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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
WHERE roc Is BLUE

From Stray Stories.
Black snow, which has recently been
falling in an Alpine valley, is very
rare meteorological freak. The whole
valley and the surrounding mountains
are several inches deep in it; however,
nobody has been able to suggest rea-
son.
But if black snow is almost unpreee-
dented, red snow is more common. 1t is
often seen in spring at the head of Al
pine glaciers Scientists used to believe
that the hue was due to the presence of
innumerable tiny reddish insects; but 1t
is now known to be caused by micro
scopic plant which is pink when grow
ing and deep crimson when in state
of maturity.
The scientific world first learned of red
snow about century ago. when Cap
tain Ross, on his first voyage to the
Arctic, was startled on discovering the
famous Crimson cliffs, near Baffins
Bay.
Red hail, too, is not unknown. for in
May of 1885 there was quite heavy
fall of it at Castlewellan. Red and
white fell together, And the red hue
was not merely on the surface of the
pellets. but went through and through.
When one was squeezed between the
fingers IL stained them.
At Minsk, in Russia, an even stranger
hail shower had fallen five years before.
Some of the pellets were ring shaped,
and while were distinctly reddish, 9TH
.ers were a bright blue. Some scientists
declare that the coloring is due to vari-
GUS mineral salts.
Showers of red rain have fallen more
than once in the worlds history In the
awful omens of war and bloodshed
rain of blood to be due to the pres
ence of a tiny red insect, a variety OF
water flea.
Red rains are very rare, but in vol
canic regions gray rain is comparative
ly common. Sicily has had many show
ers of this shade. They are caused by
the upper atmosphere being full OF
ash-colored volcanic dust from Etna
This dust is ininitesimally fine and
colors the rain as 1t falls.
In November, 1919, darkness fell one
day early in the afternoon over a dis
trict in North America, and for hours
ink-black rain fell steadily, to the dis
may of the inhabitants
The reason was curious and COM
munication not being very good in those
times, was not discovered for some
days. But it, seems that in Ohio, hun
dreds of miles to the southwark. a
great forest fire had been ragin for
some time, and a steady south wind
had been carrying thousands of tons oil
| SCOT northward. A heavy rain fell, and
ii came down in jet black torrents.
| Black rain has fallen at least twice
in England during the last century. but
on these occasions the color has beer
due, not to SCOT, but to the presence
of millions of little black insects.
Londons fogs vary in tint from blacf
| to yellow. Almost the only color they
never turn-bright blue-is to be foune
in a region in Manchuria, There all TIL,
mist is simply moist air condensing OF
dust particles, and the dust there, lik'
the top layer of soil, is of a vivid blue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
Cash and Credit

The collection of small accounts is
one of the most difficult problems con-
fronting the whole business communi-
ty. There are thousands and tens of
thousands of dollars due to merchants
in this and every other city in amounts
varying from 81 to So and by people
who could easily pay these small
debts. The annual losses to merchants
caused by the failure to collect small
debts is said to be one of the reasons
why so many merchants fail in busi-
ness, and why the retail price of most
articles is so far in excess of the
wholesale price.
There are many advantages to be
gained by doing business on a cash
basis, especially where the transac-
tions are small or few. The cash pur-
chaser is not confined to any particu-
lar merchant but is at liberty to go
into the open market and there OBJ
tain the best goods at the lowest
price, while the credit purchaser must
take what is offered and at the price
demanded. But there is also the mer-
chants side of the question, and his
reasons for preferring the sash GUS
toner are so obvious as not to need
mention. The advantages to both
sides are so self-evident that the won
der is why the cash principle is not
more universally adopted between
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

Morris avenue merchants are in pleas
ant frame of mind, Notwithstanding the
fact that busines was slow yesterday.
The afternoon rains will give a new i'm
petus to trade, they say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

. David Lamar is not a back number, by
any means. If he'll dictate his experiences
of the past few years to a stenographer
almost any publisher would be glad to
get it and Lamar would soon be known
as an author of one of the "six best SELL
ers.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

The current issue of Life has picture
of two lovers discovered by the ubiqui-
tous modern searchlight. 1t is an inter-
esting contrast, this revealing of an old,
old story through the medium of modern
science
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

