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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15
BURIED IN cORFA.
Experiences of Missionary In Central
 Turkey.

Years ago one of the brightest pupils in the Normal school at South Framing ham, Mass, started for the interior of Turkey, where, as some said4 she buried" herself in the ancient city Of Corfa, midway between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. This bright pupil Miss Corinna Shattuck, is now a middle-aged woman, and it would be difficult to fad more active. more progressive or hap pier person in the Sultan's whole do- mains.
 During the years of her ''burial9 she has managed to establish educational and industrial plants which are an ever penetrate that remote part of the world. Among other things she has started four shops in the city where the Armenian orphan boys are taught to be carpenters, cabinet-makers, smiths. tall ors and shoemakers. The work Is done between school hours and during the evening, thus combining manual and mental training after the most approved modern netneds The superior work manship .n .he iron shops has brought the patronage of the owners of a large rug factory in Oofra, who had been obliged to send to Aleppo. five days dis tant, whenever their machinery needed repairs.
 One farm boy has recently returned from Marash where he spent a year studying with an American agricultural college. Now, with a pair of good work horses, he says he Is busy turning up the soil that never saw the sun before" and so preparing for better fields a year hence. He has two American blows. cultivator and a seed-sower. What would Abraham have said to such implementsi This Is a fair sample of what foreign missions are doing in industrial educa- tion.
 Of course the pupils in these mission schools are desperately poor and it is practical Christianity to fit them for self support The American board is the only missionary society at work in central Turkey, where Miss Shattuck has spent her life useful1y and happily buried in teaching hundreds of girls and boys. and in conducting this large business en- terprise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15
Futility of Anger.

Our own anger, indeed, does us more harm than the thing which makes us angry; and we suffer much more from the anger and vexation which we allow acts to rouse in us than we do from the acts themselves at which we are angry and vexed. How much most people, for in- stance, allow themselves to be distracted and disturbed by quarrels and family dis putes. Yet in nine cases out of 10 one ought not to suffer from being found fault with. If the condemnation Is just it should be welcome as a warming 1t is 1t undeserved. why should we allow 1t to distress us?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15
The Spirit Moved Him.

From Uarper's Weekly.
 An old negro preacher approached southern physician and offered scrap of paper.
 ''Please sah, to read dat" he said.
 The physician found it to be an adver- tisement in which 1t was asserted that whisky was the only genuine and relia- ble specific for malaria.
 But you haven't any malaria, uncle" he assured the old man; none of it around here at all.
 "Whar do dey hab it de wurst. Mars. Jeems ?' the other then asked, curiously.
 It's pretty bad down on Cypress river" the physician told him. naming a locality some 20 miles away
 A few days later the physician ob- served him climbing upon rickety wagon piled up with household goods.
 'sMoving, Uncle Ned?' he asked. "Where are you going?'
 Mars. Jeems,' the old man said sol emnly 'Ah done had call; de spirit done move to go wuck In de Lords vine- yard on the banks ob Cypress ribber"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15
ATTENTION DAIRYMEN
 Loose Cotton Seed Hulls $5 per ton. One week only begin ming Monday, March 15, 1909.
 The Buckeye Cotton Oil Go.

Seaboard operates the only morning train Birmingham to Atlanta, Washington and New York. Through Pullmans and Diners, one night out. Business mans train for Atlanta leaves 4:15 p.m.. "The On-Time" Line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15

situation of melodramatic authors was that of a Connecticut farmer who was cutting wood with buzz saw operated by wind power. He slipped and fell on the carriage. He. could not release him self, and the relentless machinery drew him ever closer to the saw, until the teeth were sieing through hfs clothes. He would have been sawn in two in an- other moment if the motor had not ceased working, owing to a sudden fall in the breeze. He threw himself off the carriage with a desperate effort just as the wind ffeshened and the saw once more made it's swift revolutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15
Suggestions for the Housewife

A perforated piepan placed over the teakettle can be used to keep dish of food warm.
 A great many bemishes on wall paper may be removed with a rubber on lead pencil.
 Dried lemon peel sprinkled over coals will destroy any disagreeable odor about the house.
 Combs soon warp and break if washed with water. A good stiff nall brush cleans them well.
 Potato water is excellent for cleaning mud stains from nearly every kind of cloth or garments.
 The oven door should be shut as gently as possible. Much of the heavy cake and bread is the result of its being banged in closing.
 An India rubber hot water bottle is cas- fly cleaned. Wash it well with luke warm water and soap. rubbing on the soap with a piece of flannel.
 If the lamp wick moves up and down with difficulty, a simple remedy is 10 pull out a few threads at either side of the wick
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15
Pays for Offending Pride.
Washington Correspondence in New Tor
 

