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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21
THE NARCOTIC BULLET

pleasure, and death upon the battlefield
a positive delight.
Says Mr.. Kennedy. the inventor, in an
article for the Technical World Maga-
zine:
The soldier, receiving a slight flesh
wound from the new bullet. fights no
! more that day; he calmly stretches him
self on the ground and goes to sleep. The
| man receiving serious wound suffers no
agony, as the narcotic from the bullet is
absorbed by his system and he is insensi-
bic to pain before he reaches the hos
pital. The man whose wound Is mortal
| sleeps away his last hours, thus doing
away with most of the battlefield horror
The fleeing burglar is shot in the arm.
runs forward short distance, stretches
himself on the sidewalk. and all the po-
liceman has to do is summon an ambu-
lance and haul him away. The big game
hunters, Humphrey says, will feel no fear
of counter stroke from wounded tiger,
lion or grizzly bear. Although the bullet
may make but slight wound, the game
Is as good as bagged, once 1t is struck
At last grim visaged war hath smoothed
his wrinkled 'front.' The Hague peace
conference should adjourn sine die. Here
after it will be more agreeable to beard
the enemy in his fortifcations and court
the pleasure Of being fairly riddled with
doses of morphine than to struggle on in
the hopeless effort to make = moderate
income meet necessary expenditures. At
last the problem of cutting down the pop
ulation without irritating those who are
cut down will be effected in a manner
that would have delighted Nautilus.
And will it not be possible to arm the
front elevation of the automobile with
spears loaded with dope" as the Kennedy
bullets are loaded. SO that the pedestrian
who is overtaken In mid-air as ne makes
a frog like leap for the curbing will ~e
anaesthetized automatically, SO that i.
ho chances to be living when he is picked
up he will be perfectly comfortable and
will not miss the arms or legs that have
been sireared off by the machine?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21
President wilson's Administration

President Wilson is being much praised
for the way in which he is starting out
said Henry B. Meyer of Cincinnati. Il
have always been democrat and, there-
fore, my ballot was cast for Wilson
and Marshall I felt that MIR. Wilson
would have successful administration
but he is going to make the country
even a better President than l had ex-
pected.
HE has an excellent cabinet. Mr..
Bryan. notably able, is disposed to talk
too much IN public, but he will get over
that habit think when he realizes fully
that as the head of the state depart
ment he must be guarded in what he
says as we'll as In what he does.
"one thing that particularly impresses
me is President Wilson's business-like
methods and his honest civil service poll
icy. Politicians cannot induce him to APP
point men to office unless the applicants
measure up to high standard. both in
character and capacity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21
me worlds Greatest violinist

"Ysaye enjoys the reputation of being
the worlds greatest violinist and when
he appears at the jefferson theatre on
the night of April 7 there will probably
be no vacant seats,' said Oliver Chali-
foux II heard Ysaye in Paris when he
was young virtuoso and l recall the
furore he created. The audience could
hardly wait until he had reached a cli-
max before applauding. Now in his ma
ture years Ysaye is simply colossal.
HE comes to Birmingham under the
auspices of the Music Study club and
this organization is to be cordially con-
mended for securing so brilliant an at
traction. The highest price for seats Is
to be s2 Even If the price were TO
range as high as 50 1 believe Ysaye could
draw a crowd that would fill the house
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21
THE WOMAN AND THE DOG

From Judge.
An elderly woman, with small oos
upon her lap while riding in trolley
car. asked the conductor II he would KIND
ly tell her when they got to Hazel street
After she had got up two or three times,
the conductor told her to Keep ner seal
and he would let her know when they
reached Hazel street.
Finally he called out Hazel street!'
The woman held the dog up to the WIN
dow and said, 'Fido, look! There's where
you We're born!' Then, turning to the
conductor, she remarked. I'm going y
the end Of the line"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21
WE WONDER.

