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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-05
GAYNOR DECLARES THAT
MERIT MUST WIN JOBS

william A Prendergast, the new re-
pubIican-fusionist comptroller, announced
today that every employe of the city
above the grade of laborer, except po-
lfcemen, firemen and school teachers,
must have time cards upon which will
be recorded their comings and goings
while on duty, and he did not say wheth-
er the mayor and commissioners will be
included in this order In this way the
comptroller hopes to ascertain just how
much of New York's $S0,o00,ooO salary list
is earned.
All appointments in all departments of
New York citys government must be
made hereafter on the basis of merit
alone, according to orders issued tonight
by Mayor Gaynor in letter to Fire Com
missioner Waldo. Clergymen, politicians
and business men must keep their hands
off. The mayors letter says in part:
"It is my intention of banishing all po-
litical and outside influence from the de-
partments Immediately, and once for all.
Under the present method all sorts of
persons, claiming to have influence, come
In to advocate the selection of their
friends. Worst yet, some of such In
fuence is sold and paid for. Let there
be an end of all this"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-05
NINE DEAD FROM
PTOMAINE POISON


Los Angeles. January Anime persons
are dead and two others are not ex-
pected to survive as the result OF eating
canned peaches containing ptomaine poi
son on Sunday night at sawtelle. Cal.
q suburb Of this city All are members
of family which was the first to set
tie in Santa Monica The dead are:
Ramona Garcia, IL years old, grand
daughter of Mrs. Valdez
Aiphenia Garcia. 13 years old. grandson
pf Mrs. valdex
Mrs. A. Fernandez. 2s years old.
Isabelle Fernandez. Q years old.
Mrs. d. q. valdex, IS years old. mother
OF Mrs. Fernandez.
Virginia Prsciado. aged I years
G. r. Yes. IS years old.
Mrs. Lola Garcia, u years old.
Frank Garcia, years old.
The seriously Ill: B. Preciado. years
old.
The can Of peaches was put up several
months ago by Mrs. Preciado and was
satsn ct family reunion on New Years
Day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-05
SEVERE BLIZZARD
is COMING FAST

Washington, January 4.-Out of the
west Is coming severe blizzard which
by tomorrow night will hold the Atlantic
coast In it's grip. It is central tonight over
Missouri, with exceedingly heavy SHOWS
in the upper Mississippi valley and snow
and high winds over the lake region and
the Ohio valley.
According to reports received by the
weather bureau. the fury of the storm
may be somewhat broken in the South
Atlantic states by the time it has trav-
eled over the broken ridges of the Appa-
lachian mountains, the snow probably
turning to rain in those states In the
northern states, however. the outlook is
for severe cold snap by tomorrow
night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-05
hens Are Not Banjshed.

Washington. January 4.-Washington' s
cackling hens and Growing roosters have
found refuge behind ermine robes and
with all sorts of insomnia producing
sounds may hereafter drown the cries
Of all protestants. The edict of the health
authorities banishing fowls to the silent
retreats Of the country was declared by
Judge Mullowney in police court today
to be too ridiculous" to permit Of Judi
cial notice. The regulation promulgated
by the district commissioners caused no
end Of unrest among poultry owners and
the Hood Of protests stirred up hornets .
Aest around The officials.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-05
HARRY WHITNEY
BUYS OLD HOME

New York, January 4-Harry Payne
Whitney completed negotiations today for
the purchase of tho former whitney
mansion on Fifth avenue for $2500.o0O
The house was built by his father, the
to the late James Henry (Sflent) Smith,
after Mr.. Whitneys death.
Mr.. Whitney thus regains all the mag
ndhcent furnishing and art treasures which
were accumulated by his father and a
proposed auction OF these treasures Is
forestalled.
The mansion was designed by the late
Stanford White, who considered It a
masterpiece a. q residence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-05
coal eo.ts Are Movinq.

Pittsburg. January 4.-Pushing their
noses through masses of "slush'' ice,
fleet is 12 boats of the Monongahela River
Consolidated Coal Company started down
the Ohio today with 100000 bushels of
coal In tow-the first shipment since last
October The gauge of the river here is
l45 and rising.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-05
Down Goes Thsrmom eter.

