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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18
DEATH, WITH TRIMMINGS.
The Judge Impressed Jose Maria With
 What He Would Miss.

Florence Finch Kelly, from whose new
 novel, The Delafield Affair."" this cu-
 rious excerpt is taken, declares that it is
 not greatly exaggerated report of an
 actual New Mexican death sentence
 "Jose Maria Melgares, you have heard the finding of the jury began the judge, and it is now necessary for me to pro- nounce upon you the sentence of this court The rains will soon be here, Jose Maria MelSares, the grass will spring forth, the flowers bloom, and all the plains and hillsides grow green and luxu- riant. But you will not be here to see and enjoy their beauty, Jose Maria Mel- gares. The rains of summer, the golden days of October, the storms of winter will all alike pass unknown and unheeded over your head. Spring will come again with its new life. and the lambs will froic
 beside their mothers and the little calves bleat in the valleys. But your eyes will not see the sights, nor your ears hear the sounds, Jose Maria Melgares. It will not matter tQ you that the skies of New Mex leo bend blue and beautiful above your head The stars will march across the midnight heavens, proclaiming that God is good, and that He holds the universe in the hollow of His hand. Day after day the sun will rise in his fiery might and blazon forth upon earth and sky the good ness and the glory of the Almighty The moon will swim across the violet skies of night WAX from slender crescent to fair white disk and wane again. But to you, Jose Maria Melgares, it will all be as nothing. For you, life Is tale that has been told; there Is nothing more for you now, Jose Maria Melgares, save the moral, and even that is no longer of interest to you. For you have been guilty of a heinous crime, Jose Maria Melgares you have taken the life of your fellow man, and therefore your life is forfeit. It is the sentence of this court. Jose Maria Melgares, that you be hanged by the neck until dead. And may God have mercy upon your soul!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18
ANTI-suFFRAoE ARGUMENTS.
Being Stories Told at Luncheon of Women Who Don't Want Votes.

From the Washington Post.
 A lady was walking down Fifth ave- nue at 6 o'clock in the evening when she was stopped by a nurse trundling a baby in. carriage.
 Can you tell me the way to Eighth ayenue?" asked the nurse.
 Why, it's a long way from here" re- piled the lady. You must walk four blocks west to find 1t. Isn't it very late for such little baby to be out?' she added. glancing at the child.
 Oh said the nurse, tossing her head, "his mother won't care. She's a suffragist."
 Two ladies were in one of the many fitting rooms of well known dress making establishment selecting ma terial for gowns. Suddenly the door opened and the head of tn e establish ment appeared, evidently in great ex- citement.
 Oh, ladies'" she cried, Mrs. -," mentioning the name of a woman famous for her beautiful clothes and her interest in the suffrage movement, "is here. She has just bought one of my $500 models and has ordered an other gown for $S5O, and will probably select others today. She will be per
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18

fectly furious if she can't have this fitting room. Will you ladies kindly go into one of the other rooms7"
 In dignified silence the ladies retired into the next fitting room. As soon as they reached home each signed a blank committing herself to the antisuffrage cause.
 Two young women were scheduled to read papers on the rearing of children in connection with a mothers meeting their husbands being left at home to put the two children to bed. They lived in adjoining apartments.
 The young women attended the meet ing, read the papers, and after the dis cussion on the care of infants, ad- journed to the home of asfriend for re- treatments. When they reached home at 11:30 the two husbands had Joined forces and were frantically pacing the floor, each carrying shrieking baby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18
Marathon Contests.

T
 If in the schools for instance a gold medal should be awarded every week to the youth who can hold his tongue the fastest for period of 25 hours, then something worth while would be obtained A Marathon silence test would be of real value in the strengthening of character, since silence breeds meditation, and med- itation is the mother of philosophy, and through philosophy one learns how to get the greatest good out of life not only for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18
Story That the Load
 Sheet Tells

of and koWath dDec one 0 the mstda of July
 
 the eoad By 0 4hour The highest the the demand for S point the mmm demand
 On tn htoh housud of kowath
 the oWath the klowattho
  madeo the a w on off  there?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18
Had Confessed It.

From the Bohemian Magazine.
 Sculptor (angri1y)--How came you to say I had been cutting sorry figure of late Wagly-You told me so yourself.
 Scuptor--I did no such thing.
 Wagly-Well, you told me you were making . statue of Repentance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18
Heat Him!

