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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-07-10

More than 4,OjO couples got mar.
riage licenses in Cook county, Ill.,. in
June Cupid" Legner, the clerk.
gave out 4,275 OF Them, which was AL
more than in the same month a year
ago and more th,u ever before.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-07-10

The Duke Of CouuauEht, whose
term as goyernorg"nrral Of Canada
will expire next October has accepted
an extension for one year. He was
sworn in rs golornorrcueral in Oc'
tOber, 1911
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-07-10

The village of As'raoIumoya, in the
district OF Alatir Russia was de.
stroyed by fire and hundreds lost their
lives Searchcrs I'm th" ruins have re
covered l54 bodies. and anything like
an accurate cstimat, q. the casualties
il impossible
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-07-10

Samuel f. Dcbs, the pedestrian who
left New York "a hours behind Ed.
ward Payson Weston, on his way to
Minneapolis, reached Lima, @, sew.
eral hours ahead Of Weston.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-07-10

A lobby investigation by the
house to cover particularly Martin A..
Mulhall's charges that the National
Association Of Manufacturers "iuiiu.
cnccd present and former congress.
men but broad enough to cover all
alleged lobby activities b,iur" con.
gross. was provided by resolution
from the house rules committee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
ORIGIN OF WORDS
ann the r,hicago journal

From the Chicago journal.
Word building is as much piece OF
carpentry as is house building Only it
takes longer. Sometimes century or
more. And by that time the words first
meaning is usually changed.
For example, the old word for neigh
bcr" was "sib." Ones good neighbor
was known as ones good sib.' This
became shortened to "godsib,' and later
to gossip" Then the words whole
meaning changed and gossip no longer
meant good neighbor, but applied to the
sort of talk exchanged between good
neghbors.
Take the word farmer too. The old
word for farmer was "boor.' tAnd
'.boor' later was used for describing
farmerlike or rough persons.) The farm
es living nearest to one was known as the
'snighboor," and this phrase, in course
of time, was twisted to ''neiShbor.'
You've heard the proverb: Little itch
ers have big ears" Well, it doesn't refei
to the utensil that holds water or goes te
tie corner side door. Pitcher was
slang term with some such meaning al
our word chap or fellow. Thus
Little fellows have big ears is more
sensible rendering of the proverD.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
THE oID-TIME BLUNDERBUss

eThe Nobility of the Trades-Hire Arms
Charles Winslow Hall, in National alag
azine for January.
A very peculiar weapon, but largely in
use during the Seventeenth and Eigh-
teenth centuries, was the bluderbuss
Whose bore, quite moderate in size at the
breech, steadily widened until at the muz-
zle it became round or oval bell OF
from over an inch to four inches in diam
eter The smaller sizes were usually
kept in country mansions and farmhouses
for defense, many were carried by the
guards of mail coaches, in the days when
highwaymen made travelling much more
exciting and perilous than now; and the
larger sizes, loaded with a mixed cargo of
bullets, nails, slugs and other notions
were mounted with swivels on armed
ships to discourage the, attempts of un-
welcome 'boarders' who might attempt
to secure free passage and eatables py
armed force. Indeed many very handsome
ami costly ones were made after the
percussion lock was introduced. and were
considered a not unsuitable testimonial
for the captain of an armed vessel. 9th
ers, very short in the barrel, were made
for horsemen's use, and largely carried in
northern Africa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
Proposed Farm Conference

One hundred farmers in Jefferson
county are to be invited to confer
with the Chamber of Commerce with a
view to ascertaining how the latter
can serve the farmer. The date of the
farm conference movement has not
been set, but if 100 farmers from this
county can be assembled it will GER
tainly prove to be an interesting
meeting.
The parcel post will certainly be
discussed, and its advantages and dis
advantages will be pointed out. In
stead of 100 farmers 500 should be
asked to be present. They should be
asked to tell what they know about
the new postal system. If it needs
amendment, the needful changes
should be pointed out.
The proposed special farm confer
ence can be made very useful by Sc
curing the possible attendance of
farmers. Jefferson is big county, and
there are thousands of farmers in it.
Crops are soon to be pitched, and the
crops of 1913 should be planted with
an eye to the utilization of the parcel
most
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18

