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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
THE PRETTIEST FACE

and the most beautiful hands are of- ten disf1gured by an unsightly wart It can easily be removed in few days without pain by using Cyrus Wart Remover, for sale only at The Cyrus Pharmacy. 253 Fairfield avenue and 1S6 Cannon St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
THE BEST HAND
 SOAP

Guaranteed not to inJure the skin. Instantly removes Stove Polish, Rust Grease. Ink, Paint and Dirt. For the hand or clothing. Large can 10 cents Manufactured by Wm. R. Winn. c44 Stratford Ave.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
PROMINENT
 SOCIALIST IS DYING
(Special from U

Special from United Press)
 Berlin, July 21--Max Lieberman Sunnenberg, one of the most promi- nent Socialists in Germany and for Il years member of the Reichstag, is dying of apoplexy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21

let which Draws Out All Inflammation and
 Soreness This remarkable foot bath remedy $ Superior to Powder, Plaster or Sa1ve and is guaranteed to cure Corns, Cal louses, Bunions, Prostitutes. ChilblaiDs, Ingrowing Nails. Tired, AcAps 5woI- len. Nervous, Sweaty, Bad SusUjng Feet.
 Smaller Shoes Can Be Worn by us- ing TIE. because it puts and keeps the feet in perfect condition
 TIE is for sale at all druggists. z5 cents per box or direct if you wish from Walter Luther Dodge & Co., Chicago. III.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21
POINTS OF INTEREST.
Only a Few Days

before taking inventory at E. H. Dill lon & Co.'S, 1105 Main street. and as they prefer to count cash rather than. merchandise they are offering the greatest bargains ever before seen in Bridgeport in all seasonable merchan- dise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
PERILOUs THIRD RAIL
From the Chicago News.
 .TookinO daath in fha facei"

TOHl tHe SHiCdBO 4~C"S.
 Looking death in the face!'
 An employe of one of the citys ele- vated railroad companies has something to say about this. He addressed his comment to a man waiting for a train at one of the local station platforms. The speaker was on the tracks below engaged in saving hugo beam In half.
 'No." he said. I'm not afraid of be- ing killed and I'm probably nearer death a hundred times every day than the average man. You see, we work right within a few inches of the live third rail here every day. If I should make a misstep I should be electrocuted in a second But we become used to it. If a man on this job keeps his eyes open he's all right. There is only one place where we dare not step and we soon learn to keep away from that one spot The reason, of course. is suf- fcient to make us learn and acquire the habit quickly.
 "rhe first day a man does this work, of course. he does not devote his entire attention to what he is doing He at first must concentrate all his attention to keeping off the deadly rail. But after Ia while 1t comes natural"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22

l. H. Kellog. M. D.. in the February
 Good Health.
 Fatigue is a state of poisoning. The muscle is machine comparable to a To- comotive, since it carries its own fuel. The muscle fuel Is stored up in the mus cles ip the form of animal starch or gly- eogen, which in use is converted into carbon dioxid and tactic acid These products are muscle poisons. When present in minute amount only, as at the beginning of work. they increase muscular irritability, and so render work easier; that is. a greater amount of work is accomplished with the same effort This fact has been proved by experiments upon animals and accounts for the ''limbering up'' experienced by both men and animals at the beginning of exercise. The jockey always warns up" his horse before he puts him to a test of speed.
 Rest cures fatigue because it affords opportunity for the renewal from the blood of it's store of oxygen and sugar. and also for the washing out by the lymph and blood of the paralyzing poi son Wltn WHICH IL Has DccH blicu Dy work
 Rest renews the capacity of a muscle for work, even when the muscle is re- moved from the body. A pigs muscle cut out of it's body and made to work by electricity until completely exhaust ed is ready for work again after a rest of a few minutes. through the renewal of it's supply of oxygen. Exhausted men have been at once revived by the inhal- ation of oxygen. Experiment has shown that thoites are made able to accom- plish greater feats by the inhalation of oxygen just before the supreme effort Is made.
 A very short hot bath lessens fatigue because it stimulates the circulation, and so hastens the renewal of the fa- tigue poisons. A prolonged hot bath ag- gravates the symptoms of fatigue and may even produce a sense of exhaus- tion which differs little if at all from fatigue A short cold bath relieves fatigue by its general excitant effect by stimulation of the brain and nerve centers and by increasing muscular excitability and so rendering effort easier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
NEW YORK

