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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14

ment deputies. Many hotels continued to sell secretly out of closets in some guests room.
 Practically all the saloons on the prominent streets of cities and large towns closed Defying such law as the new enforcement statute, adminis- tered from the state house, meant that Jail sentences would follow conviction It is for this reason that the present situation in Maine is too significant to need much comment. If Maine had really made up It's mind that prohi- bition prohibited and ought to pro- hibit. the legislature would not be re- pealing the enforcement act. But when pluralities drop out from under en- forcement. governors and juries fail to stand behind judges who are admnis- tering jail sentences, 1t Is time to con sider policy a bit.
 A strong point urged by prohibition ists Is that by driving the liquor traffic out of the highways into the byways the temptation to drink Is removed from many This is true. but, on the other hand, few men in Maine who de- sire to obtain liquor are obliged to go without it, and the stuff that they do secure in the dives Is almost always such horrible poison that it's victims are reduced to a pitiable condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14

Evidence that electricity as source of heat Is taking a very important place in this impatient world Is that the Eagle hotel, in Grand Rapids, Mich, has been equipped with luminous electric radiators. It is the first hotel in the world to be heated with electricity. Nearly 300 homes in the same city are using electrical cooking devices and other electhic heat ing apparatus. In nearly every city or village boosting of an electric light plant the electric heating and cooking devices are being utilized. The Hillman house in Schenectady, N. Y, and the home of J. F. Davidson, in Montpelier, Vt, and NJ. Georgia Knap of Troyes, Frapce--the Sinsabaugh house at Carrolton, Ill., are entirely equipped with electricity and the results have been even more satisfactory and economical than when the under the old system. A number of the large res taurants in this country and abroad have installed electric kitchens The bachelor girl and the plain, old-fashioned nsascu- line bachelor, have adopted the cooking devices and now they cock their own breakfasts and luucheons in the time t formerly took them to walk to the res taurant. The tailors and laundries use the electric irons; the doctors use the electric heating devices. Soldering irous, branding irons, glue pots and thousand other things are heated by electricity.
 As electricity dominates the world Of light and power today, tomorrow it will be the principal factor in lne world of heat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14

The shaving mug is especially designed for the travelling man who wants a quick shave in the morning. The water is heated in short order and the cup is built in sections so the soap dish can be removed, making the same vessel answer for a pint water heater.
 The electric corn pepper makes 1t pos sible to pop corn on the parlor table and never mar the varnish. This handy de- vice Is equipped with small rubber wheels and a short wood handle so it can be easily oscillated A wire screen keeps the popping kernels from flying about the room.
 The electric oven, which has lately been improved, Is now very quick and econom- ical There is no waste of heat and the foodstuffs are always baked evenly The new tea kettles are handy and easily keep a supply of hot water always on hand, as, after the water is heated, 1t takes but little current to keep it hot.
 The electric sterilizer and bandage heaters are the latest acquisitions to the sick room and are of fully as much service as the electric heating pad and milk warmer
 The luminous electric radiator, intro duced in this country b ythe General Electric company, Is the most perfect source of heat known. At the snap of the switch the radiator gives flood of radiat ting heat and cheerful glow without gases, odors and fire dangers. The heat radiates through the air, warm ing the room many times quicker than other heaters or stoves of the non-lumi- nous sort which depend upon setting up warm currents of air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
HARVESTING HEAT
 IF ELECTRICITY
Many Wonderful Things Are
 Accomplished
OLD METHODS roo SLOW
At Touch of Finger the House Is Warmed, the Dinner Cooked, Clothes Washed and lroned
 and Many Other Things.

