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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-21
d Fathers Venqcaree

would have fallen Oh any one who
attacked the son OF Peter Bondy, OF
South Rockwood, Mich, but he was
powerless before attacks of Kidney
trouble. Doctors could not help
him." he wrote, 80 at last we gave
him Electric Bitters and he improved
wonderfully from taking six bottles,
It's The best Kidney medicine l ever
say" Backache, Tired feeling, Nerv.
business, Loss Of Appetite, warn OF
Kidney trouble that may end in droD'
sy, diabetes or Bright's disease. Be
ware: Take Electric Bitters and be
safe. Every bottle guaranteed. SOC at
Ringer Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-21
Notice Of Application for Parole.

] hereby give notice TO the public
that | will on the 9Th day of Decem
her, 1911, apply TO the Governor OF
the State of Oklahoma for a Parole.
The grounds upon which said ap-
plication for parole will be made are.
that am not guilty OF the offense for
which was convicted.
Sim OLIN FITZGERALD.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-21

Guthrie, Okla, Nov. 20.-Leslie XII
per. aged Is, was crushed to death
Yesterday under the wheels of a load
ed wagon near Usage City. With a
companion he was hauling lumber
to an oil camp. In trying to put on
the brake he fell and was almost
instantly killed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-21
-Four Die Under Circus Tent.

Vicksburg, Miss, Nov. 20.--A heavy
wind storm yesterday afternoon il
reported to have demolished q circus
tent at Lake Providence, La, durine
performance, resulting in the dealt
of four persons and injuring seve. a
others.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-21
Killed at OIL BIG.

Tulsa, Okla, Nov. 20.--James ellis,
a we'll known driller, vas killed by
the fall OF a mast while an Oil rig
was being taken down in the Della
ware oil field. He was 50 years of
age and had worked in every oil field
in the country.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-21

Rayia, Okla, Nov. 20.-Lon Burch,
23 years old, was found dead sill
ting in a chair in front OF the fire
when the family returned from
church last night. A bullet had en-
tered just below the right eye. i
is thought he shot himself accident
ally.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-21
Odd Fellows Orphanao oe.

Sulphur Springs, Tex, Nov. 20
An active campaign has been
launched in this city and county by
the Odd Fellows and citizens gen
orally, to secure the locating of the
new Odd Fellows orphanage TO be
built in the near future, in some
part OF the state.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-21

Sixty acres th"ee-fourths mile from
Deese school house and post office,
20 acres in cultivation; paid $50 IN
rents this year; deed direct from
the government; have made one
payment and will take $500 for my
equity. Oscar Payne, Deese, OAia
l5DW6
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-21

1T is a pleasure to tell YOU tha'
Chamborlain's Cough Remedy is the
best cough medicine ! have ever
used" writes Mrs. Hugh Campbel.
Of Lavonia. Ca II have ueed II with
All my children and the results have
been highlv satisfactory" For sale
by ell doalers
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-21

Is your husband cross? An irritable,
fault finding disposition IS often due
TO a disordered stomach. a man with
good digestion is nearly always goec
natured. A great many have been per
ranently cured Of stomach trouble
by taking Chambeilain's Tablets. For
sale BY all dealers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-21
Chrysartheuuns.

FOR CHRYSANTHEMUMS call on
Mrs. Joe NJ. London, Phone 2"'. 'l9
NclgIas boulevard 2fim
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-21

The careful buyer is getting gro
cerics cheap during Felker's sale.
14tf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-11-21
UlteEIy Wretchea
Nervous prostration Long Enoures
Before Remedy was Found.

Miss Minerva Reminger Upper Bern
Pa, writes: "For several years mao
nervous prostration, and was utterly
wrotched. | lived on bread and beei
ten because my stomach would not re-
tain anything else. took many rem
edies, but obtained no relief until !
took Hoods Sarsaparilla, when began
IN gain nj once. Am now cured"
Pure, rich blood makes good, strong
nerves. and this is why Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, which purifies and enriches the
blood, cures so many nerN sus diseases
Get II today IN usual liquid form OF
.hocol1tcd tablets called SarSatabS
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-09-12
(5iir ben .Samilieufreis".
Mabnnng!,