From the New York World
 According to. woman author, New York is all right; it is only the 'pker,' the outsider, who comes here and dIsparages it. There is some force in the remark. New York is not much of town for those who gamble with white chips or Tn ten-share lotsy To such as these it ac- cords some privileges; they possess an equal right twith all others to pay rent and grumble at the cost of living and to hang from straps in subway trains. But 1t is for the plunger and the insider that its greatest rewards are reserved-for those who know in advance when a diyi- dend is to be declared or a bank to be closed or a bridge approach located. It doubles or trebles the bold players stake and applauds and compensates those who shock it with a play or novel or reprove t with a sermon. It rewards humbug and i,erit without discrimination, given only that there is some show of ability in either. It has small use for mediocrity and not much for modesty, but for those who view 1t with an eye like Butchers to it's possibilities for loot 1t offers oppor- tunities such as may be found, perhaps, in no other city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
February's Cold Wave

The temperature fell in this city yesterday morning to 2S degrees, but a temperature of 28 degrees is not sui ficient to kill fruit-in short, young peach buds. Georgia's veteran peach grower, MT. Hale, says temperature eight degrees lower is needed to do that. The temperature this morning remains to be disclosed, but unless it goes below 24 degrees there will be plenty of peaches in both Alabama and Georgia this year.
 The cold wave covers nearly every state east of the Rocky mountains, bringing as sincidents, rain, sleet and snow, and low temperatures. From the Panhandle of Texas to central Penn sylvania and even New York city it is cold and wintry, and in many sec tions sleet and snow are abundant.
 A repetition of 2S degrees this morning need not alarm any fruit grower. It is near the line of danger, but not down to it. It is near-winter weather, but not the full devastating article.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
Senator Morrow's Dispensary Bill

Until Senator Morrow's bill is pre- sented no one can have definite idea of the settlement of Jefferson county's troublesome problem concerning the regulation of the sale of liquors. The Parks bill settles nothing except that the Fuller statewide prohibition act is no longer controlling. Each county, as a rule, will be left to decide how it will treat the subject.
 In accordance with the spirit of this plan Senator Morrow proposes to bring in a bill that will give Jefferson county dispensaries, together with per mission for restaurants to serve light wines and beer-all to be done with out resort to another election, of which the county has had a surfeit, and all 10 be entrusted to a board of commits sioners presumably to be named in the bill, or possibly to be appointed by the governor.
 This county awaits with hopeful ex- pectancy Senator Morrow's bill His basic ideas are certainly full of con- mon sense. He believes in the most orderly and decent sale of liquors, and he believes in placing good liquors only on sale, and he believes all this can be accomplished while a hand some revenue accrues to both city and county. In applying common sense to a difficult problem he will certainly gain commendation from all who are not blinded@y appeals that put com mon sense aside to seek ideals that are unattainable. ~. sSs ;.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
pronosed Taxation of Bachelors

Massachusetts has more women than men. and that state has 397,24S men of marriageable age who remain single. This results in 394,S2O single women in the state The legislature of Massachusetts is considering the situation. The state needs more rev enue. and the old ladies' homes in the state need more money for mainten- ance. Nearly all of them have wait ing lists. All are full, but all have not sufficient income.
 The legislature proposes to tax the bachelors of the state S5 head. This would bring in nearly s2,00O,000 which would at least give the old ladies' homes ample funds for maintenance purposes.
 The subject is being freely dis cussed in a state that dearly loves to consider the pros and cons. Some hold that every bachelor is shirking his fair share of the social burden. Some say the birth rate is too low, and all agree that the bachelors owe to spinsters a support, and they have neglected to meet this obligation. Womans industrial and political de pendence is freely discussed, and the general conclusion is that the bache- Tor is shirking his just obligation to society.
 The bill is held in a committee room, and it's fate is still uncertain. The needs of the old ladies homes seem to be the chief force that is pushing it to passage. This force may not prove sufficient, but it is at leasI leading to a free discussion of the sub- feet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
Cities Left off the Map

q am as much of a Birmingham booster as anybody" said member of the Cham ber of Commerce, but I was sorry to see Montgomery and Mobile left off of the map which appears on the back cover of the Birmingham district farm move ment booklet recently issued. It was doubtless an oversight, and when new edition is published care should be taken to put the two cities named in clear type where they belong
 q notice that Atlanta is also left off of this map. The inner circle of 25 miles shows Bessemer, Adger. Adamsville, Lit tleton, Sayre, Empire. Leeds and other important towns in the district, and the outer circle of 300 miles shows New Or leans, Memphis, St. Louis Kansas City, Chattanooga, Chicago. Louisville, Cincin- nati, Washington, New York, Savannah and Brunswick. Atlanta should not have been omitted. Atlanta is great city and lit Is entitled to all the praise it gets While the booklet is issued primarily in the interest of Birmingham and Jefferson county, information such as a map gives should be reasonably Comprehensive, and so important city as Atlanta within the radius of 900 miles should certainly ap- pear''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22

of the most pronounced prohibtionsts had accepted the result of the election gracefully and were now glad that the amendment was beat. It is that way everywhere.
 q will predict that in Alabama, where the state-widers were having everything their own way for time, it will be hard to find a man who isn't glad that local option has been voted back. The prac- tical temperance people Will ma sohie way of improving the morals of tnis country other than drastic sumptuary leg islationr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
Interstate Commerce Regulation