New York, January 4.-The thermome-
ter touched degrees above zero here at
10 o'clock tonight and was still going
down, according to the local weather bu-
reau. In northern points the tempera-
lures range from 25 to 30 below zero-the
coolest Of the winter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-05
Chilean crlsIs Axerted.

Santiago. Chile, January 4-The cabi-
net today withdrew its resignation. which
was presented December TO- Accordingly
the crisis which was feared over dif-
ferences concerning new legislation ap-
pears to have been sverted
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-05
paris Shocked By News.

Paris, January 4.-The death of Leon
De LAGRANGE, the aeroplanist, has
caused profound shock in Paris. Pre-
mier BRAND and NJ Millerand, minis
ter of public works, posts and tele-
graphs, have sent coincidence to the
family.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-05
Woman Aviator Hurt.

Chalons Sur Manre, France, January
Madam De LaRoche, while making
a fight in a biplane today collided with
a tree She was badly bruised and the
machine was destroyed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-05

Cav1iis4 January 4-tspecial. )-Sam-
a. GdsAr Davis and Miss Nellie Smith
gjers Qrle married yesterday afternoon
toa tral Presbyterian manse. the
.sv y Wear officiating. The wedding
aol. pla before any but a few very in
iclste q ends knew Of 1t. The couple
sft iran liately after the ceremony for
s-rAngr florida and Cuba
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-05
WHITELAW REID
PREPARES TO SAIL

London. January 4.-Ambassador White
law Reid is arranging to sail for the
United States either on the steamer st.
Louis tomorrow or the Lusitania Satur-
day to allow him to be present at the
funeral of Mrs. Reid's father, ID. o. Mills
who died in California last night. The
temporary absence from his post of Mr..
Reid will detan Secretary of Embassy
William Phillips here and arrangements
are being made to postpone his marriage
to Miss Caroline A. Drayton of New York.
Arranging for Funeral.
San Francisco. January 4.-The body of
Darius o. Mills rests tonight in the Mills
winter home at Milbrae, near here.
Out on the plains of Nevada Ogden
Mills a son. is fastening westward as
fast as the railroad his father helped to
build can carry him, his eastward jour-
ney having been stayed by a telegram
that reached him today.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid received hundreds
of messages of sympathy from the United
States and Europe.
The body will be sent to New York for
interment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-05

In 4@'I0 able DISSEMINATING e9t4pHshr
n sat asaaF guilt in the United States
d sr 4, acsa- today to q charge Of partic-
Il ,,fns So ti alleged conspiracy to smug-
ssr.ig rms and dress goods into the
r.s.ss IA deeper trunlkS". The maxi
.4a rsush y two pears in prison and q
Y Aca ThAre are n other dress
| anes as. Indictment, and It y un-
at.cr fNsi the Mahonsy end Dinsmors
su asa agreed to tan the govern
, H.. ,ide story Of the smuggling
..as n INV Of thsrY ssntsncs being
gt ad ata July. IS
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-05
Dressmakers Plead Guilty.

New York. January 4.-Therssa Nah
ney and Elizabsth R. Dinsmore. paztne
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-11-10
TEST OF FABRICS.
How to Detect Frauds In Silk, Linen
or Wooden Goods.

How to Detect Frauds In Silk, Linen
or Wooden Goods.
OF the goods sold as ''all WOOL there
is not one-tenth that is genuine. Can
orally the main component is cotton.
The test for this is simple. All that
is necessary is to pull out a few threads
and apply lighted match. Cotton
will go off in blaze; wool will shrivel
up.
To distinguish pure linen from coun.
terfeit is even easier. The intended
buyer need but wet the finger and ap-
ply it to the goods. If they are pure
linen the moisture will pass through,
the spot touched will be soaked at
once, and almost Immediately one side
will be as wet as the other.
Frauds are more numerous in silk
than in any other fabric, but here also
the material Of adulteration is cotton.
Its presence can be readily discovered
Draw few threads out. The piece of
cotton will snap off short when pulled,
while the silk will stretch and permit
a considerable pull before breaking.
The boosted silk of our grandmoth-
ers that stood by ITSELF is not neces-
sarily the best. Modern ingenuity has
devised means by giving the poorest
articles the best body requisite for this
purpose. Shellac and other sticky sub.
stances mixed through the fabric will
produce as stiff silk as ever graced
the wardrobe of our ancestors. Such
stuff is quite worthless. however. as it
quickly rOts.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-11-10
TREATMENT OF HORSES.
How to Feed and Water Them In Hot
Weather

