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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 XNTHAT scientific medicine may do A/ in the way of saving life and W increasing efficiency in times of peace has been clearly demonstrated in
 the building of the Panama canal. It has been an object lesson to the civilized
 world. What capable medical organi-
 zation may do in great war was
 shown in the results obtained by the Jap
 anese in the trying. campaign which end- ed at Mukden in the Russo-Japanese con- l f1ct. It is safe to say that the care taken to prevent disease as well as to save the lives of the wounded by the immediate application on the field of the principles of cleanliness and antisepsis, to secure prompt recovery and restore these men to the firing line, contributed greatly to l their success.
 In our own army one of the most in- structive demonstrations of the value of | a thoroughly organized and well trained hospital department has just been made | by the manoeuvre division of the United States army in Texas. In submitting his | report Lieut. Col. J. R. Kean of the med
 ical corps, successor of Colonel Gorgas in | the sanitation of Cuba. gives comparison between the ratio of disease and death | in our army In 1911 and 1898 which is as gratifying as it is astounding.
 l In the panish-American war the Sec
 ond division of the Seventh army corps, with a mean strength of 10,759. was organ | ized at Jacksonville, Fla, June l, 1898, and
 remained there in camp for nearly four
 months. Among these troops in that brief period, with a water supply from artesian
 wells the purity of which was unim-
 peached, there developed 2693 cases of ty- phoid fever, with PAS fatalities. The
 deaths from all diseases, dysentery, diar-
 rhoea etc, were 529 At San Antonio, Tex, there were 12,S01 men in camp from
 March 10 to July 10 1911. and in this period there was but one case of typhoid,
 in which there was recovery, and only | Il deaths from all causes. The water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
AT A BALL IN BOSTON

From the Baltimore American.
 Takashi Komatsu, at one of the din- ners of the recent Harvard commence- ment in Cambridge praised the study of Latin.
 Latin is even useful socially he said. T once attended dance in Bos- ton. A beautiful young debutante, sur roinded by a half dozen Harvard un- dergra duates, listened intently to a story about football squabble.
 And the casus belli? she asked.
 ",rhereupon her mother. with q shocked look. exclaimed.
 " My dear, how often nave told you -always to say stomachr"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
Fnmous Old Men

"The oldest man of distinction in the United States is John Bigelow, author and diplomatist, and the oldest man of fame in England is Sir Joseph Hooker botanist," said an old citizen.
 MT. Bgeow was in fairly good health up to few months ago, but very re- centhly he has been failing. He is g years of age. He was nearly grown be- fore the Morse telegraph system was es- tablished. He had become quite promi- net before the Mexican war. From he telegraph to the flying machine is long reach, but MT. Bigelow has been a wit ness to all the worlds great inventions.
 "Other old men of this country are Thomas Wentworth Higginson, author; Rev. Dr. Robert Collyer the Unitarian prea cher, and ex-Senator Henry G. Davis of West Virginia. Each of these men is in his eighty-eighth year. MT. Higginson made a speech In Birmingham few years ago at great educational meet held in the Jefferson theatre.
 Pope Plus x sin his seventy-seventh year Distinguished men who are of his age are the Rev. pr. Lyman Abbott. Richard Olney. Andrew Carnegie and James Wilson. Secretary of Agriculture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
 THE CHANGE.

THE CHANGE. How sweet is lovei And yet, how acid, When your turtle dove, No longer placid, Hath ceased to smile, With roguish eyes; VII. not beguile
 And no more tries To make yo1 gay Your troubles light, But nags all day
 And ilalf the night. We to not know We've heard 1t said When things are so Poor love Is dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

the large cities and as the Turkish gov ernment maintains none, except where self preservation compels it to oppose native Moslem to a. foreign Christian school, the peasantry of Palestine have no educational opportunities whatever. The policy of the American mission Is precisely the reverse; its village schools are scattered all over Lebanon, ana though the large percentage of illiterate Syrian immigrants (56.42 per cent of those over IA years of age) shows that not all the Syrian peasants have enjoyed these opportunities, yet their superiority in this respect over the general average of Turkish immigrants (69.03 per cent, gives some idea of the superior advan- tases enjoyed by Syrians. It would in deed be difficult to find half dozen Hit crates in any one of the 1O7 villages where American schools exist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
SANITATION AT SAN ANTONIO

