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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04

teams that are considered strong for honors are Norwood, Lakeview, North Birmingham, West End, West Park, Ensley Park, Avondale, Woodlawn and Magnolia Park. The girls meet will be held on one side of the field and the boys on the other. The programme follows
 Girls
 s5-POUND CLASS 4o-Yard dash. Running high jump. 6G-Yard dash. 16O-Yard relay, four to team.
 115-POUND GLASS 50-Yard dash. 65-Yard dash. Running high jump. 20O-Yard relay. four to team.
 1o0-POUND GLASS 50-Yard dash. G3-Yard dash Running high jump. 200lYard relay, four to team
 CITY CHAMPIONSHIP s0-Yard dash. 60-Yard dash. Running high jump. Running broad jump. 160-Yard relay, four to team Throwing baseball for distance.
 Boys
 s5-PoUND CLASS 40-Yard dash. Running high jump. Standing broad jump. 60Yard dash. 1e0-Yard relay four to team.
 115-POUND CLASS f5-Yard dash. 100Yard dash. Running high jump Running broad jump. Hop. step and jump. 400-Yard relay four to team
 100-POUND CLASS 60Yard dash. 75-Yard dash. Running high jump. Running broad jump. 240-Yard relay. four to team. OPEN UNREGISTERED ATHL EYES 100-Y Yard dash. 220-Yard dash Shot put, 12 pounds Running high jump Pole vault. Running broad jump. SSo-Yard relay, four to team es'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04

held the office for the past three years. MT. Tillery has accepted the offer and will assume his new duties September 1.
 MT. Tilery is well fitted to fill this place, having been identified with this work for several years in Montgomery and Tuscaloosa, where he is at present the moving factor in the Boy Scouts as- sociation.
 MT. Tillery was born in Opelika and is "A years of age. He graduated with hon ors from the University of Alabama in the class of 1912. The following year he was instructor in the University Training school He is a newspaper man of ability, having been connected with the reportorial departments of the Montgomery Adver- tiser and the Tuscaloosa News. During the year 1913 he was secretary of the Uni versity of Alabama Y M. c. A.
 Tn the fall of 1914. Mir. Tillery, together with Prof. s. c. Brown, established the Ale bama Preparatory school considered one of the best training schools in the state, with students from all sections of Ala bama
 MT Tillery has numbers of friends throughout the state who will be glad to hear of the opportunity offered him to work in a larger field
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Give months of 1915 not included in this)
 From this it will be noticed that the maximum year for typhoid fever was 1911 and the minimum 1913. The increased in cidence of 1911 and for the first quarter of 1912 was due to an increased incl dence in the Fifth district for the third and fourth quarters of 1911, and the first and second quarters of 1912 This increased incidence was undoubtedly due to contaminated water furnished to North Birmingham during these quarters. This water was obtained from wells which, MT. Abernathy informed me, communicated with a basin in an old rock quarry. For this contaminated water Birmingham Waterworks companys water was sup piled March 2, 1912.
 Typhoid fever incidence by quarters for the years 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914 and first of 1alh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
DALZIEL WILL
 CONTINUE FIGHT

London, July S.-t5:4o D. m.)--Sir Henry Dalziel, liberal member of Par lianent and newspaper proprietor whose arraignment of the ordnance department in the House of Commons last Thursday startled the British na- tion. announced today his determina- tion to continue on the warpath un- til. in his own words, the "men di- rectly guilty for the failures of the past year are cleared out bag and bag gage"
 Sir Henry early next week will ask Premier Asquith to give the House of Commons facilities for full discussion Ion the lack of guns and ammunition" lt "I am determined he said, that the awful facts shall be dragged to the light of day, This scandal Is due to two main facts, censorship and pub lie indifference-and largely because the real state of affairs is not dis closed"
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JUDGE W. H. PARKS D|ESAT THE CAPITAL Popular and Efficient Of ficial Succumbs to-
 Brief Illness

Montgomery, July s.-(Specal.) )-Judge ". H. Parks. register in chancery, died at his home here early this morning fol- lowing a brief illness Judge Parks was one of the most popular and efficient officials in this section of the state, and his death caused deep regret among his many friends.
 Judge Parks is survived by his widow; four sons, A. B. Parks of Luverne; Judge w. l.. Parks of Andalusia; I. T. Parks of San Antonio, Tex; c. F., and Sam Parks of Montgomery, and Mrs. F. Hollis of Montgomery.
 His remains will be shipped to Troy, where they will be inferred in the old family burying ground at that place.
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Cases Transferred

