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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11

sEverybody loves a pretty face and . delicate skin."
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 Stuarts Calcium Waters contain nothing harmful-nothing but what thousands of physicians have used and recommended Its chief constituent, calcium sulphide. is universally recog- , nized as the most powerful of blood purifiers. .
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
ID CHANGE PATENT LAW 0N FOREIGN DYE
Paige Would Make Provision for Manufacture of These
 Dyes in United States

Washing gton. October 10-(Special.) roiiowing the recent appearance in The Age-Herald of a Washington dis patch telling of movement to develon the dye manufacturing industry in the United States. Representative Paige of Massachusetts has introduced A bill m one of the two line ssuggested bv E. Klipstein of East Orange, N. J.. an authority on dyes. in The Age-Herald. First telling of the tremendous oppor- tunity opened for Alabama, MT. Klip- stein had advocated either amendment of the patent laws, to enable Ameri- cans to utilize the best processes. ar the imposition of a duty of 50 per cent on imported dyes.
 In accord with Mir. Klipstein in the belief that American textile manufac- turers would oppose heavy duty. MT. Paige would amend the patent laws and his bill is drawn to that end. As epitomized by himself. there are three distinct propositions embraced in MT. Paige's bill. which he describes as fol- Jews:
 T. That of reciprocity with foreign countries h ,the granting of patents. by providing that no patent shall be granted to a citizen of a foreign coun- try which does not grant a correspond ing patent to citizen of the United States.
 "2. That patent shall be granted for only the process of making dye stuffs, drugs or medicines and not upon the article itself by providing that no patent shall be granted upo,, any drug. medicine, medicinal chemi- cal, coal tar dyes or colors or dyes obtained from alizarin. anthracene, car bazol and indigo. except insofar as the same relate to definite process for the preparation of the articles men toned
 "3. The requirements that any pat ent relating to the manufacture of dyes, drugs or medicines actually shall be worked in the United States within two years. by providing that in case any drug, medicine, medicinal chemi- cal, coal tar dyes or colors or dyes ob- tained from alizarin. anthracene, car bazol and indigo on which a patent has been granted is not manufactured in the United States within two years after the granting of the patent, said pnteiltee shall have no right under the patent laws of the United States as against any citizen of the United States who may import such drug. medicine, medicinal chemical coal tar dyes or colors obtained from alizarin and the other articles named.'
 According to report just issued by the bureau of domestic and foreign commerce the imports of alizarin and alizarin dyes for August last were 4s0,- k69 pounds valued at 9118.47O. as against 191,735 pounds, valued at S56.- 6S1 in August. 1913. These imports were free of duty.
 The imports of coloxs or dyes, sub ,ect to duty. last August wore valued
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
BALE OF COTTON
 FOR BALE OF TALES

Washington, October 10.-(Special.) Almost hidden in a cloud of smoke from Montclair, N. J.. Perfecto, Rep resentative Townsend was discerned during a 4o-minute roll call by Rep resentative Blackmon.
 Come, Townsend" said Blackmon. "be good fellow and buy a bale of cotton"
 How much?" asked Townsend from the depths of the smudge.
 Ten cents a pound" answered Blackmon.
 Well" replied Townsend. "Tll buy a bale, if you'll buy a bale of maga Zine stories that have been left on my hands"
 How much?" demanded Blackmon
 Five cents word" answered the author of the 'Chimmie Fadden" tales swelling visibIyl with pride
 I'll buy a bale at five cents A pound" said Blackmon, If youll buy a bale of cotton at ten cents-you see, you can use the cotton. and I could only burn the stories"
 Whereat Townsend rushed into the chamber. although his name had long since been called.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
Madame Ise'bell "A Little Extra Flesh Is Both Becoming and Natural at
 Forty"
THE WOMAN AT FoRTY-Part IT

