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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
AMERICAN ARMY
READY TO DEPART
Evacuation of Cuba Begins on
New Years Day
SINE TROOPS STAY LONGER
No Ceremonies Will Accompany the
Leaving of the Soldiers-Model
Camp VIII Be Built For
Soldiers.

Havana, December 27.-New Years Day
will witness the beginning of the evacua-
ton Of Cuba by the army of pacification,
which has been in possession of the island
since the beginning of the provisional gov
eminent in October, 1906, The first pro-
visional regiment of marines, numbering
about 900, which will be among the first
troops to leave, are now concentrating
from various posts at Camp Columbia.
About half this regiment will sail from
Havana on January l on the cruiser
Prairie, which arrived here on Christmas
Eve bound for Newport News
The Prairie will return about the middle
of the month and embark the remainder.
Headquarters, Companies A, B, C and
d, Twenty-eighth infantry, will embark
on the transport Sumner at Matanzas on
December 81.
From there the transport will proceed
to Havana and embark Companies F, G
and H. stationed at Guanajay and Com
pany e, stationed at Guines. The Sum
ner also will said from Havana on jan
uary 1 for Newport News the ultimate
station of these companies being Fort
Smelling.
From that time on the transports Sum-
ner and Mcclellan will be employed in tho
embarkation at intervals of the remainder
of the army.
Only two companies of engineers and
two battalions of the Seventeenth infan-
try, under Colonel Pitcher, will remain at
Camp Columbia. These troops will not
embark until April 1, which will complete
the evacuation.
The embarkation will be effected with
as little ceremony as possible. The pur-
pose in deferring the departure of por-
ton of the Seventeenth infantry until
April 1 has been the subject of consid-
cradle speculation, but 1t is believed this
was agreed upon at a conference of
Governor Magoon and President-elect Go
mez.
It is probably for the purpose of keeping
the barracks and quarters in good order
until 1t is possible to turn over to the
Cuban authorities a model camp for oc-
cupation by the new permanent army
under command of Gen. Pine Guerra.
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Suicide in Papua.

Wide Awake Magazine.
Ridicule and opposition are always very
trying to a Papuan, and sad case of
double suicide took place in consequence
of the latter Here is the story: A girl
and a young man became much attached
to each other and met regularly. Each
morning, however, the girls father and
mother would say to her. why do you
talk to that boy? He is poor, and has
NOT enough food to give you" At the
same time the boys parents told him
continually how foolish he was to have
anything to do with a girl who would
never do good work for him at the gar
dens.
The constant opposition told on the I'M
happy couple, and at last the girls pa
thence wore out. She said to her lover,
1.-The tongues of our people will never be
silent. Let us cease to live, and their
talk will be done;' and the next morning
found them hanging dead from the same
bough.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
BIG DECLINE IN
FOREIGN TRADE

Washington, December 27-That the fall
ing off of approximately $500, 900, 900 in i'm
ports and perhaps $3.50, 100000 in exports in
the United States during 1908 is merely
part of general condition which has pre-
vailed the world over, is shown by the
monthly statement of the bureau of sta
tistics. OF the % principal countries of
the world, whose foreign commerce the
bureau records month by month"; all but
four show a falling off In exports. These
marked reductions In the United States
are not entirely the result of a falling off
in the quantity of merchandise moved
into or o1t of the country, says the state
ment.
Imports from Europe in the 10 months
from which detailed figures are available
showed a decrease from $625. 100000 in 10
months of 1907 to $685. 100000 in a SIM
liar period of 1908; those from North
America and Asia each show decrease
of $45, 000, 200, and those from South Amer
lea a decrease of $25, 900 600.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
GETTING ACQUAINTED
IN NEW YORK CITY
From Success magazine.

From Success magazine.
Getting acquainted in New York is thus
described by a man from Atlanta. He
brought Letter of introduction to the per-
son he was to meet at the latter's office
in Nassau street.
This is the Atlantan's report to his
house:
Called at p. m. Boy on tine gate asked
my name and business. Gave him the
letter OF introduction. Boy returned and
told me to sit down.
Sat down Is minutes. Saw a man
come out of his office and break through
the gate as if he was chased by hornets.
"'Who's the man from Atlanta who
wants to see me?' asked the hurried
individual.
II am the man., l replied trying to act
as If 1 was also hurried.
leone along with me- said the man,
as he grabbed me by the arm. He dragged
ME through the main door into the hall
way. He caught sight of q descending
elevator and shrieked to the man in the
car to stop.
1.-THE door of the car slid ajar and the
man who had me by the arm said
Come along; let's get acquainted as we
go down.
by that time the car had reached the
landing on the main floor. AS the door
of the car was pushed back the man who
had my letter In his hand said
"I haven't had time to read this letter,
but we know each other; come in day
after tomorrow. I've got to make a
train. I'll know you when we meet again.
Good by
Before I could say good by he had
turned the corner and was out of sight.
That's business in New York"
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Correct SMOKING,