Atlanta. July 3-Judge Hill of the Full ton county superior court, today trans ferred the cases of the 26 men indicted on charges of rioting near former Gov ernor Slaton's home. recently, to the city criminal court, which is presided over by Judge Andrew Calhoun. It was stated that these cases will be tried at the September term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
T|LLERY SUCCEEDS
 BURR BLACKBURN
Tuscaloosa Man Accepts P0- sition as Secretary of Boys
 Club of Birmingham

It was announced yesterday that Charles Tuscaloosa, had been elected by the board of control of the Boys club of Birming- ham, of which Mrs. Victor Prowell is president as superintendent of the Boys
 club to<succeed Burr Blackburn, who has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04

This shows the third quarter (July, August and September) as having more than double that of the second quarter, more than four times that of the first quarter and nearly three times that of the fourth quarter. This shows conclu- sively that the principal incidence of typhoid fever is in the last two summer and the first fall months
 Typhoid fever incidence by months for the years 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914 and first five months of 1915.
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Grand total, all districts .............. 2,24S
 From these statistics it will be observed that typhoid fever has prevailed as an endemic to a greater or less extent in every section or district of the city It is impossible to give the percentage of cases of typhoid fever to the population for each district, as that is not known.
 Typhoid fever incidence by years:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Collect Fund for Revolt

Manila, July 3.-Three former offi- cers of the Chinese republic are here collecting funds for a new revolution in China, which they says is to be headed by Sun Yat Sen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Cured of Drug Habit

CuTeQ or Drug hdDlJ
 Chas B. James, care Chas. B. James
 Sanatorium Co.,, Memphis, Tenn:
 Dear Sir: I am feeling so much better and so much more like living this morning that l concluded I would write you tell ing you of my improvement and how much happier we all are. When I went to your sanatorium for treatment I was using Is grains of morphia (hypodermi- cally) per day. The first dose of the drug was given me by the family physician when l had typhoid fever-later 1 naG pnemonia and morpha was again used, and as a result I was left a helpless drug user (could not sleep and only weighed about 40 pounds), and continued to use t until I was relieved at your sanatoriu.n. Now l weigh 190 pounds,~ sleep we'll have good appetite and the family is so much happier 1 now feel it my duty to advise all such unfortunates to take treatment and rid themselves of this soul-sappng, life-destroying drug. Strange to say never knew when I took the last dose of morphine. I suffered no pain on accoun, of its withdrawal and have suffered none since. As a matter of fact, my stay at your sanatorium was both pleasant and profitable. l found your sanatorium more like pleasant home, where the patients are we'll fed and allowed to answer let ters from persons interested We have Sobu HdIy III lily S0CttOls and I hope they will read this letter and go to you for relief. Wishing you and all connected with your sanatorium a happy and prosperous New Year, l am, yours truly, w. S. FOLEY.
 Cotton Plant Miss, Jan. 1, 1914.
 Gentlerhen-On the fourth of this month, five years ago, I entered your sanatorium for the treatment of alcoholism, and on the 9th I took my last drink. I have never had any desire to return to my former habit After having drank all my life. and sometimes very hard, I am thankful for what you did for me I am satisfied would not have lived had I kept on drinking, and l believe you can cure any one who wants to be cured. Thanking you again for what you did for me, and wishing you a great year for your SC cd work, l am yours truly,
 w. T. BURROUGHS.
 Hushpuckena, Miss, Jan. 12, 1S15.
 For further information and booklet containing testimonials in regard to san atorium treatment, address Chas. B James Sanatorium, 935 s. Bellevue Blvd, Memphis, Tenn. Correspondence conn- dential.
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JAMES SANATORIUM
 935 S.BELLEVUE BLVD. MEMPHIS, TENN.
A Private Sanatorium for the Treat ment of Drug Addictions, AlcO- holism, Nervous Diseases, To-
 baccO and Cigarettes.