The writing test has been stricken
out, leaving the reading test to keep
away the illiterate. Newly arrived I'M
migrants are to pay a head tax Oh
So, and steamships bringing in insane
persons are to be penalized.
The entire bill looks to restriction
of immigration, and the reading test
will certainly shut out good many
who would become worthy citizens.
Still it is not altogether an unreason-
able condition and Congress is PLAIN
ly inclined to keep out the ignorant,
although in so doing it will not keep
out the anarchists and black handlers.
All such people read and write.
Mr.. Burnett has studied the lmmi-
grafton problem carefully and he IA
vors a literacy test. The Birmingham
district needs more miners and coke
oven workers, and it will need many
more when the convicts are taken out
of the mines. The reading test Will
keep out good many and in that re-
spect it will prove an obstacle In this
lie4,.ict
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
RED KITTEN AT A SHOW
n the London Mail.

From the London Mail.
Have you seen the red kitten?' was
the question every other person was ask
ing at the show of the National Cat cluf
at the Crystal palace.
The red kitten, which belongs to Mrs
II. Cook, and was judged the best cal
in the show, may be described as the
ideal cat at which the fanciers have beer
aiming for years Louis Vain, who was
Judging, has never seen its equal. Its
reoness is not marred by one specll ol
suspicion of white. It's eyes are alter.
nate circles of light red and dark red
lust as its coat is alternate streaks Of
the two shades.
Never before at any show" said Mr.
Vain. "have We seen such perfection
of shading as a number Of the cats ex-
hbit So delicate are they that they car
only be judged by pure daylight
The cult of the cat is growing. Never
have exhibitors gone to such extreme:
in tricks of exhibition. One sent alone
with the cat tadpole in bottle, because
the curious object excited the cats at
tention and inspired that spry air which
is supposed to arrest the judges at
teItion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
CAsT-OFF FALSE TEETH

From the Chicago Tribune.
| What is the most worthless thing in the
| world? You'll probably say a bonehead,
o. too mature egg, or bagpipe soloist,
or a wornout safety razor blade, or a
set of second hand false teeth-but mere
you would be mistaken.
You can't give away a bonehead-it
gives itself away: you cant give, sell or
force upon one an over-ripe egg-uniess
your aim Is both high and good you
can't understand what lapse of failure
WIS responsible Tor the birth of the bag
pipe soloist; DR.. Cook is suspected OF nav
ing dropped five old safety razor blades
on the top of Mt. McKinley-for thus only
could he get rid of them; but second
hand set of false teeth-that's something
else again.
They are valuable. They can be sold.
Yes. actually, there is a firm in oxford
street, London, which makes business
of buying well worn sets of false Teeth.
Those pearly teeth that you admired in
the theatre last night even now may be
on their way to oxford street, for the
chorus girls also have their times Of
financial depression.
Says the villain in the play, 'Letltia
DeIorme, | have you in my power. You
have hooked your last Limousine and
have nought to hook or the wherewith
to pay my mortgage. The old plantation
will be mine. Ha! and again, haAha!
"'Tis false." cried Lefty, drawing out
her peariy teeth from between ruby red
lips. IT still have these and l will sell
them and pay the mortgage. The old
place shall not pass from the hands of
tie DeLormes while l have teeth to
SELL"
And what does this firm do with them
when they get them? There's the secret.
They don't tell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
WE TRY TO BE CHEERFUL

From Golfers Weekly
In recent issue we published an
editorial called Looking for Happi-
ness" in which We commented or the
Juror created in small New Jersey
town by the resolution of a certain
woman's club to cease it's efforts in the
pursuit of culture and turn its energies
to civic and moral housekeeping. We
published this as an amusing example
of the effect produced on a small con-
servative community by the introduc-
ti9n of any original idea however
rational. We have received a very dig
nified but very earnest protest from
the president of the New Jersey State
Federation of Women's clubs. She con-
sders that we have done the cause of
progress an injustice by our "iippant"
! treatment of this particular incident
Lack of proper appreciation for the cf-
forts of women toward broader and
more useful lives and of womens or
CARNATIONS toward greater civic usc-
fulness is furtherest from our editorial
mind. Golfers has done in the past
and will continue to do in the future
all in its power to encourage ana ap-
preciate the progressive woman. But
we still reserve the privilege or seeing
the humorous side of human nature
wherever 1t manifests itself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
Norwood Viaduct

