Of good manners" wrote Goethe. who had never seen the militants in action
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
A LA FRANCE.

Jones: Hello; here's another bloodless duel and they fought for over an hour" Brown: With pistols or swords"
 Jones' Neither. They used safety
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

Dr. Mary Walker dances the tango i, trousers, while her tall silk hat reposes in the checkroom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

| volume of Keats poems is valued at ! 5000 which will support the average poet 1 something like II years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

It was not Theodore Roosevelt, but An thony Flala, the explorer with Colonel Roosevelt, who got ducking in "The River of Doubt in Brazil The name of the stream is hoodoo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
KILLS LARGE OWL wALkE,

It will soon be time to frighten .he crawfish in the old swimmin hole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
A DIFFERENT ENDING.

She; Those Mexicans don't seem to mind being defeated"
 He; NO; it's being beheaded that they object to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
FALSE ALARM.

Farmers Wnfe: That yellow hen has cackled three times and hasn't laid an egg yet
 Farmer: Maybe she's entitled to a ~e-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

Minnesota's Jag farm" seems to be an expensive undertaking The cost of run ming the farm year was s3s5 S23. hlghty-eight men were treated and g were said to have been cured Thirteen have relapsed. Il are missing and 13 are curing one man is estimated at s100oO. Economists put the value of the average human life considerably below that sum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
HUMAN LUNCH WAGON

From the Philadelphia Press Magistrate Finely sentenced a man to 60 days at the house of correction for being a human lunch wagon. As proof that the prisoner-James T. O'Rourke Fifth and Callowhill streets-had first title to the appellation, the police ad- duced the following exhibits in testi- mony, they having been found on ORourke
 Two cans of condensed milk.
 Three cans of sardines.
 piece of cheese.
 Baked potato.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

Twenty pounds of brass filings,
 To accommodate his load the police said O'Rourke had especially con structed flap pockets. Why the filings 9" asked one of the policemen. You don't eat them, do you?"
 That's just little ballast" explained O'Rourke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
Hotels in Southern Cities

Few features of the progress of south ern cities within the rast 20 or 25 years have impressed me so favorably as the improvement in the hotel situation" said John T. Baitman of Philadelphia
 My first visit to the south was in the early sos. I stopped in Richmond, Norfolk and Atlanta. Each of those cities was woefully behind in motel accommoda- tions. The Kimball house was Atlanta s one big hotel and I recall it as being of the oldfashioned type. In Richmond an old hotel noted for it's historic asso- citations and characterized by ramshackle condition was the best in the town Nor folk had only one hotel and that poorly kept. I was In New Orleans in 1885, ard the old St. Charles was the leading hotel It was without any modern ap- pointments or conveniences.
 'In those days Birmingham was young, and no one expected to find a costly hostery. My first visit to this city, however, was in 1897 or 1898. Birmingham vas still a small town and its hotels were good enough for that time; but as all the southern cities from Richmond down have fine hotels now, Birmingham could not keep out of the up-to-date hotel class The Tutwier is not only a magnificent building, but I am told that it will be run in elegant style.
 Atlanta is well off in modern hotels, but l believe Richmond is even ahead of it. When modern hotel was built in Norfolk about 20 years ago many people doubted whether it would pay, but 1t did pay. Not only that, but the three or four hotels built since are pros pering. Birmingham is growing faster than any other southern city. It will probably have half dozen palatial ho- tels within the next five or six years.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

An enterprising Philadelphia newspa- per published facsimile of the letter which brought about the shooting of M Calmette in Paris The chirography is not difficult to decipher, as the letters are formed with the smooth precision one would expect from the hand of diplomat and politician, but the person with a slight knowledge of French would not find the translation so easy as print.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter under act of Congress Marchs3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28

A J. Eaton, Jr.. and O. E. Young are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in its circulation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
TELEPHONE

Hell (prfvate exchange connecting al departmental, Main 49OO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-28
TIME FLIES.

g but makes them burn bright
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-29
Booze Caused Insanity.

What is believed to be the evil work
of booze has developed in the case
of youth of about 19 years, taken
up in Imperial, who is demented to
that degree that he cannot give his
name or any clew to his identity. He
has been brought to st. Thomas hos
pital and will be held pending exami-
nation. The only clews which may
develop who the boy is are the fact
that he talks about going to San
Diego to see girl, and that he wore
a hat that was purchased in Edger-
ton, Ohio.
He is 5 feet 10 inches high, of
slight build, light complexion, wears
a dark suit and buckskin shoes.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-29

drada and left word where to meet
him.
Salenias gives his age at As and oc-
cupation as lawyer He speaks very
little English but is eloquent when
speaking his native tongue. He does
not appear to fear any consequence
of his detention and fore a continual
smile until his eyes fell on the iron
bars of the cell house when he asked
Ts it not possible for me to secure
room some where else. I am a gen
tleman. In my country they do not
place a gentleman in the same Jail
room with common prisoners" When
informed that in the United States
all were treated alike, he smiled once
more and said: every well, if that
is So"
The charge placed against Salenas
in Calexico by Villasenor is for steal
ing papers valued at million dol
lars.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-29
Hugh F. Davis Arrested.

