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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19
MOBILE AS A BANANA PORT.

W. F. Curtis in the Chicago Record Herald.
 Mobile is one of the principal banana ports of tho whole country. A 5oo0-ton steamer comes in here every Thursday bringing sO.oo0 or 35, ,Oo0 punches of ba- mans from Central America, wh ieh are traFsferred to railway cars within few hours and hurried northward by special trains, so as to reach market before the dew is off 'em,' as the man on the dock remarked
 The railway trains come down to the. dock and lie close to the side of the ship. The bananas are transferred by means of an ingenious "unloader' in vented by one of the employees of the United States Fruit company for the purpose. It consists of long arm or derrick that can be made to rise and fall. to turn either way and to be placed in any position that may be required. Extending the entire length is a belt of canvas, containing series of pockets at intervals of eight or 10 inches, large enough to hold punches of bananas. This belt is endless and moves up one side and down the other side of a ladder-like derrick.
 When the hatch is taken off the hold of the steamer the end of the ladder is lowered so that the men by a single motion can place one bunch of bananas in each of the pockets after the belt starts upon its revolutions. and another gang in a freight car pushed up to the other end pick them out and pile them up In the car as fast as they arrive. It takes about five men to keep the belt full of bananas and quite as many to catch the punches as they arrive at the car. The contrivance is on the plan of the ordinary elevator and works as easily with banans as with wheat. There Is derrick and a gang of men for ever hachway and the newest steamers have been built to accommo- date them. By this means 1t is possi- ble to unload 10000 punches of ba- mans in four or five hours, when 1t used to take four or five days, and that makes a great difference with the con dition of the fruit which should be taken out of the hot hold and put into cold storage as quickly as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19
From AnsMars-

From Answers.
 WY HAT the value of either the
 NA/ North or South Pole would be
 W to the nation becoming it's proud proprietor Is difficult to say, but for many years the finding of one or the other of them has been the highest ambi- ton of all who have felt the peculiar at- traction of the magnetic regions.
 Lieutenant Shackleton's experience with Captain Scott in the Discovery expedition of 1901-4 when he reached the highest latitude ever attained In the southern re- gions-S2 degrees r minutes-admirably fitted him to lead the next British expedi- ton, which sailed in the Nimrod from Lyttleton, New Zealand, on New Years Day of last year.
 His experience led him to think that by the use of a special motor car a success ful dash might be made for the South Pole; and the car which he took with him was really extra special.
 To begin with 1t had Interchangeable wheels-one set with plane tires for flat ground; another, with knobby tires, for snow; and third, set with four-inch spikes, placed in pairs, and calculated to get grip on ice. For quick running over ice or snow, the front wheels could be rendered immovable, and placed on broad runners something like skis
 Water for drinking and washing pur- poses was constantly supplied by this wonderful car, through an arrangement by which the hot exhaust gases were made to act upon a snow tank, which could always be kept filled with snow. The same gases kept a warming pan in the floor of the car at comfortable temper ature.
 Rubber in those cold regions would quickly perish, and become useless, so the tires were made of hickory and steel-the latter specially treated to withstand the intense frost
 Another novelty which Lieutenant Shackleton introduced into polar enter prise consisted of Manchurian ponies, of which he took 15, as a standby against a possible motor breakdown. He also took the further precaution of carrying num- Der of dogs.
 Before this expedition heavy furs were always considered necessary in Polar re- gions, but Lieutenant Shackleton replaced these for himself and his party by suits of pure wool, each weighing 30 pounds. with outer suits of mackintosh. He con- sidered that, with the addition of reindeer fur boots and gloves of wool and dogslxin, they were thus fitted to with stand for many months at time some 60 degrees of frost.
 When the party in the Nimrod expedi- ton reached Mt. Erebus-the leaders idea of establishing a base on King Edward s vIrs Land having been frustrated by the terrible gales and blizzards encoun- tered-they set up house which had been built in sections in England. The walls were of wood, and were double, the four inch space between the shells being filled with granulated cork It was 33 feet long, IS feet wide and feet high
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
"The Lost Jewell"

T was reminded of a similar occur renee to the loss of the Masonic jewel returned after many years to the Florence lodge by an Ohio man" said citizen yesterday.
 "A young lady came on a visit to our home in Selma. My brother had a very handsome fraternity pin which he loaned the charming visitor. Now, she had the largest canvas-covered Saratoga trunk I ever saw, built to order. Well, one even- ing she was dressing for a function and had the pin on when she went to the trunk for something. In few minutes she missed the pin. The next day everything was removed and the garments shaken and diligent search made for the pin, but it could not be found. Twenty-Five years after in handling the trunk. it gave up the hidden pin from It's hiding place be- tween the canvas cover and the trunk. And my wife was delighted. Alasl the owner had passed to the beyond many years ago."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19
Turkeys New UDheayal

