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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
The Next Mayor

TammanY Hall and the democracy which
is associated with that body have placed
in nomination for mayor Judge Edward
r. Mccall, while a coalition or fusior
OF all elements which are in opposition
| to Tammany Hall have placed the nomi
nation for mayor on John Purroy Mitchell
Judge Mccall is deemed by those who
have had opportunity to study him thu
most profoundly able intellect now asso
ciated with Tammany Hall as an organi
zation member. He possesses also an un
| usual charm of personality and a ca
| pacity for making and holding friends
Notwithstanding his association will
! Tammany Hall as an organization mem
| Der, his integrity, both personal and po
| litical stands unimpeached, nor has ther,
| ever been any attempt to impeach it. He
| possesses a high degre of civic pride, ano
| no man mas spoken with more enthusiasm
| or with greater power of imagng forth
| the future of New York than Judge Nc.
Call has done. Yet he is an organizatio
man, and Tammany organization man
and for that reason Will fail to receive the
Independent support which were he free
from Fammany association would gladly
be given to him.
John Purroy Mitchell is one of the
youngest of all those who have beer
nominated for mayor of New York. Theo-
dore Roosevelt was younger when he was
loI mayor anu 50 was Lne lale
Hugh ]. Grant when he was first nomi-
mated for that office. Mitchell stepped
from the comparative obscurity of a la "
firm to a subordinate place in the admin
istration of Mayor Mcclellan. There he
disclosed unusual power for analysis. fol
penetration and also capacity for sus-
peoting all those who were in politics un-
til they had proved their worth, integrity
ard single mndedness. AS critic he
has had in recent years no equal No man
has ever been nominated for mayor of
higher personal character than Mitchell So
far as it has been possible to learn he is
utterly without sinister or unworthy per-
sonal motives as q politician. But he
has yet to disclose creative ability or con-
strrctive force He may have these giffA
for he has had no opportunity so far of
showing that he possesses them.
The issue Is in doubt. Many persons
profess to believe that the majority,
whether it is received by Mccall or Mitch
el will be small. Had Mayor Gaynor
lived the probabilities are strong that ne
would have been reelected, for he had a
following among the poor and lowly as
well as among those of substantial for
tune which would have voted for Gaynor,
the man, no matter what the party desig-
nation at the head of the ticket
The next mayor of New York is to have
vast powers and patronage, for many and
heavy are the contracts which are to be
awarded during the next administration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

S. l.. Galbraith president of the Annis-
ton Country club and assistant cashier Of
the Admission City National bank. to-
sether with his bride. nee Miss Saidee
CARRIER of Uniontown, was honored at
dance given at the club Friday evening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
Gaynor and Hewitt

In some respects Mayor Gaynor resem-
bled one of the greatest of his prede-
cessors in the office of mayor Abrain S.
Hewitt His nerves, like those of Mr..
Hewitt, Were upon the surface. Mr.. Hew-
lit could be one day like thorn in the
| flesh and upon thetfollowing day as balmy
as June morning to the same persc'l.
That was also true of Mayor Gaynur, a. d
instead Of being an inconsistency of char
acter this utter reverse of attitude within
| a hours toward the same individual wa
due entirely TO physical infirmities. Both
of those men suffered tortures at times
from minor diseases of the flesh
Mayor Gaynor was not a great origina-
tive mind. a true creative or constructive
genius. as Mayor Hewitt was. His mind
was of the judicial rather than of the cre-
ative or constructive equality. He did
not acquire the amazing knowledge of
many things commercial and industrial.
political and scientific, that Mayor Hewitt
did, but he was on the whole a moro
skilful administrator than the latter was.
1t required the imposing and unusual
services with which the city of Liverpool
honored the memory and what was NOR
tai of Mayor Gaynor fully to persuade
this entire community how great its late
| mayor was and how far beyond the aver
age of men were his attainments and his
abilities, even mis- services to the city of
| New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

The annual recital by the pupils Of
Prof. c. A. Thompson at Noble institute
Friday evening was made notable by the
performances of John T. Cathey of the
Boston Conservatory of Music, f. R.
Farley of Birmng CHAM and several Of Mr.
Thompsons star pupils
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20
Bronze
Brown Boots

Seven-lneh tops, L 7-8 inch
Cuban heel, light welt soles,
new reeede toe last with tips.
Fourteen pearl buttons to
match. Everywhere 5000
including our regular price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

The new fashion Ines in
the black satin boots are
very sensible. An accurate
description is as follows:
Seven-inch tops, l rs inch
Cuban heel. light welt soles,
regular 5000 boots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

A special music service Will be sivel
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

The reception which will be rendered
the teachers of the Admission public
schools, the teachers of Noble institute
and the Alabama Presbyterian College fo-
Men at the Alabama hotel Saturday even
ing, promises to he social event of mag
ntude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-20