Hugh F. Davis, formerly a well
known creamery man in this city,
was arrested last evening in Los An
geles and is being brought here by
Deputy Sheriff Cummings, to answer
with Faubian to charge of criminal
conspiracy.
Davis was the owner of the Model
creamery and purported to have sold
the business to Faubian, who was ar
rested several weeks since. Faubian,
after running the business for a few
weeks, left without notice, not hav-
ing settled with the farmers, and it
was some time before he was located
and arrested. Then the claim was
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-29
Two Mexican Officials
Lodged in County Jail
Charged With Robbery

Some days since three peacable
MeXicans residing on che American
side of the line went to Mexicali on
business, and while there they had
some little trouble with r. M. Sal
enias, judge of the first instance, and
A. M. Pecina, chief Mexican customs
officer, and instead of continuing to
cause trouble, they came home. 1t is
stated that the two Mexican officials
later came to Calexico, being armed:
and went to the homes of these men
and began raising a disturbance.
They were taken before City Re-
corder Glasby, where they were
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-29

represented by the Mexican consul.
On the charge of disturbing the peace
they were fined $500 each and SEN
fenced to serve 80 days in the county
Jail, the Jail sentence being suspended
to give them an opportunity to get
away after the fines were paid.
When the men left, the Mexican
consul is said to have given assur-
ance that they would not appear
again in the United States, but he evil
IDENTIFY did not realize the desperate
character of the men.
How we'll these men kept their
pledge to remain out of Calexico is
Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-29

made that he and Davis had con-
spired to defraud the patrons of the
creamery. Davis was alleged to have
gone to South America, but this as
sertion was not generally believed,
and Mr.. Cummings found him in Los
Angeles and is bringing him back to
stand trial.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03

ear nad not deceived ner-tne vIDrs-
ton still palpitated on the air like a
heart OF sound. II had struck thir-
teen! A little eery touch crept along
her nerves and a cool dampness broke
on her skin. for she seemed to hear.
Quavering through the wondering ST.
lence. the voice of Mad Anthony, as
It had quavered to her ear on the
doorstep Of the negro cabin. with the
well-sweep throwing its long curved
shadow across the group Of laughing
faces:
"Ah sees yo' gwine ter him. All
heahs de co'ot-house clock a-strikin'
in de night-en yo' gwine. :
Dom wait. don wait. III mistis. er
de trouble-cloud gwine kyah him
erway rom yo' When de clock
strike thuhteen-when de clock strike
thuhteen-"
She dropped the lowered curtain
and drew back A weird fancy had
begun to press on her brain. Had not
Mad Anthony foretold truly what had
gone before! What II there were
some cryptic meaning in this. too? To
go to him. at midnight. by a lonely
country roadside, a girl? Incredible!
Yet her mind had opened to vague
growing fear that was swiftly mount
ing to thriving anxiety. That innate
superstition. secretly cherished while
derfded. which is the heritage of the
Southron-born bred from centuries OF
contact with a mystical race. had her
in Its grip. Yet all the while her
sober actual common-sense was crying
out upon her-and crying In vain.
Unknown appetences that had lain
darkling In her blood. come down to
her from long generations. were sud
denly compelling her. The curtain
began to wave In . little wind that
whispered In the silk. and somewhere
In the yard below she could hear Sc
lin nipping the clover.
She was to go or the trouble cloud"
would carry him away!
A strange expression of mingled
fright and resolve grew on her face.
She ran on tiptoe to her wardrobe
and with frantic haste dragged out q
rough cloak that fell over her soft
house-gown. covering 1t to the feet. 1t
had peaked hood falling from its
collar and into this she thrust the
resentful masses of her hair. Every
few seconds she caught her breath In
a short gasp. and once she paused
with an apprehensive glance over her
shoulder and shivered. She scarcely
knew what she did. nor did she ask
herself what might be the outcome OF
such an absurd adventure. She nei-
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03
CHAPTER xxxv.
The Song Of the Nightingale.


