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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-05

There Were 1O64 Deaths in the Year According to the report of pr. sutton, clerk of the health department there were, in 1908. 1o64 deaths in Blrmins- ham. as against 1145 deaths in 1907.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-05

Jnspector EcIxerIe at Work.-Charles Eckerle plumbing inspector, after an illness of several weeks, is back at his office. He has been very Ill and ms friends are glad of his entire recov- erv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-05

clerk of the health departments eioi were. in 1908, 1064 deaths in Btrming- ham. as against 1145 deaths in lsoi'
 Inspector EckerIe at Work.-Charles Eckerle. plumbing inspector, after an illness of several weeks, Is back at ms office. He has been very i'll and his friends are glad of his entire recov- cry.
 Dr. Eliot COming.-In letter to pr. T. H. Phillips, superintendent of the nublic schools, Dr. Charles w. Eliot, nresident of Harvard states that he will be in Birmingham Tuesday, March Q. pr. Eliot will be the principal speak CT on a programme of entertainment which has not as yet been arranged.
 Meat Inspectors Work.-The meat and milk inspector has made his de- cember report to Mayor Ward. During that month the inspector inspected 14s0 home slaughtered animals and S150 western animals; 3339 pounds of meat were condemned, $500 pounds of fish were ordered tanked, and 30 buckets of oysters were found to be spoiled.
 office Hours.-Miss Nimmo Greene, secretary of the Birmingham Public Jjbrary association, will be in her of fee at the public library, Fourth floor, city hall. from to Il o'clock each morning. and usually from to in the afternoon. Those who wish to ln- terview Miss Greene are invited to call at her office. Peoples phone 1907.
 Y. M. c. A. Night SchoOl.-The win ter term of the Y. M. c. A. night school was begun last night with large at tendance. The following courses are being conducted: English, arithmetic, mathematics, mechanical and archi- tectural drawing, and special busi- ness course for employed boys. It IS stated that limited number of addi- tional pupils can be accommodated.
 Annual Meat InspectiOns.-The fol- lowing are items from the annual re- mort of the chief milk and meat inspec- tor: Locally slaughtered animals in- snected. 17,114; western animals in snected 49.996; other fresh meats in- spected 4,919,042 pounds; animals re- iected before slaughter, 73 meat con- demned, 44,535 pounds; fish condemned, 20.423 pounds; oysters condemned, 116 buckets. There were but three arrests made during the year on charges or violating the meat inspection ordi- nance.
 woodlnwn Man Injured.-J. c. Rolls of Woodlawn was painfully injured yes terday afternoon at the corner or Fourth avenue and Twenty-first street as he stepped from a Gate City car by being thrown heavily to the ground. His injuries consist of sprained back and badly bruised hip, with number of minor bruises. The injured man was removed in the Green Undertaking company's ambulance to his home at a345 North Fifty-fourth street, Wood lawn. He will probably be confined to his bed for some time.
 Observe Franklin Birthday.-At largely attended meeting of Birming- ham Typographical union No. 104 the celebration of Ben Frapklin's birthday was decided upon. A banquet will be given at one of the local hotels and an elaborate programme will be arranged for the event. The committee on arr engagements has been announced by President West as follows: o. c. Houston, w. s. Lopez and Ernest w. Lindsay. The employing printers will be invited and the occasion promises to be one of considerable interest and pIaa aur6.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-05

Weather Report for 24 Hours Ending I P. M., January 1. Local Office uAlteo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-05

pr. Eliot Coming.-In letter to Dr. J. H. Phillips, superintendent of the public schools, Dr. Charles w. Eliot, president of Harvard, states that he will be in Birmingham Tuesday, March g. Dr. Eliot will be the principal speak CT on programme of entertainment which has not as yet been arranged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-05

Meat Inspectors Work.-The meat and milk inspector has made his de- cember report to Mayor Ward. During that month the inspector inspected I4so home slaughtered animals ana Sloo western animals; 3339 pounds of meat were condemned, $500 pounds of fish were ordered tanked, and 30 buckets Of oysters were found to be spoiled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-05

E. T. Shaw & Son. undertak.ru.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-05

office Hours.-Miss Nimmo Greene, secretary of the Birmingham Pubic Library association, will be in her or flee at the public library, Fourth hoor' city hall, from to II oclock each morning. and usually from to in the afternoon. Those who wish to in- terview Miss Greene are invited to call at her office. Peoples phone 1907.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-05

Green ,UndaRtakin<ssCes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-05
CITY ITEMS.

