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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-10
Uncle Jonas on Fishing

From "The Cockatrice Den," By Arn1i-
 stead c. Gordon. in Scribner's
 Desc here is de fishin' taclSlem fur you an me-" he said. -One O desc Is fur you an one is fur me. Dem others kin lay dar. I done got de wurrurns fur bait here in Janey's ole lars year soap gode. It's full of em.'
 He showed it to the boy.
 ''I dig desc wurruxl1s up in de stable yard dis mornin', an fotch em down here, long O desc poles, 'fo' de sun rig, when you was sleep in yo' bed, so dat de tacklem an de wurrums all gwi' be here when you rive"
 "Oh, Uncle Jonas,' said little MT. William, T would have liked to help dig the fshing-worms.
 Mex time, honey" replied the old man. Mex time you gwi' hep dig em, sho. I gwi' let you dig de mostes' of em. But now, I gwi' show you how ter fish"
 The little boy was all attention and eagerness.
 You holes dis here flshin pole" con- tinued his instructor which I jes' done put a wurrum on de hook, an den you
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M s:. |: ask 5ss es:..t%.. sa:' you S...:s; ~:s:
 this year. I've made up my mind; either you'll get new pair of portieres for the hall or some new lace curtains for the parlor; we need both. This thing of humoring man in every little whim that crosses his mind is absurd. If I bought cigars for you, I'm sure you wouldn't like them; didn't I get the very finest box last Christmas for you all done up in gold lettered design with Pride of the Sidewalk in large monogrammed type and flirty Spanish senorita with big, saucy R. S. V. P. eyes-the kind you 1ike-looking from behind her gauzy fan, while she smiled from beneath the lacey mantilla, and yet you didn't like them? Whats a poor woman to do?"
 "How's that? What would do if you should give me a new roll-top office desk or pair of brass cuspidors for Christmas present? Why, spit on them, of course; why should you give me such truck? It's no worse than for me to give you portieres and lace cur tains. Indeed, it is! Whats that you say? you used to know two girls who
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lection entitled Sob Sister," which is a glipmse of real life, and while brutal to a degree, is also strong, bit of realism that grips in every line of it's tense dia- log, in it's impressive objectivity, which sees the man as impartially as it sees the woman who is not so much his victim as the victim of a rule of life ordained by society for it's preservation. Miss Hurst is of the school to which we have thoughtlessly given the name of one of it's ablest praetitioners-O. Henry though, of course, it is far older than he. Technically she owes nothing to him, but she shares his tender feeling for the poor and obscure humanity of our large cities, and his understanding of the pressure of the raw edge of life under which and against which they must struggle and vanquish or succumb. The optimism of Miss Hursts title is not saccharine but robust. She under stands the heroes and the heroines of the obscure battles in the depths, and the price they pay for their victories and their joys.
 What she has to tell us widens and deepens our sympathies. The way in which she tells it is her own. She han dies dialog with a consummate ability, with the purposefulness of the dramatist, without ever allowing the progressive purpose to show through it's naturalness. She has the rare ability of telling the whole story in the talk of her charac- ters which is a remarkably clever thing to do.
 Every Soul Hath Its Song is an in teresting collection of stories and those who miss it will regret it.
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fiings de hook an sinlzer way out yondah in de water nigh de butt-een' O de log. {"
 He pointed to the most delectable spot in the fishing hole, haunted of many fish in reminiscent search for Uncle Jonas bait of the day before.
 You jes' watch dat cork dar on dc water, son." continued the old man, san when you ses 1t gwine up an down. an up an down, an den go smack under. dey's boun' ter be a fish on 1t, 'scusin' 1t sometimes thought be one O desc slxilpots ur water tarrapins. But dey don't use run dis hole much. Fust thing you know. you gwi ketch catfish, UT a sunperch. UT chub, UT a sucker; an dem's all good fishes You gwf ketch him, honey. done spit on de bait An my bob is gwfns ter be right 'longside O yone-"
 He had scarcely finished his speeck when little MT. Williams cork disap- peared. The boy pulled, and a fish s scales flashed in the June sunshine. It was his first fish, and Napoleon in the glow of Austerlitz felt no finer thrill
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"DAMARIS''