Along the dark turnpike John Val
liant rode with his chin sunk on his
breast. He was wretchedly glad Of
the darkness. for 1t covered q thou
sand familiar sights he had grown to
love. Yet through the dark came
drifting sounds that caught at him
with clutching hands-the bay of .
hound from some far-off kennel. the
whirring note OF frogs. the impatient
high whinny of q horse across pasture
bars-and HE nostrils widened to the
wild braided fragrance OF the fields
over which the mist was spinning it,
fairy carded wool.
The preparations for his going had
behind him all but single portman-
teau. Uncle Jefferson had already
taken this-with Chum-to the sta
ton. The old man had now gone sor-
rowfully afoot to the blockhouse, q
half.mile up the track, to bespeak the
stopping Of the express. He would go
back on the horse his master was
riding.
The lonely little depot hanked Q
siding beside a dismal stretch of yell
low clay-bank gouged by rains. Its
windows were dark and the weather.
beaten plank platform was Illuminated
by a single lantern that hung on
nail beside the locked door. Its sickly
fame showing bruise-like through
smoky streakings of lamp black. At
one side. In the shadow. was his bag,
and beside It the tethered bulldog
sole spot Of white against the melan.
choly forlornness lying with one
splinted leg. like a swaddled ramrod,
sticking straight out before him.
In the saddle. Valiant struck his
hand hard against his knee. Surely
1t was a dream! 1t could not be that
he was leaving Virginia. leaving Dam
ory court. leaving her! But he knew
that It was not a dream.
Far away. rounding Powhattan
Mountain. he heard the long-drawn
boot of the coming train dinging its
sky-warning in a host Of scampering
echoes. Among them mixed another
sound of . horse. salloping fast and
hard.
His own fidgeted. fung up wide nos.
trils and neighed shrilly. Who was
coming along that runnelled highway
at such an hour In such breakneck
fashion?
The train was nearer now; he could
hear it, low rumblins hum riains
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03
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knowledge. like a vitalizing and phys.
the hall to her room. Az she stood In
the elfsh light OF her one candle. the
poignancy of her Joy was as sharp a.
her past pain. Later was to come the
wonder how that tragedy had bent
Beauty valiant's life to exile and her
mothers to unfulfillment, and In time
she was to know these things. too.
But now the one great knowledge blot
ted out all else. She need etarve her
fancy no longer! The hours with her
lover might again sweep across her
memory undenied. She felt his arms.
his kisses. heard his whispers against
her cheek and smelled the perfume of
Madonna lilies.
She drew the curtain and opened
the window noiselessly to the light.
Only a few hours ago she had been
singing to her harp in what wretched-
ness! She laughed softly to herself
The quiet night was full OF his voice:
Il love you! I want nothing but you,"
How her pitiful error had tortured
and wrung them both! But tomorrow
he. too. would know that all was well.
A clear sound chimed across the
distance-the bell OF the courthouse
clock. striking midnight. One! g.
Two! How often lately 1t had
run discordantly across her mood:
now It seemed a CLAIMANT watcher.
tollins Joy. Three! Four!
Five! Perhaps he was
eleepless. listening. too. Was he in
the old library. thinking OF her.
Ski :. Seveni Eight!
Nine! II she could only
send her message to him on the bells!
Ten! II swelled more loudly
now. more deliberate. Eleven! =.
Another day was almost gone.
Twelve! Joy cometh In the
morning"-ran the whisper across her
thought 1t was morning now.
Thirteen!
She caught . sharp breath. Her
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-06-03

An instant she stared unDelievlngiy.
Then recollection OF the resemblance
OF which Valiant had told her rushed
TO her, and she realized that It must
be the picture of his father. The fact
shocked and confounded her. Why
should her mother carry in secret The
miniature of the man who had
killed
Shirley's breath stopped. She felt
her face tingling and a curious weak
ness came on her limbs. Why. indeed.
unless-and the thought was like
wild prayer in her mind-she had
been mistaken in her surmiset
Thoughts came thronging in panic
haste: the fourteenth of May and the
cape jessamines-these might point
no less to Valiant than to Sassoon-
But her mothers fainting at the sight
of the son-the eager interest she had
cisplayed in Shirley's accounts of him
from the episode of the rose and the
bulldog to the tournament ball
seemed now to stand out in a new
light. throbbing and roseate. Could
IL be? Had she been stumbling along
a blind trail. misled by the cunning
dovetailing of circumstance Her
heart was beating stifiingly. II she
should be mistaken now, She dashed
her hand across her eyes as though to
compel their clearness. and looked
again.
1t was Beauty valiants face that
lay in the locket. and that could mean
but one thing: 1t was he. not Sassoon,
,-Aor. har p,ofhar 1nyadf
The lamplight seemed to grow and
spread to an unbearable radiance
Shirley thought she cried out with
sudden sweet wildness. but she had
not moved or uttered sound. The
Illumination was all about her. like
a splendid cloud. The impossible had
happened. The miracle for which she
Historically prayed had been wrought!
When she blew cut the light, the
-As-s-- stilI ramainad That clowns