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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27

How to Rest.


 The trouble with most women is they don't know how to take things easily, says The Delneator for October. They think that because they have many things to which they must give their at- tention, they must keep steadily at work until the last task has been accomplished. when, as a matter of fact, a minutes s rest now and then would give great deal more energy to be expended in dis posing of these manifold duties.
 Thus, if the housewife is her own cook. she will find countless opportunities to rest a minute while working in the kitchen. One woman has a lounge there. place in her parlor, perhaps, but it is a possible resting place and what is also to the point, 1t cost next to nothing, for she made it with her own hands. To do this she first secured two long boxes from one of the neighboring stores, and these she nailed together, end to end. Around all four sides she tackled some strips of dark-colored denim, and upon the top of the boxes she placed a good. thick mattress, which she had covered with some attractive but washable ma terial. soft pillow or two covered with the same material added the one touch necessary to make the invention complete.
 Comfortable? No, it may not be as comfortab ble as a couch from the furni- ture shop, but it will answer the pur- pose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
OLD LADY FALLS
 AND BREAKS. HIP
A SUFFERER FROM RHEUMATISM MRS. KELLER SUSTAlNS SERl- GUS INJURY-coTToN PICKING IS GOING ON SLOWLY.

Eufaula, October 26.-(Special)- Mrs. C. B. Keller, an old and highly esteemed lady, accidentally fell and broke her hip while walking about her room yesterday. Mrs. Keller suffered from rheumatism and was in the habit of using a chair which she leaned upon and pushed in front of her. The chair slipped and she fell heavily. Her in jury is serious sand painful and has given her friends cause for some alarm.
 D. M. Fountain of this city is suf- fering from a badly bitten finger. MT. Fountain was engaged in an effort to catch hog when tue animal attacked him with the above result
 Syrup making, corn gathering ard potato digging Is engaging the atten- tion of farmers in this section and the fields are still white with cotton yet to be picked. Owing to a great scar city of labor, which is being complain ed of, it is thought they will not get through until the holiday season.
 The foundation for the proposed new Episcopal church has been laid and work will begin upon the walls at an early day. The structure will be great ornament to the city when com pleted, and will supply a long-felt want.
 Retail merchants are complaining or an unusually dull season so far, owing, it is thought to the exceedingly mild weather.
 c. B. Goetchius, a former citizen who resides in Columbus, Ga, visited the city this week, after an absence or fifteen years, and was greatly pleased at the progress the city had made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
ROMANTIC CASE
 COMES ID LIGHT Man Gives Himself Up After
 Escape from Jail WIFE AIDED THE PRISONER Confined In Jail for MansIaughter, Walter Roan EIudes the Warden,
 But Returns After
 Six Years.
WIFE AIDED THE PRISONER

Jackson, Miss, October 26.-(SpeciaL) l. An unusual case of d prisoner giving himself up to the authorities occurred here today when Walter M. Roan sur rendered himself to Governor Vardaman after an absence from the state of six years. Roan could not be classed as an escaped convict, as he had not served as such, having escaped from the Clai- borne county Jail while under 15-year sentence for manslaughter, and while his appeal was pending before the suprelrs court.
 Roan, who was a farmer, living near Martin, in Claiborne county, killed a negro named Andrew Newsome at Martin on December 15, 1900. He was tried be- fore Judge Pat Henry in Port Gibson for murder was found guilty of manslauGh- ter and given a sentence of 10 years in the penitentary. His attorney appealed the case to the supreme court and RoAn made his escape before the court acted on the appeal.
 The escape was one of those romantic affairs that are told of frequently Tn stories, but seldom happen. Roan's wife had asked and obtained permission to spend a night in the jail with him. She left early the next morning, and when the taller went up to take breakfast to the prisoner he made the discovery that the husband and not the wife had gone, and that the wife and not the husband oc- cupied the cell in the jail. There was nothing left for the jaier to do but t." turn out the wife. and Roan had not heen heard from since.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
The Tragedy of the Girls.

