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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
How They ShOp

From the Pittsburg Post.
II can understand a woman wanting
to match piece of silk
"Wen?''
But why should she make me show
her all the refrigerators and grindstones
We have in stock?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

photograph OF himself sent to the
authorities at Forsythe. Mont. that his
wife might not be sent to the electric
chair for murder led to the arrest il
New York of Arthur S. Hughes. and he
was locked in a cell in the Tombs t.
await extradition to Montana OF
charges of conspiracy, robbing grave
and arson.
The charges are that he and his wife.
in order to get the $4,000 insurance
on his life. stole a body from a grave.
put it in their home and set fire to tn,
house. Hughes disappeared, and every
one thought he died in the fire. In a
few days his wife married and received
the insurance. She then was arrested
on charge of having murdered hel
husband and of setting fire to the house
as well as having robbed the grave
This prompted Hughes to let the author
tiles know he was alive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Corner School, Product of Community
Aroused to the Necessity OF Education|

Romance of Growth Institution
What
Principal of Patrons Pupils
A Letter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

officials decided that both teachers were
needed and agreed to pay both from the
public funds.
THE attendance increased and the work
became so heavy that we We're told We
might have a third teacher if we could
provide room. Members of the l. o. o.
f. lodge at once offered the use of their
hall and the additional teacher was sent
to us.
"A School Improvement association
was organized last January and since
work about the exterior of our school
house. The members have not expended
any effort on the improvement of the
building as it will soon be abandoned for
our new four-room school house which
Is now under construction
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

the estimation of the school people of
the county. She is not trying to secure
a more desirable place in which to teach.
She Is making the place she has so good,
so desirable. that she Is In no neeu OF
changing In order to find better place.
She returns this month to begin a new
term. An especial feature of the new
year is to be the library and reading
room in the new school building, and
Miss Mason has some inviting plans for
that departmenf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Very Fertile Soil

The community is eager for improve
mnet along all lines. The land is valua-
BILE for farming and there are several
large orchards and many truck farms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Trustees of School

"Our trustees, Mr.. Mayfield Mr.. Hall
man and Mr.. Tarence, are especially ca
pable. They are entirely suited for this
office and their manner of handling all
matters under their control has been
most satisfactory to the school.
Two and half miles west of us is
Mr.. G. c. Rowe's school, and three miles
, north is another school which Miss Susan
Bowen taught during the past summer.
The teachers of these three schools oc-
casionally have joint meetings for the
discussion of educational matters. The
work of the School Improvement associa-
ton, the attitude of the trustees and these
educational meetings are all valuable in
encouraging and developing a happy
school spirit. Requests that we teachers
make for any necessity are always re-
sponded to with promptness which
shows the spirit of the people toward
their school,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Preparations for ,19I2-13

I'm anticipation of the opening of school
last year the room was devided by par
tition making a place for each of the two
teachers number of the patrons at-
tended the opening exercises on the first
day. Never have l seen greater interest
manifested by patrons than at Corner.
Our average attendance for the first
month was surprise. The county school
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Grading the School


my work of grading the school was
quite difficult. as there had been seven
years work taught by one teacher, and
some of the children were much farther
advanced In one study than in others. 1t
was not easy to assign each pupil to the
one regular grade in which he could make
the most satisfactory progress. Two
teachers for nine grades was an improve
ment, but 1t was still heavy work and
we were glad indeed when we were given
the third teacher. While it was incon-
venient for teachers and pupils to be
crowded as we have been. good work has
been done. The boys and girls are am
bilious and enthusiastic. They have had
confidence to believe that their school
was improving and that what was best
for them would be done. When the new
teacher arrived we placed the eighth and
ninth grades in the lodge room upstairs.
This is not a very warm room In winter
and these grades suffered many incon-
veniences. l sincerely hope that no other
grades at Corner will ever be called upon
to endure what my loyal eighth and
ninth grades passed through last win
ter. They did excellent work under the
circumstances. and the work of some of
them was equal to that of pupils who
have the best advantages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Pupils Govern Selves

