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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
"Abide With Me.

Abide With Me" Abide with me. Fast falls the eventide. The darkness deepens. Lord, with me
 abide
 When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
 Help of the helpers, oh, abide with me !. On the white operating table of a Chicago hospital a girl was dying. Clara Butler, soprano of suburba n church, by accident had been thrown under the wheels of train and was hurried to the hospital in hope of say ing her life by operation.
 In vain
 Knowing that death was fast clos ing down on her life, she whispered a message to her friends who were in an adjoining room and said, with a smile, Tell them l am not afraid to die.'
 Then she began to sing.
 Pure and clear at first rang the tones of the old hymn of faith and trust. The glorious voice that had often waited the souls of devout wor- shipers floated through the operating room:
 The darkness deepens Lord. with me
 abide.
 The surgeons and nurses turned away to the windows. Their eyes were wet The singers soul, winged for it's flight was in the voice. Soon it faltered, and as the darkness deepened and the wa ters closed over her it died away in the whisper:
 Help of the helpless, oh abide with me.
 The singer was dead She had sung her own requiem
 You do not believe as the girl believed? Wha. would you give if you could do so :? Superstition? Self deception?
 Well, the girl was brave Do not you wish you could hug such superstition U your heart? An, could you but ex- perience such a divine self deception,
 It works, or, to put it in your scientific speech, it is pragmate. Something, from somewhere, stifled the awful agony
 Disbeliever, agnostie what not, are you not glad the poor girl got her glo- rous strength as the life ebbed from her mangled body? Surely.
 You would no more take away that girls hope than you would knock from beneath him the crutches of poor crip- pie.
 Help of the hepless, Are you quite prepared to say that the girls prayer was unanswered?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
Feet and the Nerves

From T1t-BltS.
 Nervous troubles frequently come from i'll fitting and badly made shoes, in the opinion of Dr. Irwin O. Allen. He thinks them accountable for such matrimonial haggling and dscord.
 It is q mistake, he says, to teach the child-as is commonly done-to toe out In the beginning the boy or girl, in obedi- ence to an unerrng instinct, points the foot straight ahead, which is the proper way for walking. All shoeless people walk with parallel feet-Indians for ex- ample.
 Dr. Allen explains that the sole of fsthe shoe should be the shape of the foot. To determine this shape one should stand barefoot on the ball and toes upon a sheet of paper. allowing the great toe to assume it's normal position-separated somewhat from the other toes. Make mark around the toes with pencil and then let the heel come down to the paper. Now place the weight of the body upon the other side of the foot and complete the outline in that position.
 A shoe made with a sole of this shape, and with a reasonably high vamp, will certainly be comfortable and will insure a healthy foot, incidentally doing away with ''shoe nervousness" If worn in win ter, however, it should have no metal nails
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

Washington, September 16.-(Special.)- Dr Charles D. Wacott, secretary or the Smithsonian institution at Washington, is the author of a recently published pa ne, on the fossil worms of British Col urnhia, based upon specimens collected during investigations commenced in that narf of Canada years ago. The paper IS entitled Middle Cambrian Annelids - which in plain English means the worms oe both the earth and sea rom one or the oldest periods of geologic times. Not all worms resemble the plain homely an- ole worm or "rain worm," but many of them living in the sea are covered with long and beautiful irredescent hairs, some with scales like fishes and still oth- ers lived concealed in tubes from which protrude long frills of brilliantly colored tentacles.
 While the average reader may imagine worms not especially useful except as aids to the gardener in loosening the soil, as bait for the disciples of Isaac Walton, or to enable the early bird to break his fast. in geology they have an important mart. and enable the scientific student to estimate time and to study the conditions of life in the past ages In the paper Dr. Walcott makes his first report on the anr elids of British Columbia. As a rule, these worms have been known only by their trails and borings in the mud and sand deposited in the various periods Of geologic time. Very few Of the actual animals have ever been preserved, the most noted discoveries being those Tn Ba- yarja and Monte Bolca. In fact, Dr. Walcott searched for several years for such fossils in the shales of. British Col umbia, but not one of these animals was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
FOSSIL WORMS ARE FOUND
 MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD

found until the summer of 1910, when he came across them in a form of mudstone, called by geologists Burgesseshale. These worms and other fossils are pressed flat, so that the animal is represented only by a thin film, which is fortunately darker than the shale or rock, and being unus- ually shiny is thus distnguishable. Even the fine details of structure are shown, and often the contents of these animals appear as a glistenng silvery substance.
 Despite the fact that these animals are all worms or leeches, the forms vary greatly; some are truly worm like with varying rings or segments, others have nearly the appearance of tadpoles with heads, tails and fins some have a tubular construction and tentacles, while others with feathery spines or scales as ex- posed in the rocks present petal like appearance of chrysanthenum. The diff ferent forms of the annelids as well as their external and internal characteris- tics, are clearly shown by six plates made from photographs of the actual fossils taken by a system of reflected light The description includes several new families and genera, together with IS new species covering a most exhaustive list of specimens taken from points along the Canadian Pacific railroad, near Bur gess Pass and Field, British Columbia. Nearly all the specimens come from the Burgess shale, 3S00 feet above Field, or about 7SO0 feet above sea level.
 Dr. Wacott's researches relate to pale ontology, which is the historical branch of geology. and covers the collection and study of animals and plants found fossil is to unfold the past history of our world as it is thus revealed to us by the re- mains of ancient life imbedded In the layers of the earth's crust. Dr. Walcott
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

shows where new point of view 10 opened by the study of annelids or fossil worms: the fact that from one locality II genera belonging to widely different families were found indicates that the fundamental characteristics of all the classes were developed prior to the mid- dle Cambrian period, which is the oldest in the Paleozoic era, and is known to scientists as the age of invertebrates.
 It Is absurd to venture a statement of the age of these animals but knowing that they belonged to the middle Cam brian period, we can estimate an age of many million years--a great age for any specimen, but nature had preserved them so well that biologists are now able to compare them with the life prevailing today.
 $n the amelia paper the scientific names, descriptions and life histories of these ancient worms are given. and those interested in such technical treats ise will find much desirable information in this pamphlet. which is publicaton No. 20l4 of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
Pounding Life Into a Body

FTOW f1tditil tuiluic.
 An English scientist. Prof. A. Abrams has recently been making special prac- tice of the restoration to life practiced by the Japanese, and while he does not fully explain why the men come back to life aften being to all intents dead, he does tell how it is done, and this in itself is inter- esting.
 In jiu-jitsu if a man is knocked out, beaten senseless,. killed or otherwise .mauled and if a man has been killed by a sunstroke or by drowning the restorer rolls the patient on his face and extends his arms sidewise. Then he strikes the patient with his wrist severely and regu- iarly until the patient recovers conscious ness.
 Immediately he is placed in sitting position, his arms rotated and he is aided fin walking, for otherwise he relapses into unconsciousness immediately, and in some cases dies at once.
 This system of pounding the seventh vertebra has been found peculiarly bene- ficial in some acute heart diseases, and the effects of the treatment under Japan ese manipulation seems almost miraculous at times As yet there seems to be no clear medical explanation of the effe cts of pounding the seventh vertebra, but the genuineness of the cures and resuscita- tions frequently described by travellers is now scientifically established by Professor Abrams investigations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
Radium Mine Discovered

London Cable to Philadelphia Public
 Ledger.
 A dispatch to the London Daily Mall from Sydney. New South Wales, says that some months ago the antarctic explorer. Dr. Douglas Mawson. who is an eminent geologist, arouse excitement in local min- ing circles by the announcement that he, had discovered a valuable deposit of ra- dium ore at Mount Painter, In the far northern district of South Australia
 Dr. Mawson, since his return from Engs land, has again visited the spot, and now issues long report in which he declares that there Is vast lode of radium ore at least three miles long and from a few feet to several hundred yards wide. The deposit Is of high grade, the report says. and a quarter of a ton is ready for ship ment Dr. Mawson calculates the aet profit per ton of crude ore at some s110o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
Testimonials From Prominent
 SOuthernerS