From Char1t1eS and The Commons.
 With woman's advent into the market very serious social questions have arisen which must be met and reckoned with when planning for her education for trade life. The girl is the future mother of the race. Her health and training should be, therefore. matter of solici- tude Some of the trades into which she goes are already known to be prejudicial to a good physical condition, yet numbers of girls are found in them. The untrained worker can go only into unskilled lines, consequently her wage is but pittance. In order to obtain a living wage she Is often forced to enter work rooms where good pay offsets much physical danger. She is handicapped by the numbers crowdng into these unskilled occupations who thus lower the wage. She is unor- ganized and cannot therefore protect her self against those who unoerbid her She is frequently in misft position but can not afford to lose the wage while seeking ton for any work room she cannot ob- tain a decent living and consequently is underclad and underfed, the result of which is that frequently she poorly con- ducts her life. Her very youth is against her for often she thoughtlessly seeks some outlet for her natural spirit and is led into cheap restaurants and entertain ments, into dance halls. and into accept ing the questionable hospitality of others. The work rooms insist upon her Hooking like lady" and vet she can earn in the beginning, at best, but g week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
A Woman Daredevil.

Los Angeles Cor. Portland Oregonian.
 Hidden somewhere in this city is dare devil Spanish woman who poses as the Joan of Arc of Mexico, but who, the police say, should stand in the dock with the Mexican revolutionists who were re- gently arrested here after fierce struggle and who are to be arraigned in the United States court. This woman. who is called an expert assassin, is mentioned in murder plotting letters found on the Mexcans. These written statements show that the killing of President Roose- welt and of President Diaz was part of the expressed plan of the gang now in prison here.
 The woman in the case is Maria Tali- vera. She is, of course, said to be beau tiful and attractive. Her friends and even her husband have regarded her as a quiet housewife with no ambitions above dreams of frijoles, but these letters, 1t is claimed, show her as the most dar ing and reckless anarchist of the band. She is spoken of as the go-between and fiery inspiration of the plotters who had their headquarters here.
 Some of the terrible letters which have been seized show she was recently intrusted with some dreadful mission in- to Chihuahua-probably the assassination of some Mexican official
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
Lake Navinatiop

From Springfield Illustrated
 Many people do not realize that nav agation on the Great Lakes is very diff ferent from that upon the ocean. not only because of the lakes being fresh water and the absence of tides. all though there is a slight tidal influence in Lake Superior, but because of the uecreased depth of water after a dry summer, in which respect the lakes re- semble rivers. This summer has not been particularly dry one. yet Lake Superior was the only one of the Great Lakes which did not fall during the month of August. During the month 1t rose two and quarter inches. and has now practically the same level as at has during the corresponding month of each of the last three years. but it is nevertheless a foot lower than it was in 1876 at the same period of the year During August Lakes Michigan and Huron fell a little more than an Inch and they are likely to fall two inches this month. At the present time they are both more than two feet lower than they were in s1S76 Lake Erie fell three and a half inches dur 1ng the past month. but is still five inches higher than last year, 20 inches higher than in 1895 and 13 inches lower than in 1876. During July and August Lake Ontario fell three and a half inches. but is six inches higher than last year, 90 inches higher than Tn 1895 and IA inches lower than in 1S76.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
DANGERS OF STEEL-MAkiNG.
Recklessness a Psychological Factor
 That Must Be Reckoned With.

