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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-22
FORD CANNOT GIVE ANSWER AT PRESENT Public Meeting Held to Urge
 Five Cent Fare DISCRIMINATION CLAIMED President Ford's Letter Says He Will Be Able to Give Answer in Two Weeks-Must Confer with
 Directors.
DISCRIMINATION CLAIMED

Enthusiastic and well attended was the meeting of the Ensley 5-cent-fare joint committee at the city haG last night. large number of residents of Pratt City 1Ensey and Wylam attending. j. r. Shelby. chairman. presided and opened the meeting by reading the reply of Pres ident A H. Ford of the Birmingham Rail way, Light and Power company to the letter written to him by the committee on the 18th inst. This letter reads as fol- lows:
 Birmingham. Ala. October 21, 19O1 'Messrs. J. F. Shelby and W. M. Dren- nen, Committee of the Birmingham Board of Trade, City:
 Dear Sirs-Your favor of the 18th inst, giving copy of resolutions adopted by committees from the Commercial Club and boards of trade of Birmingham, Ems ley and Pratt City on the subject of 5- cent fare between Ensley and Birming- ham, received.
 q note also that a public meeting is to be held in the city hall in Birmingham this evening at o'clock for the further discussion of this subject and that you extend an invitation to me to be present at the meeting.
 "I regret to inform you that l shall have to decline the invitation for the reason that 1 am not ready on behalf or my company on this short notice, to give an answer to your committee.
 ''The reasons for the making of this reuuest dor reduction of fare are set forth in the resolution and l fully appre- ciate the extent of the influences behind this movement, and can promise to give your committee a definite answer within two weeks from this date. In the mean time it will be necessary for me to con- fer with my board of directors on the subject and secure their approval or whatever action is decided upon by this company. Yours very truly.
 IT. E0Rn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-22
.B|G BRIDGES AND
 BRIDGE BUILDING EadS First Man ts Use Large
 Arches In Bridges STEEL IS MOST POPULAR Most Historic Bridge in America Was That Across Potomac Which
 Was Torn Down
 Last Year.
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

The collapse of the great steel bridge over the St. Lawrence q few weeks ago puzzled the wisest engineers and turned the more conservative element of Amer jeans into doubting Thomases whenever anyone dared reassert that steel had at tained it's apothcosis among metals. They pointed to the fact that there is annually a failure of 30 bridges, great and small, in this country in proof of the fact that bridge building has not yet reached the distinction of an exact science. They overlook the thousands of successful structures that lie in the footsteps of the modern engineer. knitting the wide banks of rivers with each other, and helping railways eliminate space Where rivers were once barriers, moGern in- genuity has removed all such limitations, and in that progressive era ahead 'oI us when old World ingenuity and capital have bridged the English channel with 20 miles of steel and put an end to maj de mer and great loss of life, the king ship of steel and the rights of his grand vlziers the engineers will be recognized without hesitation.
 Tn the Old World bridges follow the opening of highways. In the United States they anticipate highways because the railways are more often the pioneers. The Indians used no bridges but chance fallen log usually preferring to ford a stream at it's mouth where the silt had made the current shallow Pio- neers made temporary affairs and the railroad bridge was usually the lfst permanent one. Cast iron bridges came into use when railways became sure things Italian engineers had thought of iron as a bridge material as early as the sixteenth century, and England built one of iron in TIT. The first in America was at Frankfort, N. Y., in lsio, though Washington had correspondence on the subject as early as 1796 Now all Americas bridges placed end to end would more than span the width of the continent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-22
RECORD OF THE COURTS

Tomorrow-Pigskin Pickups.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-22

New York. october Oil company has Layway. a subu'
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-22

Birmingham. Ala, October 2l, 19Oa "Messrs. J. F. Shelby and w M. Dren- nen, Committee of the Birmingham
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LIFE INSURANCE A SACRED
TRUST.
Responsibilities Of offcsrs and 81.
rectors.