It is an impatient, speed-mad age, and electricity, quicker even than light, is the one agent to faithfully keep the pace a hustling people has set. This unsuitable demand for speed has done more to fur ther the wonderful development of elec- tricity in the past few years than any one thing. In this press-the-button" age both necessities and luxuries are demand ed at the touch of a finger.
 The mails are too slow, and electricity must carry the messages through the air over the seven seas!
 Steam power is too cumbersome, and electricity must give light!
 Last of all, coal has bee npronounced archaic and electricity must give heatl
 There is no time to waste over slow fires. The demand is for instantaneous heat and plenty of it. Electricity, which has answered all the problems of speed, has been called upon and the result is long list of electric radiators and electric heating and cooking devices.
 No more mysterious source of heat can be imagined than that afforded by elec tricity. Without flame, smoke or gases 1t is ready in an instant and can be regu- lated at will from slight warmth to the carbon melting temperatures of the cleo and cleanliness of electric heat has led to many new developments in electric house. hold devices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
Reflections.

From the Bohemian Magazine.
 Why is the sef-made man always so satisfied with his job?
 There is only one perfect man, and he, alasl is dead. We refer to her first hus- band.
 "Go to the ant thou sluggard," is ex- cellent advice. but the. obstinate sluggard always goes to his uncle.
 When in need of a wife 1t is not essen- tial to pick out a girl who carries in her handbag a mirror and a powder puff.
 In the economy of nature nothing is lost. The contents of a bottle may make two men supremely happy, and then the bot tie itself, tossed carelessly in the road, will ruin a $50 automobile tire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
MAINE'S MOCKERY
 OF PROHIBITION
From Harper,s Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
 In the light of recent events it reall: seems as though Maine had been pass ing all its ,anti-liquor laws as sops L. conscience. Every convention of tl@ republican party for half a century state, district or county, adopted reso- lutions declaring unswervingly for pro hibition, and legislatures passed fresh enactments to twist the necks of rum sellers. But real enforcement has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
priclsed the bubble of political protesta-

priclSed the bubble of political protesta- tions!
 Many able leaders have now come to realizing sense of the states dis- honesty In not putting it's protesta- tions into practice. few men have been brave enough to come out and argue for regulation of traffic that gave plain evidence that it could not be killed by prohibition-until human nature shall change its spots.
 The first effect of the work of the new enforcement commission was to close practically all the hotel bars for reputable hotel men could not af- ford to buck against the governors au- thority eXerted through his enforce
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
Restored Their Health But Cost Them Nothing


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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
SSD %HsPHx PHxsD%2 A"0 rH7sRAG H4aHE FEB 5 AND l6

The Most SfupendOus Production That VIII Visit the south During the Present Season.
 Another ..IBen Hur"-N. Y. Sun
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14

Among the latest devices which have stantaneous water heater; the electri cur ling iron heater; the electric hair dryer; the new electric oven; the electric corn pepper; shaving mug; luminous radiators and electric tea kettles These added to the numbr of frying pans, broilers, cook ers cereal cookers, coasters, etc., already in use make the electric kitchen practi- cally complete. There is no longer any need of a fire in the house or chimney on the house. The building can be easily heated by electricity. The cooking, wash ing. ironing and serubbing can all be done by electricity. Water is heated to boil ing point as fast as it can be drawn. A turn of the switch and the irons are hot. A press of the button and the dinner is cooking. At the weight of the finger the house is warmed, ventilated or lighted. With the same ease and speed the small electric motors will do the washing, wringing, grinding, chopping, ventilating, refrigerating, freeze the ice cream, sweep the floors, clean the house, carry the coal or sift the ashes.
 The instantaneous water heater can be attached to any wash stand or water pipe The flowing water passes over the heated surface and is quite hot by the time it reaches the outlet There could be nothing quicker or more simple than this electric convenience. Another new device is the electric hair dryer After Al- ladi has washed her hair press of put ton starts the hair dryer and a fine breeze of hot air quickly dries the damp tresses This device contains a small fan and two electric heaters. The cold air passes over these heaters before it is projected from the machine by this fan. Then the curling iron heater is ready to keep the little iron at Just the right temperature for dressing the hair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-14
Medical Advice


 If there Is anythin iho ut your ailment ths yoG don't understand. o lf you want any medi- ai advice, write to ae doctor, and he viii answer you 4 ally. There is nok aarge for this ser vice. For advice oi v rec sample address N IT. w. B. Caldwell, s01 Caldwell Build ing, Monticello, Ill.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-22
Electric Flashes.