William Hard, in the November Every
 body's.
 RecklessneSs is certainly a psycho- logical characteristic of men in steel plants. The very example of their superiors teaches them to be reckless. The assistant superintendent of the plant that the Illinois Steel company maintains at Joliet stepped on an un- protected gear and lost his leg just after he had warned his men not to be guilty of any such culpable negligence of their own safety. I am willing to admit the existence of culpable negli- gence altogether apart from the negli- gence of the company. And not only that, but I am also willing to give a specific illustration.
 I was standing one day on the plat form of blast furnace. All at once, unexpectedly, heard the four whistles that indicate danger There was a "hang" in the furnace. The whirling, eddying mass of ore, coke and lime stone in the high interior of that fur mace had got caught somewhere, some how, and was refusing to come down. When it did come down there would be a crash and perhaps an explosion
 l ran and got behind a brick pillar. On coming into the plant that morn ing had signed piece of paper, just the same kind of piece of paper that every visitor signs. saying that I would not hold the Illinois Steel com panv responsible for anything that might happen to me. I reflected that nobody would profit by my demise. But observe what the other men around that blast furnace did!
 ] l could see them as I peered out from behind my brick pillar. Those of them who were already in front of the furnace looked up at it with an expression of profound curiosity on their faces. Two other men who had been standing at the back of the fur mace ran all the way around it and came out in fronti There they all stood, hurling their mute interroga- tories at the crafty. reticent volcano that might nevertheless the next mo. ment hurl forth an indignant answer at their heads!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
High Speed of Ocean Ships.

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 The arrival at the port of New York Of the Transatlantic liner Kronprfn- zessin Cecilie marks the advent of the last and finest that the great quartette of high speed ocean steamers which has helped so greatly to advance the speed and comfort of Trans Atlantic travel. Beginning with the Kaiser Wilhelm, which was the first ship to maintain an average of over 23 knots an hour across the Atlantic, there have been placed in service at inter- vals of a year or two the Kronprinz Wilhelm, with record of 23 AT knots and the Kaiser Wilhelm IT, which rais- ed the speed to 23. 5S knots, the pres ent record of the Atlantic. The last named ship, which was brought out in 1904, proved to be so eminently satis- factory that when the company de- cided to build the Cecilie they consid- cred that they could not do better than duplicate the Kaiser Wilhelm II in every particular. This was done and that the ship was equal to, and probably exceeds the performances of the sister vessel is shown by the fact that on the trip over q measured course of sixty miles, the Cecilie aver aged the speed of 24. 02 knots.
 In view of the fact that the Lusi- tania has shown such good results of her trial trip, and is likely to capture the Atlantic record, and that the Ger man Lloyd company are certain in the future to make an effort to win back the record, it is probable that the Cecilie is the last high-speed Trans Atlantic steamer of very great power that will be built with reciprocating engines. In fact, it may be taken that in this ship the German ship builders have carried the development of the reciprocating marine engine up to the high water mark of its possibility.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
What Is the sareasso Sea?
From Harper's Magazine.

From Harper's Magazine.
 Columbus did not use the name Sar gasso sea. Oviedo, whose Historic con tained the first general account of the discoveries in America, was the first to apply the Portuguese word Sargaco (seaweed) to that part of the ocean in which gulfweed is prevalent. The use of the noun sargasso or sargassum is now practically confined to this species of large genus of seaweeds characterized by little air-bladders, each on it's own stalk.
 The name Sargasso sea is applied only to that part of the Atlantic in w-ich the weed is found in greatest abundance. Our map follows Dr. krum- mel's delineation of the general mass of floating vegetation and distinguishes the smaller area which is the Sargasso sea. The sea is roughly elliptical in shape, it's great axis almost coinciding with the Tropic of Cancer, while the two foci are near logitude 45 degrees to 70 degrees west. The only land masses in the sea are the Bermuda Islands, near which large collections of weed are often seen. The weed drift is thickest between 25 degrees and 32 degrees north latitude and west of 40 degrees, west longitude.
 The Sargasso sea is about one-third as large as the continental United States; but outside this central ellipse, as the map shows, are others, larger in size, where the thinly scattered weed moves in the gulf stream or is driven by the prevailing winds. Dr. Krummel obtained these data by plotting on the map the relative frequency with which the seaweed has been met in the four seasons of the year between 20 degrees and 50 degrees north.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
Housekeeping on the Riviera.