"Chief of Weathe
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-30
HCMARD BARRY

ytar-od boy. and the powderbags look much the
hGndsedpound sack OF -four. cylindrical in
shape and studded with Jumps where the sticks Of nitro
prorude The tripper pulls the lower lever from his
car the first powderbag falls; another lever and the
second is in The brass forces them behind the
she'll The plugman gives huge wrench to the breech
and its mushroom head slides up on the powderbags
The loader slips primer in the touchhoe then folds
down a tiny piece Of steel that forms the electrical con
nection.
All is ready. These are the hard moments. You clasp
your cap tightly in your hand. You become ratified
Though you locked in the coffin there might be
heavy blowing the your flap against
your legs The has ground its way back: the shut
ters have closed the 1t at attention The place is
as clean and neat and silent as at an inspection.
II is up to the pointer He grasps his unweldy
mechanism; he closes and wreses with the vast and
complicated steel The ship her stately and
predetermined way while the seconds fly, and every
ond counts against the prizemoney this pointer may
earn against the trophy this ship may win The barn
big bull seye dances fantastic his magnihed field
OF vision He twists the wheel hair and the muzzle
of gun responds by inch he reverses up up
she surges slowly, imperceptiby. The ship is waiting
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-30

the umpire. You've broken powderbag"
Indignant. protesting the three quickly pick
the scattered grains, each big mans middle
finger They look carefully all about, then rush back
quickly to their stations eager to continue They look
to the umpire With the expectancy of dogs asking for
crumbs Every second is eating into their record This
rotten powderbag will cost them penalty. They may
not qualify; they fall below the second rate. Hor
rors The ship may descend from trophy class.
The umpire is inexorabe. MOP says he. That's
all this Climb down there and go into the
of that shutter; brush out every crack. take
chance"
Grumbling, the men 60 about the prevention that the
umpire thinks is worthy any ton of postmortems and
boards OF inquiry. But the men. with the AngloSaxon
light OF contest in their eyes, only the ord
officers dictumbetter 40 killed than lose
the trophy.
He wants to keep our score down." they mutter
He's from the 49,, and we're their only rivals" The
captain goes out to protest to the turret ofncer
The wetrained resolves itself with expert sud
denness into mob Of baked Americans clamoring for
fair play. An umpre's job is no popular on q
battleship than It Is baseball diamond
AL last they count the powdergrans--S7. "That bag
WAS half IN, grows the loader Il could have rammed
'er home an oned known If that hadn't
been here. Now we get 14e per minute an We might
"a had 2.10 Rats!"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-30

Now. until you hear again that command "Silence!" +"
you will hear only two words:
Commence 'fring"
Rambling from below. With grating crash the
tomato shutter drops in the ammunitonhost and the
shelcar climbs its grinding. steady to the top. Sud
denly realize that the machine is working Of its
accord You movement on the part of any
to it going. Except for that umpire. who, like
the man that the fooLkler will doubtless some time
has really business there the turret contains but
officer midshipman and he is with the other gun;
all here enlisted The officers aoft spot
ting the shells they strike below setting the
ranges with intricate instruments and delicate adjust
ments About the gun itself the the machinery
automatically. drilled to precision. Their last
instructions TO take it easy consequently they
work like buttons in shirt
The plugman pulls open the breech; the hoistman
locks the car the loader completes the passage from
to breech with ring OF pounded brass; the boy
tipper jerks down his lever, and the huge she'll neaxy
half ton In weight drops to its all but final resting
place. The rammer holds down his long release as
cable gripman throws back his lever, and the smooth
head forces the shell up till its soft copper rim
takes" the rhing Of the gun. (When shell is
properly placed" in this way-if its collar does not
"taket will surely be miss And if the powderbags
placed wrong end to there is grave danger Of a
hang-hre, and hang-hre is than a miss-fre-
almost as bad hareback-and bareback as every
knows Is what probably did up the Georgias tur-
ret One Of these shells is about the size Of three
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-30

