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material and drives the powerful crush CTS and grinders. This same power pull verizes the coal and blows it into the drier kilns where the cement is roasted to clinker. Even the finished product is automatically weighed by an electric de- vice. All the motors in a modern cement mill are dustproof and are blown out with compressed air every 24 hours. The fact that an electric motor is the only power unit which can stand a continuous 24-hour service in a dust laden atmos- phere makes it invaluable 10 the cement industry. One plant estimates that it has saved fully $10,000 a year since it adopted electric drive.
 Most of the old hagstone quarries have long since been abandoned and major ity of the cut stone quarries have either been given up or turned into the manu- fracture of crushed stone for roads and concrete work. Cement walks are cheaper and better than Tagging, and concrete has taken the place of masonry. It is cheaper to handle crushed stone and cement than it is to handle blocks and slabs of stone. With concrete new abutment for a bridge can be poured and moulded into shape in a day where it use dto take a gang of skilled masons month to build it. Dwelling houses, apartments, offices and great factory buildings are now made from reinforced concrete. It is predicted by no less person that MT. Edison that nearly all the buildings of the future will be of fire proof concrete construction, poured into moulds. By this method a good substan- tial house can be made within 24 hours.
 A great many million barrels of cement are used in this country every year In 1902 Pennsylvania produced S000000 bar rels, Michigan 24Q0.o0o barrels, New ter sey l,9OO,0O0 barrels. New York 99O,00o bur. rels, and Illinois 900,0G0 barrels.
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In Milwaukee

From Harpers Weekly.
 The best that can be said for the social ist municipal government of Milwaukee is that it still has the support of the churches and of that element In the pop- ulation that likes to have unselflsh re- formers in office. That means that Mayor Seidel and Congressman Berger are still credited with honest purposes, and that
 in the opinion of observers at close range their results compare favorably with those of the city governments that have preceded them. But they are having abundant troubles, one of them being that they cannot fulfill the ante-election promise to provide work for the unem- poyed. The effort to do that is reported to be flat failure, though we hear it said that that is partly because the un- employed from other places have crowd ed in on Milwaukee to test the mayor s abilities. '-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-23
The Story of Cement

No man knows the history of cement Wander among the ruins of ancient Rome and you will find solid masonry, laid with cement made from volcanic ash mixed with lime and water History does not tell who laid these stones and how the first mason discovered the se- cret of his mortar Visit the ruined cities of the Aztecs in Central American and you will find intact their ancient mason ray, laid with cement. and walls still standing made from cement and rub ble.
 Cement as we know, Is made from a mixture of lime, silica and alumina. These things, in the right proportion, have the property of cohering until the product finally becomes as hard as stone. The lime is usually secured by burning limestone. the silica and alumina are nat ural products of clay.
 There are three distinct kinds of ce- ment, of which the Portland is the best known; so called because it happens to resemble a certain kind of gray rock on the Island of Portland, near Eng land. Portland cement was first made in England in 1925 and it was not until 1878 that the industry was brought 10 this country, The first cement works in the United States was at Coplay, Pa. Up to the year 1894 the output of the few cement factories in this country was very small. In 1891 only 13 per cent of all the cement used here was made in this country; the rest came from Eng land and Germany. But the growth of this business was the most marvellous of anything in the whole history of the industrial development of the country. In 1900 we were making so per cent of all the cement used in the world. and the cement industry has since grown with leaps and bounds until today our plants are models for the world.
 In a modern cement plant the raw ma teral is brought to the plant in cars and dumped Into bins for the several mills. and from then on until it is packed in bags ready for shipment 1t is handled by acknowledgements machinery
 It might be well at this point to explain briefly the processes of manufacture, so that we may get better idea of the elec- trcal equipment. The raw material from the storage bins is first dried and crushed ready for mixing. The various materials are then mixed in their proper propor- tions. pulverized, and deliveerd to the burner building, where the raw material is thoroughly fused to clnker. The clink- CT is then delivered by electric cranes to clinker storage bins and allowed to cool, after which it is conveyed to the finish ing mills, recrushed and puverized and then delivered to the stock houses as fin- ished product. Here the cement is packed into bags ready for shipment
 One of the main reasons why the ce- ment industry has grown so fast is be- cause it was fostered and helped by the best engineers of the world. It was among the first of the industries to be completely electrified and today nearly every cement plant is run by electric pow CT. It Is electricity which handles the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-23
Business Methods of Medieval Baron

