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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
BAD WORK OF
STRIKE LEADERS

Paris. April ESPECIAL. luxurious
light, II the facts as related are true,
In thrown by a story told in the Petit
Journal on the strange conduct of certain
socialist strike leaders, who as has been
observed in the past, sometimes doggedly
object to any accommodation between
strikers and employers. although both
sides would like to come to terms. 1t
calls these men simply strike engineers
or "greviculteurs," who make good
living while the strike lasts.
An instance occurred only a few days
ago in provincial town, where a strike,
accompanied by riots, is In progress. The
employers met the strikers half way, and
offered to accept high government per
sonage as arbiter of the dispute. The
strikers were willing to agree, but the
leaders of the syndicate who had
been sent from Paris. objected A few
DAYS later a similar case happened In
another town, where a strike is also In
progress.
The situation is explained by the fact
that the men. sent, as 1t were to engineer
the strike. get 1sf a day from the trade
union strike funds and 50f. for each lee
ture. The strike commissioners take
great pains to give two lectures day.
so that as long as the strike lasts they
make 11Sf. daily. or nearly as much as
thew might earn in month as workmen
To he therefore, strike commissioner
Ia. as things go at the present day, one
of the most lucrative professions in
France
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
SimnIihed Smelling

Joe Mitchell Chapple, in National Maya
zine.
Slmpliied spelling received shock
Mt the hands of one of its known
friends quite recently In Washington.
Senator Page had been receiving eX-
traordinary letters, typewriter, from
a friend of his boyhood whom he knew
to be an excellent speller. because ne
had often spelled down the entire class
at spelling school" and remained alone
on the floor. the hero of the hour
The gentleman was OF literary turn
of mind, and had betaken himself to
an isolated mountain resort to finish
an important piece of work on which
he was engaged. One morning the sem
ator received letter which he de-
scribed as "the limit" 1t began:
II DIM wish II worry yiu. but kan'j
yiu nil prlkure fir me Inc If thise lid
Lain biiks?'
The spelling in the rest of the lot
ter was equally peculiar and abounded
III is and ks. The senator sat down
and wrote:
What on earth is the matter with
YOU, Tom? Send me a letter, even III
your own handwriting and perhaps !
shall know what you want and be able
to get it for you"
BY the next mail came the answer
to this request. explaining in handwrit-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
How Girls Are Named

During my STAY in the schools / was
told the names of a number of thu
pupils and the teache err referred to Il
queer custom the Burmese have in Sc
lecting names for their children A girl
is named about two weeks after birth.
and that at meeting of relations and
friends The name is chosen by rule
according to the day of the week upon
which the child was born. certain con-
sonents being. used for each week day
and the vow sfs going for burmese SUM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

days or first day of the week. The
little ones name must begin with let
ter belonging to the day on which she
was born. There are thus Sunday girls,
Monday girls, Tuesday girls, and We'd
nesday, Thursday. Friday and Saturday
girls or whatever the Burmese days o.
the week are called. All the little Miss
Wednesdays have names beginning with
or Y, the Fridays with rs and Ds
and Ms. The names are often poetic.
a girl may be called Miss Perfume, Miss
Perfection or Miss Lik Which TIL ere
Is-Not. At the moment of the child S
birth the astrologers note it's horoscope
and pick out the stars which are TO
go with it through life. AT the same
time birth candles made of red or
yellow wax are burnt before Buddha.
and on the name days similar candles
are lighted at the shrines for the vari-
Gus children.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
Bad Air



While not exclusively a product of
tn g United States. bad air is manufac-
tured in this country in larger guam
titles than anywhere else.
Yet the supply rarely exceeds the de-
mand. and everybody is building more
places where it can be confined and
kept within the reach of all.
Everybody is making bad air, work
ing day and night to produce 1t.
The uses of bad air are innumerable.
1t is employed to bring up children
in and old people cannot get along
ithout it. Mine owners cry for 10,
and in the midst of it school cblldrea
receive their educations. Bad air is not
confined to anv class. 1t is cultivated
by the rich as well as the poor. 1t
is alike used by babies and octoge-
rarians. Banks supply it and print
ing offices are never without il.
Bad air is one of our chief assets.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
GERMAN LIQUOR BILL
People spend s710,OOO,0OO Year for
Drink

