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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
TWO FAMOUS PIRATES
OF THE GULF OF MEXICO

Jean Lafitte cherished an implacable hate
against the English According to some
accounts his only. acts Of piracy were
committed against English vessels Bnt
In 1914 the pirates had become hard
pressed. Pierre Lafltte was in prison in
New ~rleans, and there were eighteen in
dietments for piracy in the federal court
against Jean LATTE. The British we're
then preparing to make a descent on our
southern coast, and an offer was made
by the British commander to Jean Lahtte
of $4,000 and the command of a fino
ship II he would fight against the Ameri-
cans. Lafitte dissembled. and asked for
time to consider. Actually he Immediate
ly wrote to Gov Claiborne of Louisiana
warning him of the threatened invasion.
and offering his services in defense of
Louisiana. on the condition of amnesty to
all his followers. The, condition was
finally agreed to. and at the battle of
New Orleans. January S, 1876 the Lanttes
and their Barbarian desperadoes gave
Andrew Jackson important aid, especially
with 1neir artillery, in defeating the Brit
ish. President Madison then confirmed the
amnesty
1t is generally believed that Jean La
ftte returned to his old pursuits, and
formed a second piratical headquarters
near the present city of Galveston, which
was broken up in 1921 by a naval force
under Lieutenant, afterward Commodore.
Kearney But the stories of the end of
the two brothers are as various as OF
their birth. That which is established is
tneir piracy and their service in the bat
tie of New Orleans. 1t is a romantic story
and the Laflttes, to credit tradition, were
romantic men.
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IL
whenever he meets them in print INV
cannot tell what the words are ''''''''e
about
Now. that is just where thousands s NO,
thousands of farmers are. ihey ia y. =
never been given sufficient education lla-l 10
understand the full meaning OIL woa .,.
used in farm literature and consequently M.
they don't read papers and ,, pooNs r, s"''
treat upon the things of their life work,
It is just this Ignorance OF VITA qn t
lions that has caused the waste OF tne Ter
tilitv of whole states. There Is only one
remedy for this trouble me farmer 1's
must educate himself to understand t, the
meaning of scientific terms as my
that farm literature will have new anu
broader meaning to him and 1t Will help
him retrieve his wasted fortune
AS Prof. ]. A. Jeffrey well SAYS; arm
ers who understand dirt can get most out
Of IT." II we would understand dirt we
must know something of the chemistry
of dirt. To be Ignorant OF such cheh-
istrv is to be ignorant of dirt.
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From the New York Commercial
profession of recent development
II but one which has already been
reduced to a science, is that OF
window trimming. This work, which
less than ten years ago was done by
anv clerk who had a tendency toward
arrangement. artistic or otherwise IS
now one of the most important adver-
Using branches of every large retail es-
adjustment In small towns all over
the country the merchants employ man
whose work consists of planning and
executing window displays, while met
ropolitan firms maintain special depart
ments TO dress their windows. Window
trimming has thus become an excelleht
business, clean and interesting.
For boy or young man who wishes
to be a window trimmer there are eX-
cellent opportunities. 1t is a profession
which pays its followers according to
their worth, not according to how long
they have followed it. A boy may start
in a window trimming department draw
ing s. a week for carrying the stock to
the man who does the trimming itself,
and by learning the merchandise ana
the best methods of displaying 1t raise
himself to a position commanding $50 to
500 a week
1t is not necessary to begin as boy,
however Almost any young man of ar
tistic tastes and talent says FRANK
Sullivan of Chicago in a recent article
on the subject--if this is combined with
good memory-is capable of becom-
ing an expert window dresser when once
he has learned the stock. Perhaps one
of the most important requisites of
good decorator is a possession of knowl-
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be proft. savs wlnIs ward In the .eoun-

