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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
Christmas Hints For the
 Housewife

A pair of scissors is infinitely better for trimming off the rind from ham or bacon than knife.
 Grease on top of a hot stove can be quickly rubbed off by putting salt on the scrubbiny brush.
 To polish aluminium, make a mixture of borax, ammonia and water. Apply with soft cloth.
 Tiny ends of candles should be kept to add to the starch on wash days. They will add to the gloss. [.
 When next making. rice pudding, flavor with lemon and cinnamon. It will be found exceedingly tasty.
 To beat the white of egg quickly. add bit of salt; in making mayonnaise the salt should go in last. To shrink new flannel soak 1t for "A hours in cold water. Hang 1t on the line without wringine 700 dry. If a piece of cheese is carefully wrap ped in cloth wrung out in vinegar, 1t will neither dry nor gather mold. When using sandpaper to remove old paint, try wetting 1t with benzine. The work will be accomplished sooner. Cold cereal. served with ripe berries, sugared and creamed. makes a nourish- ing luncheon dish for a hot day. Z
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
Hints On What To Give Her
 For Christmas

Just at present my mail contafAs great many beseeohing appeals from young men. What shall I give her for Christmas?" is their wall. Won't you
 please suggest somethng?' Now. you can't suggest an appropriate Sift for a person unless you happen to
 know the person, so 1t would be- of small
 use to answer those appeals individually. But, for the benefit of those despairing young men. l offer a few hints as to the
 things that girls like. In the first place, the mere fact that 1t is your gift will render 1t precious in
 your sweetheart's eyes. Do not run into debt in offer to buy an | expensive gift. spend what you can af-
 ford to, and nothing more. If she Is fond | of books, your task is an easy one; you
 can give her great pleasure by giving her one or more new and interesting books. | A leather hand bag or card case Is al- ways welcomed gift. A pretty picture | frame. with your own picture in it, will be more than welcomed. | If she is fond of needlework, a gold | thimble,s or a pair of silver handled scis- sors, or pretty work basket. would be | suitable. l DO not give her wearing apparel; that | is not in good taste as a present from | a man to a gil A pretty string of beads would not be expensive, and all girls9ove | beads.
 A leather writing pad, with her mono-
 gram in silver, would be a nice, useful | gift.
 l. A cut glass box, with silver cover. | is always useful; also little silver tray flor pens, etc.
 + year subscription to any of tho
 magazines is an extremely nice Christ lmas gift.
 | Go to the counter where leather goods
 arc~kept and you will see dozens of tri- | hes that will appeal to you. | If ysu know a girl just well enough l to show her some little courtesy, send
 her a towering plant for Christmas | A bunch of violets, or box of candy
 is sufficient if you can afford to spend
 but very little.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
The Quickest. Simplest
 Cough Cure Easily and Cheaply Made at Home. Saves You S2.

 s This recipe makes a pint of cough syrup-enough to last a family a long time. You couldn't buy as much or as good cough syrup for 42.50.
 Simple as 1t Is, it gives almost in- stant relief and usually stops the most obstinate cough in "A hours. This is partly due to the fact that 1t Is slightly laxative, stim uiates the appetite and has an excellent tonic effect. It is pleasant to tal1e-children like it. An excellent remedy. too, for whooping cough, sore lungs, asthma, throat troubles. etc.
 Mix one pint of granulated sugar with 1s pint of warm water, and stir for 2 minutes. Put 2H ounces of Pinex (ffty cents worth) in pint bottle and add the Sugar Syrup. It keeps per fectly. Take a teaspoonful every one, tweo or three hours,
 Pine is one of the oldest and best known remedial agents for the throat membranes. Pinex is the most valu- able concentrated compound of Nor way white pine extract, and is rich in guiaicol and allsthe other natural heal- ling elements. Other preparations will mot work in this formula.
 The prompt results from this recipe have endeared 1t to thousands of house. wives in the United States and Canada which explains why the plan has been Initiated often, but never successfully A guaranty of absolute satisfaction or money promptly refunded. goes with this recipe. Your druggist has Pinez The Pinex Co. Ft. Wayne. Ind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

