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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20
STRAND AS A GIFT

II ioh. tHO IittSuurS EOSt.
 Not every eminent violinist can be tht recipient of a Stradivarius violin as a! gift from his admirers, as has just been the good fortune of John Saunders Tho supply of Strads is limited. A very care- full estimate fixes 12O0 as the number of string instruments of all kinds-violinsl yiolas and cellos-made by Antonio Strad-I ivari during the 75 years he labored i1I his workshop in Cremona; and only some 600 are now known to be still in existence, Probably a good proportion of the rel mainder are scattered over the world il, the possession of owners quite ignorant of their value. About 20 years ago quite number of genuine Strads were dis covered in South Africa. In Boer farm steads, where they had remained in many cases stored away in boxes in the posses sion of descendants of Hungarians who emigrated to the Cape at the Revocatiof of the Edict of Nantes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

tine noise they make can readily under stand why the keepers dreams are sadly interrupted.
 The department of commerce and labor will try to decide the problem in the best way for all concerned, includ- ing the lighthouse keeper, the tourists and the sea lions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

BEGINNING THE DAi-Heip me, 0 my G0d, to be nt the business or life now. May | cease preparing 10 live and begin to live. Thunder m me that this is life now and here. And send me forth. Lord' 10 achicve my purity. to do my kin"- ness, to wnli& with God this very day. In Christ's name. Ameh.- Il. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

The career of Alfred von Tirpitz. the man held responsible for German fright
 fitness" on the sea, Is almost without parellel in Germany, according to q Lon don dispatch to the New York Times. Fifty years ago when a lad of 16 he left his home in Kustrin-am-O m-Oder and became cadet in the so-called Prussian navy
 He lacked the ability to make friends was awkward and imperfectly schooled, but his will power was prodiglous and he rapidk worked his way up to place of importance. At 20 he was lieutenant. at z5 q lieutenant commander. In 1891 he was put in command at Kiel, the important naval base of Germany. When he was made minister of marine in 1887 he stood rorty-eighth in the list of eligibles, but his forceful personality had already been recognized by the Kaiser. The dream of Won Tirpitz's life has been navy that would rival Great Britan's. Resolute and unyieIding, he has consistently fought for his ideals and has even opposed men above him. among them ministers and chancellors who have found the famous admiral as adamant as the decks of his own battleships." Won Tirpitz is described as a great column of @ man-tall and bread and thick" He is short-sighted and looks like a scholar Although he Is blamed for the Lusitania horror and other indefensble acts committed by Germany on the sea, in private life he is said to be kindly old man and most indulgent father
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20
BOOKSTALL GOLD BRICKS

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 The novel is a long, artistic prose work Of creative imagination which, by the use of ideas lying within the experi- ence of mankind, attains it's desired effect or arousing great and varied emotion - From symposium upon What Is a Novel" published in The Bookman
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20
Federal Council of Churches

Among the endeavors Christians are making to move in unison toward God we would suggest united prayer through the week preceding Easter" writes Cherles s. Macfarland, general secretary of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America
 The prayer topics are approved by the Evangelie Alliance. This movement will be given wide publicity and good results are anticipated from united effort along the line recommended by the council.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20
THE WAY IT GOES

FTOI1I JuuSe.
 "A man lives three hves-youth manhood and age, philosophically stated Professor Pate. Youth is tn, rising sun of life, when he thinks 0 what a heck of a feller he is going ts be; manhood is the sun at full me ridian, when he is satisfied that he i! indeed heck of a feller; age is tn, setting sun, when he sags around ant brags about what heck of a fellel he used to be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

Eva Tanguay is said to have quit musi- cal comedy because the work was too hard. Even vaudeville could worry along
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20
HENRY JAMES ON FRANCE

Henry James, in The Book of France, 2
 Macmillan.
 She has gardened where the soil of hu- manity has been most grateful. and the aspect. so to call it, most toward the sun, and there, at the high and yet mild and fortunate center, she has grown the precious. intimate. nourishing, finishing things that she has inexhaustibly scat tered abroad. And if we have all taken them from her. so expected them from her as our right, to the point that she would, have seemed positively to fall of q passed pledge to help us to happiness if she lad disappointed us. this has been because of her treating us to the im- I,ressior Of genius as no other nation since the Greeks has treated the watch ing world. and because of our feeling that genius at that intensity is .nfanible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