Birminghams post card day was great
success, of course, but we are at loss
to Understand why people residing here
in Birmingham should send the cards 10
other reople living in the same town. Is
the recipient to infer that he has been
asleep and his more progressive neighbors
desire him to become aware of Birmlng-
hams greatness? PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21
Thr Charity Hall

1.-The proceeds of the annual charity
ball go to one of Birmingham's worthiest
charity causes-the District Nurses asso-
ciation," said a prominent citizen. EVERY
one who buys ticket not only helps
the cause materially but he gets value
received for as a social event the ball
will be this year, as it was last, most
brilliant.
Il have attended many balls in Bir-
mingham and other cities, but have
never enjoyed one SO much as l did that
of Easter Monday last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

A loaf of bread weighing 400 pounds
was baked in Kansas City and shipped
to the Produce exchange in New York.
1t is 131a feet long, Is feet wide and
feet deep. 1t is estimated that it would
take 1s hogs to supply enough ham for
sandwiches for the loaf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21
ANCIENT WORTHLESS.

ANtlENI WOhlhlES.
King Solomon would join no lodge
He feared that on returning
A thousand wives would wait for him,
A thousand candles burn ng.
PEORIA Journal
Old Jonah was a modest chap
AS ever took sailin;
He never gave a picture-talk
On How l Went a-Whalini''
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Old Noah was a sailor bold,
A navigator tireless,
And got about quite well, we're told;
Before the days of wireless.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Young David was warrior bold
Goliath could yell louder,
But Davey laid him stiff and cold
Without the use of powder
Youngstown Telegram.
Old Samson was wrestler stout
As all the records tell. son;
Long held the championship without
Resorting to half-Nelson.
Nashville Banner.
He with the jawbone of an ass
Killed thousands, nor denied It;
Not one of our spelbinders have
Done that. But some have tried II.
Houston POST
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21
CONCERNING MR.. WELLS.

CONCERNING MR.. WELLS.
We regret to learn that Mr. Bombardier
Wells of England has. so to speak. hit
the pugilistic toboggan. We don't recall
any other prize fighter with a more Gu
tive of combat.
ALL ABOARD FOR xcgyitETAOnl,,'
He's seldom known
To take great pains
WHOSE metier
Is calling trains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

RIVAL MAIDS.
If rival maids,
Perchance should meet,
The smiles they wear
Are wondrouslsw sweet.
So swift the play
OF compliment,
You could NOT guess
Their fell intent.
Though fips say eLove."
In spite of that,
They simply itch
To start a spatI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

Great Britain proposes to cultivate cot
ton in the Sudan while Russia develops
the cotton fields of Turkestan. These arid
sections can never drive the United States
out of the cotton business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

Princeton has received a gift of $780,,
900 without restriction or conditions. Sht
is very happy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

Secretary McAdoo can handle subway
crush better than he can rush of place
hunters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

The government now handles 50.000,0o'
packages month for $4,000. 900 people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

Mr.. Wilson is President but the popu
lar price magazines still claim to be ir
the saddle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

Victor Murdock, who represents in Con-
gress the Eighth Kansas district. has
formally cast off the republican party and
has Joined the progressive party
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

1t is pretty well agreed that Presiden
Wilson knows how to take hold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

The New Haven railroad will soon be
electricized all the way from New Haven
to New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

Speakers at Louisyille meeting favored
a minimum wage OF 50 q week for gtris,
in department stores, and the sentiment
was applauded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

The name of the new capital of Aus.
tralia is Canberra. 1t means Laughing
jackass.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

F'uturist fashions for women are an
nounced. This is carrying art to the
limit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

Mayor Gaynor's prospects of a second
nomination are declared to be good, and
he is still strong before The people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

Mr.. Bryan did not succeed in talking a
brace of senators out of Illinois pig
headed statesmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

Easter hating is matter that cannot
we'll be postponed much longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

The Wilson administration still declines
to act as fasco at the, outset
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

sudden impetus of interest. Eyes, saw
her in London and l sneaked off and saw
her again in New York, too. She cer-
tainly is a peach!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21
REMARKABLE CASE.

