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Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1908-12-12

rs broom straws. dip them in gold or
silver paint and paste thep back of
the star in lunches OF three. Take q
piece OF writing paper, roll II into a
stiff roll, fasten one end to twig
and paste the other end at the back of
the star. The star may then be ar
ranged at the top OF the tree.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1908-12-12

No. is a simple evening bodice in
spotted silk wolfe; it has a mauve
ground whit white spot; piece lace,
edged with mauve silk, is used for the
collar; a strip of the lace is taken
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1908-12-12

cred with bright-colored wall paper
or cretonne. make a pretty blotter.
Corners Of the double paper or Gre
tonne keep the blotting paper in place.
Paper Owls.
Comical paper owls are made of
plain brown tissue paper, crinkled by
passing through the hands number
of times. Stuff with wadding, and tie
at each end. Cut one end in a point
for the tail. Leave the other end wide
and square for the head. Sew shoe
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1908-12-12

NOVEL work bag that will
make a very pretty and &C
ceptable Christmas present
is shown in the accompany
ing sketch. 1t is a handy
little thing, for the needle
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1908-12-12
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Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1908-12-12

come by the dozen, with a piece OF
stiffened velvet and a little gold paint
along the edges, folded about it and
glued in place to represent a little
velvet book.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
Hopeful Feeling In Business World

Chairman Gary of the United States Steel corporation said this week just before he sailed for Europe that the iron and steel business had been bet ter in the last two weeks than at any time since the depression of last Octo- Der. The brightening condition of the great industry extends to other branches of production also The shoe factories are receiving large orders; railway gross earnings are increasing, and the chief pads are opening their repair shops and getting their equip ment ready to move great crops in the fall and winter months. July has been opened with almost as much activity as in 1907, and mercantile collections are better than they were one year ago.
 In the financial world there is no disturbance, although the banks were called on at the beginning of the month to furnish s190,O0O,ooO for dividend disbursements, and on July 15 the gov ernment will withdraw from the na- tional banks $4o,000,000 of deposited funds. There are still twice as many emigrants as immigrants, but this does no harm in time when there Is a surplus of labor
 Some spectators would have the country believe that the weather has damaged the crops, but the best evi- dence goes to show that the excess of moisture has done no damage in the wheat fields, while it has benefited other crops. The yields of hay, cotton, wheat, corn and oats each and all promise to be more than normal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
- SUFFRAGETTE IN INDIA.
l the New York Post.

From the New York Post
 Suffragette ferment is working In India. Several articles in the Hindustan Review deal with the moral and intellectual pos abilities of women, and emphasize what has already been accomplished. MT. Mo- hamn1ed Israel writes with bitterness on the complete subjection of Indian women, especially among the Mohammedans and Hindoos. The census shows that 997 Mo- hammedans and 995 Hindoo women per thousand are illiterate. But MT. Israel declares that among intelligent people the agitation in behalf of their enlight- enment goes on increasing The great obstacle Is the apathy of the great ma- jority of the women themselves. Further more continues MT. Israel, curiously echoing one of Mills strong points. "Peo- pie (meaning mem will go on resisting all attempts at emancipation so long as it will not be brought home to them that it will not only promote the interests of the females only, but of the males also" MT. Israel speaks enviously of Moslem progress in Persia and Turkey, where girls wearing no veils but their own innocence attend the same school with boys"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
Iron Market Quiet.