Brother Bryan loves to lecture and ne
longs for the dollars that his lectures
bring him. Dut there be some old fash
toned folks who think that the dignity
of his high office should prohibit him from
working at any s;aleline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

The threatened strike of $4,000 railway
employees of eastern lines is serious
matter to more than one or two classes
of citizens. Think of all the people who
to take their vacations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

A Greek citizen of Houston says that
his town has it "all over New York in
the matter of moving picture shows. New
Workers haven't got time to build moving
picture shows; they're too bsuy trying
to get something to eat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

Congress appearstto be investigating
everything under the sun, so why not in
vestigate the sun itself. Certainly full
fledged investigation into the workings of
the hot weather trust would prove mighty
popular with some 80 or more millions oil
sweltering citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

Birmingham's proposal to erect monu-
ment to Theodore Roosevelt is causing
considerable excitement among the old
stand pat republican newspapers. Wed
build statue of Brother Taft. too. if it
wouldn't cost so much for raw material.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

This Is the time of the year when the
farmer lives at the top of the pot. Moth
ing in the matter of eating can quite
come up to Il country dianer in the good
old summer time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
unsatisfactory Fishing season

The past few weeks has ben one of
the most unusual and unsatisfactory fish
ing seasons in years. said a disciple of
Sir Isaac, ''and it is hard to find the
reason.
81 have talked with many of the tribe,
and almost without exception the liars
excluded) the complaint is general that
there has been poor sport. OF course.
there have been exceptions when by
chance, there has been killing, but all
In ALL the unusual season, in some one
cause or another, has operated to give
poor reels to the fly user, and poor
strings TO the hosts of live bait asher
men. If you wish to see a wooden In
dian face of disgust fix itself upon the
face of real true sportsman, just let
a fishing story fabrieator' stretch his
hands, as he does his imagination, and
WE'LL it is no use to waste type to tell
the rest
Honestly, though | have myself
caught many strings of nice trout at East
Lake, sometimes seven or eight, and all
of legitimate weight and measurement
My oest catch was last Thursday, when
| took three beauties from one and a
half to three pounds-about five and one
half pounds on the string, and there are
plenty of witnesses thereto, for there was
big picnic crowd on the grounds as |
came away with my string"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

In this month of July the foolkiler has
more work to do than in any other month
of the year-not excepting December.
The fellow WHO rocks the boat will be
very much In evidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

the Rev. Father Sylvester, o. S. B.. of
st. Bernard are in Birmingham. Father
Charles will leave today for Columbus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

This is the time of the year when the
tired business man takes his family to
seashore resort or on a camping trip and
he does more hard work now than at
any other time of the year. Vacation
has an anomalous intonation To him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

The state election IL not until next year,
but candidates are On the stump with all
their might and will keep up their
''educa tonal work until the primary
Alabama seldom tires of politics,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

The open air music in Capitol park by
large concsrt bard of high class is one
of the greatest boors to the Cant-Get-
Away club.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

President Wilson doubtless wishes that
he had brought Cornish, N. II with hlm
to washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

The summer is fast slipping by. The
days are growing appreciaby shorter, Jrt
the hot wave lingtis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
Touching the Philosophy of History