By Lucas Malet Dodd, Mead & Co.,,
 Publishers, New York.
 Doesn't it seem delightful to have a book once more from the pen of Lucas Malet, whose ''Sir Richard Calmady," was read and re-read by thousands who enjoyed more than it is possible to say?
 In "Damaris,' the brilliant author has fairly eclipsed herself, her delineation of character, her descriptions and her word paintings being marvellous
 The heroine of Mrs. Harrisons Lucas Maiet) story is a little girl six years old and her name is Damaris Verity.
 Soon after her birth her mother died, and she lives with her father, Col. Charles Verify, chief commissioner of the Indian empire, in the old Sultan-i- bagh, at Bhutpur This ancient palace had been the summer residence of the reigning native princes, and it was haunted by genus loci, ia pyschophysi- cal emanation,' which was a malign, non-na tural intelligence ''at once sexless and glicentious, pander to blind, infruc- tuous impulses and unholy desires" This somewhat unpleasant inmate manifested itself on various occasions as breath of wind, and wrought some mischief. though scarcely so much as, under the circumstances. might naturally have been expected. Besides Darnaris. her father, the genus loci and the. native servants. there dwelt in the Sultan-i-bagh three other persons, the coloners two secre- tares. Lugard and Hockless, and Sarah Watson, Damarris devoted nurse, an austere English woman, rendered hus- bandless and childless by the Indian mu- tiny.
 For the period of the story is shortly after the mutiny in the sixties. when ladies wore hoopskirts and crinoline, and croauet was favorite pastime. It was during the mutiny that Colonel yerity had met, under somewhat romantic con- ditions. the young English girl who be-
 hts wife and the mother of Da- maris. She worshipped him. and he. well
 VI, or the flattering fact married her because he fancied that by SO doing he
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GLOVER AND BLUE GRASS"

GLOVER AND BLUE GRASS" By Eliza Calvert Hall. Frontispiece by H. R. Ballinger. Little. Brown & Co, Publishers Boston.
 great many readers remember pleas antly the wholesome, inspiring stories of Aunt Jane of Kentucky" a book of homely philosophy which sold p editions Elinza Calvert Halls new volume of Ken tuncky stories has the same charm and sympathetic touch, and contains the nine
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effect on the once peaceful settlement of the coming of Dylks and of his rap idly increasing claims. His steps in pass ing from teacher to prophet and to Mes siah were contested by few with bit ter and strenuous dissent" but many believed, among them a large number of the most intelligent members of the diff ferent sects. And when presently Dylks proclaimed: T am God and the Christ in one. There is no salvation ex- cept by faith in me-" men and women alike grovcled at his feet in utter aban- donment. It is a picture of credulity and hysteria which would seem almost in- credible did we not know that resembling if not exactly similar instances have oc- cured in our own time. And it is Dylks himself unmasked, terrified, repudiated by some of his followers, though others still cling to him with blind and complete faith, who gives the key to the riddle, to his own success and to that of all the inn postors-so often self-deceived-who have played their parts throughout the ages, from the dawn of history down to re- cent days. It is very simple. more than a little pathetic, this answer he makes to Braile's questioning, the desire he de- clares is in himself and in all men ito get near to the God that you've always heard about and read about; near Him in the flesh. and see Him and hear Him and touch Him. It is not necessary to per suade, he declares; people are only too ready and anxious to believe.
 ''The Leatherwood God" is notable physiological study-the psychology of the sef-styled prophets who from time to time succeed in imposing upon the credulity of the ignorant; Howells has dealt with this difficult theme in his usual masterly manner, and has not only made a very important work of it, but a most interesting novel as we'll
 EVERY SOUL HATH ITS SONG" By Fannie Hurst. Harper Brothers
 Publishers, New York
 Fannie Hurst is a maryelously clever writer and never has she done a more cor summately clever bit of craftsman ship than in her volume entitled 'sEvery Soul Hath Its Song"
 Especially clever is the story in the col
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scissors and knives that make corns that fill up your shoe, press. on the corn and make your foot fee. like a not do what millions are doing, take three seconds off and apply ."GETs- IT. It dries. you put your stocking on shoes Your corn loosens from the toe. 1t lifts right off. It's painless. It's the common sense way, the simplest, world. It's the natural corn-cure Never fails.
 "GETS-IT' is sold and recommended or sent on receipt of price, by F.. Law renee X Co., Chicago, Ill
 Sold in Birmingham and recommend Eugene Jacobs drug store, 1904 Second avenue: Gale Drug Co, stores, BOT First avenue and Pratt Station. Pratt City. Ala.
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chicken at all, but-oh, welll what's the use? I can't look forward to Christmas with any pleasure whatso ever when I think of what I went through last Christmas with you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-10

