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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-11
How They Peddle Meat in Mexico
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brakfast is eaten in the dining room with
all of the family at the table. After this
breakfast they take a siesta or rest of
two hours or more. The business hours
are from TO about Il or 1, and from 8
to 8. Shortly after the stores begin TO
close, and after I the business parts Of
the cities are dead.
The Great Mexican Drink
As to what Mexico drinks. the text
would make a whole letter The rich have
all kinds of wines and the poor have their
aguardlente, or Mexican brandy, and
pulque, or the native beer made from
the cactus. Aguardiente is distilled from
the juice of the sugar cane II is a BRAN
dy' so hot that rag wet with 1t and
laid on the skin will soon raise a blister,
and I have been told 1t is good for sore
throat. In Guatemala it is called white
eye and several glances from Ii will
make the foreigner drunk
Pulque is about the cheapest beer Of
the world You can buy it all over Mex
leo for cent glass. and the wholesale
price Is about ! cent a quart 1t is said
that over 100000 gallons of it are con-
sImed daily in Mexico City. This makes
about six tumblerfuls per day for every
man, woman and child I'm the capital and
the consumption is proportionately large
in many other parts OF the republic. The
beer is brought here by the trainload
and il comes also on carts and i'm wagons
It yields thousands of dollars, and the
tax upon it forms an important item in
the governments revenues. Even during
the times Of the Spanlards. more than Il
hundred years ago the annual consump-
tion of this beer in Mexico City was about
10o,090,000 pounds, and the net revenues
to the crown We're 500 600 Mexican dollars
Natures Own Beer
This beer is natures own product It
comes from the sap OF a cactus of the
same species as the century plant This
is called the maguey. and Il may he seen
by the tens of thousands, running in
rows back and forthf upon the planta-
tions of the high tablelands. Near Pu-
ebla is the Plain of Apam. which is en-
trelV given up to the production OF
pulqIe The plants there cover tens of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-11

NAL died, as the report says, ''as if struck
by lightning.
The great danger to France is there-
fore, the lack of men and there is a start
ling proposal on foot to remedy this IN
herent weakness in a nation whose male
birth rate is falling. 1t has been calcu-
lated that there are about 100000 soldiers
employed in the army offices, tailors'
shops, bakehouses, and officers houses
l1 these men were replaced by women, it
would liberate this great number of SOL
diers for service in the field The French
war minister is favoring this proposal
and large number OF women OF all
classes have already offered to serve their
country in this way
There Is a general belief among officers
that hostilities will break out in October
of this year, and this belief is supported
by the action of the new project of police.
He recently spent a few days In the
plains of Normandy for the purpose af
choosing the sites for the three great con-
centration camps TO which all foreigners,
anarchists and habitual criminals will be
sent as soon as mobilization is ordered
The 1916 recruits who were to be liber-
ated in October, are to be kept in the
ranks as a precautionary measure.
Questioned as to the proba bility of war
in the autumn, French diplomat made
the following statement to the writer:
III tut coihiiiss stIuESlt, VIII DC
alone. The Russians cannot mobilize in
less than three weeks. The different army
corps have to come from enormous dis
tances, and their railway system is de-
fective and inadequate. The Germans
have - frontier lines which can bring up
$4,000 men a day. Before the Russian
mobilization is finished we may be crushed
by superior numbers. Besides, Austria
will guard the Slav frontier and threaten
Poland Germany is sitting for want OF
air. She wants our colonies and our min
erals. lt Is question of life and death
for her, and for u.s. Yes, believe it win
come in October"
Additional confirmation of the above
opinion is furnished by a recent order
issued to all army officers, who have been
requested to study the ordnance maps
of the German and Belgium frontiers and
to be prepared to reproduce any part from
memory. The three men on whom the
tremendous task of preparing the cam
paign will fall are M. Etienne, minister of
war; General Joffre, commander in CHIEF
of the French army, and General Michel.
military governor of Paris,
Il. FRANKLIN.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-11

