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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-12
WAR NEWS CAUSES
WILD WHEAT SALES
After a Downward Plunge
Market Closes Restless at
Decline of 3 to 31-2

Chicago. January 1l.-Mild selling of
wheat today resulted from reports that
English and French fleets were success
fully breaking through the Turkish de-
lenses of the Dardanelles. After a down.
ward plunge of 5ssc from the top figures
of the day, the market closed restless at
3Q3Itc under Saturdays close Other
leading staples, too, all finished at de-
cided setback corn lac to 1ssa1bc, oats
1Q1lac and provisions 12isc to 41Ihm5Oc
Dismay seized traders on the bull side
in the wheat market when the lombard
ment reports were circulated. The worst
of the unloading by wheat holders took
place after the rumors crystalized into
definite assertions. Under the consequent
crumbling Of values here, wheat dropped
SIC a bushel from the high price of last
week.
Desperate attempts at rallies in the last
minutes of trading overcame part Of the
losses, but We're far from fully re-estab-
fishing the confidence of wheat bulls.
Even prior to the excitement about the
Turkish reverses the market had been
much unsettled by the uncertainty in re-
gard to the difficulties between Turkey
and Italy big decrease in the United
States visible supply attracted hardly any
attention.
Corn suffered from hedging pressure.
due to large receipts here and as a result
of the visible supply reaching a bigger
total than at any previous time in Is
years. Oats ranged lower with other
Grain. Watch was kept chiefly on corn.
Packers and discouraged speculative
holders let go of provisions.
Chicago, January 11.-Grain and pro-
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Produce Market

New York, January 1-Butter
steady; receipts, 50S9; creamery extras
coz score), SAC; creamery (higher scor-
ing) 34QS5c; flrsts, S1@331ac; seconds
% a SOC. Cheese irregular; receipts, 4S4
state whole milk. held, specials, 151s q
Ice; state whole milk, average fancy
15@15Ac; state whole milk. fresh spe-
Gals. IA @15c; state whole milk, aver
age fancy, lax @14hc. Eggs firm, 1906
fresh gathered extra fine, 44@45c; ex-
ira firsts, 43c; firsts. Acc; seconds, 500
41c. Dressed poultry firm; western
roasting chickens. 16@19hc; fresh
fowls, IL " @1Sc; turkeys. 12@21c.
Chicago, January l1.-Butter steady;
creamery, 24@31c. Eggs higher; re-
ceipts, pas cases, at mark, cases in
cluded, 24@35c ordinary firsts, 33 % SAC;
firsts 351a@36c. Potatoes steady; re-
ceipts, CT cars; Michigan and Wiscon-
sin red. 400 45c; Michigan ana Wiscon-
sin white. 45@4Sc. Poultry, alive low
err; springs, 13c; fowls, 13c
Kansas City, Janaury 11.-Butter;
creamery, 3Sc; firsts, ale; seconds, csc;
packing, 20hc. Eggs: Firsts. $50; sec
onds, 23c. Poultry: Hens, 13c; ROSTERS
10Hc; turkeys, 15c.
st. Louis January 11.-Poultry: chick
ems, lie; springs, 13hc; turkeys. 1Sc;
ducks, 14c geese, 10@10hc. Butter.
creamery, 34c. EGGS: S7hc.
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GOOD DEMAND At
OPENING Of WEEK
Advance of Twenty Cents
Per Barrel on All Grades
of Flour

Business on Morris avenue began yes-
terday with fairly good demand in most
lines There was another advance OF 20
cents per barrel on all grades of flour Sat-
urday. This places the price of Michigan
flour at $7.95 on the Birmingham market,
and Tennessee flour at 1915. The local
spot quotations on cotton are firm.
Shipments of produce and fruits will ar
rive from day to day during the week. and
wholesale stocks will soon be replenished.
Lettuce, celery, cabbage and rutabagas
are said to be in excellent demand at this
time. and good trade is anticipated DUR
ing the week.
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Interior Cotton Movement

