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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
HOTEL LOBRIES
Nor,h.rn Man,x Impres.ion

sI happened to have little leisure and put in my spare time at the fair said $. D. Metcaf of Indianapolis
 q have always taken an interest in live stock and whenever l have found II convenient, have visited fairs in the mid dle west. We have fine cattle up our way, but I have seldom seen better look ing cattle than I saw at the Alabama State fair here. Other agricultural ex- hibits made good show, but the cattle surprised me. I had no idea that Ala bama was so advanced in high breeding v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
BEGINNING THE DAY-O God,

BEGINNING THE DAY-O God, redeem this day from commonplace ness. Make every difficulty be an adventure. every temptation n chal- lenge. May work be q crusade. May meeting my fellow men be like striking hands with kings. May liv- ing be walking with God. Grant 1t for the sake of Him who promised the abundant life. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
FAIR SAMPLE

From the Houston Post.
 A New York unitarian says no man ever lived who ever knew a thing about hell, but he fancw he never knew what it was to want fourth-class post cffice and fail to land it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
sIDESTEPPING.

sIDESTEPPING. You must quit smoking,' said the eml inent physician, who had 25-cent cigaI stuck in his mouth.
 "Ah!' said the patient. T notice you don't practice what you preach" "Huml Perhaps not. If-er-you smoked as good cigars as I do, they wouldn't hurt you so much"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
soMETHING NIFTY

From the Gadsden Times-News.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald's rotograv- ure supplement is about the niftiest thing in Alabama newspaperdom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
WHERE, INDEED?

WHERE, INDEED? 'rm glad the submarine is not going to supersede the dreadnaught," remarked Mrs. Gadders.
 Why so?" asked Mrs. Frittersby. Mercy, my dear. How can you be sd stupid? If the navy were composed en tirely of submarines, where in the world would naval officers do their entertaln' ing?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

San Francisco wants to entertain the republican national convention, which will be expected to recIprocate by enter taining San Francisco as well as the country at large.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
Great Money Value of Crop

'A1abamas high record cotton crop of 1914-1, ,731, ,751 running bales-was consid- erably below the money value of this years short crop-in Alabama about 100000 bales" said w. D. Nesbitt And the difference between prices obtaining a year ago and now brings the money value of the south's total crop in favor of this year up to a total of s233, 900. Of course. with higher prices the total will be much greater, but a calculation made on the present prices would give about this re- suit:
 100000 bales at Pc .......... S66O, ,0O0, 0G0 5,5000 900 tons seed at $35 ......... 192, 300 0o0 100000 bales linters at ......... 25, 900 LOO
 Total for this years crop at
 today's prices ................ .SS17, 300, coo
 Last years crop was in round figures 100000 bales. At 6c-$30 a bale-the value was $5lo.OOO,Ooo, plus seed s127, 5oO,O0o, plus linters, s65oo,0oo, total of s6i4,O00.- OO0".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

The account of a New Bedford whaler returning after a three-year cruise with
 5000 barrels of whale oil, reads like a
 page out of fiction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

Mrs. Pat Campbell, who is touring the south for the first time, can say with Caesar, 'Veni. vdi. vici.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
SHE WASN'T THAT KIND OF GIRL

From Judge.
 A young college student, full of new wisdom. was discussing a topic with a maid recently arrived in his home.
 q held your attitude once," said the student after q short pause. My atttude!'' exclaimed the maid, and, drawing herself up to her full height, in- dignantly added, You did not!''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

Jim Riley keeps his age a profound se- eret, but that doesn't prevent his friends from helping him to celebrate a birthday now and then.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

General Goetnals has decided to stay in Panama until that peslly canal learns
 how to behave itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

It was an unlucky day for the Uni veIsity of Pennsylvania when the trus- tees bounced Prof. Scott Nearing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

The British laboring man has shown a lack of patriotism probably not sur passed anywhere else in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