The pig iron market has been quiet TOT the mast two weeks, but quotations re- main firm. Some of the iron brokers are looking for a fresh buying movement be- fora the summer ends, but now there are no signs of especial activity in sighe. Rogers. Brown & Co.'S weekly report says
 "Tn inc best of times the summer months show a dropping off from carrier months in the year. but now the steaoy stride of improvement which has been In evidence since March 1 continues from day to day. with no setback. Some ot the largest manufacturing concerns in the roiaale west report June the best month +bev have had since october, with pros meets equally good for July
 '"rhere is no great amount of pig lron being bought, but inquiries are genuine and purchases mostly up to tonnage in- ouired for. At several large consuming noints there has been resumption of ac- tiyity since the first of the month, and if has been reported that unskilled labor is scarce. This applies to some Of the coke fields, where recent demands have made the blowing in of additional ovens necessary and a resultant shortage Of unskilled labor which so largely conduct the work in those districts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
THE BATH IN FRANCE,

From the Saturday Review.
 An Englishman will do well, especially if he goes to stay in an old-fashIoned house, to bring his guttapercha tub with him. I was staying many years ago in a French country house, and had neglected to do so. I asked for one in the morning. The footman said he would look, and came back in triumph with one. What do they do here?" 1 asked. Madame la Marquise takes the big bath regularly once a month"; And Monsieur le Mar quise?" 1 asked. "He never uses it." It would, however, be mistake to imagine from that Frenchmen are not so clean as we are. This horror of the tub is not necessarily an objection to cleanliness. The Frenchman washes himself in com partments under the impression that the water which cleanses one part of his body has fulfilled it's duty and must not be used for another. It is a long and tedious process; indeed, a Frenchmaa cnce told me he could not finish his toilet under an hour and half; but in the long run he IS as clean as, if not cleaner than. we are It is however, a terrible waste of time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
Work for Unemployed.

oWorkers in the charity organizations of the great cities, who have been called on so extensively this past winter to pro- vide work for the unemployed, will doubt less read with some interest short article by Ambrose Bierce in the August Cosmopolitan" said magazine reader
 "our laws, he points out. prohibit those in want from appropriating food and rai- ment. Our laws prohibit begging ana prohibit sleep in the parks and puohc places. Logically, then, the man in want if he would observe the laws, must con- time on his feet till death relieves him of his predicament. He appeals 10 the ,aoielators. in the interest of observance of law and logic, to provide work for the unemployed at such low wages as would not encourage them to continue longer than absolutely necessary and yet at such wages as would permit them 10 ax,.+ without breaking the law of the Ia Yid o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
TOURISTS.
From the Washington Herald.

From the Washington Herald.
 Edmund G. Grol1. a passenger steam ship agent of New York, who is here on business, is at the Raleigh. Speaking of the travel to Europe MT. Groll said yes- terday that, in his opinion, about 3OcooO Americans will cross the Atlantic this year and spend about s70O head, ex- elusive of steamship tickets, $28S,00O000 in all.
 Call the total figure even little more than one-half of that sum. or $125, ,00o0oo, and it is seen that foreign countries must profit immensely from the tourists said MT. Groll Tn Switzerland the innkeep- CTS live off travellers tiys year round. In 20 years the number of hotels in that country has increased from 1oso to 2Oo0 The winter sports have served to increase the revenue of the hotels in most Euro pean countries. There are three months in the year now-November, December and January-when there Is a let-up in ocean travel from America, but during the other nine months thousands are crossing the Atlantic.
 "Once the Britsher was the worlds greatest traveller but now the American, the German and the South American. who have been making money can be found in all the continental health and pleasure resorts. Of course, the times have much to do with the tide of travel. Sincs 1900 the United States has had good times, hence foreign travel has increased. h. deed to accommodate travellers more than score of new liners have been built, necessitating an expense of nearly s100, O00 0O0,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
WHY CALL THE FLAT A FAILURE? :?

