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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

a famous orchestra engaged for the occasion.
 If conditions are favorable in 1916
 there will probably be a festival of
 three or four concerts. But what Bir-
 mingham needs to make it par excel lence the festival city of the south and one of the noted musical centers of America, is a fireproof, mod ern auditorium-an auditorium with a seating capacity of 10000. Year be- fore last, when the people voted for an auditorium bond issue of $200, ,000, lit was believed by the Chamber of Commerce committee which had worked for the proposition that the amount named would be ample; but when it was found that at least a third more would be required, it was the consensus of opinion that the whole matter should be held in abey- i eiilNC anu DC lethOt up anu through when the time was propitious. When Birmingham does have its au- ditorium it will be in order to estab- fish as an institution an annual fes- tival with the local chorus augmented by thousand singers drawn from all sections of the state. The mass chorus should sing at least two or three numbers. Such a festival would be an inspiration and would advance the cause of musical art throughout Alabama.
 In the meantime the people of Bir, mingham are to be congratulated on the forthcoming two-concert festival. It will be splendid as far as it goes. It will be educational as well as di- verting and should, and no doubt it will, receive generous patronage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29
GOSSIP IN LONDON
From the Philadelphia Evening Tel.

From the Philadelphia Evening Tele-
 graph.
 The legitimate theatres in Berlin, and other German cities, are playing to good audiences. In Berlin some 40 legitimate
 theatres and the royal opera are open The Ice palace in Berlin, we'll remembered by American tourists for it's famous lee ballet, Is now giving entertainments, ap- propriate to the times; the same can be said of the many moving picture houses The two circus establishments in Berlin are drawing crowds.
 Riding in the society exercise de rig. ueur in London just now. It is a prom enade in which officers and all military
 men can join. Hyde park is crowded each fine morning and smart-loolSing officers and men cantering along the row. com. pose a picturesque and animated prone. made.
 The Mnrdi Gras festival, always st
 much in favor with Parisians, passed of without any kind of observance, the firs l time in 21 years. The sadness or rather the earnestness of the people is seen 1T l tbiS dS III Oc4ci thilSss but IHe ClLy
 looked rather more gay than has beer | the case for sometime past The foun
 tains play and that in the Place Suipic.
 an dthe Boulevard St. Michael were notice able.
 Paris is having spring weather now, ant 1 the reports come in from various part,
 of the country of favorable grain crop
 as early sowing was vigorously pushed
 last fall. A writer on this subject-Carno says he has noticed that certain bird. have come to stay-notably what ar,
 known as bergeronettes (wag tails) ar, considered sure signs. This means tha | a favorable spring awaits the allies, | A responsible member of the Cercl
 Militaire says that the death thus far ii
 France in the war exceed 100000, ant {, that the wounded exceed 8OO000 men. H
 says that it is erroneous to suppose tha women in France do not, as a genera rule, know that their husbands and oth | CTS are killed or wounded Most woine do know this by being informed. Stil there are a great many wno do not knoy
 and hope on. The lists are not publishe
 officially. but people may insert in news papers the lists of those of their famil who have been officially announced a
 dead or wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29
NEWSPAPER CLUB STORIES

There is evidently some merit in the work of the cartoonist," said Senator Bonner of Wilcox county, in Birming- ham recently.
 As is generally known, they present me as long. attenuated pole, capped by a small dome and an Adams apple.
 T recently cut from a paper one of these caricatures. and sent it to Mrs. Bonner with a suggestion that she show it to our baby, just entering her third year.
 This Mrs. Monner did, asking the child at the same time regarding the identity of the man thus drawn.
 'The child very promptly replied:
 |" That's my daddy"
 Since then I have never complained it matters little how ridiculously I have been portrayed"
 One evening MT. Jones came home much excited and told of acting the part of peacemaker in a street fight said newspaper woman. "The family was seated at the supper table and MT. Jones had an interested audience.
 " The first thing I saw he said, was one man deal the other soundin g blow and then a crowd gathered. The man who was struck ran and grabbed large shovel he had been using on the street, and rushed back, his eyes blazing fiercely. thought he'd surely knock the other mans brains out, so l stepped right between them'
 Young Tommy Jones was so ab- sorbed in his fathers story that he forgot to eat. His mouth was open and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29
the present time everyone who appre- ciates the fact that the market is a barometer, watches the quotations with an unusual degree of interest.

