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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
Wealth From Sawdust

American and Canadian sawmills have
discovered that the sawdust which they|
have been perplexed how to rid them
selves of as a worthless encumbrance is
worth at least eS per ton, says Tit-Bits.
In Baltimore chemist has perfected al
process of extracting gas from sawdust. |
adequate enough to supply a city like OIL
tawa with light and heat at sd per 1OOo|
feet. This is thought to portend tina ii
around the great sawmills, which have|
been emptying their dust into the ottawa
river, a variety of new industries subsist-
ing on it are likely to grow up.
In Austria, where everything In thai
shape of fuel is being carefully searched
for. sawdust is impregnated with mix
ture of tarry substances and heated to|
the proper temperature; it is then passed.
over a plate of iron heated by steam.
from which a screw-conveyer takes it to
a press, whore 1t is compressed into bri-
quettes of the required size The press
turns out about 10 every minute, Weighing
two-fifths of pound each, and measuring
sin. by 21s-in. by 11a-in. One factory alone
produces something like 100000 briauettea
year.
NSA many tHeTe Is a bakery that tuflS
out 10000 loaves Of sawdust bread daily.
and finds an open maSket for this produllt.
Although this sawdust bread is intended
Tor consumption by horses only. it is
claimed by the manufacturers that III
case of famine, sawdust bread would fui /
nish nutritious and very highly satisfaA-
tory food for human beings. The saw
dust is first subjected to a prcSess of
fermentation and various chemical mani,
pulations, and is mixed with one-third of
rye flour 1t is then shaped into loaves
ana baked in an oven like other bread.
For many years the French have ex-
tracted coloring dyes from sawdust. The
sawdust, 1t appears, is acted upon by
sulphur and caustic soda in a furnace.
Sulphuretted hydrogen is liberated in
large quantities, and the vegetable SUBJ
stance, whatever it may be, is rendered
soluble in water, to which 1t imparts A
strong color, varying with the substance
employed. These solutions are EMPLOYED
as dyes, which are fixed by passing the
fabric through boiling bichromate OF
potash.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
ALI Alone at Last

Suiting the action to the words, Au-
grstine broke his sword across his
kree, threw the two pieces into the
street and went silently away.
20, I am all alone" sobbed Mari
quilla-
pray, gentlemen, pay no attention to
the affairs of my boy said Montoria.
"These inexperienced young divinity
students are easily taken in. I will
attend to his case. AS for you, Sc
nora. Marquilla, we will protect you.
Come, you must go away from here"
He thought, indeed, that she had in
weighed his. son. She began another
impassioned appeal to Montoria to save
her father. Even the stern patriot was
melted and said, almost gently!
Sonora, it is mpossible-impossible
You must resign yourself. God will
pardon you all your faults-poor or
phan."
You are angry with me because I
love Augustine she pleaded; Save
my father and I will never see your
son again. will try not to love him."
1T Is near the time of execution"
said Montoria, ignoring the girls
words: Gabriel, as Captain Augustine
is not in his place, you will take his
duty"
Then to some soldiers: "Take that
girl away"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
A Fruitless Mission

AS he entered the garden Gabriel saw
a group of women and boys around
a grated window in this still unburned
part of the house. He approached and
behind the grating saw Candida
The many fires which were raging
throughout the city. enabled one to see
everything almost as well as in broad
daylight. Candida sat with his hands
crossed and his head fallen upon his
breast, his clothing torn and burned,
While the mob reviled him.
Gabriel drove the mob away and
Candida said: "Senor soldier. [ thank
YOU for driving away that vile rabble.
But what do you come here for"
Gabriel told him that he came to take
MIN where he would be taken care of.
nave food and have his wounds dressed
in short to where his daughter had
found a refuge
The old man fell into fury, reviled
his daughter for not staying py him in
his distress and swore he would never
leave his house.
lie raved and stormed at Gabriel and
finally, seeing that it would be useless
TO stay there any longer, the soldier re-
turned to try and find Augustine and
report to him the result of his mis-
sion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
Keeping Their Love a Secret

