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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-26
SUFFRAGETTE CAMPAIGN Will Be Pushed With vigor In Coming
 General Elections,

London, December 25.-(Special. )-The suffragettes are preparing for great campaign during the coming general elec- tion. Although their "cause'' Is more or less a forlorn hope, they are not giving up, but are arranging to continue the work with as much yigor as they have used in the various by-elections since the movement began.
 The Womens Freedom league, one of the militant organizations, has formu- lated its plans of campaign and Issued to it's members instructions as to tactics. The main idea Is that suffragettes are mot to help candidates of any party, but to oppose all that are not in favor of votes for women.'
 The following are some of the detailed instructions: FH
 All members of the retiring cabinet are to be opposed as they have had the oppor- tunity to do justice to women and have refused to use it.
 All well-known anti-suffragists to be opposed, irrespective of party.
 All candidates for Parliament to be in- terviewed or written to, and their inten- tions in regard to women's suffrage ob- tained in writing over their own sigma lures.
 If both candidates are in favor of Women's sunrage, then carry on a mill tant propaganga campaign to protest in every possible way against any govern ment being elected without the consent of women.
 Attend political meetings to question the candidates at question time. Also get men sympathizers to do this. If women are excluded from the meeting, hold protest meetings as near as possible.
 On polling day arrange for attendance at every polling booth all day if possible. Women taxpayers should take their schedule of taxes and should say to the voters: 'I also pay taxes; don't you think ought to pete?' If a well-known ''anti'' Is a candidate, then say: "keep - out. he is an enemy of wsmen's freedom P If the canidate supports women suffrage, say: ''votes for women; no member of parliament ought to be elected without the consent of women," and similar home truths. |.4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-26
EXHIBITION POSTPONED.
Cape Town Event Could Not Be Made
 Successful.

London, December 24-tSpecial.)-It is unotficially declared that the interna- tional exhibition which vas proposed to be held at Cape Town on the occasion of the opening of the union parliament next year has been postponed for the reason that the exhibition would not prove successful.
 When the impossibility of the exhibi- tion was recognized and the scheme abandoned a London publication, speak ing of the affair, added
 Tt is now to be left to the union gov ernment to promote a big exhibition at Cape Town before the close of the year 1918, and We are pleased to gather that the national union will lend what as- sistanee it can There is no reason for fear that the new proposal will want for adequate financial support
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-26


 Said business being defined as follows: That when any per son, firm or corporation with in the city of Birmingham, shall use any stamps, coupons, tickets, cards Or other devices for the sale of goods, wares, or merchandise, which said stamps, trading stamps, cou- pons, tickets, cards of other s devices shall entitle the pur- chaser receiving the same to procure from any other per son, firm or corporation any goods, wares or merchandise free of charges upon the pro- duction of one or any nllmber of said stamps, trading stamps, coupons, cards or oth- CT devices, said person. firm or corporation so furnishing goods, wares or merchandise on the production If said stamps, trading stamps, cou- pons. tickets, cards or other devices. shall be construed as doing the business of a trad ing stamp company. GIFT ENTERPRISES. (b) Each person. firm or corpora tion engaged in, organizing, or promoting gift enterprises of goods, wares, merchandise, or money, said goods to be dis tributed by lot or chance, or as a reward for purchase, or as a reward for the performance of any stipulated act, or to be otherwise distributed; provid- ed, sowever, this paragraph shall not Include the crganiza- 2 tion or promotion of gift en- terprises, where the gift is ex- clusively that of an individual person, firm or corporation giving same.
 . Co GIFT ENTERPRISES. . Each person. firm or corpora ton engaged in carrying on, operating or executing any gift enterprise, such as described in the next preceding para graph .-...........s...,,.... ,69-(d) GIFT ENTERPRISES. Each person, firm or corporation who shall use any stamp, trad ing stamps, coupon tickets, cards or other device for the sale of goods. wares and mer- chandise. which said stamps, coupon tickets or other similar devices shall entitle the pur- chaser receiving the same to procure from any other person. firm or corporation any goods. ares or merchandise free of charge upon the production of any number of said stamps,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-26
MUST PAY TAX.
Italian Government Increases Tax on
 Motor Cars.