was artesian and pure in both locations; the duration of encampment the same; the climatic conditions practically the same. perhaps slightly more favorable at San Antonio.
 In Texas for the first time in history compulsory anti-typhoid vaccination was practiced. Beneath the skin of the left arm five cubic centimeters of the serum prepared at the laboratory of the Army Medical school at Washington was inject ed, followed ten days later by second dose of one cubic centimeter, and again the same quantity ten days later. In no case was the treatment followed by seri- ous results, and in 90 per cent of cases the reaction was mild or entirely absent. In addition to this important preventive measure, by strict discipline and the in- telligent cooperation of the rank and file.
 immediate destruction by burning or ths disinfection and sterilization of all decom- posing matter from the kitchens and of all human and animal refuse.
 Modern medical research thanks to the great institutions and laboratories which have been generously supplies with means, has proved that flies are the great spread CTS of disease, carrying on their feet the serum of typhoid, cholera, dysentery and other infectious diseases, and that by pre- venting them from deposting their eggs in decomposing matter or by destroying the larvae this great danger can be elimi- mated. It has demonstrated that the mos quito can be prevented from carrying the germ of malaria and yellow fever, not only by destroying the insects or doing away with their breeding places but by isolating patients suffering from these diseases, surrounding them with nets and screens and thus preventing the insects from taking the germs from the blood of the sick and conveying them to others. Should we ever be so unfortunate as to engage in another war, 20000 men under the hospital organization of today will have more guns on the firing line than 30,00O could furnish in 1S9s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
A Virginia College Town

"I read in the New York Sun a special from Richmond telling how angry the people of Ashland, Va, were over a re- port that the Laurens homestead in that well known college town was to be con- verted into a branch of the Tusllegee in- stitute for negroes" said a member of Birmingham's Virginia colony. ''The city council of Ashland met and framed a segregation ordinance which made the proposed school impossible. It seems that Mrs. Marian Pierce, a descendant of the Laurenses who built the old homestead, practically abandoned for several years, about placing the house in order She is said to have made the statement that representative of Booker T. Washing ton had made an offer for the property and that the offer would probably be &C., cepted.
 "A member of the faculty of Randolph Macon, an institution under the super vision of the M. F. church south, said We will never allow negro school to stand opposite our college We will never allow a negro boarding school to be es- tablished anywhere in this town de- clared another resident heatedly.
 Ashland is about 16 miles from Rich mend, practically suburb. It Is 8 charming college town of 5000 or 1000 pop ulation. If Booker Washington intends having branch of Tuskegee institute ir Virginia. which I believe is his native state, he should put it in Richmond. A city in the 10000 population class is big enough not to rule out any institution because it happens to be in the negro class. A Tuskegee branch would .lurt Ashland, and l am not surprised that the reported movement was shut off at once Nashville, Birmingham, Atlanta and Rich mond each encourages negro institutions of the better sort. I have no doubt tho Richmond chamber of commerce would do something in furtherance of Booker Washngton's. proposed branch, if Rich mond were selected as the place."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 A great man doesn't feel he needs flat tery; he feels he can afford to give it. If man is rolling a barrel down hill he can grow because 1t isn't shorter.
 man fond of toasting health and wealth stands better chance of losing both.
 The most that any one can hope to get out of life is a sure intyoduction to death.
 man who thinks his wife ought to make her own hats would have a fit if she offered to make his ties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
PEDIGREED COTTON