weather.
Extremely hot weather brings more
or less suffering to d horse, and if the
animal does not receive proper care
and attention at this trying period dis
astrous results are sure to follow.
Above all things else, says Country
Life In America. do not overwork the
farm horse or force the driver for too
much speed or make long drives with
out frequent rests.
At this season. when water is usual.
~ more or less scarce and horses APP
parently have an Unsuitable thirst. the
matter of watering deserves consider
able attention. DO not give the horse
too much at time, and it is safest to
give none at all while he is very
warm.
A bran mash twice week will as
sist in keeping the system cool. and in
case of overfat dram of pulverized
saltpeter added to the mash will be
beneficial.
On very hot days allow work horses
two hours for dinner instead of one,
and do not feed until they are some
what cooled off. Also remove the har-
ness at this time; this extra labor Is
more than offset by the comfort it
gives the animals.
GIN three horse team the middle one
sk>most liable to heat exhaustion be-
. cause of the additional heat radiated
upon him by the horse on each side.
On this account it is advisable to
change the horses so that one will
not be compelled to be in the middle
for more than half day at time.
The perniciOus Fostering of flies Is
another matter that cannot be over
looked. The dairy cows and calves, as
well as the horses, can be well pro-
tected from flies by such preparations
as are for sale at almost all drug stores
or are advertised in the farm papers.
These preparations are not expensive
and are best applied with a sprayer,
although brush or rag will do II a
sprayer is not available. For the work
horse light treatment every morning
will afford better protection from flies
ludu q uct VI UiduhcI duu ID uuCu
cooler.
According to another writer, it is al.
lowable when horse is hot to let him
have three or four swallows Of cool
water. but no more. The few swallows
will help cool him, and another limited
drink may be given every few minutes
for four or five times, after which he
may drink his fill without danger. In
careless or inexperienced hands, how
ever. the only safe way is to let the
horse stand for half an hour or more
with no water until he is fairly cooled
off,
Salt is necessary to horses, but 1t
should not be given to them in large
quantities and irregularly. An excess
of salt at one time produces conges-
ton of the stomach and induces ex-
cessive thirst. The best plan is to
keep rock salt in reach of the horses
at all times. so that they can satisfy
their appetite by an occasional lick.
If you have not followed this practice,
Introduce it gradually by giving the
animal a little salt with his regular
ration for week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-11-10
How to Make Oatmeal Lemonade

Lemon oatmeal is a drink Of which
invalids rarely tire. Mix tablespoon
full Of fine oatmeal into smooth paste
with cold water. then pour over 1t
three pints of boiling water. stirring
well all the time. Place in a sauce
pan and boil until the quantity is re-
duced to two pints. Set it aside to
cool and then pour the clear cruel
away from the sediment. Add to this
the juice of lemon and small guam
tity of powdered sugar. This may be
served hot or cold. and it is good either
WAY
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-11-10

How to Remove Ink From Carpets.
First pour cold water on the spot IL
1t is fresh one. taking it up with a
spoon. which is pressed down into the
pile Of the carpet. Lay cloth around
the spot so it will not spread. Then
apply weak solution of oxa.ic acid.
sponging it up quickly. If the color is
altered apply ammonia water
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-11-10

How to Remove Tar.
Alcohol spirits of wine. turpentiDe
and ether will all remove tar. Apply
with small sponge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-28
WILL THE REST OF THEM
EVER CATCH up

When Colonel Roosevelt was in In
diana a short time ago, speaking in
behalf of Senator Beverage, he uttered
this sentiment:
There were differences between Sen
ator Beverage and some Of the repre-
sentatives of the Republican party in
Washington. but there were not any
differences between him and the bulk
of the party outside Of Washington. 1t
was merely that Senator Beverage and
the bulk Of the party were ahead. The
others will catch I'D. They are a little
late IN starting, but they are all right.
Now, it has to be borne in mind that
Colonel Roosevelt uttered this in the
heat of a campaign speech, when he
was working hard to draw together
the different Republican elements in
Indiana in support of Senator Bever-
idge Perhaps, what he said should
not, when viewed in that light, be
taken too seriously. Still, his asser-
ton that "the others will catch up
gives rise to most interesting in
quiry.
As a matter of fact, viii the Others
ever catch upl Senator Beverage and
the really progressive element in the
Republican party have gone far. They
have taken advanced ground. They
have taken a firm stand for the aboli.
ton of special privilege, for the separa-
ton of business and politics, and
especially for the separation Of
crooked business and crooked polite:
from straight business and straight
politics. They are insistent that the
tariff be treated scientifically and IA
tionally and that schedules no longer b,
fixed by logrolling and fsvoritism. They
are for popular rule in its broadcast anC
best sense, as against either the rul,
of the special interests through theil
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-28
IMPORTS DECREASE
DURING SEPTEMBER
Purchases Abroad $4,000
600 Less Than Same
Month Last Year.