From the New ! Ork WoFlu.
 That the fiat has it's shortcomings mo- body denies. No fower-beds go with 1t and no back yards Sometimes the fla cilities for open window sleeping are not of the best. Not infrequently, by means of light-shafts, areas and par titions not soundproof, tenant lives too close to his neighbours concerns. Absolute family privacy is in most lighthouses difficult and iii some of them impossible.
 Against these and other faults Is a large fact-riamely, that by means of modest modern flats at reasonable rem tals the standard of living possible in a city like New York has been raised materially for many thousands of peo- ple These dwellings are products of congestion; they bring into congested quarters comforts and luxuries which the dwelIers enjoy with no other re- spousibility than that of paying regu- larly the rent.
 New York has had flats long enough now so that new generation has been raised in them As anybody knows who has walked much about the city, the apartments from which children are barred are few and hard to find. Why. except through ignorance, does n sneaker of the General Fedora tion of Women's Clubs arise in the session at Boston to pronounce the modern flat a failure?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
IN HOTEL LOBBlES
The Next Census.

T am glad to see that the census bureau will take the next census in tie month of April instead Of in the month of June as heretofore" said a member of the Commercial club.
 "rhe change will be made, because in most cities considerable percent age of the residents leave town for the summer early in June, and thus are not counted. By substituting April for June cities will certainly show larger populations. For the entire country 65o00 enumerators will be employed to make the count About 5000 clerks will be kept busy tabulating the re- turns The census enumeration will re- quire only two weeks and the cost of the census will be about s19.000000.
 "The census work in 1900 was a de- cided improvement over that of any previous decade, and taken altogether was very satisfactory. most valu- able feature of the census is that which embraces mining and manufactures It has been suggested that in addition to collecting data relating to the in dustries of each city. such data should be given by counties, and even dis : triets, where the latter are well de- fined with regard to industrial opera tions. For example, the industries Of the Birmingham district should be re- ported and tabulated as such. Other wise, manufacturing cities like Bir- mingham fail to show to the world really what they have in the industrial line. Away from home everything within a radius of 50 or so miles of Birrnin eham is known as Birmingham .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
The Solid South.

asorne of the New York papers refer to the solid south as term synonyhous with the group of states that seeded ana formed the Confederacy. but democrati- ca1lv speaking, the solid south had moro extended meaning" said L. s. Hern- don of Louisville.
 q voted in 1872 and the term may have been used then, but I did not hear IL used and do not remember reading about if in the papers until 1876. The solid south meant all the former slave states Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri. as well as the Confederate states. All those states forming the solid south remained demo- cratic in national elections from 1876 to 1ses In 1896 West Virginia broke away from the democracy and gave repub- lican majority of between 11,OOO and 12,0OO If has been republican ever since. In 1904 Roosevelt carried it by nearly S2,0OO Tn recent years Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri have at various elections gone republican. The solid south as originally understood, can no longer be reckoned solid
 q think, however, Bryan will carry Missouri Maryland and Delaware this year. He may carry Kentucky, too, but Taft Is as sure to carry West Virginia as Ohio or Pennsylvania"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
Curing Lepr0SY in Louisiana

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, and the proof in the curing of leprosy cases is in the lives of the cured. Dr. Isadore Dyer, in charge of the Louisiana Leper home, says he has cured Is cases, and the proof he offers consists in the daily life of the 16 who are living at home without giving the slightest sign of the recurrence of the disease. Some of the Is have been under observation as long as ten years.
 These facts seem to show that the disease is curable. Physicians, how ever, continue to doubt the statements that come from Louisiana. The dis ease has been considered incurable ever since it's first appearance, and it is as old as the world that we have any record of. Nothing in the story of the world antedates leprosy, and in all the centuries 1t has been considered incurable.
 There is one thing certain-if the Louisiana doctor has a cure for it that ! cure cannot be made known too soon, especially in the Far East, including the Philippines. Dr. Dyer should in that case be rewarded, but secrecy in the matter should not be permitted. There are too many lives at stake. Thus far Dr. Dyer has presented no explanation as to how he cured 16 cases He simply says he did it, and that they are cured to stay cured. The world waits to hear his explanations of his cures. He is benefactor of the first class if his claims are substan- tiated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
THE HAREM TAX.
New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 ''The Turks pay harem tax of s15,oOo,- 900 a year. They don't mind it, either. in fact, they are exceedingly proud of it." The speaker, a suffragette. bit her lip to conceal smile.
 "Yes," she continued, "the maintenance of the Sultan's harem costs s15,000,000 and the people pay up gladly. They love to think that nowhere in the world does such a harem as their rulers exist I visited the place in the spring There are 300 odalisques Each odalisque has the title of princess. She has staff of ten servants, motor car, two carriages, four horses and an allowance of s100 a week for sweet-meats and cigarettes. Every Turk in the kingdom desires-as we desire to see our sons made Presi- dent-to see his daughter made an odal- isque If an odalisque becomes favor ite she doesn't forget father and the boys. She sees to 1t that her family is uplifted to the highest rank. Every year 100 odalisques marry and 100 fresh ones take their places. It is an honor to marry an odalisque. Furthermore, the odalisque brings to her husband from the Sultan a dover of $50,000."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
A cINcALEsE DAINTY.