Instead of trying to do all his work by daylight in conformance with the newest continental regulation, the pro gressive American farmer Is beginning to have a large part of 1t done by night. Dynamos are being utilized on some of the great western farms which supply powerful electric light by means of which blowing, cultivating and har- vesting can be done in the cool of the night instead of the heat of the day.
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and girls who play the entire day long Lo! and behold, after a few months of this life Pinocchio finds himself growing ears and he rapidly turns into a don key.
 What strange time he has as circus donkey! Finally, he sprains his foot, and is sold to an old fellow who only wants his hide. A stone is hung about his neck and he is tossed into the sea. Fortunately the good fairy hears of 1t and sends a school of fish to eat up his donkey parts and loi the puppet bobs up to the surface! He swims away and meets his father, where do you suppose? In the belly of a giant dogfsh! The old fish is asthmatic and sleeps with his mouth open, so in the night the prisoners creep forth. Other adventurers are theirs before they reach home.
 Life has been hard upon Pinocchio but it had truly made a man of him, be- cause upon his arriving home he becomes an out and out boy of flesh and blood. It is an inspiring, refreshing story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-10
WHATS THE MATTER WITH MEX
 ICO2"

By Caspar Whitney. The Macmillan
 Company, Publishers, New York.
 What ought the United States to have done in the case of Mexico, what has been done, and wherein lies the wrong these matters largely occupy MT. Whit ney in this book His consideration of the Mexican problem is based on a pro- longed study of her history and on per sonal experiences within her troubled bor- ders. For the facts which he presents, many of them of a startling nature. he offers proofs. The programme which he suggests is based on a knowledge of what will work with the Mexican type of characteristic knows the people and their ideals. His whole discussion of the situation is characterized by abso- lute frankness and desire to bring about better relationships between two neighboring nations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-10
COrnS Loosen
 Lift Right Off

Nothing Hut "GETS-ITv Will Do This to Corns and Calluses
 If you've ever had corns, you've tried lots of things to get rid of them
 corn remaining, cotton rings that make your corns bulge out like pop-eYes
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teenth and last Aunt Jane'' story. ''How Parson Page Went to the Circus" which takes us back to Goshen and the old time folk of that neighborhood. Mary Crawfords Chart and ''Old Mahogany show us the Goshen of a latter day than Aunt lanes, and in all the stories there Is the vivid character drawing and the charm of familiar things and simple is- cidents that have made Aunt Jane of Kentucky so universally popular.
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might do something toward paying off certain debts" contracted to the female sex in general But the one woman he really and truly loved was Henrietta, Mrs. Chauncey Adams at the time of his marriage, Mrs. John Knatchbull Pereira when the book begins-a widow remar- ried, and aged 8. It is with the coming of Mrs. Pereira to the Sultan-i-bagh, the opening for her accommodation of cer tain long-closed room, and Damaris's Immediate and absolutely frantic pas sion for her, that the story opens.
 Men fell in love with her easily, fre- quently and emphatically, and So she brought trouble in her train when she arrived at the Sultan-i-bagh.
 The denizens of the English settlement at Bhutpur were much exercised over her advent, especially one young lady very much in love with Colonel Verify who seems to have been almost as ire sistlble to women as Henrietta was to men-and gossip was soon rife. But the person who suffered most was Sarah Da- maris's father-and to see the child turn from her to this stranger was anguish almost uncomfortable. But in spite of Sarah's hostility Damars adored Mrs. Pereira with such passionate intensity that when they were parted she pined away and very nearly died-a tragic sit uaton for child of 6, which is Da- mariss age at the time the book closes. Nor was she the only person whom Hen rietta brought to deaths door; the trou- ble that came with her did not end with her return to Delhi and to her husband.
 "Damaris," to be appreciated must be read-a mere reviewers comments be- ing quite insufficient to tell of it's charms.
 THE SINS OF THE CHILDREN.'' By Cosmo Hamilton. With frontispiece
 By George Q. Baker. Little, Brown &
 Co.,, publishers, Boston.
 Another sex novel from the pen of MT. Cosmo Hamilton, and very inter- esting one is "The Sins Of the Children" :" as in his play he deals with the parental
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Ole Miss, after all, de diff ference in Husbands con- sists mainly in de Degree in which dey Wives happens ter find 'em out! Yassum.
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OTHER BOOKS RECErvBD-REvIEw
 LATER