Business Methods of Mediaeval Baron c. G. Coulton in Harper's Magazine for
 November.
 From the thirteenth century at least (however they. may have done in earlier ltimes). the English nobility were not ashamed to organize their estate and their households on strict business prin- ciples. Still greater was the need of or der in this sixteenth century, when tho feudal nobility were often poorer than the rapidly growing merchant class, and when social and religious revolution was already in the air. The minuteness of the Percy household regulations Is sim ply astounding Let us take breakfast as an example. A generation or two be- fore this breakfast had hardly counted as a meal; when recognized at all, 1t was simply a snack, just a mouthful and a, single draught to wash it down, which the hardy man disdained as in our days he disdains afternoon tea. But manners were now changed; more than four pages are devoted to a specification of the Per cy breakfast, beginning: This is the Or der of all such Breakfasts as shall be allowed daily in my Lords house every Lent on Sunday (Monday) Tuec- day Thursday and Saturday, except my Lords children. which shall have break fast every day in the week" My Lord and my Lady had together "a loaf of bread in trenchers, manchets;>a quart
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-23
Real Rabbit

From the Washington Post
 'The Paris courts have brought out a fact that we furriers, of course. all knowS-the fact that electric seal, Sibe- rian seal, Hudson seal, Iceland and a dozen other furs, are nothing more nor less than rabbit, plain rabbit
 The speaker, J. c. Halton, Chicago importer, stood on the Cunard pier in New York.
 ''The public didnnt know, it seems, as much as we furriers did," he re- suned "and this announcement from Paris has stirred up no little unrest among those dear ladies who have bought superb full-length sealskin coats for $40 or $50.
 ''I met lady last month draped from chin to heel in the richest fur.
 'Hello.' l said, Whence this festive garb?'
 'Garb. she exclaimed. 'Garb. It Isn't garb. It's sealskin Hurson sealskin."
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LEGAL NOTICES
NnfIce

I, the undersigned trustee in bank ruptcy for the estate of J. P Pearce & Sons Co.,, bankrupts, will offer for sale at public outcry on the 26th day of April, beginning a F o'clock noon, at Carbon Hill, Ala, the four stocks of mer- chandise belonging to said bankrupt es- tate contained in the storehouses former y operated by the bankrupt at Carbon Hill, Sullisent and Dora, Ala, respectively amounting to fifty thousand dollars 450,- COO. The inventories of said merchandise can be inspected at the storehouses of the bankrupt.
 The stores at Dora and Carbon Hill will be open for inspection of stocks all day Tuesday April %. The store at Sull- gent will be open for inspection of stock from noon April 24 to noon April 25.
 l will also at the same time and place offer for sale the real estate owned by the bankrupt. description of which can be seen at the office of Hon. Edmund H. Dryer. referee in bankruptcy, at Birming- ham. JOHN s. COKE, Trustee. Ulman & Winkler. Thompson & Thompson. Attorneys for Trustee
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of beer, a quart of wine, two pieces of salt fish, six baconned herring, four white herring, or a dish of sprats." My Lord Percy and Master Percy, aged about 10 and 8. had half a loaf of house. hold bread, manchet, a bottle of beer, a dish of butter, a piece of salt fish, q dish of sprats, or white herrings." Then comes Breakfast for the Nurcy for my
 Lady Margaret and Master Ingram Per cy: a manchet, a quart of beer a dish
 of butter, piece of salt fish, dish of sprats or white herrins." And so on. through "Breakfast for my Lords Breth- ren and head officers of household, "Breakfast for two messes of Gentlemen O tn chapel and a mess of Children,
 down to the Porters Lodge and the Sta
 ble. It may be as well to explain that the trenchers were slices of bread, used by the upper classes as dishes for their
 meat, and given to the poor afterward; that a manchet was loaf of fine bread,
 and a bottle contained half gallon. Tho
 regular allowance was thus one quart of liquor per person.
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PROT. HENRY B. FINE
 PHOTO. BY M dcN1ArJUS.