 propriate, and will be found the cause of much merriment. Wire globes about a foot in diameter are to be found in the stores for these snewballs, which are, in effect, a species of the Jack Horner pie The wire framework is covered with the cotton batting and then given generous sprinkling of the mica. The top, of course, is left free. piece of cardboard being fitted to the opening. This cover may be given coating of tho cotton and mica, or be covered with holly, as one wishes. In the pie" are gifts for each at the dinner table, To these gifts are streamers of ribbon, which extend to each place.
 Another very pretty way of making the .pie" is to cover 1t with tissue paper. This paper, however. should be crumpled up as much as possible so that it will have an uneven surface. It is glued on to the wire frame and then treated to q generous coating of glue and hberally sprinkled with the manufactured snow, the glue serving it's purpose in holding the snow fast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
The Latest Christmas Shor
 Talk

Even at this late hour you hear every day the wall, T don't know what to give So-andSo for a Christmas gift" It is easy enough to manage about that at any of the big shops, but particularly at a well known First avenue shop, where the Gross" goods are kept, you will find something for everybody. The name "Cross' carries with it quality, Aelegance and perfect workmanship; and the most unique and original designs are Fhown in things for men, women and children. There are the "Thermos Her midors'; there are the lovliest work baskets furnished completely; there are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
Royal Christmas Dolls

Among the Christmas toys which were sold in Paris last month was box or jointed and dressed dolls. The collection bore the label: Royal People" smiling couple in Spanish peasant costume wheel ing a baby carriage containing num- Der of little dolls were marked Alfonso" A boy doll in recruit uniform reading love letter bore the title, Manuel" :" Two of the lot were of the mechanical class--Wilhelmine. in the uniform of q Dutch corporal. drilling the prince con- sort, and white bearded doll, marked ''Edward." making a giant swing on a tiny bar The Nsxs were not for sale outside of Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
The Red Cross Christmas i Stamp

By Edward S. Martin. Buy me every chance you get! Do you good? Just try me! Lick me light and stick me tighti Buy me! Buy me! Buy me! All good luck and Christmas cheer, All good will l carry, I'm your friend and-never fear Truly sanitary. I'm the Red Cross Christmas stamp, This that I propose is To summon wealth to fight for health And beat tuberculosis. Beat the greatest plague of all, Dust a pail of sadness,
 Treat despair with food and air, And lift it into gladness. Buy me! Buy mel I'm your friend, Help me win my battle! Help me to bring a scourge to end, Men are more than cattle! Help me help the sufferingi I'm their application. Skill that's brotherly shall bring Healing to the nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

same way we had gone, and there before the same electric railway going up the rasteboard mountainside, stood the self same man with his hands clasped in front of him, gazing at the toy.
 He looked like he would like to buy everything in the whole shop.
 Maybe he hasn't any kiddies to buy toys for" said Peggy as we brushed by him.
 And it's cold dPmfort to buy for other peoples children" she sighed, and out we went to join the Christmas crowd in the streets again
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
The Christmas Face

"The trouble with you women," said a doctor the other day, lis that you go to keep up with the Christmas race. You leave your gift buying tlll the last minute and then try to get S100 worth Of stuff for si0 You break your backs over the presents made at home if you are not stewing in the hot shops. You spend hours and hours getting the house ready for the feast. which should be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

1 all sorts of things for automobile wear; there are card cases and bags in velvet and pigskin; there are picture frames in leather and wallets and purses. In fact Gross" knows Just what to make and just how to make it in any line. And you never make a mistake in buying the goods.
 Perhaps the handsomest collarette that has been shown during the Christmas holidays is from the famous house of Cross" It is of solid mahogany. It is perfectly equipped and contains thS pret- tiest assortment of wine glasses, choeo- late set Thermos bottles and liquor and wine glasses. The trays are of ma hogany finished with brass.
 In popular Second avenue shop the handsomest assortment of willow plumes Is being shown, and My Lady would like not prettier Christmas presents than one of these beautiful black or white feathers. If you happen to be in doubt, why not purchase one?
 In a we'll known shop on Nineteenth street they are showing a line of the loveliest beaded bags you have ever seen. They are in variety of eolors and are very reasonable, ranging in price from s5 to s25
 1 The Indians-I don't know the particu- lar tribe, must be very busy these days. judging from the quality of sweet grass baskets one sees in the shops. Among the newer ones are little balloon work baskets. made after the most ap- proved dirigible models. Others are de- signed with the needs of the knitter in mind; that is, are of the right shape and size to hold a spool of yarn and have a hole in the lid. With one of these bask- cts there is no danger that the ball or yarn will fall on the floor, where 1t is likely, when the knitter Is busy counting stitches, to become the sport of pussy or the baby.
 There are, I am sure, few libraries or dens, no matter what the style of fur nishing, that would not be improved by tho addition of bit of that lovely Jap anese pottery It, comes in the most beautiful shades of green, some very dark and glazed, and has woven bas- ket work of brown grass around 1t. Beautiful shapes In vases, fern dishes and hanging baskets are from 50 cents to $2. You can imagine how beautiful they would look filled with ferns, narcissus O. golden daffydowndillies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