the profit. says Willis Ward in the Coun-
try Gentleman.
with the average cost of feed from
year to year, l know II TO be a fact that
a man can raise hogs for 25k cents per
pound live weight. In other words it
is possible, with good care and manage
ment to make a 300-ponnd hog on feed
costing $3.50. If you can get &C per pound,
live weight the profit will be $50. TAX
Ing SOW that will raise eight pigs, you
will see that she brings $50.
This also allows you some profit on
your grain, If you have raised it-and
this you should do. The average man
does not do as we'll as this, otherwise
everybody would soon be raising hogs.
There are no secrets connected with the
business either though few important
principles underlie success. Here are
some:
Use only sows that are long of body,
with plenty of bone in limb They should
have we'll arched backs; otherwise they
will not stand the strain of frequent
breeding. They should be from a year
to fifteen months old before being bred
They will then raise two filters a year
for several years. A bunch of twenty
sows should raise at least 100 pigs-if
they are good ones they Will make 1t TO.
Keep each SOW by herself with her own
litter, allowing them about one-half acre
for pasture. Use legumes and rape freely
and feed both SOW and pigs about all the
thick slop they will eat for three months,
using ground grain or mill feeds. At
weaving time take out the SOW, but still
keep the filters separated. Let the pigs
i make good use of pasture for the next
three months, but feed pound or two
of grain daily to each hog At six months
start heavy feeding and you should reach
the 300-pound mark by the time your hogs
are nine or at most, ten months old
l estimate that about half this weight
Is made from the pasture.
Remember that hog needs pure water
/ and plenty of shade In warm weather
She should have access to a mixture of
salt and charcoal, and the skin should be
kept healthy, by disinfectants. either by
dipping or spraying.
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clover gets start SO in this case 1t
will be well to provide a field of rye
alone for first early grazing.
Now as to the question often asked.
will crmsan clover reseed itself II not
pastured, and allowed to mature seed
and the seed left to fall on the ground
1t will come up the next fall Just the
same as will red clover seeo. The only
trouble about this IS that IL allowed to
grow and remain for seed 1t makes it
too late for planting other crops. The
better plan is to pasture until nearly
planting time, then take the stock Off
and allow both rye and clover to grow
up and bloom together, when both may
be turned under for fertilizer, which
with the droppings from the stock will
enrich the soil sufficient to make IL pro-
duce fine crops of grain. This plan is
the one most commonly In use in Mary
land, Delaware and other states where
farmers have learned the use of this
valuable plant So far as the seed ques-
ton Is concerned, 1t would hardly be
economy to grow seed from fields that
nave epastured 1t would be better
to prepare few acres and sow the clo-
Yer alone for seed 1t will perhaps cost
two dollars for twenty-five pounds a
sufficient quantity for seeding an acre.
Experiments have been made using Grim
son clover as a fertilizer. which showed
a clear gain of fifty per cent in the yield
or corn. So there Is no question as to its
value in this respect or as to the econ
omy of turning the crop under rather
than allow 1t to seed. The seed can
be most prof1tably and economically OBJ
tained as stated before, by sowing a
small acreage especially for this pur-
pose.
fsut.
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POINTS ON SWINE RAISING.

The hog Is one farm animal that Is
kept for the money that can be made out
of him. Not so with horse or a cav.
These may be necessary, even though
there is no profit in them. But with the
hog the owner is looking for a profit on
every bite he takes, and the more sense
used In feeding him the greater will be
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snoiled Il ALI.