From the Wide World Magazine.
There is more tobacco per head con-
sumed in Belgium than in any other coun-
try in the world. 1t is therefore fitting,
perhaps, that one of the favorite pastimes
Of the menfolk should be smoking COM
petitions. at which valuable prizes are
awarded to the man who can make his
pipeful of tobacco last the longest. The
"Brugsche Rockers club is the premier
smokers club of Belgium, and it was
there that l witnessed one of the famous
competitions. The true art of smoking,
according to the standard set by Belgium,
consists in reducing the combustion to
a minimum, and yet never allowing the
pipe to go out while particle of tobacco
remains in the bowl. The object is not
to smoke quickly or much-we are not
locomotives bent upon producing force,
but men on the quest of solace and en-
joyment.
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Herschel turned the first telescope of
his own construction, and the last on
which he looked with his great 40-foot
telescope before this instrument was laid
away forever.
The observer will at once detect four
bright little stars. forming trapezium
and surrounding these a white, family
shining cloud, which is the nebula it.
self Recent photographs show that the
nebulous matter extends to the incredible
distance of seven degrees, covering much
of the constellation even beyond the belt
at e. A globe whose diameter Is 200
times the distance from the earth to
the sun would not equal this enormous
cloud in extent. Whether the greater
part of the cloud will ultimately be con-
densed into group of stars, probably
surrounded and connected with faint
streams of nebulous matter. as are seen
in the Pleiades, or whether Its extent Is
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Reflections of Uncle Ezra.

FROM Judge.
1t is seldom that a man dies at 10 years
that we don't hear he has chawed and
smoked tobacker and drank 40-rod whisky
all his life.
There was a swap social at the Hard
Shell meetn' house the other night, and
every woman was supposed to take some
thing she didn't need Mrs. Hold Peters
took Hod.
OWN to the passenger-rate war. 1t Is
said to be cheaper to go to Europe than
to stay to hum, but there are few
American heiresses who will hardly agree
with this.
William Tibbits has refused to pay his
taxes because an astrologer said the
world is comm to an end January |,
and William wants to save the money.
When William shaves he fathers his face
with the end of his whiskers to save
buyin a brush.
Hank Tumms wouldn't be no hand to
work in a powder magazine because he
has got infammatory rheumatic.
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A Double Escape.

From the Strand Magazine.
A father travelling with his young son
on an English railroad last year had
narrowing five minutes. The child was
leaning against the compartment door
when the door flew open and the young
ster disappeared. The father frantically
jerked the safety rope, which stopped
the train, and jumped out. He was aston
ished and delighted to see the boy on his
feet running up the track. But at that
moment an express on the other track
came roaring by, and the engine knocked
the boy down and passed over him. The
father groaned with horror. He could not
believe his eyes when the train passed on
and the little fellow jumped up and came
pluckily toddling back. The boy had no
injuries except few cuts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
Not a Trouble Maker.

From Success Magazine.
When 6-year-old Oliver returned from
his first day at Sunday school his father
asked him what they hald told him.
whereupon Oliver related as best he could
the miracle of the loaves and fishes. His
father suggested that the story was a
rather hard one to believe. and asked
the boy what he thought about it, but
Oliver evaded his fathers question. The
next morning, however, the two were
alone at breakfast.
Father" said the boy suddenly and
solemnly.
"Wen." answered the father
81 didn't believe that story about the
loaves and fishes yesterday" continued
the child In a quiet, confidential tone,
.but I didn't say anything. l didn't want
to start an argument"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
HOPE FOR THE
SMALL FARMER