Peggy and I like Haround al Rasehid and his Grand Vizier" of blessed mem- ory started out yesterday to see what Bagdad alias Birmingham was doing in
 -fa'7 high places to welcome the hol- iday spirit.
 ,,e soen felt the necessity of "poking' ourselves in the ribs bit and trying to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
Last Minute Christmas Hints

Don't forget tree hooks.
 Tinsel Is cheap and effective.
 The big bunch of mistletoe is a nec- .essity. Christmas without holly is a mistake. Red paper bells can ring good cheer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

one like that last Christmas and that he wanted to get another for one of his friends children exactly like 1t. I never saw any toy that answered the descrip- tion, did you?"
 Peggy and looked at each other and decided that he was "inicky'' old bachelor and the shop girl resumed the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
Madameoisselle Frou-Frou at
 Christmas-Tide

The latest demand of fashion Is that the huff shall match the hat.
 While soutache braid is holding it's own, rat-tail braid is growing exceeding ly popular.
 Trimmings which dangle and swing in the most bewitching wag will adorn gowns and wraps this winter.
 Satin and heavy ottoman silk buttons will be in good style and tweed and worsted cloth bone buttons will be con sidered correct.
 Pretty blouses of Japanese silk made with Dutch collars, are listed among the desirables belonging to the feminine wardrobe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
The Final Christmas Struggle

Bulging elevators. Crowded lunchrooms. People tired but happy. Lists entirely worn out. Last-Ihnute choices made. Desperate resolutions to finish it up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

Peggy And Find That Men Know Thing
 Or Two About Christmas Shopping
  of Are Found ProwHng Around Shops the Chism Spirit Crowds of ldren Around
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
A Christmas Thought

Give us what Thou seest fit. only fit us for what Thou givest.-Rowland Will Hams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

conversation saying:
 "Apother man was buying a doll for his little neice and he refused to have one that didn't have blue eyes. He ex-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-16

rode second class. sitting between
Bengal Hindo0 BOO Jacket and calico
trousers. and Burmese girl. dressed
Zoo n cotton saronE. jacket and a
pink shawl which was thrown over
her shoulders She had rat cigar
iu her hand and asked me 10 smoke.
Behind me were two Hindoos wearing
skull caps embroidered with gold. and
a Burmese gentleman. well clad and
wearing amber plugs in his ears. In
front was a Burmese woman. with
baby I'm her arms The child's head
was shaved clean, excepting patch
on the crown the size 81 n dollar And
then there we're Mohsmmcdan women.
close yelled: Arabs I'm fez caps, East
Indian soldiers in turbaus and Chinese
with queues hanging down their silk
gowns at the back AZ we rode on we
passed the carriage Of the governor.
magnificent landau. hauled by white
horses. with coachman and footmen
gorgeous in livery. and a troop Of out
riders I'm front. We went bv rice mills
and lumber Yards. in which elephants
were working. and at every turn of
the wheels saw a new picture OF this
Burmese biograph show. which is one
~ the strauRest OF the far east.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-16

would lift the timbers up and lay
them down on the others as evenly
as though he had measured each
piece Sometimes he rested "a log on
the pile and pushed IL into place with
his trunk. At other times he kicked ~
mp with his right hind foot. In some
eases whore il was necessary TO carry
two logs at a time the men tied a
rope around them and the elephant
would pick up the end Of the rope
with his trunk and place u over his
tusk and then raising his head, walk
of with g.
The elephants gather up the scraps
OF lumber and lay them so that the
workmen can rope them into bundles.
They also work al piling the boards
and loading them for the steamers.
The managers tell me many Of these
beasts are employed In the forests and
a the lumber camps up country They
are used for all sorts OF heavy trans
portation They not only carry the
logs TO the streams. but aid In form
ing the RATS and booms. They wade
or swim about. according 20 the depth
OF the water. towing the logs this wav
and that When the logs come 70 the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-16