Guzzle (after he had succeeded In walk ing his wife)-Open the dorsh.
 Mrs. Guzzle (head out of the second story window)-Are you sober?
 Guzzle-Yesh.
 Mrs Guzzie-Then say reciprocity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18

l have known many immigrants to plod over books, printed in their native tongues and designed to instruct them in our lan- guage. It is safe to say that no one ever learned a foreign tongue by studying disconnected words, grammatical rules, and directions for pronunciation. The men are in hurry to learn the English of the shop and the mine, the mill and the forge, the factory and the dock. They do not want book English. Most of them will continue to write their mother tongue, but they want their ears trained and their tongues accustomed to the sounds of English. They should be aided to this knowledge by the easiest and quickest way. ms can best be done by nelp1ng them clothe the experiences of daily life in an English garb.
 The foreigner lives and moves in a small world of which he is the center and about which he can freely converse in his native tongue. But English lets him into the larger life of America, raises his wages, Calls him to higher standard of living, and is the medium of better communication with his fellow workers. A vocabulary of S00 words will sufTice if acquired in the form of simple sentences pertaining to every day occurrences These words cannot be acquired from books. Language is not to be practiced
 
 monologue, but in the relation of men with men. It is the medium by which to express the intelligence, the activities, the necessities of life in the interdepend- ence of modern society.
 A knowledge of English is also neces- sary to protect the, foreigner in life and limb. Shadwell, in his recent book on industrial efficiency, declares that employ CT and employe must cooperate if the horrlfying accidents of modern industry are to be eliminated, and that no man should be employed in dangerous trades until he is made thoroughly conversant with the dangers incident to the work But mining, the steel and iron works, the white lead and grinding trades employ thousands of foreigners who do not com | prehend the simplest warning given ir i English, and who cannot read the warn ings even if printed in their native ! tongues. Again and again men are in jured who would have been saved if they had known a dozen English words. Anc | the terrible casualties, the disgrace of oul industrial records, will not diminish unti | our language is taught to foreigners em 1 ployed in dangerous trades. that they may become familiar with the simple rules laid down for their protection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18
This advertisement is intended to attract the attention of every intelligent
Clothing Merchant
 4

in the United States and is appearing today the 4s principal cities from Maine to California Its direct purpose is to tho opening of tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18
FITTING SCHOOLS ID THE IMMIGRANT The Lost Opportunity Of Our
 System A RUSSIAN ROCKINGHAM Appreciated Advantages of English Education and Increased His Earning Capacity From $1
 to $3.5o Day.
A RUSSIAN ROCKINGHAM
By PETER ROBERTS.
Industrial Department, Internationa
 

Industrial Department, International T..
 M. c. A.
 Exclusive Service The Survey Press Blu
 reau)
 Michael Novak, g. young Russian, had heard of the United States, and had come to America with two strong arms and d stout heart. When he looked for work he had only three words at his command, 'Job" and How much?' But three years ago that was enough, for employers then flred thousands of men who knew not a word of English. Michael began witt. S6 a week. He realized the advantage os English and immediately began to study. As his knowledge of the language in- creased his wages rose and when last 1 heard oi him he was earning sS.5O a day. The foreign-tongued men in the indus tries can rise to the maximum of their ef- ficiency only when they speak the lan- guage of the country, and nowhere is the knowledge of a language so important an asset as in the lives of these men in America. Both employers and employees know this. Slavs, Magyars, Italians, Greeks, Syrians and Persians are anxious tO iNtih IAhShSllj pul llo OppOIluIllleS offered them are not many. Some public schools are doing good work, but trey are cases in the desert. The general equipment of schools is ill-adapted to tie needs of foreign adults. and the teach tug is still more wide of the mark. To squeeze 6 foot Austrian Into a child 8 continuation desk, give him a primer, and haUa him x{-raCfla with phie has a little doll." Is incongruous to say the least. If the desire of the for eign adult to learn our language is to be properly met we must devise an equip ment wholly different from that in use to teach the child clements of his mother tongue.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-01
HOT WEATHER AND
CONSTIPATION.

