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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
CHILDREN IN SHRIMP CANNERrEs

CHILDREN IN SHRIMP CANNERIES
Lewis w. Hine In The Survey.
Come out with me to one of these can
neries at 3 o'clock some morning Here
is the crude shed-like building, with a
long dock at which the oyster boats un-
load their cargoes. Near the dock is the
mute testimony to the patient toll of lit
tie fingers. 1t is cold. damp. dark The
whistle blew some time ago, and The
young workers slipped into their meager
garments, snatched a bite 70 eat and
hurried to the shucking shed. The pa
drone told me "Ef dey don't git up, / so
and git 'em up Boys and girls, six,
seven and eight years of age, take their
places with the adults and work all day.
The cars are ready for them with their
loads of dirty, rough clusters of shells,
and as these shells accumulate under
foot in irregular piles, they soon make
the mere matter cf standing one of ply
sical strain. Notice the uncertain foot
ing. and the dilapidated footwear of that
little girl, and opposite is one with cloth
fingers to protect herself from the Jagged
shells-they call them finger stalls"
Their fingers are often sore in spite of
this precaution.
Now we all know that the amount of
work these little ones can do is not much
and yet I have been surprised and horri-
fled at the number of hours day six
or seven year old will stay at work, and
this with the willing and eager consent
of the parents. "Freckled BILL" bright
lad of five years, told me that he worked
and his mother added reproachfully:
He, kin make 10 cents any day he
wants to work, but he won't do 1t
steady"
Hundreds of these children from four
to twelve years of age are regularly en-
ployed, often as helpers, for the greater
part of the six months IL 1t is a good
season. At three and four years of age
theyl play around and help a little
'learnin' de trade" At five and six years
of age they work more regularly, and at
seven and eight years they put in long
hours every working day. This is the
regular programme for these children day
after day, week after week for the six
months of the alleged "outing down
south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
USED HORNETS TO CATCH FLIES
From the New York Tribune

Though dead these hundred years and
more, old Hector st. John Crevecoeur
is the man of the hour. as his Letters
of an American Farmer teach man.
kind how to cope with the fly. Employ
hornets. I'm my new parior,'' wrote
Crevecoeur, Il have curious republic
of Industrious hornets. They are fierce
and vindictive, but kindness and hospi-
tality have made them harmless and
useful. They live on flies. They are
constantly busy catching them, even
on the eyelids of my children. BY their
assistance / am little troubled with
flies"
Lovely! Lots better than sticky fly
paper. Though insidious, the habit Of
sitting on hornets can be cured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
UNKIND.

"Prosby says you are not the man you
used to be- fs
Does the tone of his voice indicate that
am better or worse than I used to hep.
lie speaks very sadly"
omphl Proshy is always knocking
somebody
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
CHEAP AMUSEMENT

From the LOUISVILLE Courier-Journal.
1t is said that man NAV ride
motorcycle at the cost of one-fifth OF I
cent mile. He can also make more un-
necessary noise than by discharging a
mile of firecrackers at cost of thou
sands of dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

1t is true that the fare is cheap, It is also
true that in many instances the poorer
classes of the city are your fellow pas
the cost is no argument against the mode
of conveyance. and the character of peo-
lie with whom you come in contact adds
to the interest and value of the Journey
These buses are fairly comfortable ex-
cept for their zigzaggy course and rick
ETY. motion at times, both of which are
soon forgotten amid scenes which are so
varied and everchanging In interest and
wonder All the buses have seats on
the top of the carriage and 1t is there
one should go to see the outdoor life of
the people and to watch and study the
Kaleidoscope views of the real scenes of
that splendid city. Down and across
the busy boulevards, along the Seine, into
the Latin quarter, and through the "old
city on the island these vehicles go, and
every part of the French capital may
thus be reached.
The fare for seat on the Imperial"
dop) is y centimes 6 cents). There is
a system of transfers known as "a cor
respondence," but these are only given
with the 80 centimes fare which is charged
for the inside of the bus. From this sec
ton of the vehicle very little can be seen
of the streets, so j. is far better to travel
second class and ray Is centimes on each
bus. The trans stop only at fixed points,
while the auto-bus which runs on the
splendid Champs Elysees will take on
and discharge passengers only at such
points as are marked by a white ring
around the lamp post. The horse buses
will stop at any corner. They are plainly
marked with the names of the places to
which they go.
l know of no better way to get the plan
of Paris than from the top of one of
these vehicles, even If you do not .care
for this plebian fashion of travelling.
1t is well to get your bearings before
making use of a cab. As for myself,
have always found Paris from the top
of a bus one of the really interesting
ways of seeing the city, and every time
visit that attractive metropolis I spend
at least a day studying its wonderful
sights in this fashion. Any number of
interesting places may be seen in this
eNSH rieieh History may De
stuGied, for the fuses run through the
places where the most stirring scenes Of
the French revolution were enacted. The
three horse bus marked ''Madelaine-
Bastile' will carry the traveller through
the main artery of the city from end to
end. This great street, so full of historic
associations and one of the most interest
ing thoroughfares in the world, changes
its name at several points and finally
ends at the site of the famous Bastile
of which not a vestige remains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