Evidently President Kingsley OF the
New York Life Insurance company
has learned the great lesson OF the
times with respect to the responsible.
ity and duty Of directors OF corpora.
lions. Speaking to the new board Of
trustees. on the occasion of his cleo.
ton to the presidency, he emphasized
the fact that life insurance is more
than private business. that life in
surance trustees are public servants,
charged at once with the obligations
OF public service and with the respon-
sibilities that attach to a going bust.
ness which at the same time must be
administered as trust"
He also realizes that similar respon.
abilities rest upon the officers OF tho
company. II understand" he says.
your anxiety In selecting the men
who are day by day to carry this bur.
den for you. who are to discharge this
trust In your behalf, who are to ad-
minister for the benefit of the people
involved the multitudinous and exact.
Ing details to which It is impossible
for you to give personal attention. MY
long connection with the New York
Life-coverlng nearly twenty years
my service in about every branch of
the companys working organization,
gives me. as I believe. a profound an.
probation. not merely of the heavy
burden you have placed on my shout.
ders. but OF the standards OF efficiency,
the standards OF faith. the standards
of integrity. which must be main.
tained at all times by the man who
serves you and the policyholders in
this high Office"
Best OF all. perhaps. he feels that
words are cheap. and that the public
will be satisfied with nothing short of
performance. MY thanks. therefore"
he continues. "for an honor which out.
ranks any distinction within the reach
of my ambition. cannot be expressed
In words; they must be read out OF
the record make day by day
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well as her grown up sister. the
styles and varieties being endless.
The sketches show few ideas for
ribbon and linen for young girls from
IL to 16.
Among the most attractive OF the
new ones are those in which linen
belts are laced with ribbon. One such
belt was OF linen, with buttonholed
edges and three scallops at the back,
In which buttonholes are made. Soft
ribbon an inch and half wide is run
through the buttonholes and tied in a
full small bow. The ribbon should be
OF black or a color to match the cos.
tune. The rings are due In outlining
with heavy mercerized cotton.
Another belt was of linen stitched
at the edge and soft ribbon laced in
the back, front and at each side. The
holes for the ribbon should be button
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had disappeared. It's buildings had
been destroyed and its outward
signs obliterated. So far as men
could see. Christianity had persisted
utterly from Japan.
The Finding Of the Christians.
Before Japan was opened to com
merce with the world by Comma.
dore Perry's mission, the pope sent
a band or missionaries to the Loo
Choo islands, to await and prepare
FOR the day when the church could re-
enter Japan. With the signing of
the treaties in 1858, these men took
up their residence in the port cit
les or Yokohama and Nagasaki. a
church being built In the former city
In 1862. Three years later a church
was dedicated in Nagasaki. which
had been Christian stronghold be.
fore the persecution, to the memorv
OF the rs martyrs who had suffered
death in that city In 1897.
Within a month occurred a ara.
matte event for which Pope Plus TX
proclaimed special double feast. To
be celebrated perpetually in Japan.
under the title Of The Finding Of the
christians On that occasion. to
the amazement and joy OF the oficiat.
ing priest, thousands OF Christians
came forward to welcome the mis-
sionary and to acknowledge them.
selves to be Christians.
AS one writer expresses IL: "Tbus
In spite OF the absence of all exte.
rior help. without any sacramento
except baptism-by the action of God
in the first place, and In the nexf nv
the faithful transmission in families
or the teaching and example of the
Japanese Christians and martyrs NJ
the sixteenth centuries, the sacred
fire Of the true faith. or at least a
still burning spark of this fire. had
remained cor "ealed in a country tyr.
ranized over by a government the
most despotic and the most hostile
to the Christian religion. All that
was required wac to blow upon the
spark and to rekindle its flame"
Tie persistence Of the faith. tie.
spite these two centuries OF perseeu-
ton, is little short of miraculous.
1t was found that families had pre-
served certain prayers and the rite OF
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WHY SHE WAS THANKFUL.
Little One Had Reason to Approve
Fathers Choice.

or the sisters OF n well-known New
York family one Is married. She has
one little girl greatly petted by all the
aunts and Subject to much advice
from all of them. OF this last the lit
tie lady sometimes wearIes,. which
weariness on a certain occasion made
itself shown in the following reply
from her small ladyship:
Said one aunt 'Tf you were my
child ! should have you do thus and
thus" Said another aunt: Were you
my child would do so and So" The
remaining aunt made a similar re-
mark.
The little lady thought II high time
to express her own feelings. But
have" she said. always been SO
thankful that papa married the sister
he did,"
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CHEAP AND PRETTY FRAME.
Ornamental Device That May Easily
Be Made at Home.