From the Travel Magazine.
 This is a practical description of house. keeping on the Riviera. Practical in that we lived merrily under the open sky and pulled figs and grapes and dates for our natural appetites, occasionally catch ing a casual fish as it swan merrily by. That would be in harmony with the land- scapes, but we didn't do 1t, really. We paid rent and kept an account of our expenses.
 All through December and January we lived at hotel. There are many excel lent ones in Mentone-any that Baedeck- CT recommends are good, but none IS so very, very cheap. From 10 to IA francs a day must be calculated. Minimum rates always mean a room out of the sun and the sun is essential on the Riviera. Rates are highest from early January to the first of March, but let me here observe that the spring months are the most beautiful and comfortable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
. Reward of Good Service.

1T
 Yesterdays Post contained two arr ticles of widely different import. but nevertheless closely related One was to the effect that humane agents had haled ten teamsters on the Southside before magistrates for abusing their horses. Some of the culprits pleaded guilty to driving horses with sore necks and should CTS. Others acknowledged beating their horses cruelty, or driving them while lame Another article in this same issue of .'The Post" told of the sale of fifteen horses, worn out after years. of faithful service in the fire department, to junk dealers and others, whoever would bid highest for the fews years of agonized usefulness yet remaining in their fast fail- ing bodies.
 Everyone knows how fire department horses are petted and pampered by the men, and how splendidly these noble, in- telljgent animals respond to the care and instruction given them. Imagine 1T you can what tragedy has come into the lives of these poor discaroed prutes. whose few remaining years must be dragged out in the hardship, privation and cruelty of the service to which they have inst been condemned The men who are cruel to these failing, wornout horses are SO from motives Of business more than from here tboughtlessness or natural depravity. They must make a living out of the faltering services of the poor beasts. The present owners are far more to be excused for any cruel exactions they make under the spur of need than this great, wealthy city is for selling its faithful four-footed servants. who have exhausted their vitality in its behalf into such living death of suffering and star vation and abuse Conditions in the mar row. hilIv. car-nfested streets of Pitts burg are exceptionally severe on horsc flesh, and it is hard even for the merci- ful man to be always merciful unto ms beast But we all can certainly tnihk profitably on these things Some day we shall thereby see how to do better tnan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
Try Pair
 STETSON'S $50 to zoo Our 400 Special
in all styles and feathers com pare favorably with Shoes
 sold at higher prices
D. X A. Rich
 1913 First Avenue
COLLEGE OF PRACTICAL MEN.
Columbia University Is a School De-
 voted To the New York Idea.

From the New Broadway Magazine.
 "Columbia university is to train men and women first to think for them selves and then to think like other people," said President Nicholas Mur- ray Butler, in defining the scope and mission of the great school of practi- cality on Morningside Heights, New York. "They must think like other people sufficiently to make their think ing for themselves worth while. The world and human society cannot now be built over just as if no plan had been prepared, no work already done. It is society formed which must be taken as the basis of society reformed. It is from this year of grace and not from creation that the man who is to think for himself must take depart ure."
 Situated as it is and has been for more than 150 years, in the heart of the metropolis of the United States, Columbia university occupies unique position. It lives in the practical pres ent and works with it, teaching it's students what is now going on in the world and bringing them daily into contact with the active life they are to assume after graduation, and turn ing them out not theorists, but practi- cal men, ready to take up their work
 It is surprising to learn that the average graduatae of the technical courses at Columbia expects to get salary of $500 within one year of graduation. $2000 the second year and S3000 the fourth year. Statistics prove that they do get 1t. And these figures. 1t must be remembered. apply only to the average student. Many get higher salaries
 Placed in close touch with the great metropolitan engineering works. man. ufacturers and business and profess sional life, Columbia has advantages possessed by no other university in the country for the practical working out of the theories learned within it's walls. During the entire college term the students are thoroughly schooled Tn their chosen vacations. From the very beginning of their college educa- Ton they are Dracticallv working in the great industrial world and the city Of sNew York is as much a gainer as the students. for the many fields of actiVltv where men are needed to help on the growth of the metropolis can thus be filled from the ranks of men who have been taught practicalitv and who are. therefore. ready to take LID their positions-not as theorists. but as actual workers-with minds trained 10 think with. not fioht against. pro- Fressiveness in nearly every avenue of human endeavor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
Eating on the Train in Spain.