An exchange wants all bonehead plays
in baseball tabulated by themselves. The
request cannot be complied with in all
lea cues in all cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
Death of a Great Englishman

Lord Avebury whose death is an
nounced at the age of 70 years, was man
of extraordinary versatility and achieve
ment," said an old citizen who has kept
in touch with the scientific world. Ave
bury was best known as Sir John Lub-
book, baronet. He was created first
Baron Avebury in 1900.
England. with her large leisure class,
has developed many statesmen and men
of letters who have been at the same
time active in business affairs. But no
one in my day has distinguished himself
in so many directions as Lord Avebury.
Germany had man of his class in the
late DR.. Virchow, a great savant, who
was at once an accepted authority in
medicine and In anthropology and who
was an influential member of the Reich
stag. But Sir John Lubbock was a busi-
ness man and banker; was the head of
Roberts, Lubbock & Co. He was a sue
cessful politician and when 1 was In Lon
don he was one of the able iieutenants of
Mr.. Gladstone in parliament: but he could
be seen any day about noon driving up to
his banking house. He was accessible
to all men who wished to consult him
on matters of politics, science or finance.
He was an anthropologist and an en-
tomologist, and not only were his books
on scientific subjects accepted as stand
ard works, but they were written in sucn
clear and popular style that they were
great sellers. His Primeval Man had
an immense sale and many of his books
The Beauties of Nature and The Pleas
ures of Life'-ran above 25O.0oO. One of
OF MS most charming esays was entitled
Notes on British Flowerlng Plants
While Sir John Lubbock was not such
an orator as his political chieftain, Mr..
Gladstone, his speeches in parliament
were always Illuminating and convincing.
In the early SOS, Mr.. Mann S. Valen-
tine of Richmond, Va, who had been a
collector of prehistoric relics in this coun-
try, called on Sir John Lubbock with
specimens of some rare finds. Although
it was busy day at the bank the dis
tinguished scientist showed the keenest
interest in Mr.. Valentines specimens and
what was most surprising was his IA
miliarity with the moundbuilders of
America and all the museum work that
had been done in this country.
Among his other activities Sir John
Lubbock had done great deal for the
advancement of public schools, but no
branch of science. perhaps, interested him
so much as anthropology."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

Thurlow Weed was the grandfather oI
William Barnes. The grandfather op.
posed manhood suffrage in 1921. and the
grandson in 1913 opposes statewide iii.
rect primary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
Shakespeare 900 Years After

The immortal bard died in 1916 and
It is proposed that the English-speak-
ing world shall by 1916 erect at
cost of $2,5OO,o0O an English national
theatre in honor of his memory. Sir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

The British intend to erect statue tc
Queen Victoria In Washington and the
Americans in London may set Up a bust
of Carrie Nation in London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

The national game got into court when
New York lawyer asked witness to
explain the difference between straight
and royal flush and their relative
values.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

The President meets the Washington
correspondents twice a week and it is
then and there agreed what should be
printed and what should not be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

big Tim" is regaining his health, and
he may want to regain his seat in Con-
gress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
ELLA FORGETs

From the Kansas City Times.
Men have not made good" saws Ella
Wheeler Wilcox. Still, she was forced
to fall back on the incompetent things
to print her Poems of Passion,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
The commencement Addre..e.