To reach sanatorium take Linden ave- nue car, get off at Bellevue and walk three blocks north, or take a taxicab and come direct tn the sa ma tori11rn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
Patients Testimonials

Having received their freedom from morphine, whiskey and tobacco, they are loud in their praise of the James Trent ment. Read their testimonials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04
James Home Remedies

Cost of treatment for alcoholism, to- bacco and cigarette habits and neuras- thenia is dependent upon age and physi- ct condition, kind and quantity of drug uked. etc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-04

23s; 4, IF; 5, 25s; 6, 16S; I. 1ss; S, 2So; 9, 17s 10, 64; II, 1sS; 12. 2eO, Grand total 224s.
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Total by districts. l. 2ls; ?. iss; 5.
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Total ................,.... 2192
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04
THE NEXT CHANCE.

A tiny girl was coming from the
grocery with a pint bottle of milk
clutched in her hand. Perhaps is was
her first errand. She skipped along
as if she were greatly pleased. But
at the corner the bottle slid from her
grasp, and smashed to pieces on the
stones. The child burst into a fright
ened wall and several people stopped.
Never mind, DEAR" soothed a
young lady. Mother will know it
was an accident"
II guess your mother won't trust
you to go to the grocery again. said
a sharp-looking person.
The child stopped sobbing, and
turned to the last speaker Indignantly.
Eyes, she will! My mother always
gives me another chance, and l won't
break it the next time"
'Bravoi" said tall man. f'That
is just what mothers are for, to give
a fellow another chance l hope we
will all make as good use of it as you
mean to, my dear child"
The child smiled on her comforters
and went home. The older people
went on, perhaps wondering if they
had made the best use of another
chance"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04

ness walks close in the steps of the
Saviour.
OF all the lesser virtues none is sc
beautiful as Kindness, none has sc
wide an influence, none has so broad
an apostolate, none is so potent fol
good. Of all the ministries that are
open to man, the most effective, the
most far-reaching, the most consoline
is Kindness. All men cannot be
learned, nor give themselves up to
works of zeal; few indeed can sacri
flee home and country and parents
and kinsfolk and friends and goods
so as to be free to labour for souls
But all can be kind. The sacred Min
istry of Kindness is open to all. All
can be apostles of Kindness, all car
partake of it's sweetness, all can as
pire to it's holiness. The Ministry Of
Kindness is exalted, it is sublime, il
is Christlike. -Amorfro
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04
LEARN AsLITTLE EVERY DAY.

Little rills make wider streamlets,
Streamlets swell the rivers flow,
Rivers join the mountain pillows,
Onward, onward, as they go!
Life is made of smallest fragments,
Shade and sunshine, work and play:
So may we, with greatest profit,
Learn little every day.
Tiny seeds make boundless harvests
Drops of rain compose the showers
Seconds make the flying minutes,
And the minutes make the hours,
Let us hasten, then, and catch then
AS they pass us on the way;
And with honest, true endeavor,
Learn little every day.
Let us read some striking passage,
Gull a verse from every page;
Here line and there a sentence,
'Gainst the lonely time of age.
At our work or by the wayside,
While the sunshine's making hay
Thus We may, by help or study,
Learn little every day.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04
A PRETTY LEGEND OF THE SPAN
ISH OLEANDER.

Pepita lay very ill., Her wasted
cheeks were flushed with fever, her
parched lips were scarlet; restlessly
she tossed upon her pillow. With ten
der care her mother bathed the tiny
form, every breath prayer for her
darling; but steadily the little girl
grew worse and worse. The good old
doctor, who loved her and cared for
her through her illness, shook his
head.
II can do nothing more,'' he said,
sadly, and the mother wept. Then she
fell upon her knees before the little
statue of st. Joseph, which looked
down from the whitewashed wall, and
prayed:
Good San Jose, save my darling,
thy little namesake, if it will be the
Suddenly a strange light shone
through the room. 1t seemed to gather
above the child's head. And, gazing,
the mother saw, bending over the suf-
ferer, the figure of man. He placed
upon Pepita's breast spray of
oleander, fresh and fair and rosy as
the sunset, with fragrance of I'M
earthly sweetness; then he faded
from her sight. The light died away.
The mother thought she had seen a
vision; but, behold! the oleander lay
upon Nina's breast and she slept-a
calm, refreshing sleep. Soon she was
well again, rosy and bright, and happy
in the glowing Spanish sunshine. The
oleander spray, planted beside the
doorway, grew and shed abroad it's
fragrance. All who saw it wondered,
and all the sick who sat beneath it's
shade were healed.
Years passed, and Pepita now grown
to womanhood, lived her life with the
Sisters of San Jose; and as she
passed down the village street, bent
on some message of mercy, people
were heard to whisper softly:
See; there she goes-she that was
saved by miracle of San josef"
And from that time, in Spain, the
oleander has been regarded as st. Jo-
seph's flower.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04
FORM GOOD HABITS.