~ ARIs, May 1o.-fspecial) )-=Ger-
many's aggressive policy of pin
1 pricks and sabre rafting against
France for some years past has at last
eliminated In an outbreak OF popular feel
ing which only those living in France can
thoroughly appreciate. The statements
made by German politicians and news
papers that France is the enemy" has
revived the slumbering international
hatred, which is now as keen as it was
during the years following the Franco
Prussan war. Fhe formidable increase
in the Kaisers legions. bringing their nu-
merical strength, on a peace footing, up,
to 100000 men, has left no doubt in the.
minds of a surprisingly large proportion
of the French people that this gigantic
mass of men is to be hurled against them
at the first favorable opportunity, and
they are now making every effort to be
ready to stem the invaders onward rush.
1t must be admitted that the three
years bill'' has little chance of passing
both Chambers. 1t has already encoun-
tered considerable opposition in the lower
chamber, and the workers of all classes
are opposed to it. The only people who
are in favor of serving three years, in
stead of two in the army are those who
have passed the age limit and young
schoolboys who are in no immediate dan
ger of being called up. The workers are
right in opposing it. as they bear the
brunt of long service; the wealthy young
man has a hundred ways of escaping the
irksome tasks of a soldiers life. But
although the Frenchman is unwilling to
give up another year of his life to unre-
muneratve labor. still he is anxious to
come to grips with the enemy. He knows
that the struggle is inevitable, and wants
to get it over.
Naturally enough. the German is be-
coming increasingly unpopular. lie can
no longer do business in Paris openly
under his own name and nationality; lie
either borrows French name or preffnls
to be English. Even the great German
sausage shop on the boulevard insists on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-11


Assistants at School
Many of Mr.. Weakley's assistants are
boys who at one, time were in the school
Those in charge of the various depart-
ments are as follows. Mr. WeaSlev. sun
erlntendent; Mrs. d. NJ Wealley ma
tron; Robert A. Morris. military in
structor: ]. M. Killougb. physician: Wal
ter Thompson. principal of schools; NJ
J.. Smith, director of mechanical de-
partment; Fred Thompson. office clerk:
Miss Jennie Yielding, Miss Julia King
and Mrs ]. Z, Reeves, teachers: J. NJ
Henley, musical Instructor: w. X Ben
der, engineer; Robert McC'loslxie. ma
chine shop superintendent; s. J. Wade.
laundry department; John M. Ballard
printing shop; Lonnie Adams. shoemak-
ing department.; Vernon Simpson, tailor
ing department.; NJ. l.. Smith. manual
training and woodwork department.; Miss
Annie Chunn. mending and sewing de-
partment; Foy Walston, steward j. NJ
Walsh, commissary clerk; Joe Walden.
farm instructor; Clifford Smith, asss-
tant farm instructor; NJ l.. WealSlev.
dairy and poultry; Miss o. b. Holt.
trained nurse: Mrs. A. J. Yearly, assis-
tant matron; Harry Williams of Company
H. A. N. G., playground, bathrooms and
military departments, and the Rev. r.
w. Sides chaplain
The officers and board of control of
the institution are as follows: Mrs. r. d.
Johnston, president; Mrs Erwin Craig
head, vice president; Mrs T. G. Bush.
treasurer; Mrs. A. w. Nelson. secretary:
d. M. Weakley, superintendent: ]. M.
killough, physcian Mrs. %. NJ Weak
ley, matron.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-11
Mexico City Has Thousand Pulque
ShODs