Houston: Middling, 15-16c; receipts,
1908; shipments, 1914; sales, 1928,
stock, 192,S36.
Memphis: Middling. 7%c: receipts,
10.401; shipments, $3.50; sales. 400;
stock. 262,67S.
Augusta: Middling, 7Bc; receipts,
1884 shipments, 1647; sales, 1884;
151.604.
442S; shipments, $3.50; sales, o. stock,
36,093.
Cincinnati: Receipts. 3172; shipments,
2268; stock, 5740
Little Rock: Middling, 714c; receipts
2146; shipments, 1863; stock, $500.
Dallas: Middling, 77sc; sales, 1924.
Total today: Receipts, 64,549; ship
ments, 55,581; stock, 709,741.
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WILLIAM G.. SHARPE
AIDS RELIEF WORK

New York, January u.-William @.
Sharpe American ambassador 10 France.
has become an honorary chairman of the
American commission for relief In Bel
GUM. the New York offices of the COM
mission announced tonight Tho commits
sion received a cable today saying Mr..
Sharpe had accepted the office
l.. w. Bates. vice chairman of the relief
of the body, said 1t was expected that
the addition of Ambassador sharpe will
greatly facilitate diplomatic and other
questions which arise in connection with
it's relief endeavors
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New York, January 11.--Cotton goods
markets were steady today Print cloths
were firmer and tending higher. job
bers bought domestics steadily. Raw
silk was firm at the advance named last
week. Imported dress goods were adj
vanced owing to Increased finishing
costs, higher freight rates and added
customs taxes
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The property Of the Mcvay Seed COM
pany, consisting of the stock and Ak
lures. was sold at public auction yes
terday by order of the bankrupt court
and was bid In by J. r. Perdue. the
purchase price being $4,000. The sale was
confirmed by Judge E. II. Dryer, referee
in bankruptcy.
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New Orleans Spot Cotton

New Orleans, January 11.-Spot cotton
firm Sales on the spot, 1900; to arrive,
715O; good ordinary, 15-16c; strict good
ordinary 7-16c: low middling, 15-16c
strict low middling. 5-16c; middling,
7 11-16c; strict middling, 15-16c good mid
ding, 1-16c; strict good middling, 11-16c
Receipts, 1859; stock, 1928, 467.
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Eolton Merchants. Hanover Square. n.
Y. Members New York Cotton Exchange:
New Orleans Cotton Exchange. New
Fork Produce ExchanGe. associate
Members Liverpool Cotton Association
6a.e Of Cotton and Cotton Seed OIL for
kuture delivery; Special attention and
bpot cotton for delivery. C0SrsDpon0e
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New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, January 1.-THE quiet
tone continued in rough rice today. while
the clean grade remained strong. Quote
rough Honduras, 2.50d4.00c; Japan, $500
Ssoc; clean Honduras, 41a@5Ac; Japan,
31sGS7sc. Polish and bran unchanged. Re-
cepts, rough, 1905; millers. 1885; clean,
1900. Sales, 72S sacks rough Honduras at
3.25@4c; 1920 pockets clean Honduras at
3@5Ac; 6S pockets Japan at 2&c.
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Bonds
Mercantile Paper