Smoothleigh-T agree with you entirely
Old Hunks1Shucksl Then what's the
use Of arguing!
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FOR. RENT

2O11 LIST to Morris Ave-, 3
f1oors-Store goth st. bet. 3rd
and 4th Ave. New store
10Th st. near 4th Ave.
Jemison r. E. & ms. Co.
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Every line of Merchandise represented The Merchants Associa
ton of Birmingham includes the representative retail stores OF the City,
and practically every line Of merchandise needed for personal or
home You may spend $500 $1,000 at another $500
miscellaneous
thirty dollars expended for which your round fare will be refunded
Persons living greater distance than fifty miles have their
related To illustrate you live sixty miles the Association
you fifty miles of both leaving the of only ten miles
you
Merchants Association each the fulfill
ment Of the above proposition.
Only rebate fares and they
the highest reputation and known throughout the
State of Alabama
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WINDOW TRIMMER HAS
MANY OPPORTUNITIES

edge of feminine tastes. The creed OF
window trimmers in all save mems fur
nishing stores is 1.-The women do the
buying" In addition to feminine ideas
of beauty, he must possess a knowledge
of color He must instinctively and by
rule know what eolors associate with
out friction An otherwise good display
may be absolutely spoiled by the intro
duction of a color which does not gybe
with its fellows All good trimmers
make point of studying color combina-
lions whenever their work permits. In
one State street store out in Chicago the
members of the dressing force are re-
CURED to spend so much time per week
at the Art institute studying just this
feature In all, this study is consid-
cred a necessity.
The pay of the window trimmer is above
that of the average store worker, and Is
what is usually considered good pay for
men who work in merchandise. 1t aver
ages about S25 for the man of experience.
beginner may be paid s.. he may be
paid $40, entirely according to his ability,
But he may rest assured OF this: Ii ne
Is a window trimmer If he has ability
and makes it his business to know the
merchandise carried by his firm, he will
be found out and his pay raised propor-
tionately The merchant employing him
must do this, for good trimmers are al
WAYS In demand. A man has but to give
proof of his ability and he will begin to
receive offers from other houses
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The Merchants Association of Birmingham will beginning August
lst the round fare living within radius of fifty
miles from Birmingham the purchase $4,000 worth of merchandise
member of the from combined and One Per
Cent additional rebate will be allowed all purchases thirty
dollars ($3000.)
Rebate Book the first
those named below members insist having each purchase
in the rebate book every members you trade and when
buying the the Association third
floor Linn Building M Avenue and 10th Street. Joseph Babb Se
Birmingham Alabama time between 500 and 600 and
get your rebate It's all very trouble Application for
rebate book must be made at the time purchase is made
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A Candid Belle.

From the Kansas City Journal
An Atchison society young lady who
has been holding down a job in store
until recently had this card printed in
the local paper: Il did not resign to get
married. l was fired
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

captain, through courtesy, had
better not tell the MILDLY that he
is the captain; for the former is
likely to ask as to who created
him a captain. On the ships pa
pers he is registered as a master.
No one can give a captaincy but
through courtesy. On board
American ships it is your Uncle
Samuel who attends 10 that.
Your genuine quartermaster al
ways has his weather eye lifting
for a fire on board ship or ashore.
Ii it is of any consequence and he
is the first to report it, he gets a
months pay and forty-eight hours
liberty on shore. He has a pair
of field glasses of woven silk on
his arm as grade mark. Oh, he
is a rubber and no mistake.
SINBAD.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21


an eye single to his business and
whitewash. This eagle-eyed crafts
man came by my study and spied
the spider and his web. / can
imagine the unholy grunt that es-
capped his fastidjous lips when the
cobwebbed corner came within his
line of vision. A stroke OF his
kalsomine brush and the deed was
done.
When entering my suite after a
day of arduous toll, my first atten-
ton was to the spider. Imagine
my grief when I learned what had
occurred. That work of art and
beauty destroyed by one single
sweep of the brush of an unpoetic
mortal! Grief and shame over
whelmed me, and I wept long over
mans inhumanity. [ made a
search for the weaver, and found
him on the floor, his poor little
body covered with whitewash. 1
did all I could to save him, but
he expired that evening as the bell
rang. EMERITUS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21
and some fine lookin' fellers you've

and some fine lookin' fellers you've
got there too. I guess all you
chaps are wise all rite or will be
if you live long enuff. I asked
the gent ahead if you fellers made
any rubber and he told me to take a
good look at my friends, and sure
ennff they were all rubberin' /.
There's one thin I noticed and
that is, all you folks down there
are mighty bashful and stuck up,
cause you didn't look at nobody.
Well 1 don't blame you. / spects
it's a matter of habit. l spects SO.
Lovingly Yourns,
[. B. A. RUDE.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21
Tfluldoon Discharges the Cook.