IL often occurs that one becomes
possessed OF some pretty photograph.
small engraving. or colored print
that is we'll worth preserving, but for
which we may not at the time feel
justified in the expense, or even wish
to take the trouble to have q frame
made. Then the inevitable result is
that the picture is "shelved" and for
gotten, and perhaps only turned up"
again after it has partially persisted
and no longer worth attention.
Therefore the following description
Of how to preserve and In way
frame small picture or photograph
may be worth making a note of Take,
for instance, photograph OF some
pretty view; a mount for II is cut out
in thick cartridge paper or thin white
cardboard, and over this piece OF
glass of the proper size should be fit-
ted, and behind the glass, mount, and
photograph a thick piece of cardboard
should be placed. Then the edge can
be bound round with thick black pa
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Nagasaki Japan.-Of all the stir
ring stories that an investigator OF
religious conditions uncovers in jap
an, no other Is quite so dramatic or
important as that Of the rise, sub
mefgence. and, after centuries. the
emergence OF the Roman Catholic
church here. 1t is one OF the ro-
mances of religion.
Any narrative of Roman Catholic
mission work In Japan must go back
to the year 1919, when Francis
Xavier. now canonized. with the fam
ing zeal that has made his name
a synonym for aggressive piety, land
ed on these shores and planted the
cross here. Xavier was led to Japan
by Japanese fugitive whom he had
baptized in India Phenomenal sue
cess attended his labors. and those of
the other priests who followed him,
his own term OF residence lasting
two and half years. Ere long con-
verts began to enter the church at
the rate of 10000 year. coming
from all classes Of society, noblemen,
Buddhist priests, scholars and peas
ants. BY the year 1852 there were
13S jesuit missionaries in Japan. a
larger number than are here at the
present time. and the Christians num-
bered more than 10000. Twenty
years later the number had passed
the million mark. despite the bsgil-
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holed. The knotted ends Of the ribbop
are finished with thy tassels. A wide
dotted ribbon girdle was shirred az
the back and front. Loops OF the rib
bon are caught together with tiny
gold buckles and two ends give a sash
effect. This belt was fastened by
hooking together at the back. A still
newer belt was of blue linen with tiny
straps Of the linen crossed over q soft
ribbon. which IL tied IN front. Tiny
pearl buttons finish each strap. An.
other was OF soft white linen, with
tiny tucks in front and round disks OF
linen stitched on at intervals.
There are also most attractive sep.
arate girdles OF ribbon which have
two loag ends at the back. The belt
part OF the girdle Is made Of very
wide ribbon laid in soft pleats and
kept In place by small pearl buttons
or circles OF embroidery or lace. The
buttons or embroidery applique ara
placed in front and also In the back,
two OF them on either side of the back
and 'front.' little space apart. The
ends In the back are fastened under
these buttons or ornaments. Girdlea
for the summer are also being made
In taneta, either plain or lowered.
and I'm soft satins. The belt is crushed
or pleated usually being boned In
front or at the slices, 1t L. widest at
the back and most NARROW at the
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The Terrible Malta.

