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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02

by the unsecured creditors is equivalent
TO $5.955.333.17.
The Southern Steel has already been
reorganized under the hame of the
Standard Steel company and it is be-
lieved by many that the decision made
by Judge Grubb yesterday will proba-
bly, end the litigation in the matter.
The total value of the properties of
the company as appraised by the APP
praisers, John H. Adams, A. f. Car
|penter and w. S. Lowell. October |, 1872,
lis S4,S95,19i.51.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses We're
issued yesterday:
r. J. Randall of Birmingham TO Miss
Maude j. Ledford.
l.. e. Childref of Birmingham to
Miss Emma Tanner
Henry Biddix of Willsboro to Miss
Sadie Jackson. t4
w. Il. Hickney of Oak Grove to Miss
Margaret Waleon a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
Sanitation Work

Guayaquil. March 1.-The government
has authorized beginning of preliminary
work for the sanitation of the city of
Col. William C. Gorgas, head
of the sanitary work in the Pacific canal
zone recently visited the city to work out
a scheme for its sanitation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02

ders were the largest ever used in the
south on such construction. They Will
be placed across the banking rooms
from pillar to pillar, thus freeing the
spacious banking quarters from any
posts or distractions whatever. The
girders will be fitted in place at the
second floor and will therefore sustain
the construction of the additional 23
stories of the bank building.
Information was received here yes
terday that the girders are now being
loaded on a special train consisting Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
Humane Society to Meet

The regular meeting of the Birmingham
Humane society will be held Tuesday aft
ernoon at o'clock in the assembly rooln
third floor, of the city hall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
Be lin 81
Ton i

|26 fiat cars and would be sent to Bir-
mingham in that way. They are ex-
pected during the coming week or
shortly thereafter
In connection with the erection of the
jefferson County bank building ii was
announced yesterday by Mr.. Weston
that the skyscraper would be ready for
the bank September 10 of this year
without fail. He said that the exca-
walton by the F. w. Mark Construction
company was ahead of the programme
and that 26 cars of steel had arrived
in Birmingham for the structure. The
steel workers it is understood will be-
gin their work within a short time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02

1--WE have a healthy male infant for
adoption. AS our telephone Is indefi-
nitely out OF commission friends de-
string to give clothing are requested
10 advise US by mail.
"CHARI.ES o. OMAN,
elder in charge"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
PISGAH REPORT

The following reports on Pisgah
work for February has been issued:
REPORT OF PISGAH HOME
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
"a Man, NV Son."

The fellow who acquires the physi-
cal strength to handle big pillow and
to manage a mule; who learns to love
an honest furrow; who gets the moral
courage to kill grass, in spite OF the
shade trees that invite him, and who
can be patient, realizing that he is be-
coming, day by day, real man, has
a thousand things more to thank God
for than the fellow who hasn't the
physical strength to carry a walking
cane unless one end Of 1t is In his
mouth; who hasn't learned to draw a
line without straight edge to go by;
who hasn't the moral courage to get
out of bed before 10 a. m. and who is
impatient because thinks the gov.
ernor' is too hard on him.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
BEST WAY IS TO PROHIBIT
People Never Go Right Until They
Have Tried All the Ways Of Going
Wrong, Says Spencer.

Herbert Spencer once said, People
never go right until they have tried
all the ways of going wrong" | think
this truism is more perceptibly shown
in the various methods men have tried
in dealing with the liquor problem
than in any other way. They have
tried the unrestricted sale, and the
regulated sale. They have tried low
license, and high license. They have
tried the segregation of the sale to
restricted areas. They have tried the
dispensary. They have tried every
thing in the hope of making the sa-
loon acceptable to the better class OF
people. And now, they are trying to
reform it!
We of the southland. along with
thousands of the best people north and
west and east, decided long ago that
the best method of dealing with the
liquor traffic is to prohibit it, just as
we believe that the best method of
dealing with theft and arson and MUIR
der is to prohibit these evils.-Silena
M. Holman, president Tennessee w.
c. T. u.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
PREPARING SEED
BED FOR WHEAT
"Heaving" Is Due to Looseness
and Goodness of Lower
Layer of Bed.