New York. January n.-Mercantile
paper, s%@4 Sterling exchange steady.
ISixty-day bills, S4.S1.25: for cables, $4.S4.25.
For demand. $4.S3.60. Bar silver, 49hc.
Mexican dollars, 371ac. Government bonds,
steady. Railroad bonds, strong. Time
loans easy. 60 and 80 days, 3h per cent.
Six months, 1901 per cent. Call money
STEADY. High, AZ per cent; low, "a per
Icent: ruling rate, 21a per cent; last loan,
'2h per cent. Closing bid, "a per cent;
Ioffered at 212 per cent.
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LemOnS-x3. %.
Limes-75W90o.
Virginia Cabbage-2c lib.
Northern Apples-Barrel, fancy, 3S0A
Peanuts-6199hc.
Florida Orangcs-$2.25.
California Oranges. SIPS.
Grape Fruit-$2. 75@3.25.
California Grapes-42.75 per box.
Catawba Grapes--17c per basket
Malaga Grapes-s5Q6 per key.
California Empress--s4 keg.
Tomatoes-$3Q3.5 so per crate.
Cocoanuts. "a per sack.
Cranberries-Per box. 81; per barrel, 81.
Rutabagas-1Mc lb.
Celery-N50..
Walnuts. 16Q20c per Id.
Pecans-16430c per lb
Filberts-15c per fb.
Almonds-20c per Id.
Chestnuts-9c per lib.
Lettuce-$1.25 and $2.25 hamper.
Egg Plants-B.50.
Green Peas-$2.75
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Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool, January 11.-Cotton, spot
lower; good midling, 5.07d; middling.
4.76d; low middling, 4.33d. Sales, 5000;
speculation and export, 1000. Receipts,
$4,000. Futures very steady. May and
June. 4.60d; July and August. 4.66d Oc-
tober and November. 4.76d; January and
February, 4.801Ad.
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Montgomery. January 11.-(Special.)
Spot cotton was quoted here today as fol-
lows: Good middling, Sc; strict middling.
TIC; middling. 71sc; strict low middling.
nc; low middling. 9-16c; strict good or
binary. SIC; good ordinary. 51sc. De-
mand good.
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New York Spot Cotton

New York, January 11.-Spot cotton
quiet; middling uplands, S.05c; gulf,
S.30c. No sales. - .as4 fsssse
New York, January 11.-Cotton flu
lures opened steady. March, SIT; May,
S.35; July S.54; August, $50; Septem
Der, $40; October, SIT; December S.95.
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Chicago Grain

Chicago. January 1.-Wheat, No red,
81. 81 Vol. 375s; No. 2 hard, $t.3l1aM1 .37is.
Corn, No. 2 yellow, 69aa a701ac. Oats. stand
ard, 524@53hc. Rye, No. 3 H.131s Bar
ley. 65a7sc. Timothy, s6.0Od7.5O. Clover.
$3.50. Pork, si7. Lard, 5000. Ribs $937
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Perch-Sc.
Salt Water Trout-10dl7e.
Blue Catfsh-75zc.
Red Snapper-6@71sc.
Gray Snapper-4@5c.
Mullet-5Q5Hc.
Spanish Mackerel-12tzc pound
Fresh Pompano-2002hc
Delaware Oysters Standards. Sis ga.-
Ion; selects. $1.50 gallon.
Gulf Oysters-$303.5 80 per 1904.
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Kansas CITY Grain

Kansas City, January 11.--No. 2 wheat,
hard, $1.3112@lS4; No. 2 red sl.34. Corn,
No. mixed 7oc No. 2 white, 701k@71c
Oats, No. white, 54Q55c; No. 2 mixed
51@52c.
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Chicago. January 11.-Grain and pro
st. Louis Grain

st. Louis, January 11.--Wheat, No. . red,
81 35d1.S7 No. 9 hard, S136@1.s7ta May.
$1.31%.
Corn, No. 2 white, 72iac May, 757sc.
Oats. No. 2, 53c; No. 2 white 541hc. May,
SAC.
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New Orleans, January 1.-THE cotton
market opened steady. January, 1850;
March. 7.S6c; May, 5000; July, s.9oc; Octo-
Der, S.5Sc.
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Creamery Products

Creamery Butter-S24Sd1ac; process but
ter. soc; oieomargarine. 1S02sc.
Full Cream Cheese-17c; imported Swiaa
SIC: Pimento. doz., $1.X.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
SPOT Cotton
Poultry and Eggs

