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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
GOSSIP IN LONDON

From the Philadelphia Telegraph: Sir Raphael will see you"
 That was the little explanation given when the Daily Mirror called at the house in Cavendish Square, London, of Sir Herbert Henry Raphael, Bart, M. F., for South Devonshire.
 Sir Herbert, one of the wealthiest and one of the busiest men in the House of Commons, enlisted as a private in the Sportsman's battalion.
 ''I am going down to live in hut with the other men and have my share of the hardships and hard work of soldering" he told the Daily Mirror yesterday. "An officer told me that I might find the life rough If I had not got servant. | don't want a servant. I want to rough it, and I want other young men to come and do the same"
 Two brothers. captain and a major in the Bengal Lancers, will carry back to India pleasant memories of France They had taken shelter behind the firing line in g. shed, and made themselves comforta- ble, after a spell in the trenches, during which they were both hit. The same even- ing the owner of the shed came along. She was a pretty French girl who had been driven from her home, but she in- sisted on giving her second home up to the gallant officers because they were English and wounded
 Tbara ia m riSa in fo01 DriraS i,, Do vie A F'renchwoman said that her house. keeping was not costing a half penny a week more. In one or two cases there are certain increases, but these are ball. anced by other decreases, and the Parisian eats as cheaply in February as he did in July. This, of course, is due to the happy position of France in supplying it's peoples food itself, with the consequent freedom from the i'll effects of rising freights.
 At Dieppe and elsewhere on the road to Paris where the trains stop, instead of the old familiar vendors of picture postcards and fruit, gentle-voiced young women board the trains collecting for comforts for the wounded in one case, at least, flor our wounded French and English An entente cordiale indeed! | One of the results of the war has been to make the private postoffice and tele- phone room at Buckingham palace quite inadequate to the demands on it. So the palace postmaster has taken over the old guard room for his work, and it is now fully installed with the necessary instru- ments. Both the King and Queen are now constant users of the telephone, and, of course, the position of the postal stan is one of the most confidential in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

the time for the railroad agricultural agents to make a new high record in the matter of increasing the popula- tion and the productive capacity of Alabama and all other southern states reached by their respective lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
CARPING cRITIcIs....-

Of course it is none of our business, but why is Captain Thierichens pictured in the newspapers standing with his hand rest while her husband. Captain Kiehne. of the William P. Frye, has his picture in- serted in one corner? Is this to indicate the amicable relations existing between the captor and the captive, or does it mean that the commander of the Prinz Eitel Friedrich believes that to the vic- tor belong the spells?
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
The Cotton Situation

A prominent New York cotton bro,x-
 craze house in it's weekly review says m
 part:
 ''The question of acreage is steadily
 growing in importance as a market fac
 tor and is without doubt even now the
 most vital of the long, distance price in-
 fluences. More and more sections are
 being heard from and all reports so far
 received point to a decrease in acreage. The Journal of Commerce made report during the week as the result of a special inquiry as to the probable acreage to be planted in Texas and Oklahoma which says the Texas indication is for reduc- tion of about 25 per cent, while Oklahoma expects to reduce 90 per cent. The de- creased acreage will be largely taken up with increases in corn, wheat and oats. Many people are also turning their at tention to the larger production of feed stuffs for home consumption It is too early to determine the exact acreage since weather conditions from now on until planting season will alter estimates Last year 37900,000 acres were planted in cotton. The excess in the acreage of fali-sown oats in the cotton territory this year is placed at 1,90O,000 acres, and of fall-sown wheat at 1,S00,000 acres. This should unquestionably be subtracted from the cotton acreage, which, theoretically would leave little over 3S,000,000 acres for the coming season, provided there should be no increase in the area allotted to corn, spring-sown oats and other food products This, of course, is highly im- probable and it looks now as if a decided acreage reduction could be counted upon
 aside from the likelihood that a certain
 amount of cotton land will be permitted to remain idlei'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
The Late Mrs. Rockefeller