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lamps.
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-22
Ign Knockout BLOW.

The blow which knocked out Corbett
was a revelation to the prize fighters.
From the earliest days of the ring the
Knockout blow was aimed for the jaw,
the temple or the jugular vein. Stomach
punches were thrown in to worry and
weary the fighter, but if q scientific man
had told one of the old fighters that the
most vulnerable spot was the region Of
the stomach, he'd have laughed at him
for an fgnoramus. DR.. Pierce is bringing
hope to the public parallel fact; that
thd SGomacG< is the most vulnerable organ
out Of She pfAe ring as well as in II; We
protect bur. .hea9S, thEoats, feet and lungs,
but thesssJffsle{l>We are utterly indiffer-
ent to, until diseaSAfnds the solar plexus
and knocks US out. Make your stomach
sound and strong BY The use Q. QQctoT
Pleree.s Golden Medical Discovery, and
yoa protect yourself ID yenr mos. Xnlnerr.
cures weak stomach indigestion, or
dyspepsia, torpid liver, bad. thin and inn
pure blood and other diseases OF the or
gans Of digestion and nutrition.
The 'Golden Medical Discovery" has a
specific curative effect upon all mucous
surfaces and hence cures catarrh, no
matter where located or what stage 1t
may have reached. In Nasal Catarrh it
is well to cleanse the passages with Dr.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy fluid while using
the eDiseeyery as constitutional rem
edy. Why the rGolden Medical Discov-
ery cures catarrhal diseases, as of the
stomach, bowels, bladder and other pelvic
organs will be plain to you If you viii
read a booklet OF extracts from the writ
fngs of eminent medical authorities, en-
dorsing It's ingredients and explaining
their curative properties. It is mailed
free on request. Address DR.. R.N. Pierce,
Buffalo. N. Y. This booklet gives all the
ingredients entering into DR.. Pieree's
medicines from which it viii be seen that
they contain not drop Of alcohol, pure,
triple-refned 81 ycerine being nsed instead.
DR.. pIeree# great thousaEld ge illus
trated Common Sense fasFiieai = AssYIstsr
VIII he sent free. paper-Foazld. for q one-
cent stamps, or cloth bound Tor 81 stamps
Address Dr.. Pierce as above.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-22
WOOD PRESERVATION.
Experiments n Treatment of Fobtolly
Pine Telephone Poles Carried Out
with Gratifying Success.

1
Pine Telephone Poles Carried Out
with Gratifying Success.
A cooperative agreement between
the Forest Service and the North
Louisiana Telephone Company for the
investigation Of economic methods for.
the preserv alton from decay of lobloIly
pine telephone poles has recently been
carried out with gratifying results.
The object OF the government was to
demonstrate that a creosote treatment
could be applied successfully and al
low cost to loblolly pine poles. Such
success was obtained that a company
has been incorporated under the name
of the Louisiana Creosoting Compang
which will operate commercially tie
plant designed by the Forest Service.
The treating plant. which has been
in operation since the latter part OF
October last, is Of the "non.pressuren
or open tank type. The installmsnt
Of this style Of plant costs much less
than plant of the pressure type,
which is the ordinary type Of plant
fer commercial purposes throughout
theseountrg. The ssopen. tank system
depends fundamentally upon the in
persion of timber first in a hot bath
Of the Ffeservative, followed by a
rapid change TO cold bath.
This method does away with
the installment of high pressure and
vacuum pumps and a treating cylinder
of massive construction to Withstand
high internal pressure, which are
neeessitated by a plant of the pressure
type. It is usual, however, to install
a treating cylinder of light construc-
Etion where any great quantity Of
material is TO be treated, since the
cost of handling the material and loss
of preservative through volatilization
during the hot bath is in this way re.
duced to minimum. Extensive ex-
periments carried on By the Forest
Service in recent years have shown
that the s'open-tank" system is adj
mirably adapted to the treatment OF
certain classes of timber, and es.
peeially SO as regards loblolly pine.
The plant used il the experimer
with the North Louisiana Telephone
Company is equipped With a hofi-
zontal Treating cylinder so feet long
and 8 feet in diameter. II was de-
signed by the Forest Service, whose
representative also supervised the con-
-struetion and operated the plant for
several months. During this period,
1900 poles 256e cross arms and 500
ties were treated, an amount sufficient
Ito determine The most economical
methods Of treating these classes of
material. The Forest Service there
fore Withdrew from the co. operation,
and the plant is now being success
fully operated by the owners.s
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-22
THEROME MERCHANT.
Trislals and Tribniations Beset Him ON
Every Hand Why he is De-
serving of support
From Farm Home Journal.