It seems that President Wilson was not only able to settle grave International problems but to carry courtship to a successful conclusion at the same time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

If General KuropatlSin can "come back" T. R., who has considerably less distance to cover, no doubt feels that he
 has cinch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

Corey seems to have hit upon the 'psy- chological moment for getting back into the steel business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

The fool who rocks the boat has been hopelessly outclassed by the inexperi- enced motorist who doesn't know how to drive a and doubles the risk by get ting Tit up' before he starts,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

If the Balkan states want to keep in the lin ellght they had better do something
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

President Wilson voted for woman suf- frage in New Jersey strictly as q private citizen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

The weather in no way interferes with the opera tions'' of General Villa Evep if Mexico had a climate like Russia's, his collectors would probably get around to all the gambling houses on schedule time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

Saloniki, which is just now figuring prominently in the war news, is the capital of the vilayet of Salonilxi, in west ern Macedonia. and is one or the principal seaports of southwestern Europe. The name is also spelled Salonica and Salon. ika. The population in 1sJ5 was about 13O.- oOc including 6O.OOo sephardic Jews. whose ancestors fled to Macedonia in the six teerth century to escape religious perse- cution in Spain and Portugal. Saloniki peninsula. at the head of the Gulf of Sa- loniki. It has a fine bay. The city is built partly on low ground near the bay and partly on the hill to the north. Num- ercus domes and minarets, together with the foliage of elms. expresses and null l berry trees, cause it to present a pie trresque appearance. The commercial quarter of the town lies to the northwest
 toward the great valleys, the route of in- land traffic. The streets are broad and straight and paved with lava but the houses are for the most part fimsy 1 structures and sanitation is defective. The water supply is however, excellent, and the city also has electric cars. With the exception of churches mosques and synagogues, there are only few note-
 worthy buildings, such as the Ottoman bank, the baths, the quarantine station, schools and hospitals. The Roman and Byzantine remains are extensive, and of great architectural interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
STILL HUMAN.

STILL HUMAN. He went to call one night upon an inteli
 lectual maid, Who talked to him of many things he did not understand; Yet he was not discounted, nor in the least afraid, For while she quoted ancient scribes shd
 let him hold her hand
 PRIVILEGES OF WEALTH. 'The Jibways lead an ideal home life. I I've heard they are incompatible" Yes. They lead an ideal home lifel She has one and he has one"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

The Germans point out the insonsist- eEcy of the allies in criticizing the Teu- tonic invasion of Belgium and landing troops at Salonilli Still, look what the Germans did to Belgium and what the allies have not done to Salonili.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES

WHAT HE MISSED. Job was a patient man, egad, His worth we freely own; But then, it seems he never had To use telephone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
FAMILIAR EXPERIENCE,

Do you know what 1t means to hover on the brink of eternity?" asked the sol emn person.
 Indeed I do," replied the epicure whose knowledge of. botany is limited. Have not gathered my own mushrooms time and again?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08
POETRY FOR THE WAY UP

From Golfers.
 When next you step out of the elevator, see how this fits the trip:
 For moment it has borne
 Youth and Age, Love and Crime.
 Hearts of bliss, hearts forlorn;
 It has taken toll of Time
 With each potential deed
 That the Fates have decreed:
 Roses, stars, and the slime Of Essences. all unseen,
 Have packed it to sthe doors
 As it streaked past the floors
 With the prince and the pauper,
 The shop girl and the queen. There are five more stanzas as William Rose Benet wrote it in the New York Evening Sun, but thH one seems to have caught the eternal romance of transient incident of every day. This is what poetry can do for us once in while
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala'' postoffice as second class matter uh- der act of Congress March 5, lets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

4 When I heard Dubwaite criticizing you this morning told him he was mis- taken
 That was kind of you. What did he say about mel"
 "He said you didn't have sense enough to come in out of a shower of rain.'' ''The idea! And what did you say to that?" z T told him that you not only had sense enough to come in out of shower of rain, but on cloudy days I had seen you carrying an umbrella"
 TRYING TO BE DIFFERENT. Doubleday likes to be thought differ ent from the common herd"
 ''So I've noticed. If he can't create that impression any other way, he'll de- clare that moving pictures bore him to extinction"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-08