It Is not easy to understand reyolu- tionary movements fin Turkey. The re- cent revolution that made Tewfk Pasha premier was clearly due to g. change of views in part of the army the same army that once stood sol. idly back of the Young Turks. A DOT ton of that army has now turned against the Young Turks and their committee of union and progress.
 If that army should become divided one corps supporting the Young Turks, another the new liberal party, and perhaps the third corps somebody or something else, civil war would occur, and this is what is feared in Constanti- nople and by the powers who are watching every movement in and about Constantinople.
 Revolutions may not go backwards, but some revolutions consume a long time in working out final result. The French revolution of 1789, for exam pie, was not worked out until the Ger. mans had left France and the Com. mune had been squelched. The present French republic is part of the revo lution of 17Ss, and there are some who do not think the end has yet been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19
NEAR THE SOUTH POLE

Costing 830,000, the expedition's eoufp- ment included from 90 to 60 tons of uro- visions, packed in HOO cases Of great i'm portance among these were 20OO bottles of fruit, seven and a quarter tons of dried vegetables and TOO pounds of cocoa.
 For scientific reasons, cocoa was the staple drink of the party throughout the time spent in frozen regions The frnit and vegetables were, of course, to prevent scurvy, and their success has been seen in the excellent health which the expedi- tion has enjoyed.
 Having left 15 of the party at the base with provisions sufficient for two years the Ninrod returned to New Zealand in March, 1908, and reported that Lieutenant Shackleton hoped to make a bold attempt to reach the pole from his wintering quar- ters. In the autumn the vessel returned to pick up the exploring party to bring them home.
 Three or four of the wintering party remained in the neighborhood of the hut making short geological and other scien- tific expeditions, but the remainder pushed forward in three parties, carrying ample provisions.
 Each party carried one or more huge sleeping sacks. capable of accommodate ing three men, each in smaller bag lined with reindeer fur They also had small tents, very low so as to offer lt- tie resistance to the S0-mile-an-hour winds which sweep these regions.
 Low as these tents are however, they had to be buried in snow in order to give them something like stability.
 Particularly valuable was the 14x1S-inch box carried by each sleigh, and contain ing in it's marvellous interior sufficient nutriment in the form of beef products to keep three men alive for one month
 As progress was made southward "ca- chets" of provisions were established at intervals. They were surrounded by bam- boo poles, bearing large black flags, which, because of their marked con- trast with the glaring white of the snow. were considered most likely to catch the eye of returning parties.
 We cannot yet know the full value that the bold leader of this expedition has found his curious motor car to possess in Antarctic exploration; but in a trip to- ward the North Pole it would be of little value, because of the very rough and hummocky nature of the ice in northern regions.
 The reason of the difference is that, whereas the northern ice is constantly breaking up and shifting, that of the south has never been unfrozen, probably since the glacial period This ice is in places 2000 feet thick, or even more, and has a stability and immobility unknown in the far north.
 Now that Lieutenant Shackleton is on his way home, crowned with great, if not complete, success it would be interesting to know what triumphs have attended the Antartic expedition of the French sa- want, pr. Charcot, who left Havre in the new ship Pourquoi Pas as?-Why Not?-on August 15 last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19
BLUE LAWS IN MADRID.

Madrid Cable to the New York Press.
 The old. night life" of Spain, the music and dancing that has been such an attractive feature to American and other foreign travellers to Madrid and the southern cities of Seville, Cadiz, Ronda, Malaga and Barcelona, is a thing of the past. A few years ago the government decided that night bohem- ianism was demoralizing the youth of the country, and King Alfonso issued a royal decree closing music halls, cafes and other places of amusement at 12.30' 8. m.
 Formerly these places never closed their doors. Night serenading parties marched through the streets like trou- badors strumming their guitars and singing beneath their sweethearts' win dows until daylight, also were prohib- tied after midnight. The orders aroused much hostility. but were en- forced, with the result that much of the old-time night gayety which the Spaniards love disappeared. The Span fish music halls became as lifeless as afternoon tea parties
 But even this change has not satis- fled the King and the government, and a new royal decree, designed to raise the tone of the music halls, has been issued. The women of the stage are prohibited hereafter from entering that part of the building intended for the public or from addressing or otherwise in ha They are not to lodge in the same or adjoining buildings, and private rooms are forbidden. The fines for mira ctions are heavy, and three offenses forfeit the proprietor's license.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19
READING OLD BOOKS AGAIN