uPA1S 0ONCAH oClNCS
While | am speaking of the students
want to add that we allow them to
govern themselves as long as they show
themselves capable of doing So. They are
very obedient and respectful. Even the
smallest child seems to catch the spirit of
our school
"One disadvantage that could not be
avoided, as this is an agricultural dis
trict, was that our term had to be divid-
ed 1t was with regret that we closed the
school in March to reopen in July Miss
Tubb was unable to rturn to complete the
term and the primary pupils had to give
up their dearly loved teacher. Professor
Harrison. principal Of the Warrior High
school, was employed to fill this vacancy,
as his school was closed for the summer
vacation. His presence here in the Cor
ner school has been of inestimable value
to the school and to the neighborhood
He has borne a responsible part in our
school work and we regret his leaving to
resume his work at Warrior. Miss wes-
son, the intermediate teacher, has done
splendid work with her grades. No one
could have filed the position more salts
factorily than she. Her pupils are obe-
dent and kind and she has been faithful
in her duty toward them.
Music, manual training and drawing.
had been barely begun in this school. The
Adory, Miss Alexander and Mr. Blough,
have done much to help us with these
branches
Visit From Mr.. Hewitt
zone of the greatest inspirations we
received last year was from Mr. Hewitt's
visit. All during the autumn and early
winter the children worked with the de-
termination to accomplish something to
show their appreciation of Mr. Hewitt's
interest in them. He promised that he
would come and at length he wrote Mr..
to meet him at Warrior The
people thought they were deeply inter-
ested in their school. but Mr.. Hewitt
aroused them to still greater activity.
He explained possibilities for a growing
school and encouraged them to begin at
once to give their children school adj
vantages at home. He told the patrons
that they needed new school building,
and with their usual resolution they be-
gan the erection of new school house
This is four-rooni, modern house. built
on state adopted plans This was one
of several suggestions given us by Mr.
Hewitt and we intend TO do our best TO
follow the others as well as this one.
The Summer Term
"The simmer term began with an edti-
cational day on June 30. Mr.. E. e..
Smith OF Birms CHAM made an excellent
address. Mr.. u 3. Hobby of Auburn, in
spected the fields Of the Corn club boys,
and gave an address in the afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12
Miss Mason Praised

Respectfully yours,
IRA WOOTEN.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-12

For our Toe English style Ice
Bags. Made of extra quality
chocolate colored rubber. A
chance to save.
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THE DAYS DIVERSION.

During the recent frightful epidemic OF
pneumonia plague, moreover. when the
plague was being conveyed by bales OF
marmot skins. there was no let-up in the
vigilance of the inspectors of furs Each
morning they readily took their lives in
their hands II was all in the days work.
more tranquil frontier is that of Hol-
land and Belgium, on the road from
Breda to Antwerp. a gate and a deserted
brick barn OF place When | last went
that way. the frontier was clogged with
huge crates of freight Some OF them had
been there for weeks The lone customs
man. an elderly and phlegmatic person,
told me that they were likely to be there
for many more. The crates were too
heavy for his weighing machine. He had
applied to the government for another
weighing machine OF a greater capacity.
mr. for more weights. They were con-
sidering the matter at The Hague, one
of the leisurely cosmopolitan pastimes of
government departments from TERRA del
Fuego TO Nome. from Paris to Picking.
To obtain the full flavor of crossing
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cles in a corner The officials had a good
deal OF bother recapturing it,
Skulls. too. can be embarrassing com
panions when you are crossing frontiers.
/ was bringing some back from the
trenches round Port Arthur and the Jap
anese frontier officials at Dalny eyed
them askance However. tact triumphed
| explained that they were skulls OF era
ven Russian soldiers who had been slain
by the gallant japanese. When the Rus
sian frontier doomed up some days later,
| explained that they were the skulls Of
craven japanese soldiers slain by gallant
Muscoyites And all was well.
Japanese frontiers are eccentric.
friend of mine was permitted to bring a
Colt automatic and plenty of cartridges
therefor into Japan, but they held up
dozen Chinese cigarettes.
Keeping the best Of our poor wine till
the end of the feast. mention should be
made of that delightful Englishman, who,
with Russian assistant, administers the
Chinese customs on a lonely reach of the
lower soungari River below kharbin
Chinese freight boats are all that he sees
for months at time but when a white
man passes that way on him he showers
bottles OF the best Jamaica rum and vol
umes from his many shelves of library
books that ought 20 have been returned
some years ago. They hail from three
continents. do these books. and II is one
of the best collections Of its kind l have
ever seen.
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N6a,zIyg Aze RtcS5o =
German Frontier.