Paris, December 25.-tSpecial.) )-Foreign motoring through Italy in the future. ac- cording to present advices. will have to pay for the privilege.
 The Italian government proposes to in- crease the tax on motor cars and to impose q super tax on foreign cars mak- ing temporary stay in the country. All foreign capital invested in the country is also to be taxed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-26
NEW AIR VEHICLE.
Is Designed for Transportat Along
 Earth's Surface.

Berlin, December 26.-fSpeciall- l-Aerial navigation has led to the revival of the problem of utilizing the wind for trans- portation on land.
 German invention has perfected and patented a si nple sail vehicle which makes fair proEress over good roads and across sandy stretches. such as . sea beach. Ths dominating features In the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-26

iiOuSSS TUT iiSu PSiS0ho VI pONii sexes.
 The housing problem is becoming acute in the .neW'' city. just as it has long ago become a scandal In the north of Berlin, where the fine fronts of the buildings too often conceal internal dirt
 and vice. The inspection will extend to
 all dwellings of three or less rooms, any
 how, to all accommodation for servants
 (which Is often utterly insantary even in
 the best flats) and also to all flats where
 rooms are sub-let.
 Each poor-law district will have also
 civilian deputat ton which will be
 authorized to step in where the inspec-
 tor fails to persuade the oMoer to make
 the necessary alterations If the depu- tation also fails the matter will be hand
 ed to the police, who MI take stern | measures without much parieying. Further, all sleeping accommodations
 and all flats of three or less rooms to let will be compulsory registered at the new "Wohnungs-amt" so that besides acting as an agency the cffice will at
 all times have an accurate insight Into
 the conditions of supply and demand of
 accomr odation. | A special department will be concerned with the exploitation of new building plots and a strong, if necessary uncom- promising effort will be made to prevent the parcelling out of land into the deep lots with narrow frontage which result indeed, in the erection of fine front houses, commanding high rents but also of succession of airless and ugly gar den houses.p in the rear.
 It is in these garden houses, as they are enthusiastically termed, that the vice and dirt of Berlin are usually to be found The stranger passing down the clean streets with their fine balconied | house fronts, too often runs away with l the idea that there Is no -cvercrowding | problem in Berlin. But hs h mistaken
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-26

Select your Christmas candy by sample. Pick out your own package and we will have them packed specially for you at the factory with Merita Chocolates. Daily demonstration, free sam- ples. Clarke Bros, S09 N. 20th street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-26

NNS - - ss7-SIGN PAINTER. Each 89s--sK ATING RINK. Conducting each ......,s...,s.s.s'.,s'. aaa- sT KEEPING CAR COM z PANIES. Each .....,..-.,,....-. sio-sLOT MACHINES. Each of any kind or description .....-.,. a41-SPECTACLES. (See Opti- cian.)
 s4o-STENCIL CUTTER OR MANUFACTURER OR DEAL FER IN RUBBER STAMPS OR AGENTS THEREFOR. Each. S4S- STEAM HEAT. Each person, k firm or corporation engaged in \ the business of furnishing steam z heat to other persons, firms or corporations for compensa- ton e44-sTOCK AND BOND BROK-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-26
How UnkInd.
From Judge.

Ella-Fred Is getting near-sighted. Htella--It doesn't follow that there 10 anything the matter with his eyes be-
 cause he can't see you under the mistel- toe. s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-26

as indeed the constructors of these houses intend that he should be. Char lottenburg Is on the right way to clear away not only the deception but also the thing itself.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
German Debt Steadily GROWING.

Since 1877 there has been only one
year in which the German national
debt has not been increased. 1t is now,
according to recent official statements,
81 100000 or little more than the
French indemnity. The debt has been
doubled since 1895, For the last eight
years, government publications again
admit expenditures have exceeded re-
ceipts by $47li 100000. or an average
Of $58000000 a year The national
debt has already cost the country in
interest and Administrative expenses
about S3So00o,000 and yet Germany
could have kept out of debt altogether
as Professor Schaaz has recently
shown. if the revenues had only been
increased by about sl2,0QO,OO0 yearly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
NEW YORK GRAIN.