sinister challenge to be hit But the Il
crossing black lines of his telescope must place
buls-eye before he presses the trigger They must.
THEY MUST!
He pulls-as easily child cracks toy revolv--
LO0kl the gun is discharged Yes 1t went of Just
now it did. Sure enoughl The great breech
sinks through the floor the sleek shiny haunch slips be-
meath grasp welches there in the glazed light
of the lethal chamber drops till its crest is low
its belly lay then poised slips to its first po
ston lies patiently. modestly for the next charge.
graceful spring tigress made moonlit
road, feline with steathy swfness, decisive as oiled
piston strokes
And your hand has been IL inches from the launch
ing of that hunderboltl Oh, well. this is easy. Who
need be afraid here? This place for grand stand;
here may gather all lovers of royal sport sport
indeed it is for wa-ch the precision and
swifness Of that silent crew working against time
The pugman unlocks the breech and pulls 1t open.
The loader leaps the chasm, hps up the tiny
guard that breaks the electric connection, and so
tracts the used primer Automatically the ar-blsSt
works. and you hear the swift escape Of steam as
it cleans out the rife blowing away gas and stray pow
der grains. The egg smell Of the nitro comes, and the
sweetness of the ether.
Then the grind from the hoist the shutter opens
up springs again the Looking down. you see there
the that lies in all shpsthe direct location
of the gun-breech the powder magazines burnt
grain falling down there with inefficient shutter the
only protection is constant danger Over the building
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-30

look companions In the ne su,s
eleven: two trainers two pointers one
boisman and plugman Anu
the eleventh the other outsderne y w
unpire: stripe of the ensign commissioner
officer and he Just to Keep nso
sidestep the bursting OF
faith there let TINS umpire "
he sky-pilot of the turret! ,,,..or
The trpper is slight Of perhaps IS years Neitne
has he ever seen big stand there ana
pull the the shell and its following powueas
the breech In undersnlrL pan
waits the word He was caugh
only year ago Minneapolis whittier he mad come
freshf the farm.
Far in on the leather headdess
the locked to the telescope that pro
the might be diver with that
and the speakngtuDe trail
,n. ~ He srasps his seeringgear
nd moves easily the 30on Below him.
htaan h legs his They might be
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-30


On the other side the
pointer. with his assistant.
also rides pickaback. Here
is the eye for which this
whole ship was built; here
the nerve and quickness for
which the 5000 tons, the
seven millions Of dollars,
the five years of making
have spread their august be-
ing. His accuracy may sink
a warship; his weakness
ruin a nation. To find him
and his like half a million
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-30

ing like the quick flush of womans face The
snap of the "Silence!" cuts like whip
AS though paralyzed, the action Of the turret dies
The pauses the of inserting the brass con-
necngray the hand of the rippar falls from its lever
the sight setter slips from his headdress the hostman
up in front the umpire; the breech Of
gun thunest cirrus froth like the first
wreath Of smoke from choice Pinar del Rio
The umpire points sterny below. 1t is he who has
called The hoistman and the leaders climb down the
hoise and pick up some ghtbrown chunks that look
like broken sticks horehound candy, pierced with
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-30

nor VIII L be until sealeo tube has been snbatf
tuted.
The umpire Is only too wen of this danger as
he critically watches every of the The utter
silence still prevails The gun has fired and
is being loaded for the second time; the first minute
has not passed, and still not a word
The second shot is fired Again the easy unbeliev-
able reco Less than anywhere in the ship you feel
1t here at the trunnion Of the gun Tis always In
sormcenters is the calm in the OF the
dwells the AS Disrae said the only joy being
prime minister lies in the certainty of your knowledge
that nothing is happening the inside Here in the
letha chamber at the center OF destruction pre-
vail only silence and quiet
a third and fourth time the smooth recoi The crew
works with the delight of Geneva clock vastly
complicated but Of single purpose and single
thought You are ocksd up with single gun Sepa
rated by skin of steel is its mate When that speaks
the turret is jerked the barbete and the unred gun
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-30