Il have been reading the commence
ment addresses delivered before the grad
nating classes of Alabama schools and
colleges during the past 10 years, and /
think 1t is safe to say that the COM
mencement oratory this month has been
far above the average" said q friend OF
education.
Governor O'Nears address before the
University Alumni association at Tusca-
loosa Tuesday was full of food for
thought. The governor is always felicit-
GUS on the platform. but his Tuscaloosa
address. perhaps. touched his high water
mark. 1t will be widely read and it should
be well pondered'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

According TO the Presbyterians there
are too few preachers and too many law
yers in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

John Bull proposes to give Germany a
chance to seize and steal the possessions
of Portugal in Africa in return for con-
cessions in the Persian gulf.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

Some think the meeting Of the republi-
can national committee was more of a
wake than an affair of life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

Dr. friedman should drop in and see
DR.. Cook while he is in this country.
They might become fast friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
ADRIFT WITH THE TINES
A MORNING PRAYER.

Brightly beams the sun today,
All the world is fair;
Grant me just to get away,
Where to? Anywhere!
Let the wind sigh through the trees,
Birds uplift a song.
Let the brook weave melodies
As 1t lilts along.
Keep my soul. serenely strong,
Buoyant as of yore,
Ere my feet had tramped so long
Life's worn cobbles Ger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

"T. r." Is having a bully time once
more, this time at Marquette, away up
on the Great Lakes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
THE DYING CHRIsT1AN. no HIS souL

BY Alexander Pope.
Vital spark of heavenly flame,
Quit, oh quit this mortal frame
Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying
Oh the pain, the nliss of dying.
Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife.
And let me languish into life!
-tsls'-,
Hark! they whisper; angels say. 4
Sister spirit. come away!
What Is this absorbs me quite?
Steals my senses, shuts my sight
browns my spirit, draws my breath? I.
Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
The world recedes; 1t disappears!
Heaven opens to my eyesl my ears
With sounds seraphic ring;
Lend, lend your wings l mount. 1 flyl
0 Gravel where Is thy victory:
~ Rseth! where - thy stinGt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
PERHAPS.

L. RS begun a libel suit
And here's the reason why;
He hopes that it will serve TO kean
Him In the public eye.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

That Berlin wedding stood in the way
Of diplomacy and general business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
A PITCHERS TRAGEDY

A Kent professor of law proves to be
but another name for a standpat orator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

The perfect baby investigation in New
York discloses two boys to one girl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
HAS IT'S LIMITATIONS.

"a trolley car is easier to dodge than an
automobile"
'Of course 1t Is. trolley car can't
follow you around"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29
SEEMS TO HELP.

SEEMS TO HELP.
When Jaggs puts down tidy drink.
thing he's never stinted
ne cares not what the neighbors think
Ills thoughts are golden-tinted
lmbibng booze, wisacres say.
VIII never lead to glory.
But Jaggs claims that's the only ~.
man can tell a story.
SOON.
Commencement time
Is drawing near;
he sweet girl grad
viii soon be here.
7birm'nshsm Ass 'tapai,,
And in her swn
Sweet lovely wsy.
She'll satta i~ah-
Lens Of he Say.
5eimatcwa 9ee5
Then sas'n e. home
With slia ana pa.
And sc lle down
To helpins ma
aoansstown essn
Likelle shs VITA
Not shiT sweet hasH
Wha fleia poor ava:
She iil Sel5e. =
-Joflnstonn Ese'aa
The sweet boy grad
Uate will go
Home and rest for
A year or So
Houston Post
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

A SHREWD GUESS.
How did this town happen to go dry?"
asked the drummer.
I'VE were outvoted by the country pre-
cints," answered the leading merchant.
Then I'll stick arouid bit. There
ought to be plenty to drink here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

THIS GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
man may lead the simple life
And grow extremely strong
But If he has a nagging wife
He will not live ii long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