Hens, nc.
Live turkeys, Ice; dressed turkeys, zoe.
Fryers-1A-1h lbs. average, loo.
Ducks-16c Id.
Guineas-30c.
Roosters-S6c.
Geese. 75Q90c.
Eggs-Candled, Csc; extra graded can.
died, CSC; candled carton eggs. 3oc.
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Self-rising flour. H.45; Tennessee flour,
1915; Michigan flour. 1896; Idaho -four,
$3.50; Indiana flour, N.15; spring wheat
flour. $3.50; hard winter wheat flour, Sc.
shorts. $32:-pure wheat bran. s2s: C. s.
meal, IN per cent. $26; Creme meal, per
ton. $22; c. 8. hulls, SO ton; No. timothy
hay per tor. s24: mixed alfalfa and john
son grass. per ton. $1s: pea green alfs IA.
western. SIS; mixed feed. per ton. ~:
oats, per bushel, roc; corn. per bushel, 95c:
cornmeal, 81. 20 per 96 pounds
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New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans, January 1l.--Cotton
closed steady at net advance of :
to points.
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Coffee Market

4 New York, January 1.-Coffee futures
were rather irregular today Primary
markets made steady showing, but re-
ceipts continued full at the two Brazilian
ports, while favorable weather was re-
ported for the new crop and there seemed
Ito be some reactionary sentiment around
1.-THE local ring. The opening was steady
Vat an advance of 5 points, but prices
Halter eased off under realizing with the
CLOSE net points lower to point higher.
lSales, 1880. January, 630c; February,
lB36c; March, 6.43c; April, 6.56c; May. 666c;
Hume, csc; July, 7.4s; August, 1855; Sep
Member, 7.64c; October, 7.70c; November,
lf.76c; December. isle.
\ Spot steady, Rio No. Z, rs; Santos No.
10, OK. Rio 70 feis higher at $500: Santos
Rio exchanged, 1-16d higher
lat 14Ad Brazilian port receipts, $1,000;
AJundiahy, 5000. Cost and freight offers
lWere about unchanged.
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Imperial Bank of Germany

H Berlin, January 11.-(Via London.)
The weekly statement of the Imperial
Bank of Germany shows the follow
ling changes: Bullion, imperial and loan
bank notes and notes of other banks,
decreased 00,3S0,000 marks; gold, de-
creased 100000 marks; Lombards. in
creased 1871, 900 marks: discounts, in
lcluding treasury bills, increased 1884,
/ 620, 600 marks; securities. decreased g.
489, 900 marks; notes in circulation. de-
creased 1885, 100000 marks; deposits, de-
lcrea sed 126,764,000 marks
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/ New York. January n.-Raw sugar firm:
molasses. 3.s4c; centrifugal, 4.11c: refined
|Pteady; cut loaf, 5S5c: crushed. 5.75c;
mould A. 5.40c: cubes, 5.2Oc; xxx pow
|lered 5.10c;. powdered, Bose; fine granu-
lated, 4.95c; Diamond A, 4.s5c: confection-
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Green salt hides. 1eG17c; green salt
(fresh). 14G16c; dry flint hides, 2s@2ec:
dry salt hides. 26027c; damaged hides,
half price: sheep skins. 5z960c, morse
hides. S2@3; sherlings. 15dz5c: goat skins,
NG35c; kid skins. 10c: tallow. 5Gec: bees
wax. 2sGsoc: washed wool. 9ooxse:
clear unwashed wool. 17022c; bury
wool 1o612c; ginseng. @Aeo06.M
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Metal Market