greasy morsels in their fingers and
consume them without knives. forks or
plates
The ways of butchering and marketing
are different from ours. Every part of
the animal is eaten A great deal of the
beef is cut in long strips and sold almost
by the yard as it were Much of it Is
jerked or dried and is used for stews. In
some of the interior cities the butchers
wagon Is a mule with framework of
hooks ON the saddle. This framework is
hung with the halves and quarters of
beeves, and as the mule moves along the
blood from them drips to the ground.
Some of the mules are small. and the
meat almost touches the roadway, raising
dust which peppers the meat. Some
such men are meat peddlers. and they
will hack off a slice for you upon order.
The charge will be about the same
whether YOU choose meat from the neck
or the loin
Meals Around the Clock
| have spoken of the first breakfast.
The meals of the day are different from
those we have in the United States Here
is how enc eats around the clock: When
he rises he has desayuno, or the first
breakfast. This Is so little that it would
hardly form wedge to keep the skin of
an American stomach from the back
bone. 1t is merely cup of coffee, or
checolate' anu fouS. Inc coHee is Often
an extract poured from a bottle into hot
milk. Such breakfasts are served at all
the native hotels and if you want meat
or eggs YOU have to pay extra.
The next meal is almuerzo or comida
Almuerzo consist of rolls, meat and eggs,
with coffee and chocolate. and the comido,
served between II a. m and 1:3O p. M,
is made up of soup, eggs, rice, fish.
some kind of meat. with dessert and
small coffee. Dinner comes after &
o clock and it is much the same as the
comida. AS a rule the cooking is fairly
good. save that there is too much pepper
and grease to suit the American palate
You can have your first breakfast in
your bed If you want it. The second
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-11
A Queer Butchers Wagon

Mexico is stock raising country,
but meat is so high that the poor mans
house seldom has it. There are cook
shops about the markets where the
ehleds and cuttings and scraps are fried
over charcoal and offered for sale. Hero
the Indian customers take UP The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-11
GENERAL MICHEL
Military Governor of France

N ARIS, May -(Special)-Ger
- many's aggressive policy of pin
= pricks and sabre rattling against
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-07
Cut Glass

1888 Round Bowls, 2.9S-Full
nine-inch size round bowls. Cut
In pretty pattern. The regular
price is S3.98, special price. 2.9S
1.75 Celery Trays, 1.50-Cut
in the hob-star pattern. The reg
ular price is $1.75, but we shall
offer them while Is lasts, at. $50
4.9S Pitchers, 1898 - Large
size, tall shape; cut In buzz star
pattern; all perfect; fully worth
S4.98, special while lot
2.98 Sugars and Creamers, 2.49
Popular hobnail pattern; all
perfect. They sell in the regular
way for $2.98 per set;
special .............. .. .2.49
LOO Handled Naples, 75c-
Regular six-inch handled nap
pies, all perfect; regular $1.O0,
special price while fifty pieces
1893 Ice Cream Trays, ass
Well-cut, well-hnished ice cream
trays; oval shape; all perfect;
regular S3.e8, special price .2.98
1888 Fern Dishes, 2.98-Fancy
shape fern dishes; only a few
left. They sold regularly at the
price of 1898, special, while
they last .2.9S
2.49 Mayonnaise Set, 1888
Bowls and plates to match; all
perfect; fully worth S2.4g, spe.
cial price while the lot lasts, at,
set .1.98
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-07
HOusefurnishings in the Sale