From Farm Home Journal.
/ Certain it is that there is no class OF
men in business so generally helpful
to community and so universally
abused as the country merchant.
tits no wonder that at times We find
him fighting back.
His business life is one of contin-
uous fighting for his rights from the
time he opens his doors in the morn
ing. until he closes them at night.
It is little wonder that we ind him
'grouchy and cross at times.
He has to fight with the salesmen
to get his goods at a price which will
enable him to sell them so as to meet
composition, so as to satisfy his Gus.
TONERS. He must be ever on the alert
and watch everything that comes into
his store to see that only first class
articles are put on his shelves.
He is continually harassed BY per-
sons who want credit, whose respon-
sibflity is not the best aud with whom
] !.
it would be eftentimes a loss to deal.
There are numerous calls on him for
charity and the support of charitable
Institutions.
IF there is to be a new institution OF
any kind started, a new railroad or
franchise of any nature, or a new
manufacturing enterprise, the mer.
chant is always expected to assist by
subscribing for stock which many
times proves worthless.
No matter what cause or condition
may arise looking to the betterment OF
| the condition of the town, the mer-
chant is the one with whom she re-
sponsibility Of assisting with capital
and time befalls.
Your private citizen, your lard
owner, scarcely takes an interest in
these things. He prof6s .by it, how
ever, as does every other resident Of
the city or town, as does eysry other
resident or farmer near the town
whose property is enhanced In value
thereby.
Since so much is expected of the
merchant, since he employs 80 many
people L. the conduct of his business
since he is such an important factor
in the upbui1ding OF a community,
/ should he not receive the patronage
and support of every resident of 9
community? Why should the money
of community be sent out of thai
community to support people in 9
large city? We know well the argu
nant that the mail order house patron
puts up 10 answer to this question
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-22
In spite Of the rapid increase ia til

Ia spite OF the rapid increase ia the
number Of automobiles aud trolley
cars, the horse continues 30 more
than bold his own. According to
figures published in Lhe ast rep9rt of
the Department Of Agriculture the
number OF horses IN he Uaited States
Increased from 3 537. 300 IL 1850 10
10 s92 600 ID 1853. tie total value 81
the same having risen from s603. 600, !.
900 TO 81 ,s6T 900 900.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-22

A California woman who sued .
street railway company for Injuries
she sustained in q fall while stepping
from car, lost her suit because the
judge sustained the plea of counsel for
the corporation that the women,
through wearing high-beeled shoes,
las negligent to an extent that cleared
the company Of liability.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-22

A P. Riddle, former lieutenant gov
ernor of Kansas, was killed in an
automobile accident near Salina,
Kans.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1909-05-22

Three men we're killed aud dozen
injured by an explosion Of dynamite
at Codjoes Key. Fla.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-07
10000 DESTITUTE SEEK AID