He would come at night to the tum-
ble-down house in the lonely street,
throw pebble against the window, and
Mariquilla would come down to a grated
window where they would talk on and
on
Then, in order to escape observation,
Mariquilla got to opening the garden
gate for him and they would sit on a
bench beneath the old trees and talk
on, sometimes until the bugles sounded
the morning call to arms.
Augustine was lighting desperately
by day and making love at night. And
of this love-malSing his father, Don
Jose, knew no more than did Mari
quilla's father, old Candida.
The miser spent the greater part of
his nights in a secret room in the eel
lar of his house, counting his money
and looking up his usurious notes and
bonds; and Don Jose was busy night
and day with his military affairs.
The young people met secretly and
loved secretly. Marquilla did not even
know that Augustine was the son of
the great Don Jose Montofia-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
Added Distractions
VHE French battalion unde

HHE French battalion under the i'm
perial eagles were laundering at
= the walls of Saragossa; an ever
ter-growing ring of fire. slaughter and
devastation closed around the city.
That memorable siege of Saragossa,
in which burst out revival of the old
courage and chivalry OF Spain in a man.
ner which compelled the admiration of
the world, and which makes the story
bright in the pages of history-was In
progress.
Most people in the infested city had
enough to occupy their minds in the
stirring events of the siege.
But young Augustine Montoria added
to the distractions of the furious strug-
gle going on around him by falling in
1ove-deeply, deadly in love-over head
and heels, the saying is.
And he had not fallen in love with
a damsel of his own degree, but with
the daughter of an old miser who was
detested in the city for his cupidity and
his lack of patriotism.
Don Jose Augustine's proud father,
would never have consented to such
match. Besides, the boy should not have
fallen in love at all-for his parents had
destined him for the church, and he had
already passed a considerable portion of
his novitiate in the seminary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
Candida, the Miser

She was richly dressed. though her
father was a hard-fisted miser in all
other respects. he gave his daughter a
liberal allowance of pocket money, saw
she had costly clothes and even trinkets
and jewelry.
Some of his relatives, it was said, he
had allowed to starve to death-but he
was generous to his daughter. It was
the one redeeming spark in the lold
mans nature-no man is utterly bad
Scarce had Augustine spoken to Mari
quilla when a harsh voice said: What
are you doing here? Go to the house,
and he pushed before him the girl and
her maid while he turned an evil look
upon Augustine
Poorly and slovenly dressed, old, bent,
crooked sickly-looking, his appearance
would have excited pity but that his
sinister face with its avaricous nose its
cruel eyes looking from under grizzled
eyebrows, changed the sympathy into
loathing.
That was the old rascal" said Au-
gustine, do you think he noticed was
talking with Mariquilla? He has sus-
picions-nothing more. But you saw her
is she not divine?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15

was just going to release him when you
came"
what is thisl' exclaimed Don Jose,
what have you promised the girl-do
you know her?''
Augustine was silent and then: 20 my
father" he answered. II have never
thought of failing in my duty
rs he your father?" cried Mariquilla-
..hel Then tell him that you love me.
Augustine. And tell him how we'll 1
love you"
.sYes, father, I love her." said Angus
tine sadly. And if I have concealed this
before 1 tell it now without fear or
shame"
Montoria looked around in amazement
at his friends Then Augustine drew his
sword and said steadily:
'Mariquilla, did not intend to release
your father. l told you that | would
not be his executioner. Nor will I. There
are other officers who will carry out
the sentence.
"I will no longer be a soldier, and,
though we are in the presence of the enc
my, / break my sword and go to the
captain general that he may decide my
fatA''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
Confiding i'm Gabriel

One morning Augustine told his story
to Gabriel Arecila, a young man in his
regiment with whom he had struck up
standing together gazing at the French
lines and waiting for the fighting to
begin.
"Supposes the first ball strikes us
dead?' said Augustine gloomily
Gabriel responded with patriotic
outburst.
Yes" replied Augustine, but it is
n pity to die We are young-death for
the aged. Who knows-if we are not
killed-what life holds in store for us!
Tn the first siege I was more valiant
than now. Now, frankly, l do not want
to die in this terrible circle the French
have thrown around us. But if I am
killed.
Then he told the story of his secret
love for Mariquilla. And he charged
his companion-in-ar in arms in case a bullet
found him, TO carry back to her a little
reliquary. which she had given him,
and which he wore around his neck
There came a boom from tho French
batteries signal gun-and then arose
a perfect roar of guns from the French
lines, and they could see columns of
troops deploying out across the space
between the town and the besiegin &
Zines the assault of the day had be-
gun in all its fury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
Recalled From Loves Dream

