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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19

once shipped in coeoanuts 1t really
comes from a great tree Of the tropical
forests which when full grown is over
a yard thick and from so to 100 feet high.
The tree has a white bark and the wood
is hard and durable. 1t has white bios
SONS and its fruit Is much like a bean
pod. with a single seed. These trees
grow in the forests and the balsam is
collected almost altogether by Indians,
who tap the trees in the winter by scrap
intr off the bark in patches to the depth
of one-tenth of an inch. After this the
SCI aped places are heated with burning
torches and then covered with scraps of
old cotton cloth. The cloth sticks 10
the tree and In day or two the sap has
soaked into 1t. The rags are now taken
off and boiled in big iron pots. They are
then put under pressure and the balsam
juice squeezed out. 1t must now be re-
fined and put up in cans for the market.
The product is a grayish red mass which
smells like vanilla. 1t is said to be es-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19

The chief ruled in peace until a COM
paratively short time ago, when pre-
tender arose In the land in the shape of
an ambitious nephew of the kings. He
began to foment a revolution and at
tracted so many adherents among the
"have-nots" of the Canicage region that
things began to look uncommonly black
for the reigning monarch. 1t certainly
appeared as If the crown was going to
change heads, when the astute old king
tried bribery as a last resort.
He sentlfor the pretender and without
mincing matters proposed to buy him
off. The inducement he offered was
nothing more or less than the costume
of Hamlet which the King had
bought from one of Hymans travelling
men. Maybe it was worn originally by
e. II. Sothern or Walter -Whiteside, or
perhaps it was the ono that Sarah
Bernhardt wore when she played the
melancholy Dane in Paris and caused
a duel between two dramatic critics
who disputed as to whether Hamlet
was fat or lean. Anyhow, 1t proved too
attractive a bait to be rejected by the
aspirant to the throne of Canicase At
ter hesitating a white-possibly soli1-
oquizing ITO be, or not to be?" after the
fashion of the Prince of Denmark him.
self, he capitulated to the lure of the
costume himself and agreed to call off
the revolution. and the old chief NUT
tered saved and went back to the
throne room to receive Votes for
Women" delegation that was due at the
palace at $3.50 D. m.
Hyman says that a Congo belle has
become the favorite OF her lord through
attiring herself IN the spangles and
iaces that once adorned a member of
the ballet at the London Alhambra.
and he also told of novel spectacle
that greeted the eyes of one of his
'drummers' who visited native VIII
lage on the gold coast for the first
time. II seems that. in the meantime.
the Inhabitants of this village had done
some bartering with those of another
one nearer the coast where Hyman all
ready had placed fair-sized consign-
ment of cast-offs and the first tn ng
the traveller saw when he struck the
second town was a local beauty who
was sporting a huge Merry Widow
hat and sash of iaded pink ribbon,
but the remainder of whose costume
could have been concealed pretty sue
cessfully under a postage stamp.
The ornate second hands that this
London costumeier unloads on the untu-
tored savage do not consist entirely of
theatrical costumes. however. Pretty
nearly every Kind of snowy apparel
makes good with native tribes and on the
groaning shelves in the underground
store rooms beneath Hyman's Leicester
Square establishment there are all kinds
or British army and navy uniforms. and
no end of flashy liveries that once adorn-
ed the powdered flunkies of Mayfair and
Park Lane. Every year. too. il seems
the magnificent dark blue and gold laced
liveries of the lord mayors servants are
renewed and the old ones sold al auction,
and most Of them are acquired by Hy-
man and in the fullness of time bedecfS
the ebony persons of savage rulers in the
heart of Africa and elsewhere.
Decima Moore. the English actress who
married . British administrator In Cen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
Coffee and Indigo

IoIIee and lhuIBO are the Two cHIeI
crops of Salvador. The coffee product
amounts to something like 100000 pounds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
A Miserable CRATER

From Harpers Weekly.
That looks like some crib to crack"
said the first burglar to <hs pal as they
passed a suburban mansion.
None o. that for me. said the pal
One of the biggest grafters in tae
United States lives there
How do you know that" asked tine
first burglar
Il broke in there once and he caught
me wit the goods on said the pal. r
had TO pay him ~ to let me o."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19
Balsam Tree Grows Only in Salvador