Il don't think 1 ever saw Tragwine get
into an argument"
And you never will. Why, you couldnt t
get Tragwine to argue with you IL you'd
start to boost the Mormons."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
lTNHE author of dime novels will in
the future put 1t in this way:
1 "A whiplike report broke the still
ness of the canyon. A tiny puff of white
smoke foated upward from the muzzle
of Deadwood Dicks unerring rifle. Pig
Eyed Pete smiled broadly, yawned and
fell over, fast asleep, his head pillowed
upon a boulder"
The police reports will contain items OF
this kind:
Mr. Jones Browne, clad only in his pa
jamas, chased the burglar down the nall,
| firing at him as he ran. He thought ne
had missed the man, but when the maid
went to dust the spare room this morn
| ing the burglar was found in bed He
had been wounded six times and 1t was
impossible to wake him. All the wounds
| we're flesh wounds, and unless the man
dies from an overdose of morphine he will
recover"
In the columns of the press items like
this will become common:
UNLESS the legislature enacts strin-
gent law prohibiting the sale of ammuni-
tion, except upon a physicians prescrip-
ton, the highly injurious practice of using
the 2 caliber pistol a hypodermic
syringe cannot be suppressed. The pop
ping of these little pistols can be heard
all night in some sections of the city, and
confirmed dope fiends sometimes have to
go to hospitals for treatment as result
of having shot themselves through the
heshy parts of their arms and legs until
blood poison has developed"
| The narcotic bullet has been invented.
The sbullet that is to send the soldier
| through slumber into the great beyond; !;
| to put the burglar to sleep until the patrol
wagon arrives; to dope the royal Bengal
| tiger and make him as harmless as a
drowsy kitten; to end the charge of the
white rhinoceros in a snore. Hunting is to
| be made humane. War will become a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21
PERSONAL EFFECTS OF MORGAN
Errnrn the Ponl1lar Magazina .

From the Popular Mdsdzine
When J. Pierpont Morgan was in
Washington as witness during the
Senate investigation of presidential
campaign contributions last fall, he
dropped into the offices of the revenue
service in the treasury department and
was met by a clerk.
well, what. can l do for your" asked
the clerk, who did not know the great
inancier from the side of sole leather.
I'm thinking about moving some of
my personal effects from my London
town house to New York" said Mr..
Morgan politely II want to find out
whether or not they are dutiable."
"Well,' said the clerk, looking pro-
foundly wise, what is the value of this
stuff?" =.
Right there the clerk got the shock
|of his life.
"Oh," replied Mr.. Morgan, Something.
II should say between seven and ten
millions of dollars"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21

But 1 tell you, my lord fool, out OF
his nettle, danger, we pluck the Hover,
afety. II King Henry ".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-21
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

US immensely. Another variation Of the
same idea is when an impertinent hire
ling treats some unpretentious old gen.
tleman with about as much courtesy as
he would show to yellow dog and is then
knocked out by the information that he
Egl Hbeen trying to get gay with Mr.. Nor
serfeller, the enormously rich president
of the company, who will see that this
particular clerk is bounced so hard h,
will feel the jolt for the rest of his life.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-07-04
COTTONSEWING THREADFREE
Senate Caucus Again Yields Ak for the
Household,

Notwithstanding the ak again
on the tariff revision bill for the benefit
OF the household, the senate Democratic
caucus determined to put cotton sewing
thread on the free list.
This action followed a spirited debate
and was carried by one vote over the
protest of members of the finance com
mittee, who defended the Is per cent
duty which was carried in the bill as it
passed the house and which the senate
majority on the finance committee did
not alter.
Those who ~championed this favor TO
the housewife argued that the revenue
to be derived from sewing thread was in
consequential and that to be consistent
in attempting to lower the cost of liv-
ing the senate should not bubble. Look
ing up the estimates they found hat
the estimated revenue to be derived WAS
about S225,oo0 a year. This, they fig
ured, was a small amount TO worry
about and on the free hist cotton thread
went, while committee members objected
s~trenuously.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-07-04
BLUE AND GRAY
IN GRAND REUNION
SURVIVORS OF BLOODY BATTLE
FRATERNIZE ON FIELD.
40, 900 ARE CAMPED THERE
Lively Little Breeze From Blue Ridges
Revives the Weary-Grizzled Vet
Grams Weep as Gray-Haired
Women Sing.