Suddenly from this dream of love
they were recalled by the passage of a
bomb over their heads which illumined
French had begun the night attack of
artillery fire.
Then they heard in the house the
voice of old Candida rating the old
servant, Guedita, and wanting to know
what she was up for at that hour; and
if his daughter was still sleeping.
II wish the bombs would fall upon
the house of my enemy, Don Jose Mon
toria," almost screamed the old man.
Guedita soothed him and finally got
him to go to bed again. 1t was not
until the woman came to tell them that
sumo their conversation. Then Mari
quilla said:
You heard my father say he wished
that one of the bombs would fall upon
the house of his enemy. I do not wish
them to fall upon the house of anybody.
But if I could wish misfortune to an
other-why this is the time 1 should
wish it. Do you not think so? If that
man comes here again 1 think / could
kill him."
mo, no. replied Augustine, "these
things are not for you women. These
horrible things are for us men, Do not
think of those who offend you. For
give them-and even in thought do not
kill any one"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
Making Excuses

She showed some surprise-and no
pleasure-at the fact that Augustine
had not come alone. But he whispered,
at is my best and truest friend, Ca
brlel," and she was satisfied.
81 saw you in the street." said Mari
quilla, when the soldiers came to take
my fathers provisions and to so shame
fully abuse him."
'It is true; was there" he answered,
but 1 went away at once
did you not see how those people
were abusing my father? I looked for
you to rush to his assstance--but you
had disappeared"
81 was Obliged to co. faltered Au-
gustine; "but as soon as | heard how
your father had been abused ] came
back as soon as l could get a chance"
"a nice time to come" retorted she.
Then she Indignantly told the story
of the struggle between Montoria and
her father and spoke bitterly of Don
Jose
20, Mariquilla." cried the youth,
speak no more of that affair." cannot
bear it,
The two lovers now began to tell
each other how much they loved one
another, doing it with many eXagge-
rated phrases and strong hyperbole.
They seemingly forgot that Gabriel was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
HOarding His Fragments

The next morning the fighting broke
out again with redoubled fury and for
TWO weeks, in the heat and confusion
of that irregular combat, Gabriel lost
sight of Augustine and Mariquilla
At length, one day, as he with others
entered house to defend it against
the French, who We're trying to break
into 1t from the adjoining building, he
saw In big room filled with refugees
ola men, women and children, the miser
Candida, carefully watching a heap of
clothing, crockery and kitchen utensils
fragments which the old man had saved
and now guarded as carefully as he
had once his gold and bonds.
They had entered the house by way
OF the room and, hearing sounds which
showed that the French had forced an
entrance into the lower story. were
just about to leave and go downstairs
when. Gabriel saw Mariquilla, sadly
changed for want of sleep and the
other hardships which she had been
through
Where is Augustine?" he asked.
Down there" replied she; "they are
lighting below. We came here this
morning. Augustine sent us here for
refuge. He has been trying to look
after u.s."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
A CL A SSIC
IN A P A G E
Copyright, 1914. by Irving King. All
rights reserVed)

Copyright, 1914. by Irving King. All
rights reserved1
Galdos story of the marvellous defense
of Saragossa in its second seige by the
F'rench-a siege which began in December,
1908, and lasted until February q, 1S09-is
one of the most brilliant pictures of battle
ever painted in words. The great histori-
cal novelist of Spain in his "Saragossa"
Is not excelled by Tolstoi in War and
Peace or Zola in THE Debacle.'
The love story which is drawn through
it seems to be used by the author simply
as a means of bringing his readers into
more personal touch with the stirring
events which he describes so vivdly. 1t
is not a story of war in it's pride, pomp
and circumstance, but of "horrda bella"
But if it makes one shudder at warfare
itself. it fires the heart with admiration
for valor and patriotism.
The story has been translated into many
languages, and conditions have been pub
lished in England and the United States
In this condensation neither the original
nor the various translation have been fol-
lowed very closely. 1t is simply an at
tempt to give an idea Of what the story is
like, the exigencies of space necessitating
that the lighting" part should be lightly
touched upon or entirely left out. Even
with the plot of the love story, 1t has
been necessary to take liberties in order
to preserve the ''unities'' of ::one page"
tale
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
The City Entered