There is o close connection between
hot weather and constipation. People
do not seem to understand this, ana
even doctors are slow in comprehend
Ing it.
Constipation depends mainly on dry
ness Of the bowels. During the hos
weather the fluids of the body are
drained away in perspiration. unless
considerable extra fluid is drunk, the
internal organs are deprived OF their
usual amount OF fluid. The tulds
usually used by the bowels to keep the
contents moist, are absorbed into the
blood and evaporated on the surface Oh
the body, to cool the body during the
hot weather. Hence, constipation.
1t is very unfortunate indeed, for any
one to be obliged to take drastic cathar-
tics to relieve constipation. Or course
drastic cathartics will clean out the
bowels, but the habit o. constipation
remains just the same. Even Little
worse.
If mild and gentle stimulant of the
bowels is used, combined with tonic
that has the double effect ofstimulatins
the natural peristaltic action of the
bowels, as we'll as attracting to the
bowels the necessary portion Of fluids,
if such n remedy could be devised it
would be of great value to the people
during the hot weather.
It is believed that Peruna comes
nearer to being perfect remedy in this
particular than any other popular
household remedy. Taken according
to the directions OH the bottle, it not
only increases the appetite and gives
strength to the nervous system, but 1t
produces a slight action OF the bowels,
overcoming constipation without p:o-
ducing n cathartic action.
We are in receipt OF great many let
ters confirming the statements made
above. One will suffice for illustration:
Mr.. William Eckcrt: 2,3 North Eight
senth ST., Columbus. Ohio, writes:
81 have been afflicted with chronic
constipation for twenty-five years.
"About six months ago l was feeling
badly, and concluded to use Pcruna as
o. tonic. To my surprise, before had
finished the first bottle of Pcruna
noted that my bowels were moving
regularly, without any physir. From
that time to this my constipation has
disappeared Pcruna has notcnly built
me up, but 1T has cured me OF chronic
constipation"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-01

guides for the ram head. Two pieces
on each side onc-h;lf by two inches
hold the frame III place and form
guides for the ram. Bearings on the
upper ends of the channel irons can
be made of wood or iron and babbittcd
SAYS the American Blacksmith. The
channel pieces can be of any length
to suit the height of the room in which
the hammer is located. Two three
quarter inch rods with turn buckles
are used to hold the frame i'll position
over the anvil. Make the connecting
rod in two pieces. with tive-eighthS
inch bolts each side Of crank. The
ram head is of iron . by 3 inches.
with a steel face drawn small at
upper end and boltcd to spring. which
can be made OF an old carriage spring
with strap to connect at lower end.
This hammer is run with a loose belt
and tightener, which can be worked by
foot or hand. There are no obstruc-
tions in WORKING this hammer from
any side. and the stroke should be four
inches. with 4 speed OF about go revo'
lutiomS per minute.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-01
Curious Defect of Vision.

A curious defect in color sense is re-
corded by MIR. G. II. Gibson in the
"Transaclions of the Royal PhiloSoph.
ical Society Of Glasgow" The case in
question is that Of Mr.. Gibson himself.
His color vision is perfectly normal,
with the exception that ut times his
sensitivity to red is suppressed. AS
soon as his attention is called to q red
object his eye Immediately responds,
and he sees the object as it really is.
In other words. the temporary red
blindness" disappears Immediately
when he is informed that red rays are
present in the light which strikes his
eye.-Scicntific American.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-01
Sick Convicts' Excuses.

One Of the first duties | fulfilled as I
supernumcrary wardcr was the care
and control Of prisoners down for the
doctor" Convicts complaining of sick
hess are allowed to leave their cells
during their dinner hour and form mp
in a long rank outside the medical oiIi-
GERS room. into which they enter and
state their cases in rotation. Many Of
the prisoners complaints and requests
at the doctors desk are extremely fun
ny and grotesque.
please. sir. I've got 4 bad heart"
one man says luguiriouSiy.
II know you have" the doctor re.
plies. with laugh. IF you had Il
good one you would not, in all proba-
bility. have seen d prison interior"
Would you be so kind. sir. the next
man says pcrsuasively. "as to let me
have one or two Of your sanctimonious
r::N: ?"-London T:t-BitI.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-01
LIGHT FORGING TANNER.
Handy Helper For Elscksmiths That
Can s. Made In the Shop.