(Siir ben .,Samilienfreis"
0%sabnnns!,
Gin dls6tes 3 d, ein idleh@
fer Sreunb,
8 iucis' cs o Sir aui Der Stelle, -
Wie fDnnteit 0u bcnu ienluls ifopfen
Sie refine Silbune aus i6 m "
si9er Sucqe!
8~ottfrieb.
- y y
Der bette 2amerao.
naennIt Su Den bciten aamcraocn
Nit icinem liiti9en @eiidt?
Nennit Oh ibn Sein: auf alien
Sfaben
@ebt or nit Sir, perldBt Sid niht.
Slit in bic allcrtriibite Stunbe
@irit er iein blibcno 2ift binein;
Mit linn lpirit 9u III jcoer Hnnoe
Gin itets ipiIfonum 'ncr @aIt audi
icin:
@obin gu fpmmit - lcl6it uupers
9rin9t er ben Srobiinn balo hera
Or lit babeim in alien 2anoeu,
Wsein gutter aamcrab $ nj RI"
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-09-12

Bonn fanicn Sdnefhen.
Sd,ncd, Coined. Sdncf,
Nu fomirit ia uitlt BON Sled!
Seit mir pih Iesten uuf Den Steiu;
IuB es elm Giertelitunbden iein.
&aum, DAB Or friedit aus beinem
3dlIs,
.&aum, paS on itredit. Die 3prner
60 fomut man nidt pom Sled!
Sdau, idau. itau
Gid NM auf griiner Iu!
Der Safer burh ous SiieSgras elf.
llno iel6t Der 8urm iih nidjt
perfpcilt.
Nineteen ipimrneln rings i'm Sag,
Die Mrbeit prdnet, tur3 lit Der
Sag,
God Oh fommit nid,t bonn SledI
sort. fort, fort
Yin einen anbcrn Srt.
no 5 9ddlcin inter glumen biipft.
gibchSleiu bur6 bas Moos bin
idliipft,
Sriih lpebt Der Mbcnobdud;
Sod bieier fanle @nlld
aommt efpie uift pom 6ledi
x*x
Cine poetiihe 3dtbiels 96immg.
~eoslinciB" beibt iens pmnosriide
9liirbe,
Die m ben Ilpe1 Iieb tuaHien Gottes
Cite.
~gffe" beibt DOS fIinte CHER.
Die ~@aifc" bient gum Sd,nse mir.
Hub -Waifel" lit, id barf trobl iagen.
Die feinite 5peiie fiir ben Naseu.
Der itartite >ga,lm I'M Scutiden
Heide.
SIT iidlerlih bic bentide Glide. -
Deb @ott, baB ih ben gnseln eIeibe,
@enn id emit lperbc cine .2eihe".-
In ciiiem id)pnen. reinen Seide.
Sinbct lid oft aiih cine .8leide".-
.Wilh" Sl gcrne naidt bas &dedcn,
Hiht 6e5dbmen fann'S Den Gang;
SIT unseididt iein fleines Tdsden.
Damn fdat Der .Sopf" pobl o Dem
Sd)ranf.
Im Gage unier -Iuae" ipad)t.
Sod iflieben mir es in Der Nad)t.
Sas ~Siibnerause" On benz SiIBe
SIT mdnhmal cine lpalre Bulge.
Nuf Der 3ipeise Einbcu, anf Der
griibe,
Sinbct yIugen" man gang obne
Wiibe.
n o 8 inienfi.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-09-12
(Siir ben rSamilienfreis".)
Der Kantpf miit sic JmeenS.
Die geaftuns Der Nrtifel inter bieiem
3itel icitens Der fatb. Gltern
n~nieres 2eierfreiies lit iebr
er,uiinidDt.