From the Travel Magazine.
 As even express trains seldom attain a higher rate of speed than 25 miles per hour. travel is slow and tedious though fairly comfortable, and to enjoy Spaln one must assume the leisurely indiffer- ence of the Spaniard to whom Manana is always the chosen time. He is wise who carries his own luncheons and never are dainty tea baskets more indispensa- ble than on these long journeys. Span ish etiquette demands that the traveller before partaking of his food must po- litely offer it to those who share the compartment with him. It may either be graciously accepted or declined. In no country is it so difficult to travel and to secure information, as but little English is spoken evep by important of flicials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
Hymn to Boil Eggs By.

From Judges Library.
 well known bishop relates that while on a recent visit to the south he was in a small country town, where, owing to the scarcity of good servants. most of the ladies preferred to do their own work. He was awaken quite early by the tones of a soprano voice sing ing Nearer, My God, to Thee" As the bishop lay in bed he meditated upon the piety which enabled his hostess to go about her task early in the morn ing singing such noble hymn. At breakfast he spoke to her about it, and told her how pleased he was.
 "Oh, law" she replied, that's the hymn boil the eggs by-three verses for soft and five for hard"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
Lovely Woman and Rapid Transit

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 "o stout woman signaled the conduc- GOT, ana the conductor signaled the mo- tolnlan and the car came to a stop.
 what street is this?" the stout woman called "o'''i'
 It's the street where you get off isn't it, ma'am?" It looks something like it. Is that new house on the corner?'' nave a copy of the building per mt ready for you the next time YOU drop around, ma'am'' II don't feel quite sure about the street." said the stout lady.
 Step lively. please ma'am.'' "Eh! l haven't any lively steps. Do you take me for a ballet dancer?'' Not at your age, ma'am" What do you mean by that?'
 T mean that you are not old enough for ballet dancer. ma'am. VIII you step lively. please?"
 The stout lady balanced herself on the running board
 q want to get off right away" she said.
 The quickest way is the right way, ma ann
 Don't you dare to start the car be- fore I'm off
 Certainly not ma'am. We'll cheer fully wait all night if it's necessary iou idSe 'o tie iion', uon | sou' Yes. ma am. But you can face both ways If you like"
 "Then you let yourself down with your left hand. don't you?''
 "Yes, ma am" The motorman looked around.
 Wake me up, Charlie. when the ark is unloaded,' he called back to the con- ductor.
 Tell that man to look the other way cried the stout woman.
 Then she lowered herself carefully to the ground and the conductor seized the bell rope.
 Mercy, this isn't the right street, after alli' the stout lady cried, and nimbly clambered aboard again.
 Then the conductor broke the rope with the yanlS he gave it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-27
The Megaphone.

From the New York Press.
 This instrument is now in common use in all sports and in public gatherings where the services of an announcer are required to inform the public what Is about to happen, what has happened or may be expected to happen. It Is simply. however, an enlargement of the speaking trumpet. It reminds one of old Stentor, the Greek herald in the Trojan war. His voice was as loud as that of 50 men com bined A megaphone for use at sea was invented by Sir Samuel Moreland over three centuries ago. He styles it "sten- torophonic tube" Butler in "Hudibras." speaks of the "stentorophonic voices.' Verily-nothing new under the sun.