II am interested in comparing the two
periods of the history of Alabama which
are written for The Age Herald by DR..
Riley and Col. j. w. DuBose respective
ly.'' said an appreciative reader.
.'Dr Riley treats the time when the
white man was competitor with the
aboriginal red man for possession Of the
soil The red man proved to be unassimi-
ating and the rule of the survival of
the fittest put him out. DIR. Riley recalls
the varied conditions and circumstances
which, through the process Of years, de-
veloped the unassimilating characteristics
of the red and white man. That is a
profoundly interesting subject.
1T brings us face to face with the rule
of nature, the survival of the fittest,
and thus accounts for the marvellous sue
cess of the scattered white pioneers in
s,bduing the magnficence of forest in
Alabama and planting here the highest
type of modern civilization, with un-
paralleled rapidity.
''The series contributed by Colonel Du-
Bose, gives an account of the phenomenal
emergency, suddenly precipitated upon the
whites who had dispossessed the reds,
10 have their own from the blacks, an
imported race, without an alphabet or a
God | happened to fall upon an old speech
that that brilliant visionary Senator
Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, dellv-
cred in the Senate. in 1866. The senator
said the preservation of the union was
due to negro contingent in the union
army, in the great war then just closed
lie said the negro troops numbered more
than 200, 600 and without them Grant could
never have captured Lee. So it is strange,
that while the superior red man had to
be put out and removed hundreds of
miles. into an unfathomable wilderness,
away from his aboriginal home, to make
room for the whites, the glory of the
whites is that the imported blac cks, the
lowest of the genus. saved to them, ac-
cording to the senator from NIassa-
chusetts. all that makes life worth the
living, But Colonel DuBose shows that in
the reconstruction period. when the army
of the United States, blacks and whites,
was sent here to place the blacks over
the whites. and make this a black state,
chaos and degradation supreme ruled.
And he also shows the wonderful process
by which the whites under the lead of
Houston, Morgan, Pettus, O'Neal.
Forsyth Mckee. Ryland Randolph,
Screws, Shelley, Alberto Martin and their
peers beat the army and recovered the
state government All this history cannot
fail to be of an educational value. 1t is
necessary to the lawyer in practice to
cad precedents, necessary to the preach
er in the pulpit to read the experiences
of Moses and the prophets and necessary
TO the citizens, with votes,sto learn from
their ancestors how to deal with public
affairs-so | congratulate Fhe Age-Her-
AID
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

In Washington these are grining days
as well as dog days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
Political Meetings in Capitol PARK

"Those of us who have contributed to
the open air music fund and who so %
CAPITOL park TO Lear beautiful pro-
srammes rendered protest against poii-
teal meetings being held there during the
concert time" said a prominent citizen.
"A week so ago political meeting
was held 1t the Confederate monument
under the auspices of partisans of NJ.
Clement r. Wood, socialist candidate for
president of the city commission, and on
Monday night of this week there was a
similar gathering at the monument. 1t
has been suggested tnat as the band docs
not play on Saturday nights politicians
select Saturday for their meetings. in
Capitol park.
Il sincerely hope, at any rate, that
there will be no more OF these meetings
while concerts are in progress The music
fund has been made up by very large
rumber of subscriptions and due respect
should be paid TO the public who are
interested in the CONCERTS"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Good cron Prospects


James B. ellis, a prominent business
man Of Selma and a large land owner.
who was in Birmingham Tuesday speak
ing of crop conditions in the black belt,
said:
'old corn-that is the early paintings
has suffered from the extreme dry, hot
weather, but the later crop is doing well
after the recent rains. Cotton is in fair
condition, and is probably week or two
earlier as to maturing than last season.
1t is now yery promising, except where
the boil weevil has made it's appearance
in Marengo, Clarke, Choctaw, and tha
lower edge Of Dallas county. Labor is
abundant and satisfied now, but l can't
tell what effect the boil weevil will have
on the question Cor next year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

AhOnt PerHOnN
The Rev. Father Charles. .. s. B., and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16
TELEPHONE

Bell (private exchange eonnectins an
aepartmcnts), No. 4o00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

A. j. Eaton, Jr.. and o. L. Young are
the only authorized travelling represen-
tatives of The Age-Herald in its eircuia'
tion department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-16

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala.
postoffice as second class matter nnaer |
act of Congress March ). 1879.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-26

him. girl rushcs into the parlor.
clad in scanty negiigee. seeking
succor from beating which is
being administered TO her because
she will not stop fighting"
This giri clings 10 the other; they
are oysrpjowered by the madam
and the cadet. and as both are
being choked and beaten rescue
comes In the form OF special
agent OF tho government. who.
through a series OF events which
need not be narrated here. had
long before fallen in love with the
heroine.
The girls are rescued. the cadet
and the big politician" who Is the
real proprietor OF the house are
led away in handouts. and all is
well.
George Probert. as the wholly re-
pulsive cadet. does a wonderful
piece Of work. Mary Nash. as the
heroine. and Dorothy Door. as the
madam. have TO venture into rather
strange fields OF emotional por.
trayal. Neither could possibly
depict the actual things which
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-26