New York, April WHEAT-Re.
ceipts 10000. SPOT firm No. > rel
liO asked elevator; No. red LA
nominal fob. adoat Options opened
Z lower under sappomtng cabiea
rallied on covering ana Geld weather
advanced 2m2A from the low poiai
and closed strong at net rise Of ia
T3i5. May closed l25i2,
CORN--Reccipts $4,000, exports
1000. Spot firm No. . Ssl2 elevator
and 7S& fob accat; ~. white ~
y nominal and No, . yellow 7Gia fc
b. aAoat opened uominally rn
changed, rallied with wheat and al
vanccd lla to IA. Nav closed 1919.
OATS Receipts $4,000; spot firm,
mixed 5Sis; white 5Sla0G1; clipped
white 5SlaHG3la.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
New Use of Electricity in PRINTING.

Printed sheets as delivered from
the press frequently offset" or smear
from undried ink. An electrical meth
cd of preventing this has recently
been patented. The sheets as they
leave the press first pass over electric
heaters and also over a conductor car
rying current of very high tension,
from when silent discharge or leak
age OF electricity passes to the pa
per. The combined effects Of the heat
and of the electrical discharge, to.
gether with the chemical action of
the ozone generated in the air by the
latter set the ink so that it cannot
smear Besides this. the effect of any
FRACTIONAL electricity already present
on the sheets, preventing their piling
property, is neutrali2ed by the dis
charge York Herald.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
ENnIorer's Expedients.

From February to April, 1908"
writes Dr. Sven lledin in the Graphic,
describing his adventures in Thibet,
Il disguised myself as a Ladakhi, and
blackened my face every night and
Thibetans approached our caravan
used to run otter our drove of % sheep
and goats, whistling and shouting to
keep them together. and playing the
part Of sheep driver to the best OF my
ability At Simla, last September. this
part of my adventures caused much
amusement and Sven IIedin, the Thi-
betan sheep driver" came in for a
good deal of good natured chaff."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
War. Gentle War.

At Broad street and Nassau one
cold morning stood two sandwich men
two Of about the most forlorn speci-
mems Imaginable. One was a cOlored-
gentleman sandwich-man in very bat
tered brown derby. which had obvious
ly served its term on the head of a
broker. and the other was meant to
be a observation-disclosures,
but had a nose of sinister tint and an
eve that had been no doubt brave,
but worsted in battle. One was carry
ing on his shoulder an advertisement
of a matchless cigar-lighter; the other
bore aloft the lure of Five Courses
of Lunch for a Quarter"
Said the one TO the other: "Yass.
vas. dat was sho' a mighty mean ting
he done did ter yo' Watcher gwine
do ter him?'
The man with five courses OF lunch
for a quarter advanced impressirely
very close 10 the colored gentleman
shifted G lump from his right cheek to
his left. and impaired:
I'm a-Scin' ter pass him right
straight by oh The street and no,
speak a single void To him. New
York Press.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
IL Paws to Discriminate.

The paper which establishes a high
character for its advertisements is the
paper which in time wins standing
with both readers and advertisers,
ard Is able to secure higher rates than
the raper which takes anything and
everything An eastern publication
which has made a striking success of
its Advertising columns has as its rule
that only the good clean sort Of adj
vertising is accepted" IF your goods
are the best Of their kind and of the
right kind" the paper announces, the
ads. will be accepted" And because
the paper has established this high
standard and has lived up to it, it can
truthfully claim that this lis why re-
suits are always big iii proportion to
advertising cost"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE desire to sell or CON
Odd Incident Of New Years Eve.

You never can tell what is in a
mans heart On New Years eve a
roliicking party went to cafe which
overlooks the Hudson. They were
p9imed for noise. They created so
much of it that their company was
not desirable and they were informed
politely that the table at which they
sat had been engaged previously. They
took the hint and got out. As they
were leaving they purchased all the
flowers they could and hurried their
car along the drive until they reached
a solitary grave about which so much
has been written. They laid the flow
ers on the grave of AN Amiable
Child" and returned to their car. Then
they resumed their shouting and made
the atmosphere resound with song
and shout.--New York Press.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28