Montgomery Advertiser: Political pop pycock and the boil weevil both modern pests, came out of the west.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21

Threaten Attack on El Paso Because
OF Favors Shown Carranxa.

lei Paso, Tex, Dec. 20.-Reports Of
plans for transporting Carranza troops
secretly through the United States to
points adjacent TO this city. to be
used in the proposed campaign tor
crushing villa opposition in North.
ern Mexico. has stirred apprehension
in Juarez and the Mexican colony
here.
The first indication OF the move
ment OF the Carranza troops for an In
yasion OF Chihuahua was the arrival
ON dec. IS of "A train OF ten cars OF
troops and equipment from Eagle
Pass, Tex, routed to Nogales. Sonora.
In bond.
The Carranza consul later admitted
an invasion OF Chihuahua through
towns opposite Fabens and Hancock
had been planned. villa officials in
Iuarez were bitter against the Unit
ed States, which they charged with
permitting Carranza forces 10 use
III paso as n base for the proposed
attack. They declared that II the
plans are carried out an attack ON
FL Paso from Juarez may be expected.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
PEARL HARBOR.
Uncle Sans Formidable Naval Base In
the Pacific Ocean.


When it was seen that Manila was
useless ~ n defense for this country
and would bc a handicap instead OF u
help In war Pearl harbor. on one of the
Honolulu, was selected, and $4,000.
GOO was appropriated by congress for
Its fertilization. 1t has a better har-
Dor than either Gibraltar or H~elgoland.
A concave sweep OF and makes the
harbor. which Is crowned by "a long
ridge Of gigantic trees and rugged AMI
tumbled rock that terminates in an OK
tinct volcano. known a. Diamond
Head. A frowning mountain side hides
a beautiful lake that is reached from
the sen 10y an inlet like the neck OF a
bottle. 1t covers eleven square miles.
with Il depth OF about sixty feet over
nearly all OF ii. The neck that leads
TO the sea Is three miles long and hard.
~ wider than necessary for vessels TO
pass. Parallel with the coast Is Il coral
reef a mile wide. Through this il chan
mel n thousand feet wide has been cut
II has been equipped with one Of the
most complete naval stations IN the
world. n mile square in extent. II has
Il drydock, which Is the largest in the
world. Il 100000 ammunition plant
and oil tanks for vessels. The FORTH
cations. extending for fifteen miles 10
Honolulu. consist OF powerful batteries.
with cement emplacements below the
ground level. The ends are guarded
by two forts. neither OF which can be
seen from the ocean. On the land the
guns are defended by n series OF earth.
works that form "A crescent from the
harbor TO Honolulu. In the extinct
volcano il n mortar battery. The four
mortars OF this battery have an ex.
treme coast range OF nine miles. throw
ing twelve inch shells weighing 700
pounds. The seacoast defenses have
fourteen inch guns. and the forts are
supplemented with submarine mines.
controlled by electricity.
Pearl harbor Is about 1000 miles
from Unalaska and from Samoa AT OPP
posite end and a little less from San
Francisco. So with this ~impregnable
base Il fleet can guard the whole range
OF the Pacific for this distance and
have this safe retreat for rehtting and
fresh supplles.-Technica World Mag.
aZine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
KINGSLEY ~STAMMERED.
And George Eliot Mas a Bore, Accord
ina 10 Mrs, Walford,