sagassyty. Joost thin large roll
lin pin slid over me pate COM
plately demolishin' a full lingth
mirror. Inwardly I breathed a
prayer fer lin me he'd wild that
moo kind av hairile.
Yis, an I actually LATED at her
manoovers; shure, any brave man
wud, fer no annymal on airth pre-
sints more loodycrous spictical
than a woman thryin' to fight.
Joost the same I waz in danger av
not dodgin' at the right time that's
why I hollered fer hip. Ne dape
bass STINT out some terrific roors
which incraysed in volume as wan
eye whit shut an a chiny dawg
broke the nose on me face. B'jab-
bers, I cud hear the sthrains av
me rayquim intermlngled wild
cries av "Paw! Paw!' comm in
close proximity av our prisince.
It waz five year ould Dinny the
bye wild matoored intillict that
had sinse enough to yill, traits!
rats!'
While that wan word inded a
private controversy, it sooplied
material enough to make a pooh
lie wan intinsly interestin'. Wud
yez behave it? the ould hin pre-
sinted her chick wild SANDER
coupon attached, givin' it an in
trinsive value av two thousan' dol
lars. Me only defince is me vance
handsome face, traces av which
amy intillygint joory can see.
E. E. H.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21
Rube at the State Fair.

MI. EdutOr:
Deer Sur I've jest got home
from the State Fair and, I thot I'd
rite you and let you no how 1 got
along in that Dustin big place.
By the livin' twist if us farmers
down here went so gull darn crazy,
gettin' money as some of the
people at the fair, they wood have
to build a bughouse on every
quarter section to hold us all.
Yes they wood.
Why sur l hadn't got off the
freight train at st. Paul before
they spotted me. Yes they did.
They nod that I had lots of mo-
ney to blow and they wanted to
show me how to do it. 1 coodn't
turn round less it cost me quar-
ter. It was a blame good thin
[ bot a return trip ticket else I'd
had to walk home. It was this
and that and the other thin the
hull time. Jest think of payin'
fifty cents for meal that my old
turkey gobbler wood> grow thin on.
Them meals and beds up there
was somethin' awful. [ paid a
Teller dollar for a bed all by
myself and when [ woke up to-
wards morning there were couple
dozen in bed crawlin' all over me.
It made me so cussed mad I went
down to see the gent that [ paid a
dollar to, and he smiled like an
old yeller cat and seys: Friend,
don't mind little thin like that.
Keep your money. They are only
few extras we throw in to make
your stay at the fair pleasant
Jest think of it! He called them
extras and they we're thicker than
ticks on a sheep. Yes they were.
As 1 sed before, all them folks
were after my money. It was a
good thin [ left ten dollars home
or I wood have busted sure. I
never like to pass good bargin.
You no I got razors, collar buttons
and later scrappers and such
things dirt cheap. Yes [ did.
Won't have to buy any more for
hull year.
You no I was over to your burg
with a bunch and saw the hull
works. I wanted to say hello to
ye, but the chap ahead seys, come
long or you loose your money,
and after that I staid mighty close
to him. Now that's quite an in
dustrial skooI you've got over there
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21
QuartermaSterS.