ANOTHER REASON.
IT see where burglar has reformed" :"
Ibid his conscience hurt him?'
mo. 1t seems that he Is a light-hearted
fellow and he found it a great hardship
not to be able to sing at his work"
MOST RARE.
I love my darling clementine,
More angel than a woman;
But since she says that she'll be mine,
l can't but think her human.
She stoops to compliments-she says
No other mans like I am;
To start the talk | never praise
The verse of Omar Khayyam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-29

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala,
postoffiee as second class matter uhuei
act of Congress March 8, 1879.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-17
'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal Some Credited. and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.
.$$SSSSSSSSSSS$SSSSSSSSSSSS7

Congressman Joe Russell is at
home on a visit and has met
many of his friends this week
from all parts of the county, who
were here attending court. Mr..
Russell was present in the House
when the tariff bill was passed
and signed, and also when the
proposed currency bill passed the
House. The Senate Is now con-
sidering the currency bill and
the members of the House nearly
all went home until the bill passes
the Senate, as there was nothing
to do in the House in the mean
time. Mr.. Russell will return to
his post of duty whenever his
presence is desired. He says the
tariff bill passed is not exactly as
he would have written it, and
some provisions in it he opposed,
but he supported it when COM
pleted, and believe as q whole, it
is a good bill and will be of great
benefit to the people. and gener-
ally approved by the country
Charleston Enterprise.
The Jefferson City Letter"
sent out weekly to the Democrat
10 newspapers of the state for
publication, nearly always con-
tain Iaudations of officials or
prospective candidates. What
do the editors get out of the pub
lication of these letters? Simply
nothing. When the "pie"is hand
ed out the fellow who did nothing
for party success are lined up at
the front door and the editors are
invited to the back door with the
hopeful assurance that they will
get what is left after the front
crowd is fed. Let the fellows
who get the pie at the front door
door do the battling for the party.
They can afford it; the editors
can't.-Worth County Times.
Look what the typesetter and
then the proof-reader did to this
perfectly good piece in recent
issue Of the Richmond Conser-
vator; "Never before in the his
tory of Richmond was there such
a scarcity Of labor, go we are
told. With the mines working
and the sewer and paving work
under way, there is absolutely no
excuse for any person to make an
honest living"
The consolidation of the St.
Joseph Lead Co., of st. Louis, a
500, 100000 corporation, with the
Doe Run Lead Co., another ST..
Louis corporation, with SIS, 1000, =
QUO, has been recommended in a
report made by a committee Of
stockholders that have heen con-
sidering the proposition. Fig
ures are easy and water is plen.
tiful up there.
Robert McGinnis was arrested
and fined S26 and costs, by the
city Of Maryville, for carrying
concealed weapons. The state
then took it up and he was fined
S100, and given six months In
Jail for the same offense. This
makes it expensive to tote q pis-
tol. He paid the fines and was
psroled as to the jail sentence.
While at st. Joseph last week
we witnessed a game Of auto polo
and an exhibition by trained fiess.
Both we're exciting and deman-
ded our closest attention-the
former with the expectation that
some of the players would be
killed, the latter for fear that
some Of the "animals" would get
away.-Gallatin Democrat.
Lightning Tuesday night killed
II head of cattle for n, Kelch at
lBrownwood.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-17