Washington Correspondence In New ork
 Times
 Dr. Bedloe, former consul at Annoy, was introduced to Edward Levy, a mer- chant of Raleigh. N. C.. the other night Frequently Dr. Bedloe was addressed by some of his story telling acquaintances as DOC"
 Some years ago., related the North Carolinian, 'I was advised to consult Dr. Osler. the famous Johns Hopkins path ologist He looked me over and then pre- seribed a new mode of living, rather than a lot of medicine. He wasn't with me 20 minutes.
 Now down at home. where he know the physicians, we hail them good-na- turedly as Doc Forgetting that I was A stranger I said to Osler: Well, how do we stand. "Doc"?'
 Fifty dollars, he replied, and his tone of voice had no sweetness in it.
 Whats that, Doc? I asked. Fifty?
 T said $50 he answered. '50'
 q paid 1t and hurried away. Soon I began thinking and the notion came to me that he added a few dollars for the manner in which I addressed him.
 Since which time" concluded MT. Levy, "when addressing a physician l call him Mister Doctor or Esquire."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15

Sad, But Common Case. Kncller-Did Jones lose control of his auto?
 Booker Entirely. His chauffeur won't let him use it at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15
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a bit of any old. eolored velvet will do. This method will also clean gold lace.
 
 Every time patent leather shoes are re- moved, they should be wiped off with soft piece of old linen or eheeseeloth. Then dip the fingers into sweet oil and rub thoroughly over the shoes, using just a few drops each time. This keeps the leather soft and prevents the crack ing so usual in patent leather.
 
 Wash porcelain tubs and sings frequente ly with a mixture of turpentine and salt. both ingredients of which are easily pro- cured. This will remove all stains and leave the surface smooth and spotlessly white The proportions are one cup of salt to one quart of turpentine. Wet a rag and rub over the porcelain Stiff brushes should never pe used on such surface.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15
Both Under Suspicion.

'IIe has so much correspondence now that he is obliged to keep private sec retary."
 what is he--a congressman or a pu- gilist?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15
Not To Be Pitied.

From EYerybody's Magazine.
 A traveller passing through the Broad Top Mountain district in northern Bed ford county, Pennsylvania. last summer came across a lad of s16 cultivating a patch of miserable potatoes. He re- marked upon their unpromising appear ance and expressed pity for any one that had to dig a living out of such soil.
 q don't need no pity said the boy, resentfully.
 The traveller hastened to soothe his wounded pride. But in the offended tone of one who had been misjudged the boy added:
 q ain't as poor as you think I'm only workin' here. don't own this place"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15
MOTHER sHlProN's PROPHECY.
Remarkable Prediction That Has Been
 Verified In Part.

From the Toledo Blade.
 R. H. Norton of Alamo, Mich, sends us a copy of the prophecy together with its history. Mother Shipton's prophecy is almost forgotten, except by antiquarians. It was first published in HAS and repub- lished next in 1T41. It must be confessed that the greater part of it has already been fulfilled It has no doubt caused good many to think of things they would never have thought of had they not been written They are copied from an old newspaper clipping published g years or more ago. These are Mother Shiptons S words:
 Carriages without horses shall go
 And accidents fill the world with woe. Around the world thoughts shall fly
 Tn the twinkling of an eye
 Water shall yet more wonders do;
 Now strange shall yet be true.
 The world upside down shall be,
 And gold found at the root of a tree Through hills man shall ride
 And no horse or ass be at his side, Under the water men shall walk;
 Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk.
 In the air men shall be seen,
 In white, In black, and green,
 Iron in the water shall float
 As easy as a wooden boat.
 Gold shall be found and shown,
 In a land that's not now known.
 Fire and water shall wonders do;
 England shall at last admit Jew,
 The world to an end will come
 In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15

Dried lemon peel sprinlxled over coals the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15

Combs soon warp and break if washed with water. A good stiff nall brush cleans them well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15
World of Twentieth Century.