wardness OF "A bottle Of cholera miXtnrt
and the crocodile that wigglcd. eH-
planned the sphere Of suudry acids aud
tacks-in-the-hox. The officials wouldn'
wait til we got 10 the slapsuck. They
caught sight Of Jack. tethered to bench,
doing doggifed Maude Allen dances on
his hind Icgs-an accomplishment Of his
and decided that we were all mad.
chalked a cryptic symbol on little green
label and told ms that We were admitted.
II was at Chiasso. on the border ~
Switzerland and Italy on the southern
slope OF the Italian Alps. that ] smuggled
professionally for q while. ] smuggltu
news: and | may check your broadening
smile by assuring YOU that II was good
deal more fun than your petty comings
and goings with bottle Of eau de Co
logne or a handful Of cigars.
l was not the only man engaging IN
this profession. We were many. ana we
had come together from the FAR ends oil
the earth. We formed an international
union. with headquarters %, the FeliS'
the one little hotel OF the town that was
free from an chronological population.
We were Dutchmen and Germans ana
Frenchmen and Britishers and Auslrlahs
and Americans and Russians, and we
had been sent down into Italy at the
outbreak Of the Trlpoltan war to tell
the world what Italy was dong with h'r
"
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Me1ya, szzape OF 16glZgy Icz4a7 1ocAz 9.se less1s

the train near Hanover not improhaoy
led him to sign the pledge lie watched
il with a fascinated stare, not wishing
To mention that he thought 1t was NOV
ing. as ne knew only too we'll that he was
quite drunk. and ii was probably a
Authorization. The Chief OF Police of the
Dutch-German frontier-a respondent
person. with gold washed helmet and
suede gloves and a Kaiser mustache-
anxiously asked me if Barbara would eat
notatoes and the uniformed apes who
fuss on the frontier Of the Austrian En-
pire north OF Prague very nearly jailed
me for leze majesty when assured, In the
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could not use the telegraph wires. and
the telephone was useless. We had our
legs and the railroads When We missed
the last train back 10 Switzerland We
took a train To Como. and YEARLY came
up out of Italy by road. passing the
frontier customs squad where the border
line cut across the main street OF
ChiassO
Smuggling was the order Of the day I'm
Chiasso. though the journalistic kind was
not az lucrative as some. At Como. three
miles into Italy. several men are estab-
lishcd In comfort who have made for
tunes crossing the frontier with saccha-
rne. High mp the forested mountain
sides they climb the twenty-foot fence OF
wire netting that skirts the frontier east
and west AZ an aid to their detection
the Italians have fixed little bells on
springs at every few yards along the
fence Sometimes the smugglers are
clumsy and the nearest guard hears the
tinklng Of bells amid the rustling OF the
forest foliage. and dashes of hotfoot. TO
effect a capture The odds. however. are
greatly I'm favor OF all saccharine
smugglers along the Chiasso frontier, ex-
cept those OF Chestertonlan proportions.
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the gift set 81 porcelain and were left
in peace on me, however, Fate had de-
signs
/ was bringing back alive several score
Of large. hairy caterpillar from Ia Lien
Wan for the London Geological Gardens
on these the inspector cast baleful
glare. and mpoundlng them he babe me
follow. We adjourned to the custom
house. and had my crime explained 10
me They suspected me OF attemptinE
10 smuggle slkworms into Russia. Silk
is highly dutiable Silkworms i'm bulk,
they held constituted a potential silk
factory or industry. ! held they did moth
ing of the sort. Moreover-and this was
my strongest argument-they were not
sllkworms We argued high. We argued
low, we argued round about, and the GUS
toms veterans brought out tattered and
yellowing tones and searched assiduously
for the written decree without which no
good Russian dare blow his own nose.
They failed TO find a precedent. / stood
drinks, and they decided that the matter
could be overlooked this time. Then
boarded the train, which had been held
up half an hour pending the result Of the
inquiry, and on we went.
The frontier OF Siberia and Manchura,
at Mandchoulie, is a nice place. 1t is
pretty easy there for the traveller to get
into Manchuria, but very bothersome to
get out. for. besides all the passport for
malities, a strict search is made OF per-
sonal baggage, for possible silks and
costly bric-a-brac from the Celestial En-
,,gs Aaf I,r nf he
nclals there is not uninteresting. Collins
odorous and otherwlse-of Cinnamon are
frequently opened to foil the Chinese
Illicit gold buyers who hang around the
mines OF Salaiyersk and the Lena, and
have trick OF smuggling out the
precious dust I'm the mouths Of cooie
corpses that they consign to Picking and
Shanghai
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A little chap about ten years old was
standing on railroad station platform
waiting to take the train home to New
York after a pleasant summer In the
country. He saw on the baggage truck
great box inclosing a coffin. He said TO
his mother: Mother. who is dead?' The
mother told him.
Where are they taking her tor he
asked.
ITO Lynn. dear" the mother replied
The boy thought for moment and
asked: do you have 10 so TO Lynn to
go to heaven"
The school exhibition this year was un-
usually successful and drew large num-
bers of parents. friends. teachers ana
church workers. II included picture
books Illustrative OF Bible stories. pasted
together by the younger children. maps
of the Holy Land. comparative tables
showing the historical development Of the
Ten Commandments, relief maps, plans
of temples. cities, tables of Biblical
weights and measures. together with re-
ports and tables of various sorts by the
teachers.
The number OF pupils enrolled during
the last school year was l7S The per-
centage of attendance was eighty, with
a slight advantage in favor OF the boys
The number of denominations represented
was twelve.
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Continued from fourth page.