Between beauty of features and a good carriage at this age, I should choose the latter, and this is a point to be watched, for, as the body grows older (and there is no question but what it is growing older at this period) women are prone to fall into what seem easy ways, both in standing and walking.
 There are two periods of life when the figure has to be carefully watched lest it take on bad lines that become permanent; one is during early girl hood when it is growing so fast that the young muscles hardly know how to manage it, and again at the ap- proach of middle age, when the muscles are getting slack and losing their elas- ticity. At both these periods some form of regular physical exercise is neces- sary-to correct such tendencies.
 Girls are apt to be careless, but the woman of 40 should have a developed critical faculty Long mirrors in rooms are great aids and the figure should be watched, standing. sitting. walking. The reflection from show windows should be an object lesson.
 Many women are satisfied if they do not grow stout, fancying that that is the only error into which the figure can fall. We often hear a woman relate with pride that her weight has not changed a pound for 20 years" and she Is apt to have an air of commiser- ation for her contemporaries who have
 put on flesh" It is natural and healthy that the body at 40 should weigh con siderably more than at 20, the life in surance tables are made out with this idea in mind and while undue flesh should be exercised away, the bones should weigh more as years go an and there should be a firmer cushion of hesh, about them. Undue flesh and natural. normal flesh are differnet things.
 The woman whose weight has not increased in 20 years is apt to find that the bones are becoming angular and that the soft curves of youth have faded away and not been replaced by those of maturity.
 A slight increase in flesh also pro- vides for more attractive contour Of face. Features almost always grow thinner towards middle life. Mouth and nose are apt to be smaller and this is an improvement if these features have been too heavy, but, unless there is sufficient flesh on the face, the feature may be too much accentuated and lines form that give a suggestion of age. l do not think a woman of 40 should walk and carry herself quite like a young girl Have you ever seen a slim, careless, bouncing figure approaching and judged it to be that of a girl, to see when it approached the face of a middle aged woman? The contrast is not pleasant, yet the average woman is pleased to be taken for a girl, even from a distance.
 To my mind that is not the kind of la youthful figure to cultivate. The mid dle age figure should be as light and slender as possible. but it should have an elegance and certain dignity of movement. I think at this period wom-
 en should watch lest they walk too fast. swing their arms too much or become too careless and abrupt in their move mentS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11

price of cotton seed by-products. In tie first place the cotton crop in the
 south this year is good. and in the next the foreign markets have been seriously interfered with by the Eu- ropean war. It is estimated that this
 year 15,000,000 bales of cotton will be
 produced in the United States This
 should yield 6.6s0.000 tons of seed. All
 of this, of course. will not be crushed
 but if last years proportions hold good
 again about 2,000,000 tons of cotton
 seed meal will be available Last year
 approximately 100000 tons were sent
 abroad Under present conditions 1t is
 not probable that anything like this
 quantity will be exported this year.
 and as the cotton crop is larger than
 before. it is safe to assume that the quantity of cotton seed meal on the
 home market will be 500, 900 tons more
 than last year.
 This situation has already resulted in substantial drop in the price of
 cotton seed by-products. Cotton seed
 meal can now be bought in the south
 at prices ranging from s22 to s24 per ton instead of s27 to ss1 demanded last year"
 MT. Abercrombie contends that the alleged trust has forced the price of cotton seed from s20 or SPA a ton to s10 or SIP
 Continuing it's report. the department of agriculture says:
 An even greater decrease has taken place in the price of cotton seed hulls which now are selling at from s4.50 to s5.50 ton,. Instead of s7 to $9 At these prices, cotton seed meal is ap- proximately s15 a ton cheaper than lin
 seed meal and in addition its feeding value is a trifle higher. It seems ob- vious. therefore. that the cattle feeder all over the country. should utilize cot ton seed meal to far greater extent than he has done in the past. "This meal is very rich in protein and it is usually considered that it's feeding value Is at least twice that ot corn. In other words one pound oi cotton seed meal is equal to two pounds of corn for feeding cattle. A small portion of cotton seed meal has an even greater relative value where the ration would otherwise be composed entirely of feeds high in carbohydrates srch as corn, corn stover and timothy hay''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
FEEDCOTTONM MEAL ID BEEF CATTLE Uncle Sam Explains Fall in
 Price of Meal ABERCROMBIE'S PLAN He Has Been Insisting That Depres- sion Was Caused by Trust Ac-
 ton Which Government
 Should Stop
ABERCROMBIE'S PLAN