Gettysburg, Pa.-Over the field of Get.
tysburg, where the blue and gray fought
fifty years ago, the soldiers of peace from
the North and South, the East and the
West trooped to the tented city of
Brown Tuesday, where they will live In
the four days of semicentennial celebra-
ton. n was an army united in senti-
ment and united in fact, for the blue
linked arms with the gray. They marched
the dusty road together from the vii
lage; they sat down at the same mess
tables, and they talked over the war. If
there was any rancor in any heart, uny
feeling of bitterness, it did not come to
the surface, and over the broad expanse
of the "cityD reunions of those who won
and those who tried went on hour after
hour.
Officials of the regular army, in charge
of the camp, estimated that nearly 49,
900 veterans came in during the day,
bringing the total close to 10000, prob
ably the greatest army that ever assem-
bled on Gettysburg field after Lee and
Meade left it to glory and to history.
The sun blazed just as fiercely as ever,
but down the Blue Ridge tumbled a
lively little breeze that curled the open
tent flaps and carried vigor to the tired
veterans. In consequence of this relief
there were fewer prostrations.
There were several women from the
village in the tent, and six one-time
school girls, %gray-haired and aged now,
sang Rally Round the Flag, Boys"
while the veterans wept like boys, but
with pride. The six women who sang
the battle song were among those who
thronged the streets of Gettysburg after
the advance guard OF the Southern army
left it, fifty years ago. On that night
when Buford's men came riding into the
village on the heels of Wheeler's men in
gray, maidens strewed flowers along the
streets, and bells in the churches pealed
out the news of the coming of the blue
and the town went wild. OF all the
cores of girls who welcomed the van
guard of Meade, only a half dozen could
be found, and they stood, white-haired,
with tears in their eyes, on a platform
in the big tent and sang to the weeping
soldiers in the seats below.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-07-04
PATENTS ARE CANCELLED
Right to Town Lots Was Not Acquired
Lawfully, Says Court.

Muskogee, Okla.-In the federal court
here Tuesday Judge Campbell ordered
cancelled patents to twenty-seven town
lots in Tulsa belonging to the Frisco Oil
and Gas Company. The property is
valued at $4,000.
This is one Of the cases sin which it
10 alleged that persons scheduled town
lots when the government plated the
town site, claiming an occupancy right
and thus getting the lots and turning
them back to the Frisco Company. The
court held that such acquisition, while
it may have been sanctioned by the gov.
eminent townsite committee, was not
within the law, and the patents were or.
dered cancelled.
The lots revert to the Creek Nation
and the money that was paid for the lots
originally returned to the original pat
entees.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-07-04
BIG OIL STEAMER
EXPL0DES 5DEAD
STANDARD OIL VESSEL WRECKED
OFF STATEN ISLAND.
SIX HURT; DOZEN MISSING
Explosion Heard for Miles and Fifty Men
Aboard Were Thrown Into Water.
Flash Of Flame Lighted Up Bay
and Brought Rescue.

New York.-Two hundred tons OF fuel
oil on board the steel tank steamer Mo.
hawk, owned by the Standard Oil Com
pany, exploded with a terrific roar and
burst of flame Friday afternoon while
the vessel was at anchor off T%ompkins.
Vile, Staten Island, in New York bay,
killing five persons and injuring six 9th
ers. A dozen more are u~naccounted Tor,
but are believed to have been rescued.
Two bodies were seen floating in the
hold while fire boats were still pouring
streams of water into the wrecked
steamer. The other three victims prob.
ably were blown to pieces.
Carelessness of a machinist's helper
was reported to have caused the explo-
sion. Fifty men, including the crew and
20 maehinists, who were making repairs
preparatory to the Mohawk's departure
for Tuxpan, Mexico, were on board. A
helper was declared to have dropped a
washer into the hold below the fire
room. Seeking to recover it, he is be-
lieved to have carried a lighted candle.
which caused combustion among gases
generated in the hold.
The explosion was heard for many
miles. A 2O0-foot flash Of flame, a col
umn of smoke, the detonation, a volcano
of debris, and the Mohawk settled aft,
while fire boats, wrecking tugs and 9th
err harbor craft hurried to the scene
from all directions.
A score or more of men who were
blown overheard were rescued unhurt
from the water. Others chung to the
stanchions or rails or huddled in the bow,
whence they were dragged to safety on
boats.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-07-04
COTTON MADE GOOD
PROGRESPASTWEEK
PLANT GREW WELL AND CULTIvA.
TON KEPT UP TO STANDARD.
GENERAL RAIN IS NEEDED
AS Compared With May rs Crop Shows
81 Point Improvement and Fig
ures Are Placed at e1.8
For the Belt.