however frequently we meet him, does not bore us. Or-to turn from fiction to history. to essays or to verse-there must be depth of thought of felicities of style that renew their impression with each perusal.
 We have just mentioned '"vanity air" "a novel of many excellences. Hazltt delighted in Tom Jones'" of which the narrative skill, the humor, the charsster- ization, and the broad humanity cannot be exhausted at a single draught. Hazlitt also had a relish for Smollett, but to our notion his ruffians are even less attrac- tive the second time than the first. But "Clarissa Harlowe," long as it is-eight fat little volumes in the eighteenth-cen- tury editions-seems greater work of art on the second reading. And "The Heart of Midlothian or "Ivanhoe"-who ever tried them once without wanting to re- peat the experience? When we pass from the great novels to the great plays, We are in the land of poetry where we not only re-read, but actually learn by heart. The late Professor Child of Harvard, a successful teacher of literature if ever there was one, used to make his students of Shakespeare commit five or six pages perhaps more-of each play they took up. That, after all, is the way to develop a taste for literature. Today we seem to be afraid of asking boys and girls to memorize long passages, as if somehow that process would destroy the reasoning faculty. whereas it may furnish the req son with data upon which to work. If we have at our tongues end sthe best poetry, we possess, Matthew Arnold used to urge, @ high and severe stand ard of judgment. For young and old alike, then, the finest literature endures the test of indefinite re-reading. We may know 1t by heart and still go back to it with zest undulled by repetition just as we derive pleasure only the keener from studying a wonderful picture, every line of which is stamped upon the memory. Or, as we lift up our eyes again and again to the ancient hills whence cometh our help.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19
LANeTRYs BEAUTIFUL FIGURE.

From Monte Carlo Letter to Vogue.
 At fixed hours of the day, morning, afternoon and evening, Lady de Bathe Is always to be seen. Usually alone. she moves about seemingly unconscious that she is a target for all eyes. Faultlessly gowned, her figure is simply marvellous; far more supple and graceful than In the days of her youth, more than quarter of a century ago. when she captured the world with her beauty. Last opera night she wore fascinating toilette of white satin. The skirt, smoothly fitted over the hips, flaring into great fullness at tho foot, was plain save for three two-inch tucks set at the hem. The round waisted bodice of white tule was quite covered with raised embroidery done in coarse white floss Tn front the bodice heightened Into straight breadth. finishing in a short. thick fringe of white silk. The sil- houette was of utmost severity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19
CANADIAN BOAT SONG.

From the Gaelic. (Author Unknown, 1S29). Listen to me. as when ye heard our
 father Sing long ago the song of other Listen to me. and then in chorus All your deep voices as ye pull your
 oars: Fair these broad meads. these hoary
 woods are grand; But we are exiles from our father
 land From the lone shieling of the misty Mountains divide us, and the waste
 of seas But still the blood Is strong, the heart
 is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Heb
 rides We ne'er shall tread the fancy haunted
 valley
 Where tween the dark hills creeps
 the small. clear stream, In arms around the patriarch banner rally
 Or see the moon on royal tombstones / gleam. When the bold kindred, in the time Hong vanisS'd, Conquered the soil and fortified the
 keep No seer foretold the children would
 be banishe'd That degenerate Lord might boast
 his sheep. Come foreign rage-Let discord burst
 in laughter! O then for clansman true and stern
 claymore-- The hearts that would have given their
 blood like water Beat heavily beyond tho Atlantic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 The more a man talks on a subject the more good it would do him to think little on it.
 The reason a man likes to go walking with a girl is he wouldn't if they were married.
 When girl gets engaged she feels 1t Is her duty to be very sorry for half a dozen men who escaped.
 The reason a woman can suspect a man who Is her neighbor of leading a double life Is she can find no evidence oft
 The man who goes around the house repairing things that a carpenter ought to do Is the same idiot who is always telling everybody how the government ought to be run.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19
Central American Affairs

<, President Zelaya of Nicaragua is restive. and he is inclined to quarrel with Salvador. When, however, 1t is not one quarrel in Central America it is another, and the five little republics Guatemala, Nicaragua, San Salvador, Costa Rica and Honduras-are almost constantly in hot water.
 The subject is attracting the atten- tion of Secretary of State Knox ana he may devise plan for the perma- nent paciflcation of the five small re- publics. Some think the shortest roau to peace in Central America consists in the absorption of all five republics by Mexico. That would not be incon- sistent with the Monroe doctrine. It would, fin fact, be apt to prevent for eign claims that would call for action on our part. But whatever the plan 1t should be one that would be acceptable to the people of the five republics, and that would be just to all the rest of the world. The extension of Mexico to the little state of Panama would be a happy solution of troublesome tangle in the tropics, for it is not reasonable 10 expect the five little republics to live in peace. At present Zelaya is fighting the Monroe doctrine, and the belief is that he hopes to seize all Gen. tral America himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