Polishing and busting Cloths
Large assortment of our "El-
beco" brand polishing and dust
ing cloths-regulsr SC to 29c;
special, at. ..........5c to Zoe
1.49 Backing Cases, 75c-
Backing case outfit, TO be at
tached to the wall, highly pol
ished. Regular price ST LAG; spe-
cial, while the lot lasts. -. 75c
SC Laundry Tablets, 3c-Elec-
trio blue laundry tablets make
your clothes clean and sweet; no
bluing necessary; regular SC;
special ......... ......... &c
LBS Floor Brooms, 9Sc-Good
quality hair floor brooms, IA
inches long; complete with
handle. They sell regular for
SIPS; special price ........ CSC
CSC Wash Stands, 75c-White
and blue enameled wash stands;
can be folded up when not in
use. The regular price is csc;
special, only ..........75 Use
LBS Tea Kettles, 9Sc-Good
quality nickel-plated tea kettles !;
nickeled on 14-oz. copper. Size
8. Regular selling price SIPS;
special, at CSC
Toe Sweeping Compound, &c
Diamond Antl-Dust sweeping
compound. We shall place our
regular 10c cans on sale at the
special price Of ......... &c
Csc Towel Rollers, 1Sc-These
mission style wooden towel
rollers are 10 inches long and of
good quality. Regular Csc
grade; special price. ...... Ice
LAG Serving Trays, 9Sc-As-
sorted patterns in serving trays
with imitation mahogany frames.
Size 9x15 inches. Reg. ST AZ;
special ...................98c
10c Sink Protectors, Sc
Wooden sink protectors TO drain
dishes. Size llx18 inches.
They sell regularly for 10c; spe-
cial, each ...............Sc
CSC to 89c Bathroom Fixtures,
50c-Good quality assorted
bathroom fixtures, nickel-plated
on brass; regular Csc to soc;
special price Soc
4.98 Clothes Wringers, 3.9S-
"Elbeco" clothes wringers; best
quality with high grade rubber
rollers; warranted for 3 years;
regular S4.99; special. -. .3.9S
Zoe Knives and Forks, 62c-
Table knives and forks; good
quality black rubber handles;
steel blades; regular zoe per
pair; special, pair. &c
Csc Crystella, 10c = Magic
cleanser for windows, mirrors,
ETC.; sold regularly for 25c, spe-
cial while 100 pieces last, price
per cake .............10 loo
10c Ammo, Sc-The powder
that generates ammonia; softens
water and dissolves grease and
dirt; regular 10c cans, special,
per can ............. &c
1.Ss Carpet Sweepers, 1853
Bissell's well known STANDARD"
brand carpet sweepers; full size;
reg. S1.89; special price. -. 1853
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-07

1888 aluminium Perc0lators,
1.49-Aluminum coffee percola-
tors; the new easy way TO make
coffee; regular price 1893; spe-
cial, each ............... Las
Aluminium Spoons, " Price
Bright as silver; light in weight.
Tablespoons, reg. &c each. :. .4c
Teaspoons, reg. SC each. .2Kc
Mustard spoons, reg. &c each. &c
Small spoons, reg. &c each. >. &c
LOO Aluminium Steamers, S5c
Made to fit bottom of most
sizes Of pots. They usually sell
for ST each, but we shall offer
them at ............... .S5c
LBS Aluminium Sauce Pan Sets,
1.00-A set of three Tipped sauce
pans; all serviceable sizes; regu-
lar S1.25 per set; special at. LOO
LIS Wash Boilers, 98c-Good
quality; number 8 size; TX tin;
genuine copper bottom; regular
selling price SIPS; special price
21c Water Pals, 17c-i2-quart
size; galvanized water pals;
good reliable quality; regular
price 2ic; special price, pail. lie
lie Sink Strainers, 9c-Painted
white; triangle shape; fits in cor
ner OF sink. They sell regular for
12c each, but we offer them spe-
cial at 80. .............9c
55c Wash Tubs, 45c-Small
family size; good quality galvan-
lied iron; corrugated sides; reg
ilar 55c wash tubs; spec. only 45c
75c Bread Boxes, 59c-Paint-
ed white; roll top style; good
family size; marked "bread" or
cake" reg. 75c boxes; spec. SOC
35c Dish Drainers, 29c-
Strongly made wire dish drainers,
with bottom wire TO hold plates;
reg. price Csc; special only. .29c
Csc Egg Beaters, 19c-Mas-
ier's new style rotary egg beaters;
first-class in every way; sold reg
ularly for Csc each; special
price ............. .1Jc
2.67 Aluminium Cook Sets, 1.9S
Consisting Of four articles;
Tipped sauce pan, covered pot, fry
pan and straight sauce pan; reg
ular S2.67; special. .1.ss
59c Knife Boxes, 49c-Wooden
knife boxes with two parts; An
ished in dark oak. Size 91zx
1871. Regular selling price soc;
special only ............. .49c
53c Pastry Boards, 45c-These
wooden pastry boards are family
size; 1ox26H inches. They sell
regularly for SIC; spec, each ,45c
1.25 Umbrella Stands, $50
Wooden umbrella stands; finish
ed in dark oak; % inches high;
good quality; regular S1.25; spe-
cial .S8c
5.98 Alcohol Percolat0rs, AIS
Nickel-plated and polished cop
per alcohol percolators; hve-cup
size; regular price S5.98; spe-
clal ............. 40
1873 CasserOles, 1.85-Family
size casseroles with nickel-plated
frames and crockery inset. They
sell regularly for S1.98; special
price '...'....... LOO
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-07
Dinner Sets