Mrs. Walford. the novelist, published
some years ago a novel OF memories
OF Victorian London, In which allu.
sion Is made to many persons in the
world OF letters. One OF Mrs. Wal.
ford's acquaintances In the faroff days
was Charles Kingsley:
"One day Charles Kingsley came In,
and we had an opportunity OF seeing
il he were like his photograph which
had been sem to Mary or not. To
wv the truth ii battered him. as he is
so very red In the face, perhaps from
leading an out OF door life in all wealth
ers. 49, In ordinary conversation Mr..
Kingsley stammers Il good deal; but,
being conscious OF 1t. he has taken
pains 70 overcome the defect by speak
Ing very slowly-almost too slowly, for
when We heard him make a speech on
one occasion we felt inclined to goad
him on II became so tiresome.'
TON Brown Hughes" Mrs. Walford
described as IA man neither tall nor
short, neither stout nor thin. with fair
hair and blue eyes and a round. pleas.
ant face
In 1876 Mrs. Walford first met George
Eliot ar the house of John Blackwood
"a Edinburgh, and concerning that oc-
casion she says:
Much did look forward to that eve
ming, bu%t-shall l confess it?-it ended
In disappointment. George Eliot.
with her large head and rather horse
like face and portentous manner. wa
not TO me an attractive parsonage. :
| had been set down beside the guest
of the evening ut her request " "
and she had meant to be civil and kind.
But how heavily drave the wheels OF
her chariot. How unfortunately dragged
that interview
Some may wonder. says the West
minister Gazette, what George Eliot
thought OF Mrs. Walford.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
CO-ED'S HUBBY WAS
MADE TO ORDER"
He Followed Every Rule Laid
Down by Her.

Evanston. IlL-Mrs. Howard Osborn,
college bride of Northwestern univer
sity. always said If she married at
all she'd marry "A model man. Hav
Ing no respect for what modern civ.
ilization is producing In the way OF
manly perfection. she proceeded 70
model a man after her own liking
Result: She's now the bride OF n
handsome young c%ollegian. first in ath
letics, first In scholarship. first In the
hearts Of his fellow students al North
western.
The college brides plan has Mrs. T.
II. Harriman's million dollar scheme
for perfecting the human race beaten
by a whole generation Mrs IIarri
mans perfect man will not arrive unit
1880; Mrs. Osborn's is "a 1915 model
And he owes his model character not
10 science, but to romance.
When Osborn came from Coldwater.
Mich. to Northwestern university TO
work his way through college the
first coed he became interested in was
Mildred Lamke. Mildred didn't knit
him a rose colored tie. nor did she
embroider college pennants for him,
but she did take a great interest In his
diet, In his manner OF living and his
plan Of study.
The very first present she gave him
three days after their first meeting
was this set of rules:
Rise at 6 In the morning.
Cold shower bath and exercise every
morning.
Breakfast OH dry toast and coffee.
Pay close attention to goods.
No smoking. 20 drinking. no loafnC.
no overeating.
Sleep eight hour out of twenty -four
Practice daily in athletic field.
Howard followed every rule faith
fully for four years. When be was
graduated last June he had a gold
media for athletics. q gold medal for
scholarship. several medals for minor
achievements-and the most popular
girl in college for his promised bride.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
COP THOUGHT IT GOAT"
But EIks Club Steps at hatcher. Miss,
karbored Real Postum.

Natchez. Miss.-Whil patroling his
beat on Franklin street Policeman Ed
Gahan saw Il mysterious animal on
the steps OF the Elks club. The cop.
thinking that the goat had escaped,
executed a tianking and enveloping
movement and captured the animal.
Believing ii was the official goat
the officer had prepared for desperate
resistance. but immediate surrender
was made.
He found that he had captured a
possum OF enormous size. The possum
was placed under arrest, taken TO the
station house and Il charge Of proving
entered against him. Not being able
to explain his presence in the heart
Of the city and especially at the Elks
club. the possum was condemned to
execution and fell into the clutches of
the colored ~janitor of the city hall.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21