From Agricultural Journal, Ceylon Bo-
 tanic Gardens
 It is estimated that two-thirds of the island of Ceylon is undermined by white ants. The number of these insects is certainly quite incalculable; but it is for t,,nate that their natural enemies are almost as numerous. The workers are preyed upon by true ants and many other insects; by spiders, lizards and centi- pedes by rats, mice and palm squirrels. But 1t is the adult winged insects that are especially victimized. It is probable that scarcely 1 per cent of the mature insects survive the dangers of the period ic fights. They run the gantlet of nearly avery other animal Birds, bats, squir- rels. rats toads and lizards all flock to the feast. Dogs and cats cat the winged ants with avidity. Even man himself does not disdain to participate says F. B. Green. "The Tamil coolie looks upon q mess of fried termites as great dainty and I have several European acquaint- ances who consider that termites on toast form dish worthy of more general in clusion in the menu. They are said to taste not unlike mushrooms"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
AN AID IN EATING CORN.
Cob With Silver Prones In Either End
 Rests In Trough" of Soft Butter.

From the New York Herald.
 Americans fond of good eating enjoy sinking the teeth deep in a steaming ear of sweet corn. Yet for the very habit American taste is misunderstood. In England a popular idea prevails that field corn is generally eaten here, thing the Englishman could not do without offend- ing his national pride, and the French man considers the mode of eating it in- artistic. However that may be, as every body knows, the flavor remains delicious when the corn is properly cooked.
 A new device for eating corn is in use at the Cafe des Beaux Arts. It is the invention of one of the propretors, Mr. Jacques Butanoby. A silver prong is inserted in either end of the cob by q waiter and the cob rests in sort of silver trough of soft butter. By turning the cob several times 1t is evenly but tered, without any inconvenience. The arrangement adds to one's pleasure Ill eating corn, which Is about as awkward to handle in it's natural state as an orange.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
Chairman Bells Keynote

The democratic national convention at Denver would have an ample and excellent platform if it should simply indorse the speech of Temporary Chair man Bell. It will not do this, chiefly because it is the fashion in this coun- try to present formal platform. The convention would, however make no mistake If it departed from precedent, provided it accepted Chairman Bells speech as a declaration of the stand ing of the party toward all living ques- tions. That speech should be read at any rate by all who desire to know what democracy stands for today.
 Chairman Bell believes in letting the dead past take care of itself. He does not point with pride to anything. He had no time for any such exercise, for the issues of the present are too nu- merous and too important to admit of diversion of that sort.
 He indicts the republican party, and he does this in manner that carries conviction at every step. After he has stated the counts in the indictment he brings in against the republican party of today-not of yesterday-he pro- ceeds to state what the democratic party stands for It stands for real revision of the tariff, for publicity of the use of gold in campaigns, for con- trol of corporations, and for definite declaration relative to the equity pow CTS of the federal judiciary.
 The republican platform resembles rider on two horses going in two rad ically different directions. That rider holds out one hat for vast slush fund contributions and another hat for the votes of the Plain People. The fate of that rider need not be told. The dem- ocratic party will be plain and un- equivocal. It will do no riding of horses going in opposite directions. No plank in its platform will admit of double constructions. Chairman Bells Keynote Speech makes this plain. No man has stated the democratic position in a better manner than Theodore Bell did when he opened the conven- tion at Denver
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
THE AFFAIR IN THE GARDEN