pecially good for skin disease, and as an
antiseptic. 1t sells for 50 or SO pound
Secretary Knox took a run through Sal
vador during his stay in Central Amer
lea, and he has proclaimed it one of the
p-ettiest of our sister republics. The
lovlands and sides of the mountains are
covered with farms. The villages are
quaint and the cities have many beautiful
buildings.
The biggest town Is Santa Ana, with
about $4,000; then comes San Salvador
with 32,000, and then San Miguel with 29,-
900. Sonsonate, where the railroad shops
are has 12,000 and the port of La Liber-
tad is almost as large. The total city
population, including towns ranging from
5000 upward, is about 100000.
A Look at the Capital
The capital San Salvador. is one of the
beautifully located towns of Central
America. 1t lies in the foothills of the
mountains, right under a magnificent vol
cano and about 1000 feet above the Pa
cific ocean. In some respects 1t COM
pares with Mexico City. Near it is Lake
Ilopango, a beautiful green sheet of water
with a shore line of perhaps 90 miles.
All the country about is volcanic and this
lake formerly had islands which some
years ago dropped out of sight at the
time of an earthquake while another
island 500 feet in diameter rose out of the
lake to a height of $50 feet. At the
same time the water became intensely
hot, although it is ordinarily cold. There
are now villages and hotels about no.
pango and it is the favorite resort of
San Salvador.
The capital of the republic is well built.
Its streets are wide and well paved, and
its public offices compare with those
of the great cities of Europe. The new
cathedral is magnificent and the White
House. or Casa Blanco, the university,
the theatre and the National institute
are worthy of mention. There are fine
homes, consisting of one or two stories
surrounding open courts or patios., Most
of these have beautiful gardens and not
a few have fountains. The houses are
painted in bright colors and the roofs are
of tiles. The sidewalks are paved with
slabs or rocks from the quarres nearby
and there are tramways which give 10
minute service. A new theatre is now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19

in water in watts. 1t takes about 100
pounds of the green plants to produce
four, five or six ounces of indigo The
business is not so profitable as it was
in the past, when as much as 100000
pounds were produced in one year,
value equal to about $4,000 600. The out
PHI today is much less, the indigo dye
having been largely driven out of use by
the cheap analine dyes
Perfumery From Salvador
Another queer Salvador export is the
basam of Peru, whose name reminds me
of that which Senator Palmer chose for
his log cabin home outside Detroit. He
called the place Font HILL and when
asked why replied that it was because it
had no fountain and no hill. This is the
case with the balsam of Peru. 1t does
not come from Peru, but from Salvador.
and this is about the only place where it
grows well. This balsam is largely used
in perfumery aud medicines. 1t is some
times called cocoa balsam because it was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-19

they can to capture the trade.
American Trade in Salvador
Indeed it behooyes the Americans to be
up and doing as to Central America. l
find the Germans everywhere, and the
British have long had a hold on the va
rious countries. AS it is now, Great
Britain is supplying twice as much cotton
to Salvador as we do, and 1t is crowd
ing us close in hardware and in GER
tain kinds of machinery. We have most
of the flour, and we are shipping several
hundred thousand dollars worth of drugs
and medicines-a business in which Ger
many tries in vain to compete
As to our imports, we are buying about
100000 worth of Salvador coffee, $780,
900 or $4,000 worth of gold and few
thousand dollars worth of rubber and
skins. The total exports to the United
States in 1910 were just little over S2,-
000,00O-a bagatelle in comparison with
the population and wealth of the coun-
try.
Salvador Farms and Farming
Salvador is different from the other
Central American states in that 1t is di-
vi6ed up into small farms. There are
many landholders, and nearly every fam
liz owns its own home farm The soil
is fertile and the rainfall abundant. There
are thousands of little coffee planta-
tions, many indigo farms and here and
there neld OF green sugar cane.
The government is doing all it can to
encourage farming, and il has established
a school of agriculture, which has an ex-
perimental farm situated on the sides of
the mountains. about 1900 feet above the
sea This farm is between Sonsonate,
the second city of the republic, and IL
alco. 1t is not far from Acajutin. upon
a little tabeland on the highest part
OF which are the school buildings and
laboratory. Experiments are being made
there in coffee and sugar planting and
also in cattle breeding and dairying. The
school sends out bulletins of informa-
tion somewhat as our agricultural de-
partment does although on an infinitely
smaller scale
Coffee and Indigo
Coffee and indigo are the two chief
crops of Salvador. The coffee product
amounts to something like 100000 pounds
The evening world., 1913-03-17

Their condition has more to
do with your healthier lack OF
it-than you imagine.
It's a good investment Of a
little Of your time to BE SURE
that your eyes are all right.
No expensive will examine
your eyes without charge, and
tell you whether you need glasses
or not. A registered Optom-
etrist does it, and you can rely
fully upon him.
We will fill your oculist's pre-
scription, with absolute accuracy,
at a moderate charge. As a
special offering tomorrow
Gold-filled Skeleton
Eyeglasses, So Pair
With finger-piece mountings and
toric lenses, In u convenient aluminium
case. Main Floor, Rear
The evening world., 1913-03-17
b0UNDAND GAGGED,
ROBBED|NASTORE
, NEAR BROADWAY
Clerk Tied Up With Picture
Wire at No. 2t6 West
l-orty-second Street.
sTHREE MEN IN HOLD-UP.
2 One Visits Cigar Store First,
Then Returns With Three
Armed Companions.
NHREE MEN IN HOLD-UP.