Edwin Mims, Worlds Work for October.
 A good example of the newly awak- ened interest in intensive agriculture that is spreading throughout the south is the Coker experimental farm in Hartville, s. c.
 MT Coker's special efforts have been directed to the breeding of a long staple cotton that would be adapted to upland regions; those of the ordinary staple ranged from seven-elghths to one and one-eighth inches. By the selection of a number of productive plants which pos sess in some measure the characteristic he wished, and by intensifying and fixing these characteristics by several years of selection, he has succeeded in his de- termination Ito breed an upland cotton of maximum production that would com nand a staple premium He has im- proved the strength, the percentage, length, evenness. the gross yield of lint. As president of the recently organized Darlington County Plant Breeders asso- ciation he has urga other farmers to prepare their own seed beds; for, in his opinion, pedigreed seeds are as impor- tant as pcdigreed stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

Any attempt to celebrate the tooth an- niversary of Perrys victory on Lake Erie will certainly be resented by Rud- yard Kipling. although he may not speak out,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
sELF-1NTEREsT

SELt-lNTEREST. How is he with his soup?" Very oonsiderate. If his soup happens be hot.''
 THANK GOODNESS. It's quite while Since we have saw A reference
 To Harry Thaw.
 Houston Post. For quite a while. We're glad to say, We've missed the name Of Chancellor Day. Scranton Tribune Republican. is quite a while, We shout with glee, Since we have heard From Richmond P.
 Schenectady Union-Star. It's quite a while A week or more Since we have heard From Theodore. It's quite a WI ile- And, by the Sy, What has become Of William J.?
 New York Globe. Tis quite a while, As you must know, Since we have heard From c. Castro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

Marriage fee quotations are lower in New York. and perhaps in other states. The fees in New Orleans seem, how ever to be well maintained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

The progressives in the great northwest are certainly making a great deal Of noise, and MT. Taft must read the re- ports of 1t which are full and expansive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

The woman mayor of Hunnewell, kas., grows more determined and bellicose the mcre mere man crosses and mars her plans Governor Stubbs is standing by her, and she can have the use of the troops if she says she needs them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

Aigrettes are now barred in New York, but women will find a way to circumvent the ordinance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

Paris cannot turn it's undivided atten- ton to the elopement of Mona Lisa while the Moroccan war scare Is acutely present in all minds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

In F1agstaff, Ariz., a very clear photo graph of the canals of Mars has been taken. No one can see, however, In 1t whether mules or electricity is used
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
The Benefit Concert

"The concert to be held at the Jeffer- son theatre next Sunday afternoon for the benefit of the Jackson Highway move ment will be largely attended, said a member of the highway committee.
 we have already sold a large number of tickets to prominent citizens. The cause is exceptionally popular and every scat. in the house should be sold. Nappi' s band. augmented for the occasion, will render popular numbers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

Beuah Binford will not be permitted to earn money by crossing the line of decency in the picture shows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

There is no money in a Moroccan war for anybody. and there will be no war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

Senator Cullom has been requested to read with care the interesting and ir- revoeable decision of Senator Bailey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

As soon as Senators LaFollette zoe down the street some admirer Is sure to hang an O. K. tag on him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

The undertaken threads close on the heels of aviators who take delight in the performance of circus stunts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

The Canadians in New England are go- ing home to vote on reciprocity. No one seems to know how they will vote
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

Rudyard Kiplng's American royalties may be falling off, and he attacks reci- procity perhaps to get even.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

Senator Bailey says he would not serve a day after March 1. 1913, for s1,ooOood He is getting ready to charge big fees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

The cranberry crop is big and luscious, but no plant has been found that bears tag order for a turkey to match There is little sense in cranberries unless a turkey goes along.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

Mayor Knotts of Gary is beset by troubles as well as the woman mayor of Hunnewell, Kan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

Germany's foreign minister says Ger many never had any intention of going to war over "a parcel of African sand hills"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

The new comet has no tail and a tail less comet Is sorry spectacle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
AFTER THE TRIAL