y ><Str "The Fool
M Who Looked
on Forbid
den Things"
We are on the range. Some one
calls. "Starting-buoy" and you know
that in another minute this double
twisted, original imitation OF billy
blue hell will commence. You reflect
that blast pressure of ~ pounds to
the square inch will kill man. You
know that the pressure on the air
near the muzzle Of this gun whose
breech you are beside, when it is
fired, is several tons to the square
inch. You remember that only few
years ago a green sailorman stood off
side 16 feet, that some one called to
him TO lie down just as the gun was
fired, that he was in the act of lying
down when it was fired. but that the
suction of the air going with the
she'll drew his head from his body
and broke his neck. This does not
add to the pleasure Of your situation.
for you can easily reach out there
- @bot cold haunoh
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-30

AMILIARITY, It's said. breeds
contempt; but | have an extreme
respect for Pinch gun on a
battle-ship- The very last thing
! care for in that connection is
either familiarity or contempt
The men who work It. who some
day will fight with it--let those
men explain how innocent such
a gun Is, how facile its manage
ment, how bland its temper, how
exquisite its adjustment Not ].
listen To thnsn men a whila and
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-30

The whistel Time begins The umpire his sopwach
little book which
nicely foolery
following minutes this will try
through himsy mile the
mllpond worthy namethe
The ship gdes along like steel through
"Slencei" gun-captan, the leaders speaks!
a "slence" II precedes
navy potency of sug
gestions
fit chan his mate after that command "Silence
given The him. without
with gnarled
hand; carried the welt by
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-30
EXPLOS/ON - -: -. -:
0FA mn NE-hvCt1. 5HELkS

dollars has been spent in
single month. In three minutes
now he can qualify and have SIG
month added to his pay for
year. For we have penetrated
to the very viscera of wars ma
ture. Here is the man behind the
gun. He does the trick. His eye
searches the telescope sight. his
left hand turns the wheel that
raises and depresses the muzzle
of his gun.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-30
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of the ammunition hoist
directly above the maga-
zines the navy has fought
one of its sternest inter
nal wars and the war is
still far from finished:
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-30

is pulled
from it's
g q uilibri-
un. This
is the back
lash. After
every shot
the trainer.
W i t h a
quick twist
Of his
W h g Q L,
subtly abb
serbs the
backlash.
For the
fifth time
the shutter
opens. the
grind as
cends, the
tri p per
pauses to
flip his le-
YER when
Silencel
The tone is
raised. 1t
has anger,
c O ncealed
but glow
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-30

you VIII believe that 1t is less dangerous to be locked
inside the turret while big gun is being fired than it
y 70 cross Broadway at Tweny-third street Perhaps
1t is. but prefer Broadway
And yet the fascination sseat gun has for the
imagination the potency OF evil itself Emblem of force
symbol OF destruction 1t stands serene majestic while
round its muzzle gather all the forces of the race
srugees and through it's breech march hate pain grief
ambition. power and death
The torpedo" said the captain Of a battle-ship to
me one night at dinner more or less of an expert
ment toy II would be practically impossible for one
10 sink big ship. The only thing really afraid
Of is a l2-inch gun"
The next day ] went into the afterturret when the
ship was on the range and in fun sympathetic
cord With the captain stood beside the hreech OF one
of those guns while dropped four shots into target
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-08-30

on the voice of
his index finger.
and he grow s
a n XII s; his
W h 0 e b e in 6
p ours it's e If
along the wheel
to a resolution
Of that terrible
prob ! e m. An
hour, a minute,
five seconds. a
how much
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
TEN GREAT CHINESE WALLS.
Dr. Cell Makes Interesting Discoveries
of Piumies North of Tibet.