Die BON Hicmano 6eitrittene all=
gemeine Terrpbnng Der SugeuS, bic
Snnabme ibrer &riminalitGt, has
Steisen ibrer SelbtmurDsiffer, bas
Shwinbcn Der Ghtung Dor jener
2lntoritat inter ben aSugcnbliden:
has allies iinb ~tranrige 3eiGcn Der
Scit. Inn Der 3ufrnft unieres
mnerifaniiden @plfeS wilieu barf
man bapon nidt MIR giutis nrbmen,
fpnbern mat mue mad ben llriafcn
pes shapens foridleu NIB Atittcl sur
sbbilfc iiberlesen.
,@hdt's nrong?" fra9t iih Der
prattiide Imcritancr INNER, ipenu CT
Die Gage iiberifaut. Sprcn mir por<
crit mai ciuige anbcre 8latter. Gs
ifreibt Die ct. 2puiier .amerita":
Nv.
@ri1rcdenb lit. ma Der Seribt Der
G6icaguer Siee 9ommiiIiDn iiber 5be
Social Gpil in Chicago entbiilt. SdB
seipiiie Cater in Der @robitabt ibre
Stdtte baben. bab cine grobe Gnoabl
bon &crionen linen bicnt,--bas Niles
lit ia niht neu. Sagegen b~iirften
Die allf cingebenbc Grbebunsen be-
rubenben @ngnben iiber Die 8er>
brettnng beS SnTers, leine
Mcfrutierung nnb @ermebriing inter
hcu Sugenofihen II, leine Sdbig>
felt. iib iiberall ein5unilten, an
Yldtcn nno bel 0elesenbeiten, pm
bcneu bic dltcrc @eneratipn nidt
aluen Diirfte, bah tic S6bne nnb
INN l6htcr iittiidJen 0eiabren nnSs
icteu, Spd i'm Stanpc ieim, Gielcn
bic Ausen 5u Difnen iiber bic Ndbe
cirec ltebcis, bias Sefatomben : an
Spfcrn fprnert.
Sino gltern geneigt, lire Sodter
,aIleiuy nit anbern gldDdeii, nit
Wdnnern %ereniigungspldse beius
dbelL iid OH Iusflii9en IL. I. 10. be-
tbciligen an iaiieu, 10 perSen lie ipoBl
eincn IuSihi9 dut einem Sampf +
id)iif 3u-ben littlidD cintpanbfreieiten
Differentiation sGhlen. Sn @eiels
ifait elmer sroBen Nu5abi anocrer
Sabrsdite. idcir1ar cbne @ele9enbeit
i'm Sunfeln Su minfeln, 1T Der
UubClltuc NIlub Niltiuei NSilSptuuS
10 gut mic dusgeihlpiien. Sas glalibt
man; tGatIdd)lid pibmet Die Sbis
eagoer @icc Gommiiiion Ser Sraae
cinen beipuoeren Ibihuitt in Dem
geilannten Serift. Inter Der llebers
ihriit: r9ate Cleaners" pirb Der
Nadipcio erbraht - selfiiBt ailf Die
Iu0abeu Der nit Der llnterihdung be-
trailteu 9eautten - baB aiid Die Gers
acknowledgements gu Den .Smlrces
OF Suppln" bes Eaters aeb6ren.
Ginerfeits werben auf bieien S6iffcn
~alfubpliide 8etrdnfc perfamft, mno
s,par at Innse, minoerjIbrise 2ente
IeiberIet 8efhlehts %ebeniusnt iuie an
Gltere Yeripnen; iooann beitebt bic
Weleaenbeit, 8abinen 5n mietben.
g8ir fonnen bier Die ytppii6en Sdne"
nidbt fdtlbern, pelhe Die @eamten Der
Gbicaaoer @iee gommiiiion beobahs
tet baben, nur cine 8emerfung oes
VerfaiSers Der .S6rift iiber iene Gnts
oiete {ei bier tpieoerse9eben: Gin
i,iuaes Ydrden, 2iebbaber. besiebt
fid auf einen iol6en 0ampferaiss
flua. Dieter fpdbrt LANCER, ais 8eioe
ertpartet batter, pber bas itn9e Wdos
den pirb bon Der Seefrantbeit be-
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-09-12
Sin BoffeSseriht.