For thirty five years or even longer
 John D. Rockefeller has been a national
 figure, although avoiding as much as pos
 sible everything that might suggest vain
 show, and his good wife, who died last
 week, was not only a great helpmate
 but was noted for her quiet tastes and
 her blameless Christian living" said an
 old citizen who recalled the multimillion-
 aire as a prominent citizen of Cleveland in the eighties
 "All the New York papers of Saturday
 printed full sketches of Mrs. Rocl1efellef. The Suns sketch was particularly inter- esting. It was in part as follows: ITO be a good wife and mother is the highest and hardest privilege of woman,
 she is quoted as saying by the friends that knew her in that early day.
 " Mrs Rockefeller held to this belief during her life. All the time she was wrapped up in her husband and children. She avoided social functions, joined no clubs, and when she was the wife of the richest man in the world she was little known outside of her immediate home circle.
 "'As MT. Rockefeller's wealth increa sed 1 they moved from their first home to a residence in Euclid avenue, Cleveland S mile of millions but the new home was remarkable only for its unpretentious- ness. It was there that Mrs. Rockefeller s | four children were born, one of whom died in infancy. Their training is said to l have been almost Spartan, and although | MT. Rockefeller was now a very rich
 man the way of life of his household changed very little. There was carriage and horse, cared for by man who was | both coachman and hostler, but these
 were used mostly for the Sunday trip to
 church. Mrs. Rockefeller employed two
 maids, but insisted upon doing much oi the household work herself and she super
 vised every detail.
 "'She was devoted in her care of hei children and as part of their training she sought to instill into their minds the idea
 of thrift It is related that once she aver aged up the gas bills for a year and prom.
 ised as spending money to her elder daughter any sum she might save eacf
 month by watching that no lights were left burning needlessly. Her solicitude | for the welfare of her husband was marked. A relative has told of her anx- iety when Mir. Rockefeller was made the subject of particularly bitter attack by Cleveland newspaper She caused ths
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
HOPE FOR THE BEST
m the St. Poul Dispatch.

From the St. Pou1 Dispatch.
 York County Farmer (bursting into the village inn)-What dye think, Silas? The bones of a prehistoric man have been found on Jim Whites farm!
 Innkeeper--Great gosh! hope poor Jim'n be able to clear himself at the coroner's inquest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

BEGINNING THE DAY-0 God, atay my hand from touching the forbidden thing today. Make me hate it, make me fear 1t. Mny my conscience and my nature rebel against it. May I see yividiy the terrible. slow reckoning that must grind through many years If | for get. In Christ's name. Amen H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

l every play he appears in Is write the express purpose of permitting l continue to act his favorite chai Stormington Barnes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

Louise Closser Hale, who has written much about theatrical life, says Boston is the wickedest city in the world It is hard to believe such a statement about a city that regards splitting an infinitive one of the worst crimes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

It is no doubt highly gratifying for that Englishman and Irishmen are now firmly united in common purpose" said purpose being to swat the German.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Tomorrow St. Patrick. D.

The 17th of March the feast of St. Fatrick will be celebrated as usual by lrishmen throughout the land. Every man and boy of Irish stock and all the friends Of Ireland will wear the green.
 For the benefit of the free clinic at st- Vincent's hospital the Ladies' of Charity will stand all day on the street corners and sell little green flags and Irish emblems," said citizen. "On last years flag day goodly sum was real ized by the ladies and it is hoped that the total will be even larger tomorrow. !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

Miss Billie Burke was surprised to dis cover that Birmingham newspaper men nave club of the sort usually patron ized by millionaires Millionaires do pat ronize the Birmingham Newspaper club and that Is one reason why it is such great success
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
FOR PERMANENT PEACE.

T have told you over and over. Tommy, not to fight with that little Jimpson boy"
 If you'd let me finish the job just one time, ma, I wouldn't have to fight with him any more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

Richmond Dispatch: Tristan tributed to the Paris Temps an article in which he develops (. parallel between poker playing and the tactics of war, and also indicates some differences which, in his opinion, prove that of the two. war and poker, the latter is the more honor- able game. M. Bernard points out that generals have the advantage over poker players; they use aeroplanes to discover the secrets of their opponents hands, which is not considered good form in the clubs"
 But the parallel, he insists, holds good none the less, especially in respect that both players and generals aim to deceive their adversaries and force them to err in order that they may profit by the err TOTS Thus" concludes the writer, "the poker player evidently is familiar with the highest principle of the tactician. But players ought to know the game better than generals, because the former prac- tice daily for years, and the latter only during the war"
 While M. Bernard is obviously an acute observer both of war and of the great American indoor sport, it is plain to see that his knowledge of poker is purey aca- demic. If he had really "sat in' at an actual struggle he would have learned that the great poker player is born, rather than slow product of exper- fence, and has an instinctive distaste of the clumsy tactics by which generals win battles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

It must be discouraging for the Turk to realize that if he is eventually driven out of Europe precious few tears will be shed by the entire world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

California's fair seems to be flourishing in spite of the war in Europe, although the number of Japanese tourists present is probably small
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

Lard costs more than butter in Austria However, cooking with lard is said to be an unhealthy practice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

Wilson street" in Louyain will m doubt be dignified and eminently re- srectable thoroughfare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

Mexico is said to be flooded with coun- terfeit money. But why counterfeit money when the real article is practically worthless?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
FIRST AID.