The supreme court of the United States has lon@upheld any law that lookssto the regulation and supervision of interstate commerce, and whenever a case is heard by it new decisions are sure to come strengthening the gen. eral position in favor of federal regu- lation of transportation companies.
 The decisions rendered on Monday simply give the interstate commerce commission clear track and surer control of all interstate transportation One decision gives the commission the right to regulate wharfage property and this will be of interest in Mobile, for. the wharves of that city are con troIled by interstate carriers.
 Perhaps the most interesting decis- ion relates to passes. Nothing but cur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22

rency will suffice in procuring inter state passenger transportation. Ser vices are not good at ticket office, nor is advertising, nor releases or property of any sort.
 The sum and substance of all decis- ions of the supreme court touching the commission is that it is an essential and important part of the federal government, and that it is to be sustained in all its reasonable acts to the fullest possible extent. It has come to stay and it's powers bid fair to be increased rather than dimin- ished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
LOST INVENTION

From the Louisville Courier-Journai.
 A mysterious individual who died at Henderson few days ago, it has devel- inventor He drifted into Henderson on a shanty-boat a few years since and sup sequently obtained position as book keeper He was uneommunicative anu lived alone. There was mystery even in his death which may have been the result of poison taken accidentally or intentionally or the continuation of long and fruitless effort to consume the en- tire booze output in Henderson county. Be that as it may he died under peculiar circumstances, even as he hau lived.
 An inventory of his few effects showed that he had spent many years in work ing on some sort of a contrivance called the "abac" Nobody seems to know what the "abac' was intended to be, but the mysterious stranger had made fre3ent references to it in 2 diary which he had kept at irregular Intervals. Another in vention to which he had devoted much time was a lawnmower designed to cut grass in corners or next to walls or fences.
 
 and his diary indicates that he had hoped to make a fortune out of it. Had he perfected it there is reason for believing the hope would have been realized. The world has been needing that sort of lawnmower for long time, and the man who can invent one should go down to fame as benefactor of mankind.
 Every person who has had any ex- tended experience in manipulating lawn mowers will regret that the mysterious inventor, failed to complete his machine and get it on the market. Nobody will mourn the loss of the 'abac," since no one knows what, 1t was good for but the lawnmower problem is one that comes to the homes and firesides of us all. Nobody, perhaps, will greatly lament the passing of the unfortunate inventor, but every one who ever pushed a lawnmower will most pognantly grieve for the lost in vention. Thus. in way the lonely re- cluse will not he without mourners as he sleeps in his obscure grave. Along with it ali is to be deplored the fact that there are so many men in the world who would accomplish something if life were not such a heart t-breaking struggle for bread and booze
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
SubstnntlaI Improvement

There has been a good deal of opti- mistic talk in business circles within the past few weeks. but the improvement predicted did not always materialize, said man prominent in the industrial world. But everyone can see now that there has been a substantial improvement in business conditions. Ever since the first of January .hsre has been. grows ing demand for finished steel products The iron market, which has been dull and weak in price, is decidedly firmer in tone today than it was week ago. Everything points to a genuine activity in all branches of business in the near future. Iron will advance in price and l look for a heavy movement of stocks from the furnace yards within the next week or two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
UPHILL

By Christiana Rossetti. Does the road wind uphill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's Journey take the whole long
 day? .s
 From morn to night, my friend. But is there for the night resting place? A roof for when the slow, dark hours begin. May not the darkness hide it, from my
 face? ,a- ~i
 You cannot miss that inn. Shall | meet other vayfarerA at night? sThpse who have gone before: Then must knock or call when just .@ in Sight?
 They will not keep you waiting at the
 door. s,tH5 'aAf>t< Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and
 weak? -sS'. Q f. ,;
 Of labor you shall find the sum. VIII there be beds for me and all who { Yea, beds for all who como.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
A WORM TURNS
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the OnlCdsO lliDunt.
 It was about 1 a. m.
 The suburban druggist, asleep in a room over his store. was aroused by bell ringing close to his ear.
 He got out of bed and raised the front window with a slam
 Who's there?' he asked.
 "Thiss is Miggs," answered a voice below.
 "Miggs? What do you want?
 q want some medicine for a head ache"
 You buy your drugs at the big stores downtown. don't you?'
 "Why-er-yes. as general thing. but"
 Climb on a street car. Miggs. go downtown and yet your headache med icine at one of the big stores. Good night''
 Down went the window with a bang.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
TEXAS PECANS