1928 Dinner Sets, 10000
Bell Limoges china-l0o pieces
10 set; rich gold borders. The
regular price is S112.38; set,
10000
1907 Dinner Sets, 62.0O-Bell
Limoges Chlna-i00 pieces to
set: gold lace border pattern;
regular price S76,o7; special
set ............. 49,. oE.VV
63.0S Dinner Sets, $500
Chas. Field Haviland Limoges
China-100 pieces to set; deco
rated border patterns; regular
S63.0S; special, set ........ 5000
59.OS Dinner Sets, 52.25-L. 5.
g. S. Limoges China-lOO pieces
to set; green and gold border
patterns; our regular price is
S5o.08; special, sci. ..... 1925
1924 Dinner Sets, 42.9S-
Bernardaud Limoges China-lO0
, pieces to set; light green Dor
ders; regular selling price
S50.e4; special, set. ..42.9S
54.O4 Dinner Sets, 47.50-Bell
Limoges Chlna-1Oo pieces to
set; bright gold band pattern;
regular selling price $500;
special, set ............. .47.5O
6O.49 Dinner Sets, 1898
Haviland & Co. Limoges China
100 pieces TO set; clover leaf
border pattern; regular price
S60.4e; special, set. 1888
62.92 Dinner Sets, $500
Haviland & Co. Limoges China
100 pieces TO set. Gold lace
border pattern; regular price
S62.92; special, set.... SIS. 90
28.72 Dinner Sets, 24.9S-Ba-
varian German China-100 pieces
to set; yellow rosebud border
pattern. Regular price S28.72;
special, per set. ..... .24.98
$500 Dinner Sets, 30.9S-im-
ported Austrian Chlna-100
pieces to set; green border pat
tern. Regular selling price
$500; special, per set. .. 30.sS
21.16 Dinner Sets, 1S.49-
Smith Phillips Ell Monte Amerl-
can Porcelain-100 pieces to set;
pink rosebud pattern; regular
S2l.i6; special, set. ..18.4s
24.70 Dinner Sets, 21.49-
Smith Phillips Ell Cid American
Porcelain, Persian effect pat
tern; 100 pieces; regular S24.75;
special, per set. .21.4S
1894 Dinner Sets, 1898
Mercer Trenton porcelain; 100
pieces TO set; colored border
pattern; regular price 1884;
special, per set........15 1888
1852 Dinner Sets, 14.49-
Mercer Trenton porcelain; 100
pieces to set; blue cornhower
border pattern; regular Sl6.52;
special, per set. ........14.49
1904 Dinner Sets, 2S.98-
Johnson's English porcelain
100 pieces to set; pink rosebud
border pattern; regular price
S33.04; special, per set. :. .2S.9s
1912 Dinner Sets, S.98-Key-
stone American porcelain-l00
pieces TO set; three patterns TO
choose from; regular S10.72;
special, set. .............. 1898
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-07
Liberia Gets 100000 Fund
to Educate Its Children