September Of this year has developed
a slump in imports. according TO a
statement just issued by the Depart
ment Of Commerce and Labor
The value Of the goods bought abroad
during the month was Sl17.Soo.100 as
against NZl,000.050 for september Of last
year
For the nine months ending IN Sep
tenber. however, the imports show an
increase in value Merchandise and raw
material entering this country during
the nine months period is valued At
s. ia. 4G0,010 whereas the value Of the
imports for the same period IN 1893
amounted 20 S1,QSS, $4,000.
Among the important imported ar
ticIes which have fallen Of during the
month are India rubber, hides and
skins. silk, wool. cotton, laces, tin, leaf
tobacco. burlaps. linens. raw cotton.
wooden clothes and dress goods, art
works, furs. machinery, cotton knit
goods and champagne
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-28

tie TO do save prepare for the future.
The clients who call on him are few and
far between and II he devOtes these
years Of waiting to study he win be
ready when the client does come who
viii make his reputation and his for
tune.
In the noted-or rather notorIous-trial
Of Thaw il will be remembered that the
plea was insanity and the greatest alien
lists on earth were there to testify. on
cross-examination jerome led them in
waters so deep that most Of them hoUn-
dered helplessly- He cited books and
expounded theories on insanity that
some Of them had never heard Of After
the trial was over he was asked by q
friend how long II had taken him to
prepare for this examination. how long
Il had taken him 10 get ready for IL
His reply was that he had been getting
ready all his lifel He had seen that the
day V ould come when he would be
called on to mix into one Of these trials
where insanity would be the defense ana
had spent his spare time for years il
the study of insanity, and today there is
no better known lawyer in the country.
He was ready when the time came be-
cause he got ready before the time
came He was studying before the need
came Tor study.
Twerty years ago George AIDE was a
newspaper reporter on a salary of $40 a
week and today has an income Of $50, O0l
a year from his writings. The secret Of
his success ia that he has been studying
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-28

special agents or the rule of the few
in any sense, whether the privileged
few or the few who, for any reason,
selfish or benevolent, arrogate to
themselves authority. They are for the
adequate control of the public service
instrument in whatever form it exists.
Now, it is all well enough to say
"the others viii catch up" but it is
doubtful if the proposition will stand
the test. The element of machine
politicians in Senate and House, whose
sympathies are with the special inter
ests, who are for property rather than
humanity, and all their ilk, are going
to be a long time catching up. Mr..
Roosevelt says they are little late
starting. There Is nothing to indicate
they ever will start.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-28

the call back to the farm" Andrews eye twinkIed
you poking fun farms
they they
Chevy Company
~surest thing Chevy Company.
Thomas stewagen gentlemen
cuIture-agrculture!
farming lands
Onsense!" exclaimed Imogene Those two men own
hotels in town."
Now you Just poor
gentlemen
hotels but they both hardworng farmers before
gds Chevy They harrow
the radishes
This
they employed purely agcus Mr. steI
street market with Charlie schafne the
squash are prime
which roasting have the in the end Tom honest hard
working farner!"
But mogene you surely don't call Friendship far?"
replied you
could driving
being frostbn you
would believe 1t is farm He almost salary from the
they hire him
company pays $4,000 for
being president because he farmer
place Massachusetts aenue?
a
any time in the
acres
harvesting his ready
the This little purely c-
in its When $1 on
infant
paralysis Riggs Bank so full of farmers
dear
speak lightly here in tho District
Rather let these hornanded They
little, their crops setting
Metropolitan Club rainy DAYS
whiting stick playing checkers They more
city than Jimmie West AID he
and law business
He clothes all right"
Well had anyway" Imogeue I'VE saw your
friend Mr. Spence by villa bicycle policeman
following his machine"
Who, Brownie following him
Sylvester Andrew smiled reri
nscenty
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-28
SUES DRUGGIST WHO
SOLD WIFE MORPHINE
Husband Demands $4,000 for Loss
of Helpmeet's
Services.