There is hope of relief. A contract
has been let for the construction of
a viaduct on Twelfth avenue and
Twenty street over three rail-
roads. 1t is to be structure of con-
crete reinforced with steel-a struc-
ture that should be standing one hun
dred years hence.
The building of this viaduct means
that grade crossings in other sections
can be overcome if the city commits
sioners will persist strenuously that
they shall be. No railroad builds a
viaduct or subway voluntarily. All
must be pushed into making such
changes, and the pushing required
generally must be firm and forceful
The railroads take advantage of all
possible delays, but the commission
plan Of government is highly central
lied, and it can act speedily and
efficiently. This is what should be
done in relation to the viaduct which
is sadly needed by 10000 people or
First avenue at the Sloss furnaces
That crossing can be rendered safe by
means of long viaduct, and the soon
er it is started the sooner will safety
come to all the people living in the
oasterly end of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18

number of the heavy consumers there
is an effort to batter down the price.
In fact the market both nortn ana
south has been vigorously assaulted
but il has so far stood the test anu
prices show no sign of yielding. Ihe
main feature of the current SITUATION
is the large booking of iron for pipe
making. As has been the case no"
FOR many months, consumers are ma
ing difficulty in getting shipments last
enough to meet their requirments.
"The demand for finished material Is
phenomenal. Mills are now hling up
on specifications for the third quarter.
Car shops are practically filled up Tor
all of this year. It would seem that un-
less the heavens fall. we were sure Oh
a tremendous consumption all through
1919"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
A TRAGEDY REPEATED.

According to a dispatch from Amesbury,
Mass, Mrs. Alphonse Victorine concealed
herself in a trunk when she heard her
husband enter the house, hoping to sur
prise him by suddenly jumping out when
he had begun to worry about her ab-ence.
The trunk locked automatically and not
being able to make an outcry, Mrs. Vic
torine lost her life.
A similar tragedy has been immortalized
in literature. Long ago, the poet tells
us. at the gayest moment of the wedding
revels in medieval castle. the bonny
bride skipped away from the banquet
tabie, after playfully biting the finger of
the bridegroom and disappeared as COM
pletely as if the earth had swallowed her
up. High and low the frantic members
OF her family searched for the missing
girl, but no trace of her could be found.
Despair settled down upon them at last,
never to be lifted again. The lover
roamed afar and gave up his life in the
wars, glad to find release from his sor-
rcw. The father, broken-hearted old
man, wandered about his estates, still
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
The Iron Market
post.

While the pig iron market is char
acterized by some inertia, prices re-
main firm. The fact is that we are
not far enough along in the new year
to expect any great degree of brisk
ness.
Consumers are not overstocked. On
the other hand meters, large and
small, have been using up rapidly the
pig metal they bought last year. There
is a steady demand for finished ma
terial and large buying movement in
the iron market will probably be in
evidence again by or before the first
of February.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
Sixteen-Ounce Bread

An old municipal law calls for loaves
of bread that weigh 16 ounces. This
law has not been enforced, and loaves
of various weights were turned out
from the city bakeries. Some weighed
as low as 13 ounces, and yet all were
sold by the bakers at cents each, and
by the retailer at 5 cents. The loss
fell on the consumer who was. helpless
in the transaction. He had to have
bread, and when he bought loaf he
had no means as a rule of ascertain
ing what he got for his money.
This will not be the case hereafter.
All loaves will contain 16 ounces, leav-
ing the bakers and retail dealers to
determine the price of the loaf. Even
if the price of loaf be increased to
cents it is better to have full weight
loaves only. The commission is acting
for the good of the greatest number
when it DEGREES that loaves of 16
ounces only be sold in this city. The
consumer can then protect himself.
The 16-ounce loaf should become a
fixture in this city. 1t should be un-
deviatingly upheld until the people
have confidence in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
BANIsHING "TOM JONES"