Hard times have worked a decrease of 60 per cent in divorces in Pittsburg. The Pittsburgers find it Is cheaper to stand the ills they have than to fly to a lawyer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

Castro is not a lion at present in his celebrated act of defying the world. The world declines to take him ecri- ously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

Farmer Patten had plenty of wheat and this is why he could meet the de- mand of those fellows who had sold wheat they did not own.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

Some American boys would like to be presidents, and there are some who would prefer to be pitchers in a major league.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

There are no pneumonia germs on the bleaehers. They cannot live where the sun shines open and free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

Marion Crawford wrote twenty-five novels in the last thirteen years of his life, and yet he never put foot in h. dlana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

Instead of putting more air in the loaves the bakers have concluded tc make the loaves of bread Gnlalier This will keep the price stationary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

Easter hats are now trimmed on the installment plan, but the trimming Is never permitted to outrun the Install ments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

The hour has about come when the Senate insurgents can make them selves felt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

MT. Roosevelt continues to encounter liars on his trip to the other side of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

The millionaires are hastening to buy aeroplanes before they become vulgarly common, and the sky is full of them,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

Farmer Patten says the days of cheap bread are past. The days of wheat corners should be also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

Glover Littauer had no pun on the Senate, but he will attempt to dicker in the conference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

Senator Aldrich is starring in the new version of that roaring farce, Honest Tariff Revision"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

The men who leave home with pse- occupied air are simply going to the ball ground.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

The public education bill of the United States is vast sum, and it is money well spent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

The tariff on mustard sticks clings like plaster in both houses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

The present opening ot spring is considered genuine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

The suffragettes decline to adopt the fashionable hats of the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

The zeppelins seem to be dreaded even more than the Dreadnoughts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

The women do not become excited over the opening of the baseball sea- son, and they surely are not fit to vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

Washington Bureau Herald. 14:i c street. N. w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-19

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, oostofflce as second-class matter unoer act of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
NEWS FOR WOMEN READERS
MANY NOVELTIES
FOR HOMEMADE
XMAS PRESENTS

The homemade Christmas gift is
planned and begun long out of sea.
son. but by so much the more does
1t embody that spirit of remem.
brance which alone makes a gift
worth keeping.
Jabots, bags and aprons are
among things expected and always
acceptable. A new jabot is headed
with a butterfly of white silk
crepe; new apron is of rubberized
sateen and has pockets for clothes
pins; and new bag for the fash
1onable crochet work, is cut round
and fastens with a glove clasp.
A mat for the bath tub is of
coarse cotton, crocheted or knitted
on large wooden needles. Another
article of real utility is a sweeping
cap made like a Dutch bonnet. For
1nvalids, or grandparents, are OBJ
long sofa pillows covered with fine
towels. guest room size, and deco
rated with colOred embroidery.
Hat pin holders are extra long
for reasons obvious, and must
match the other articles of the tot
let table. Delicate dresser scarfs
are of filet, or square meshed net,
worked in cross-stitch flower de-
signs. Etamine and scrim with col
ored cross-stitch borders copied
from old samples are liked to en-
liven the monotony of the all-white
bedroom.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
CHARMING METHOD
TO DRESS THE HAIR

The heavy twist of hair around
the head is gaining in popularity
1t is usually a light weight switch
smoOthed oversa soft rat. The
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
REAL COMEDY Of
: ERRORS
Prima Donna, Tenor and
Basso Suffer; That Is
! ) Not All.

MILLION, Nov. 3.-An exciting
chapter of accidents marked the
concluding performance at the
Eopera house.
Miss Elisha Bland, a prima donna,
was hurrying to the theater when
Eshe fell down and severely sprained
her ankle. throughout the evening
she had to be wheeled about the
stage in such fashion that only the
UPPER half of her figure was visible
to the public as she sang her part.
meanwhile attendants, crouched be-
| lows the screen, were busy bathing
and nlassaging the foot to ease the
pain.
Signor Barrera, the tenor, hob
bled about, groahing with govt, and
the first bass. Signor Girino, while
taking air in the afternoon had the
misfortune to slip into a ditch and
strain the muscles of his knee. He
seized every opportunity of retiring
to the wing to give vent to his
feelings. ...
A fire threatened to destroy Che
scenery, while thunderstorm,
raging outside, extinguished the
electric lights.