The punitive expedition into Mexico has been without untoward incident so Tar, but complications may be confidently looked for before long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20
Favcrably Impressed with Birmin gham

Leonard Liebling, editor of the Musical Courier of New York, and Rene Devries, manager of the Courier s Chicago branch, left last night after a visit of several days here.
 We have greatly appreciated the hos pitable reception accorded us by the mus icians, music lovers and citizens of Bir- mingham in general" said MT. Liebling. 'The active interest in musical art here gives great promise of larger enterprise in the near future. There is a fine musical atmosphere in Birmingham, and am glad indeed, to have been here.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

Secretary of War Baker seems to think the south has been shown enough favors gets that for the time being the south is in the saddle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

A youthful 2G0-pound wife claims that a crippled war veteran has been treating her cruelty. He may have forced her to listen to his war stories, but he isn't physically able to do that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

Mir Chaplin has departed from New York for California. but there is no reason to believe that he left an aching void behind him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20
Politics in Walker County

Walker county has more than it's share of politics just now" said Henry s. Long of Jasper, who was at the Morris yes- terday. While the people over the state are chiefly interested in the Hobson- Bankhead race for Congress in our dis trict, the people of Walker county are probably more greatly concerned over the various fights for county offices. Up to the present time the congressional race has not approached the county races in point of general interest.
 With a number of candidates out for probate judge, tax collector, assessor and other offices, all of which are remuner- ative, the average voter of our county has not had much time yet to give to the
 more spectacular congressional contest"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

The role has been reversed. It's Presi- dent Carranza who is doing the watchful waiting now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

The allies have lost their day of grace by not submitting peace proposals to Germany at the appointed time. The al lies are doubtless all broken up over 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

The former service chief of Birmng- ham hotel who eloped" with $500 has been captured in his home town. Nos talgia proved his undoing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

Up to the hour of going to press nobody has suggested that the name of Broadway be changed to something like Juniper avenue"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

If the celebrated masked marvel'' had not been tco self-confldent in his Birning- ham match he would have escaped pain ftil injury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

Potato cards in Berlin are not exactly fashions latest fad They are more akin to grim necessity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

Portugal doesn't have to prove tha: she is in the war by doing anything. She simply admits it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

The New York dramatic critics have re- signed themselves to the prospect of con tnuing at the mercy of theatre managers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20
THE WHITTLER

Commissioner Barber seems determined to earn his salary. at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

~ and nine of 100 "best sellers
 that are advertised as novels?
 Many of the ideas expressed do not lie within the experience of mankind. Many of the novels, so-called, are by no means artistic prose works" Inasmuch as they are not they are salable to very wide public which knows exactly what 1t wants. And they arouse great and varied emotion.
 Treasure Island.'' we learn from one of the contributors to The Bookmans sym posium, is good story, but not novel. And Anna Karenna" is ''the greatest novel ever written but not good story.
 A good deal of life is melodrama Much of it has been adventure at sea- or in strange lands. Treasure Island" there- fore, is not beyond the experience of mankind. And assuredly it is artistic prose- If the creator of Long John Silver was not an artist, and more of an artist than Tolstoy, whose dictum was that no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

fists will soon become as scarce as hen s teeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

The man who has written a great poem about the war in Europe hasn't been dis covered yet, but the search for him con
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20
Visits His Home Town

T am just back from a two days visit to Opelika, my dear old home town said J. G. Williams, traf- fic representative of the Gulf Coast lines, with headquarters in Birming- ham.
 "Opelika is prospering and the farm CTS in that section seem to be in good shape. But I heard more of local pol itics than I did about business or agri- culture. While not all the men of Lee are candidates for office large per- centage of the eligibles seem to be seeking public positions. Usually when I visit Opelika my old friends greet me pleasantly and then pass on But in these office seeking days every man I meet in Lee county that I ever knew solicits my vote. for it is a fact that notwithstanding Birmingham Is my place of residence I still claim Opelika as my home and therefore it is in Ope- lika that I cast my ballot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