several times to catch her breath. She has tried various treatments but all of no avail She had read and heard SO much good that was being done through the use of Quaker Extract she decided to try it. and as she stated, commenced 10 notice improvement after a few doses, and after using one and one-half bottles, she says has no more trouble at all, and mas recommended it to many of her friends
 Also her husband, who a few years ago had the misfortune of getting his foot smashed and since then has been troubled very much at times with rheumatic pains in his heel and up the back of the calf of the limb. He, too,1 has tried many different treatments, but since he used the Quaker Oil of Balm he has scarcely had pain at all. and the soreness has completely disappeared. Now, when you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
Character by Handwriting

From the Washington Herald.
 If you write a small, almost feminine hand, it may be a sign that you are des- tined to be a great statesman, according to David N. Carvalho, who finds that small handwriting is often characteristic of great men. Grover Cleveland's hand writing was of this type and so was VII liam McKinfeys. You find this type of writing in the large handed men, said MT. Carvalho. "the men who are broad shouldered and we'll built. not perhaps tall"
 If you are a woman and make little pot hooks at the end of your final ms and e's you are not likely to spend much money on the latest novelties in dress, nor are you apt to bother to do your hair Up in puffs Indeed. those little twists on tine end of letters indicate that you would make sensible and economical .vife. Your defect would be that you might en- barrass your husband by eccentricity in dress through carelessness. A slurfing penmanship. means literary ability.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

. great. soft stream of VITAL STRENGTH into your blood. neFvss and oreans during all the hops you slecp: in ono night 1t takes the kink.
 Sam i.nds or v iAMs asy o4 ySrr n S.ch; s ere long you arc answering: "Nsvsr felt better in my
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

You read many advertised remedies which cured people suffering with various diseases in all the different parts of the world, but the Health Teacher is daily telling you the names and addresses Of your neighbors who are being cured right here by the use of the Quaker Remedies that do cure the people who have used them, and he does not have to use testi- monanials from thousands of miles to tell you what Quaker Remedies will cure. A case of much prominence was reported, that of a well known lady of Mobile
 Ala, Mrs. II. T. Heironymus. wife of vel known mill man, who has been in business there for years. She has been afflicted for long time with a smother ing, faint feeling, shortness of breath, could not go upstairs without stopping
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

read words of praise from reliable peop,e you can no longer doubt the wonder-uf work the Quaker Remedies are doing He has hundreds of testimonials from people yho have been cured of one disease or another that he claims the remedies to cure. He wishes it thoroughly understooU that the Quacker Remedies are not cure- alls. by any means, but will cure rheuma- tism, catarrh in any form, kidney, livers stomach or blood trouble. ndigestions constipation. biliousness, bloating, belch- ing, humping of the heart or stomachs pains in the back, that tired, weak, runs down feeling; builds up the blood and makes you feel good also exDels nL worms and germs from the system. ob- tain the Quaker Remedies at Gums Pharmacy, Third avenue and Nineteenth street. or your local druggist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
Stranger Than Fiction

stranger man E1ctl0n The story of I've Shields of Seattle reads ] like one of the rare tales of Sir Gilbert Parker
 Shields, bachelor of 61, had good
 job as ianitor of a big building He also had a friend. The friend was out of a
 job and had a wife and several little
 children to support.
 Now comes the part that reads like fiction.
 I've Shields gave up his job to his friend whose children were crying for
 bread, and went back to the woods, where he had once been employed as a logger.
 He had hard time of it.
 Work was irregular, and often I've
 Shields slept on the ground and had to tighten his belt to stay his stoma ch
 But the picture in his mind of his friend gathering his little ones about him in comfort and happiness gave him
 great satisfaction One day I've Shields got enough mon- ey to make a visit to Seattle. He was so happy to see his old friends that he
 got drunk.
 And when he awoke he was in jaii
 charged with forging a check for
 s26.50. He remembered nothing about
 this check, but 1t was in his handwrlt- ing.
 The grizzled old logger was arraign- ed. and what do you think? Both the
 prosecutor and the judge said to him :: Do not plead guilty. If you do you
 must go to prison W-h-a-t? Judge and prosecutor, charged with the execution of the law, did that? Yes s; get their names, just as the recording angel got them-Judge Gay and Prose- cutor Caldwell. They had learned how the oldphero had given up his job for his friend, and they paid the cheek and let Shields go back to the woods. But that is sparing the guilty. That brings the law into contempt, Maybe so. The big calf bound books of the court room distinctly tell what
 to do in such cases even if the forger be drunk.
 But there are those who will say it was better to pay the check and send
 the old man back to the woods with the lesson of his life-back to the woods,
 where there are no saloons-than to have sent him to the penitentiary. I think so. - The action of the big brained big heart ed men of the northwest was almost as fine and brother-llxe as that of I've Shields
 when he gave up his job to his friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
The Loss of Baby's Shoe