The annual fire loss in this
state is said to be $4,000, 900.
There are 37,O73 motor cars in
Missouri so far this year-and
about half that many competent
drivers.-Linneus Bulletin.
The state board of equaliza-
ton has fixed the valuation of
Missouri property at 81, $50, 900, :
900. This is only an increase Of
$40, 100000 over last year.
Three children of Jesse Alum
baugh, living near Napoleon, in
Lafayette county, were burned to
death in g fire which destroyed
his home the night of the 3rd.
At Maryville q firm is photo
graphing the records in the coun-
ty recorders office for a new set
of abstract books. 'Tis said to
be cheaper than copying the rec
ords, but it looks to US like a lazy
mans way.
The churches ia Macon are
planning a union revival next
month, and an innovation that
will be tried out is the appoint
ment of an accredited press agent
who Is to "do" the meetings for
the local press.
Nodaway county is boasting
thatit has the biggest hog in
Missouri, an 800-pounder, eighty
nine inches long and thirty three
inches tall. Yes, that is some
hog for the fouF-legged kind.
But there are others.
"Obediah Sturgeon gave us q
Wolf River apple last week"
says Editor Moorehead of the
Hopkins Journal, in a recent is-
sue, "that we had hard work to
get into an ordinary water buck
et." My, my; may-be-so; may
be-so!
The largest shipment of water
melons ever made from Carroll
county was taken on board the
steamer Chester, at Fuller's Land
ing, recently, when $500 melons
were sent to Kansas City. This
was part of a crop raised by Mr..
Fuller on a4-acre patch this sea-
son.
Miss Ruth Higginoottom, q llt-
tie Columbia miss Of 13, started
on the first Of this month to visit
her aunt in Toxic, Japan. From
Omaha to Yokohama che will
travel with friends, but the rest
of the way she will travel alone,
and she expects to make the re-
turn trip home by herself.
John Bunker, living west OF
town, threshed his wheat last
week and it made an average of
SO bushels to the acre. The re-
markable thing aboutit, Mr.. Bum
ker said, is the fact that the land
on which the wheat grew was de-
olared to be worn out forty years
ago.-Worth County Times,
A street car struck mule IN
s.. Louis the other day and killed
1.-THE mule. A dead mule be-
ing such a rare sight-especially
after it had been hit by street
car-the carcass was allowed to
lay in the street for two days,
presumably that the people might
get a look at a real dead mule.
The Fulton Gazette announces
that hszing at Westminster COL
lege has come to an end. Sophs
''tubbed' a freshmen recently,
and the faculty said that was too
crying an outrage. Yet, without
favoring hazing we have met
students who needed 'tubbing''
few times to make freshmen
CT them.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-17

II would have broken the hear
of the every day citizen to see
what happened in the United
States suh-tressury in st. Louis
a few days ago. By order of the
treasury department in Washing
ton So, ,500,0 in currency was
partly destroyed. Holes big
enough to put a finger through
we're punched into the notes and
they were then divided length :
wise by an electric power cutter.
The notes are gold and silver
certificates OF the 1000 and S10,-
600 sizes, put up in packets OF
100000. About S1,500,000 OF
the $1,000 and 81, 100000 Of the
$40, 900 denominations were sac
rifced. W. D. Vandiver, assis-
tant United States Treasurer,
said the reason for the destruc-
ton was that the notes are too
large for general circulation.
The notes are new and unused.
st. Louis business men are not
in the habit of paying their bills
or their employers with $4,000 or
$500 bills. The packages of
half notes will be sent one at a
time to Washington to prevent
anyone from getting them and
splicing them together.
A most distressing incident oc-
CURED last week at the home of
Andy Eskew about three miles
southeast of this city. Itappears
that Mrs. Landrum Hankins and
her 3-year old child were visiting
at the Eskew home and the child
with an older son of Mr.. Eskew
was out in the yard with the dog.
The dog caught a rabbit which
the older boy was carrying. Some
Of the family told him to throw
it down as they did not want it at
the house. He did so and it was
picked up by the Hankins child
when the dog attacked it and be-
fore the child could be rescued
the vicious animal had horribly
mutilated its face. 1t took four
teen stitches to close the wounds.
Bloomfield Vindicator.
The fact that he stood five feet
ten inches and weighed 180
pounds did not prevent James
Watkins from receiving a sound
spanking at the hands of his
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins,
Of Buchanan county, The moth
er has administered so many
spankings to her son within the
past few months that the neigh
bors have complained to the au-
thorities and the constabulary
are contemplating a raid, as the
neighbors allege that the whacks
and believing create a disturb.
ance within the meaning Of the
law. She is TO be arrested and
tried, but che declares that she
will not spare the shingle and lei
her boy be spoiled.
Alex. H. Mcclure, a resident
Of Maiden, had a volunteer wa
ter melon vine to come up in his
garden. 1t vined among the to-
mato and peanut hills and never
was hoed or had any attention,
nor affected the growth of the
other truck. It produced five
melons that weighed each; First
one, 81 pounds; second one, a
and ga pounds; third one, 81
and 1-2 pounds; fourth one, 81
and 1-2 pounds; fifth one, 10
pounds; making a total Of 16t
and 1-2 pouads from one vine
The melons we're ell of a very
fine flavor, sweet and delicious,
Maiden Merit.