The ''show-down'' at verdun seems to have demonstrated that the French are still on the job
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20
ALABAMA PRESS

Jacksonville Record: President Wilson will evidently have to set apart another
 peace praying day as the prayers have seemingly been unanswered yet.
 Montgomery Advertiser: Jefferson coun- ty has i6 candidates for coroner. Hav- Ing the job of examining late citizens lis an easy way to make a living in Jef- ferson.
 New Decatur Advertiser: Now that we have a war on our hands, let us make our own battleships, artillery and munitions, and not let our corporate intuition makers supply them at ungodly prices
 Gadsden Times-News: In a speech re- gently at Birmingham before the Cham Der of Commerce, w. P. G. Harding of the national reserve board warned farm CTS not to increase their cotton acreage this year. Mir Harding has proved him self in the past friend of the farmer, and his advice is always good and the farmers should heed his warning note.
 Selma Times: They are agitating for a creamery in Birmingham. Selma is the home of one of the most successful small creameries in the country. It has been a great stimulus to the dairy business, as it has afforded a ready market for the farmers cream, thereby putting good deal of ready money into circulation. The butter product is also wholesome and of excellent quality
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20
STRANGE MEAL IN SINGAPORE


 Homer Croy, in Leslies.
 Every day at noon on the bill of fare in Singapore you find a dish called rice tafel, which will live long in my mem ory. lis the most fearfully and won- derfully made dish in the world. It stag gers the imagination to think of what it is composed
 The first day l ordered it in a reck- less, earefree moment. I had never heard of it before and supposed that it was just an ordinary single dose dish, but in a few minutes I began to find out that it was tafel of another color. An ordinary sized boy came up bearing plate of rice and gave it to me. Hardly had the boy turned aside when another boy came up with some meat. piled on the meat, but just as I was picking up my knife and fork larger boy came up bearing a plate divided off into sec- tions piled to the cargo line with spices, cinnamons, and other tropical products. I locked to see if ,>there hadn't been some mistake, but his confident manner and bearing showed plainly that l was to put them on, too I did, even though
 it looked as if I were going on cruise, and had just leaned back to study the mound when another gun bearer came up. I began on his dish and worked my way around, helping myself to the more prominent articles and after he had gone on I picked up my spoon and was just wondering which side to make my first encroachments on when another outrider came up with another dish of odds and and some old, some shy and some bold, the line forming at the left and rhyth- mically tramping by, while I threw on and rounded up until it began to look as if the mound builders had gone back into business again. After the tail of the procession had gone by, located fa- vorable spot and went to work.
 These are some of the actual things that were in the final draft:
 Rice, curried meat, mince meat balls, fried onions, shredded onions, white onions banana fritters, hard boiled eggs, sliced cucumbers, Chinese macaroni, peanuts, French beans, Indian chutney cocoanut, red fish, shrimps, fried fish fried chicken goose liver, chili, Times. and Bombay duck.
 put Bombay duck last and in sepa- rate column by itself, for I know that the other ingredients present would rather not associate with it. It has the worst odor of anything I ever went up against, and without wishing to boast have smelled some things that were highly praised in their line; but for hard, consistent smelling, day in and day out. Bombay duck has them all in the Yan- kee division. In comparison with it, limburger cheese has delicate perfume.
 How it ever got that name is more than I know It is really a dried fish, which broken and powdered lends sea- soning, but as for myself, I would rather take my seasoning in some other form.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

V1 HAT then would you call ninety W and nine of 100 "best sellers W thai ara ndvortisad O e ,,oyaIu9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-20

TELEPHONE Bell tprivste exchange connecting ali dcn.. rt nenlsJ Main 4oCO.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-11-17
TRAINED FLEA FOREVER LOST
Col. Harta Beetem Relates Sad Story
Concerning Fate Of His Truly
Wonderful Pet.