WASHINGTON, Oct. THE Amer
lean Colonization Society, the only
private corporation In history that
ever successfully established an in
dependent nation, today paid over to
it's ward, Liberia. more than 100000,
the increment of an idle fund, for
the education of the children of the
negro republic.
The fund was the bequest of Caro-
line Donovan, of Baltimore, devised
twenty-seven years ago for this pur-
pose, but it had not been possible to
arrange for the proper disbursement
of the interest.
In addition to the $4,000 paid TODAY
to Consul-General Ernest Lyon. Of
Liberia, by DR.. Henry l.. e. johnson
president of the society, the annual
interest on the fund hereafter will be
used to aid American negroes de-
sirous of emigrating to Liberia.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-07
Foss Accuses New Haven
of Throttling State Ports

BOSTON, Oct. 7.-Guests at the
banquet of the Massachusetts, Deep
Waterways Association last night
heard Governor Foss charge that the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad had "throttled the smaller
ports of the commonwealth"
AS an alleged instance, he cited the
case of Hyannisport, on Cape Cod.
1.-THE people who formerly received
coal and iron by vessel through this
port" the Governor declared, "are
now forced to get them by rail and
pay 81 more ton than formerly"
Among the guests were a score of
members of the Congressional COM
mittee on rivers and harbors who in
vestigated the water front during
the day, in connection with the petit
ton of the port for federal assistance
in deepening the harbor
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-07
Gas Lights

Welsbach Mantles-For In
verted lights.
The Reflex, reg. Csc, special zoe
No. Two, reg. Zoe, special. lie
The Vivid, reg. 15c, special. lie
Mantles for Upright Lights
The Yusea, reg. Csc, special. &c
No. 1877, reg. 30c, special. .25c
No. 1893, reg. Csc, special Zoe
No. 2, reg. zoe, special. -. lie
No. 3, reg. 15c, special. =. lie
$50 Inverted Lights, 1.15-
Complete with art shade OF am
Der or green glass, 6 or 4 panel
style; regular Sl.50, special
100 Inverted Lights, Toe
Complete with imported glass
shade with beaded fringe; Wells
bach burner, mantle, etc.; regu-
lar $1.00, special Use
4.9S Gas Chandeliers, 3.9S-
49, inch, 6 panel umbrella
shades; choice of amber or
green; complete with mantle,
globe, ETC.; regular S4.98,
1T ............. .5.JB
1893 Electric Lamps, 12.4S-
Stands % inches high with a.
inch shades, choice OF Roman
gold or antique brass finish;
regular $14.98; special ..12.49
9.9S Chandeliers, 6.9S-22-
inch dome; choice Of amber or
green glass; complete with
Welsbach dome burner, mantle
and globe; regular $8.98,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-07
Militia Officers BaIk
When Asked to Be Cooks

WASHINGTON, Oct 7.-Whv do
militia officers shy at receiving in
struction in baking biscuits and pro-
ducing pies-an acquisition that the
war department stands ready to sun
ply? This is the question the divi-
sion of militia affairs today is seek.
ing vainly to answer
The department maintains army
schools for bakers and cooks. in
which 1t is designed to instruct Of
heers In the art of cooking with a
view to teaching the men in their
command and in supervising intelu-
gently the cooking of food in The
field. The militia officers have baIlsad
at the proposal, however, and there
Is no law compelling them 70 attend
such schools.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-07
Between
Ourselves

Garrett P. Serviss says:
No matter what a mans
trade is, he must see more
than that which lies just in
front of his nose II he wishes
to rise to the top. II you
know and care little about
the history of your business
YOU cannot become great In
il. Whether knOwl-
edge of this kind bears di-
rectly upon the precise work
you have in hand or not 1t
always broaden your view,
offers valuable suggestions
and enlarges the field of your
operations"
Learn the details of your work
know the name of the first man
that engaged in the kind of busi-
ness that you are engaged in.
Find out who made the greatest
success of the particular kind OF
work that you are doing-and
why.
The trouble with the average
man is that he does not look be
yond his nose, or take the time
to find out the MISTAKES OF
HIS PREDECESSORS. The way
to succeed in business or love or
war is to acquaint yourself with
what OTHERS have done or
FAILED TO DO. II pays to stop
now and then and look back
ward.