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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-29

Corn club work has grown trei
 dously in scope since it was es
 lished in Alabama in 1909. The me Auburn are enthusiastic and into
 cry section and practically every q munity they have gone with their Il
 sage of the value of intelligent ia ing. As result where there
 265 boys In the clubs in 1909, 210t
 1910, 3S00 In 1911, there are 6031 I day, with a promise of at least
 more before planting is well under '
 for this years crop.
 Another section of the report dd
 with the work of the girls tom clubs, which is under the immediate pervision of Miss Della Stroud of burn, with whom Professor Duncan q Professor Hobdy are in co-operati The campaign to interest farm gi in tomato growing on the same ba
 as the boys In corn clubs work V
 begun only this year. Already girls are enrolled in tomato clubs 15 counties, and in each of the co' ties prizes are offered for the yields. In Marshall county there 215 girls enrolled in the tomato cl | in Walker I5S, and in Baldwin 120. Interesting feature of the statistics 1 the fact that apparently much ent siasm has been engendered In the mato clubs in south Atabama, VI section is coming into prominence truck farming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-29
Real Estate Transfers

Deeds were placed on record yesterday in the probate office showing the follow ing transfers of property. the consdera- tion being 5000 or more:
 $4OOO-Elizabeth Bates Speaker to An drew J. Lacy a part of lot 12, according to the survey of Silver Meade.
 $2250-The Birmingham Realty com pany to R. F. Ashworth, lot 5Ox190 feet on Thirty-first street. near Thirteenth avenue.
 s3S00-George Sellers and wife to c. C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-29
STEEL TRADE IS
 STILL HOPEFUL Not Much Evidence of Im- prOvement Past Week PIG IRON MARKET FLAT
Some Little Rail Business Closed Past Week With Southern and Vest ern Lines-Cast Iron Pipe
 Trade Continues Active

New York February 2s.-(Special)- The Iron Age will say tomorrow: The finished steel trade Is still hopeful that bring a material increase in business, but has found no evidence of such inn provement in the past week.
 The encouraging feature of the s't- ua ion is that the mills have kept up so high 8 rate of operation with all the handicaps of severe cold and of freight blockades in February. In the central west and in the Chicago dis triet 90 per cent operation is now carried on but eastern works still fall considerably short of this.
 Some little rail business has beep closed in the past week with southern and western lines. but details have not yet been announced
 At Pittsburg announcement has been made by the Carnegie Steel company that 1.15 cents Is it's minimum price on plates and structural shapes. There are variations of $1 a ton from this price. however, in recent sales and some eastern structural contracts have nolnted to basis not far from 1 cent pound. The neatness of the time Of active demand for reinforcing bars has brought out some good inquiry
 The Pennsylvania railway will use $500 tons for concrete bridges in Maryland Renewed buying of semi finished steel is looked for In March, the new open hearth capacity recently started in the Pittsburg district prom ises sharper competition in slabs, bill let's and sheet bars
 The cast iron pipe trade continues active. New York city will open bids March for 5000 tons. St. Louis is taking bids on 5000 tons this week and in so days will want an additional 5000 tons.
 The pig iron market is fiat and un- interesting. A pipe maker in the east Is inqui.ing for 5000 tons; in the Bir- minghat district export inquiry has come up for $500 to 1000 tons of foun- dry grades Southern makers are now better able to- get $10,25 for No. ? foundry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-29

Kelley, the west half of the southw, quarter of section 9. township IS s( of range west. s6Ooo--G. NJ. Iathem to G. c. Kelley,
 east half of lot 16, in block 91. accor, to the survey of the Elyton Land q pany.
 s1000-H. M. York to J. w. Owens, loi | in block T5 of the Mims addition to West End. If and 15. in block g. in the West End $3600-H. R. Luther and wife to J. Davis. lots Il and F, In block g. in En, Highlands. $l325 Sem Berger and wife to J.. Washington, lots II and 12. in block i Steiners' addition to Birmingham-E Ems
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-29
To Preserve Health

Montgomery, February 2S.-(SpecialD Commissioner Walter R. Brassell. head of the department of sanitation and health, and City Physician c. G. Laslie have begun a strenuous campaign against surface closets in all sections of Montgomery. but particularly against those surrounding the mu- nicipal waterwor<s plants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-29
Cotton in Danger

Galveston. February 2s.-Fire broke out at an early hour today in the low CT forward hold of the British steam ship Mercedes de Larrinaga. There are 1000 bales of cotton in the hold. The fire started there. There is more cotton in the holds above and along side, but 1t was believed the fire. could be controlled. The value of the cotton is about &S0so00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-29
Marriage License Issued

The following marriage licenses w issued at the probate office yesterday C. B. Smith of Warrior to Miss s, Smith.
 John A. Haralson of Birmingham Miss Sallie k. Snyder.
 W. G. Oslin, Jr., of Birmingham 70 Anna Mae Vaughn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-29
THE GIFT OF TONGUES.