Memphis.-There has been an i'm
porvement in the crop since May 25, esti-
mated at 81 points, and using the gov
eminent condition report of June 2 as
a basis, the condition of the crop as Of
date June 25 is placed at s1.s per cent
of normal.
The weather for the past week has
been favorable and good progress was
made all over the belt. Plant is growing
rapidly in most sections and made up
to a small degree the l~ateness that has
characterized it. Although still some
what late, the plant is sturdy and
healthy all over the belt. Half-grown
bolls are reported from San Antonio,
Tex, and blooms have been found as far
north as Shelby county, Tennessee.
There is much need of moisture in the
central belt, and unless rains come this
week considerable damage will result.
However, the plant is being made 10
hold up well against drouth by the state
of cultivation, which may be termed ex-
tr~aordinarily good, and if a general rain
visits the central belt this week all dam
age will be overcome. Local showers fell
in scattered localities all over the belt
during the week and relieved the drouth
in many sections, but a general rain is
badly needed in the central belt and
would not hurt in all states, except in
a few localities in the Carolinas.
There is complaint Of boil weevil from
a constantly widening area, but the dam
age done so far is reported to be nomi-
nal, and in many sections of Mississippi
and Louisiana the farmers have almost
rid the fields of the pest by picking them
and the punctures squares and burning
them.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-07-04

Revised rules for life saving appli-
ances at sea have Just been issued
by the British board OF trade. A table
showing the number OF davits which
must be provided specifies what num-
Der must be carried on vessels OF
various lengths. Thus, vessels under
160 feet in length must carry two
davits. Vessels between 245 and 270
feet must carry six davits. Those of
from 800 to 800 feet, ten davits; YES
sells of from $50 to $40 feet, IA davits.
Those from $50 to GO feet must carry
a6 davits. Those from $50 to $40
feet, % davits, and vessels from $40
TO 1,O40 feet must carry &c davits.
The number of lifeboats, or approved
substitutes thereof. must provide a
Beat for every passenger. Motor life
boats may be fitted. but their use Is
not encouraged.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-07-04

From the way a great many people
'oss money about-from the Obvious
indications that numbers of small sal
aired men and other w~age-earners are
living beyond their incomes-it is diff
ncult TO believe hat the good old
habit OF saving persists In the United
States. But it does. and the proof of
1t Ia the enormous sun OF $4,000. 000,-
900 on deposit In American savings
banks. There are other savings OF
course than those In banks. Thrift
u a sterling attribute OF human IA.
ture. The fact that in spite of sur
face indications 1t characterizes a
large part OF the population is reas
surtng.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-07-04
TWELVE BODIES RECOVERED
Walk Leading to Municipal Bath House
Collapses.

Lawrence, Mass.-A narrow wooden
walk leading over fifteen feet of water
to the municipal bath house in the Mer.
rimac river Tuesday gave way under the
stamping feet of n crowd of impatient
boys and at least twelve of the little
fellows were drowned. There may be
more bodies in the stream.
The boys, ranging from nine to fit.
teen, were waiting for the bath house
keeper to open the door. No M knew
how many there were in the party, but
it is thought that forty is a conservative
estimate,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-07-04
OHentals Buy Land.

Stockton, Cal.-Woo Foon and Woo
Sang of San Francisco, and Woo Jung
Hoy and Woo Kis of San joaquin county
placed deeds on record Friday showing
they had formed a syndicate and pur-
chased part Of Venice Island, one of
the most productive of the delta region.
The island is divided into 81. 90 camps,
n of which has been procured by the
Chinese. This is one of the biggest land
deals on record here in which Orientals
have participated, and to anticipate OPP
Grafton of the anti-alien law the syndi-
cate paid a heavy price for the land.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-07-04
In the BARRIERS Chair.

mo sooner was I seated in the.
CHAIR" began Jones. than the barber
commented on the weather, and d.
rected a current Of discourse into my
ears.
"Je ne comprend pas said l, with.
an inward chuckle. thinking his volu-
bility would be checked.
In very good French he started IL.
afresh. looked at him as II bewil.
dered, and then interrupted him By
asking:
WAS Sagen Sier
HE began to repeat in German al,
that he had been saying. when F shut
him OF with:
"tOh. talk to me with your flngers
I'm deaf and dumb!'"