"There are possibilities for gre of happiness in those three little I love you
 .'Yes, indeed. But there are thrt little words that run them a close in providing happiness.-
 ''And what are those little wort
 Draw on me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

The French claim to have won recent trench digging contest with the Germans east of Rheims. Facility with a pick and shovel is big asset in modern war fare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

Swedish harbors are reported ice-b bound but an iee-bound harbor is preferable to one filled with floating mines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

The price of beef has gone up in Rus sia. However, with little or no chance to buy vodka in Russia, there is more money on hand to buy beef.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

Pessmists point out that long after the war in Europe is ended lawyers may still be droning over the Thaw case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
TIMELY WARNING.

Unless you want To sneeze and coff Don't be too quick To take 'em off.
 Youngstown Telei For if too soon You start to strip You'll surely land A dose of grip"
 Geneva Free Press-1 Unless you're feel Ing awful spry Don't climb tree To swat a fly.
 Springfield (Mass.) A And lest your haste You may regret, Don't operate Your buzz fan yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

The U -29 seems ambitious to make tbe performances of all other German sub- marines look tame
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
CITY STYLE.

T have always wanted to live in house with a Greek portico."
 "Has your dream ever come true?"
 ..No. I'm still stepping right off the street into my front door"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
ANOTHER UNKIND REMARK.

ANOTHER UNKIND REMARK. You never hear Mrs. woppington say ing unkind things about anybody" re- marked Mrs. Sasserby.
 "That's true" replied Mrs. Gadsley in acid tones. "She knows very we'll that she can't afford to-
 A FLOURISHING BUSINESS. This must be prosperous community. Every farmer hereabouts seems to own an automobile"
 "Yes. There are some wealthy farmers in this part of the country. but our rich est man is not a farmer
 "No? What does he do?'
 He owns a garage and automobile re- pair shop.
 PLAYING HIMSELF. Do you suppose Stormington Barnes ever becomes so absorbed in a part that he forgets himself?"
 'I don't see how that is possible when
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
PLACING IT.

PLACING IT. The skies are blue, The sun is bright, And yet, but few
 Mems hearts are light. Some say wars game Has money cowed, While others blame The "Wilson crowd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
A TURKISH LEGEND

@<@@~-.@~- By Thomas Bailey Aldrich. A certain Pasha, dead these thousand
 years, Once from his harem fled in sudden
 tears. And had this sentence on the city's gate Deeply engraven, Only God is great So those four words above the city's Hung like the accents of an angels
 voice. And evermore, from the high barbicans Saluted each returning caravan. Lost is that city's glory. Every gust Lifts, with dead leaves, the unknown
 Pasha's dust. And all is ruin-save one wrinkled gate Whereon ia written. Only God 10 z great" LAB
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16
WAR ECHOES

Years ago, the present King of the was heir to the Belgian throne. Reginald Wright Kaufman, since the author of
 sThe House of Bondage but then a young journalist, wrote of the visitor: His is a fine. upstanding figure, with a face frank and clean. It is face firm and honest, but, though 1t has the dignity that belongs with these qualities. it is wholly free from arrogance, and the bearing, manner and conversation of its owner are those of a. manly, democratic leader of men. This is a prince that should make Belgium, small as she geo. graphically is, a great moral power among the nations. The race of kings is dying out; but what is good in the diminishing candle has, unless all indications fail become pure flame in the next King of the Belgians."
 Now MT. Kaufman has just returned fillment of that prophecy and where he gathered the material for his new book, Tn Moment of Time a record of his personal experiences during the war.
 ''The King of the Belgians,' said MT. Kaufman recently, displays today, in his hour of severest trial, the develop ment of those qualities that made him popular in America during his visit here. His honesty is admitted even by the en- emies of his country; his firmness is al- ready matter of history; his bravery has been proved again and again q know of one instance where he seized a dead mans rifle and fired from the trenches), and his easy, democratic manner wins the hearts of all with whom he talks. He is every inch a king but he is something more than that he is a real man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the Hood, ieaos on 10 fortune. Julius ehesar'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-16

with revenue It is almost certain that specially built light buses will appear on tho streets to compete with the electric cars. They will have far larger seating capacity than the touring car jitney. Such vehicles, though, will require heavy capital outlay. This type of con veyance will be far less popular than the jitney because it will of necessity be slower and give less frequent shervice. And it is the frequent service of the jitneys that has made them popu- lar. The fate of an attempt to operate motor buses with a large seating capac- ity in competition with electric urban and interurban lines is foreshadowed by the career of a concern which operated 14O of these vehicles in Los Angeles and San Francisco. It went into the hands of re- ceiver six months after it started
 Among the Pacific coast where climate conditions make all-the-year operation feasible motor transportation has come to stay. Both in and outside the cities it will continue to be boon to the trav- cling public. But the present-day jitney craze will be short lived unless the tour ing car owners raise the fare to level that will give them an adequate income
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-05-14
TO ORGANIZE YOUTH OF STATE.
Extension Department Of North pa.
kota Agricultural College Starts
New Line Of Work.