What subject is more absorbing to all humanity than the story of human lnRifts9
 remember, as a boy, how l lis
 ed with open-eyed wonder to the bry of that wonderful man-Car- final Mezzofanti.
 Cardinal Mezzofanti had a gift the gift of tongues. He spoke and wrote fifty languages.
 Once, when necessity drove him to the task, he learned new and strange la2GaSge perfectly in three weeks.
 "a Byron, who met him and mar
 "a at him, called him " the human hareus, the one mind with hun Z-ed heads"
 z It is said that when Cardinal Meg zofanti started to learn a new Ian guage his mind worked with the method and precision of a machine.
 That's just the point-of ma ,n s mind was wonderful human imachine-with every part perfectly adjusted to his task.
 Why is it that man gains efficiency as he approaches the standard of the machine? Why, in the performance of any task within its province, is the machine greater than the man?
 There is a machine to-day with the gift of tongues-a greater gift of tongues than the gift of Cardinal Mezzofanti.
 Cardinal Mezzofanti wrote fifty languages.
 The Remington Typewriter to-day writes eighty-four languages. It is used daily in the writing of these lan- guages in every part of the world. l And it is adding constantly to their humber. Its facility in the expres- sion of thought is far greater and more varied than that of any one man who ever lived.
 I know what my reader will say. He will say that writing is mechani- cal; that thinking only is human; and where is the machine that thinks!
 lust word here.
 "A machine cannot think as a man does, but it can do more. It can do what man can do only by thinking -and can do II better.
 There is such writing machine to, day; a machine that not only writes but Thinks - the Remington Adding and Subtracting Typewriter.
 And it proves in its work, that the machine, in its own way, is greater than the man.
 Like the man, it writes and adds and more, for it writes and adds simultaneously, whereas one thing a, a time is all that the average brair can do.
 Again, it automatically detects errors of operation. No man ever hac a brain that would do Nthat-auto matically.
 Yes, the Remington Typewriter ha' the gift of tongues-and more. Il has the gift of thought-and more for its method of thought is an i'm provement on human thought. II can think two things together; ane by making thought mechanical i makes thought certain. The Reming , ton Adding and Subtracting Type A writer has no erroneous or uncleal thoughts.
 D The gift of tongues and the git of thought-both are within the pro vince of the present-day writing ma
 1.-THE ONLooKER.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-29
yictori. Takes OathI

San Domingo. February 2S.-E.
 toria, who was elected recently. ! the oath February 27 as presided the republic for the ensuing tenlr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-29
To Women
 Who Dread
 Motherhood!
Information How They May Give Birth to Happy, Healthy Children Alb.
 solutely Without Pain-

No woman need any longer dread inc pains of childbirth. or remain child- less. pr. J. H. Dye has devoted his fife to relieving the sorrows of women. He has proved that all pain at child birth may be entirely banished. and he will gladly tell you how 1t may be done absolutely free of charge. Send your name and address to pr. J. IT.. Dye, s5 Lewis block. Buffalo, N. Y.. and he will send you. postpaid, his Wonderful book which tells how to give birth to happy. healthy children. Absolutely without pain; also how to cure stsrility. Do not delay but write today,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-29
IN LITTLE OLD NEW
YORK
By Norman

year from now 1t Will De
possible for man to come
| to New York from another
city, get off the train, put up
at a hotel, go down into the
i Wall street district and
q transact business, go back
e to his hotel, leave it and
3 get on an outgoing train,
g without having once set
81 foot in any street of the
q city; without having breath
q ed a breath of outdoor air
q during his sojourn in town.
b This will be possible when
4 the Vanderbilts have COM
pleted and opened the hotel
which, is to be built on the
plot of ground bounded by
} ! Forty-third and Forty
urth streets, Vanderbilt and
adison avenues, just west of the
w Grand Central station. y
The ground is now occupied as
fees of the Central, pending the
'mpletion of the new terminal.
The trains of the New York
entral will run in underneath
e station building, and it will
possible for a passenger to go
rectiy from his train, through
underground passageway,> in
the underground floors of the
,tel-of which,. by the way,
ere are to be five.
The hotel will also have direct
nnection underground with the
!bway, which in turn has out
Re into fhe ha cement floors. Of
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-02-29

