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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

York is the only town in the country that is indifferent to size. It is safe to say that not one New York man in ten could tell you whether the population of the great metropolis was 4,Ooo,oOO or 5000, ,OOc. New York rather boasts of it's lack of public spirit; but no other city can make much progress whether it be of the Mays vile class or the Chicago class unless it is full of civic spirit.
 But one more fact about Maysville It is told with some degree of humor, but it is nevertheless true. that in every part of the globe a native of Maysville is apt to put in an appearance. While spending a few days in Paris some 20 years ago, among the first persons met in the foyer of the Grand opera house was a Maysville couple, a man and wife. found a Mays vile man living in London and one liv- ing in Glasgow AS the Rev. Dr. John, Barbour, at one time pastor of the South Highlands Presbyterian church, but now pastor of the First church at Maysville,i once facetiously remarked, If all the peo- pie born there had remained at home and helped build up the community the city would today have 8 population of 1,000.- OO0'"
 Charles Abbott, city comptroller, is q great friend of newspaper men-as long as they stay in the next block,
 He has no use for the species and has not the least hesitancy in making the fact known. Recently he was discussing the subject with an acquaintance, who be- ing unaware of the comptroler's weak t,;,
 "Why Is 1t that you do not like news- paper men? I have always thought they had to be jolly good fellows to hold their jobs and that everybody liked them.'
 My objection to all newspaper men, responded MT. Abbott, lis that all of them seem to think that reward for being permitted the privilege of talking to them you should open your mouth and show them what you ate for breakfast!'
 s'Tom Anderson got off good one on Hugh Roberts yesterday said Jack Ea- ton. Club members will remember that long, luxuriously upholstered seat occu- pies the east side of the billiard room, under which the radiators are placed. It seems that one of the pipes sprung a leak and it was necessary to take up the seat and a part of the floor to repair the pipe. In the midst of the work, Gus McCarty walked up and asked the crowd standing around what the trouble was. Tom Am derson replied quick as a flash, Why. Hugh Roberts lost a dime around here last night and he's got them looking for it.
 .'They say Hugh faded away and has not spoken to Tom since"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

The Centreville Press suggests that the legislature should deny a hen the right to lay on egg on the Sabbath It would not be too great a task for this legisla- ture to undertake
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03
PLEASURES OF THE PAST B. Erkman in the Louisville Evening

- - ~S-&>iAioAA III tiO 1LOuAoNAHc xINcilAl Post.
 sleeping-dreaming,
 The pleasures of the past, By memory's wayside gleaming, Are with us to the last. But. as some buried treasures Are sought for all in vain. Some dreams of bygone pleasures Recur with crushing pain. And memory brings them to us From all the days gone by. These phantom pleasures woo us And mingle song with sigh. But would we be without them These foolish joys of dreams? A halo hangs about them
 And wraps them in its beams. Whatever thing man treasures
 He longs for till the last, And 70 he dreams of pleasures,
 The pleasures Of tha past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

A correspondent wonders why The Age Herald did not comment on the fact that April fools day had arrived. We are re- serving our speed and curve to bring about a safe and sane" Fourth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03
KAIETEUR PERFECT CATARACT

from OutlnB.
 A little way back from the coast of British Guiana the traveller enters prac- tically unknown land. The ground breaks sharply up to high plateaus and rugged mountains and the jungle throws a green barrier across the way. The man who would find his way up by river must be prepared for rapids and cataracts, for careful padding. where mistake means disaster, and for long portage and toil- some climbs. Therefore few men at- tempt the journey. although the per feet waterfall" i've times as high as Niagara. is there to reward their effort.
 Mr Warfield describes such a trip and what he found at the end of 1t.
 Here was a mighty river pouring with force that suggested terrible wrath, over a precipice 800 feet high. down into what seemed unfathomable depths. The top of the fall is slightly re-entrant and measured at the time of my visit 400 feet across. The distance from there to the first obstruction is TAI feet, while the total drop is S22. It is therefore nearly five times as high as Niagara. but it's finer proportions. it's concentration in this one tremendous phenomenon. make 1t in- con.parably more grand. It is the perfect waterfall the most beautiful manifesto ton of natures lavlshness and splendor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

Asked to reply to the criticism of Rep resentative Shapiro, members of the city commission are reported to have smiled. It is entertaining, however, to note that they dld not reply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

Mississippi's legislature is about to pass bath. Mississippi evidently learns noth- ing from its inability to enforce the pro- hibition law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

If the educators can remain in Mont. gomery for two or three days, certainly they have the fortitude necessary to with stand the delay in the payment of their wages
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03
TELEPHONE Bell (privatc exchange connecting all departments) Main 4e0o.
For n light heart lives long.
 Loves Labor Lost
BEGINNING THE DAY--My Lord,

| would give to Thee this day, would have it wholly Thine. otncr days | have given, but l have re- served part, or have forgotten altogether. Take this day now, while 1t is fresh. Put Thy seal upon
 ii. inform it with Thy presence, beautifuy 1t with Thy grace. Amen'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