Berlin, April 23.-(Special.)-A writer in
the current number of the Reichsar-
beitsblatt estimates the annual cost to
Germany of the alcoholic liquor con-
sumed by her people at s710,oD0oo. OF
this amount 900 is expended on
spirits and beer and the remainder on
wine.
liquors consumed in Germany thus
amounts, as the writer points out, to
more than twice the combined cost of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

ing that there was but one typewriter
to be found in that part of the back
woods. and that the writer had used
it so much the letters o and and
had dropped off and could not be found.
He thought by using k and constants
ly he would devise a system which
would be Ineligible until the could
get the old machine repaired.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
N,,o,eon.. villa to he Sold

Paris, April 23-(speciaI.) -Napoleon' S
villa at Elba, where he spent his first
brief exile before the Hundred Days
is to be sold by auction. With the house,
which is known as the villa de San Mar
tino a. Porto Frerajo, are included the
furniture and other relics of Napoleon.
and an appeal Is made to all interested
in the great Emepror to save the col
lection of Napoleonic souvenirs from
dispersal
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
The Girls OF Mandalay
BY FRANK c. CARPENTER.

maiden Is oftenl Sold and, II married, be-
comes the slave of her mother-in-law.
The Siamese girl is nominally the prop
erty of the King, and the Malayan is shut
up in Mohammedan harem, as are the
millions of women of India, Egypt and
Turkey. The Burmese girl goes ahead as
she pleases, and marries whom she will
During her childhood she associates with
the boys, and after marriage she Is looked
upon as a comrade and often rules the
household. She is the business man of the
establishment. She usually makes the
money, and always carries the purse.
The Burmese marry early and one is an
old maid II not married before out of the
teens. During the courtship the young
man brings presents of oranges or candy;
he writes verses in praise of his lady,
beautiful ear plugs, and she is return
gives him cigars and, perhaps, turban
or shawl knit by herself
The marriage is little more than fes-
tlVal at the house of the girl Here the
young couple eat rice together, join hands
and say they intend to live as man and
wife. They are supposed to bill and coo,
feeding one another as the birds do; and
they drink tea with their parents and
parents-in-law The groom makes the
girl present consisting of a silken skirt
or piece of jewelry, and he is supposed
to furnish the wedding breakfast After
marriage the two go into seelusion fo- a
honeymoon of seven days, and they then
take up their home In the house of the
bride. IT Is presumptuous for them to set
up their own establishment Immediately
after marriage, as the man is supposed to
work certain time for his wife.
understand that there are many love
matches in Burma, and that where par
ents object the young people elope and
go of to themselves. There are few
marriages for money
The marriage Is q civil ceremony and it
has nothing to do with religion 1t is a
social and business partnership rather
than a moral contract, and many mar
riages are entered into without any icere-
mony at all. Among some people the
wedding is kept secret for a time. for
the young couple do not like to be stared
at nor have stones thrown on their house
roofs, as is sometimes the custom.
girl does not change her name when she
marrles, and there is nothing about her
to show whether she is married or not
Sc wears no marriage ring, and she STILL
as have said, keeps her own property
She can act for herself in business way
and she frequently acts for her husband
She can sign deeds, lend or borrow
money and make any kind of arrange
ments as to buying or selling
With all this the women do not mix in
public affairs. They make no fuss about
their rights, and the Burmese suffra-
gette Is yet unborn. Such girls as have
seen are modest and ladylike They are
self-respecting, but not Independent nor
forward.
n.fa lou.4 L..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
Piracy Still FIourishes