The keeper of one of the large no
tells I'm Paris frequented by the poorer
classes of guests recently ~etermincd
to smoke out with sulphur a couple
who would not pay their bills and
would not leave. Unluckily, the fumes
penetrated TO the rest of the building
Exit by the front door was impossible
as the landlord had locked it. and, be
ing stupefied by the fumes, could not
remember where he had put the key
The fire brigade eventually arrived
and rescued the choking guests. in
Guiding the offending couple Now not
only those two guests have gone, hui
mahy of the others as well, who alsC
have not paid their rents.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28

eminent buildings TO be erected by the
United States at San Juan, Porto Rico,
for use as postoffice, courthouse and
custom house. Wood is to be prac.
tically excluded from the structure,
the only place about the building
where wood will be employed will be
the edifice The interior doors will be
rattan. The reason why wood is being
avoided by the government in this
case is because there is a small ant
indigenous to the island of Porto Rico
which eats its way up through wooden
chairs, doors and desks and makes
them spongy on the inside.-Cement
Age.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
oEEIcER8
DIRECTORS

Intsrsss paid On Time Deposits.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
Stocks, Bonds, Cereals
STOCKS |RRECULARRALLY IN WHEAT
Hating Movement Yesterday Argued
Speculative Uncertainty-Tone
Was Heavy All Day.

New York, April 27-The hating
aud irregular price movement in the
stock market today argued specula-
tive uncertainty. Not only was the
price movement wayerlng and doubt
full but the dealings underwent con-
siderable shrinkage. The substance
of the activity extended to the bond
market and the tone there was rather
heavy as well. with none of the
rapid absorptlons going on that was
in evidence last week.
The conviction is still held that the
prospect of some curtailment of re-
dundant money supplies was at the
root of the sentiment for slowing up
prices of speculation, The call loan
market is but little affected, but the
facility with which credits can be
obtained for speculative use is modi-
feel, nevertheless.
The heavy undertone of the market
had no news to explain it, United
States steel was firm on account OF the
general conjecture tndl tue quarterly
report of the earnings for the first
three months of the year would make
a favorable contrast with the preced-
ing quarter.
Estimates were current during the
day that The earnings to be reported
ranged from $2l,000,000 to over $22-
100000 and as the actual report gives
the amount as $26,921 PCS the ac
curacy of information on which op,r.
atoms were based my be judged.
The report was circulated that the
Carnegie company had advanced the
price of bars, plates and tons. The
importance of such a movement in
the steel trade would be beyond de-
NAL, but today's report lacked ar
thentic confirmation and was nett n
fact, by denial from some quarters,
Metal stocks. other than steel and
smelling were weak points, aud
they offset the influence of the firm
tone of United States steel itself. In
tcrest rates. for time loans con
tinued to advance, over the year ma
TURTLES commanding HG312 com
pared with the recent rate of 3 per
cent for that period.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
Dinino.ROom Like a Rose Garden.

At recent grand diplomatic dinner
the decorations of the diningroom and
the table were roses veritable show
or of theml Bengal roses, Dion roses.
and the roses of France. They strewed
the table; they hung in baskets; they
wreathed the candeabra; they trailed
from the dinner cart. and sprays Of
them marked the places of the guests
inclosing the name cards written in
letters of gold. The room was like a
rose garden. In the dark hair OF the
hostess, behind each ear, nestled n
large pink rose. A pretty finish to her
robe Of white meteor crepe edged and
hemmed with a Greek key design done
in eold.-From Paris Letter to
Vogue
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
Powerful English Dredue.

An unusually powerful dredge is be.
ing built for the docks and harb0-
board of Mersey. 1t has an overall
length of 4S7 feet. a beam of 60 feet
and a depth of 80 feet inches. and
its hoppers will carry 10000 tons Of
sand. The two suction pipes are
AZ inches in diameter and 90 feet long,
and each is connected to pair of cen.
trifugal pumps. each driven by a triple
expansion engine The suction pipes
can dredge down to 20 feet below the
water surface.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
Alexander County
Savings Bank
CAIKo, nLiNoIA

STRICTLY A SAVINGS BANK
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
Constantly Add to language.