Minneapolis. MINI. - When Elmer
Norton was arrested for begging a
charge Of vagrancy was placed against
him by Detective Il. j. Kelly. The
detective searched the one legged man
and found a little book bound i'm red
leather in Norton's pocket. which
showed that he not only kept a minute
record Of every mile travelled. every
cent spent for transportation and ev
cry person who donated to him. but
that he also kept other records the
meaning Of which the police can only
hazard n guess.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
KILLS WIFE AND HIMSELF
st. Paul Double Tragedy Probably
Due TO Jealousy.

st. Paul. Dec. 20.-Mrs. Mamie
Haley Hoppe "a shot and killed by
her husband, w. II. Hoppe, who then
KILLED himself. Policemen who broke
in the door found both bodies on the
floor. the wife dead and the man.
MORALLY wounded.
Jealousy is believed to be the cause
OF the tragedy.
The Hopes we're married at Rock
Island, Ill, Aug. %, coming here Sept
10 and opening a boarding house
shortly after. He was forty-two
years old and she t~wenty-four.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21

lie (puzzling over wife's cheekbookl
Why my dear. | can't make head OF
tail out of these stubs. They foot NJ
more than you ever had In bank. She
oh. that's all right, dear. | Just used
the stubs 10 keep tab on what the
things were before they were marked
down. SO as 70 show how much | made.
don't yen seef-Pittsburgh Press.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21

Bride thalf crying)-Oh. dear. some.
thing terrible has happened, My whole
Sundays roast has burnt and 1t cost
me 3 marks. Suddenly Illuminated
by a brilliant ideal But. say. my dear.
we have a fire insurance. haven't WEI
Lustige Blaetter.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
YOUR SYSTEM!

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
TAKE CARE OF THAT ITCHING,
ALL III BORDERS ON ECZEMA

DO you regard that itching IA a Sc
rious thing? 1T is Unless you begin
to fight it with DR.. Hobson's Eczema
Ointment. the disease is likely to cling
on for months and years. Scores Of
grateful users say WHY did we waste
those months and years in agony when
so tested a remedy was ON the market"
This ointment is no experiment. it is
absolutely healing in It's power. DO not
allow 1T to become serious. Buy a box
today to fight the beginnings of eczema.
20 c.ets q hor
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21

Rev. c.. NJ. Knighton. Havana. Fla.
writes: Fol- three months l suffered
Intense pain In the kidneys and back
which at times laid me up entirely. ]
used one ana q hslr bottles OF Foley
Kidney Pills and all The pain disappear
ed. | feel as In 20 years had been added
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21

Gro right up and down the line on gifts-you won't
strike one near the cost of this p. A. hunidor
that wins such hearty Appreciation
For a smoking-man gets a lot of home happiness and
contentment out of Prince Albert It's SO delightful
in a pipe or rolled into a cigarette. And that huni-
dor, with its sp-onge-moistener top, is a joy'us outfit
for any man to call his own. Keeps the tobacco in
such dandy trim.
And bear in mind, when you buy this humidor, that
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
AGAINST DEFENSE POLICY
Ohio State Grange Opposes President
Wilson's Program.

Ilyria, o., Dec. lS.-Declaring that
President Wilson is trying to commit
this country to the Old World policy
of militarism the Ohio State Grange
at its closing session here denounced
the administration policy OF prepared
ness and declared against any attempt
TO increase the army and navy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21

Prince Albert tobacco is made by our own patented
processl That's why it's SO good besides cutting
out bite and parcht And that's why it's popular
with men Of all tastes all over the world He will
like ii, sure; because he can smoke it all day and all
evening-it will not ~irritate his tongue!
Gro right into any shop that sells tobacco and ask for the
Prince Albert pound crystal-glaSs humidor. It's the
one great big universal all -joy-man-gift that's beyond
critcism-the Gift -that-G Gets the Glad
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21

THAT French count sticks very tight
IN your skirts. Mae"
Yes. | fancy he must be the original
plaster If Paris. Judge.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-21
German General Killed.

Amsterdam, Dec. 20.-Major Cen
eral Stuckhausen has been killed in
action, according to advices from
Berlin.