While local Officials of the Alabama
Power company refuse to talk for publ
CO tion. It is rumored as coming from re-
liable sources that w. Wfnans Freeman
vice president. VIII no longer be connected
with the company in Birmingham.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-03-21
Cost of Forest Fires

The department Of agriculture has
figured up the losses by fires on the
national forests for the calendar year
1912, aud dnds that they were the
lowest Of recent years. Less than
one acre to evorY thousand OF tim
bered lands was burned over, and the
Total damage Is estimated at $75, 900,
pr less than one dollar to every 1000
acres Of area.
The good record is attributed to,
first, favorable weather conditions 10
most localities, and second, the in
creased efficiency of the fire. flghting
organization. AS congress makes
available the means for extending the
system OF communications on the
national forests. the equipment Of
trails, roads, telephones, and lookout
stations is yearly enlarged and the
fires. it is said, are discovered more
quickly and fought more rapidly.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-03-21
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Governor Haines Signs A New
Idaho Law.

Governor Haines has signed senate
bill No. l3l, which creates a state
board of education under the consti-
tutional amendment which was ratl-
fed by the voters at the election last
fall. The bill provides the board
shall be appointed by the governor
and no Que who has heretofore been
connected with any OF the educational
institutions OF the state either as u
re gent. trustee, teacher, uhcer,
age ut, elnploye or as student snail
be eligible to membership. Inc
board will have direct control OF all
Of state educatiC ual institutions ana
will each biennial make up budget
for the schools and present IT to the
legislature. The ACT Is 50 broad that
the legislature is practically 10 honor
bound to pass the appropriations sub.
mitted in the buds ct. Inc Doard
will also be the regents OF the state
university as TIE CONSTITUTION pro-
vidas the regenM must he appolhlea.
The amendmeiut creating a state
educational board is the one OF eiRho
which laws passe. by the legislature
put into operation lDe loWel no"'o
killed one initial i've measure ana .ne
senate has passed fecall ia" "uo
nn,hinv has been done toward putting
the other six am tndmehts lhlo W
GRAFTON. .-Statesn a1
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-03-21
FOUR RULES OF SELLING.
They Went With the Job the Gritty
Salesman Landed.

They Went With the Job the Gritty
Salesman Landed.
Until some ten years ago 1t was IN
axiom in the big packing house circles
OF Chicago that a salesman should be
guided by four rules as laid down by
one of the famous heads of that In
dustry. he was noted for his brusque-
ness and also a democratic nature
that scorned the usual hedge Of clerks
that stands between a big man and his
rallers.
A bright manly looking chap entered
the Office one day when he was very
busy.
Good morning." he began politely.
The packer gave him hasty glance.
well. what the blankety-blank-
blank do you wantY' he growled.
Il want civil treatment. and want
1t kety-blenk-blank quick" came
the sharp answer.
"Ohw The packer looked up in sur
prise. Modulating his voice tride.
he asked. what can do for your
Il want a Job as a salesman. l have
WOIAC0 u OuISnSAs A0VV "OANSN
In the packing houses, and I have sold
smaller lines to the meat trade. ! have
veferences to prove that deliver the
goods, and I have them with me.
want to get into bigger field. and l
am here to make good. Have you got
a. job openY'
"If we haven't we'll make an open
ing for you. Report to the sales man
ager Monday morning"
As the young man started to leave
the office the brusque old packer called
him back.
do you know why you got that
jobY' he asked.
mo, SIR"
"Well, you have the three essentials
that make a good salesman. I'll point
them out to you, SO you'll remember
'em. First. you don't think any man Is
better than you are, and you have the
nerve to stick to It; second. you knew
the good points of what you had t.
sell; third, you stated them In the few
est possible words. I'll add 81 fourth
get out before change my mind."-
Business.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-03-21
STATE SHOULD HOLD TIMBER
Opinion Expressed by State Land
Commissioner.

Regarding recent meeting of the
timber protective associations at Spo-
kane, State Land Commissioner
George A. Day Of Idaho says:
ut was brought out at the meet
ing that Is companies are now en-
gagged Ia the northern part OF the
state In the manufacture OF lumber.
They are removing between 25,0OO,-
900 and $50. 900, 900 feet OF lumber
every IL months which Is at rate OF
approximately $4,000 acres, being
cleared OF timber annually. Each
year the demands are heavier and the
manufacture is increasing SO that the
mills steadily are clearing aud dis
posing OF a greater am ,unt per an
nun.
ut becomes more and more appar-
ent every year. therefore. that the
state should hold tightly to Its timber
lands. Especially is this true Of the
large areas Of land which are not
adaptable for agricultural land, once
they were denuded of their timber,
and are valuable only for the trees
which occupy them.
III this timber aud. nav owned by
the state. is raleiu4y conserved for
81 years or nnie. with the present.
rave uf manufacture, It's constantly
incr, aslug value will make the har-
| vesLing OF lumber from ldah0's lands
one OF the greatest assets the stale
has" The commissioner Is exertins
! every effort To hold the timber for the
| state.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-03-21
cHINAMEN ARE TOUGH.
They Can Live Under Conditions That
Would Kill q White Man.