Robert Haven sehauffler in Success Mag
azine
Everywhere the south is already catch
ing fire with the new and radical idea that
the small farmer may really make money.
In Virginia, farmers, on land valued at
81 an acre, have suddenly taken to grow
ing crops valued al 500 an acre. Young
men are beginning to stay in the country
in order to make money. Even the young
men in city sweatshops and factories
have caught the glad tidings and are
hurrying back to the soil to try their luck
and draw a good, deep breath, and are
taking some of the citys savoir vivre
with them into the country
And If the south, why not the north Z?
Why not New England?
Asa Judd was told the other day that,
with the new government methods, he
might clear a profit of at least $1,000 next
year. He merely smiled his great whole
souled smile, scratched his head a little,
and went on doggedly doing the work OF
two men and a horse in the same old,
futile, Arcadian way.
But 1 have high hopes of him and Of
Laban. One of these days the depart
ment of agriculture will establish dem
onstraton farm in the White Mountains
"a farm only half as large as Badgers
yet one that will grow two tons of hay
to Asa Judds one. and five bushels Of
potatoes to his two, and plenty of grain
into the bargain.
And presently one will notice two teams
in the old Badger barn, and two young
hired men at the dining table, and that
sleigh will actually materialize. So will
that graphophone and Ma" Badger will
lose her anxious look and begin to feel
as though her head were "wuth'' more
than the longest doctors bill ever
made out. And that dollar viii cease ro-
tating on it's axis and will be laid to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
RESCUE STATIONS
TO Be ESTABLISHED
Efforts Are Being Made TO Re-
duce Mining Accidents
EXPERTS WILL BE PLACED
Birmingham May Get One of the Sta
tons, and One Has Already Been
Erected In Plttsburg, Where
Experiments Will Be Made.

Washington December 27.-Carrying out
it's efforts to reduce the number of ia
talities in coal mines, the United States
geological survey is about to establish res
cue stations in the principal coal fields
of the country in addition to the expert
ment stations now located at Pittsburg
The new stations will be at or near the
greatest centers of accidents and govern
ment mining engineers thoroughly trained
in the use of rescue apparatus will be as
signed to these stations and ready at a
moments notice to go to any disaster in
their district The experts will be
equipped with oxygen helmets, which en-
able them to enter a mine at once. even
though it is filled with gas and smoke.
These stations will also be headquarters
Of the engineers for the study of the waste
of coal.
1t is the intention to have every station
fitted up with an alright room where
gas can be generated. The coal mining
companies are to be invited to send picked
men to these stations where they will be
trained by the government experts in the
use of oxygen helmets
A station will be located probably at
Ration, N. M, to take care of New Mex
leo, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana.
The coal fields of Oklahoma, Arkansas
and Southwestern Missouri will be taken
care of by station in the neighborhood
of South McAllister, Okla.
Several locations are suggested for the
station which will cover Alabama Ten
nessee, Virginia, Eastern Kentucky and
Georgia and Southern eWst Virginia. One
is to locate station at Knoxville, Tenn,
~. m
nessee, which is located at Knoxville,
and has a mining course. Birmingham,
and Lexington, KY, have also been sug-
gested for the location of the station IL
this district George s. Rice, mining en-
gineer, and J. w. Paul will be in charge.
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southern observatories. Throughout its
appearance this comet exhibited wonder
full changes from night to night, not only
fiuctuating remarkably in brightness, but
also greatly changing its form. Figure
IS from photograph taken on october
ID and Figure from one taken on the
next night During this short time the
tail had become much changed in shape
and two great CONVERSATIONS had ap-
peared in 1t, as shown at and B, Figure
6. These were being driven away from
the head with a velocity of about 10000
miles an hour.
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The Reason.
m Harper's Week.,

From Harper's Weekly.
teacher in a small Oregon school was
giving lesson on the circulation of the
blood. Trying to make it clearer, he said:
Nov. children, If 1 stood on my head,
the blood, as you know, would run into
it, and I should turn red in the face"
Yes, sir" said they.
Nov, Arthur" continued the teacher
addressing a small boy, what want to
know is this: How is 1t that while am
standing upright in the ordinary position
the blood doesn't run into my feet and
turn them red?'
why, sir?' answered Arthur, ''be-
cause yer feet amt empty"
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Poor Sandy!
FooT odnuy!
From Success Magazine.