OST-Babys patent leather shoe.
 Finder please return to 30I6 calu- A-< met avenue. Reward.
 The advertisement was printed in Chi cage newspaper, and hereby hangs tale of babys grief.
 The mother took her little daughter, Ruth, on Sunday for car ride. Ruth wore shiny little shoes, which she lovef as some babies love dolls. They were the idols that she worshiped.
 Ruth's attention was attracted to the conductors brass buttons. She tried to make friends" with the conductor, but her method being to wave her feet.
 And thus the tragedy.
 The faces were loosened by Ruins way ing, and one of the shoes came off.
 At first neither the baby nor the mother discovered the loss. Then the former was shocked to note her shoeless foot. A search was made in the car. The shoe was gone, and the baby cried bitterly,
 Her grief touched every one,' said the newspaper reported. T have bought Ruth new pair, said the mother, but she is not satisfied. l am afraid we shall not find the missing shoe."
 Or course she was not satisfied.
 What is fine new doll beside the loved and lost, the worn, shabby Peggy, dsreputabe to strangers, but dear to the heart of it's childish owner?
 It takes time and philosophy and some times many tears to train the wounded tendrils around a new object of affec- ton. .
 "Nonsense" says Scrooge.
 Much ado about a bagatelle. Silly sem timent, that's all.''
 Sentiment yes, but not silly. Little Ruths grief is very real to her. The Scrooge person has long ago forgotten that he was baby His memory, like his soul, is calloused.
 Besides
 Life is largely made up of sentiment, except in the Gradgrinds and Scrooges.
 Poor baby.
 In babyland is no shield of philoso- phy to interpose and save from the poignant sorrow of first loss.
 We grownups meet the loss of shoe with complacency. So utilitarian are we grown we prefer the new one. And we are hardened so that the loss of our immortal souls sometimes gives us less concern than the loss of the shiny shoe to Ruth.
 If the finder of that little moccasin only knew how baby is distressed!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
3O.26-ATLANTIC CITY-e3O.25 2 t4.E AND RETURN
SOUTHERN RAILWAY

II7f,T SOUTHERN RAILWAY
 TICKETS ON SALE OCTOBER 4, <, G, 7, LIMITED TO OCTOBER 17, 1911, FOR RETURN. BIRMINGHAM SPE- CfAL AFFORDS EXCELLENT SCHED- ULE AND SERVICE. LEAVES BIR- MINGHAM DAILY 9s3O X. M.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17
Heart To Heart Talks
ny EDWIN A. NYB

was sent to the penitentiary for two years. ''I have learned my lesson, said she as she came out of the prison doors
 She was mistaken.
 Joining the Volunteers of America she made an effort at honest labor. bu, in q few weeks was back in the old circles. Her latest crime was the rob bery of wealthy broker. Now, what Is the lesson? Suppose this girl had married poor man and had faced deprivation and the struggle to bring up a family :t lis likely she would, have been better behaved, a happiers woman. Not every one is equipped to stand prosperity" Often the burdens of life are blessing in disguise Duty is a stern master, but a kind one The heavy obligation which you carry may be the ballast you need to steady your ship through the seas. Note the oriental water carrier. She bears upon her head a heavy, filled vessel, yet her feet are quickly and firmly placed What grace and boise in her moving figure. It is the load.
 So of our burdens They hold us steady and We are careful to make no misstep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-17

in it. The feet are not easily kept warm during cold weather in shoes with metal nails, because they tend to conduct the heat out of the body.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-12-15
TWO KILLED, TIRE BURSTS
Men Pinned Under Autom o b c
Near South DeerfieId.