From the Washington Herald.
 John H. Wallce of Dallas, Tex, who is at the Arlington. in speaking of the natural resources of Texas, said last night: Texas ranks sixth in the lumber industry of the United States and second in the production of yellow pine. The and the consumption is comparatively slow. Many mills have been forced to shut down on account of low prices and an oversupply, and as reforestation starts in quickly after the trees have been cut down there is not much alarm re- sarding the future of the lumber indus try.
 Another source of income in Texas is the pecan nut continued MT Wallace. ''The pecan is a native of the eastern part of Texas, and large quantities of the nuts are shipped out of the state every year. Two hundred carloads of nuts from the wild pecan trees is considered rather a short crop, and the revenue from this source is considerable. This yield is from the native crop. and the revenue from this source is considerable. This yield is run the ha'Fc ioreses anu IS optdineu Tn spite of the fact that considerable per centage of the valuable trees have been chopped down and burned to get rid of them in clearing land
 '"The evident adaptab bility of the soil and climate to pecan culture has led to a systematic effort to introduce improved varieties of the cultivated nuts The trees require from seven to 10 years to mature, but when they reach full size the yield is heavy and the farmer has little to do except harvest the crop. When fully grown, some of the native pecan trees are larger than oaks. The crops often that the big trees are of the best varieties"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
QUICK SALE MADE

QUICK SALE MADE Albany Dispatch to the>New York Her
 aid.
 Disgusted with his house-hunting expe- ditions and determined to have a home that suited him, even if his stay here is tc be only temporary, Lieut.. Roger Derby Black, U. s. A., staggered local realty agent by closing deal for $25,oOO dwell ing in precisely five minutes. He made his purchase just as he would buy pair cf shoes or a box of cigars, and paid spot cash.
 The house is rambling new structure situated at the jun( lon of State streee ana Washington avenue, one of the most ideal spots in the city for a residence. It overlooks Washington park and the grounds of the handsome new Norman school
 Lieutenant Black, who belongs to the engineering corps of the army, was sent hero to supervise the river and harbor work on the Upper Hudson. He was born at West Point, the son of Colonel Black, of the engineering corps. When he ar rived here last week he and Mrs. Black. who was a Miss Smith, daughter of d wealthy family of Portland, Me-, set out to rent apartments
 Like many other persons who have sought suitable homes here during the sessions. they had trouble. They tried t, rert furnished dwelling. put could make no satisfactory arrangements. They tried to rent the home of Governor Dix, which was boarded up when the governor moved into the executive mansion. They could not do that.
 Both tired of their house-hunting eX- cursions. Finally they learned that tn" home which is now theirs was on the market. Unknown to the agents they looked it over and instantly concluded that they wanted it.
 Lieutenant Black went to the agents office. He asked the price of the house. and when the figures were given he said. Very well I'll take it." It took the dapper lieutenant, who is 2 mere youth in appearance, only moment to convince the agent that he was quite uble to produce the purchase money men, toned, and the deal was closed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
RErLECTIONs OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Most people have to die to get a good word said for them.
 Truth-telling is often as shocking as righteous.
 The more man spells discipline at home the more he thinks it's his wife.
 It's as natural for a woman to get excited about anybody's wedding as for man about his own.
 A man can shed tears at the theatre over the way the lf roilie suffers and never suspect it's the same with his wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
PUBLICITY UP TO DATE from the Chicago Tribune.

EXCURSION TO MEXICO.
 See the Great Spectacle. Down With Diaz" Better than bull fight More exciting than a Gould wedding.
 Agents of General Navarro will meet all trains and conduct excursionists tc the scene of hostilities. Battle every afternoon from 2 to o'clock Special attention given to automobile parties. No danger. No unpleasantness. Grand concert after each battle by the insur recto Silver Cornet band.
 Write for folders
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
sToRY oF LINCOLN
the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
 A family incident connected with Abra- ham Lincoln. the good President, may be of interest at this time as illustrating hfs sense of justice and his upfailing sympa- thy. The widow of an army officer killed at vicksburg had efficiently managed the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
Florida ProhibitionIsts

T spent week in Florida last October when the prohYtion amendment cam paign was waxing hot, and the few state widers whom I happened to meet were hopeful that the constitutional proposi- ton would win," said B. D. Alderman of Philadelphia. but I was in Florida again last week and learned that manf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-22
LONG DISTANCE DRINK.

Says a contemporary, "one swallow may not make summer, but it some times makes a jag" Evidently the writer of that paragraph has visited one of those refreshment parlors where the mys- terious gentleman behind the counter re- ceives an order in dead silence, telephones to Mars and stands on one leg till the '1iquid lightning" comes up through the floor. hH.