From Success Magazine.
The young Scotchman never liked his
mother-in-law and this weighed heavily
on the mind of his wife, who was i'll.
Calling her husband to her bedside She
said to him. Sandy, lad, I'm vera i'll
and I think I'm gang to dee. and before 1
dee I want you to gle me promise
"Ill promise" replied Sandy. What Is
ito"
"Weel, ken that when dee I'll have
fine funeral, and / want you to ride up in
front in a carriage wi my mother"
"Weel," sadly replied Sandy, I've gied
We my word. an it's nae me that's gang
back on that but I'll tell We one thing,
we've spoilt the day for me-"
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the star known as the Lions Heart, at
r, Figure l, and will be seen to rise one
hour after this star. The positions and
paths of the three outer satellites re-
Gently discovered are shown in Figure 4.
These attendants are exceedingly minute
little bodies, revolving at a surprisingly
great distance from the planet.
Venus and Mars are morning stars and
may both be seen in the southeast before
sunrise Mars is now comparatively faint
on account of its great distance from the
earth; Venus is rapidly drawing near
to the sun, but will not pass to the east
of that body and become an evening star
until April %.
The New Comets.
The comet which entered the southern
sky last month is now passing behind the
sun, and will not be well situated for OBJ
servation dafring January even from the
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ago the speculation was advanced that
our whole universe of suns Is turning
about this star as a center, theory
now known to be wholly without foun-
dalton.
Below the Pleiades Is the red Aldeba-
ran, with two pairs of stars nearby at
B and C. Still lower down is the mag
nifcent Orion, of which the wonderful
nebula at D is. perhaps, the most strik-
ing object in the ontre sky. This was
the first object on which the illustrious
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
A Misunderstood Man.

From the Washington Star.
Think of the extravaganza of that
New York broker who gave an automobile
to an actress"
Gave away an automobile" rejoined
Mrs. Chuggins thoughtfully. THAT
wasn't extravaganza. That was econo.
my
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not fail to examine the little dipper-
shaped group of the Pleiades, at P, Fig
ure l, when in addition to the six stars
easily visible to the naked eye, he will
at once see a great many fainter ones,
the whole forming a most remarkable
and beautiful little cluster. The bright
est star of this cluster, named Alcyone,
with a delicate little triangle of stars
nearby, forms an especially interesting
and beautiful figure. About so years
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has so nearly destroyed the planets ro-
tation that it keeps always the same face
turned toward the sun. On one-half of
the planet there is perpetual day, and on
the ether perpetual night. 1t is the same
wa that the earth has slowed down
the rotation of the moon, so that our sat
elite now turns always the same face to-
ward us.
The beautiful planet Saturn is still
conspicuous in the southwest the rings
are slowly widening as we view them less
obliquely, and this will continue until
next September, when they will appear
nearly as shown in Fig. 8.
Jupiter Is moving slowly westward in
the constellation Leo; it is just beyond
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
Figure 1.-The Consultations at p M, January 1.

Regulus, is now well up from the ground
in the east; beyond this there is the
large, faint group of the Virgin. which
toward the end of next month will begin
to creep into the evening sky, the fore
runner of the long train of faint summer
consultations.
The January Stars.
The magnificent Taurus has now
reached it's highest position in the sky
The possessor Of a small telescope should
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
The Planets.

The Planets.
For few evenings before and after
January 26 there is an unusually favor
able opportunity to detect the bright,
swiftly moving little planet Mercury. This
is now moving out from behind the sun,
and on the above date will reach its
farthest distance east. 1t may then be
seen just after sunset shining out in the
southwestern sky; as it is nearly six de-
grees nearer the north pole of the heav-
ems than the sun is, it will lie some little
distance toward the north along the west
ern horizon from the point of the ground
at which the sun was seen to set Its
exact position on January 26 is shown in
Figure 2; 1t may perhaps most easily be
located by first hunting out the Great
Square of Pegasus and then noticing that
the planet lies almost in line with the
diagonal A B of the Square.
This strange little world, only one
twentieth as heavy as our earth, Is so
neac the sun that it receives seven times
as much heat and light as we do. The
action of the enormous tides which were
produced by the sun in the body of the
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At no other time of the entire year is
the early evening sky so beautiful as
now. The last of the faint summer con-
stellations is sinking from view In the
brilliant consultations of winter which
now cover the whole face of the heav-
ems The last of these to appear is the
Sickle, which, with its bright white star
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so great that this is impossible we do not
know.
Southwest of Orion there may now be
traced out the northern branch of the
river, while at the foot of the giant there
crouches the Hare, and below this there
Is the faint little group of the Dove.
With a small telescope the observer may
detect a wonderful variable star at K
which Is of a deep blood-red color. The
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star is now a little brighter than of the
eighth magnitude, and will be found al
most exactly in line with the stars F
and II.
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THE HEAVENS IN JANUARY
Etstsstss}s<>'Ost}'<
BY PROF. ERIC DoOLITTLE

the University
the Southeast
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