"THE A. B. c. OF CORRECT SPEECH" By Florence Howe Hall. Harper Brothers, publishers. New York.
 THIS WAY TO CHRISTMAS" By Ruth Sawyer. Harper Brothers, Pub fishers, New York.
 THE SHORT CUT" By Jackson Gregory. With illustrations by Frank Penney Johnson. Dodd, Mead & Co.,, publishers, New York.
 THE LITE OF THE CATERPII~ LAR" By J. Henri Fabre. (Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos) Dodd, Mead & Co., publishers, New York
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nHN 7O. MT. Caudle. I don't expect OO lINlI to ask you what you want
 O O\ for Christmas present
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-06
CAMP OF JARB|DGE
FORGING TO FRONT
SAN FRANCISCO INTERESTS TO
TAKE OPTION ON LONG
HIKE PROPERTY

There is greater activity in Jar
bidge, New, at the present time and
the prospects for the gold camp are
much better at present than at any
time in years. according to w. C.
Menking, who is in Salt Lake for
few days on mining business. He is
accompanied by Mrs. Menking and
they will return to Jarbidge the first
part of next week, says the Salt Lake
Tribune
An excellent showing of free mill
ing gold ore has been opened up on
the Long Hike property, consisting of
about five claims. Four tunnels have
been driven that have demonstrated
the ore shoot to be at least 450 feet in
height. The No tunnel, also known
as the upper tunnel, has been driven
in for 200 feet, attaining $50 feet OF
depth on the ledge in which gold ore
has been encountered running $50 to
the ton.
In the No. 2 tunnel driven on the
ledge at an additional depth OF l5C
feet, the same character of ore has
been encountered. This tunnel is In
about 400 feet. A Wine has beer
sunk to depth of fifty feet from
the tunnel level and a crosscut driver
toward the foot wall for sixteen feet
with the breast of the crosscut show
ing high grade streaks of ore and the
entire breast averaging $50 to th'
ton.
The No. 3 tunnel which is in 40
feet. giving an additional depth 0
$50 feet below the No. tunnel, ha
passed through about ESQ feet OF fire.
milling gold ore. The No. tunne
| is $50 feet lower down the mountai
side and will attain an additiona
depth of $50 feet on the vertical iron
| the surface.
The ledge that is being opened U
| has been crosscut in two places an
averages twenty feet in width, wit
values showing where it has bee
opened up by drilling for width Q
| thirty feet. Recently. George =
| Shoupe of Jarbidge has intereste
| San Francisco interests, who have a
option on the property.
| On the Pick & shovel property le'
! sees have recently opened up an e.
cellent grade OF free milling ore.
l. f. O'Bryne has a crew OF elgf
4 men employed on the Flake propert,
A where a considerable tonnage OF Ire
\ milling gold ore has been blocke
out on three sides. The ore Is bein
aimed ana treated in a small NIL
On. the Success property there Is
The neighborhood of s40O.0Oo worl
Of gold ore blocked out. san fTal
cisco interests have taken an op.lo
an this property also. II Is opehe
by two tunnels, which cut me orr =,
depth of about 45O feel from u
| surface.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-06
FREIGHT CONGESTION
At vLAD|VOS10K
AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS ARE
SENDING MANY SHiPLOADS
OF SUPPLIES