 Christian church with righteous demand tEat Christianity be interpreted for it in terms of that service which it's vision of the sufferng, sacrincing Christ has taught it is the real Christianity. It asks for bread and will not be satisfied with a stone.
 The church of today is a larger church than that of yesterday. It concerns itself with wider range of human interests. It is less a haven for the world weary and mere recruiting station for the forces or social salvation. It's minister, if not less mystic, at least is more a man amongst men, asserting the leadership of love and service in the workadav af- fairs of the world. The old conventional line between the sacred and the secular has moved, so that now all life and all that Is proper to life is held to be sacred. Never again will the world be satisfied with a church that confines its efforts to one day in seven, that spends itself on. music and eloquence while the curses of human despair and the cries of human hunger rise from the great neglected zones about it. It must stand and an- swer for its life at the bar of the social conscience
 What attitude would Jesus assume were He here in the flesh today toward those dreadful shapes that rise up before us out of the murk of modern society? What answer would there be in Him to its pow erty and pauperisn, to it's idleness and intemperance. to its bankrupt households and neglected children, to its groups of incapables and never-do-wells and crim- inals? We need not ask the question. We need only to look and see what atti- tude He did assume, what answer He cid give. 'As He looked upon the multi tude He was moved with compassion, because they were as sheep without shepherd'' Nor did that divine compas- sion waste itself in mere sentimental ex- pression. On tireless feet 'He went about doing good'' amongst those broken by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15

Potato water is excellent for cleaning mud stains from nearly every kind of cloth or garments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15

A great many blemishes on wall paper may be removed with a rubber on lead pencil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-15

A perforated piepan placed over the teakettle can be used to keep dish of food warm.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-24
WANTS POLITICAL PRISONERS
AND YUCATAN SLAVES FREED

BANNING, Oct. 19.-[Editor Herald:
I should like to reply to the Rev. T.
w. Williams letter in yesterdays Her
aid. He says that after reviewing the
numerous charges made recently
against President Diaz of Mexico, IF
one-tenth of these charges are true,
then Diaz is a monster, fiend incar-
nate, worse than a Nero or Russian
Nicholas" And he adds that if these
charges are not true, criminal pro-
ceedings should be instituted against
these national defamers,"
wish to- say that 1 lived in Mex
leo for some months, and my brother
for FIVE years, and that after my ex-
perience l have no shadow of a doubt
that most If not all the revelations and
charges of tyranny, cruelty and injus-
tice against Diaz, and of a criminal al
lance between Diaz and certain Amer
lean officers to arrest and return or
imprison Mexican liberals are true.
When men of such known reliability
as John K. Turner make such state
ments as are made in the October
American, one of our best magazines,
there is no reason to suppose they are
not true.
Several books recently published con-
firm these charges. Yes. not merely
"one-tenth of all these charges are
true,", but all of them are true. And
l would ask the editors and readers
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-24
SAYS MANKIND is LOST
OR SAVED BY ITERATION

LONG BEACH, Oct. 15.-[Editor Her
add: The trouble is that the audience
is not large enough. The spoken or
written truth does not reach enough
of the multitude. Mankind is saved
or lost by "damnable iteration" The
masses never arrive at a moral or ma
terial conclusion through avanues of
thought, of investigation. They always
get there by reason of persistent clam
or, of appeals to sentiment, to emotion.
Yell an opinion, a belief, no matter how
absurd, in the ears of a crowd long
enough, and always on the same key,
and they will troop after you like sheep
after a bell-wether.
Editorials have appeared in The Her
aid not long ago that were not only
literature, but they were crammed with
moral principles that save the world
IL heard and needed, but like pebbles
in pool, they died away on too near
q shore. Truth and error spread among
men by persistent and bawling adver-
tisement. Mahomet was a man of
parts, but hundreds greater than he
have died and left no sign. He started
a cult, wrote a book embodying it.
He and his Omers and Mohammeds
after him carried a Koran on the han
die of every scimeter as they went to
battle. His priests carried his theology
in the wake of armies into every nook
and corner of western Asia and east
ern Europe. 1t was not the truth of
it that conquered the world to his ism,
but "damnable iteration" Buddha and
Brahma did the same, and by the
same process, for eastern Asia. The
Bible has the same history. It's influ-
ence spread, not by virtue of its in
trinsic excellence, great as that may
be, but by the untiring and persistent
Vociferation of JeWry for the Old Tes-
lament and the proselyting devotion
of a priestcraft builded upon the New
Testament for the new This supple
mented and perfected since the inven-
ton of the printing press, by the send
ing into every corner of the earth, civ
ilized or savage, copies of the book
with a priest to explain and magnify
its sacredness. Illiteracy is our bug
bear, and the only fact that saves US
from it is that we have a schoolhouse
on every section corner, and the three
RS are daily drilled into the ears of
16,000,00 of children.
A great party, born of good blood,
but fallen among thieves who stripped
it of every virtue, has gained it's vic
tories for twenty years by poisoning
the public ear and mind with false
hood and calumny carried through the
mails and every other means of COM
munication to every household in the
land. The lie is rich while the truth
is poor. The victory is gained by
"damnable iteration" The lie has al
ways been detestably and successfully
busy, utterly INSCRIPTIONS as to it's
methods so it got there. Truth halts
at using evil means to spread itself,
and gets left. SENEX.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-24
MEXICO