From the Chicago Post,
| London.-News dispatches told briefly
few days ago that Fielding's Tom
Jones" had been barred as immoral
from the Dorchester Corporation Free
library. 1t seems that a member of
the library committee found a book on
a shelf one night and, knowing moth
ing about it. took the volume home TO
read
| The next morning he appeared at
committee meeting in white rage. He
| held the book at arms length, and r1s-
ing to a point of order he declared that
Tom Jones' was immoral and dis
grace to the shelves of the Dorchester
Corporation Free library.
| 1t was like a bombshell exploding in
| the placid little committee room Three
members woke up and thought the
place was afire. Two essayed to speak
and could not. The chairman, a quiet
old man with white hair, smiled. AS
for the moralist, he held up the Of
| Tending volume.
II had never read it until last
night" he said, and, sirs, I could
hardly hold myself as l read on and
on. The book is simple disgrace. l
move you that our copy be destroyed"
The chairman asked for the book and
glanced at the title page. He said that
| it was Whiddon edition and that it
had been printed in 1884.
| 1T is very strange" he said, that
nobody has noticed this before. l re-
member that I read Tom Jones when
| was a boy and it thrilled me and made
me laugh till / cried Did you read it
all?' he asked the stout, red little man
tention
| The latter had the grace to blush.
Every word" he testified.
| The chairman smiled Blow smile.
! But why all of it?" he asked 'if 1t
is so OBJECTIONABLE"
| Instantly the stout little man puffed
| up.
| II wanted to see just how bad 1t
was' he declared, hotly.
"Who else has read the book?" asked
the chairman, looking around the com
mittee table.
| There was no answer. 1t developed
that none had, and when the stout lit
tie man put the question, a resolution
was passed which resulted in the de-
lstruction of tom Jones'"
The chairman shook his head
II protest" he said, but bow to the
majority. In my mind the book is more
valuable than history as faithful
picture of Fieldings times. England
\ Il.
works, and | am afraid that our posi-
tion of criticising them at this time is
a little dubious-not to say danger
Gus, or, better still, absurd.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
UNDERWOOD'S OPPORTUNITY

government to extend its helpful activities
in agriculture, education, military pro-
lection, postal facilities, and every other
branch of goveriment endeavor, the an
swer again would be in the affirmative.
What the people want is a greater,
stronger government, and not weaker,
smaller one. Thsy look to the democratic
party in the hour of its triumph for san
ity. breadth of View, and the conserva-
ton of prosperity. ss ssfste
Mr.. Underwood would not be the man
that he is If he did not carry out to the
: best of his ability what he believes to be
tie mandate of che people. Those who
know him best are sure that he will be
true to himself and his party by viewing
the problem that confronts him from the
standpoint of all the people, treating in
dustry. workmen, and consumer with
equal fairness. Mr.. Underwood has not
only the confidence of those who know
him best, but their congratulations on
the fact that :. great opportunity is his
an opportunity TO perform invaluable SER
vice to his country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
THE CAUSE OF PELLAGRA

From the Journal of the American AS
sociation.
There are two views as to the cause
gra is a disease caused by an undue
use of corn in the diet or by the use
of spoiled corn. This view places pel-
lagra in the same class with beriberi
and scurvy. According to the other
view pellagra is an infectious disease,
the injecting agent being as yet un-
known. From a consideration of the
facts at hand in regard to the occur
renee of pellagra in general, Sambon
felt warranted in asserting that certain
species of black fly or sandfy are car
riers of the infection, but SO far no
convincing evidence has been obtained
to support Sambon's view.
Recently the idea has been advanced
that pellagra may be due to an in
lection of the intestinal canal and that
a diet insufficient in animal protein
may aid in the development of the dis.
ease. This conception rests on the
frequent occurrence in pellagra of in
fiammation and liberation of the in
testinal lining, on evidences of a gen
the diet in hospitals for the insane in
which pellagra has developed, and Of
the Italian peasantry which has suf-
fered so greatly from the disease, has
been rather low in animal protein. If
this theory is correct, pellagra can be
prevented by means of proper diet or
|by the prevention OF the infection,
whatever it's nature may be, and most
effectively by the combination of these
methods. So many cases of pellagra
have been discovered in the insane
hospitals of the United States during
the last few years, and it is so diff
ficult to control the diet of the in
dividual insane patient that it would
seem evident that measures to prevent
any possible infection. should not be
neglected. If pellagra is infectious,
then one source of the infection and
probably the most important is the
pellagrous patient, so that the neces-
sity of preventing the spread of the in
lection by direct and indirect means
needs no emphasis. ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
wILEs OF A STRANGER