Careful farmers are already prepar-
ing the seed bed for the wheat that
goes in this fall. One of the greatest
wheat ordinarily is the poorly pre-
pared seed bed.
Prof NJ. +. Miller of The Agron-
omy Department of the University of
Missouri describes the "heaving" of
wheat to the looseness and Goodness
of the lower layer of the bed If the
surface is plowed and allowed to
stand quite d while, then is har-
rowed, the top will appear to be
smooth and in good condition, while
the part few inches underneath will
be made of large clods and openings.
These openings not only cut off the
supply of water which should rise
they will fill with and lift when q
freeze comes.
The simplest remedy, and the most
effective one, for this coarseness in
the lower part of the seeded is to
disk the ground thoroughly before
blowing it. Then there will be no
clods that cannot be reached and
! dealt with. Furthermore, the disked
surface will pillow with less horse
power, and the weeds win turn under
better.
Two things then, are extremely i'm
portant in preparing wheat land: One
is to disk before breaking; the other
is to do it soon enough so that the
seeded will be started up and the
/ seeded will have time to settle well
before seeding time. The moisture
will be started up and the seed will
/ have the best kind of a start
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
CHOSE LESSER OF TWO EVILS
Theatrical Manager, Cornered, Yield
ed Passes When Threatened With
a Distressing Affiiction.

A poet with precious scrap-book
of his own writings under his arm
wandered by theater, when suddenly
the idea struck him that he would
like to see play that night, so enter
ing the place he asked for the press
agent. That gentleman was out, but
the manager was in. He was ushered
in, and the deus ex machina inquired
his business. II would like two seats
for tonight" faltered the man Of verse.
AN who might you be-" asked the
manager. The poet mentioned his
name. "Um, yes" smiled the other
i've heard of you, but why should
give you seats?" The bard murmured
something about courtesy to the press
and added that probably identified
ton might be necessary, so, as he had
a scrap-b book Of his published poems
he would be glad if But the man.
ager cut him short, and calling out to
his secretary to make out a couple OF
passes for that night, said: MY dear
sir, I'd rather give you the whole
house than read your poems!"
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
WILL BE A NOTABLE MEETING
w. c. T. U. TO Be Held In Brook
lyn in October.

A notable meeting will be that of
the ninth triennial convention of the
Worlds Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union in the city of Brooklyn,
New York, October 1928, inclusive.
The Worlds w. G. T. o.. was organ
lied by Frances f.. Willard in 1888
Mrs. Margaret Bright Lucas (sister of
John Bright. the famous British
stateeman) was its first president
Then Miss Willard became it's leader
afterwards Lady Henry Somerset, and
the present president is the countess
of Carlisle. Mrs. L. NJ N Stevens of
Portland. Me-, president of the Unit
ed States w. G. T. u, is vice-presi-
dent. Conventions have been held in
Boston (two), Chicago, London, To-
ronto. Geneva, Edinburgh, Glasgow.
The Worlds w. c. T. u. has sent out
20 round-the-world missionaries, who
have carried the gospel of Christian
temperance into fifty different coun-
tries. These countries have national
organizations and most of them will
send delegates to the Brooklyn con.
vention.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04

hams Vegetable Compound 1 improved
rapidly and today am a well woman. L
cannot tell you how happy feel and L
cannot say too much for your Compound
Would not be without it in the house if
It cost three times the amount Mrs.
CHAs. CHAPMAN, r. F. d. No. 2, Belle
vue, Ohio.
Because your case is difficult one,
doctors having done you no good, do not
continue to suffer without giving Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a
trial. 1t surely has remedied many
cases of female ills, such as inhamma-
ton, liberation, displacements, tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
and it may be exactly what you need.
The Pinkham record is a proud and
peerless one. 1t is a record of constant
victory over the obstinate ills of woman
ills that deal out despair. 1t is an es-
tablished fact that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has restored
health to thousands of such suffering
women. Why don't you try it If you
need such q medicine?
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
PUT A KlNK IN HIS PLANS
Awful Contingency Youth Had Not
Foreseen in His Laying Out OF
the Future.

Eleven-year-old Tommy has quite
decided opinions as to the duties of
fathers to their little boys. The other
day he was describing to his mother
the sort of father he intends to be
when he grows up.
I'm going to be the best father to
my boys. I'm going to play marbles
with them and baseball and every
thing they want me to and I'll give
them dimes most every day and tell
them they can buy all the ice cream
they want, and I'll get them each a
pony, and, well, my boys'll have lots
of fun"
Tommy's mother, with a twinkle in
her eye, said: But, Tommy, what II
you shouldn't have any little boys;
what If your children are all girls?"
Such a possibility never entered
Tommy's head. The suggestion was
appalling. A look of blank dismay
passed over the child's face.
Gee! that would be the dickens!
he calculated.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
LIQUOR SELLER Is GREEDY
Industry is Not OILY Non-Produetive
Of Good, but Produces Dangerous
Class of Non-Producers.