Neither the Naples Camorra. the
Paris Apaches. nor the Black Hand o.
America is the most powerful and ter
rible secret society In the whole
world. in spite OF the narrowing do
tails OF their CHASTITY work. The palm
must go to the Malta. which fourisbes
In Italy. and has done so for more
than 800 years. This society. which
works so swiftly and silently. yet SC
surely. was founded in Sicily for pro
lection against the injustice OF foreign
rulers.-London "P. 4. o."
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directed against the priests: "Ths
christian religion has been prohibited
Tor many years. If any one is sus.
pected a report must be made at
once. Rewards: To the informer of
rather. 800 pieces of silver: to the
informer of brother. 800 pieces of
silver; to the informer OF a Chris
ton who has once recanted, 800
pieces OF silver: to the informer of a
Christian or catechist, 300 pieces of
silver; TO the informer of a family
which shelters any of the above, 800
pieces of silver; the above rewards
VIII be given. If any one will in
form concerning his own family. he
VIII be rewarded with 500 pieces of
silver, or according to the informa-
ton he furnishes. II any one con-
ceals an offender. and the fact is
detected. then the head man or the
village in which the concealer lives.
and the five men company to which
ne belongs. and his family and rela.
ives, VIII all be punished together"
Such edicts as these continued be-
fore the eyes of the people until
within the past 40 years. They ap-
parently achieved their end. for by
the close of the seventeenth century
the church which the Roman Catho-
lie missionaries had reared through
out the islands. at the expense of
unreasonable devotion and sacrifice.
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Sash or Cjrdle

VIII you kindly tell me what kind
or a belt girl Of II should wear with
a white pearline lawn gown trimmed
in lace and insertion? MADGE.
II you wear a belt It should be
girdle Of ribbon, shirred on to bit OF
feather-boDe w. back and front. Sashes
with loops and long ends are again In
favor. l think nothing prettler anf
they certainly give finish to a gowH
that nothing else does. The figured
ribbons are very popular; also thi
wide, 8ott ones of taffeta.
MADAME MERRY.
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COULDN'T KEEP 1T.
Kept II Hid from the Children.

I'VE cannot keep Grape.Nuts food in
tho house. II goes so fast ] have to
hide II. because the children love IL so.
IL Is just the food have been looking
for ever SO long: something that I do
not have TO stop TO prepare and still IL
no wishing"
0rape-Nuts Is the most scientifically
mads food on the market. II is per.
fectly and completely cooked at the
factory and can be served at an In.
stants notice. either with rich cold
cream. or with hot milk II hot dish
Is desired. When milk or water 81
used, a little sugar should be added.
but when cold cream is used alone
the natural grape-sugar. which can be
seen glistening on the granules, Is ST.
6ciently sweet TO satisfy the palate.
This grape-sugar is not poured over
the granules. as some people think,
but exudes from the granu,es in the
process Of manufacture. when the
starch OF the grains is changed fiom
starch to grape-sugar b. the process
OF manufacture. This, IN effect, IL The
first act of digestion; therefore, Grape
Nuts food is pre-digesteo and is most
perfectly assimilated by the very
weakes: stomach. There's a Rea,
son"
Made at the pure food factories of
the Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little health classic, The
Road 10 MELVILLE" In pkgs.
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per or thin cloth. overlapping the
glass about half an inch in front and
the same distance at the back, and
fastened on with strong glue or sec
cotine; this will encase the photo
graph and make IL practically air
tight and keep all dust out. To hang
IL up a piece OF string or tape may be
glued TO the back in the manner
shown in the lower sketch, or, II pre-
ferred, two little brass rings may be
fastened on the back In very much
the same way with crossing straps OF
paper or cloth. or perhaps the most
simple way Of all Of fastening the tape
at the back is to cut two small Sits
in the cardboard and pass the tape
through them and then tie IT in
knot. A In the diagram OF the back
of the picture explains this.
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n.ngs Of persecution. At this period
splendid embassies were sent by
Christian princes OF Japan to the
pope at Rome.
Martyrdom by Fire and Sword.
Japanese politics, the enmity Of
Buddhists, the factional quarrels
among the religionists. created an an
tagonism to the church which was
first manifested in 1887. The Do
minicans and Franciscans, who were
Spanish, are said to have circulated
stories about the Jesuits, who were
mostly Portuguese, to the effect that
they plotted the overthrow OF the
Japanese government. The fires OF
persecution smouldered until 1896,
when they broke out fiercely. All
the authority of the government was
exercised to blot out Christianity.
The most ingenious methods were de-
yised to discover Christians, and to
cause them to recant. Thousands
were imprisoned, slain by the sword
and crucified.
Two hundred priests thus met
death, refusing TO desert their nocks
by seeking refuge in their own coun-
tries. The converts vainly attempted
20 conceal few priests, that the
sacraments might be preserved. But
the system of government spies, and
of rewards for informers. and the
terrible tests Of the inquisition could
not be overcome. Persons suspect
ed of being believers in what the
great Shotgun Iyeyas (sInce deified),
calls in the code which for 200 years
governed Japan, "the false and cor
rupt school," were obliged TO tram
pie upon the cross.
Suppression by Edict.
During this time the highways of
1apan bIossomed with cdict boards,
of which this is a sample: so long
"A the sun shall warm the earth, let
no Christian be so bold as to come to
Japan, and let all know that the king
Of Spain himself, or the Christians
God. or the great God Of all, il he
violate this command, shall pay for it
with his head"
The POVERTY and the cupidity of the
people we're alike appealed TO by
ouch edicts as tho following, which
saows lew the eanity was ESPECIALLY
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One OF the pillars Of the city ordt
nances is trafic policeman stationed
at Fourth avenue and Twenty-third
street He loses no opportunity Of
making war on persons who drop
banana peels In the street. He
pounces upon an offender and orders
him to pick up the slippery menace
to life and limb and to carry II to Q
receptacle for waste on the sidewalks.
New York Herald.
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1t seems rather an absurd custom to
SIT for hours with oftentimes heavy
mats ON. but. on the contrary, think OF
consigning these costly creations OF
feathers and lace to the oblivion of
the dressingroom for all these hours.
A properly adjusted hat Is the "cli.
max OF perfectly constructed toilet.
and suppose this custom will remain
In favor for some time to come. How.
ever, one may, with perfect propriety,
remove the hat 1t is not by any
means breach of etiquette and
yours causes headache take II on.
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Name for a oIrIs, Club.