Washington. october 10.-(Speeial.) Together with a prediction that "the price of cotton seed meal will continue to be considerably lower than in re- cent years. the department of agricul- ture today suggests that the farmers of the south use it for feeding beef cattle Also. it intimates that the farmers of the United States do not appreciate the value of cotton seed meal for this purpose to the same ex tent as do the farmers of Europe es- pecially of Denmark
 Incidentally. while the department of justice is working on a charge by Rep rcsentative Abercrombie that the price of cotton seed is depressed by an all leged cotton seed trust the depart naent of agriculture comes to bat with other explanations. The size of the cotton crop is one treason" for low prices cited, and the war in Europe is another So if there really be trust, 1t will find a defender to his hand. As the department of agriculture puts it:
 1.-Two causes combine to lower the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
z1>,s4 M>ZRh Gro be continued
King a Practical Joker

From the New York Sun.
 King Alfonso of Spain delights in play ing practical jokes upon his friends and members of his household. Recently when Lord ana Lady Wimborne were his guests in connection with the visit of the Eng. fish polo team, he showed them through the wonderful gardens attached to the royal palace at Madrid
 Leading his guests into a trellised ar- Dor, the King stepped to one side, pressed button, and both English and Spanish were soaked by deluge of water that poured down from a concealed shower path. The King was convulsed with mer- rlment and his guests had to laugh with royalty. whether they had enjoyed the joke or not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
COLEMAN ASKED
 FOR EXPLANATION
Huntsville Man Must Explain Alleged Statements Regarding German
 Atrocities

Washington, october 1o-Secretary Gar rison today called on Capt. Levert Cole man. United States army. for an ex- pls ration as to the correstness of pulp lished criticisms of the German army at tributed to him.
 Captain Coleman arriving from Europe yesterday, is quoted as saying that his observation that so-called German atro- cieties were the result of orders from high German military authorities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
Silliman Sails

New Orleans, october 10.-John R. Silli- man, special representative of the United states state department. accompanied by Mrs Silliman, sailed from here today Tor Havana. He said he would proceed rom there immediately to Mexico City, where ho expected to remain sometime Mr. Sllltman while here maintained the same feticence concerning Mexican affairs that he has since coming to this country recently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11

at $321,947. as against s549,969 in Au- gust of the previous year
 Fer eight months in 1914 the inn ports of alizarin and alizarin dyes ran to 2,255,355 pounds. valued at S700,9S3, compared with 5,366,797 pounds, valued at Sl,310,033 for the first eight months of 1913
 Imports of colors or dyes for eight months of 1914 were valued at $4,512,- oSo, as against s4,576,s60 in the same period of the year before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11

New York, october 10--The Standard oil company of New York today an nounced a reduction of IS points in tho price of refined petroleum. making easel 10 soc per gallon, tanks 4.60o and stand, ard white in barrels. s.10c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
Check Kidney Trouble al One.

There is such ready action in Foley Kidney Pills. you feel their healing from the very first dose. Backache. weak sore kidneys, painful bladder and irregular action disappear with their use. o. Palmer, Green Bay. Wis. says: My wife is rapidly recovering her health and strength. due solely to F oley Kidney Pills" And w T. Hutch ems. Nicholson. Ga.. says "Just a few doses made me feel better, and now my pains and rheumatism are all gone and sleep all night long," For sale by all druggists
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
Germans Take COurtrai

London, October 10.-(4:30 a. m.)--Tht correspondent of the Times at Ostend reports that 5000 Germans have occupied Courtrai. on the River Lys, % miles southwest of Ghent, and near the Frencl morder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11

gestion-its biliousness and constipat tion. Try cascarets; they sweeten the stomach, remove the sour, fermenting food and foul gases; take bile from the liver and carry off the constipated waste matter from the bowels. Then your stoma ch trouble. headache. bad cold and all such misery ends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
A Pretty Skin
 Makes a Pretty Face
Stuart's Calcium Waters Cleanse the Skin Very Quickly and Make
 If Clear and White.