The number OF words in the English
language has never been accurately
estimated. 1t would be almost impos-
sible to do so. for the language is be.
ing constantly enriched by the addi.
ton of new words The Standard die
iionary is said to contain 300 900
words and the Century 225,000. In his
Tarous plays Shakespeare used about
$1,000 words. Milton used only about
half as maay in his writings. A per-
son of culture and education has a
speaking vocabulary of about 5000
words; an ordinary person uses from
1000 to 5000 words. Ii is said that
every person has three vocabularies.
The largest is the reading vocabulary,
which is the words of which he knows
the meaning and which convey ideas
10 his mind when seen in print. The
second largest is the writing vocab-
ulary, or the words he uses in written
thought The smallest is the speak.
ing vocabulary, or the words he uses
in conversation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
Contest Doomed to Failure

In club composed OF young people
in New York, which was originally or
ganized for bridge purposes, the
chatting dish has become the prime fea.
ture and prizes are sought for by the
creators of new dishes, nicely pre-.
pared and moderate in cost" One mem
Der, who would never have Joined ex-
cept for his fondncss for The game
said; IT'S all very interesting for the
people who like those things, and
would enjoy the cooking bees myself
if It We're not for the fact that one
must eat the creations to be polite
| have been a close observer since the
contest began. and am sure that every
woman thinks that the dishes suggest
ed by others are hor;id. And | agree
with them, and am sure that a row
will come in at the finish"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28

A shark of the enormous species
which haunts the Red sea was the
cause of an extraordinary incident in
the passage of the liner Oroya OF the
Orient Royal Mail line from sydney to
London The liner had Just rounded
the islands Of Perrin, when it was
found that a huge tiger shark was
firmly fixed on the bow Of the vessel
The shark, which was estimated to be
from % feet to % feet in length, strug.
eled In vain to free itself. beating VIC
lently with its tail on the starboard
side Of the liner. It's head was twist
ed round the port bow. Eventually the
Oroya reversed her engines and the
shark got free and disappeared in the
depths, leaving a track of blood from
the wound in its side where the PROV
% the ship had struck.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
Caviar Mentioned by Shakespeare.

Caviar is the roe of the sturgeon
prepared as table delicacy. AS a
dish too rare to be known by the
generality Of people, and the flavor Of
which would not be reiished by an IN
educated palate Shakespeare makes
Hamlet speak of IT, in describing a
play which was too fine to be appre.
ciated by ordinary minds. Twas
caviar to the general" (meaning the
generality, says the prince of Den,
mark.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
Wealth Of Leading Nations.

The estimated total wealth of the
United States is nearly twice that of
England. According TO the latest eg-
Inmates obtainable the rating is as
follows: United States, $4,000.
100000; Great Britain and Ireland.
500 200. 100000; France, $f2S00, 600, :
600; Germany, $42, 1000 100000; Russia.
$35, 900 100000; Austria Hungary, $40
900, 600, 600.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28

St. Louis. April 27.-CATTLE-Rc
CENTS 1000. Texans strong Nativ.
shipping. export steers 5G1mG90;
dressed beef and butcher steers 1000
COO: stockcrs and feeders iJ0m 52J:
cows and hrilyIS 550n 625; Texas and
Indian steers ltoHG40.
HOGS-Rereipts 1900: steady;
pigs and lights i50n7ZJ; packers 20
n 725: butchers AID best heavy 739d
7lO
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28

tract for the sale of the products Of
my mill, Having variety of timber
| can furnish cross ties. car building
lumber, No. / white oak logs, hick-
DRY, ash and walnut, the same cut to
dimensions Of order. My mill is 10,
Gated west of Moscow, Ky, will soon
be in full operation. / desire cores
pondencc to be directed to J. p. De.
weese, care Of John p. Drew, Mos
COW. Ky
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-28
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
PROVISIONS.
New York, April q.

BUTTER-Steady.
CHEESE-Film.
Barely steady; unchanged
COFFEE-Market for coffee IN
lures was quiet at unchanged prices
and showed no special features dur
ing the day The close was quiet
pet unchanged To points higher
Sales 900 bags Nav 6sS0-
SUGAR-Raw easy: fair refining
342 4 3455; centrifugal sc test 392d
SO: molasses sugar 3t7d 800; re.
fined quiet