r. Morgan, who is staying at the Pome- granite Inn, w. K Vanderbilt, Mrs. As- tor and many others Registered at the Herald branch).
 By the New York World (EditoriaD:
 The Eden affair has various interpreta- tions. The facts however, are simple, and when understood may lead to the de- lection and final conviction of the crim- inals.
 We say may.
 The fact is that MT. Jerome, as usual, was engaged in more important matters. The fact that Eve IS described as more than beautiful' and that she had so little on will no doubt appeal to him.
 But it remains to be seen if Mr. Jerome will take more than a passing interest in an affair which, after all, he will probably be willing to state is not of great im- portarice to the human race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09

waters, and her place and that of the Maine are taken by the Wisconsin and Nebraska. The Alabama and the Maine sailed on June 8 for the Horn. and pretty soon they will be heard from in the Atlantic.
 The big fleet will stay a week at Honolulu, and then it will go to Aus tralia and then to the Philippines, and then will be begun the swing around Asia to the Gulf of Suez.
 The value of the cruise is complex. Mere training of the officers and crews is not all. It is intended to impress the world, no doubt, with the fact that the United States is as big as the big gest, as powerful as the most powerful. England may not be impressed to that extent. but the rest of the world will be. Our possessions-our provinces too, will have a chance to see that they are parts of l mighty machine, and, last, but not least, our wanderers in the ends of the earth will also have q chance to see the old flag under cir eumstances that will fill their eyes with tears and the rest of themselves with pride This is all there is of the cruise, and it is quite enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
PEARY AND THE POLE.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 Commander Peary's good ship Roosevelt leaves New York on the first stage of the next American dash for the North Pole. "sometning in me tells me that the com- mander will get there this time." says Matt. the guide. The confidence of Peary himself is even greater than that which he voiced before sailing In 19O5
 There is much to be said for a man whose faith in himself and his purpose has survived a series of pronounced re- buffs by Arctic forces. It is to be remem- bered, however, that although Peary has not found the pole as yet he has estab- lished numerous points of geographic and ethnographic value. Through him the world knows that Greenland is an island. He has studied the Esquimaux as has no other explorer. His work in the charting of Arctic coast lines and in recording glacial phenomena has been brilliant and of the highest usefulness.
 Peary has sailed to the north eight times, counting from his Greenland recon naissance in 1886. On his voyage in 1s02-S he made the 'farthest north record of s4 degrees II minutes. Perhaps it Is true that the period covered by his career has witnessed an abatement of the en- thusiasm at large over the final issue Of polar discovery, yet if the pluelky conn mander shall achieve his triumph in 1909- 10 he will be assured of his due need of popular acclaim. Scientific interest is stanehly his; sentimental appreciation will be readily aroused by victory for Amer lea in world rivalry of centuries. Laughter should not be too brutal at those queer theorists who will lose their contention that we live on an earth open at both poles and inhabited inside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-09
Reaardina a Distinction.

Many persons in Birmingham ref sr to the Tennessee company's plants i'll this district as the Steel corpora tion plants" said an Ensley man. "While 1t Is true that the United States Steel corporation owns the stock of the Ten nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany, yet the latter concern, and not the holding corporation. operates the properties here, just as do all the con stituent companies of the corporation in their respective localities.
 "In Pittsburg no one ever refers to the Carnegie Steel company as the United States Steel corporation. 'he Carnegie plant will always be known as such The distinction in ordinary parlance is immaterial, of course, psi, by being accurate one avoids con fusion of ideas"