From the New York Suns Account
 Fifty-seven minutes passed. Then above the low hum of conversation in the still crowded courtroom three knocks on the
 floor of the room overhead sounded three untitled knocks.
 'The jury has knocked; the jury has knocked" The excited whisper spread through the courtroom A deputy ran downstairs from the attic under the caves where the 12 men sat behind a locked door, and told Sheriff Gill that
 the jury had knocked Back in 1754, when the old courthouse
 was built. that custom was established. jury knocked when 1t had reached its
 decision.
 Gentlemen of the jury, look upon the
 prisoner. Prisoner, look upon the jury" the clerk chanted in the old formula of
 dread. Then; '"Gentlemen of the jury, | asked.
 A single muffled voice answered "Yes." What is that verdict?''
 Guilty, guilty, guilty, guilty.'' No foreman spoke, but all of the 12, nearly in unison.
 At that very second a puff of wind | from the nearby window smote the flame | in the lamp on the judges desk The | flame elongated into smoky flare, then went out.
 | When the son took his seat he looked | not at his father or at his counsel The father sat with eyes tight shut His hand | slipped over the back of the prisoner s chair and the fingers wayered as if unde- 1 cded whether to touch the back of an | adjudged murderer. They did not. l Harry Smith, who had talked four l hours that day to save his clients life
 had a paper over his eyes. Hill Carter
 the other lawyer. simply puffed his lips | in and out. | The jury was away many minutes All the time the telegraph instruments out in l the dusk clicked and clicked. That was | the only sound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
SHIPBOARD TYPES

Senator Bailey does not feel at home in a progressive Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
SYRIAN PEASANTS NOT ILLITERATE Louise Seymour Houghton in The Sur


 vey.
 caution may be in order here. Amer ican travellers in the Levant usually go thither by way of Egypt and Palestine, and before they reach Syria their notion of the peasantry of the nearer east has been formed by what they have seen of the fellahin of the former countries. So far as Syria is concerned. nothing can be more erroneous. The Syrian peasant Is q fellah neither in name nor in fact. | Usually he owns his land. and though ] the victim of excessive and arbitrary tax 1 ation he is subject to none of the ills which the Palestinean feiIahin owe to ab- sentee landlords. nor to the conditions which from time immemorial have weighed upon the Egyptian fellahtn. Fur thcrmore, the latter are almost invariably l illiterate, which is not the case in Syria. The comity of missions gives Syria to | the American Presbyterians, Palestine to | the English and German established churches. The policy of both these last has been to establish schools only in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

Birmingham is still hopeful and happy even If it no longer entertains pennant hopes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
A MEAN FLING.

A MEAN FLING. When you told Miss Scer that I cre- ated ripple in Paris, did she seem to be envious? No. She said she guessed you fell into the Seine'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

How Is he with his soup?"
 Very considerate. If his soup happens to be hot''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

A NEIGHBoR WORTH WHILE. A good mans gone. we're all forlorn, And this should be his epitaph: He Never Played Upon a Horn,
 He never Owned Phonograph.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14
POOR MAN.

POOR MAN. An overwrought citizen ran amuck in vaudeville theatre last night" Well! well! What caused him to do that?' For the S99-10o0th time he heard near comedian call "The Star-spangled Ban ner The Star-Stranged Banana
 AND STILL.
 suffragette
 May fight and fight
 And still look under
 The bed at night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-14

THE WHEREFORE. T saw Pinker hurrying down a fire escape this morning. Do you suppose there was a fire in the apartment where he lives?'
 No, but I understand Pinker went home stewed last night and his wife boiled over"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-31
hebron BAND
gave CONCERT
(Specjal to the Trjbune)

Especial 20 the fIoun0J
HEBRON, N. D., May 31.-Memorial
day passed over very quietly at this
place. The Hebron Concert Band,
under the direction of Carl Anderson,
gave an open air concert which was
very much enjoyed and Anderson's or
chestra gave a dance in the evening
which was largely attended.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-31

Real estate men over the state are
making the most OF the recent rains.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-31
DICKINSON man
MUST ANSWER TO
SERIOUS Charge