4 man wsiksd into the stors Of the
Ualesd Cigar Stores Company at No.
- West Forty-second street to-day
~ - Albert Berger. the clerk. Wa
epsninG up. He bought . pack Of CT
Oarsttss and rendered . q bill In pay
uoaG Il being Monday morning Ber-
~ had no money In the cash drawer
except q He went to the safe In the
rsAr Of the store to make change. II
contained 500, the receipts from Satur-
day and Sunday sales.
The customer lit his cigarette and
watched Berger out u the corner Of
hi eye while the clerk took the money
cut Of the safe and deposited II In vari.
oas compartments Ia the drawer Of the
caGh register. The customer went out,
but came back In about fifteen minutes
with two other men. His companions
remained In the front Of tho store. while
~ strollsd toward the rear. Berger
followed him to wait upon him.
WAVING OF REVOLVER KEEPS
HIM QUIET.
me next thing Berger knew was that
ne two men had seized him from be-
hzaa. while the third was poking q re-
vofvsr In his face with . command to
"Kesp still." At the back Of the store
10 . small lavatory. and into this the
three mon showed Berger and gagged
him with towel One Of them produced
. roll of picture wire and bound his
hands and ankles tightly. Then. while
tive Of them guarded him. the man who
had hrst come into the store went to the
cast register. BY the tinkle OF the
andouncer az It was opened Berger
knew what was happening a. we'll a. II
he could see.
"All through. boys" said the man at
the cash register presently. and then
the other two. with threats OF death
to Berger II he mad. any attempt t.
cry out left the place.
Berger finally succeeded in freeing
10 hands from the wire and pullec
ut the rag. His ankle bands he sew
cred vita "a pair of scissors used for
rpenlng wired packages
" soon AZ he was free he rushed to
tho street, and his ycls brought Pa
'rolnan Ryan OH the run. A curious
."iture OF the robbery Is that although
the cigar store is separated from the
%ew Amsterdam cafe next door by
only Il thin. burlapped partition Ed Mar
tn, the bartender In the latter place.
declares he heard nothing amlss in the
The evening world., 1913-03-17
SAYS HE HEARD IN AUTO cHUG-
CLING IN FRONT.

Berger told the police that while the
mon were rcbbing the place he is sure
he heard the chugginy of an auto in
frout OF the place. But when he got
TO the street no machine was there.
Robberies Of United Cigar stores have
been 80 frequent on Monday mornings.
owing to the fact that the thieves knew
thak the receipts Of Saturday night and
Sunday were kept in the safe till that
time, that a special squad of seventy
i've men was detailed yesterday to
watch out for safe-crackers. There
was no safe robbery to-day. the gang
having, in the opinion OF the police.
changed Its tactics owing to some I'M
dscGround tip.
The evening world., 1913-03-17
Specialize New P arts "Pocket" Blouse
Reproduced in
White Crepe dc Chine, $685.
White Tub Silk, $500 Third Floor
A GIMBEL Scoop" for st. Patrick's Day
Pins DOuble-Width
Irish Poplin

Popn is fabric Of great age and distinction. It has been
in Dublin since the Edct Of Nantes in 1886 drove
many Huguenots many silk among them to Ireland
Woven silk the combines
with otne qualities fabric to
grandmothers, Of remember.
Until has been impossible Popn in
width But q last Gc has been Sble TO induce the old
Poplns for DOUBLE WIDTH the
in New York In black o. 80 and 80 80
The evening world., 1913-03-17
HUGE MISSION BARN BURNS.
Flames ~ Mount Loretto 1llumi uate
Half Of staten Island.