More thau thirty Thousand calls
from destitute families and homeless
men and Vomon during the year end
ing November so are reported by
Charles X Blatehly. superintendent
NJ thc joint application bureau MAIN
tanned ny the Charity Organization So
eicty ANA the New York Association
for Improving the Condition Of the
Poor This mark has been approach
ed but once before IN the history OF
the bureau.
Much unusual data which throws
an interesting light on the character
of the men who have roamcd the
streets ard lived in the lodging houses
and parks during the last year are
contained in the report sixteen thou
sand seven hundred and se~ventY-siy
calls were made at tho bureau by the
homeless during the year. ana It was
in behalf Of these applicants hat the
principal work was done. as an other
applicants were cared for by the two
organizations by which the bureau Is
maintained
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-07
iIECTRICs ON WARsiIIPs.

It would doubtless surprise many
people to learn that on board the
latest e sells there are nearly double
as many electrical engines In use as
there are steam engines. Besides elec.
t~rieally worked capstans there are
numerous fans for ventilation and
pumps 20 worked. not 10 speak Of the
co~rtrivnnces for coaling ship and thu
many electric appliances in the baker
les. which are to be found in the
Dreadnought class
A good deal of labor is thus saved
by duties formerly done hy hand or
steam now being discharged by en-
gines fitted with electric motors OF
course, individually the steam en-
gincs are the more important OF the
two. including the propelling ma
chinery. and they are In charge Of an
engineer commander and two, gomC-
three, engineer lieutenants,
while the electric engines come under
the torpedo lieutenant.
sun, 70 viii be apparent that the
alters responsibilities are large and
Increasing. not being confined
by any means to torpedo duties alone.
rnc illumination AZ night of warshlps
Turing naval displays is another duty
which ne Is responsible ns cleo
cXper, "a the shin.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-07
THE sultan lost HIS sElT-

The Imperial Bank Of Germany
holds some SO, 100000 deposited BY
Abdul Hamid before he was deposcd
from the sultauship. and which. ac-
cording TO the Frankfurter Zeitung,
the present ottoman ruler proposes to
recover through legal action.
II is learned now that the Imperial
bank Is wiling 70 surrender the money
II the order for the same bears the
signature OF the former sultan. au-
thenticated hy the special seal adopt
cd by him when the deposit was made.
At that time Abdul Hamid entered
into a strict compact with the officers
Of the bssnk under which no with
drawal from this cou was to be
permitted except upon the authority
Of the special seal
Apparently tho Turkish government
was not aware OF this deposit until re-
Gently. when a letter sent by the bank
To Abdul and referring to the account
fen into the hands of Mohamoud
Cchefket Pacha. inspector general Of
the First, Second and Third Army
corps. The inspector forwarded the
letter to Abdul Hamld along with the
Information that its contents had
been noted subsequently the royal
prisoner signed nm order on the bank
for the money. hut his signature was
accompanied with the seal which
he nverred had been lost.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-07

dence obtained by the interstate cora
merce commission and as laid before
the department. OF justice. are fix ID
by q tacit IL not express agreeme Il
and there is a complete understanding
as 90 the conditions under which ~
business must De received and
handled.
Tho soic iustiNca ZION b express
companies have FOR their policy OF
making exclusive contracts with the
railroads is found IN a decision Of the
supreme court OF me United states.
Member OF tue interstate commerce
commission say there is TO Justifica-
ton for the agreements with the com
panics apparently have made between
other ana which. II is asserted,
are IN violation Of the anti-trust law
In view Of the distribution 81 a 800
per cont dividend rs the w~cns-Fargo
company it seems l%aughablc TO recall
that this concern. 10 company with
the other express companies named,
claimed that the net results Of the cX.
press business are not as favorable to-
day as they were some years ago.
rhey alleged that their operating
expenses have increased heavily,
owing 90 the increased cost Of trans
p%ortauou. the advance IN wages TO
Employees ana the additional cost Of
maintaining their equipment.