Metal Market
4 New York January 11.-Tin firm 5-ton
Ilots, 1888. 50Q34O0; 25-ton lots, 33.S7@34.00.
Hopper. firm; electrolytic, $1362G13.75;
lcasting, $13.s7@13.62. Iron quiet, No.
northern, $1450G1500; No. 2, $14.25@1475;
|tlo. l southern, $14.25d14.75; No. 2. $1425
I@1475. At London spot copper, $50 12s
(Ed. Futures, ESQ IFS Cd. Spot tin, f152;
Futures, f147 los.
Lead steady, S3.70@3S0. London, ELS los.
9pelter steady, $5.99Q6.o5. London f2S 15s.
Live Stock Market
Chicago, January n.-Hogs: Receipts,
3d. 900; market weak. Bulk, s6.65q6S5; light,
k6.5OQ6.90: mixed, s6.55@6.90; mixed $3.50
6.s0; heavy, s6.55@6.90; rough. s6.5oa665;
pigs, $5.25Q69O.
Cattle Receipts $500; Y market de-
dressed. Native steers, s5.4oQ9.50; west
3ern. $475Gl7.40; cows and hefers s210aS;
calves, $7.50Q10.25.
Sheep: Receipts s7ooO market weak.
ESheep, s5.75@66o; yearlngs. s6.S0d775
lambs, $6.75MS75
Kansas City, January 1l-Hogs, Re-
eeipts. 1900; market lower. Bulk, So. 7O@
fS5; heavy. s6.soQ69o: packers and butch
ers. $6.75@6.95; light. s6.60@6.S5; pigs, $3.50
$50.
Cattle Receipts. 1900 market steady.
Prime fed steers. $S75@9.50: /. southern
|bteers, s5.504775: cows, s4.50GG7.25; heifers.
k6. 25@S.50; stockers and feeders, Sc. 25gJ7. 60.
Sheep: Receipts. 5000: market lower
Lambs, ss25dS.65; yearlings, s6.7o@7.65;
wethers. s5.25@6.
st. Louis. January 1i.--Hogs: Receipts,
t2,5OO; market lower. Pigs and lights, $5.75
l7: mixed and butchers, $6S0Gl7; good
heavy, $6.90G7.
Cattle: Receipts. $500; market steady;
kuk .,I~< r.. ~ en<-3 p-
Nseern So. 75Q7s. rative calves, s6dI10.
Sheep: Receipts, 800; market lower
Native muttons. s4.75@5.95; lambs, $3.50
Ro5; yearlings, $72517.S0.
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4 London January 10.-Bar silver,
227sd per ounce; money, l per cent:
discount rates, short bills, 21s 02A per
cent; three months, IN 02% per cent.
The Washington times., 1915-12-15
Curling Hair This Way
Preserves Its Beauty

That dull, dead appearance of the hair
no longer troubles the woman who has
adopted the silmerine method OF keep
ing her tresses in curl. The result Is
verv different from that produced by
the drying. deSitaliZing waving iron.
The hair appears more naturally wavy
and curly, and the application is really
beneficial to the life and grS.yth of the
hair.
Any druggist can of course supply the
liuuid slmerine and one need not get
tity should be put on before retiring.
using for the purpose a clean tooth
brush. drawing this down the full length
of the hair from root to tip. The ef-
feet upon arising Is delightfully."- sur
prising and there Is no dlscolorstion, no
sickness, .greasiness, nor anv other un-
pleasant accompaniment. The hair is
quite manageable. no matter how it is
done up-Advt.
The Washington times., 1915-12-15
The Storms of Married Life
Are Bad Enough Without
Being Blown Up. Higher
by the Interference of the
Everlasting R elatives!
Claims Mr.. Van Buren.