The growing Princeton o B..
The evening world., 1911-07-11
DOZEN PASSENGERS THROWN
OFF CARS RUNNING BOARD.
Side Wiped by Cover of a Wagon
as 1t Backed Against
Trolley.

A dozen passengers were brushed to-
day from the running board OF a
crowded trolley car bound for Coney ISL
and. Al It passed No. 7S2 Coney Island
avenue a wagon from which projected
a huge board cover backed against the
car. Three Of the dozen brushed 1om
the car were badly cut and bruised.
The trolley car was going about hall
speed and MotormGn Patrick Beatty
OF No. 7S3 Franklin avenue. Brooklyn,
was confident that there vas plenty of
room to clear the wagon that carried
the big board cover jutting out from the
rear. The vehicle belonged 10 O'Neill
Bros, iron workers. and John O'Ne!ll
was driving.
O'Neill had his back to the approach
ing car and packed out Into the thor
oughfare when the car was less than
one hundred feet away. None Of the
men on the running board could get out
of the way and they were brushed off
In n heap.
Leo Ludwig OF No. 5o6 Fiatbush ave-
nue., Frederick W. Schoenhut. a fire.
man attached to Engine Company No.
III. and Thomas J. Morton OF Mount
Vernon, were so badly hurt that they
required medical attention. Their cuts
we're dressed by Surgeon Duff of the
Kings County Hospital and they went
home. None Of the other passengers on
the car suffered any damage save . few
scratches.
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SCALES BROKE OUT
ALL OVER HER BODY
Scalp Affected, Hair Began to Fall.
Hands So Dishgured She Had to
Wear Gloves All the Time. Two
Hospitals Unable to Assure Cure.
First Application Of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment AIlayed Itching.
Psoriasis Has Disappeared.

"Allow me TO say a few words IN praise
OF the CuticuTa Remedies. About thr.c years
ago. | was affected By white so.-s on my
knees and elbows. consulted a doctor
who treated me for r.ngworm. | saw n,
chs 80 and consulted . specialist and re
claimed ! had psoriasis. | continued treat
mettJ undcr him Tor about six months until
! saw scales breaking out ell over my body
save my face. My scalp was affected, ard
my hair began to foil. l then changed
doctors to nc avail. l went to two hosp,-
tails aud each wanted to make o study o..
the case and seemed unable to cure Il G.
assure me Of a cure. l tried several pat.
ent medicines AID was finally advised by
q friend who has uscd Cuticura on her
children since their birth. to purchuco
tie Cutlcura Remedies. | purchased a cake
oI Soap, tho Ointment and the Resolven,.
After the FIRST application. the itching was
allayod.
II am ttnl using the Soap and Ointment
and now feel that none other Is good enough
Tor my sk.n. The psoriasis has disappeared
ana l everywhere feel better. Ny hand
we1o 90 dlsagurcd before using tho Cuti-
cuFa Remedies that / had TO wear gloves
all tho time. Now my body and hands ore
looslag hne. '(Signed) Miss Sara Burnett, 2iS5
ST., Philadelphia. Pa, Sept. 80, 10.
Although Cuticura Soap and Ointment arc
sold throughout the world. a liberal sample
OF each. with 3c-p. BOOK On the skin will bo
sent free. on application TO Potter DRUG A
Chem. Corp. Dept. lab. Boston.
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HELD "SP0TLIGHT" ON BOAT