From the Cass County, Mo-. News.
A dark compiexioned young man, who
called himself a Cuban, but who looked
more like a ''chili eater,' was peddlins
what he called extra fine linens at re-
markably low prices one day last week.
Several of Harrisonville's population got
hooked for some of his wares, and when
the goods were. found to be nothing but
cheap muslins the howl began. A motor
load of head hunters started out in quest
of the aforesaid dark young man, stop
ping at every dark corner and all of the
hotels. likewise the depots. But there
seemed TO be nothing doing. and it is sup
posed that he simply melted into some OF
the deep shadows which he resembled Sc
much and fioated to some greener felds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
THE CONVICT PROBLEM
Sax,oppob Dress


The next session of the Alabama lesis-
lature may be called upon to deal with
the convict lease question. The Bir-
mingham Age Herald points out that
when convicts are put into the mines and
taught to dig coal they almost invariably
remain in the mine district after their re-
lease and do not scatter over the state.
This indicates that there is a very large
per cent of the ex-convicts of the state in
the Birmingham district Against such
conditions The Age-Herald takes de-
termined stand and finds the remedy for
them in the adoption of the Georgia plan
Of working the convicts on the roads, ap-
portionng them among the counties
There have been criticisms of the Georgia
plan, but they have been confined chiefly
u the north, where the penitentiary sys-
tenn is in vogue and where the winters are
Ions and severe. The southern states are
more and more coming to the belief that
the working of convicts on the public
roads is the very best system after all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
Prominent Engineer Here

+. T. d. Myers, Jr., of Richmond is
registered at the Hillman. lie Is son
of the late Maj. Z. 7. ID. Myers who
was president of the Richmond Fred
ericksburg and Potomac railroad, a ink
in the Atlantic Coast Line route.
In speaking of the visit of Mr.. Myers.
Jr.. an old member of Birmingham's Vir-
ginia colony said: Major Myers was a
great engineer and a most successful rail-
road man. He belonged to that coterie
of engineers that was exceptionally dis
tinguished. Those whose homes were In
Richmond were friends of mine-Major
Whitcomb, under whom Major E. NJ TuI-
wiler served on the Chesapeake and Ohio
as assistant chief engineer of construc-
ton; Major Temple. Colonel Douglass
Colonel Talcott, Colonel Cutshaw and Ma
jor Myers. They all had good records in
Lees splendid Army of Northern Virginia,
The only one of them now living is Colonel
Talcott, who is still active in the railroad
world.
.'Mr. Myers, Jr., whom I was glad tc
meet at the Southern club. is. like his
lamented father civil engineer and q
very successful one. He is, like his
father, too, good business man. He has
lad large business experience and is COW
prominent in Richmond as consulting
engineer and contractor"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
DAWN OF PEACE

BY John Ruskin.
Put off, put off your mail, 0 kings,
And beat your brands to dust,
Your hands must learn surer grasp.
Your hearts better trust.
Oh bend aback the lances point,
And break the helmet bar;
noise is in the morning wind
But not the note of war.
Upon the grassy mountain paths,
The glittering hosts increase;
They come, they come. how fair their
feet
They come who publish peace.
And victory. fair victory.
Our enemies are ours;
For all the clouds are clasped in light
And all the earth with flowers.
Ay, still depressed and dim with dew.
But wait little while;
And with the radiant deathless rose
The wilderness shall smile.
And every dainty tender thing
Shall feed by streams of rest;
No lamb shall from the hock he lost,
Nor nursling from the nest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-18
Mr.. Burnett's Immigration Bill

The conference committee of the
two houses has substantially accepted
the chief features of Mr.. Burnett's bill
and it will no doubt become law. First
Of all, the iiteracy test is retained to
the extent of requiring each immi-
grant to be able to read his own
language, and the only exceptions are
wives. widows and single daughters.