before. Two entirely different natures
have to adjust themselves to one
another.
'Tf people were ak alike in tenn
permanent and wanted the same
things In the same way, they would
probably be cut from the same
pattern and all look alike. But for
every different visage there Is dif-
ferent set Of characteristics, and al
though men and women may be of
the same family they are vitality diff
ferent from one another.
But 1t is very hard for families
to realize that.
"Out of the kindness Of their hearts
perhaps, but surely from the exag-
geration of their egos, they think
that every other member of the
family should DO and want the same
things.
ITO a certain extent the mother
and father can impress certain
family customs upon their children
which are individual to the union,
but they can't expect to make those
individual family characteristics pre-
dominate in the union of the child
with some oth3r person.
Because that other persons
people may think exactly the same
way, and there you have it all cook
ed UP and readS-the greatest little
family fight ever arranged and
brought to a crisis.
"On the other hand. If the mother
and father of both couples-plus. OF
course. all other re!ativcs-allow the
young people the privilege OF making
their own new set of family rules
ard laws. there Is only the friction
- Ia, nd nn otr al
wins out.
Sometimes it Is the wife and
sometimes the husband, but il they
are let alone. the battle IS won or
lost early in married life. If, how
ever. the relatives keep up the cheer
manner as did the Cooks, the fight
goes merrily on for life
And that brings divorce in the
end. and sometimes worse tragedies.
II only the mother-in-iaw tradition
were taken seriously instead of AS a
joke. the world would be far better.
and there would be fewer Cook fami-
lies In evidence.
This play. therefore. TOO Many
Cooks. with its three scenes. show
ing first the foundation of the house,
next the half.built framework. and.
last of ali. the finished article, is the
epitome of the mother-in-law chest
nut. purr and all.
The house In the play in symbolic
of the new union-the new dynasty
to result from the marriage Of Alice
Cook and Albert Bennett. But for
three months the work drags. Dis
scnsion prevents its completion. and
interference from the different MEM
bers of the Cook family absolutely
prohibits the formation, of anything
representative Of the new alliance.
No product which Is the result of
either all-Cook or all-Bennett IDEAS
and methods will be 1T to live in. il
it really ever does get finished.
Only when left to them selves do tho
couple find peace.
And that is the wav in real life.
Relatives must let young married
couples alonc"'
The Washington times., 1915-12-15


poor, and he always lets you know that
he does. and that he's glad of it. what
ever 1t is. and thinks the better Of you
for it..
lie never forscts old friends for new
ones. or deserts plain friends for fine
ones. and he'll go hungry and thirsty
for you any day in the year, and IL you
die he'll Gomez to your grave and stretch
himself out on the brown earth and die,
too, Just to be near you.
I've seen .others of his race do that
very thing.
There was a gambler once in a city
where l lived. and the gambler had a
dog. and>the dog was the gamblers only
friend. for the gambler was a drunkard
and bully and. besides. he was not
even what the men of his own kind call
"a game sport"
But wherever he went the dog-Dick.
the gambler called him-was at his
heels. and one day they found the
gambler dead at the foot of the stairs
that led to his forsaken room. and there
were stories in the paper about the
gamblers death. and 1t turned out that
he was the black sheep of a good fam
lily. and that he had once been rich and
prosperous and honest and well beloved.
But none of those who knew him in his
better days stood by him. and he was
buried in the Potter's Field, and there
was not one friend to mourn him at his
funeral.
Only check came from somewhere
to pay the funeral expenses. They said
that the check was from a woman the
gambler had cruelty wronged and cruel
" FORGOTTEN. And the dog went to the
funeral.
As, he stretched himself out on the
gamblers grave. and some reporter
with an eye for the picturesque, wrote
the story OF the dogs vigil on the
lonely grave. and the people went out to
the paupers' buryiag ground and tried
to coax the dog away.
But the dog growled when any ons
came near. and he would not eat and
he would not drink. and he lay there
upon that grave and starved to death,
and he was an Irish terrier. and since
/ saw him stark and cold on the breast
of the man he loved / have loved Irish
terriers for his sake.
And now it's Terrcncc's birthday--lit-
tie, old. raggedy Terrence. Yes. I'm
thinking of you. Terry. You knew It,
didn't you, YOU kindly fellow. You're
no lap dog, no pcrfumed darling to be
curled and shamrooed May be you
wouldn't take prize as great beauty
even at the bench show. but here'a
to you. Terry. and TO all loyal hearts
and true. whether they are human or
only doGcish.
And here's to your birthday. and may
the children who're going to give you
the party grow ND to be as fine in their
way as you arc in yours!
Faugh a Rallagh, Terrence, and Erin
go GraCh! or whatever It Is they say
in YOUR country when they mean a long
life and a merry one. 'Tis q true heart
ye have under your shaggy coat May
It beat merry measure for many a
JOYOUS wear!