Fargo.-The extension department.
of the North Dakota Agricultural COL
lege has started new line OF work
for this state. Miss Helen ]. Sulli-
van, formerly county superintendent
of Cavalier county, and Miss Julia o.
Newton will be in charge under the
direction of Thomas Cooper, director
of the experiment station.
Miss Sullivan and Miss Newton will
work for club development in six
counties to start with. They will en-
deavor to interest the boys and girls
along new lines of effort and hope to
start new forms of competition and
contest.
Club work for boys and girls has a
stimulating effect on rural school work
and 1t is not difficult to secure the CO.
operation Of state and county officials.
II this experiment proves success.
full, more women will be engaged in
the work and ultimately each county
may have a woman club organizer Just
as there are county agents under the
auspices of the better farming asso.
citation.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-05-14
BANK DEPOSITS INCREASE
Grand Forks institutions Show Gain
Of Million Dollars Over last Year
State Conditions Good.

Grand Forks.-Bank deposits in
Grand Forks are nearly $1,000 greater
at the present time than they we're
at the corresponding date year ago,
this fact being shown in the reports
made under the call of the federal
comptroller Of currency and the state
banking department.
Grand Forks bank deposits year
ago were $3,067 $50, and they now are
$4.001. 319.
Total resources of the bank have
increased about 100000 in the same
period.
Grand Forks bankers regard this
showing as very remarkable, partic-
ularly in view Of the fact that so
many sections of the United States
have a far different story to tell so
far as deposits are concerned and
they also maintain that the Grand
Forks condition is about the same as
1t is elsewhere in North Dakota.
When the tabulation of the deposits
of all banks is complete, it is pre-.
dicted that the totals will show a com.
Portable margin over a year ago.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-05-14
CONTINUES LIQUOR INQUIRY
Linde Would Blacklist vioIators Of
law-case Against Northern Pacl.
fic Comes Up May IS.

Fargo.-While no action has been
taken in court against other railroads
that do business in this state, Attor.
ney General Linde has made inquiry
OF them regarding instructions given
their agents on liquor shipments into
North Dakota, the issue involved in
the suit against the Northern Pacific,
which will come before Judge Amidon
in Federal district court here on May
10. The Injunction issued in the lat
ter action has been continued until
the date fixed, by stipulation of at
torneys.
The attorney generals department
has endeavored to induce the brewery
agents in Moorhead to open their
books for inspection regarding ship
ments into this state, but with little
success. The general Offices of the
brewery concerns will be appealed to-
Should an inspection be granted, it is
probable that blacklist would be
submitted to the brewery agents and
to the railroads Of the names of men
who have beer violators of the law,
and, by agreement, all shipments to
them prohibited in the future.
The Office of the attorney general
has still one trump card even If this
case fails. Under the law all ship
ments to every point in the state can
be seized on arrival at station and
held until the consignees prove the
shipments were for their private use.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-05-14
FACE COVERED WITH
PlMPLES ALL HER LIFE

Nov. %, 1914:-"All my life my face
was covered completely with q mass
of pimples, blackheads and blotches.
spent q lot of money on numerous
remedies and treatments without sue
cess and no relief at all. tried so
many things that l was afraid my case
could not be cured. Resinol ointment
and resinol soap seemed to do me good
right from the first. l used two jars
of resinol ointment and some resinol
soap, the total cost being only $500.
and this completely cured my case.
My skin is without blemish, and
am the possessor of a beautiful com.
plexion." (Signed) Mabel Ayres, Stone
Mountain, Va. All druggists sell resinol
soap and resinol ointment.-Adv.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-05-14
BELGIANs WANT FARM LANDS
Would coionize In Morton County,
Agent Seeks Location For About
Forty Families.

Mandan.-"The Western states are
to profit by the European war. From
now on they will gain in population.
The European havoc will drive Bel.
gians to this country" said C. l.. De.
Reu Of Marshall, MINI.
DeReu is Belgian and was here
confering With officers of the Sylvest-
Or Land company. He is seeking a
tract of land large enough to accomo
date from 30 to 40 families of Bel.
eians who will soon come here.
DeReu has been prominent in the
Belgian relief work and is conversant
with the conditions. In regard to the
people who will come here he said:
"They will not be like many of the
immigrants whom Uncle Same permits
to enter, his gates. for the people 1
represent have money enough to get
we'll started in the new land. They
are from among the best farmers Of
Belgium and will prove an addition
worth having !"
He seeks land in one tract where
the Belgians may COLOMBO in this. Nor
ton. county.