Under the caption. Liquor Views of the Prohibition Wave" the Literary Digest of March 27 reproduces articles from liquor trade journals, including statistics from the National Bulletin. According to the Bulletin, which gives the United States internal revenue as its authority, the gallons per capita of all cholic beverages consumed in this country is steadily increasing It states that in 1899. with e.OO0,O0o living under dry" laws, the gallons per capita were 1891; that in 1907, with 35,0oO.oo peo- pie under dry" laws the gallons per capita were 23.5S; that in1914, with 4s,- 100000 living under dry laws the gallons per capita had increased to 25 If the liquor interests are actuated by selfish motives it would seem logical in view of the statistics, for them to line up with the prohibltionists Unless Uncle Sams figures prevaricate the dry CT the country becomes the more liquor is consumed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29
A NEW EXCUSE

From Judge.
 MT. Founder lay in the hospital with a broken leg and bruised head. But there weren't worrying him most.
 There in the morning paper was the wholo story of one too many joy rides, chorus girls and all, staring from page l.. His wife--he knew her too well.
 Even while he pictured the scene in the divorce court, she came in, stiff and cold and threatening, the telltale paper clutched in a trembling hand.
 Well?'' she demanded accusingy
 Then came his inspiration
 "1.ncretia,' ho whispered reaching to- ward her, in spite of the pain his move ments gave him. TT thought the auto mobile was jtney bus and before dis covered the difference, it whizzed away with me, and
 She interrupted him with wild cry.
 "Oh, Jonathan! 1 knew you couldn't have done anything so absurd,'
 Manlike. he forgave her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29
THE TEN CENT SHINE"

wear your trousers while polishing your shoes the Trouserorium club to which you belong will charge you something for cleaning off the polish and creasing them.
 Don't rely upon the idea that it is funny to strike your funny bone against the wall. Stand clear of all Instructions while polishing the shoe
 The professionals cannot force anyone to pay dime for shine" They can do no more than charge a dime for the service. You may pay the price fixed or do your own polishing. After you have polished your shoes for while your sympathies may be with the sinners who have tilted the price. Or they may be with yourself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

his eyes big with excitement He was so proud of his fathers valor that he could contain himself no longer. and he cried:
 He couldn't knock any brains out of you. could he. father?
 Mir Jones looked at his son long and earnestly. The boys face was frank and open.
 MT. Jones gasped slightly and re- sumed his supper"
 Tt is proverbial that a newspaper man never has any money" relates Charles Greer. "They're always broke and the fiatter they're broke the happier they may seem to be-
 This I didn't know when I first came to Birmingham to go on the staff of The Age-Herald, and fresh from col lege I thought that with the knowledge that l was newspaper man people of very cline would figuratively fall on my neck. "Of course. one of my first duties upon arriving in the city was to find a room, and after calling at several room ing houses found one which I thought suited me very we'll. I asked the land lady her prices.
 She responded:
 Five dollars up; what did you say was your business?
 " I'm a newspaper man. responded. bulging out my chest
 Then she said, it will be five dollars down..
 And that's what it was too, for she had neither kindness nor compass sion in her soul"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

President Wilson is in too much de- mand to stick to the cloistered life. himself in for three weeks and see no one, in order that he might devote most of his time to a study of European af- fairs. But since Congress adjourned he has made number of addresses, has taken several little trips and played some golf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29
MINES