@@otteS @iibleu ntableu Iansiam.
aber iidcr". iagt Elm alteS Sprids
mort; bier brinaen mir Elm bieS ans
iaaenp beitdtisenbes 9eiipieI Der aotts
lideu @eredtiefeit unS 9ansmutb:
3n Yin. eiuem eroBen, beildnfia
5ipsi Stunbeu BON Yerpisnan entferns
ten 0orfe. begaben iih zines ihonen
cages att nlnse Snrihen. frdftise.
itarfe @eitalten, in oaS am Saupts
plate eeleaeue &diieebaus. 9ieies
mar abcr id,ou BON 2euten iiberfiilt.
~Sbr iebt nobl". iprad bic gi9ens
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-09-12

Mdn iiebt. glteru unb gr5iebern
mutben Die Serbdltnilie uere Iufs
gaben Der Siirlorge fir Die ibuen ail>
nertrnuten Sunfnnlihen al Nur
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-09-12
Waienblutem peruria@te Sob.

Gin gang ielteneS SortommniB bat
iih in Oklahoma Gitp. Ola. SieIer
Gage 5%usetrasen. Stepban Sroiil
itarb in einem bortisen Soipital ms
folse Naienblutens, bas iib am "a.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-09-12
Scs Iapites alte Wifelubr.

Cine rei5sube AncfSotc iiber Sen
81. Iotcr. pcld)e ieiue riibrenSc Gins
fahbeit 5ciBt, er8dhlteu Dor mebrercn
Snhreu Die Sldtter. Sanah 900 Der
Yapit nad elmer feierliten MuSicn5
cine olte Nidclubr in absesriifenen,
@ebdnie unseiner e6enio a6ae9riffcncn
2eberfette berpor. Gin italieniider
Siirit. Der anmeicnb mar. bot iibers
raIdt Dem Yapit ieine eiacnc llbr. Gin
pabres foltbares Weiiteriperf. i'm
Sauih geacn Die alte llbr an. @ius
ser 3ebnte lebnte ab, neil oicie elm
@eidcnt ieiner @utter in Der ainSbeit
gelpeien lei. @r tperbe Die ll6r treil
bemobren. unb lie ertpibere anideis
nenb bieic Sreue, benn iie sinse ali
Die Sefunbe rifti9.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-09-12

4uguit einitelte, radjSem er hattie
beftig nicBen miiIen. aac 8criudc
Der aer5te. Die 8lutuug 3u benmen,
naren erfolgfos unb ihlieBlih eriolgts
Der Spb Durdh 0lrtncrlmit
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-09-12

Der giaenmls. Der benz ginen
bic Gusen subdlt. ofinet iie bs-
Nnoern.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-09-12
Die ueriplste Gipeaie.


benz robcn annben crtrouncn bin. Der
nut einem idnperen Steine nat) mir
mari! 8ie iid)er fam ih mid in
Sicicn StciuriBen bergen! ga. Die
Steiuc Iino lpeiter NIB miller gcecn
mid arntc5 CHER als bte rcben Rens
iben! 8einabe bate mid DER llnbolo
Serauctidlt; cinsn (beil meines anrs
per3 bat CT burf Den Stein abgcs
morfen! @ie bin ib perltiimmcIt unb
lcihe Sdpmersen! Wcrn einn,af o:ii
Den SUB bcs Gnoben ein bitcr Stein
fdlt uro benielbcu Scrauetid,f. ipbaB
CT iupd,cnlduS, nid,t Dor Shmerscn
harnuf treteu lam. pirb CT pielei:pt
muiubIcn lerucn. Vas lit abcr mcin
@crbred,cn2 SD ii,d,tc ia rmr ani
Dem Ndcr Ieiucs IaterS ua6 @iirs
meru. Mildcn linb tleincn 9arpeu.
8, beSddtc bod, MIR Der S1or. bab
ih bic IdGhlidcL ihm feinblihcu
Sbicrdlen psrnidts. Die feline Grnte
.perberbcn! 60 miro mir iiir meine
'@p9ltbut seeanft! Cher bdlt mid
Der unluiiienpe &cnih. ,iucil meine
@citalt Der Stblon9e dbulih iiebt, iiir
siitig uuo Scfdbrlit lrno pcrtilgt mid
Ncobalb? Auh haS lit unper3eiblih.
Sd, ipiu mciuem boien Seinbc niht
wiinId]cn. .ndB CT einuial 10 peritiims
melt unh pcrfriippeit n%mberge6en
mub ipie id)."
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-09-12
~ ~ -
Best uiiien Mrs spd) enblidj ctnmal