They Can Live Under Conditions That
Would Kill White Man.
Peculiar power to resist disease is a
characteristic OF the Chinese, accord
ing to Professor e. A. Ross. For in
stance, out Of ten children born in
western homes three, normally the
weakest three, will fail to grow up.
Out Of ten children born in China about
eight are doomed to die in infancy.
The difference Is due to the hardships
that infant life meets with among the
Chinese. and with such rigorous selec-
ton there results stock displaying a
peculiar hardness. Living in the su-
persaturated, man stifled land, pro-
foundly ignorant of the principles of
hygiene, the masses have developed an
immunity to noxious microbes which
excites the wonder and envy of the for
eigner.
'"They are not affected by mosquito
bite that will raise large lump on the
lately come foreigner" says Professor
Ross. "They can use contaminated
water from canals without incurring
ny ScuIClys Auclc 40 tCAJ AAtlIC ~ phoAus
and what there is is so attenuated 1t
was long doubted to be typhoid. All
physicians agree that among the Chi
nese smallpox is mild disease. The
chief Of the army medical staff points
out that during the autumn maneuvers
the soldiers sleep on damp ground
with little straw under them without
any i'll effects.
Coolies, after two hours Of burden
bearing at dog trot, will shovel them
selves full of hot rice with scarcely
any mastication and hurry on for an
other two hours. A white man would
writhe with indigestion. The Chinese
seem able to sleep in any position. l
have seen them sleeping on piles of
bricks or stones or poles, with block
or a brick for pillow and with the
hot sun shining full into the face.
They stand cramped position longer
| than we can and can keep on longer at
monotonous toll unrelieved by change
or break."-Chicago News.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-03-21
MATHEMATICAL SIGNS.
Process by Which These Familiar
Characters Were Evolved.


The sign of addition is derived from
the initial letter of the word ''plus."
In making the capital letter 1t was
made more and more carelessly until
the top part of the "p" was placed
near the center; hence the plus sign
was finally reached.
The sign of subtraction was derived
from the word minus" The word
was first contracted into mus, with
horizontal line above to indicate the
contraction, which was a printers
freak that may be found in almost any
book bearing date earlier than the
beginning of the eighteenth century
After the lapse of long period Of time
the letters were omitted altogether,
leaving only the short line so well
known to all.
The multiplication sign was obtained
by changing the plus sign into char
acter resembling the letter K. This
was done simply because multiplied
tion is but shorter form of addition.
Division was formerly indicated by
placing the dividend above horizontal
line and the diyisor below. In order to
save space in printing the dividend
was placed to the left and the divisor
to the right. with simple dot in place
of each.
The radical sign was derived from
the initial letter Of the word "radix."
The sign Of equality is said to have
first been used in the year 1867 by 8
sharp mathematician. who adopted il
as substitute for the words "equa
ton
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-03-21

last Tuesday placed in service the
block signal system from Ignite to
Athol, Idaho. AS soon as the inter-
locking system is completed on the
drawbridge over the Pend Oreille
river the company will complete its
signal system to Kootenai. This is
a part Of the which the Northern
Pacific expects to complete to
Marshall and Cheney on this division
during the present summer.-Spokes-
man Review.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-03-21
Enliuhtenina a Poet.

The English poet Mr.. Powys told
this anecdote, in which he claimed to
have been the party of the second
part. He said that he was talking to
an old country woman on the occasion
of the queens jubilee in 1897. What
do you understand by the word 'jubi-
leeY" he asked her.
WELL" answered the old dame. "if
you've been married fifty years and
the mans alive it's golden wedding.
II he's dead it's jubilee"
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-03-21
The RuIinu Spirit.

Sitting at cafe IN Paris one even
ing, | heard n woman's idea of war.
An affectionate young couple were au-
daciously making love over some ba-
yaroise au chocolat The girl was
telling machere all manner OF pretty
things that ran something like this:
What pity there will be no war aft
er all! You would have been wounded.
and l should have gone out to nurse
you in such a pretty costume d'infir-
mierer'-I1ondon Black and White.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-03-21
TWO TICKETS IN FIELD
Nominations Made For Village
Trustees.
THE DRY AND WET QUESTION
Assertions and Denials Regarding
the Main Issue.