lily Associated PreNs.b
VLADIvOSTOK. Mar. 6. - Conges-
tion OF war supplies at Vladivostok
continues to grow worse. At present
there are twenty-eight steamers in
the harbor or waiting in the bay to
enter the harbor Pier facilities are
lacking to accommodate these steamers.
The thermometer registers twenty de-
grees below zero, and the extreme
temperature aud ice are adding TO the
confusion. The cranes on the piers
are not heavy enough to lift locomo-
lives and other heavy weights, and
consequently lighters must be utili-
zed for this purpose. AS there are
only sufficient lighters to unload four
steamers, the handling of locomo-
tives is greatly delayed.
Four hundred and fifty American
locomotives were sold to Russia fol
use in speeding up war supplies, and
so far less than so of these have been
unloaded at Vladiyostok. American
manufacturers are also sending TWEEN
| ty thousand steel cars to VladivostoS
! Heavy floating cranes were brought
from Japan to handle the war supplies
| but it is almost impossible to move
| these in the ice, and they are OF al
old type not we'll adapted to the pre-
sent work.
Because of delay, demurrage char
ges are piling up against the freight
The. shores of the harbor are blocke'
with cargo, and 1t seems impossi0l
to get cars to move this out. The gov
eminent says 1t has three thous I'M
cars at Lake Baikel, but these Or
not coming with any regularity to Via
divostok and the situation seems t
grow more confusing every day.
Barbed wire, cotton and rails max
up great part of the cargo whic
is now reaching here. Various depar
/, ments which are handling the cargS
| insist on different sorts of supple
! being taken to different piers. I'll
result is that some ships unload les
+ than 100 tons day and In many case
the demurrage charges against on
| ship reaches $1,000 day
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-06
|sALE OF MUNITIONS
CAUSE OF CONFLICT
CABINET AND HOUSE or PEERS
DISAGREE AS TO DiSTRI6U.
TON OF PROCEEDS

tBy Associated Fress.p
TOXIC, Mar. 6.--The sale of NUM-
lions to the entente allies by Japan
has been followed by a conflict be-
tween the cabinet and the house Of
peers concerning the budget distribu-
tion of the proceeds. The controversy
arose from the fact that the proceeds
were not placed In the general esti-
mates of the government but were
credited to the account for military
arsenals. This proved displeasing to
many of the peers ,fho believed that
the money should be entered In the
general estimates so that 1t might
be used fol. any purpose which the
government deemed best or which the
Diet approved They held that the
crediting of the money to military
arsenals was irregular and expressed
apprehension that the public would
suspect the military authorities OF
wishing to monopolize the entire funds
for military purposes only
The government. on the other hand.
contended that the matter was one
which entirely concerned the army. 1t
admitted that the money would be
used rightly used, it believed, for the
vi new indiclioi iot thS
army Nobody questions the legiti-
| mate nature of the sale OF the NUM-
tions; the controversy is only over
the question of procedure, and
while it is not subject that arouses
great interest among the Japanese
lpublic, it possesses Importance in a
political way because the delegations
appointed by the house of peers and
by the government seem unable to
reach an agreement.
The controversy has reference
merely to the funds and ammunition
sold by the government and which
either formed a part OF the current
stock on hand in military arsenals OF
!, were manufactured in government ar
senals. Opposition papers spread the
report that the ordinance question and
other matters such as the controversy
between the cabinet and the privy
council concerning Japan's adherence
to the London peace declaration hat
SO wearied Count Okuma that he has
J., decided to surrender his premiership
! but there is no confirmation whatso
J ever of these reports.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-06
CHINESE LANGUAGE
TO Be standardized
PRESIDENT YUAN SHi-kAl LENDS
HIS APPROVAL TO THE
MOVEMENT


tBy Associated PreHs.)
PEKIN, Mar Gwen in the midst
of revolutionary movements ana mon
archial preparations which bark back
two thousand years, there are some
progressive Chinese leaders endeavor-
ing to work out the betterment Oh
the recent movements in an enort 10
standardize and simplify the Chinese
language.
This effort has been approved by
President Yuan Shikai and is under
general discussion in the Chinese
press. 1t has approval of the minis
ter of education and foreign educators
living in China who have knowledge
of the Chinese language and appre-
ciate the great difficulties presented
by the various dialects.
The qualification and standardiz-
ing of Chinese textbooks for general
use throughout all the provinces IS re-
garded as imperative before education
can make great progress in China ana
result in unification of the various
provinces.
The annual expenditure for the up
keen of the army and navy is reported
to be approximately $4O,O00,0oo golu'
while the amount the Central govern
ment appropriates for education Is
| only one-fiftieth of that sum. ),
The sentiment throughout China IS
that more money must be USED ior
education. With a proper system o. Q.
taxation. China can realize sufficient
money to maintain schools, but educa,
tionai experts are universally agreed
that adeouate results cannot pc az
tanned in Chinese schools until tne
written language of the Chinese II
standardized and simplified.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-03-06

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