NEW YORK. Oct. 2.-Aneging that
the druggist is responsible for his wife's
use Of morphine, Ernest G. Billion has
sued Norman J. Littell, a druggist, for
5000 damages for the loss Of Mrs. Bill
toms services and her health
Billion testified that he had been alb
sent from his home from October, Eg7.
u June, 1906: that he left his wife n
good health. and that when he returned
she had contracted the morphine habit
He charges the druggist with furnish
ing her the drug contrary To law
The druggist denies all OF Billions al
LEGATIONS. The suit is being tried before
Justice Gavegan, and is the first OF its
kind heard here
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-28

the world all these years and making
notes Of its oddities and humor that have
come TO him These notes are today be-
ing turned into notes OF the United
states Treasury, because he was study
ing before he had the opportunity 10 use
the notes he was making.
The professional man who devotes his
leisure time 10 study while he IS WAITING
for patrons, the clerk who gets ready
for the job ahead Of him before he is
appointed, and the man who is generally
prepared To- the good things of life are
the men 10 whom they gravitate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-28
THE TWO GREATWAR SONGS
OF 1861.

I have long believed" says a cor
respondent of the New York Sun, writ
ing from Milwaukee, chat Indiana and
Wisconsin had no small share in Civ
ing TO the world Julia Ward Howe's
Battle Hymn of the Republic"
He recalls the story how Mrs. Howe.
while returning from Bailey's Cross
roads, Va, to Washington, after wit
Messing a review of McClellan's army
Of the Potomac held in honor of Lin
coin and his Cabinet, heard some West
ern soldiers singing the new John
Brown" song. 1T was Gen. Ruins
Kings brigade" says the Milwaukeean.
and we had picked up the song from
a Massachusetts regiment That was
in the fail of 1861. The correspondent
goes on to state:
We had taken part in the review and
been praised for our good showing, and
were marching back TO camp in high
spirits. Three thousand strong voices
were drowning all other noises as the
youngsters went singing back to camp
Three times a carriage passed from
the rear to the 'front.' Of the brigade and
there remained until the four regiments
had passed. The occupant of the car
rage seemed to be deeply interested in
nd Int
4he was only enjoying their John
Brown" concert.
We learned the next day that the lady
IN the carriage was Julia Ward Howe
Not long afterward appeared The BAT
tie Hymn Of the Republic the choicest
OF all the war songs. the one which
without doubt viii live the longest
This brings US to the question of
the famous Southern war song Dixie"
which, according to the statisticians,
is the most popular song in the coun-
try today. Dixie" was also written
by Northerner, Daniel Decatur En-
nett; but it was written before the
war. Emmett, who was born IN Mt.
Vernon, Ohio, October 20, 1916, Joined
the Bryant minstrel troupe in 1857.
He was still a member of the troupe
when, on September II, 1859, he com
posed the words and music of Dixie. /"
which was first sung in New York two
days after its composition.
In the spring OF 1861, when Mrs.
John Wood was playing in ''Pocahon-
tss" at the Varieties Theater in New
Orleans, Dixie" was introduced in a
Zoaave march. The audience went wild
with enthusiasm. Later the whole
South rose to the song 1t was ar
ranged for a quickstep. Pickett's
charge at Gettysburg was made to
the tune of it.
Thus" says an historian, "the an.
omaly was presented of a song writ
ten and composed by a man who was
born in the North, and who, as a mat
ter of fact, sympathized with the
North, becoming the war song of the
South"
Emmett died and was buried in hi:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-28
HOPE DIAMOND IN PARIS.

NEW YORK, Oct "a cable from
Paris says the Hope diamond. which
has brought misfortune or death to
every person who has owned II. has
turned w In Paris and is now on sale
in the Rue de IA Paix. The evil repu-
fation OF the diamond and the super
stition surrounding II, however, has af-
fected its price. II can now be bought
for less than 10000, whereas Lord
Francis Hope sold It for S14S,OO0