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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
A SUFFERING soLoN.

Said a rural member of the Oklahoma legislature, '1d rather hunt coons all night and blow all next day than to stand around an hour on this here rock floor" His entire nervous system was so disorganized that he said he limped in his hands when he tried to eat. It is dangerous to eat with knife when ones hand is unsteady. We trust the dis tinguished Oklahoman avoided the risk of facial disfigurement by conflning him self strictly to spoon vittles" while on duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

ments of tropical fruits from that sec tion over the Illinois Central were bet ter than last year.
 'The orange crop he said, "is somewhat off, but nothing like people first believed. The storm did not dam age the crop very much. The grape fruit production is very good indeed. These are being sent north rapidly and will be the source of great amount of new money for Florida. Set tiers are going in fast and the state is alive with activity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
wooING OF A POET

Clo,lston: Choice Anecdotes
 The servant maid of the celebrated lyric poet Le Brun, appearing one day before him with all his manuscripts in her hands, threatened to consisn all his glory. to the flames if he did not marry her. Le Brun, frightened at the immi- nent danger in which his verses were of being reduced to ashes, and of thus losing his hopes of immortality, sent for lawyer immediately, and mar ried her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
BUSY DAYS.

BUSY DAYS. Never saw so much to buy As is now displayed; Aeroplanes that really fly, 1 Pilots unafraid. Auto cars, both large and small, Artists on the wire, Acrobats who never fall, Clowns who never tire. Railroad trains and ocean craft, Carriages and trucks; Donkey steeds that must be daft, Chickens, cows and ducks. Flats with every room complete And a cook who stays, Lady dolls you'd like to meet, They've such winning ways. Games and tops and shaggy bears, Puzzles hard to solve; Gentry who with wooden stares Digzily revolve. Wonders hard to specify, Martial horns and drums, Arms to make the foeman fly When the hero comes. Toys to please the boyish heart, Toys to please the girl, In the merry Christmas mart, Where the shoppers whirl. Better than circus tent. Or a county fair. If I didn't have cent, Still you'd find me therel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

cashier Nah names Jim Johnson, an I wants dat ten dollahs.' 'Yuh ain't got no money in dis here bank said the cashier, after looking over the books. Yes, I has, insisted the visitor: I put ten dollars in here six months ergo. Why. man, yuh shure is foolish. De intrist done ct dat up long ergo.'"
 THE AUTO HABIT.
 It's funny how
 One does about,
 When one acquires
 A buzz-about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
HER GUESS

From the Kansas City Star.
 While a minister was preaching in a western village a stranger with a big ear-trumpet entered the church, sat down on the pulpit steps and turned the big end of his trumpet upward. The minis ters 4-year-old daughter who was pres ent kept her eye on the stranger until the congregation was dismissed. On the way home she said: Papa, do. you think that was Gabriel?" t-t-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
X SWIMMING MATCH

From the Atchison Globe.
 A number of North Atchison girls re- gently invited their friends to a party, saying that feature of the entertain ment would be a swimming match be- tween two girls. Every one went, and found that this part of the programme was carried out by two girls sitting at q table with bowl of water between them,
 in which match fioated. The men felt that they had been cheated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Nobody knows his friends the way they think they know him.
 The longest way home is when a mans wife has her relatives there wait ing for him.
 The successful thing about faith is how 1t can go along without there being any ground for 1t. It tAkes the genius of a pretty girl to makf man afraid to kiss her wh en she's dying for him to do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
HIGH FINANCE.

A prominent business man relates the following story to show how interest mounts up:
 'The leading negroes of a Georgia town started bank and invited persons of their race to become customers. One day a darky, with shoes run down at the heels, a gallus over one shoulder and a cotton shirt, showed up at the bank. See here he said, T want nah ten dollahs' Who is yuh?' asked the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
THE CLUB WOMAN
n Richmond News-Ileader.

From the Richmond News-Leader.
 "A good many folks seem to think that inc hand that rocks the cradle does not wield the slipper enough these days says the Birmingham Age-Herald. Be- cause. in too many instances, of substi- tuition of the "club" for the slipper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
WE'LL QUALIFIED.