George Bailey of the Houston Post is of the opinion that the Chinese first base man who answers to the name of ''Yap' would be eligible to a seat in the Alabama legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

The investigation committee is on hot trail. Who did pay for the insertion In q department report of the photographs of the officials of the convict bureau? It's an extremely ugly situation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

The Andalusia Standard states that the legislature is too wise to attempt to serve two masters. Are the majority members not serving the people cn the one hand and the powerful lobby on the other?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

The Florence Herald predicts that Flor ence in 10 years will be a second Bir- mingham. It would be another case Of the vine sprlnging up in a night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

GENTLE SPRING. I never dance the tango Nor do tho turkey trot, Pm green about the one-step And the maxixe, I know not. But when 1t comes to baseball I'm 0 bowling, crazy thing. That's why I'm happy when The winter turns to spring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

England seems to be having some kind of prohibition hitch. In the emergency the Alabama lobby" might be willing to lend Brother Brooks Lawrence to the British statesmen to straighten out de- tails
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

At any rate, two truths have been es- tablished. Whisky is the cause of the European war, and the democratic party is responsible for the weather
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03
A PROPHECY.

The board of education
 Is watching trouble brew. They'll soon have lady members
 As sure as one and one make two. Lane. Weatherly and Geo. B. Ward
 Have heard the women call, They'll get some ones position
 If they want it, that is all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

Editor Doty of the Andalusia Star com plains that on a recent visit to Birming- ham he lost his overcoat When he re- turns he should redeem it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03
May Break All southern Records

Birmingham is making a brave showing in it's membership campaign now being conducted in behalf of the Y. M. c. A. of this city," said Cam paign Manager Hockenbury last night.
 "The indications are that Birming- ham will break all southern records When l first came to this city several friends remarked that it would be hard to make anything like good showing here at this time. l paid scant atten- tention to talk of this nature, for be- fore visiting this progressive and wide-awake community I had received reports which led me to believe that the civic pride and cooperative spirit of Alabamas metropolis were not to be questioned.
 Any slight business depression that may prevail here temporarily is cer- tainly now approaching a triumphant close. Many of the most prominent business men of the city have respond ed vigorously to the call and have left personal affairs to take care of them selves while entering thoroughly into the spirit of Birmingham's record breaking membership campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

The impending Wilard-Johnson fight is another exception which proves the rule that everything is all rightr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

If the winter continues to finger, the general comparison will be 'as rich as a coal man"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.

THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. Two young girls were talking about one of the handsome members Of the Southern club.
 'I thought you were going to marry him." said Jessie.
 'I thought so, too," answered F1orrie. but I mistook his attentions for inten- tions''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

Who says the bone that made woman was the bone of contention?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

If the strike in Boston would estop the manufacture of garters, evidently some- thing would drop in Beanville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

What does your dog know? One of them is talking in Philadelphia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03
HOMELY HOMILIES
By SID
GAN YOU DO IT2

1 loose wrapper on a cigar is not neces-
 sarily a Mother Hubbard"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

Solomon was not arrayed like the lily, but behold the gentle element of the con gregations tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

There seems to be no prospects of an early end of either war or winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

We sometimes wonder what the devil did during the Lenten season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03
STILL SINGLE.

STILL SINGLE. When B. NJ. Allen was asked the other to have replied Fools rush in where angels fear to we'd"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

We wonder how it would feel to have the heat waves beating up from the side- walk into your face, the glare of the sun hurting your eyes, your shirt sticking to your back and your fresh collar slowly melting from the little streams of per- spiration triclling down your neck?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

Practically everybody has been investi- gated save those twin statesmen, Conner and Kennedy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

It is not the high skirts that we ob. ject to, but the prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03
SAVED BY A COMMA

It's a great spring for the girl witt a Shapely foot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03
ALABAMA PRESS

Anniston Star: The first two syllables old-fashioned garment the women used to wear and the fall thereof was just as great a calamity.
 Clanton Press: Civilization will not tri- ad" appears in the Constantnople Intel- ligencer.
 Marion Times: Every farmer you see now is talking about the best breed of cattle and hogs, and the best varieties of corn, peas, clover and other feed and pasture crops all of which indicates that at last our people have really begun to get away from the antiquated methods which have made this one of the poorest farming sections in the country, when it should have been the richest in the world
 Albertville Banner: Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels believes in mar riage, and says that when fellow loves a girl, marriage should not be postponed but should be solemnized even though na- tions fall on account of 1t. In keeping with his attitude on this question, the secretary has reinstated an ensign who several years ago was dismissed from the United States navy when he married without permission from the department. Next year is Heap year." and this decree by the head of the navy opens a new field.
 Gadsden Times-News: The allies owe something to Italy for even threatening to go into-the war. The desire of the Ital- ians to get into the mix has caused Aus tria to mobilize a large army on the Italian border, which, of course weak ems Austrias forces that are attacking her active enemies.
 Clanton Union- Banner: When your wife begins to tell you you are about three l times as smart as you know you are dig-just dig-and be equal to the oc- casion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03
Observations on the Iron Market