Little Eta Mas, the eleven-year-old
daughter OF Louis Mass OF ia West
One Hundred and Thirty-seventh street.
held the spotlight during the half hour
before sailing time on the North Ger
man Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm II. this
morning. A number Of the little ones
piaymates n relatives were grouped
around her on the promenade deck, and
An orchestra vigorously playing natioyal
tunes attracted many OF the outgoing
passengers and friends. who were there
to see them off. to the scene,
1t developed that the tiny traveller
was setting Off alone on q visit to rela-
tives In Bonn. Germany, where she will
study music for a time, n her music
teacher in this city. Charles Ucsinder,
had arranged the musical programme as
a surprise for his favorite pupil,
1t Is a safe prediction that Miss Eta
will be popular and well cared for or
the passage across,
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| phia.
HOYT. FRANK A.. Boston.
JofC0. Mrs. JAMES b. Washi.stsa.
sixty-two: back injured. condition
serious.
KING. w. A.. Kansas City; suffering
from shock.
KIsSNER. DAVID. No. s4 wrus ave-
nue.. New York. brakeman: fracture
left leg. internal injuries. VIII prob
ably die.
M'CANN. MRS. MARY. Walton street
Philadelphia.
MCoNNOR. MRS. ~ Chestnut Hills.
Philadelphia: ribs broken.
MEsERVY. MISS LUCILLE. Washing.
ton.
M1cKENs. MISS JESSIE GRAY.
Washington.
MONROE. DURCHA. 0inondais.
Moss; right arm fractured. spins
injured. Serious.
MURDOCH. -. No. N Broadway.
somerviile. Mass.
nue.. Washington. internal injuries;
condition critical.
ROGERS, FRANK. Washington. d. O,
Badly hurt.
ROGERS. q. E.. member United Coast
Artillery.
SAUNDERS. W. H.. New London:
burned about hands.
SAUNDERS. MRS. w. H.. New Lon.
don: log fractured.
SISSON. JOSEPH p. New Haven.
EoLsKY. MRS. MARY T.. Philadel-
ph!a.
SWEENEY. MARY. Phlllipsburg. N. J..
suffering from shock; serious.
Won PFEIFER. JOHN f., Mcdonald
street. Readville. Mass; fractured
skull; condition critical.
WALKER. JOSEPHINE. Philadelphia
WALKER, MRS. MARY, No. lis Elev.
enth street. Washington; shock and
bruises.
WALLACE. HENRY A.. Milbridge, Va,
WILSON. ELEANOR. eleven years,
No. 222l Sears street, Philadelphia.
UNKNOWN WOMAN. Slavon,an:
leg broken.
UNKNOWN WOMAN. face terribly
bruised. leg fractured.
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G|TT|NS |NF tina
MOVE TO PASS HIS
RACE TRACK BILL
Hopes Soon to Have Measure
Lifting Ban on Course
Owners Up for a Vote.

ALBANY, July Ex-senator Gittins gave
notice in the Senate to-day that at some
future date he would move for the dis
charge OF the Codes Committee from
consideration OF his bill relieving race
track associations OF personal liability
for betting within their premises unless
1t can be show that they nave knowl-
edge of the same,
The matter may be called up to-mor-
row and oe placed on the order Of final
passage II twenty-six votes can be pro-
cured for It. The friends OF the meas
ure now are hopeful that 1t will receive
q majority.
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II
PROMINENT PERSONS
IN WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE wreck
OF the Federal Express caused a shock
at the White House to-day. and 1t Is
likely that when the President next
goes to Boston or Beverly q pilot en-
gine will precede the train TO which
his car 10 attached. Such . request
undoubtedly will be made by the
White House oficials to safeguard the
life OF the President.
Among the more prominent WASH
inetonians in the list OF injured are
Mrs. Walter c. Clephane Of Chevy
Chase. Md, the wife OF a well-known
local attorney; Mrs. Logan w. Page,
wife Of tho director of the ONCE of
public roads in the Department OF
Agriculture. and Mrs. James 3.
Royce. Of the Maury Apartment House.
wife Of a clerk In the Wa Depart
ment.
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Dead, Dying and Injured
in Federal Express Wreck.
THE DEAD.