The barn at the Mount f-oretto Home
for Boys and Girls. conducted by the
Mission Of the Immaculate Conception.
At Pleasant Plains, s. l.. was destroy ed
by fire last ntsht The barn was said
to have been the second largest In this
country.
The city and volunteer hre depart
ments Of Tottenvilie, Richmond, Prin.
The evening world., 1913-03-17

Boutet De Monvel Dies.
PARIS. March II. - Louis Maurice
Boutet de Monvei. painter and iliustra-
tor. died here to-day at the age OF
eixty.two.
The evening world., 1913-03-17
Luxury in These Women's
Endorsements of Silk

Women who realize that the fit of depends greatly on
the garments underneath and ow the comfort Of silk appe
ciate the excellence OF this Gmbe collection Duchess Silk
Underwear made especially for Gmbe Brothers, bears re-
markedly low prices.
top reinforced under sky blue flesh
and white, special at $1.46.
Unn Suits croceed and tghtttng drawers reinforced
sizes "a to A. special at S2.e6.
Union French embroidered IN ilesh
white, sizes 81 to AZ. are special at $780,
For women who for silk there Union Suits Of
sheerest Isle thread from OF the best Swiss makers with
plain tops yOkes umbrella drawers aceedge
at 81, usually SO and $3.50.
and iace-trnmed for quality Main Floor
The evening world., 1913-03-17
Framed Pictures
at Half
For Easter Wedding
Gifts

to making a fine economy on an
Easter wedding gift of a Picture
rs long as the pictures are as
artistic, generally desirable as
these.
And, we may remark in pass
ing on, Pictures are much less
apt to be duplicated as wedding
gifts than candlesticks, for in
stance.
Carbonettes in antique frames, orna-
mcnted, l6 x 20 in, at u, regularly 81.
French Prints in antique frames, plain
or full FURNISHED. ut u, 81. 90, Sl.7t and
$3.50, usually 81 to SIS.
A special group Of hand -colorcd Pic
lures, Pastels, Fruit Subjects, etc, in
imitation Circassian walnut. and rose
wood, and antique or Flemish frames,
IA x % to 16 x SO in, at 81 and "a. 80,
usually 1915 and more.
Hand-colored Photographers, In bur.
nishcd antique frames, at $3.50, $50
and 80, regularly $3.50, $3.50 and
$2O-a beautiful group.
Sixth Floor
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-04-21

ira Ventura Garcia, Felix Pilot, Fabri-
ciano Lebron, Tomas Bank y Victorio
-Vazquez, a quienes Sc acusa de soborno
6 infraccion del artfculo 105 del C6digo
Penal, consistente aquella en- que, siendo
dichos senores jurados en- Ell case por ase-
sinato seguido contra Arturo Amy, que
Sc VIC EN- esta Corte ell IL de Diciembre
del a1lo pasado, aceptaron dinero para
absolver al acusado. Ell juicio Sc cele-
brara en- ell proximo termino Judicial
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-04-21
Telegramas de la Isla

Barros, 18-La casa que en- ell barrio
Damian abajo" tenfa don Jose Rosa
Cartagena, fue destruida aver por un
lncendio.-Interinamente esta al frente
ole La jefatura policfaca de este distrito,
el cabo don A. Rivera, de San Juan.
Toa Baja, 18.-Ha tornado possession
del cargo de Alcalde de este pueblo, ell
senior Juan Herrane-Don Fernando
Salgado ha renunciado ell cargo de pre-
sldente del Concejo Municipal que ven1a
desempenando :
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-04-21

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LA LIN A"
PANADERIA Y REPOSTERIA
PUERTORRIQUENA

Pan para emparedados, pan dulce,
pan Reina, pan de MalIorca, dulces f.
nos Yemas, macarrones, almendrados,
borrachos, ponques, bizcochos, meren-
CUES, y los exquisitos (Dones)
Todo bien presentado
Donde Sc confecciona el mejor pan de
la isla.
t.. a4:i x
Bayam6n, 18-Por cuenta del Muni-
cipio de esta ciudad Sc ha construido en-
Catano un edificio de concrete en- ell que
Sc instalaran las ofcinas de correo, el
Juzgado de Paz, la comisar1a del barrio,
la sala de socorro, un dep0sito para de.
tenidos Y un departamento para guardian
ell material necesaro para la extinction
de incendios.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-05
MINERS EXPECT WALKOUT

St. Louis, Aug. 5.-Miners of West
ern Federation in st. Francois coun-
ty, Mo-, largest mining district in the
world, taking strike vote today and
walkoUt expected.
Demanded increase of so cents a
day and union shop, and gave opera
tors to Aug. l to answer. No answer.
Operators say if men strike no at
tempt will be made to break it, but
will let mines fill with water.
Wages were cut from 20 to 25 per
cent during panic of 1907. No raise
since. Operators say they can afford
a shutdown better than wage in
crease.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-05