Especial spondence)
- ANGOON, 1g1O.-Have spent
l. the day visiting the sawmills
IN and lumber yards Of Rangoon.
where the elephants aid in pre-
,ar.rr teak wood for shipment abroad.
TEAK is one OF the chief exports OF
burma. IL is 50 valuable that it is
sold by the ton, and 1t brings in
seven or eight million dollars a year
The trees are girdled in the forests
and after cutting are floated down the
streams and rivers 10 Rangoon. Both
In the forests and at the ports the
handling Of the timber is done by ele-
plants They drag the logs 10 the
streams and arrange the booms. they
stack the planks, and they carry all
sorts of lumber at the direction Of
their masters. Every sawmill here has
lbs elephants, and there are some COM
panies which employ several hundred.
The average institution, however, can
afford but few, for the animals are
costly, green one bringing $500 and
prize worker often as much as
$1,000,
The elephants come from the forests
81 Upper Burma. The wild ones are
OH owned by the government, which
has an elephant department TO catch
and care for them. The elephant COM
missioner keeps track OF the wild
herds and annually sends out men 10
hunt them and catch the young bulls.
The COW elephants and a certain num-
Der OF bulls are turned back into the
forests. The bull calves are kept and
trained and are finally disposed Of 10
the lumbermen, few being retained
Tor the government use.
IN hunting the elephants, they are
sometimes captured In pits and some-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-16
onc conductor No was cured.

Mr. Wlford Adams is his name.
and he writes about it.-"Some time
ago I was confined TO my bed with
chronic rheumatism. | used two bot
ties Of Foleys Kidney Remedy with
good effect. and the third bottle put
me on my feet and ! resumed work
MS conductor on the Lexington, KY.
Street Railway. II gave me more re-
lief than any medicine 1 had ever
used, and 10 viii do an YOU claim IN
cases 90 rheumatism Foley's Kid
uey Remedy cures rheumatism by
eliminating the uric acid from the
blood -SChramm Johnson Drugs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-16
II WATCHED AN ELEPHANT PILING LUMBER
Photogrnnhcd for Tho Nnua Inv ErnnI q lnr1rnnlnr

times led into corrals bv means Of
tame elephants trained for the pur-
pose The tame beasts mix with the
wild ones and lead them into the pens.
Whereupon the elephant hunters sort
out from the wild ones those they
wish TO keep and turn the others back
into the forests Most Of the elephants
at Rangoon have come from the
government herds.
IN THE LUMBER YARDS
1 wish / could show you some OF
the huge beasts at work in the yards.
They lit great logs ON their tusks and
stack them in piles. They carry TIM
hers to the saws and lay the planks
I'm order for shipment. Their every
action show reason and they seem to
calculate cause ana effect. At one saw
mill j saw two beasts, each as big as
Jumbo, piling lumber, working to-
gcther. Each had a Burman. clad in
turban and gown, seated upon his
head. and he was directed by him
The man used both hand and heel as
well as word Of mouth TO tell the
elephant what To- do. and Con addition
a sharp brass hook which he jabbed
into him 81 he did not obey The logs
handled We're OF great weight.
measured some which were 20 feet
long, as thick as a cider barrel and "a.
tall as two-story house. Either OF
these two elephants could lift one
such log. on his tusks, and carry 10
across the yard. He would knoel
down before the middle OF a log.
crowd his tuslls under g and then,
throwing his great trunk over the
top. would raise IL bodily and carry
10 to the truck upon which Il was to
be pushed TO the buzz saw IF the log
proved very heavy he would rest one
end on the ground and drag a.
In another part Of the ward watch
Cd an elephant piling lumber. He
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-16
Electropodes
Article