South Deerfeld, Dec. 10. Two men
were killed and two women had mar
row escaped from serious injuries when
the front wheel of an automobile burst,
causing the machine to upset on the
main road mile south of this town,
tonight.
The dead are: Giles Reed, SO, I'M
married, chauffeur; Dustin Reed, 40,
his brother, of East Dummerston, Vt.
The two women who escaped were
Mrs. A. E. Oatman and her sister,
Miss Sayre of Narcotics, N. Y. They
were in the rear seat of the car, which
belonged to Mrs. Oatman, and were
tossed clear of the hood, which was up,
and alighted by the side of the road I'M
hurt, except for a few minor bruises
and a shaking up.
The party had been spending the
Thanksgiving holidays with Reed S
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Reed, who are both over 80 years of
age. They started for their New York
home late today, Dustin intending to
accompany them as far as Springfield.
Near the point where the road dips
under the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad tracks, the front tire
burst. Giles put on the brakes quickly,
but the wheel collapsed, tipping the
machine over and pinning the two mer
underneath.
Dustin was probably killed instantly,
but Giles lived for over half an hour
directing the work of rescue performed
by some farmers who lived near by. -
Boston Herald
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-12-15
Forestry Board Buys19, 500 Acres

Washington, Dec. 10. The first pur-
chase of land under the Weeks law, au-
thorizing the creation of the Appa-
lachian forest reserve, was authorized
at meeting of the national forest res
ervation commission in the office of Sec
Rotary of War Stimson, chairman of the
commission, yesterday.
Ten tracts of mountain land, aggre-
eating Is, 500 acres, in Mcdowell county,
N. c., were decided upon by the COM
mission for purchase. The tracts range
from 100 to 10, 100 acres in size, and are
in the western part of the state. They
are declared to be excellent for practical
forest work. The price ranges from So
to Sc an acre, the total cost amounting
to about 100000.
All the tracts are on the water shed
of Catawba river. Boston Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-12-15
Plan to Rebuild Road up Mount
kiIIinqton.

Rutland, Dec. 13. "A definite move to
rebuild the mountain road to Killington
peak, the second highest point in YER
mont, was made at meeting of the
Rutland section of the Green Mountain
club tonight, M. E. Wheeler, who at
present owns the hotel property and a
greater part of the land around the
peak, offered to give $500 provided the
citizens raised like amount At the
meeting tonight several standing COM
mittees were appointed and number
signified their intentions of attending
the banquet at the Brandon Inn the
latter part of the month to be given to
the Appalachian club of New England.
1t is probable that this club will take
walks out of Rutland during its week S
stay in this section. Burlington Free
Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1911-12-15
Wendell Phillips Stafford.

Few who heard Judge Wendell
Phillips Stafford of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, speak the
other night at the Park Street Church
on the character of the man whose
name he bears, could fail to be i'm
pressed by the extent to which the
speakers life and tastes and aspirations
had been influenced by those of his
patron saint. Working his way through
preparatory schools and a professional
course at Boston University, Stafford
has been thoroughly earnest in all
things. Many of the elder of his
hearers thought that he spoke much as
Phillips did, and when he came to
describe Phillips type of oratory and
how he put the old bombast to shame
with his graceful and forceful diction,
hearers could not help thinking of the
characteristics as a public speaker of
the man on the platform before them
The Washington judge is a sngulary
effective public speaker. 1t is no
wonder that his services are sought for
on a wide variety of occasions. He
was the orator of the day at the Cham
plain centennial. His Grafton at the
unwilling of statue of Robert Burns
n Barre, Vt, created distinct i'm
preston. Boston Journal