]. Bell in the London Chronicle. What are ye trawlin' for, Lucky Jack, Out on the old North Sea? An why is yer trawler all painted black, As glum as T. B. D.? An whats'o the hundreds O. East Coast
 chaps
 On trawlers made likewise glum? They goes somewhere comes homo
 well, p'raps. There's one, now an then, don't come. But never fish do they land-an fish Is fetcilin' a 'normous price. ~ What are ye trawlin' for, Lucky Jack, Wi yer decks all slush an ice? We're trawlin' from dawnin' till dusk, Were doin' a roarin trade "CThe roarin'. ye'd hear it ten miles, by Tn eggs what the Germans laid. Were poachin' them eggs. as poet
 might say
 "slow work, but excitin. too, "For maybe ye peaches yer egg o. k, An maybe it scrambles you!'' I'm gettin' half used to beholdn' 'em
 bust
 "But wishin' to God they was done. For ev'ry one minds me O good stips
 lost,
 Good chaps as did harm to none." .s How would ye punish em, Lucky Jack. As, ordered such things to be? How would ye serve 'em brought such
 wrack An grief on the old North sea? Why. Sam. I would give 'em beautiful
 ship, N-
 An put 'cm on board, well founo Ten thousand mile I would make the trip, An they should be homeard bound. An ev'ry mile would be sowed wi
 mines
 Leastways, they'd be warned twas so, HThnll would waste on the blushin'
 swines
 "A ha'renny sauib?--hell no! "So they'd sail an sail till 'scuss
 me, Sam,
 Iris seldom I really smiles But, Jack, are ye daft! If twas all .
 sham
 Bout the mines, what'd matter the
 mles7 They'd all win home!
 (Which I'll not deny ''If wheel knows how to steer! "But ten thousand mile on mine field-
 why, They'd all ha' died-m fas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

Vice President Marshall says "the American people are flunkeys and lackeys." Some of them, but only a very small percentage of them. show n flunkeyish tendency. The great mass of Americans are all right The vice president would do we'll to practice moderation in his statements when de- livering public addresses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

A Paris dispatch relates that Mary Gar den, Scottish by birth, French by train- ing and American by adoption, is going to England to teach the English to discover tfeir own composers. She says: "I cannot expect to begin by singing at a concert arranged for the express purpose of re- vealinS the work of British musicians. effect on art generally, and I hope it will have a good result in helping England to find herself musically."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

BEGINNING THE DAY-O Lord, give me the perfect love that east eth out fear. May I love the world and serve it so faithfully that l shall be independent of it's praise or it's blame. May l love Thee so well. my Lord and my God. that I shall sit with Thee in perfect peace. In Christ's name. Amen H. M. ID.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Was a Brilliant Musician

When I read of the death of Leo
 P. Wheat, widely known in the sew
 enties and eighties as a musician of genius and culture, recalled the years
 that I attended the historic Monumeh- tai church (EpiscopaD in Richmond when he was organist there" said a
 member of the Virginia colony He was a virtuoso performers was
 the finest virtuoso organist had heard. have listened to several famous or ganists in recent years, but no one has delighted me more than did Mr. Wheat when he was at his best in the years
 gone by. The New York Suns Washing ton correspondent has this account: Leo Wheat, classmate and friend of Sir
 Arthur Sullivan, the English composer and at one time one Of the best known musicians in the south, died Thursday in hospital here. He was "A years old,
 and during the later years of his life was a familiar figure in musical cir c1es.
 - MT. Wheat was born in Memphis, Tenn, in 1841, and was the son of J. T.
 Wheat, an Episcopal minister. He re-
 ceived his musical education at Leipzig.
 Germany, where his friendship with Sir
 Arthur Sullivan began
 That was a beautiful tribute that
 pastel in Sundays Herald"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

The Anti-Saloon league threatens New York With state- wide prohibition. The legislative committee that reported against a prohibition referendum to the voters lacked only one voice of being on the other side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

One reason why so many laws that people object to are passed is because the organized "up filters" are always on the job while the other fellows those who believe in a reasonable amount of liberty-are not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