Paris, April 23.-(Special PIRACY still
flourishes along the North African sea
coast and has lately become much too
prevalent The crews of the lobster
boats fishing in Algerian waters have ac-
cordingly been armed to enable them to
resist the Moorish buccaneers. Each
boat now carries eight rifles and the nee
essary ammunition, supplied by the naval
authorities at Brest on instructions from
Henry Cheron, under-secretary of the
navy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
Useful and Ornamental

From PUCK.
Gillis-Great SCOTS, man! What do you
call that thing?
Willis-We decided at our house this
wear that we would give only useful
presents. and this is the beautiful, en-
broidered, hand-painted snow shovel that
nv wife gave me.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24


The rights of woman after her mar
riage are well protected The women are
the chief workers and money makers, and
a. woman can hold property distinct from
her husband. She manages her own
money, and has an equal right with her
husband In all that they make togeter
during their married life. She has right
to her own earnings, and If divorced she
takes back all the money she has brought
into the family and half of what has been
accumulated since the wedding.
AS to divorces, these are not difficult of
obtainment on either side of the family.
Any discontinued husband or wife may
go before the elders and claim a separa-
ton, and 1t Is seldom refused.
There are also special grounds for d.
vorce. II the husband is idle or lazy the
wife can claim a separation. If he is
unable to support her, II he is always
ailing, or becomes a cripple after his
marriage she oan demand that the mar
riage be broken, and the same is true
| II he ill-treats her in any way.
On the other hand, the husband has
also, plenty of grounds for divorce Il
his wife does not love him. II she visits
places to which he objects, and IL she
persistently disobeys him, he may claim
his freedom. The same is also true il she
gives him no boys Notwithstanding all
this, divorces are not much more COM
mon than In the United States. They
are hardly respectable, and the man who
enters a monastery to get rid OF wife
is called a runaway, while a divorced
woman is said to be always anxious to
marry again. Indeed, marriage is consid-
cred the best state for woman, one OF
their proverbs being as follows:
Monks are beautiful when they are
lean, four-footed animals when they are
fat, men when they are learned and wom-
en- when they are married.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24


Speaking of tobacco, all Burmese wom-
en- smoke, and girl learns to puff at a
cigar long before her ears are bored Chill
dren are taught the habit as soon as they
are able to walk, and / see 4-year-old
boys putting cigarettes. The average cigar
used by the women looks much like a long
ear of popcorn with the husl< on 1t is
made of other leaves in connection with
tobacco; 1t is loosely rolled and is often
tied with string. All the girls are adept
in making cheroots, and at a party one
girl may roll for the crowd the big cigars
being passed about from one guest to an
other, each taking a Whit. In counting,
] doubt not. the girl makes the cigar and
the two take love smokes In turn.
Love and Marriage
And this brings me to marriage in Bur-
ma The customs here are far different
from those of Japan, China. Korea or the
other countries / have visited during this
trip around the world. The japanese girl
has a, husband picked out by a match
maker. the Korean takes one at the die
tation OF her parefits, While the Chinese
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

ION what grounds did he get d.
vorce?'
.'Incompatibility of temperature.
"You mean temper.
nix. She always had her cold feet In
his back at night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

army and navy, more than four times
the cost of workmen's Insurance. and
about five times as much as the total
outlay for public elementary education.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
Easy housekeeping

The Burmese wife has fewer housekeep-
ing troubles than her American sister
If she belongs to the well-to-do classes
she has servants, and If not, she has
but little hard work The ordinary house
is built of wood or bamboo raised upon
posts about eight feet apart. 1t has a
veranda in front. with steps leading to
the rooms overhead. The floors are of
thin planking or bamboo canes, and the
roof Is of thatch or leaves. The whole
Is simple to an extreme. The house has
no furniture in our sense of the word
The people sleep upon mats and rest their
heads on bamboo pillows. There is little
sweeping to do. and the most of the cook
ing is on fires out of doors. The cooking
utensils usually consist of two or three
earthen pots, in addition to which are
some jars for water and several cocoanut
ladies. Most of the people use neither
knives nor forks.
Tho staple food of the Burmese is rice,
which is boiled or steamed. and eaten with
fish paste and peppers Nothing is drunk
with the meals. and after them only
water But few of the Burmese eat meat,
for 1t is contrary to the Buddhist re-
ligion to consume anything that has life,
the chief exception being fish, which is
eaten fresh, dried and also when rotted
by burying 1t in the sand. A favorite
dish is a fish curry with rice. The family
usually sit around the rice dish each
having a little bowl for curry and
larger one for rice. Everyone helps him
self, taking from the rice platter as much
as he can squeeze In his hands. He con-
veys the food to his mouth In his hands.
At the close of the meal everyone is
expected to wash his own dishes and each
goes to the water jar to rinse out their
mouth. The meals are more like picnics
than ANYTHING else.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24