The liquor seller knows full well
that were It not for the nickels and
dimes of the workingmen-which ag-
gregate In year many more collars
than the spenders are apt to think
many a saloonkeeper might shut up
shop. many a groggery be turned
into a grocery. II is the hard-earned
money of the day laborer, the me
chanic and the clerk which, pouring
steadily into the till Of the liquor
seller, makes whisky trusts and beer
syndicates possible.
And what does the liquor dealer
give In exchange for the working
mans earnings of which, with other
merchants, he greedly claims a share'
Food, clothing, shelter, happiness, i'm
provement? No. He gives in ex-
change that which robs him of all
these. He gives his customer that
which makes him poor indeed in that
It reduces the capacity of hand and
brain las employers are finding cut
to their cost and produces a mental
and moral degeneracy which renders
ihbOi lJoS competent W pAOttNN -
self against the autocracy of "capi
tai"
We claim that no industry has q
right to exist which does not con
tribute in some measure to the gen
eral welfare and prosperity OF the
nation at large. AS in a perfect
physical organism every organ and
every atom contribute to the health
and happiness OF the body as whole
so true economic science would de
clare that every human being should
be not only a consumer but in some
degree, at least. a producer. a con
tributor to the well being OF society
as whole.
Now the liquor industry is moi
only non-productive of good, but 1t Is
an actual and an active producer Of
an enormous and dangerous class o.
non-producers. The saloon, the gam
bling den, the brothel, the Jail, the
! poorhouse, the insane asylum, all fur
| nish their quota to the social discord
all add to the sum of human misery
and all are to more or less extent the
products of the liquor traffic. AnC
still the trade" bids unb)ushinsly fo
its share of the earnings of labor!
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
ACCOUNTING FOR "HoT AIR"
Statesmen on Electioneerina Tour
Each Thought He Had a Good
Joke on His Opponent.

You can't always tell who's It.
unused Representative Taggart of Kan
sas City, Kan. when J was election
eering out in the prairie section OF my
district during the campaign last fall
| CHANGED to see, as | entered a rail
way car one day. my opponent sitting
with a vacant seat beside him.
I'VE had never met. but recognized
him at once from photographs. Ac-
cordingly, taking my seat beside him,
and not disclosing my identity, |
launched forth in extravagant praise
of him. To this he strongly demurred
and forthwith poured forth food Of
compliments to my humble self that
made me Jingle with pleasure all the
way down my spinal column.
After two hours of mutual flattery.
we reached our destination, and. as
we parted on the platform, | thought
1t a good joke to tell him that | had
known his identity all the time
so. still keeping my own identity
in the dark, | said to him:
MIR. -, knew who you were as
soon as I sat down by you!
"'And L. said MIR. -, without
turning hair, knew you were Tag
CART the moment you came in the
door,"
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
SPRAYING, PROPERLY DONE MINlMIzES
AMOUNT OF INJURY BY THE LEAF HOPPER
Grapes Affected by Insect Show Decrease Sugar and an In
Crease in Acd-Two Important Factors in Determining
Quality Of Product-0ne Spray Formula.

stream, blackberries and raspberries.
determine the relative amount of
leaf-hopper injury to the vines.
When the nymphs and adults of the
summer brood inflict much injury,
owing to numbers, considerable dam
age is done by the alternating adults
in the spring since they attack the
young foliage. causing following of
the leaves. This damage to the young
grape foliage by the adults is needless,
however. and can largely be prevented
by burning over the winter quarters
of the insects, which will destroy the
greater portion of them.
Chemical analysis OF grapes taken
from sprayed and unsprayed vines
show that the fruit from vines pro-
tected from the leafhopper is superior
to fruit from vines subjected to
the attacks of this pest. Analyses of
grapes from sprayed vines give a gain
of from S to 6S per cent. in sugar over
those from untreated vines, while the
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
ERUPTION ON ANKLE BURNED