fare. because ha haa not got the
dollar 90 buy tickets. should take
transfer TO Madison 81. or some
other cabia lirc. then transfer % the
Rcnton line on Fourth ave. then
ride n block or two and walk down
hill again. II only iakea little
time. and IL one way to hammer
tho street car company. that
denies our right to buy our tickets
on the cars.
Another thing. the people living
on tho Renton line In Rainier valley
could help out by buying n ticket
when they have not far 70 30. and
walking a short distance. rather
than taking transfer TO the 8. T..
Co.'S line Either way Il would
keep 2i4 cents from the :. y Co.
and while Tho star is fighting for
tickets on the cars. we can do what
We can 90 help by giving the
Ronton people half our cash fare
anyway. Tho Rsnton line In still
selling tickets on the cars Why
should not the other company
am n poor man. and every little
helps me and my family.
A READER.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-26
LONG WAIT.

Two youthful artists having n
studio in Philadelphia, wherein
they not only work. but lodge as
well, were Obliged to make SHIFT.
not long ago. during period Of
financial stress. with such meals
as they could themselves prepare
In the studio.
One morning, as the younger OF
the two was "sketching In" the
coffee. he gave utterance TO loud
and bitter complaint. This is n
fine way for gentlemen TO livel"
he exclaimed.
"Oh. | don't know" was the airy
response OF his friend. Lots Of
people are far worse off. was
reading only this morning Of n re.
cluse who cooked his own break
fast for 10 years"
he must have been awfully
hungry when he finally got II
DONE" rejoined the other. savagely.
--Harper's Magazine.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-26
The Days
Best Stories
INEXPERIENCED.

In boarding house for bach.
elors. Amanda. typical nanny.
looked after the guests comfort In
true Southern style so well that one
OF the men thought he would take
her away with him In the summer
in the capacity OF housekcepcr.
Toward spring he waylaid her In
the hall one day and said:
Mandy. do you like the
country"
Mandy reckoned she did.
Would you like to 20 away with
me this summer and keep house for
me7"
Mandy was sure she would.
Suppose ! get Just bungalow.
DO you think you could take care
OF Il nicely by yourself?"
Mandy gasped and rolled her
eyes. Deed. no. massa Reckon
you all better get somebody else; !
don't, know nothin' about taking
care OF any mals!"-iiarper's
Magazine.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-26
Rheumatic Sufferers
Baked in Curious
Roasting Contrivance

DIR. Loughney. when interviewed
as TO the curative powers OF the
Bake Oven. made the following
statement:
The Human Bake Oven besu
anything ever before used TO re-
lieye pain and cure rheumatism
II you are a sufferer from Spra!ns.
Synoyitis. rheumatism, Gout.
Arthritis. Neuralgia, Lumbago.
Gangrene. Phlebitis. Ankylosis,
Uremia or Obesity, the Bake 0yen
eclipses all other treatments. The
immediate local effects on The
joints are al once obvious, espe-
cially In Chronic rheumatism and
Gout. They become less painful
and much more movable after the
first treatment, and continue to
improve with subsequent treat
ment.
The American Medical Journal.
published In Chicago. June 5, 1905,
on page 1886 gives as the specific
treatment for rheumatism the Hu.
man Bake Oven. II also says:
Now that We know the Bake Oven
to be the best known cure for rheu-
matism, who not recommend p
TENTS suffering with this malsdy
to an institution where such treat
ment can be hadY
What better proof can there b
offered as TO the merits Of The
Bake Oven than the aboV vosdS
OF praise from the Journal Of the
American Medical Association!
DIR. Loughney's present induce
ments are such that every sufferer
should take advantage Of. Pr
limited number he viii enroll 4
the rate OF One Dollar tsloo) Z
treatment by the course. d..
Loughney's offices are located IA
Peoples Saving Bank Bldg. consf
OF Second av. and Pike Ct, snites
220.22l-222-223. Hours. 4 n v
6 D. IN. Sundays. . TO II only.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-26