Until the English came to Burma only
the fewest of the women could read and
write There are not many who can do
so now The government has established
schools for girls in the large towns. but
in the villages they seldom exist, and
the monks cannot teach the girls as they
do boys According to the laws of the
Buddhist religion, every boy must go into
a monastery He usually does so at the
age of eight or nine years. and he there
learns to read and write. There are very
few nunneries in the country, and the
girls have nowhere else to go. Their
mothers are ignorant and therefore 1t Is
the exception to find native girl out
side the cities who is able to read.
The British officials are trying to rem
edy this, and there are now something
like 10000 girls in the government schools
although only one in every eleven girls
of school age is being educated, and
only about 1000 are in the secondary and
high schools
During my stay in Burma I have Wis
tied many of these. I find the little
ones quite as bright as our American
children. They study diligently and re-
cite we'll. I remember a class in arith
metic which I heard in Rangoon. II
was composed of II Burmese girls Of
about 10 years of age. They performed
sums in addition and subtraction at
the command of their teacher, and re-
cited the multiplication table in Bur-
mese for my edification.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-04-08
Use Hammacks Gasoline and
you will have no trouble with your
stoves or Automobiles.


juliet A Jones to G L Wilson,
lots in Jonesburg, $500.
Juston Rubeling to Henry Fus-
selman, 26-5O-6, $2562.5O.
VIM. H. Miller to Henry Roppel,
lots in We Wellsville, $4,000.
William r Jordan to j. H
Thomasson lots in Wellsyille, $3.50.
Pettis Keathley to Forest Keath-
ley, 14-5O-5, S275.
Mrs Annie Gilmore to Calvin D
Reed lots in Wellsville, Sl.00.
Calvin D Reed to Mrs Annie Gill
more, lots in Wellsville, S1.00.
w b Taylor to Thuel Hagood,
lots in Bellflower, $500.
Chas. Roher to j X w Cook ct
al lots in New Belltlower S264.00.
J w Hazelton to j G Davidson,
lots in Bellflower, SLIPS.
BIC Elkins TO J NJ Gliser, 7-49-5
S17OO.
i'm Gliser tn VIM. g Davis, 4
48-6, S3700.
w ) Culwell to Grace 1 Bell, 8
sos, 81.
Henry z bolton to Mary For
ristalI, 10-47-4, $3.50.
j H Gardner to Thomas G
Martin. lots in Montgomery, $4,000
Jacob Brewer to Cecil w Single
ton, 6-47-5, $1,000.
Henry b Scott to E j Heather
lots in New Bellflower, $3.50.
Annie Lucas ct al to James "
Gregory, 7-47-6. S2100.
Charles Heck to w Il Watkins
12-48-4, S6500.
S M Dibb ct al to Emma
Hudson, $500.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-04-08
Death of Mrs. Clemens.