Kingsville, Monty trouble began
the time there were running sores
around my ankle; sometimes 1t would
be two years at time before they
were healed. There were many nights
l did not sleep because of the great
suffering. The sores were deep run
ming ones and so sore that l could not
bear for anything to touch them.
They would burn all the time and
sting like a lot of bees were confined
around my ankle. / could not bear to
scratch it, 1t was always so sensitive
to the touch. could not let my
clothes touch it. The skin was very
red. l made what l called cap out
OF white felt, blotting paper and soft
white cloth to hold IT in shape. This
wore night and day.
II tired many remedies for most Of
the eighteen years with no effect.
Last summer sent for some Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. The very first
time l used Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment gained relief; they relieved the
pain right then It was three months
from the time I commenced using
Cuticura Soap and Ointment until the
sores were entirely healed. l have
not been troubled since and my ankle
seems perfectly WE'LL" (Signedl Mrs,
Charles f. Brooke, Oct. %, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free with 32-p Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. l. Boston. ADV
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
Nest on a sheen,s Back.

An extraordinary story of a star
ling's nest on sleeps back comes
from Bideford, England, and ia told
by the Pail Mall Gazette. During
sheep rearing operations on Gourn-
wood farm one OF the shearers cut
into a fleshy substance, and examina-
ton showed that he had cut in half
young starting, which was in a nest
that had been built in the Sleeps
wool, and which contained two other
fedglings still alive. The nest was
composed of moss and twigs For
some weeks previous to the shearing
the sheep, with the others, had the
run of three fields near the farm.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
Would Make Il Riaht.

He was an ardent lover an Irish
lover and a practical penniless lover
1t was st. Patrick's eve and in his
hand he bore a pot OF real Irish sham
rock.
They were raised on the ould sod,
he said, as he presented the pot to
Biddy, raised on the ould sod of Ire
land"
Sure, now, Murphy" cried his lady
in delight, how really sweet OF We
How perfect they are and how fresh
Sure, | do believe that there's a lit
tie dew on 'em yet"
Murphy flushed slightly. "Begorra
know there is" reluctantly con.
fessed Murphy, but praise heaven
it'll be paid tomorrow"
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04

ally seek the under sides and there
do practically all their feeding.
While immature the insects are
called nymphs. The adults are more
conspicuous than the nymphs and are
especially noticeable at the time the
grapes are being harvested. They are
then very annoying because they get
into the mouths, ears and noses of
the pickers. At this time they fly
about especially on warm and calm
days during the latter part of the sea
son, and drift to other vines or to
grass fields, brush land and thickets.
In fact, they seek any place that will
shelter them during the winter.
The leaf.hopper survives the winter
in greatest numbers in dry localities
and is absent from low-lying lands,
such as clay and some Of the loan
soils. On the higher soils there is
no winter flooding and the rains soon
drain away thus offering the most
desirable winter quarters. Here the
leaf-hopper abounds.
That certain vineyards are more
susceptible to attacks by the leaf
hopper is a common observation. The
degree of infestation of vineyards is,
however, not a matter of chance.
Situations In which dead weeds or
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04

unsprayed grapes had from 0 to 1913
per cent. more acid than the sprayed
grapes. The color of the grapes from
sprayed vines was darker and richer.
This shows that spraying, properly
done. will minimize the injury by the
leaf-hopper, Experiments in New
York during 1912 showed that BLACK
Leaf 40" $50 per cent nicotine), one
part to 1000 parts OF water or bor-
deaux mixture, is an efficient spray
for the leaf-hopper. The spraying
must be done at the time when the
maximum number of nymphs are pres
ent. One must judge the time by
watching the development of the in
sects. Sufficient spray mixture must
be used to drench the insects and the
under sides of the leaves must BE
thoroughly hit by the spray, Spray
ing at low pressure is a waste of time
and material.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
Unfit PHYSICIANS.

DR.. F. A. MacNichols, vice-president
of the American Medical association,
says in his address, delivered before
that body at Atlantic City: "a call
was recently made for young ply
sicians to enter the United States
army. Eighty per cent. of Those ED
amined were rejected as physically
UNIT He then asks this thought
producing question; When four.
ffths of the most representative man
In America are pronounced unfit tor
war. what shall we say to their fl
ness to father the next generation
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
shipplnn Live Poultry.