IN Sambrib9e. &oiI., bat Der
9ireftorenratb nes dmiitiidlen Sunss
irduen : SereinS fiiralih Die midhti9e
Srage cutihieben nit mcld,cm Mlter
cine STRAIT aufb0rt. Jung 81, ieiu. ndms
lid nit rem 30. Sabre. Nlc Sraltcr
rrh Mdbden. Die bariiber iinn. scs
horcn nah benz llrtbeil ieneS boben
Hatbs in Die alaNe Der .alteu".
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1911-09-12

(9rapo! 0elt. Der liebe .Sdues
cnael~ e9eicr aus Yolen tann'S! llnb
Oh ?.?)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

from the town. The exact locality of this place, however, is questioned.
 There is another spot in Nazareth, now owned by the Roman Catholics, which claims to be the original site of the shop where Joseph worked as carpenter. The place Is in the Mohammedan quarter, not far from a bazaar where the Turkish merchants sit cross-legged and sell to the Christians When I visited 1t, met Father Kersting, who came here about three years ago, and is now superintend- made. He has a number of Arabs work ing under him digging up an old clsusch which was built there by the Crusaders.
 Where Joseph Worked
 They have just uncovered a grotto which Father Kersting tells me is un- doubtediy the place where Joseph had his carpenters shop, and where, if so, the li't'e Christ must have played among the shavings. I took 8 photograph of the ex- cavallons.
 . The various sects here make all sorts of claims. The Latins allege that they own the table upon which Christ dined with His disciples both before and after the resurrection. It Is a block of hard chalk eleven feet long and nine feet in monastry is what is known as the An gels Chapel and the Chapel of the An nunciation, wheret he Virgin received Ga- briefs messasc There is also an old cis- tern which is called the kitchen of the Virgin, and in the center of the town is Mary's well, or. as 1t is sometimes called, Jesus spring, or Gabriels spring. This is undoubtedly authentic, for 1t is the only spring or watering place that Naza-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

day. In another business street stopped while with the blacksmiths who were making knives, razors. blow points and the long thin crescent-shaped sickles used here for harvesting. The sickles have teeth like fine saw. the wheat and barley being sawed off, as 1t were. watched blacksmith shoe a horse. He used a plate of iron of the shape of the hoof about an eighth of an inch thick. It was solid with the exception of 8 hole as large as a finger ring in the center. There were three small holes on each side for the nails which were driven into the hoof. When shod the horses foot was entirely covered by the iron with the exception of the small hole in the center.
 The Boys of Nazareth
 During my stay here I have paid es- pecial attention to the children. They are the best part of the Holy Land, and are as full of fun and as delightful as our children at home. have seen fam files which recall that of Joseph and Mary. Here in Nazareth see the little ones everywhere playing. There is a threshing floor on one side of the town a place where the earth has been stamped down and there grain Is failed or trodden out after harvest. This is one of the great playgrounds, where the boys come with their marbles and where they play ball. They have a game in which the boys try to throw the ball so as to hit a stone mark set up for the purpose. They also strike the ball twith a club and send it beyond the threshing floor to be caught by the boys outside. They play blind mans buff, ieapfrog and hide and-seek, and as I went through the streets the other day saw two little
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

means power.
 To all men of inventive bent waste is bane. Economy to them Is a sort of religion. In the gay days when he pitched wood into the firebox of those old X, T. & N. locomotives that W aste probably was brought to Pal mer's attention vividly because his hands were torn by so many splinters. It probably appealed to him, too, later, when the road introduced its first coal burning engines, because 1t was not so easy to make steam then as it is now, for they got much less energy out of coal in those days than they do now. It always did appeal to him since he had been in the shop, however. As the old man became weaned away from his former tasks and had more and more time to give to any subject that suited his fancy he began to study the coal problem more earnestly than he ever did before. He went at it slowly, methodically as a man of steady habits will.
 Much of the ground that he traversed in trying to find way out of the diff ficulty had been gone over years before by other men. Once or twice he thought he was making headway, and he rigged up devices in various locomotives to test his ideas, but they proved abortive. The locomotives burned just as much coal with his devices as without them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