Mrs. Sallie T. Clemens nee Spain
was born in st. Charles Co., Mo.
Sept. 18th 1899
She was converted and united
with the Methodist Church at Old
Bethel west of Montgomery, at the
age of fourteen years.
Her early life was spent on a
farm west of Montgomery, and in
Wellsville. She was united in
marriage with Jno. s. Clemens
Jan. 1st 1893. Mr.. and Mrs.
Clemens resided in Montgomery
about one year after their mar
riage. When the Brown Tobacco
Co., in which Mr.. clemens was in
terested moved to st. Louis they
changed their place of residence
to that city, where they lived for
welve years. At the time of her
de ath they were living in Coving-
ton, KY.
Mrs. Clemens had been in fail
ing health for. three years caused
by tumors. She was finally taken
to the hospital at Cincinnati, to be
operated on for her trouble, but the
attending physician saw that by
an operation the trouble could not
be removed without causing death.
SO the prepared to treat her
trouble by medicine, but after
three days of suffering she sue
cumbed to death on Monday,
April, 4th 1910, age, 40 years, 6
months and IL days.
Her body was ship to this
City, for interment. The funeral
was conducted at the Methodist
Church Wednesday at p. m. by
Rev. J. IA. Bone, after which her
remains were laid to rest in the
city cemetary. to await the re-
surrection morn.
The deceased leaves a husband
sister, two brothers and an aged
mother, and host of friends to
mourn her loss.
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-04-08
LOCAL and PERSONAL
Personal Mention and Local
Happenings OF Interest In
and About Montgomery

Invest little good money In
advertising. 1t will pay you.
Miss Lucy Thompson spent
sev eral days in st. Louis this
week.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Louie
Kirn, Monday April A. 1910 fine
baby girl.
The Democrats carried Mont
gomery City last Tuesday. That
may help some.
County Treasurer John D. Ulrich
of Danvillc was in the city on
official business last Tuesday.
Mrs. Forest Britt has returned
from a visit with friends in st.
Louis and Bloomington Ill.
The people who read the Tribune
have money to spend with the
merchants. Tell them what you
have to sell.
Mrs. Gertrude Lakeland and lit
daughter after spending the winter
in Texas and Arkansas are at
home with John M. Barker.
Mrs. Chas. Campbell, has re-
turned from her winter visit at
Brownsville Texas, and is the
guest of Mrs. Jessie Beasley.
Montgomery City is one of the
best horse cattle sheep and hog
m arkets in the state and the
farmers of the county know it.
Elder and Mrs. w. A. Mclean
are visiting their son at Media Ill.
They expect to visit at Excelsior
Springs before returning home.
DR.. w. w. Daniels, who moved
to Texas some time ago from
Danville, has returned and pur-
chased the H. G. Kite place. The
DR.. will take possession on the
10th inst.
You can buy merchandise of all
kinds, farm machinery, etc. in
Montgomery City as cheap, or a
little cheaper, than in, any other
city in this part of the, state
Make this city your trading point,
The Montgomery tribune., 1910-04-08
How About Your Roads.

The, following letter from the
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral to Postmaster Nuns, calling
attention to the necessity of fairly
good roads reeds no explanation.
Roads must be kept in good repair
or Rural Free Delivery service
will be discontinued.
The Postmaster.
Sir:
AS q result OF general and
special letters sent out by the De-
paitment, and the cooperation of
postmasters and carriers, there has
been a great Improvement in the
highways on which rural routes
are established. There are, how
ever, many localities where road
conditions are bad and improve
ments imperative.
You are directed toinform your
self with reference to the con-
dition of roads and bridges on the
rural routes out of your office, and
if you find that they require i'm
provement you should present the
matter in the strongest and most
positive way to the patrons and
road officials, informing them that
improvements must be made as
soon as practicable. If, after q
reasonable time has elapsed, the
i'm provements have not been made
or started, you will report the fact
to this Office in order that action
may be taken looking to the dis
continuance ofthe service.
The Department is not imm
cdiateiy concerned in elaborate
Eoad Improvements, but in the in
Iterest OF the best service to tbs
largest number Of patrons it mus
tnsist upon roads being kept il
lgood repair, the lack of which i
usu ally due to improper drainage
and unsuitable gradingand surfac
work, which can be easily AM
cheaply accomplished by timel.
work and the regular use OF tn
split-log drag or similar device.
Respectfully,
r, ". DEGRAw.
Fourth Assistant Postmaste
General "a;