EX-President Taft must have his Joke. In laying the Red Cross home menoria cornerstone Saturday, he referred to ii as concrete evidence that civil war rup. lures have been healed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

Candidates for the republican nomi- nation for the presidency will be all most as numerous as the candidates for Birmingham commis onership or the Jefferson county board of revenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

The Kaiser now writes of himself as the "hrst servant of the nation, instead of the war lord or sovereign by divine right His imperial majesty is modernizing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29
Awaiting Gates of Warrior Lock

We are just waiting down on the
 into place before beginning to ship
 crossties," said Jerry Gwin, former highway engineer, who by the way, is a candidate for place on the board of revenue.
 "I have made a contract With steam boat owner to bring up barges to be loaded as soon as the locks are ready which will probably be the middle of April The steamboat will bring up six empty barges, and carry two loaded on
 the first trip down. The ties are to be ! loaded at Riverview. near Tuscaloosa, | on the belt line railroad, and delivered | to the Alabama Great Southern rail- way.
 "I understand that the steel barge | line will enter the service regularly as soon as the lock gates are in place. This will not only stimulate coal min ing, but also will lead to extensive l sawmill enterprises. stave works, and some charcoal production, all on an ex- tensive scale There Is fine field along the upper Warrior for naval stores lplants-turpentine particularly-from stumps and standing pine. There Is a large acreage of hardwoods also in river to navigation will bring to a ready market, especially for export | through Mobile"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

If yesterday should be duplicated on Easter Sunday everybody who loves sunshine and the gentle spring will be radiant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

The prohibitionists say they hope to get the referendum before the peonle of New York before many years They will hardly succeed, but stranger things have happened
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

An Indian scientist has discovered that it is easy to make an English pea laugh. It is comforting to find something on that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29
DON'T KNOCK, BOOST

From the Ashland Progress.
 A fellow who talks continually about hard times and bad business is doing his part toward keeping up such conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

Germany has billeted 100000 pigs m Belgian civilians, reads news dispatch Two or four-legged ones?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

The Tipperary cocktail is green: some thing about the war, at least, which may appeal to the Irish
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

The way spring fingered in the lap of winter might lead some to believe she is f1irt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

To some people the science of playing a
 good hand well in the game of life is to bluff with it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29
schwend's old Curiosity shop

The collection of curiosities, war relics and souvenirs of notable crimes in Charles Schwend's shop attracts at tention froV visitors of all ages and classes lie has a fine collection of old prints, magazines and handbills. Speak ing of one particular sword in a collec- tion with an ivory handle, he said:
 That sword it Is said, is one of only two that were in use in the Confederate army; they are swords that were used in the Revolutionary war. The one I have, I purchased from a young man whose aunt secured 1t at the time of the capture of Jefferson Davis in Geor- sia by the federal troops. II was worn by one of the officers in Mir. Davis es- cort and was thrown away by him, evidently before being taken prisoner, as twas found in the bushes near the spot, by d small boy, who had been sent by the woman to see if anything had been left by the Davis party. Ira dition has it that the officer was from Texas. I wonder if it could have been General Reagan-postmaster general in MT. Davis cabinet-who was with MT. Davis at the time.
 Tn the Mobile Tribune Weekly Com mercial Review, April 24, 1858, you can see how prices for cotton and produce compare with present day prices: Cot ton, 11s4 cents for middling; bacon, 10A cents; lard, 11Ac; flour, $6 per barrel; i; coffee, II cents per pound, butter 27 cents per pound; molasses 31 cents per gallon; calico, F cents per yard, and lumber, ordinary, $9 per thousand"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29
Returns from Florida