4 wonderful, simple device which
produces astonishing nerve strength.
We ofcr no argument. as our con-
tract covers ~ all. All druggists are
instructed TO sign binding, legal con-
tract with each purchaser OF ELEC-
TROPODES. agreeing TO refund the
money without a question II they fail
to cure rheumatism in any form.
nervous headaches and all other ner-
vous ailments or fail to restore a
good circulation Of the blood. II
ELECTROPODES curc-they cost
one dollar, and positively not one
cent N they fail TO cure.
II your druggist cannot supply YOU.
send 81 90 direct TO the WESTERN
ELECTROPODE COMPANY 259 Los
Angeles Street. Los Angeles Cali
tornia and they will see that you are
supplied.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-16

They Haul Logs the Lumber Camps and Stack Timber the Mills
They Believe in Fixed Hours and Watch Cock-Co Of an
EephanThe Royal Animals of Siam and Why Wohped-Ran-
COON, the Southern Gateway Asia.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-16

ports they break the booms by push
ing out the key log They then take
the timbers out Of the water and nut
to the mills
In some places the elephants work
together and I am told there are
boss elephants which keep the others
up 70 their work and pound them
with their trunks when they lag In
some yards each elephant has rs own
job. one class being used 10 carry hav
for the stables and 20 mix the bran
molasses and other food which form
the daily rations Of the beasts IN that
establishment
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-08-30
TUSkEGEE GETS
MOST Of A
MILLION
A, T. DoTGER OF SOUTH ORANGE
WILLED THAT THE RESIDUE
OF HIS ESTATE GO TO BOOKER
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE.

New York, Aug. 29.-Tuskegee In
stitute, of which Booker T. Washing
ton is the head, will receive the res
idue of a $1,000,000 estate by the
death of South Orange yesterday af-
ternoon of Mrs. Flora l.. Dotger, wild
ow of Andrew T. Dctger. Mr. Dot
ger in his will directed that this res
idue should go to Tuskegee on the
death of his widow.
Mr.. Dotger died Dec. 8, 1900, AT
that time the exact value of his es-
tate was said to be $994,932, much of
it real estate in this city. 1t was
said at the time of Mr.. Dotger's death
the amount that would finally accrue
to Tuskegee would by $665,000.
Andrew T. Dotger was born in Phil
adelphit in 1S41. He retired from
the New York Stock Exchange over
thirty years ago. and became active
ly interested in the local affairs of
the Oranges. Though he never Wis
tied Tuskegee, he was interested in
tn negro problem and devoted much
attention to the Tuskegee plan for
solving it.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-08-30
WASHINGTON SORRY
THE DEFEAT OF LIVINGSTON
CAUSE OF GENERAL REGRET
IN NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Washington, Aug. 29.-Old in years
and a veteran in point of service
uncle Lon" Livingston, one of the
few remaining picturesque figures oil
the house, finally has been defeated
for the denomination from the Fifth
district Of Georgia. If the Old Ro
man lives to reund cut his present
term he will lead the army of the
disappointed, which will make it's ex-
1t from the stage of public life on
March next.
Inere IL bit of pathos and the
irony OF pylitics in the passing of
Uncle LON 'known in other days
as the Farmers Alliance Congress-
man frcm the Empire State of the
South. The Georgia returns have
oeen read with feeling of regret
here and in other sections where live
men who have grown old in the ser.
vice with Lon Livingston.
Uncle Lon is in his seventy ninth
year and has been member Of con-
gress for twenty years. He has be-
come congressional landmark-cne
OF the celebrities to be pointed out to
tourists-about the capitol. He was
regarded as a fixture in the house,
just as the Journal or the Congress
ional Record. Nobody believed that
he would fail to "come back"
Hull, of Iowa, who went in con-
gress with Livingston has been de.
feated, too, for "Cannonism' was the
issue in Hull's district. just as 1t was
IN Uncle Ions although Livingston
Is a democrat and Cannon isn't such
live issue In Georgia. Only Jones
of the trio OF 1891 will enter the six
ty-second congress, but then Jones
has never voted, in effect, to retain
the Cannon house rules, Livingston
and Hull did-and their respective
constituents have refused to forget.