DICKINSON, May 3O-Leroy H.
Bancroft, a barber OF this city, finds
himself in a dilemma that offers no
! way out except the penitentiary, as
| a result of rash act of which he Is
said to be guilty.
A statutory charge was made
against him by Miss Maude Pad
dock. who had been employed as a
! waitress for about month at the
Grill restaurant.
On some pretext or other Ban
croft, who is supposed be married
man, took the girl out riding. After
finding out the kind of fellow she
was with, Miss Paddock, it is alleged,
tried to get away from Bancroft, but
was chased on the prairie and over
come by him. AS soon as she could
get back to the city in the evening
the girl told her story to States At
torney r. F. Murtha. An examination
was made by local physician, re-
sulting in the prompt arrest of Ban
croft at his rooms in the Matt Reu-
ter house on upper Sims street.
For the crime charged against
Bancroft the minimum sentence is
five years in the penitentiary, and if
the girl tells the. same story at the
hearing that she is alleged to have
given the states attorney, there |
would seem to be little doubt of the |
final outcome of the case.
1t was reported that an effort had
been made to pay Miss Paddock
and have her leave the city,
but the state witness flatly refused
to patch up anything for the alleged
crime committed by Bancroft. AS
soon as the authorities learned of
this, Miss Paddock was taken to
Sheriff Welch's home to prevent any
further efforts along this line. 1t is ,
said that the woman known here as
Mrs. Bancroft was one of those who
approached Miss Paddock to see if
he ma ter could be fixed up. II
Leroy Bancroft has been in Dick
nson as barber at the Metchell shop {
or over year. He was formerly OF
)eSmet, S. D. i
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-31
SOME Interesting
MEXICAN STATISTICS
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There are ten volcanoes in. Mexico.
Mexico has So lakes and great Ia
goons.
Mexico has a coast line Of over
6, 600 miles.
Mexico has vast deposits Of onyx
and marble.
Slavery was fully abolished in Mex
leo in 1887.
Coalhuila coal is exported to the
United States.
The army Of Mexico comprises about
10000 men.
The area Of Mexico is about $4,000
square miles.
The valley" of Mexico is $500 feet
above the sea level.
Mexico Is about ten times larger than
Great Britain.
There are only 1853 square miles in
the Federal district.
Cotton factories in Mexico employ
over $4,000 people.
The rainy season generally lasts
from May to September.
The traveller in Mexico Is seldom
out of sight Of mountains.
There are probably 100000 men
employed in the mines of Mexico.
Mexico is the richest mineral coun.
try in the world, not excepting Peru.
The largest state is Chihuahua, with
an area of nearly 10000 square miles.
Quantities Of sulphur are mined In
the craters Of several extinct volca-
noes.
1t is said that no country in the
world shows so great a variety of
plant life as Mexico.-Mexican Herald.
BASEBALL.
JUST THE DIFFERENCE.
Oh, the steak is quite perfection
And each dish is his selection
For the kids there's no correction
Wife is just the sweetest ever
No one else is half so clever
Sees his jokes without endeavor-
II the g.
= wins.
Business prospects can't be brighter
Boss each day grows far potter -
Fortunes nearing-he can sight her
If the
wins
No fault is found with weather.
Days been perfect altogether
Hearts as light % any feather
If the - S.
wins.
II the ~
., s skinned.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-05-31

NEW YORK, May 30-Considerable
axiety is expressed here over the con
dition of Thomas F Ryan, the multi
millionaire. f1nancier and traction mag
nate, who is seriously i'll in his home
1858 Fifth Ave. this city. A few days
ago he underwent an operation, and,
while it is said at the house that he
is doing nicely" it is understood his
condition is grave. Plans have been
made for his removal from the sum-
mer heat of this city to the cooler
cline of England, If his health will
permit. The fact that Mr.. Ryan was
Ill came as great surprise to select
circles in Wall Street, and statements
were made that the stock market
would show a slump in prices. After
it had been found the secret was out
persons close o the financier admitted
that Mr.. Ryan had been taken i'll sud-
denly in Virginia about a week ago
and he had been rushed here secretly
by special train. just what was the
nature of the disease they could not
tell, but believed it some form of
kidney trouble, from which it was
said Ryan had been suffereing for
years. The operation, they added.
was performed by DR.. George David
Setwart of 81 West Fiftieth st., who
operated on Mayor Gaynor after the
mayor had been shot.