 "One of our friends writes us that he be a bed of roses," say Matthew Addy ts Co.,, in their Cincinnati report. Like all the iron men, his thoughts are toward the future, for the present is not at all what reasonably might be desireu, and it remains for the future to make atonement for the past.
 Everyone in the trade knows that the iron business has a fashion of changing over night. These periods of dullness have often been succeeded by times of great activity and soaring prices, and these have come without warning-one day frost, and the next clear. sunny growing weather, so to speak. Just now conditions seem to be making not for one of the sudden spectacular changes of former years, but for slow and gradual Improvement.
 Tt Is to be particularly noted that the furnaces are able to ship out more and n ore iron. Foundries are using more, for the specifications were more in March than in any Of the preceding six months. To be honest, it is necessary to say that the preceding six months were abnormally slack, and that while March was com paratively much better, yet it was a far way from up to 100 per cent of capacity. April will without doubt surpass March both in tonnage shipped and in new or ders booked; so that we may locz forward to progressive betterment.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

Puck. in referring to the laws recently enacted by the legislature, concludes with the exclamation. Darkest Alabama" AsI We have heretofore stated, we are really an enlightened people. The majority of Us are not responsible for the deeds of a few who for the moment are in the saddle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

MISTAKEN IDENTITY. R. D. Burnett recently remarked: z
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

Persons desiring to travel to Flushing or Rotterdam via Folkstone or Tilbury must first obtain permit from the home office. Applications for permits may be made in person at the permit office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-03

Entered at the Birmingham Ala, postoffice as second class matter nhoeF act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11

Some ere advised me 20 take Lydia E.
Pin,,ham s Vegetable Compound. had
taken SO much medicine ard my doctor
said he could DO me no good so | ted my
husband he might get me bottle ani [
would try it. By the time had taken
it felt better. ] Continued it use, and
now l am well and strong.
Il have always recommended your
medicine ever since was 50 wonder
fully benefited BY il anI hope this
letter will be the means Of saving soma
other poor woman from suffering. -
Mrs. MARTHA SEAvEy, Box ll4f,
Unionville, Missouri.
The makers of Lydia z. Pinkhan's
Vegetable Compound have thousands OF
such letters as that above - they tell
the truth, else they could not have been
obtained for love or money. This med
icine is no stranger - it has stood the
test for years.
II there are any complications you
do not understand write 10 Lydia l..
Pinkham Medicine Co. (eonfiden:iaD
Iynn,Msss. Four letter will be epeued,
read and answered by a woman and
held in strict confidence.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11
Had PeIIagra Seven Years
Thanks God He's Cured

towards, S. C.-David G. Pate, of this
place, writes: Il am glad to say to you,
after waiting forty days, that still feel
like l am cured Of pelagra. had this
disease for the last seven years. The
fourth day after beginning your medicine
I went back to work and have been able
to do my work ever since. thank God
for your remedy"
There is no longer any doubt that pei
lagra can be cured. Don't delay until it
is too late 1t is your duty to consult the
resourceful. Baughr.
The symptoms-hands red like sunburn,
skin peeling off, sore mouth, the lips,
throat and tongue a flaming red, with
much mucus and choking; indigestion and
nausea, either diarrhoea or constipation.
There is hope; get Baughn's big Free
book on Pelagra and learn about the
remedy for Pellagra that rs at last been
found. Address American Compromising
Co, box 2OSs. Jasper Ala. remembering
money is refunded in any case where the
remedy fails to cure.-Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11
UGH! CAL0MEL MAKES YOU SICK!
CLEAN LIVER AND BOWELS MY WAY
lust Once fry Dodsons Liver Tone When Bilious, Consti
pated, Headachy-Don't Lose Days Work

Liyen up your sluggish liver! Feel
fine and cheerful; make your work a
pleasure; be vigorous and full of am
bitiOn. But take no nasty, danger.
Gus calomel, because it makes you
sick and you may lose days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver,
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking 1t up That's
when you feel that awful nausea and
cramping.
Listen to me. If you want to enjoy
the incest, eentlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced just
take a spoonful Of harmless Dodsons
Liver Tone. Your druggist or dealer
sells you so cent bottle of Dodson's
Liver Tone under my personal money
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11

back guarantee that each spoonful
VIII clean your sluggish liver better
than dose of nasty calomel and that
it won't make you sick
Dodsons Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You'll know it next morn
ing, because you will wake I'D feel
ing fine, your liver will be working,
your headache and dizziness gone.
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular.
Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely
vegetable. therefore harmless and
cannot salivate. Give it to your chill.
dren. Millions of people are using
Dodson's Liver Tone instead Of dan
gerous calomel now. Your druggist
will tell you that the sale of calomei
is almost stopped entirely here
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11
Past and Present.