It was after old man Palmer had cele- brated his fortieth year of service with the road that he was left to do as he pleased. The boss had no idea he would not earn his money, for the old man could not be content unless he was doing something, and in railroad shop there always Is plenty to do. It took year or more for the old man to break away from his accustomed work He knew each locomotive so intimately, knew the forms of crankiness of this one and the weakness of that one so well that he re- scented any other man taking them in hand. But gradually he began to realize that some of the other men, some of the younger ones especially, had as keen an ear as fine a sympathy with and as full a knowledge of the great machines as himself. It was not pleasant to discover this, for the old dislike to hSve their illu- sions dispelled as much as the young, but it had to come. Once he appreciated that others could care for his charges prop erly he began to give more time and at tention to a problem that has puzzled the brains of many men.
 One of the wastes of railroad is in fuel. A locomotive consumes a great quality of coal. A comparatively small amount of the energy that comes from the coal is utilized. Far more goes up the smoke stack than goes to heat the boilers and produce the steam that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

reth now possesses or ever has possessed. It is therefore certain that the child Je- sus and the Virgin frequented it, and that Mary came here daily for water. This is fountain rather than a well. The wa ter gushes forth in two streams into a stone basin. and from there flows into a stone-inclosed pool There are always women with water jars about 1t, and the Scenes of today are probably the same as they were in Christ's time
 In the Baxaars
 Nazareth has thousands of pilgrims who come here every year to visit the places hallowed by the Savior, and 1t is also on the mail line from the mountains of Lebanon to Jerusalem. Caravan routes from Damascus to Egypt wind about 1t. and 1t has always been a place of more or less traffic.
 The bazaars of today are of about the same character as they were in Christ 8 time. They are narrow cave-like stores lighted only from the front. The mer- chants sit there walled around with goods, and the customers stand out in the cobblestone roadway and bargain as to their prices. The streets are dirty and camels and Bedouins are continually nov ing through them The men wear tur- yelled or unveiled according as they are Mohammedans or Christians.
 was interested in the mechanical work going on in these bazaars. I stopped In a carpenters shop, and photographed a workman of just about the age Joseph must have been when our Lord was a boy and pas69d as his sson. asked as to carpenters wages. and was told they ranged from 50 cents to one dollar, per
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-15

In fact, in one instance it seemed they
 burned more, and if he had not been
 an unusually good natured old man he
 would have lost his temper at the chaf-
 fling to which he was subjected, for he
 had been indiscreet enough to declare
 he had solved the problem. That failure chastened but did not subdue the old man. He was discour
 aged for time, perhaps, and less in clined to talk with the men, but he was none the less earnest in studying
 the subject. Like the plodder he al-
 ways had been he started all over again, picking his way along the road just as fit were not familiar to him. When he had reached certain point
 he seemed unable to get any further.
 There he stuck for many months. He
 experimented with anything and every
 thing his mind suggested as likely to prove of value, and at last struck one
 device that showed promise of good re- suits. Patiently he worked with this, installing 1t first in one locomotive and then another, measuring the amount of coal used with it and without it and letting no one know the result of his calculations. Then he experi- mented with the device In various forms, making 1t larger in some in stances and smaller In others and keep ing tabulations of the coal consumption in every instance. He meant to make no mistake this time and to do no boasting.
 | One day old man Palmer surprised the Boss by asking for a leave of absence. "Why, Pop, what's coming over your" | exclaimed the Boss. ''Leave of absence! | Where do you want to go?" i Just away on little trip" replied ] the old man.
 How long will you be gone?" asked | the Boss.
 That depends" answered the old man. l The Boss laughed, and Jokingly gave some advice to the old man about being wary of the allurements of the city, for
 the old man told him where he intended | going. He also, at the old mans re- quest, gave him letter of introduction | to the general manager
 | Old Man Palmer went to the city and
 spent few minutes with the general
 manager who was glad to see him and | complimented him his long service
 and congratulated him on his good health | Then he asked the old man what he could do for him.
 | 'If you'd be so good" said the old fel-
 low, 'Id like you to introduce me to the president. I want to see him privately" "Why, certainly" said the general man. | ager. Come right in"
 The general manager escorted old man l Palmer into the presidents office and left
 him there after explaining in a few grace | full sentences how the old man had been
 in the company's employ for nearly 50 years.
 l When the general manager had departed the old man. in halting and embarrassed way, stated his story. He told how he