Do you think Flibbits will make a successful aviator?"
 "He ought to. Everybody says he's a lightweight"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

The blizzard dealt harshly with both Washington and New York, respecting neither lame ducks nor MT. Loeb's vic- tims.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

Senator Beveridge, a lame duck, is about to return to law and literature, both highly lucrative in Indiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

It may be the President simply ran out of ink as he steamed along from Panama, and there was no stationer he could command.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

The weather in Alaska is easier imag- ined than described-provided the cold increases as one goes north.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

Champ Clark is now studying Uncle Joe's manner of handling the gavel crit ically, and with a students enthusiasm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

The concensus of opinion about the mes sage is that while its undertow was plainly standpat it set no river on fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

California's new crop of oranges Is ready to be marketed, and the green ish articles will soon have a warm and wholesome rival.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

Receipts at football games are falling off, and some think that the end of the world is coming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

As a rule newspapers did not this year print the Presidents message in full. The line must be drawn some where
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

It is too late to be mentioned for the supreme court but then almost every lawyer has been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

The meat trust is again marking up the price of it's products. It has the common people where it can exploit them up or down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

of the Needlework Guild, which owes it's early success, if not its origin, to the late Duchess of Teck, the Queen has al- ways taken a special interest. For years 1 she assisted her mother in the collection and distribution of the articles, and wheE the Duchess passed away the Queen her self became the head of the guild All the parcels are directed to her personally, and year by year it has been her cus- tom to attend at the Imperial institute and see them unpacked and the articles sorted. In this way thousands of poor l people are supplied annually with~warm 1 garments for the winter.
 The Queen makes crochet wooden gar ments for poor children at the rate os | 60 year. and on being asked how she could possibly make so large a number replied: T have always one of the little petticoats on hand in each of my sitting rooms, and take it up when ever l have a few spare minutes: then l in the evenings my husband reads to me and I work and get through a. great deal.' Some of these garments find their way to mothers meetings and the young I est baby present is the happy possessor of the royal gift, which is usually placed | in glass bookcase or cupboard and shown by the proud mother to admiring friends and neighbors. The father of one of there fortunate babies was unexpected ly driving a carraige in which the King. then Prince of Wales, was seated. On re- turning home the man said to his wife: "As I was driving his royal highness I said to myself, 'Ah, sir, you little know that my wife has a portrait of your wife and a petticoat for our baby of her own making hanging up in our parlor bookcase.''' '' The royal children are trained by their mother in the same habits of benefcence and self-forgetful- ness, and last year Princess Mary sent into the London section of the Needle work 100 articles of her own making and collecting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

The lords are gaining in the election no strength, and they should hasten to reform themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
EXPLANATORY.

''What's the worst you can say about him?"
 He hasn't an honest hair in his head.'
 "Wen, that's bad enough" "oh, not so bad as you think I mean he wears a wig"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

A man may save 50 cents by taking an upper berth and quickly expend it in the dining car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
DTScRETION

OICOItE HUN. To read how Winston Churchill Def1es the suffragettes. Reminds us of the battles fought
 Between the "drys'' and "wets." We're bound to say he's rather bold, To flout them, every one. Most men, when suffragettes appear, Just grab their hats and run.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

The message and the snowstorm fell on defenseless northern towns together.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
A SWIFT GAIT

And the Highfiies haven't separated yet?"
 "No. They declare they simply havn't t time to get divorce"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

South America will be exploited in the next 30 years from end to end
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

The cry of American dollars in the British elections changed no votes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

The tariff law raises revenue and it also arguments the number of democratic voters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

The Washington weather welcomed Con- gress with genuine flareback.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

The lame ducks fear they will soon be- come dead ducks with no change of ap- peal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
so DECREED

"Has a fat turkey gobbler promised to lay down his life for you on Christ mas day?' He hasn't exactly promised, but that's what he's going to do."
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
Ahout Persons

w. s. Andrews. general superirtend- ent of transportation for the Queen and Crescent route, was in Birming- ham yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

Shop early and secure a good stock of Red Cross seals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
sIrspIcroIrs CoNDIrcT

DCDt IOIOOo 5 JUN DOOI. Our cashier makes his prayers in church twice as long as formerly" 'Umph! It wouldn't be bad idea to have his books audited"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13
PREACHER vs. PRESS AGENT

Trusts are as reluctant to dissolve as officials are to resign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-13

After spending a few days in Flor ida F. F. Stovall, general agent for the Illinois Central, returned to Bir- mingham yesterday He said ship
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
WITCH DOCTORS OF AFRICA