Secretary of Agriculture Houston
said in Washington the other day:
What improvements we see in the
country when we go there on our va
cation. We see automobiles, tele-
phones, player pianos, monographs
and even, among a few wealthy young
farmers, biplanes.
How different is this prosperity
from the hardships of the past-from
the days when gaunt farmer would
enter the general store of the district
and pant, hungrily:
Gimme an eggs worth o. sugar
an We mout weigh out an eggs worth
q salt, too. The Plymouth Rocks a.
cluckin'."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11
FORTY YEARS AGO

BONDS PHARMACY CO. established a
reputation in Arkansas as reliabl drug
gists and manufacturers. Slowly but
surely. that reputation has spread over
the Great South so that now BOT.D'S
LIVER PILLS are a household word IN
almost every county in that territory.
These pills are small. mild, safe. effect
i've and inexpensive. One at bedtime Is
the dose. You will wake up well from
Constipation. Dizziness. Indigestion,
Heada che, Biliousness, Neuralgia and
the various ailments arising from torpid
liver or bowels. All druggists. 25c.-Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11
Saw Thinqs Differently.

Hughie McNeff was exercised last
year about his hay crop. The weather.
though threatening, favored his efforts
ly gathered In. being in this respect
more fortunate than several of his
neighbors. After seeing the last wisp
of straw around his stacks, he ex-
claimed, with a self-satisfied air:
moo. sin | hae gotten my hay a
safe in, | think the warld would be
greatly the better O. a guild shower"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11
CARE FOR CHILDREMS
Hair and Skin With Cuticura. Moth
ing Easier. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify the
skin and scalp, the Ointment to
soothe and heal rashes. itchings, red
ness. roughness. dandruff. etc. Moth
ing better than these fragrant super
creamy emollients for preserving and
purifying the skin. scalp and hair.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. KY.
Boston. Sold everywhere-Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11
Easy.

Its all nonsense about it's being
hard for a college graduate to get a
job"
You didn't have any trouble finding
one?"
"One? Why, I've had six jobs in
the last four weeks"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11
What He MIGHT Do,

A man dropped into cafe one aft
ernoon and saw his Scotch friend
Sandy standing at the bar indulging In
"a lone one" He walked up to the
bar and greeted Sandy.
will you have another one with
me?"
mo, thank you." said Sandy, but
You can pay for this one IL you will"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11
Still Axallahl.

a. MISS Joise." said the caller. II
nnsnDef meeting you when you were
= ran old. That was IL years ago,
. ~ young man of twenty-one,
candidate for office. Yes, l re.
- ne Incident well, for | kissed
:. - ZIG Jour papa voted for me-"
!ou candidate for Office this
-! me coyly inquired. Because
Ab still voting"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11
Too Much.

Every dog has his day, you
know"
Yes. but that mutt OF yours wants
tie nights. too. He kept ME awake
until three o'clock this morning with
his internal bowling"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11
Commuters Plea,

You wouldn't rock a boat now,
would you?"
Certainly not"
Then kindly refrain form discuss
ing the war in such a loud tone Of
voice. There are half dozen differ
ent natiOnalities represented On this
car"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11

g = ~ English dramatists (be.
psare) were led to form an
eonceptioa Of tragedy. In
=. y 'e !. for It its due impor.
ID tAs greatest possible effect
aied the tragic element to
s1 80 y to make it hideous
80 and to accomplish this
l'.. 'eeourse to the most forced
ID g TIE delineation Of coarse
:I = passion and to a diction
nnafaral. forced and bonn.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11
Best for Horses,

Give your horses good care and you
will be doubly repaid by the better
work they will do. For sores, gals
and other external troubles apply
Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh. Ranch
men. lumbermen and liverymen recon-
mend it, Adv.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11

could hardly " a k
across the tloorwiti,-
out h o lding GA to
something. | had
nervous spells and
my fingers would
cranp and my face
would draw, and l
could net speak, nor
sleep to do any good.
had no appetite, and
everyone thought I
,,,oI,lj NOT Ii va
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-09-11
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build I'm The System

raxa the Old Standard GROVE S
TASTELESS chill TONIC You know
what you are taking, as the formula g
printed on every label. showing it IS
Quinine and Iron ID d asteless form. Tho
builds up the system, 50 cents Adv.