THE DEAD.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN.
CRFl8TrE. C. w. Nc. Ell R!ttenhoaa
street. Philadelphia
ROGERS. MRS. GEORGE. and infant
son. Washington. d.. C.
UNIDENTIFIED YOUNG WOMAN.
UNIDENTIFIED BOY. three sar OF
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN. about nifty.
eight years old.
ENGINEER l.. A.. CURT6.
FIREMAN w. A. RYAN.
NEGRO passenger. about thirty years
Of age
GEORGE w. SAUNDERS. trainman.
TWO UNIDENTIFIED CHILDREN.
THE INJURED.
BoBHM. MISS BESSIE. Woodstock. Vo'
.cHRIsTMAN. HENRY. Middleton. Pa.
CLARK. MRS. SARAH. Washington.
cLEPHONE, MRS. w. B.. Cherry
Creek. Nd: bruises.
CLEPHoNE, JOHN, Cherry Creek. Md,
CORNING. MISS MATTE Phiiadsi.
phia.
czALoBRo, ANTONY. eight years; In
ternal injuries: may die.
CZAIOBRO, CHRISTIE. hve years;
head and body bruises; internal In.
juries; condition critical.
CzALOBRO. SARAH. No 81 South
Penn street. Philadelphia; head badly
cut; condition serious.
DORSEY, MRS. ISABEL. Washington.
FRAZER, CARL. Havre de Grace. Nd.
TRENHOLM. w. D.. Cary's Creek. ma.
body crushed.
FUREY, MICHAEL. New Rochelle. con
ductor OF train; fractured skull; in.
ternal injuries; Will die.
GIBBS. MISS HELEN. Washington.
GLOSSMAN. MRS. MARY. Sweet Creek,
n. D.; foot crushed.
GREEN. EDWARD NJ. Huntington. Pa,
GREY. MRS. ADA. No. % Camden
street. Boston: bruises.
GRlMKE. MISS ANGELINA. Wash.
ington.
HARRIS. MARY f., Philadelphia.
HARTMAN. MRS. MARY. Philadel.
phla.
HoLMBs. MRS. CARRIE. Pmiadel.
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terical women and excited men.
Al 7 o'clock, when the train was due
here. a largo number OF persons were
awaiting II. Many Of tho expectant
throng had close relatives and dear
friends on the train. A notice was post
ed that the train was four hours late.
Al once the unusual delay excited sus-
plcion. Numbers OF persons rushed to
the despatcher's office to ascertain tho
cause OF the trouble.
When the truth was made known a
number OF m tainted. Others be-
cane Wildly hysterical, George J.. Gil.
a director of tho Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. had Just returned iron
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G around the front lawn OF the Koran homestead.