The accompanying Illustration shows
tl.r construction Of simple durable
and light forging hammer. This ham,
mcr takes up no extra room in the
shop. rs it may be hung over any an
vii AMI can be swung up out of the
way when not in Use.
The hammer consists Of two hangers
or bearings of wood babbittcd for q
one ard live-eiShtlIS inch crank shaft.
These hangers should be eight INCHES
long, four inches wide and four inches
thick. with two tivc-eighths inch bolts
In each niece to hold them to the tim
bers overhead. The crank shaft is made
of one and fve-eighths inches cold
rolled steel. If this crank is made
with core no lathe work will be re-
Guircd on it. On one end of this Shaft
is twelve inch nywheel and on the
other end a ten inch driving pulley.
Both of these should be fitted with Il
kew. as there is considerable strain on
this shaft.
The two side pieces are Of three
inch channel iron, with the fat on the
inside to form ut the lower part the
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-01

prostate gland. which is very COM
mon among elderly men. L. E. Nor
ris. Dexter, KY, writes: up to
year ago my father suffered from
kidney and bladder trouble and sew
eral physicians pronounced 1t en-
larsement of the prostate gland and
advised an operation. On account
of his age we were afraid he could
not stand it and recommended
Foley's Kidney Remedy, and the
first bottle relieved him, and after
taking the second bottle he was no
longer troubled with this complaint.
Lowman Drug Co., A. c. Dukes.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-01
TURNS THE LAUGH
On Mr.. Fairey by Quoting His Own
Story on Him.
Editor Calhoun Advance:

Editor Calhoun Advance:
| must not forget my good friend,
Mr.. Geo. W. Fairey, or he might
feel slighted. lie insists that have
attacked the commissioners, in face
of the fact that | have asserted and
reasserted to the contrary. Let me
again remind him that have indulg-
ed in nothing of the kind.
Mr.. Fairey's chief cause OF COM
plant seems to be that my article
was beyond his comprehension, com
posed of such big words that the
country people, and he especially,
could not understand it." | humbly
apologize to Mr.. Fairey, and will
endeavor to get within the range Of
his comprehension, and in order to
do so, will simply remind him of
very happy and appropriate illus
tration that heard him use on
one occasion:
Mr.. Falrey attended a Calhoun
county meeting in Jacobson's hall,
and when called upon for speech,
he said that the people of st. Mat
thews reminded him Of the way the
neighbors Of a certain man treated
his old 'possum dog, Tige.
When simmons" were ripe and
possums were fat, all the 'possum
hunters were great friends Of Tige,
and whenever and wherever they saw
him they enGeavored to make friends,
popping their fingers at him. calling
"Tige, here Tige, here Tige," throw
ing him a bone; but as soon as hunt
ing season passed, II one or these
erstwhile friends happened 10 meet
Tige in the road he would give him
hirA, say ing, Oct OUT Oi the way,
you good-for-nothing, measly cur.
The application being that he was
Tig., the ST. Matthews people. the
hunters, 'possum time being when
st. Matthews wanted county, and
the off or kicking season begin when
he wanted to 80 to the legislature.
Moral: Is it 'possum time now, and
who are now popping their fingers
a Tige? Goodby, friend Fairey. We
be friends, but remember the fate
of poor Tige.
Ak SMOAk.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-01
New Theory About LIGHTNING.

Lightning is Il huge electric spark
following cracks in the atmosphere Is
the interesting theory OF Professor y.
W. Porter, III English physicist 1t
does not take the well defined Z!EZn
course in which IL has been so often
pictured. ana its actual irregular patch
suggests that the mir must be cracked
hy a blow of sufficient sharpness, like
that from the powerful electrical dis
charge. Though robblcrS' wax. like
the air. IS an unlikely thing to crack.
it splits easily under a sudden blow.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-01
Earth Not Goina Dry.

The conclusion that the earth is dry
ing up. drawn by 4 reviewer III COS
mos from memoir by Guilbert. an
eminent French nlcteor0iog!st. Is de-
clared by Professor Cleveland Able.
editor Of the Monthly Weall!er he
view. the official publication Of the
United States weather bureau, to be
unWarrantpd.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-01
SMOAK REPLIES TO KELLER.
Denies Statements Made by That
Gentleman.