But now the light of dawn overspread
the sky and the bells and the drums and
the bugles called to the battle of the
day.
81 must go, Mariquilla," said Angus
tine, "and we will have hard fighting
today. But 1 shall not be killed.
shall live to rejoice in victory and in
you"
Days and nights of continuous fights
and bombardments now ensued. At
length the French entered the city and
that fierce house to house combat en-
sued which was one of the most re-
markable features of that remarkable
siege.
1t was midnight before that first day
of street fighting dwindled down and
the French had not conquered a single
house that they had not held at sun
set.
Augustine and Gabriel were walking
in the Coros. through which broad
avenues many men and women were
running up and down in confusion.
Suddenly woman ran up to Angus
tine and threw her arms about him.
"Mariquilla, you here?" cried the
young man. 'What has happened?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
Married Men Barred

eah married man keep a secret from
MS Wlre2 Some people think not. and
among them are the heads of the firm
VINO are building the wonderful new
racing yacht with which Sir Thomas Lin
ton is going to make one more attarnn
10 recapture the America cup, SAYS Pear
sons Weekly.
1here Is always deal of secrecy abou
the design of new racing yacht. and
particularly about the shape of the keel
The keel of the Shamrock W., was 90
at Messrs Camper & Nicholson's ward a
Gosport on November ze last, and not on.
married man was among the men am.
ployed, nor take part in the constructed
of the hull.
There are others besides yacht buiIder,'
VINO nave similar distrust of married
men. During all those years that LORD
Kitchener was busy perfecting his plant|
for his swoop upon the Mahdi, he would
not have a Benedict upon his stan. N
one OF the staff wanted to get married.
why. he had to find another job-<ha,
was all.
AS matter of fact, theer were sinr1rl
larly few desertions for tins cause. The|
Sirdar gave his men precious little leisure
for love making.
In business which depend for their suol
cess on secret formulas, married men ard
sometimes refused employment.
One such has for more than a centur
past been manufacturing a certain popul
lar sauce. The firm has two large faol
tories and employs a very large numbed
of hands. including scores of womenl
There are plenty of married men in thd
works, but the actual mixing is in tho
hands of few highly-paid and much1
trusted men. not one of whom is married.
TAe plan seems to have worked we'll
for lin spite of many attempts at bribery
the secret has remained inviolate for 1ad
years.
one might also quote the case of thu
well-known liqueur, Chartreuse, the for
mula for which remained a secret amona
its monlxish manufacturers for over 007
years.
Some industries there are in which the
element of danger is SO great that em-
ployers prefer bachelors to married men,
There is a powder factory in Kent where
the posts of danger in the mixing houses
are held only by unmarried men,
And in the Dupont factory at Whining
ton Del, which is the oldest established
dynamite factory in the United States. 4
similar regulation is in force.
The danger of venturing aloft In aero.
planes is, happily, diminishing month by
month, but, even so, flying is still Une OF
the riskiest pursuits in which man en-.
cages. 1t is for this reason that the an
thorities who control the Royal Flying
corps prefer to employ unmarried Off.
GERS and men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
Mariquilla's Fate

lie was, indeed but a wreck of his
ioriner self covered with wounds. ema-
eiated, haggard, powder begrimed
have Just seen the body of Mari
qoilia' said Augustine. TT is living
at the entrance of the old garden,
Come, we will bury her.
"Of what did she die?" asked Gabriel
Nothing, replied Augustine calmly.
"her body shows no marks or wounds.
She looks as if she had fallen asleep.
Come with me and help mel have a
spade"
1t was apparent that Marouilla. had
died some days after her fathers exc
cution of exposure, hunger and the
agony of her experiences
With two soldiers whom they called
to their aid they found the body of
Mariquilla and carried it into the gar
den-that garden where Augustine and
she had passed such pleasant hours
together. Augustine began to dig the
grave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
Cranks Who Hide Money