DR.. William Cell of Doylestown, Pa,
has arrived in London after an eXpedi-
tion in China, the main feature Of
which was tracing the Great Wall for
1900 miles from the coast of Shan
haikwan to Kiayukun. on the north
ern border of Tibet. He discovered
about 200 miles of the wall that has
not hitherto been mapped. There was
little of the masonry remaining.
DR.. Cells investigations convinced
him that there were at least ten great
walls apart from the famous one.
Among other things he was able to
confirm reports of the existence of a
race of Chinese pignies, wild crea-
lures covered with hair, whose ances-
tors, according to tradition, were driv-
en- or fed to the mountains in the
north when the wall was built. The
descendants have dwelt in the same
mountains for twenty centuries.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15

Particularly in hats was only one Of
the niceties of the Earl of Harrington,
who, as Lord Petersham, before his
fathers death, was a leader and in
ventor of fashions. The "Petersham"
greatcoat was his own design and even
more than that, for he used to cut out
his own clothes and made boot pol
ish which he declared would super
sede all others. He composed his own
mixture OF snuff, and devoted one
room entirely to storing jars upon
jars of snuff and canlsters of every
kind of tea. His snuff boxes were
numbered by hundreds. and his nett
culous choice led him to reply, when
a beautiful Servres box was being ad-
mired, that sit was all right for sum
mer, but too cold for winter wear
London Chronicle.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
Where Ills Luck Game in.

Whenever physicians fees seem ex-
tortionate it is comforting to recall
certain famous eye specialist, one Of
whose patients coming to pay his bill
growled: Doctor, it seems to me that
$500 Is big charge for that operation
of mine. 1t didn't take you over half
minute"
"My dear sir" the other answered,
in learning to perform that operation
in half a minute l have spoiled over
eleven pecks of such eyes as yours -
From Lippincott's.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
A Historic Schoolhouse,

On the Isle of Wight stands the old
Jacobean grammar school where
Charles I. held his court during the
shortive negotiations with the parlia-
mentary commissioners who sat at
the old town hall. The schoolhouse
stands on the road to Carisbrooke
castle, where the king was prisoner.
The royal apartments were tn the
gabled front facing the street leading
to Cowes. and the school room was
used as the kings presence chamber.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
Approximatine European Conditions

The sight of a woman performing
the heavier kinds % labor once deem
ed fit only for men is still sufficiently
novel. Yet the census returns show
that nearly $4,000 women are employ
ed as workers IN iron and steel. Wo-
men find employment as blacksmiths,
wood choppers. stovomakers and 2or.
ters.
Sentiment may depreciate their in.
crease Of numbers in Industries re-
quiring strength and endurance. But
where they possess the requisite ply
sique and are under no illuaions as to
degrees of responsibility In labor t is
not apparent why they should not en-.
gage in masculine occupations as free
ly as they like.--New York Herald
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
River of Natural Ink.

The River of Natural Ink is curl
osity said to exist in Algeria. 1t is
caused by the junction Of two streams,
one of which drains region strongly
impregnated with iron. while the other
flows from a peat-bog and holds
large quantity of gallic acid in solu-
ton. The union of these two streams
causes the iron and gallic acid TO
combine, and thus produces a genuine
ink.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
A Matter of Doubt.

This story is told of Whistler, the
artist: Whistler and friend were
strolling through a London suburb,
when they met small boy. Whistler
asked hts age. Seven" said the boy.
20, you must be older than seven! !"
Whistler said, doubtingly. Seven"
insisted the boy. Turning to his
friend, Whistler asked: do you
think it possible that he could really
have gotten as dirty as that in only
seven years?"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
MuzzIinu q Wolf,

The fighting wolf. that cash in his
throat might be cauterized. was muz-
zled.
ITS easy to muzzle wolf If you
know how" the keeper said. you
Just take a good whip, and push the
stock at him. He grabs 1t between his
teeth. Then like flash you make a
moose with the lash around upper and
lower Jaw. And there he is. muzzled.
It's a dodge | learned out west when
| was cowboyin'."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
Black Friday.

Black Friday, September "a, 1889,
was day of great excitement in New
York. ocoasioned by clique of specu-
lators, who suddenly advanced the
price of gold to 162 1-2 and thus
caused a disastrous panic. sweeping
hundreds of firms and individuals into
hsnbrUntcv
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
Pet Chameleons.

Chameleons are interesting pets.
They may be cared for in any simple
form of cage kept in warm place,
with plenty of sunlight. Chameleons
greedily eat meal-worms, which may
be purchased at most bird stores.-
From Mature and Science" In St
Nicholas.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-09-15
Natural Deduction.

Blox-Dawkins is one Of those chaps
who pay as they 60. isn't he?
Knox-I guess so. At least he never
goes far.-San Francisco Examiner.