The most import ant period of the
young Africans life is that between
youth and manhood Cor womanhood).
It is then that the witch-doctor is eX
tremely busy with his various mysteri-
Gus rites. 1t is an important part of
his calling to be hideous, as in most
cases he undoubtedly is. A ridiculous
mask covers his head, and wild cat or
other skins are hung around his loins.
Pigment of various colors is plenti
fully daubed over his body, and in this
hideous state it is not to be wondered
at that he 'rikes terror into the maid
ems hearts as he dances wildly In the
dim freight, glazing at them with
fiendsh eyes. The timid young crea-
lures are like the hare which trembles
as the lowering bird of prey flutters
over it's head. Self will is crushed,
and the erstwhile playful, wilful child
is transformed in most cases into
frightened creature with, for the time
being, no will of her own. 1t is curl
Gus thing that nothing connected with
what one may call the spiritual side
of the blacks life is ever beautiful.
Their carved figures are always, to
say the least, grotesque, and calculated
to brighten rather than comfort the
bereaved.-Wide World Magazine.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
EDITED BY HAROLD KINGSLEY

reflects the impulse to still another
brain, where a cell again transfers OF
neuron passing down the cord to COM
municate with a last neuron, which
conveys the reflected impulse along an
out-carrying (emerenD fiber to the
muscles which contract in response to
the stimulus and wthdla the finger
from the injurious heat. All OF wAic1
takes pace in much less time than 1t
takes to understand it. Some nerve
impulses travel as fast as 100 feet per
second.
Simple reflex action does not always
result from the inciGence of powerful
stimuli. Sometimes we grin and en-
dure it," as when the cheerful dentist
extracts a tooth. Through the intricate
association of vario-s neurons an i'm
pulse of will power" generated within
the brain may oppose and abort re-
fex act on.
And this same intricate connect on
between the delicate branctes of nerve
cells and nerve fibers makes 1t posi-
BILE for us to lose our mental balance
in case the neurons get short cir
cuited.'
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
NERVES

AS ordinarily seen in the dissecting
room, a nerve is apparently a simple
enough band of glistening tissue. An
average nerve, such as the median
nerve of the arm, is perhaps a quar-
ter of an inch in diameter, though the
sciatic nerve is twice as large.
But if an ordinary nerve is cut
across an examination of one of the
cut ends reveals the fact that the
nerve is anything but simple. The main
nerve trunk is seen to include several
bundles of smaller nerve fibers. So
that the median nerve, for example.
is really a compound cable. Instead
of being a simple strand 1t conpr ses
a fbrous sheath inside of which are
a dozen strands, each inclosed In a
separate sheath and in turn compris-
ing fifty or more nerve fibers. Thus
the median nerve" is really not
nerve. but several hundred nerves.
For while nerve fibers are often
closely associated like telephone wir2s
in a large cable, they are neverthele
totally separate and distinct from one
another throughout their courses, just
as the telephone wires are separate
and distinct. The nerve fibers are the
real nerves and each one is a slender
outgrowth from a small "celP' in the
brain or spinal cord. These cells are
less than a thousandth of an inch in
diameter and some nerve fbers a'e as
small as one twelve-thousandth of an
inch in diameter Each nerve with its
cell is called a "neuron" or nerve unit.
Since the advent of the neuron view
of the nervous system few years
ago the whole study of nervous and
mental disorders has been revolution
lied.
While each nerve cell and fiber is a
separate unit the cell has number of
short branches which "touch fingers"
with the branches or fibers from other
neurons; so that it is possible for the
nerve current to be connected up be-
tween several neurons. Ordinary re-
flex action illustrate this connection
If the finger accidentally touches a hot
surface, an in-carryng nerve flashes
the heat impression into its cell in the
spinal cord this cell switches the I'M
preston to the nerve fiber of another
neuron passing up the cord to the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
DENTAL CARRIES