AS had been expected for weeks |
two tickets have been placed in
the field for the village election to
be held in Rathdrum, Tuesday,
April I, each ticket containing
names of FIVE candidates for trus-
tees.
The "Citizens' Ticket for
Economical Government" accord
ing to the certificate of nomination
filed with the village clerk, was
named at Irregular con n,ention"
held March I3, the candidates he
ing w. H. Cleland, Joseph Poirier,
Stacy Nelson, Carl Boeck and
Martin Poleson. The ticket and
certificate of nomination was
filed at 2:1o o'clock p. M, March
18. w. ]. Tucker was chair
man. and Stacy Nelson, secretary
of the convention.
The other ticket, "the Citizens
Anti-Liquor Ticket" was named
at "caucus for the drys" held at
the armory at 7:3o Monday even
/ ing, March II, pursuant to call
published by means Of handbills
distributed about town before sup
per. The candidates on this ticket
are DR.. Frank Wenz, J. w. Smith,
F. L. Farnsworth, r. c. Tho mp
son and L. E. Kirkpatrick. Rev.
/, A. w. Luce was chairman, and
M. B. Layton secretary Of this
meeting. A committee was ap-
J pointed to suggest the ticket
which was nominated, and the
same committee was retained with
power to fill vacancies that NAV
occur on the ticket. The "Citi-
| zens' Anti-Liquor Ticket" was
filed with the village clerk March
10 at Io:45 o'clock a. m.
1t is claimed that the saloon
question is the issue in the cam
paign. and those favoring the
present system of no saloon and
advocating the adoption of some
plan to stamp out the bootle ggers,
assert that the contest is between
the "drys" and the "wets" and
that the ticket called the "Citizens'
Ticket for Economical Govern
ment" is the "Wet" ticket. On
the other hand some OF those
whom the "drys" call "wets" d eny
that their ticket is a "wet" tic.let
and assert that the issue of the
campaign is economy in the village
government.
| On Wednesday, DIR. Wenz filed
with the village clerk a note de.
clining the nomination as candi
date for trustee. He had previous
ly declared he would not be ;
candidate on either ticket, but wa
not present at the "dry" caucu.
when the nominations we're mad +,
so as to decline at that time. Th
committee was notified of the
vacancy to be filled.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-03-21
THE POLE STAR.
Some Of the Wonders Of This Great
Beacon Of the North.

some OF SU0 "0UO0tO ~sS~s
Beacon Of the North.
Most people, II they know nothing
else of astronomy, at any rate know
the pole star, the one star which seems
to keep its place in the heavens with
out movement Of any kind. There are
a great many. however. who do rot
know what q wondetlH thing 1t Is. In
the first place. It can be seen when
looked at through good telescope 10
be two stars and not one. There is one
fairly bright one. of what is known as
the second magnitude. and another OF
the ninth magnitude close to it
But that Is not all. The brighter Of
the two is really three stars revolving
round one another. or rather round
their common center Of gravity. like
three children playing ring ring o.
roses" This secret is revealed to us
by what is perhaps the most astonish-
ing Of all scientific instr uments, the
spectroscope. It not only tells US what
the stars are made Of. but whether
they are moving toward US or away
from US.
When you stand facing the star you
are always facing north. The reason
that 1t does not appear to move as the
others do is because it is nearly in line
with the axis Of the earth. Its distance
from us is enormous. This can be
judged from the fact that although the
earth in its journey round the sun Is
today about 10O.O00.000 miles from
where It was six months ago. that
makes no appreciable difference to Its
distance from the pole star. 1t must
therefore be many times 100000. .OOO
miles away.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-03-21
Richter'a Criticism,

On one occasion Hans Richter was
present at concert given by brother
composer at which the latter per-
formed long and not particularly in
teresting work of his own. When the
composition came to an end Richter
expressed his criticism in a very few
words. WELL" he said, II, too, hat
written compositions to make pile SO
high" raising his hand three feet from
the ground, "but I haf burned them"
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-03-21
Ancient Cancer Cure.

An ancient oriental cure for cancer
was to apply live toad to the affected
part. A we'll authenticated case of this
form of treatment was that of the wife
of a merchant of Smyrna. A live toad
was strapped tightly over the diseased
part, and. it was said, the woman was
completely cured within a short time.
1t was sacrifice upon the part of the
toad. however, as 1t died after 1t had
been on duty twenty-four hours.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-03-21

Burglars tunnel Ing from ncieh'
boring building 9, /. ned access 10
richly stored paw III rokers' vault III
New York City, I ]srs.h 10, ana Roo
away with $3.50, o ~ worth Of jewelry'
diamonds and nu er precious stoo's,
and $50, 900 wiui II negot'ao'e Sc
curities. 1t wa ihr largest haul
perpetrated in 1isw YSTk ~ many
years.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-03-21

The Balkan allies ate redoublil
their eifurts ln rapture the Turkish
fortress OF Scu tart before peace is de.
cared.