"Orlando, Fla, where the Barons have been under winter training for the past few weeks, is situated in the heart of Orange county" said man who re- turned with the Birmingham team yes terday.
 'The weather in that locality of late has been very mild, and the home team has been taking full advantage of op- portunities afforded for rounding into shape. There were many outings, how ever, and players and those connected with the Birmingham aggregation had a good time.
 That section of the state is dotted with lakes. There are said to be more than HOO of them in Orange county alone. the largest being Lake Apopka. Florida has a great crop of oranges and grapefruit this season-more than
 enough to supply the shipping demand.
 In many of the groves of Orange county
 fruit was to be seen lying on the ground in great quantities, where it had
 fallen from the trees. This seemed to
 me a great waste; but on inquiry I
 learned that on account of the dry
 weather prevailing at this season it
 was expected that the fruit would keep
 for two months without decaying, and
 would then be in shape for shipping" In the Business World Henry Clews, in his Saturday review,
 says in part:
 Redundant money and more hopeful views in regard to the war are working out their inevitable influence upon financial sentiment. Sharp advances oc- cured this week in number of stocks, chiefly industrials benefiting from war contracts and a few of the leading rail- road shares. Some recessions followed owing to the disposition to take hand some profits; but aside from this de- velopment there is an unquestionable change for the better in the financial undertone.
 The prime cause of this betterment is the remarkable monetary outlook ol the United States. Four influences are at work promoting ease in the credit situation. These are, CD a return oi
 currency from the interior. CD con tinued gold imports, (3) the lesseneo requirements of business, and (4) the great expansion of lending power
 among the banks resulting from the new federal reserve system. A week ago the clearing house bank reserve in this city had reached almost $40, ,000,- 900, and this in spite of a big expansion in loans, which now stand at $2,377,- 900, 900. against $2,O79,00o,000 veal ago. AS this heavy expansion of $300,- 000,000 in loans is certainly not due te
 commercial reasons, it must be credited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

What infinite heart's-case must kings neglect, that private men en- joy! Henry s'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-29

A. J. Eaton, Jr, and o. E. Young are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in it's cir- culation department
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-08-28
Tonawama. tonight.

Have your picture taken at the
Sayer Studio.
A. S. Swain has been up from
the ranch for a few days.
Harvester whips at j. G, Wei
come & Sons.
Miss Josephine Locher is Wis
iting with the Geo. Love family
in Agency Valley.
THE BLACK BOX" made
the biggest run Of any serial
story.
Paul Finke was down from his
mountain home the first of the
week.
First class fir buck teeth and
mower tonguesat the Burns Hard
ware Co.
j. 7. Garrett and family were
down from their mountain home
this week, having brought Mrs.
Lee Caldwell down after a de-
lightful visit with them.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-08-28

The case of l.. l.. Cantelou,
Clarendon, Texas. is similar-to
that Of many others who have
used Chamberlain's Collie, Chole-
ra and Diarrhoea Remedy. He
says, After trying doctor for
several months. and using differ
ent kinds of medicine for my
wife who had been troubled with
severe bowel complaint for sew
eral months. thoughts a 25c bottle
of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy. After
using the second bottle she was
entirely cured" For sale by all
dealers.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1915-08-28
We do job printing.
THE BLACK BOX. /"

Cedar shingles for sale. VIM.
toren.
Miss Eldora Hall is suffering
with tonsilitis.
] still have some good golf
shirts at 8 for 81. .00-I. Schwartz.
S. N. Bolton, the warehouse
man at Riverside. was in the
city this week.
For bargains in stockmen's
bed sheets and tents. go to j. G.
Welcome & Sons.
DIR. Saurman was called to the
90 Ranch Thursday forenoon to
attend a man who had been
kicked by a horse. He had some
ribs broken. We did not learn
his name.
Supt. Hamilton wishes to an
nounce that the eighth grade ex-
aminations will be held on Sept.
2 and 8 and asks all pupils who
contemplate taking the examin-
alton to notify him at once.
Win Gowan arrived home last
Saturday from a vacation visit
over in Grant county. He was
accompanied on his return by
Miss Enid Cawlfield who had
been visiting with relatives and
friends.
There is quite a serious forest
fire raging at the mouth Of Myr-
tie Creek and forest rangers
have been in this city soliciting
men to go up and help fight it.
The country is very dry and the
mountains have lots Of campers
and hunters at the present time.