There are six young women In this
town who would like to form club.
but they do not know what to call 1t.
They are all girls who have gone to
school together but they do not want
a literary club. just to meet for good
time. There are six other girls here
who call themselves The Jolly Six"
Please Madame Merri suggest a good
name for US. DIXIE"
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The best man IL expected 20 relieve
the groom Of all unnecessary details
as to engaging the carriages, seeing
to purchase of railroad tickets, and
keeps the all-important gentleman as
cool and level-headed as possible. In
fact, the bridegroom furnishes the
money and the best man does all the
work-he all but marries the bride.
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IL you do not care whether the name
Six" is used, why not call your little
coterie the Bon Ami" club, meaning
good friend" or the Happy Six" but
that Is more commonplace. The EN-
ire Nous" club would be rather good,
which means between ourselves" IL
the meetings are on the secret order.
the "Suba Rosa" club would be APP
propriate.
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So Common.

WAS no one injured in the railway
collision. count?"
NO. but nevertheless II was Q most
painful situation. First. second. third
and fourth-class passengers all min.
gled together! Simply unheard Oft"
Translated for Transatlantic Tales
from Eliegende Batter.
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REPLIES TO ANXIOUS ONES.
Madame Merrl Answers Some Of Her
Correspondents.

Is 1t the proper. thing to keep on
ones hat at an afternoon card party
or one o'clock luncheon? / live I'm
small town and head coverings are
always removed. On visit to the
city ! found that the guests remove
their hats at the above-named func.
lions. COUNTRY"
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sides, but the distinctive feature IL
not SO much the belt part as the long
ends. which are made narrow at the
top and rounded and much wider at
the bottom. These ends are sometimes
finished with narrow lace, with stitch
ing or with fringe.
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Duty Of the Best Man.

Kindly state in your helpful column
what are the duties OF best man, and
greatly obllge a chap who expects to
act in this capacity. JACK.
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NEW SUMMER BELTS
THEY ARE WORN OF RIBBON,
LEATHER AND LINEN.
This Season They Are a Most lmpor-
tant Adjunct Of the Costume
Some New Ideas for the
Younger Girls.

Belts Of ribbon, leather and linen
are an important adjunct of the sum-
mer costume for the young girl az
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And Let the Listeners Worry.

IF you woule overcome worry" ad-
viscs C'r. Austin Flint, Sing all the
time"