King George has the distinction of being
the only European sovereign, who smokes
a pipe, says Tit-Bits All the others are
ardent devotees of the cigar or the
cigarette.
The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
Hungary, at the ver/'ahle age of 49,
Is reputed to be the heaviest royal smoker.
MS favorite being a cigar so cheap and
so common that it is smoked by almost
every peasant in the country 1t is a long
black cigar, tapering at both ends and
traversed by a straw. The Emperaor
brand, however, is an exceptionally pow
er1ul one, possessing a bite which
would make it extremely Objectionable to
most men. Despite this fact the aged
ruler Is able to smoke more than 20 a
day without feeling any i'll effects.
Turkish cigarettes, exquisitely Favored
and scented, are the passion of the Car,
of Russia. who scarcely ever smokes any,
thing else. His cigarettes are made from
specially matured tobacco exclusively
grown for him in Turkey. Each cigarette.
by the time it reaches the Gar costs
almost a penny, and the Russian ruler
gets rid of as many as 40 or so day All
told, the Gar spends something between
$50 and G200 year on tobacco
Another lover of the fragrant cigarette
is King Alfonso of Spain. who, however,
is more cosmopolitan in his tastes. He
smokes all kinds-Turzish, Egyptian. Rus
sian. Algerian, and ordinary Virginian.
the latter in moderation. He Thoroughly
enjoys an expensive cheroot or cigar now
and then. Most of his cigarettes are spe
cially made for him by London toba cce.
merchant, nd his annual outlay in tn
fAGf Ms IA Eaf WH fse Na a. q 1cSr2Si\
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
Still in Ignorance

Old Guedita now came up looking
for her master and told Gabriel that
Mariquilla had taken refuge in porch
in a nearby alley with other fugitives.
They almost forced the old man to
so where his daughter was. "Whera
is Augustine?" asked Gabriel as soon
as he saw Mariquilla.
He was here but a moment ago."
she replied, but has gone to where his
family have taken refuge, in the Celle
de las Rufas His brother is dead"
Gabriel saw that, strangely enough,
although her father had cursed her
when she confessed her love for Au-
gustine he had not explained to her his
reasons, and she was still ignorant of
the fact that her lovers father was
that Montoria who had so abused her
father when the flour was taken from
the miser's house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
"They poor

house. He has lost everything in the
flames and ruins and seems to be de-
mented.
Il have been looking for you all this
horrible day. I was afraid you were
dead. We are in need of food; the
neighbors will give us nothing. Take
me back to my father"
mo" replied Augustine, you are too
weak to go so far. You must rest in
one of these houses here. l will watch
over you and Gabriel shall go and bring
your father"
When Gabriel reached what had been
the house of Candida he found ruin
which had been burning all day But
one part of the lower story--a sort of
wing-was still comparatively intact,
though it's walls were bulging by the
great mass of debris which had fallen
upon its roof, and had destroyed the
upper story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
For Her Fathers Life

A white figure came rapidly toward
them and a well known voice cried out:
Augustine, Augustine; oh, / have been
loking for-you. How much I love you!
''They told me you had my father in
keeping as a traitor. / was wild with
delight, for / knew that you would save
him. He has been condemned to death
poor old man-who never did harm to
anyone"
''Mariquilla," replied Augustine, they
expect me to kill your father"
But you will not?''
mo, a thousand times no. Let others
punish his treachery."
''But he is innocent" replied Mari
quilla. go to him, Augustine; take off
those fetters that hurt him SO; unbind
his hands. 1t is night. No one will know
and we will fly and hide ourselves in the
garden of our old house, where we have
SO often talked together
'Mariquilla, this cannot be DONE" re-
piled Augustine in great agitation.
what do you say?" she cried. set
him at liberty at once-this moment. If
you do not shall know that have loved
the most vile and cowardly of men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
In the Midst of Alarms

When the French invaded Spain he
forsook the cloisters for the battlefield.
o. when the war was over he would go
back, of course.
Then one day Fn Rincon, Augustine $
preceptor, took him to the house of the
miser, where the preceptor went to end
to some business affairs, he being a kins-
man of the deceased wife of the miser,
Jeronimo Candida.
The two young people had been left
alone in the high-walled old garden
while the elders talked. At first Au-
gustine felt like running away. But he
looked into Marquilla's eyes and changed
his mind.
Then came the great siege and the
young semnarian turned soldier and was
stationed in Saragossa, where his father
held a high command He managed to
meet Marquilla and they arranged signals.