OF all the tissues of the body, the
dense, glistening enamel which coats
the crowns of the teeth is the hardest
and most impenetrable. No bone It's
sue approaches enamel in density. Yet,
as most of us know to our sorrow,
even the dental enamel is subject to
decay; and, what is worse, decay
which nature makes not the slightest
effort to repair. When any other It's
sue of the body IS destroyed by Vio-
lence or disease, more or less
successful and wholly spontaneous
process of repair sets in, but not so
with destroyed enamel. Hence the
profession of dentistry.
But what is the cause of carries, or
decay? This query introduces one of
the puzzles of pathology. At one time
carries was attributed to chemical &C
tion of acids eructated from the stom-
ach and to acids occurring in the oral
c2lAty. But this notion has been
abandoned.
Miller of Germany has probably CIV
en- the causation of dental carries more
study than any one else. And he is
probably correct in his belief that the
tooth destruction Is due to the activ-
tiles of bacteria. But his view of the
particular way in which the germs af-
feet the teeth is not accepted by other
recent investigators. He holds that
the bacteria liberate Tactic acid and
that this acid attacks the enamel and
underlying tooth substance. But a
prominent Investigator of Harvard uni
versity has isolated and studied the
behavior of about fifty varieties of bac-
terra commonly found in decayed
teeth, and he reports that only about
one-fifth of them produce Tactic acid,
and that even they do not produce it
stronger than one-half of l per cent
"a solution far too weak to affect the
teeth. 1t is curious to note in passing
that while Miller in Germany is at
tributing the decay of one part of the
body to Tactic acid, Metchnikoff, in
France, is attributing the long life of
the whole organism to this same acid.
All agree, however that the accumu-
lations of food particles between and
around the teeth favor the development
of bacteria and consequent decay. Con-
sequently, whatever the modus oper-
andi of the germs may be, all we have
to do-all we can do, rather-is to keep
food from between the teeth by the
use of floss silk and tooth brush and
to restrain bacteria by the aid of mild
antiseptic mouth washes.
1t has been observed that those teeth
least used are most prone to decay. Ac-
cordingly the spread of the breakfast
cereal may make more work for the
dentist. The teeth need exercise to
keep healthy.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
AVOID WHISKY FOR SNAKE BITES

Be it remembered always that death
following snake bite is not necessarily
the same thing as death from snake
bite. Error in treatment plays no
small part in vitiating the stat sites.
For error" read whisky" Whoever
is primarily responsible for the hoary
superstition that liquor in huge doses
is useful in snake poisoning has many
life to answer for. Apart from any
adventurous aid whatsoever, whether
from a snake or any other source,
whole bottle of raw whisky forced
down the throat of a man unaccus-
toned to alcohol is pretty likely to XIII
him, and is absolutely certain to cause
grave poisoning. Add to this that it is
given, often, in such manner that
the reaction from it comes cotempo-
raneously with the heart collapse
caused by the venom, and a telling
commentary upon the method is sug-
gested. 1t is a question whether al
cohol should ever be given in such
cases without the advice of physl-
clan. Certain it is that it should not
be poured into the victim in quantl-
ties limited only by the flask contents
of the bystanders.
Let me make one point clear. WINE
the Venomous snakes of this country
are by no means TOSduly III Inc vi
binary sense of the term, their bite is
always serious, both in its immediate
effects and in the possibility of after
effects. The bitten person should get
to a physician at once. The immediate
treatment is prompt incision and suck
ing of the wound. Permanganate OF
potash for rubbing into the bitten
place should always be carried by per
sons travelling in a snake-lntested
country. If the bite is on a limb,
light ligature will check the spread
of the venom. Use whisky sparlngly,
if at ALL and then only in case of com
pete collapse.
The local treatments are most eftec-
tive while the venom is still around
the site of the bite, and Will reduce
the Injurious effects considerably. But
after half an hour or so the absorb
ton of the venom becomes more gen
eral and the local treatments ineftec-
tive. When the venom once enters
into general circulation no chemicals
or medication can neutralize its eff
fects, except a specific antiVenin, such
as has been prepared by DR.. Noguchl
at the Rockefeller institute in New
York. AntiVenin is the only antidote
that can counterfeit the action of Ven
ON anywhere in the body. 1t finds the
venom wherever it is present and neu-
tralizes it there, without producing
any i'll effects on the system-Every-
body's.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
A TURKISH BATH IN YOUR HOME

is possible any hour of the day or night
with one of our Turkish "ELECTRO-
THERMAL" Blankets. Size feet by
feet; attaches to any electric light
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over the body, thoroughly opening the
pores and stimulating the circulation
This blanket also gives a mild mag
netic current by induction, which
reaches the entire nervous system.
building up the nerve tissues and cells.
Positively relieves and often cures
rheumatism, nervousness, govt, insom-
MIA, poor circulation, dropsy. lumbago,
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it is invaluable.
Throw away your old leaky hot wa
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PA o. T. johnson Bldg.
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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30
MERELY TWO MEN

Papa, what is the silent majorlty?"
1.-TWO men when there is a woman
present, my son."-Boston Transcript.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1910-10-30

PA o. T. johnson Bldg.
4th and Broadway. Los Angeles. Cal