......-.....
On Labor Day [ was asked as to
whether merchant sailors have a
private signal for man-of-war in
case of need. Yes; at least Amer
lean and English vessels have a
code of signals. However, l do
not wish to take up space in our
village paper to merely make this
statement; so I shall endeavor to
explain the matter more compre-
hensively. Those who have had
the pleasure of taking trip on an
Atlantic liner are aware that the
quartermaster steers the ship. In
some frst-cl tramp" they hold
the blooming wheel, clean little
brass, eat, sleep, and drink. They
also draw their pay as if they
had earned it.
In the navy the quartermaster
does not steer when the ship is
under steam or sail, both of which
they used when I was a fat-foot.
When the vessel is under way the
quartermaster stands abaft the
wheel and sees that the course is
made true as ordered. The steer
ing is done by an ordinary seaman
on the port side. Sometimes a
landsman to port takes gapings in
order to see how it is done.
The quartermaster has two
hours on and four hours off duty
while the ship is at sea; and when
the ship is at port, he has four
hours on and eight hours off duty.
When he is on watch on deck
while in port, the quartermaster is
trained rubberneck. He is paid
to rubber. 1 was quartermaster
at one time; that's what makes my
neck so long and elastic. He is
supposed to watch all the move
ments in the heaven above and
those on the water. Also keep one
eve ashore and aboard the ship
ping in the harbor.
Here is where the private signal
of the merchant sailor comes in.
The sailors of an American mer-
chant ship, in case of urgent need,
will put blue shirt in the star
board fore-rigging; and an English
man will hang out a red shirt.
The moment the quartermaster
sees one of these signals, he re-
ports the fact to the officer of the
deck. A boat, containing an Off
Ger, is at once sent to investigate
the matter. IF it is an American
merchantmen and no United
States warship is in the harbor,
the Englishman will investigate
and report the facts to the United
States consul. The same thing
occurs if an English warship is
not in the harbor-the American
answers the signal. The two coun-
tries are closer than two bugs in
a rug on the sea. 4
Now, if the quartermaster sees
anything out of the ordinary, he
reports it; and if the officer thinks
it is of sufficient Importance, he
reports it to the captain and an
investigation takes place. The
officer detailed to look into the
matter is a midshipman. But the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21
PROPONENTS
>BY BILL NYE, JR.>

x
The yellow fever scare has fur
nished exceptionally good food for
the yellow newspapers throughout
the country.
Twenty minutes should be suf-
ficient time in which to deliver
sermon, according to Bishop Pot
ter. Pshaw! That would barely
allow a person to emit one good
yawn.
An item tells of a man who, in
fit of intense anger, sold his fur
niture for fifty dollars and his
wife for five dollars. We presume
his mother. law was "throwed
in as a gift.
That noted scientist, Sir James
Crichton- Brown, says people could
live to be one hundred years old
if fifty years were devoted to sleep.
ing. Philadelphia papers please
copy.
The Isle of Pines must contain
some extraordinary tall and uncut
timber Judging from the few note
worthy and hasty departures
which have lately been made to
that distant cline.
Theodore F. Dammit of Chi
cago has petitioned the district
court for permission to change his
name for more suitable cogno-
men. Dammit, the change will be
made with pleasure.
Peace has been declared be-
tween Russia and Japan, and Nor
way and Sweden have agreed up
on their respective rulers, but the
Tarbell-Lawson- Rockefeller con-
troversy still remains unsettled.
s = >
New York landlords are Taboo
ing pet dogs, the property of their
more aristocratic boarders, and
henceforth Fido must find shelter
elsewhere. The Canal Street
butchers will welcome them with
open arms.
In commenting on it's vast area,
Philadelphia says that an ordinary
shower does not begin to cover the
city. Too true. It will require
several deluges to erase the stigma
lately placed against it's name.
An italian couple having cleaned
up $1,000 with their grind organ
in the East, will shortly leave for
their native country and retire
from public life." The third
"monk" seems to have been lost
in the shuttle.
Over in Michigan a man is re-
iquired to spend over half of his
time in tub of water, the pecu-
liar treatment being made neces-
sary on account of his particular
disease. The typical American
tramp of the A l variety would
suffer a thousand deaths rather
than submit to such an unusual
couraa nf traafuont ss