Not on the Level.
How can mountain climbers
be beiieved?"
"Why not?"
"How can such a thing as
mountain climbing be on the
level?"-Baltimore American.
-O-O-
+ "a = + = = = = = =
= Duty done is the souls fire. +
: side.-Browning.
- +,*H+ = = !. = =
Mr.. Boarder-Does keeping
boarders pay? -
Landlady-Not unless they do.
--O-O-
BY means of block improve
ment circles or associations, the
women of Baltimore are planning
to make the city more sanitary
and more beautiful.
The state herald., 1912-02-09
SPORT.

Public boxing and all sparring ex
hibitIons are prohibited by an ordi
nance adopted by the city council OF
Ogden, Utah.
Packey Mcfarland and Eddie Muir
ply have signed articles for ten
round fight at South Bend, Indiana
on February 18th.
Earl Puryear. champion bantam
weight OF Colorado. knocked out Abe
Tobin In the fifth round OF sched
uled ton'round bout In Longmont.
Jack Curlcy. promoter OF the John
son.Flynn match for the heavyweight
championship of the world, an
nounces that the fight win take plac,
at some point on the Western Pacific
railrond Just across the Utah line In
Nevada
II fns been announced that Bonn
hardicr Wells, heavyweight champion
OF England. will sail for the United
States March g Wells AYERS the trlT
Is morely a pleasure jaunt. but II I,
likely efforts will be made TO match
him with Carl Morris. Jim Flynn and
Al Pnlzer In the hope that. by de
fcating these hopes" he may secure
u match with Jack johnson.
The state herald., 1912-02-09
FOREIGN.

II is Understood that Immediate alb
dIcation Of tho Chinese throne has
ben decided upon as result Of the
conference between tho empress dow.
aFor, Prince Chnn. the ex-regent. and
Prince Chin, the eN.prcmicr. In accord.
nneo with conditions laid down by the
Republicans. namely. that the impo
rial family and princeH are to retain
their empty titles. reside In Poking
or elsewhere at their pleasure. and
receive annual pensions hrRteRatinR
s2.O0O.OOO and that the transfer oi
rover viii be effected with aA little
loa Of dignity 10 tho throne as pos
Hihle.
The Russian emperor has granted a
pension 10 tho widow or rolsioi. who
hercafter win receive 5000 annually
Another of the unfortunate Glass A
submarines Of the British navy. two
Of which had sunk previous, went Ia
The bottom Of the sen at the entrance
oi spihehd with "A loss Of fourteen
lives.
The state herald., 1912-02-09
NEWS
EPITOMIzED
FROM TELEGRAPHic REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST iMPoR RTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
WESTERN.


w. W. Worthlngton, one of the most
prominent coal miners in Montana,
died in Billings. He was known all
over the West.
D., have issued an appeal for aid, de-
claring that many face starvation as
the result of crop failures.
After being taken to the hospital at
Saratoga, N. Y, as penniless old
woman, Mrs. Anna Minkler, who died
there, was found TO be wealthy. She
had large sums of money hidden about
her clothing.
Six hundred union employees of the
Rock Island arsenal at Davenport, Ia,
have voted unanimously TO strike in
case the government installs the so
called Taylor scientific shop system
at the arsenal.
Marriage clubs have become popu.
lar source of amusement in the towns
Of southern Utah. Gathering the idea
from town in Kansas, eighteen bach.
elors of Mercur, Utah, made an appeal
through the press for helpmeets.
The jury in the case of Mrs. Linda
Burfield Hazard, accused of having
starved to death Miss Claire William
son. at the Hazard starvation sana.
torium," at Fort Orchard, Wash, re
turned verdict finding her guilty of
manslaughter.
Thirteen persons were killed and
twenty.four injured during the Okla
homa hunting season. which has just
closed. or the injured ten were per,
manently disabled. Seven OF the
deaths occurred in the Kiamichi and
Wichita mountains. where hunting for
big game predoninates.
Contract for delivery of 100000 fine
ounces OF silver at .5S375 cents an
ounce at the San Francisco mint has
been made by the Treasury Depart.
ment 1t will be used for coming
dimes and quarters. The price is
slightly higher than the governments
last purchase.
When 200 angry consumers gath
cred at the office OF the Leavenworth
Light. Heat & Gas Company In Lea,
venworth. Kan, complaining because
a rate of q cents had been charged
for gas used In January, the company
ordered the rate cut to 25 cents after
the crowd had voiced its objections
for two hours.
Bert II, Franklin, chief of detectives
for the Mcnamara defense. practical
ly admitted in Los Angeles that he had
confessed his knowledge OF the al.
legged bribery OF Jurors Balm and
Lockwood In the Mcnamara case and
that when Attorney Clarence S. Oar,
rows case was called he would be the
star witness for the state.
The state herald., 1912-02-09
weaIthY Ranehman pIsappenrs.