the seminary, Il was in doubt whether II
had any effect or not But after
while my husband and l concluded that
il did have effect. one day my little boy
(fve years old came to me and SAID
Mother. do you know the first thing |
am going to do when | get to heaven
| am going to run right up and KISS
God
A Methodist preacher who visited the
school learned what was TO be learned
from the professor in charge. ne saw the
annual exhibit. questioned the teachers
and the parents and then he asked one
of the pupils in a high school class II he
liked the school. He answered: yes
very much"
why" inquired the minister.
"Oh. it's so different he replied. you
really learn something
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15
ITALY FRoWNs ON THE PRESS.

ItaIv didn't Ike as: her officials told
us so with much warmth and iieh%''"
pasture She told us TO mind our o""
business. and threatened TO banish uS.
Wbereupon we retreated TO Chlasso' Tue
little town half Of which lies acIoss '"o
Swiss frontier line. Fortunately IL was
the important half. the half contalhlis
tho only bugless hotel ard the telegraph
office. And there we held council
We slept I'm Switzerland and used the
Swiss telegraph ofice-which py ue-
ligbtful whimsy of fate, was manned py
italian operators and clerks, who mad 10
file all the messages we gave thenl
aacb morning we hurried out OF Chlasso
and down into Italy. seeking tidings IRON
u,slI Informed sources. At sunset we De-
took ourselves 10 railway stalons-Miian'
Turin. Genoa-and journeyed up past the
taiI of Lake Como TO the Swiss frontier
and the precious wires.
You may say what you will OF the dila-
tory Italian and his incompetence III
some fields, but give the devil his due
and respect Italian war censorship
E,verv telegram filed i'm Italy 10 an ad-
dressee abroad was first sent TO Rome.
for the inspection Of the cersors. Pro-
vtded these gentlemen were perfectly
satisfied that the message was a personal
one II proceeded. If we telegraphed di-
rect to a newspaper up in Europe, II the
wire contained a string of numbers that
looked like code it never got TO the from
tier II was suppressed. end we never
-. 80, money back
The telephone was Of no use to us. In
room in every telephone exchange
throughout the length and breadth oil
I,aIv sat an administrative official acting
censor for his district All day he sat
=, tight his aid-listening TO converse
t,ons to points outside the Italian from
,,er The moment the word Tripoli was
,,e,tioned. or he had any suspicion That
roference was being made to the war
snan, we were cut off. Nor would they
GLOW YOU TO talk over the telephone 10
ro,n,s outside Italy in any other tongue
,h.n French or Italian. But though we
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15
HER PRoFFEREo APOLOGY.