game, and he'll start pulling these
plays some time.
Five hits were all the Sox took to
beat Washington, but they were land
ed in the pinches, and came punched
with Washington errors. In the first
three runs were scored on two hits,
and in the fourth two runs were
registered on three hits. Not bingle
was wasted.
Bob Shawkey, Athletic recruit,
held the Maps to two singles while
his mates hammered FaIkenberg and
Kahler. Frank Baker pOled three hits.
Shawkey would have had a shut-out
but for an error by Baker.
Ty Cobb missed a fly ball that
should have made the third out in the
seventh inning, and after that the
Yanks climbed Willett and DUbUc for
five runs. Crawford waIloped a sin
gle, double and triple, Knight two
doubles and a single and Cree three
singles. Fisher was hit hard, but kept
the Tiger bingles well spaced.
Al Demaree let the Pirates down
with three singles. Camnitz also
pitched good ball, but a wild throw
by Simon gave New York the win
ming run. Wilson's triple scored the
lone Pittsburgh run. Burns and
Fletcher each got two hits. Chief
Meyers had his right thumb split by
a foul tip, and may be out of the
game a few days.
Three home runs by Philadelphia
batters beat the Cards, Mayer out
pitching Doak and Harmon. In the
seventh inning Becker soaked a hom-
er with two on, and Luderus followed
with another four-baser in the same
inning. In the ninth CraYath swatted
a circuit smash. Becker also got two
singles. Whitfield fielded sensationauy
at second for the Cards, subbing for
Miller Higgins, who is on scouting
trip.
Tinker's Reds got 10 hits off Ru-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-05

ished in the box, also raped q homer.
Hoblitzel and Berghammer each got
three hits.
Jack Coombs got back in uniform
yesterday and warmed up with the
Athletic pitchers before the CleVe-
land game. The Iron Man appeared
to have regained his stride, and Mack
may send him into a game within a
week.
Arthur PeIkey, worlds heavy
weigh champion, looks just like ex-
Champion Jim Jeffries when the lat
ter was young. At least, his features
are very much like Jeff's.
PeIkey is taller and thinner than
jeff, but his talk and the way he car
ries himself are identical with the
way JEFF acted when he was in his
prime.
Pelkey has the neck and jaw of a
fighter. The neck is thick and short
and is set on wide and powerful
shoulders. It's the short, thick-neCk-
ed fighter who can stand jaw
punches. The lOng-necked boxer has
not the resisting power. Pelkey has
two caulifioWeF ears, mementOs of
past ring engagements.
The new champion is wonderfully
quick on his feet and his defense is
excellent, while the quickness with
which he takes advantage of an open
ing is remarkable when you consider
his bulk. The accompanying picture
of PeIkey shows his likeness to jeff.
MINERS EXPECT WALKOUT
ST. Louis, Aug. 5.-Miners of West
ern Federation in st. Francois coun-
ty, Mo-, largest mining district in the
world taking strike vote tOdav and
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01
H. E. BRANNCN Clerk
By W. j. WILLIAMS, D. c.
ATTENTION VETERANS FOR
REST CAVALRY

The annual meeting of the Forrest
Cavalry Corps will be held at my
room at the Patton Hotel, Chattanooga,
at 10 o'clock on the second day Of the
Confederate Reunion. A new com
mander is to be elected and such
other business as NAV become neccs-
sary. Arrangements TOR mounted pa
rade. A limited number of U. 5.
Cavalry horses with equipment have
been secured, Call and register and
secore badges.
H. A. TYLER,
1t. Gen. Comma ding Forr es
! Cavalry Corps.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1913-05-01
Are Getting Ready for
Second Count
May Oath

that you will have a fair chance TO
show what your standing is.
For every seven new subscriptions
a bonus Of 10000 extra votes, max
lng a total Of l4,200
For every seven renewal subscrip-
tons bonus Of 5000 extra votes
making to,aI Of 1850.
For every seven back subscriptions
a bonus Of Of 5000 extra votes max
ing a total OF $3.50
For every 40 Merchants coupons
(l2 IL vote coupons count as hal
coupo s) brought to this ohce aoA
counted by the publisher or one Of
his assistants, 800 extra votes will be
owen making total Of l,5OO
These coupons may be collected from
any and all merchants who are in the
contest,
The following is the list Of the
merchants who give coupons on
Cash Purchases. Be sure and
tell your friends to ask for coupons.
Okolona Hardware Company.
E S. Elliott.
Bearden & King.
Mrs. r. L. Bransford.
Brewster. Turner 5, 10 & 25c Store
Dfoke JeweIry Company.
). w. T Major, the Photographer,
VIM Wilbur.
Remember the Sis in gold is divid
ed in two parts, $40 goes to the on
making the GREATEST GAIN i
number of votes and SIS to the on
making the second greatest gain
number Of votes.