Editor Calhoun Advance:
Mr.. NJ. D. Keller and 1 have al
ways been on good terms and still
are. He writes long letter to sup
port Mr.. Wannamaker in his conten-
ton that he was ignorant of the au-
thorship of my article, and that he
had spoken to me about the commits
sioners' meeting prior to that event.
His letter is written in good tenn
per, and l shall reply in the same
manner, but believe l can prove even
to his satisfaction that his memory
is very poor. l did not discuss the
holding of, a commissioners meeting
with Mr.. Keller prior to that event,
and it was merely mentioned Incl
dentally by DR.. Bates and Mr.. Wan
namaker during our interview as al
ready stated. At!cr tie meeting Mr.
Keller did tell me about the action
OF the commissioners.
Our convcr.st tion was brief; he lid
not ask my opinion as to the advis-
ability of their action, and it was
not proper for ME to criticise an
act I had no idea would be projected
along the line Of influencing pubic
opinion by the instigated advice o.
a judge. Had the bond formators
~ RI hn hr
good Judgment of the voters, would
not have written.
believe my recollection of this
matter is correct, and is entitled t.
more consideration tran his, when
you recall the fact that his memory
is so unreliable, that notwithstand-
ing | told him I was the author Of
the article signed Citizen in the pres
ence of several witnesses at about 1
O'Clock Oh Saturday, he had forgotten
all about it by night-fall, and urged
Mr.. Wannamaker to reply, saying, "a
gentleman, much to my surprise in
formed me this evening that Mr..
Smoak was the author, much to my
surprise
| am sorry Mr.. Keller remembered
only waht some gentleman had
.old him during the evening, and
entirely forgot to tell Mr.. Wanna
maker that he had asked me the
direct question if | was not assist
ed, and had received the prompt
and unqualified reply: Il wrote the
article, and Dr. Dreher knew moth
ing of it until its publication" Mr..
Wannamaker would have been so
much relieved-he was trying so
hard to find out, fate seems to have
been against him. and every avenue
of definite information seems to have
been closed.
Mr.. A. K. Smoak: positively
have nothing to say on either side
to this controversy between Messrs.
Smoak and Wannamaker, but in
justice to Mr.. Smoak will say that
on Saturday, May 29th, was pres
ent and heard him in reply to the
direct question, tell Mr.. NJ. D. Keller
that he had written said article with
out the knowledge or promptings of
anyone. This interview was at about
l o'clock.
R. D. ZIMMERMAN.
am friend to all parties, but in
justice to Mr. Smoak will say that
on Saturday evening, May 2Gth,
was present and heard Mr.. d. Keller
ask Mr.. A X. Smoak if he
was the author of the article in
question, and if DR.. Dreher had any
thing to do with it," Mr.. Smoak
replied that he had written the ar
ticle without the knowledge or aid
of any one" This interview was at
about | o'clock. w. H. Gaskin.
A. K. Smoak.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-01
Effects of Cold on Wines.

From experiments made in France
in the employment of artificial refris-
Grafton i'll wiucmaking the following
conclusions have been drawn: Grapes
may be kept at a temperature OF ~
degrees T.. for Il year, but it is not
advisable TO keep them longer tllan a
few months because of the inevitable
softeninS Of the seeds. III the clhri-
lication of liquors and their prcpara
ton for expectation To cold climates
very good results are obtained by cool
ing to % degrees F. for ScEcnty-two
hours. Cold affects wine liy prccipi.
tating excess of tartar and. With this,
the oxytannins. albuminoils. pectateS
and certain alumina and iron com
pounds which the wine holds in sus'
pension. PathoSenic microbes ar" rem
dercd inert and carried down with the
lees. Applied to sparkling wines, cold
increases the quantity of cnrhonic
acid dissolved without iniuring the
ouaiity.-Scicntifc American.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-01
A Card.

This is to certify that all druggists
are authorized to refund your money
II Foley's Honey and Tar fails to
cure your cough or cold. 1t stops
The cough. heals the lungs and pre-
vents pneumonia and consumption.
Contains no oplates. The genuine
is In the yellow package. Lowman
Drug Co., A. c. Dukes.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-01

Hoarseness bronchitis and other
throat troubles are quicLly cured by
Foley's Honey and Tar rs 1t soothcs
and heals the inflame'l throat and
bronchial tubes and the most obsti-
nate cough disappears. Insist upon
having the genuine Foley's Honey
and Tar. Lowman Drug Co., A. G..
DukeS