'Tve heard lot about trained
fleas." observed Col. Harta Beetem
meditatively, "but I've yet to see the
trained flea that could hold candle
to my Rudolph"
Several members of the Necks to
Nature club rose casually as though
remembering engagements elsewhere
and, just as casually the colonel got
to the door ahead of them, locked it,
and slipped the key In his pocket.
Eyes. gentlemen" he continued.
Rudolph is the worlds champion
trained flea. He could count up to
a hundred by wiggling his legs, though
after one hundred his legs got too
tired. He could also turn handsprings,
do a perfect sailors hornpipe, chin
himself eight times and do all sorts
Of stunts on his little parallel bars.
only wish I had him to show you
gentlemen now"
Run away from you, did he,
colonel?" asked Twombly Splits sarcas-
tically.
81 wouldn't call 1t that" replied the
colonel with his sweet smile. st came
about like this. / was showing him
to an old North American Indian
Chief Dlrty-Neck by name, reputed to
be one hundred and six years old.
Well, most Unexpectedly, while turn
ing a backward somersault, Rudolph
lost his balance and tumbled right
down the old Indians neck. Dirty
Neck fished for him, grunted, said
Here, Rudolph, colonel and put him
in my hand. But when ordered the
little fellow six times to do hand
stand and he never moved, I realized
that 1t wasn't Rudolph at all. By that
time. Dirty-Neck had moved off and
Rudolph was lost to me forever"
And the colonel unlocked the door
with his sweet smile and returned to
his toddy.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-11-17
THE STORY OF EUGENE ARAM.

CERTAIN romantic features of the
~ crime and trial OF Eugene Aram
appealed to Thomas Hood and Bulwer
Lytton. so the one wrote a poem and
the other a book, about the murderer.
with the result that the name of a
rather commonplace manslayer re-
mains household word, and is con-
sidered something to conjure with by
lnwyers and orators. So much SYM
pathy for Eugene was created by
Hoods poem that determined efforts
have been made, at various times, and
by various writer's. to prove that he
was a martyr. but the evidence against
him was too conclusive to be argued
away. One little matter has always
been overlooked by his defenders. On
the morning of the day that saw his
execution, he admitted that he deserv-
ed his punishment. and attempted to
commit suicide with razor.
One balmy day In 1853 some intelli-
gent British worlmen were engaged in
digging out stone In a quarry near
Knaresborough, when they came up
on human skeleton. The bones were
reverently collected and taken to town
and the villagers engaged In guess
ing contest as to whose they might
be; then one of the Oldest inhabitants
remembered that man named Daniel
Clark Ind mysteriously disappeared
some fifteen years before. Daniel had n
rather rancid reputation. and had
caused the local constables some an
noyance, SO 1t was taken for granted,
when he dropped out, that he had
sought change of climate. However,
now that the bones were found, every
body felt quite sure that he must have
been murdered. Then another of the
Oldest inhabitants recollected that
Clark used to be quite intimate with n
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-11-17
Interrupted Problem.

A correspondent whose veracity in
small matters has hitherto remained
unquestioned, writes the following
from one of the mushroom camps of
the desert: '"The other night Chucka-
waller Pete's thirst emporium caught
fire. The point was a mass of flames
when the camp volunteer fire depart
ment arrived. Prompt measures were
necessary to avoid total loss, but the
mine bookkeeper held up the extin-
guishment of the blaze. He set out to
figure which was the cheapest-to let
the shack, consisting of lumber costing
$3.50 a thousand, burn down, or put it
out with water hauled 10 miles and
costing So a barrel. While he was
figuring, the shack burned down and
we never did hear which way the fig
ures pointed."-Engineering and Min
ing Journal
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-11-17
Convicted Of Fraud In Land Deal.

