The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-25
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GERMANY
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labor amounting to about three marks or p cents a day.
 Germany's wealth per capita is much lower than that of England, France or the United States.
 Her chief staples for manufacturing are coal and iron.
 Germans were so-called from the spears they carried and their peculiar war cry, when in 113 B C., they invaded Italy, but they called themselves Deutschen, or, as the Romans rendered the name, Tou- tones. History makes no mention of this people prior to this invasion.
 Rome conquered Germany about 55 B. C., but was unable to hold the territory. In IA A. D. a final attempt to establish Roman supremacy failed and thenceforth the Romans were kept busy repeng at taeks on their borders by German tribes.
 There was almost continuous border fighting until the beginning of the third century, when the northern tribes over ran Italy and established states on the ruins of the Roman empire.
 IIOll lIlS tune ullll the eSlhpuSHnienL of the Western empire under Charle- magne, in the eighth century the history of Germany is blank, but the 800 years had suffced for the absorption of the smaller tribes by the larger ones, and the people were ruled by number of elected kings, who exercised little actual power, the government being more dem ocratic than monarchial.
 The German tribes are supposed 10 have been of eastern origin, although ac- cording to the Roman historians the Ger mans were a people of high stature fair complexion and red or yelowish hair, with great bodily strength and dlstn- guished for an indomitable love of lib- erty.
 Wotan was the chief god of the an cient Germans and from him is derived our name of Wotansday or Wednesday, Little or nothing is known of their re- ligious beliefs. Both Caesar and Tacitus declare that they had neither gods nor temples, but this is not borne out by known facts.
 The age of chivalry and knighthood had it's birth during the reign of Henry the Fowler, 919-936. The younger sons of the landlorders scarcely knew what to do with themselves, as there were few openings for men, and they were too proud to be common foot soldiers. So Henry invited them to come and serve the king. and ordered them to be called knights, which meant servants of the crown. and he imposed on them the world familiar vows of loyalty and chastity. which made the rank of knight one of high honor which was sought after by pf a 1ffpr
 Irish priests were the first preachers of the gospel in Germany.
 Woman has conquered quite large field of her own in German journalism and of the professional writers of fiction abuot 50 per cent are women. Census statistics show that there are at least three female blacksmiths and one copper smith in the empire.
 The Reichstag is an imposing struc- ture of graystone built in the so-called German renaissance style of architecture. It's rich sculptures stained windows, bronze statues and vast marble lobby make it one of the finest structures in the country The building was paid for out of the French war indemnity.
 A German author says that the leading characteristic of the people Is deliberate slowness, and that they view with sus- picion the unwary stranger who displays haste in his actions
 German reformation, led by Martin Luther, had it's birth in the reign of Charles V G5l9-56). At the diet of Worms. 1521, Luther defended his belief with un- daunted courage and from then on the