Habits are formed like masonry.
Every thought seems small, as every
brick seems small. And yet, notice,
in the building that is going up behind
my dwelling that, small as bricks are,
one by one being set in mortar day by
day, by skilful hands the wall thickens
and rises and solidifies, and the huge
structure is piled up at last. Taken
singly these bits of burnt clay are OF
no great significance, but all of them
together are of tremendous signifi-
canoe. Now, a mans life is made up
of little thoughts, any one of which is
not much, but the multitude of which
are like bricks in the hands of the
builder. The walls of your charae-
ter are going UP day by day, and you
are building, not alone for time-but
for eternity.
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King. "The enemy's forces have
crossed the border, and threaten to
besiege the capital. | wish to con-
suit you at once on the steps to be
taken"
"By and by!" said the Angel. Il
am on business of Importance now,
and cannot stop for trifies.' And he
hurried on.
The King looked after him. SIT
must be something of worldwide i'm
portance," he said, (which can make
the invasion of my kingdom seem a
trife. I must really go and see what
it isl And he followed the Angel
and the Duke and the Bishop.
The Angel turned from the wide
street, and passed down narrow
lane, and into dingy court, where
poor clothes hung drying. In the mid
die of the court stood a little child
with it's eyes tight shut and it's mouth
wide open, crying and roaring as il
it's heart would break.
The Angel ran to the child, and
knelt down, and took it in his arms.
"Hushy hush!" he cried. 1T is all
right, dear. You took the wrong turn
ing, that was all. She is just round
the corner. Quick, let me wipe the
tears away! Look! there she comes
this minute!"
A woman came flying round the
corner, wild-eyed and painting. The
Angel put the child into her arms
and the two melted together anG
sobbed and laughed themselves away
out of sight.
The Angel drew long breath, anG
rustled his wings little, and turned
to go back, and as he turned he saw
the Duke and the Bishop and the
King, all out of breath and crimson
and staring with big round eyes.
ooh! are you there?" said thu
Angel. well, now I can attend t.
your little matters"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04
Conservatory Of Saint Cecilia

Piano, Voice, Violin. Harp
State Music Teachers Examinations given In
Harmony, Music History, Music Methods
Department of Art, Vocational Courses in Art.
Department Of Dramatic Expression.
Department of Physical Training.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04
THE MINISTRY OF KINDNESS.

1t is one of the properties of certain
spoken words to convey a meaning,
quite distinct, not only from the in
telleCtual sense attached to the arti-
culated syllable, but also from the
emotional sense conveyed by the tone
of the voice. The very makeup of
the word, it's combination of con-
sOnants and vOwels, has a power of
suggestion all it's own. This power
of suggestion defies analysis; it seems
to come partly from association and
partly from what the rhetoricians call
onOmatopoeia; but it's real source we
do not know. And yet, like many
another thing we cannot explain, it
undoubtedly exists. Such a power
of suggestion is in the word Kindness.
Kindness! What a character of
gentleness invests the word, it cannot,
simply cannot, be spoken harshly. If
we would say it at all we must say 1t
kindly. 1t fingers on the lips like
deeds of love, it seems 10th to pass
away, as if the world would be more
cheerless for its going. Kindness!
What host of beautiful things the
word implies! Sympathy of heart,
tenderness of thought, meekness in
speech, love in eye, compassion in the
touch-these and much more are the
connotations of Kindness.
Now, if this be true of the mere
word, of it's expression in sound, what
must be said about Kindness itself, of
it's expression in deed? Kindness is
one of Gods best gifts to an unkind
world 1t drives gloom from darken-
ed souls; it puts hope into fainting
hearts; it sweetens sorrow; it lessons
pain. 1t passes through the world
like a ray of sunshine, discovering
unsuspecting beauties of human
character and calling forth response
from all that is best in man. 1t
purifies, glorifies, enobles all that it
touches.
What is it that opens the flood.
gates of children's laughter, the
sweetest music in the world? 1t is
Kindness. What is it that gathers
the tears of repentant love, the most
) priceless of all earth's many jewels?
1t is Kindness. What is it that
lightens the burden of WEAKNESS for
those who labour, and soothes the
pangs of those who suffer, and stays
the torrent angry passion, and Gains
the storm of lawless rebellion? Kind,
ness, it is always Kindness. Kind
ness breaks down the unholy barriers
that pride and caste have erected be
tween man and man. Kindness
smooths the pillow of death. Kind
ness takes the sting from failure
Kindness kindles courageous ambition
Kindness lifts the unfortunate. Kind
ness leads back the hayward. Kind
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
A LEGEND.