Do you envy the girl with the deli cate tints and the rosy glow of good health on her face? Do you long for the perfect freshness and beauty of her complexion? The means of gain ing them are within your reach this very minute.
 Stuarts Calcium Waters will work this wonderful miracle of good looks for you within a very few days. No matter how covered with pimples rash, eczema or any other sort of skin eruption your face may be-no matter how dull and yellow your skin appears-your complexion will be transformed almost instantly into all that is, lovely and desirable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
Reduce Price off Petroleum

lowed the recent unsuccessful revolt hal been ended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
Nicaragua Has Moratorium

San Juan del Sur. Nicaragua. October blowing to the financial stress the Sen ate has passed bill establishing a mora torium. The state of siege which fol-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
CASCARETS FOR COST|vE BOWELS,
 SOUR STOMACH, C0LD0R HEADACHE

That awful sourness, belching of acid and foul gases; that pain in the pit of the stomach. the heartburn, nervousness, nausea. bloating after eating. feeling of fullness, dixxiness and sick headache, means your stomach ia sour-your liver Is torpid-your bowels constipated It int your stomach's fault-it isn't indi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11

bEAUTIFUL tLLysTRAIED BQoKLEI for svery s latest sfyss in coored Ladies Hair and Toilet
 M an. positively tho largest manufacturers and m
 portSs ol natuf.l crsoe hair and we gusntee every the bHine Of hair. . many of smal compstitors t off2nne eo-eallsd bareains of cheap and Inferior fly hair at manufacturers prces also hair nets and toef articles We have been doing business for yesrs sHG;ssns H.9 stsHp todsy f0s book Assats waaSs1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11

A Wonderful Variety of Women's Goats and Even
 ing Wraps
 Ripple, beted and semi-tailored Coats, of vel vets, plushes, chiffon broadcloth, wide vale diagonals zibelines and mannish mixtures. Evening Wraps ......... .$1995 to $1500O Auto Wraps ............ 14.95 to 45.00 Broadcloth Coats ........... 1495 to 6500 Street Goats .... 995 to 750O Velvet and Plush Goats ..... 2495 to 125.OO
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-30
Safety of Railroad Travel.

1t may soon be said, if it is not al
ready true, that travelling on a stand
ard American railway is the safest
thing in the world. The Pennsylvania,
for instance last year handled Ill ,00O,-
900 passengers without killing one in
a train accident. This road handled
nearly six hundred million passengers,
or more than one-third of the popula-
ton of the globe, in the past six years,
during which only l6 passengers lost
their lives. In this time, out Of 5,000,-
900 trains run, only five met with
wrecks resulting in the death of pas
sengers 1t takes very high business
morale to get such a result. Yet al
most no consideration is given by the
lawmaking critics to such magnifi-
cent showing on the part of the mas
ters of the country's transportation
lines.-Wall Street Journal
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-30
LANDMARKS PARIS.
Many Historic and Tragic Spots
in French Metropolis.
Hotel de Vile Holds Abundant Mem
cries of History of Capital City of
France, Though Present Struc-
ture Is Comparatively New.

Paris.-Let US continue the explora-
tion of old Paris and the search for
historical landmarks. The day is still
wet and gloomy, quite suitable for an
expedition about the scenes of tragedy
which any journey of this sort through
the ancient section of the French cap
ital inevitably includes.
We leave the spot where the last
barricade of the short-lived insurrec-
ton of 1882 was so heroically defend
ed and pass down the Rue st. Martin
to the old Church of st. Merry, once
known as st. Mederic, started in 1920.
It's striking but unfinished portal
looms darkly through the rain and of
fers no invitation to enter, although
the interior is in some respects attrac-
i've. A detour around the building
fords an interesting conception of
me narrowness and crookedness of
the streets of old Paris, and gives
also an idea Of the manner i'll which
strictly secular establishments were
huddled against the very walls of the
sacred edifices of former days.
Returning to Rue st. Martin, few
yards back from the river, we encoun-
ter the sinister opening of the Rue de
Venise, five centuries ago notorious as
the home of usurers and cutthroats.
1t is still darksome and repellent in
aspect and one feels no call to pene-
trate it's mysteries, which. however,
doubtless consist chiefly of low grog
shops. Repeated warnings about the
unwisdom Of venturing off the high
ways in this city of supposedly police
regulated crime recur to the mind and
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-30
Railroad Ticket Innovation.