Trinidad Mystery surrounds the
disappearance OF Felix Martinez. a
ranchman Of Gulnare. forty.iiye miles
northwest OF here. whose horse has
been found A bloody saddle from
which danglcd the frayed ends OF
ropes indicated the man had been
murdered, the corpse tied to tho sad.
die and the horse turned loose. Blood
stains on the horses legs Indicate hat
the animal had kicked loose from the
Lurden. Martinez had been missing
from his home for ten days and the
horse was found by searching party.
He Is said to have had trouble re-
Gently with his ncighbors over live
stock
The state herald., 1912-02-09
EInh,Ina for Colorado Mlnsr,.

washlngtou.-scpator Guggcnheim
is fighting the proposed reduction Of
tariff ON Colorado ores and asks that
cities send representatives to the
finance committcc'H hearing opening
February l7th. when the bill viii be
considered. Tungsten. produced large.
ly In Boulder county. IL scheduled for
tho free list. which would force com.
Petition with cheap AHiatle labor and
probably destroy the homo industry.
Zinc ores are also placed on the free
lis, by this bill. abolinhing the pres.
ont duty OF y cent 10 cent a pound.
Thin would seriously injuro state IN.
dustrieH. A cut or 10 per cent IL nro.
loHcd ON lead ores ana lead bullion.
The reduction would close many OF
tho Colorado mines The senator be.
lioyen that the steel achcdulo royls.
ion Of the House bill would nerloualy
handicap Colorado mills.
The state herald., 1912-02-09
WASHINGTON.

Robert L. Owen, United States sen.
ator from Oklahoma, has introduced a
bill in Congress for a national bureau
of health.
The proposal for a children's bu'
reau ir the Department of Commerce
and Labor to investigate and report in
all matters affecting the welfare of
children, was debated in the Senate
without action. and will be voted upon
later.
Senator Dixons resolution calling
upon the secretary of the interior for
a detailed report of lands withdrawn
from settlement in Montana was
adopted by the Senate after the reso-
luton was amended so as to include
all of the public land states.
The letter of Secretary Stimson rec
ommending reorganization of the
army garrisons of the United States
has reached Congress and senators
and congressman from at least five
states have begun fight to avert the
action he requests of Congress.
A speedy reduction of the number
of regiments in the Philippines by
one.half has been decided upon by the
government, for reasons of economy
and military administration. Four reg
iments of infantry and two of cavalry
will take over the duties now per
formed by twelve regiments.
Senator Gore of Oklahoma will ad'
vocate federal appropriation OF
from s12.OOO,OOO to s16.OOO,OO0 for the
next ten years to be expended upon
roads. In his bill. the senator makes
the proviso that the states to derive
any benefits of good roads will nave
TO appropriate double or triple the
amounts received from the govern
nent.
The state herald., 1912-02-09
Mora Like Him.

"Yo asst me bout Mis- Johnsing a.
her husban' las week. Miss Lou" sh
Matilda. looking up from her ironing
"Ah seen Mis- Johnslng on de streS
las night an she says dey gone 4
boa'din'. Her husban' been out
wo'r To- de las six monts an ID
cayn' ford TO keep house no mt,
All t'nk II mighty foolish cos dey,
stoin dere furniture an It cos'es de,
nifty cents n mont TO keep II in de st,
house. an ef dey dom pay II ebe,
mont de money keep a-growin' Al
agrowin' an a.bur.owin' into dof!
bank count. jes' like n eatin' cnncs,
All toll Mis- Johnsing dat. an An "a,
wy dom she put her husban' to VOL
He right able body man. Hitch q,
reins to de mule All say. an don y
wo'k yo' finger nails TO de quick 4
dat niggah.' But she say he can q,
no wo'k he like. dough he out all da
an somet'm's TIL ~ o'clock at nigh
a-lookin'. All reckon he dom like q
wo'k he can fin. dots wots do maj
tab"
The state herald., 1912-02-09
Farmers Are Jubilant.