little girl discovered that intimate
relationship that exists between God and
His children but, like some OF her elders
in wisdom and understanding, she found
Il somewhat difficult to maintain constant
~ the sense OF the divine presence. When
she was saying her prayers one evening
her mother heard her say: Excuse me-
God"
What did you say excuse me- for. my
dear?" said the mother after prayers
well. do you know, mother" replied
the child last night | didn't feel like
SAYING my prayers so I just said bib
l-b-I-b-l-b. for Jesus sake. amen so to-
night asked God to forgive me. And He
did"
Still another little girl lives her life very
much in terms of the spiritual and she is
likely to see spiritual significance where
others do not. She was visiting one day
luncblng, in fact-and at the table she
happened to see on the wall the familiar
picture. Absent Friends" toast
In which Cupid holds aloft Wine glass
The little girl was looking at the picture
intensely
What are you looking at. Mary?" her
ministerial host inquired.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15
THE GERMAN CORRESPONDENTS.

Passing through the Chiasso frontier
station each day, we brushed by scores of
huge tanks OF goldfish that have to UNI
dergo the usual customs inspection. Most
OF the goldfish I'm Europe come from Italy
and cross the frontier at this point
The German special correspondents at
Chlasso. by the way. used TO carry with
them on their peregrinations bullying port
folios that reused our curiosity We An
Clos axons used to chan them. expressing
due awe Of the secrets of state with
which they were bulglng. Then. one hap
DIV morn. the customs folk made them
open their mysterious bundles, and all
was divulged. The portfolios were merely
stuffed with soiled shirts Thus abulse'
the correspondents inspired respect when
calling on officials. they told us with
bushes
II is "A far cry from the mellow, VINE
clad hills of Chiasso TO the bleak from
tier OF Trans Baikalia in Eastern 81
IBERIA. Baikal is well within the Russian
Empire. but the Russians have estab-
lished a customs house here, 10 De an
additional thorn In the side. of persons
smuggling stun in from China to lrkutsk,
the metropolis of Siberia. few miles
west | was coming west with bad
Russian civil engineer from Chira. He
was bringing home to his wife a beautl-
ful tea set, in richly painted porcelain.
Not intending to pay duty on 1t. he pro-
cured a kettle OF hot water from way
side station as we were skirting Baikal
and made brew of tea. serving out the
dainty cups and saucers among his fell
low messengers. Tea parties go on all
dav ard much OF the night on Russian
trains. so the subterfuge made good.
When the customs man came round We
were all blandly slipping our char from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-15
HEN YOU CROSS FRONTIER YOU co ON TRIAL AS SNUGGER
Each Nation Has Its Own Special Customs
Ordeal for the Tourist to Undergo-A
Traveller Who Has Run Many Of
These Gantlets in the Occident
and Orient Tells Here Of
His Experiences

middle of the night, that one live alb
gator and one dead toothbrush was all
that | had to declare.
When | was young / connived with my
sister in bringing an even younger Per-
sian kitten into France. We had better
luck at that frontier. Not understanding
orr bad French. a customs official
snatched the basket from Dorothy ah'
opened the lid. AS the hall was dark ana
the kitten was black. naturally he didn't
see much He rashly bent TO take closer
look The kitten bounced up. vigorously
clawed his nose. and leaping from the
basket sped into jungle Of stacked bicy'
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The RUSSIAN BORDER LINE.

a sentry box is on the bridge. Outside
soldier. with drawn sword, stands
.s'oly at attention as the train passes.
ns muddy creek that flows under the
n.'ose IL the frontier line OF Germany and
nhother hundred yards and the train
Va" at the frontier post OF Wirballen.
'Our baggage is bounced upon by the
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frontiers, by the way, you should cross
them with live crocodile. as once took
Barbara, who was active for her eighteen
inches from London to Austria Hungary.
A crocodile. with its jaws wide open and
kissing with meuacing intent, brings out
all the full flavor Of the idiosyncracies of
the frontier folk. If they tell you that
crocodiles are prohibited imports. by order
of the King, you may tell them. as l told
the Dutch authorities, that she is an
alligator.
| carried her in a velvet bag between
whites. and the way that bag squirmed on
the hat rack opposite jovial German in