IN order that readers may have a
down to date view of our neigh
= Dor, Mexico, which promises to
become a subject of international dis
cussion, we take advantage of a time
ly review of Mexican progress pub
lished by the Bulletia of the Interna-
tional Union of American Republics.
which contains many facts and figures
of great interest.
The Mexican republic possesses-at
least nominally-a representative fed
eral form of government similar to
that of the United States. But in 1897
Mexico, in response to powerful fnan-
cial and political interests, drifted
away from Americanism and into abb
solutism by enacting an amendment to
the constitution specifically permitting
the election of president for consee-
utive terms without limit.
President Porfirio Diaz is now
SERVING HIS SEVENTH TERM.
On December l, 1910 (barring acci-
dents), there will be another presiden-
tial election, and President Diaz al
ready has announced himself and has
been announced as a candidate for re-
election for an eighth term!
Mexico is a country of great natural
wealth. In 19O7-19OS the mines pro-
duced; Gold, $19,O4S,6OO; silver, SAP, ,723,-
500; copper, $12, ,4OO,OO0; coal, $500, 900;
lead, $2,7OO,O00; other metals, 81, 900:
mineral oil, $1,000, 910 Total mineral
production for year, SSS,071 500.
The Mexican oil fields, which cover
an area of over 800 square miles, in
creased their output in 1908 as against
that of 1907 by more than 500 per cent.
The annual value of products of the
soil, fruit and cattle marketed exceeds
$200,000000, the chief items being corn,
$5O,OOOOOO; cotton, $17OOO,OOO heniquen,
$16,000,000; sugar, $13,000,000, and coffee,
IS, 900, 900.
The product of rubber for export in
creased from 1000 pounds in 1900 to
1929 pounds in 1907 There are 995
tobacco factories in the republic. By
law passed in 1908 the expenditure OF
$12,500,0OO in irrigation works was au-
thorized.
In recent years Mexico has made
special efforts to attract American set
tiers to certain specified districts. In
the territory of Topic 100000 acres OF
land have been set aside for the es-
tablishment of American agricultural
colonies. If Mexican prosperity were
equitably distributed there is plenty OF
it to go around, and there is no ma
tional excuse for poverty and peonage
excepting the SYSTEM of administer
ing the affairs and resources of rich
republic where there is enough OF
everything for everybody.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-24
CANDIDATES

TT Is correct to say mayor George
Alexander deserves another term
- of Office" but it is even more cor
rect to say, Los Angeles deserves an
other term of George Alexander"
Mayor Alexander's work for the city
has been that of a statesman and of a
disinterested champion of the cause
of the greatest good for the greatest
number. He has illustrated American
ism, and no public official can make a
better record than can be achieved by
consistent fidelity to the interests of
the people.
Mayor Alexander has given us an
administration that has been approved
by all classes of the community. He
is trusted because he is Trustworthy.
If you would estimate his character,
look at the attempts being made to
cast reflections on it and to discredit
him. What are they? Vapid buffoon-
cry: pitiful, pifhing, peevish substi-
tutes for wit: weakling wishy washy
trash intended to be Sarcasm" Mel
ancholy indeed are the efforts of the
lugubrious First street Jester. When
somebody in an ill-advised moment of
charity tells a banal buffoon he is
witty" he inflicts on the public a
nuisance for if you approve Sir Jester
OF the Hee Haw, he will bray himself
to death to gain another plying smile
''The loud laugh that speaks the
vacant mind in the First street neigh
hORh0n1 vsTi11 Win OF e.,
Alexander, who at the primaries will
be chosen by the people as a candidate
and will be elected.
Mayor Alexander's services to the
city of Los Angeles have promoted
the public welfare and advanced pros
perity. AS a mayor, he has exempli-
fed "the Los Angeles way" and there
is no better way for Los Angeles.
The\Nnere announcement that Judge
Works Xs willing to serve the city as
membeS of the council ought to be
sufficient to nominate and elect him,
and we believe the people of Los An
geles will show their appreciation of
one Of our best known citizens.
Other nominations that will be cred
table to Los Angeles will be those of
w. j. Washburn, Miles Gregory, ]. J.
Andrews, Martin Betkouski, George
Williams, and Richmond Plant.
At time when educational interests
demand the dislnterested services of
able and efficient men, Los Angeles is
to be congratulated on the fact the
members of the present Board of Edu-
cation are willing to continue to man
age educational affairs. They are Jo-
seph Scott, Fielding J. Stilson. ]. M
Quinn, Roger S. Page, H. w. Frank,
Melville Dozier and F. w. Steddom.