There will not be a ticket case in
stalled in any of the 1000 stations on
the Grand Trunk Pacific, Canadas sec
ond transcontinental railway and the
usual dog-eared assortment of tickets
will not be displayed, says the Wall
Street Journal. In place of this old
system the company will use what is
to be known as multiple route ticket
which, in the aggregate, will save
three and one-half months time of the
thousands of ticket agents in the sale
of each million of tickets.
By experiments and practical use it
has been demonstrated that the most
complicated tourist route ticket can be
issued in Is seconds, which is at the
rate Of ofSissuing nearly seven million
under the new method used now. In
addition to the great saying of time,
increased efficiency is also attained
and the chances Of missing trains by
delays at ticket windows will be al
most entirely obviated. The system
will be installed at every station on
the IL 900 miles of rail of the new
transcontinental.
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-30
Had Made a Good start.

In certain family there is one of
those rare old maids-a type that is
almost extinct. Two sad love affairs
have made life appear rather curdled,
and she's about as cheerful as a rainy
day at the seashore. A five-year-old
grandniece is her one confdante, be-
cause she's the only one who under
stands me-" The other day at din
ner, after casting a reproachful glance
at the other members Of the family,
she murmured: Yes, darling. I
never thought enough of myself I'm
only now beginning to. I hope when
you grow up you'll think something
of yourself" "Oh, auntie!s exclaimed
the little one, 81 don't have to wait
till then, cause 1 think whole lot
Of myself now!"
The Winslow mail., 1914-05-30
CAR FOUND DROWNED
in FIFTEEN FEET OF WATER AND
HAD NOT BEEN MISSED.
Not the Only Queer Disappearance
That Has Place on Railroad
Records-Load of Silver Ore
Dumped in Swamp.

Some years ago, at Nelson, British
Columbia, freight car was discovered
quite by accident in ten or fifteen feet
of water off the dock
If the railroad company had ever
missed the car there was no record Of
1T at Nelson, and the only explanation
that the local agents could make was
that some careless switching engineer
had bumped the car off the dock and
had failed to report its loss, possibly
through fear of being renrimanded or
losing his position
The contents of freight cars fre-
quently disappear equally mysterious
ly. Some years ago a valuable con-
signment of ore from a Canadian mine
was sent to New York for delivery to
local smelter The ore did not ar
rive, and the usual "tracers" sent out
ing shipment Months afterward this
was discovered. Through some over
sight the papers were missing when
the freight train drew into the New
York terminal, and the car was shunt-
ed to a side-track to await information.
1t happened that this track was one
where carloads of cinders from the
roundhouse were accumulated.
When these cars were ready, a
switch engine coupled them all and
took them to fill in a swamp. They
took along also the car of ore, which
was dumped with the cinders into the
mud. The discovery of few pieces of
rich silver ore among the ashes at
tracted the attentionSof track-walkers
or others, and led to inquiry. OF
course it was impossible to rescue the
ore, and the railway company had to
pay the shippers for it's estimated
value.
We are accustomed to hear from
time to time of ships reported miss
ing, no trace of them being found aft
erwards, but it is doubtful if many of
us had thought of the possibility of
losing engines or railway cars on land,
though it is a fact that the experience
of the English is not without parallel
in Canada. Anyone who is watching
freight train pass, if not familiar
with the checking system at all juno
tion points, might wonder how cars
ever got back home again" for the
average freight train is made up OF
units from United States railroads,
often thousands of miles away and, ex-
cepting in the case of coal trains, it
frequently happens that there are
more cars belonging to other systems
than to the one on which the train
may be travelling.