1t happened one day the Angel who
attends-to-things was Fastening along
the street, with his wings tucked in
and his robes tucked up, for he was
in hurry, when Duke looked out
of his castle window and called to
him.
't'Stop a moment, pleased" said the
Duke. 81 wish to consult you about
the succession to my dukedom. You
know my grandfather, the Archduke. .
Il cannot attend to you this morn
ing!" said the Angel. Il am engaged
on business of Importance; your af-
fair must wait till another time" And
he passed on.
Dear mel" said the Duke. what
can be more important than the sue
cession? really must follow him,
and see what this great matter is
So he followed the Angel.
The Angel hurried along and pres
emily he passed by a Bishops palace,
and the Bishop put his head out of the
window and called to him.
Please come IN moment! said
the Bishop. Il wish to consult you
about the Great Synod which is to be
held"
The Angel shook his head.
II am on business of Importance .
he said. And he passed on
The Bishop looked after him.
What mighty business can this
be-" he said, that makes the Great
Synod seem a trifle? l really think ]
must go and see." And he followed
the Angel and the Duke.
Presently the Angel passed by a
Kings palace, and the King looked
out of the window and called to him.
please come in here!" said the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-12-04
THE GUTTER.
America.

How we all despise him-whether
it is as lad in game or in the big
ger game. of life. 1t doesn't matter in
our Judgment of him whether he is
following inherited instincts and feels
that he simply can't stand up and
take what's coming to him and fight
back or whether he has failed in build
ing himself strong enough to make
the best of reverses. We scorn him
on general principles. We seem to
feel that cowardly spirit showing
through all he does and the fact that
blow puts him down and out and he
leaves the field is enough for us.
He outrages all our principles of liv-
ing-this man who is a gutter. In
boyhood days he may be big brawny
chap looking we'll able to do up the
whole crowd but someway the little
plucky fellows get the best of him and
later in life in all he attempts he
shows the same lack of grit. We al
ways feel that he would win if he
would only stick, but he doesn't give
| himself a chance and we are disgust.
ed. He quits-and we mark him off
our list.
| To all of us and in everything we
do there come moments of intense dis
couragement-when the special thing
we are working on, simply will not
come right. Perhaps it is in our
school days and a problem has seemed
to be too much for us; perhaps it is
later in life and an important piece OF
work refuses obstinately to develop
as we know it should. We have
worked weary hours-we have had
success almost within our grasp and
| it has eluded us. We are filled with
despair and encouragement and it is
then little imp whispers to us that
we might as we'll quit.
1t is unhappily so easy to quit. II
so often takes the highest kind Of
courage to stay, and we wonder sadly
| if it is all worth while-if the greater
effort will amount to any thing. We're
sure that we are not on the right
track-that we have made q serious
mistake-that this is not our line OF
work. We are confident that Failure
has marked us for her own. Is this
the time to quit? Never!
This is the time to cling tighter
than ever, to work harder, to believe
more, and by sheer personal force, by
the spirit that must animate all of us
who do anything well, push the loaC
to the brow of the hill. Another hour
on the problem plus the work that has
gone before will bring the right solu
ton. Another effort with stronger de
termination will bring to success
full conclusion the work of our latel
life, the story that seemed to be with
out punch" the song that we fell
was without appeal, the plans tina
seemed to fail in unity and effect
Just that little bit more-but how
much it is!
Don't be gutter. But take firm
er grasp on your work, realizing the
when you have almost reached tn,
top is just the time for you to stant
by. 1t is the time for you to reap thu
benefits of all the hard work that ha,
gone before. Most of us have onl!
ourselves to blame if we become dis
tinct failures and one of the mos
potent reasons is the ease with which
we quit-because we haven't the sane
to stand BY II g. Palmer
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