The treatment of live fowls during
shipment is receiving some attention
from the National Humane associa-
uon. 1t is urged that a regulation
shipping coop be adopted which would
prevent damage through rough han
ding and would keep the birds from
putting their heads through the top,
thus receiving injury from other pack
ages placed above II is also recon.
mended tent shipments of squah
pigeons under six weeks of age b.
forbidden.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
REDUCE AMOUNT
OF DRY ROT LOSS
Best Results Secured at the Me-
braSka Station by Use of
Formalin Dip.

Extensive experiments have been
conducted by the Nebraska station to
learn II any treatment might be ap-
piled before the potatoes were stored
that would reduce the amount of loss
due to dry rot. These experiments
have clearly demonstrated that dry
rot may be held in check through
treatment of the tubers before being
placed in the storage cellars.
For this purpose the best results
were secured through the use of
either formalin dip, formalin vapor,
or the lime-sulphur wash. Not only
did the tubers in these lots show a
very small percentage OF dry rot, but
they were In excellent condition other
wise when removed in April, The
storage time, II should be remem-
bered, employed in this experiment
is longer than would ordinarily be
employed by the average farmer,
and this gave the treatments a severe
test. :
Under ordinary farm conditions the
development of the formalin vapors is
not easily secured, and therefore the
station would particularly recommend
the use of formalin dip as the easiest
method to employ, and one that should
give excellent results is practice.
This formalin treatment referred to
consists of placing the tuLers in sacks
and immersing for two hours in a
solution of one pint of 40 per cent
formalin in a barrel of water. The
tubers are then dried before being
placed in storage.
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
PLANTING OF All Aulhs.

A biz of gratis wisdom concerning
forcing bulbs is to the effect that most
of the failures come from too late
planting The advice is to pot all
bulbs as early as possible, which prob
ably means as early, as they are OBJ
tGiaable, Sor1e of the foreign-grown
bulbs 90 not ripen early enough to he
obtainable with the first consignmt IS
to our dealers,
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
WOMAN IN
TERRIBLE STATE
Finds Help in Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Bellevue, Ohio. 81 was in terrible
state before took Lydia E. Pinkham's

V e ge ia bl Q Com
pound. Ny ba ok
acheduntil l thought
it would break, 1 had
pains all over me,
nervous feelings and
periodic troubles. I
was very weak and
run down and was
losing hope of ever
b cling W ell an d
strong. After TAX
inp ,vdia F. Pink
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
Summer Annnvancrs

such as prickly heat, ivy poisoning,
insect bites and offensive perspiration
are quickly relieved by applying
Tyree's Antiseptic Powder. Csc. at
druggists or write ]. s. Tyree, Wash.
ington, d. c., for free sample.-Adv
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
Revolt Suppressed,

She was giving orders at express
rate, for they we're married.; and he,
as a rule the most meek and sub
missive of men, was. like the pro
verbal worm, lightning to turn.
DO you think" he inquired, that
you rule the whole of the uniYerse?"
No" she snapped; but ] rule the
first letter of IT,
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
By F. HARTZEIL)

The grape leaf-hopper belongs to
the group of insects that obtain their
food by sucking the juices of plants.
They are seldom found on the upper
surfaces Of the leaves, but they usu-
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
Weird Work,

What is this-volcano in action?"
No"
Town on fire."
mo, no; still life. Piece of buckle
berry pie, painted by a cubist."
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
Getting the Vacation Fund.

i've got 500 laid aside that I'm
going to blow in on jolly vacation"
Fine! How did you do it, old
chap"
Writing jokes about fellows that
go on vacations and come back and
wish they hadn't"
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
WHENEVER YOU NEED
A GENERAL TONIC TAKE GROVES
The Old Standard Groves Taseless chill Tonic is Equally
Valuable General Tonic because it Acts on the Liver
and Drives Out Malaria. Enrches the Blood and Builds
upthe Whole System. For Grown People & Children.

You what Tonic
the formula printed
tonic ard is last less Form
Weakn general debility and 10
Mothers and Pale Sticky Children pugng
Relieves depression and to
Purhes the blood True Tonic Complete Strengthened
by We
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
Their Way,

Trees have odd ways of doing
things"
How so?"
They show their staying power
best when they leave"
Mexico Missouri message., 1913-09-04
What Il Costs.

"Politeness costs nothing"
Nothing, Ell? Costs me my seat
twice a day." declared the tired strap
hanger