Thru the efforts of the state bu.
reau of immigration, John A. Robert
Tracy of Fort Morgan was convicted
mar for obtaining money under false
pretenses from Tillie and Minnie
Thiede, two girls living IN Nebraska.
Tracy. according to the testimony, in.
duced the Thiede sisters to go to
Fort Morgan, and In company with his
wife, took them In an auto to Den
yer, and carried them to a section of
land south of Lamar He then accom-
panied them to the land office and as
sisted them in filing on another sec
tion. 1t is alleged, several miles dis
tant from the land which they had in
spected. The land filed on was worth
less. The Thiede sisters paid Tracy
5000 for his services in assisting them
In locating the land. The state bu.
reau of immigration is making an eff.
fort to prosecute all frauds of this
character.
Interurban Called Interstate Carrier.
Holding that the Denver & Interur-
ban railway is doing an interstate
business and is therefore bound to
obey interstate commerce regulations,
the United States Court of Appeals
sitting at ST. Louis affirmed the de.
cision of tko Denver Federal Court in
holding the company for a $3.50 pen.
atty for working railroad operator
more than eight hours in succession.
The violation of the regulation oc-
CURED July 4. 1914, and the case Of
l.. L. Ream, an operator at Globeville,
vas the has!s for the case.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-11-17

currant Jelly, one-half teaspoonful of
soda, and one and half cupfuls of
raisins. Mix well and let rise In the
pan one-half hour before baking.
Potato cake.-Take two cupfuls of
sugar, one cupful of butter, one cupful
of boiled mashed potatoes, one-half
cupful of grated chocolate. one-half
cupful of milk, four eggs, two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder, one cup
full of pecans or hickory nut meats
and teaspoonful each of cloves and
cinnamon. Bake slowly one hour.
Dried Apple cake.-Take one cupful
Of dried apples soaked overnight In
cold water and chopped fine. Place
over the fire In one cupful of sirup
and stew until soft. Add spices to
taste and a few currants and raisins.
When cold add three and half cup
fuls of flour, one cupful of butter or
salt pork, finely chopped; three eggs,
one teaspoonful of soda and two of
cream of tartar; salt to taste. Bake
In slow oven.
Mock Mince Pie.-Take one and a
half cupfuls of crackers, pounded fine; I;
three tablespoonfuls of vinegar. three
of sugar and three of molasses and a
tablespoonful of butter; spice to taste
and half cupful of raisins. Bake as
usual.
Drop cakes.-Two cupfuls of mo-
lasses, one cupful of sugar, one cupful
of butter, one cupful of hot water, two
Well-beaten eggs two teaspoOnflllS of
soda, one cupful of raisins, one cupful
of nut meats, one teaspoonful each of
cinnamon and cloves, and four and n
half cupfuls of sifted flour. Drop from
a spoon on buttered sheet and bake
in a moderate oven.
Chopped raisins and little lemon
juice added to boiled frosting makes
most delicious filling for cakes. es-
pecially with few nuts added.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-11-17

Iresn Tor months
The extracted honey which is now
so common on the market Is reason
ably sure to be free from adulteration.
as legislation has made 1t both dam
gerous and Improbable to adulterate
1t.
Nut Honey Cake.-Mix together two
cupfuls each of brown sugar and
honey, the yolks of six eggs and beat
thoroughly. Sift together three cup
fuls of flour, one-half teaspoonful of
cloves, three of cinnamon, half tea
spoonful of nutmeg and the same of
allspice, half teaspoonful of salt and
one and half teaspoonfuls of soda.
Combine all the ingredients; beat
WE'LL then add one cupful of chopped
raisins, half-ounce of citron, cut in
small pieces; half-Ounce of candied
orange peel and half-pound of al
monds, coarsely chopped. Fold In the
whites of the eggs beaten stiff. Pour
the cake mixture into tins to the
depth of half an inch and bake In a
I slow oven for half an hour.
Hard Honey cake.-Take three
fourths of a cupful of honey. a half
cupful of sugar, two and one-half cup
fuls of flour. one egg, fourth of a
teaspoonful of ginger and half-tea-
spoonful of cinnamon, speck of white
pepper, II pinch of salt half-tea-
spoonful of soda and tablespoonful
Of water. teaspoonful of cinnamon
Tablespoonful of ground carda-
mon seed and two ounces of almonds
blanched and chopped. Sift the dry
ingredients, beat the egg and combine
the mixtures; knead well and bake 9