Looking al The wreckRCe OF the Mandarin convinced observers TINT
the day Of miracles has not passed Here va a heavy cr, with nearly
Avery berth oecpp!el' hurled nearly Afy feet through space INTO gently
FtIpir6 hillside ana nt n Of The passengers, 10 far al is known. was
Y seriousy injured.
Those passengers Who had berths o the right hand, or southorly side
of the car found themselves covered with The eat and berths and he'd.
clothing and curtains Of The other side, which had dropped upon them To
rescue the passengers thus imprisoned 1t was necessary for the nreneu to
chop e hole in the roof OF the car.
Passengers o the opposite side of the ar climbed out through the
WINDOWS among them as H. A Braun of Newark. n, J., who had the
last berth on the left hand side Of The car.
! as awakened from a sound Sleep said Mr. Braun, ny a stunning
crash, and found myself covered with wreckage and almost snothered. The
interior Of the a was black. Through a window | could see a flicker OF
Ashi tn tower station. worked my way through the window. aban-
donng my clothes. watch and grip, and found myself In an inferno.
1t was pitch dark, except for the tower lights The scream Of escaping
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axes smashing into timber. awakened
me about 4 o'clock this morning" said
mr.. Duncan. ! lay awake, listening.
wondering what had occurred. Thon
oenS< the sound OF amtaaaeoos rushing
enout the streets, all IN one direction.
A moment later I heard the first ap-
paratus roll by my house. l jumped up,
dressed and hurried out to see whai
had happened.
The ambuiances had mufYled their
whistles and the fire engines scurried
to the scene OF the wreck without sound-
Ing their gonxs, trying to keep from
arousing the sleeping town. But the
sound Of the falling cars could be heard
two miles and the people awakened and
many FASTENED to the wrecked train.
ENGINE LEAPED CLEAR ACROSS
STREET INTO YARD.
when / reached the spot the engine
was buried deep In the yard OF James
Horan. florist. clear across the road
from the tracks. The engine had ieaped
into he street from the trestle above
tho Connecticut Railroad Company's
trolley tracks and, without becoming
detached from the cars. formed with
them a chain from the bridge to Horan's
yard. Then a fire started.
BY the time I reached there the en-
CINE WAS EN- bedded In the group. five
cars were suspended from tho engine
to the trcstle n three more were or
the tracks. There they remained until
the fire gained Roadway when. In some
manner. the fifth car broke loose ard
crashed to the ground. putting the troll
ley tracks out OF commission The three
last cars were pulled back to Bridgeport
before I left for New York. TIT Others
Law In n hGnn on tho nrn1nl
"When ] passed the wreck on nv way
here Horan's yard was . pltiful sight.
! saw fifteen bodies lying on the Gras.
covered with blA nkets The passengers,
some injured apparently, n Others
dazed by the accident. sat huddled in
the yard watching the ambuiances from
the five hospitals carry off load after
load of injured. AL! the hospitals are
| filled with the injured"
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Something gave way. 1t may have been a spike that had none too
strong a grip In a tic 1t may have been a plate holding the matched ends
Of two rails. Slight as the yielding may have been. It offered an opening
for ton upon tons of metal. instantaneously changed from an orderly. con.
troled medium of transportation into a wild instrument Of destruction. Tho
outside track ave way. the locomotive and tender struck the stout. soldly-
rlyctei steel glardra and shot across the treste or viaduct N the ties
As the pilot wheels struck the soft cinders OF the embankment, the
locomotive leaped out into space like a thing alive. dragging the tender
after It, The coupling between the tender and the locomotive va tapped
OFF and the Nuer OF air and steam and water pipes and hose ripped asunder
The tender. with It's load of coal and water. toppled over down the embank-
ment into the right of wv alongside the big, les grounds OF Mrs. James
Koran. whose fruit. flower and vegetable gardens skirt the track It the
scene OF the wreck.
The locomotive ploughed ahead fully one hundred feet from the tender
and dropped heavily o. its side The engineer and fireman, crushed and
mangled, lay lfeessu underneath the wreckage of the steel monster that had
peel subservient to their viii but u few seconds before.
In the meantime the rest of tho train had piled itself up much as chill.
dren are piled in the game of crack the whip" The ar next to the
locomotive, a combination baggage and express, followed the embankmtnt
with TIT wheels on the rails o a point opposite the wreck OF the locono.
tive. where 1t slid down the slope. dug its forward platform into the cinders
and sand. reared up behind and literally fell into itself Right a tim n,
the forward ar piled the second baggage car with its sides bullying and
spining trunks and valises