Xl Electric Co. refuses sell tickets upon its
that the people Of city OF Seattle forced pay for
fare approximately $4,000 year than they
otherwise woud1
When you realize this. you must also realize that this
$4,000 directly OF cash recepts
Don't you think then that its up you drop line
to the State Public Service Commission Olympia and ask
them about it?
THAw SAYS that Evelyn stage
all Live
powers counting
wfnninsa
ISN'T PATAGONIA going to Join eryan's peace paet7
SYLVIA PANKHURsT iiutsu prac-
/ or Iondon
JESSE SPENCER dead in Middietown Conn.,
for
FOLLOWING John Donnel OF
died husband is the father OF rs
II former marriage
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-26

NEW YORK. Aug. 26.--With
August still a week from It's close,
two new theatrical productions are
turning people away nightly and
have settled down 10 winter OF
undoubted great prosperity.
The plays which have thus e.
tablished a new Broadway record
arc "rhe Lure" pioneer o. coming
hos, OF white slave dramas, and
Potash and Perimutter." a stage
presentation Of Montague Glass
famous cloak and suit heroes.
George Scarborough. author OF
The l.uro.' was for a year or more
a special agent employed In ferret.
ing out white slaycrs. Tho play was
written out OF what hs learned
during this time.
II Is a pretty skctehy drama,
laying It's strcAs more upon Incl.
dent than character. but IN never.
thelesH virile and thrilling por.
trayal Of the horrible conditions
which have OF late been coming 70
public attention.
The story II that or girl.
desperate over the need OF money
10 save her invalid mothers life.
who IL iurcd TO q disrepuiable hose
under promise Of some sort OF work.
Learning wha, II IL tina, is Of.
fered her. she IL at first appalled,,
bu, ia finally half caioled and half
forced by the proprietrcss into put
ting on flimy gown and offering
herself as sacrifice 10 her
mothers need
A cadet" becomes enraptured OF
her and seeks TO make her his
own especial chattel.
While she is struggling with
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-26
The Best Time of Life

LIVERY little while there to the surface an enihu
IL siast with dream like that which lured the Spanard
when America youngthe dream OF perpetual youth The
latest was Westerner who promised himself by reason OF
certain regime OF diet and exercise life OF at least
200 years, with sncaking hope OF eternity.
Far be from belittle the importance OF living
carefully and long But why put much emphasis on youth
as If only the morning OF life worth living!
Don't suppose that white bearded grandpa, snoozng
the porch the shade watching the infants play has
as much fun out of life the gddies lad maiden?
To be sure it's of a different kind, which happily is one
of natures ways OF nsurng interesting variety But his
rough work done the slowly to meet the iai
horizon he lives the young life about him and, out
of passions ashes builds ripe philosophy
Every time in life is good time to be alive, TOR
ALWAYS you can feel and learn.
We're not a all convinced that ripe old age isn't
the best of ALL for then the heart is melowed
the mind matured and the spirit seasoned, while in
the treasury Of memory stored nnumerabe joys.
the better for the enchantment which distance lends
adjourned without
nto anothe
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-26
YOU'RE NOT DRUNK
If YOU CAN WALK

BOSTON. Aug 26.-Judge Fallon
gave new definition OF drunken.
ness 10 the South Boston court
when Nicholas Gorilla was brought
In on n charge Of having liquor
Illegally for sale at his home. The
Judge said:
"A man may be under the In.
fluence OF liquor and not drunk. I
do not consider n man drunk who
can walk around and get home"
Incidentally. tho Judge fined
Gorilla $50. and. when tho latter
appealed, imposed 5000 bonds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-26
Bringing Up the Rear

TN anticipation OF the meeting in Montreal next month
Of the American Bar association certain standing commit
tees ready to report
The most important of these committees is the one on
law reform Its work the advance OF the legal
profession And this what the committee viii recommend
That the federal judges continue to be appointed Tor lie
as at present that their pay be further increased
he expresses the view that election by the
people brings Judges active politics. with attending evils
makes elevation the bench dependent the tickle favor
of the popuace enormously that the average
voter has sufficient information decide integenty upon
the Character experience fitness OF the candidate for
judicial office"
Medicine ministry, of the other learned probes
sons are moving forward medicine rapidly The law alone
marks time and fingers in the lap OF the musty past ne
profession which, relation should be
IN the van of advance in the pulling back
1t would be pathetic If il weren't so ludierous
Of both Thaw and Digs
that makes the time OF an ape