Longmont.NIn the past three weeks
rather gloomy outlook for the farm
ers OF this section, and the entire st.
vrain valley, has changed to one Of
very bright prospects. That there Is
to be a plenty of irrigation water is
now assured. The present winter, up
to three weeks ago. had been unusual
ly dry, and little snow had fallen,
either in the lower mountains or in
the valley. But in the past three
week, things have changed wonderful
ly
The state herald., 1912-02-09
Adyoes,es control Of sugar.

Washington. Sugar universally
consumed and universally taxed. is
subject 10 government control and
regulation as to price in almost cvcry
country TO varying trade methods ms
well. reported Secretary OF State Knox
in a letter which President Taft for
wardod 20 Congress.
The state herald., 1912-02-09
Colorado Woman 10 Head bureau.

Washington.-The passage by the
United States Senate OF the Borah
bill. providing for the establishment
of bureau for the protection OF
women and children in connection
with the Department OF Commerce
and Labor, brings Mrs, Sarah Plat
Decker OF Colorado TO the front as the
most popular candidate for appoint.
mont as the head OF the bureau. Her
name is spoken Of by many leading
officials here as the one person best
qualified for the place.
The state herald., 1912-02-09
Western slope Baseball League.

Grand Junction.-A meeting for the
organization Of Western slope base
ball league has been called to be
held in this city March /. Telluride.
Ouray, Montrose, Delta, Paouia,
Hotchkiss, Fruita, Palisade, Glenwood
and Rifle will be invited TO send rep
resentatives TO the meeting. A league
will reformed and franchises sold for
$500 each, the money to be divided at
the end OF the season among the
teams.
The state herald., 1912-02-09
Senate PASSES
B0RAH'S BILL
TIME REQUIRED TO PROVE UP
ON HOMESTEAD REDUCED
TO THREE YEARS.
HOUSE MAY OBJECT
SECRETARY FISHER APPEARED
BEFORE COMMITTEE AND
OPPOSED BILL.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-The Borah bill reduc.
ing to three years the time required
Tor proving up on a homestead entry
and permitting the entryman to take
six months leave of absence from his
entry each year, was passed without
opposition by the Senate.
That there will be strong opposi-
tion to the passage of the measure in
the House is believed TO be certain, as
Secretary Fisher appeared before the
House public lands committee against
1t. Secretary Fisher and Land Com
missioner bennett also advised the
House committee to reject the bill,
which provides that notice shall be
given settlers when protests against
their claims are filed by special
agents. Such notice thu officials skid
would enable the entryman to get
witnesses out of the country, or frame
up a defense to overthrow the evil
dence gathered by the government.
Secretary Fisher promised the COM
nIittee that he would instruct his sub
ordinates that all contests against en-
tries must be taken up and disposed
OF within year from the date of fill.
Ing. The secretary opposed the plan
OF appealing land decisions TO the
courts, predicting that such action
would swamp the courts and cause
more delay than at present.
He favored having payments for
water rights under government
reclamation projects made to the
reclamation service officers. instead
of to land office officials.
A reclassiflcatlon of the forms OF
entry of lands in the public domain;
laws to meet the facts in each par.
uculdr class OF entry, and rulings by
the Land Office to encourage the bona
flde settlement OF the West were nd
vocated by Secretary Fisher before
the committee.
Mr. Fisher submitted draft OF a
new law to regulate the homestead
ing OF arid lands. It would relieve
the settler Of residence on the lrrIga.
tion project for the first two years of
his .en-year term and substitute for
that provision the cultivation OF one
eighth OF the land the first year. two.
eights the second year and so on for
five years.
The House public lands committee
authorized a favorable report on the
Mondell bill extending the provisions
OF the act permitting agricultural en-.
tries on coal lands TO entries under
the reclamation act. the Carey desert
land act. lands selected by states un.
der grants by Congress and lands sold
as Isolated tracts
The House committee on expend..
lures In the War Department has
agreed to report favorably the Mon.
dell resolution calling for information
regarding the various Western posts
recommended for abandonment by the
secretary OF war Some slight amend,
mcnts were made In the Mondoll roso,
luton to incorporate In Il additional
details asked for In another resolution
Of the same character introduced by
Representative Mott OF New York
The state herald., 1912-02-09
Protest Against "Wet CITY,"

Grand Junction.-A protest has
arisen against the proposal to estab-
lish "wet" town just across the river
from Grand Junction on the Redlands.
The church people, as well as the drys.
are talking of making request to the
county commissioners to abandon the
proposed Main street bridge, which
will furnish access 10 the "oasis" If
carried out