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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
UNIVERSITY BY-PRODUCTS-By Harry J. Burney

wider and wider. The snobbery of the college is passing away. A university education does not make a gentleman Is in the young man who goes to college his years there may cultivate rather than eradicate his lamentable trait. But the modern college seeks to broaden the view point and make our sacred bill of rights reality rather than a conglomera- ton of phrases. Some, forsooth, profess to fear that the large centers of learning and education are trending toward so- cialism. But America as a whole has be-
 A year or so ago the largest corpora tion in the Birmingham district decided to let it's men off at half past four in the afternoon during the summer time. The officers had a theory that the hot weather would enervate the employees if they were compelled to remain long hours at their posts of duty. It was an experi- ment they tried. and it proved most happy one. As much or moro work was done during the shorter hours than had been accomplished during the longer period. There was a gain in enthusiasm on the part of the workers, an increase in the morale. a bettering of the esprit du corps. When winter came. half past four was continued as the quitting time The corporation is pleased and so arc its employees
 Right now some of the educated per- sons of Birmingham are endeavoring to obtain little more leisure for tho men and girls who work in Birmingham's s shops and stores. They are meeting with encouragement. A satisfied mind makes willing hands. A placid temper sells goods. The complicated machine is care fully watched and tended. It Is kept scrupulously clean. lest dirt and dust in- terfere with It's delicate adjustment It Is
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that a lime-impregnated solution has f1l- ed portions of the cavern subsequent to the original formation of the stalactftes and stalagmites, left It's quota of mineral as aborescent coral-lixe deposits on the stalagmites and afterward drained away. In many cases second generation of stalagmites has formed. and in places there is evidence that this alteration of aral and subaqueous deposition has taken place several times
 "A unique occurrence is shown, known
 in local mine parlance as 'calcite wiggle- talls.' these curious serpentine growths ranging from one-eighth to half an inch in diameter. emanate from the limestone hanging wall fin the most amazing spirals and volutes or shoot out at every con- ceivable angle Each one. as described, by Prof. Alexander H. Phillips of Prince ton university seems to be a complex parallel growth of elongated and curved rhombonedrons
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-05
<<H VERY time I see grandfath-
 CTS sword I want to go to A war"


 "WeIl?'
 But every time I notice grandfath- CTS wooden leg I cool down."
 That's a humorous way of express ing the sober truth that the horrible maimings of war outweigh its romance and poetry.
 The red badge of courage" is the blood soaked bandage that tells of muscles torn, of bones smashed and splntered, of vital organs shot through There is glory in the red, but there is also frightful suffering, which must never be forgotten.
 Ask the veteran of one war if he wants to see another
 He will tell you: q fought once, and I am not ashamed of it. If the need arose would fight again for the coun- try and the flag, but I hope that we will never have to fight again." |. There may be some exceptions to : this. but the majority of men who have heard and needed the call to arms and have seen their comrades in horrid heaps on the battlefield do not want to bring on repetition of that sight. The memory is too poignant.
 
 come hardened to such sights, but the reflection after the war has ended Is always laden with sadness.
 Should we ever have war, then. for dread of suffering it entails on the { wounded survivor and the shock of be- reavement to the relatives and friends of the killed?
 "There never was a good war or a bad peace" said Franklin.
 Only when all possible means of averting it have been exhausted should the dearest possible statement of the causes which make 1t inevitable.
 Beware of the men who cry for war at any price. They have axes to grind Either they hope to gain in wealth in the economical turmoil which war always brings or they believe that their advocacy of fighting will rebound to their credit and glory in the event of successful outcome of the war. Universal peace Is not yet in sight. but the portents show that it is on it's way htther-just over the brow of that rs .hill to the east perhaps. ka~ Speed the day when 1t shall arrivei ANhats the connection between a Eife's parting kiss in the morning and Fan electrician's proper handling of his watts and volts and amperes and ohms?
 Can't see 1t. perhaps. We'll. here it is, Sthe words of an expert, who ad Greesed them to the members of the l National Electric Light associations;
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'6N HE career and untimely fate of the
 Rev. Dr. William Dodd of Eng
 land make a story at once strange, shocking and tragical. Dodd was a fla nous English clergyman, graduate from Cambridge, popular preacher, polished gentleman, and a finished scholar. Be- coming the rector of the parish of West Ham, near London, he proved to be so eloquent that he was called into the city and came to be one of the celebrities of the English metropolis. Tempered by pride and flattered by vanity, he yielded to weakness that was remarkable by the indulgence of habits of extravagance. He was reckless spender. His salary was ample to meet the demands of his position. but for him it was altogether too small for his passion to shine in the highest Armament of society. He courted the great and sought to equal in life that of the wealthest. His popularity and
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permit yourselves to bex xgu1deos bySWnaa we believe to be tho popula aopin1ons and the mischief Is done.
 In'all the centuries which fhavupass< ed since man first learned how to think the eyes have praised ahs sper- son who could and would gotp6f by himself-preferably dn the 41'oods--s think out things"
 "The woods wero Gods firssa tenn ples.' No more so thanJtho fields and the mountains and the sides Tof.ssthe streams.
 Wherever man oommunes with his soul to form sober judgments for him. self on the problems which, yex him there is a temple ofz God.
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Qualifying It

From the Indianapolis Star
 ''So you think that the feat propose 10 possible?''
 Well" answered the man. who was e scokch descent. moderately. so.' .sSi
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-18
MERCHANT PRINCE" SIEGEL'S WAY OF JUG
CLING MONEY is Barred

The Siegel-Cooper department store
on State and Van Buren, streets kept
up a direct money connection with
Henry Siegel, the New York head of
the Siegel stores corporation, up to
the time the latter corporation went
down in a crash, taking the savings
of hundreds of clerks, cash boys, jan
ltOrs and ScrubWomen.
Several decisive statements have
been published in Chicago papers as
coming from the management of the
Siegel-Cooper store here to the effect
that the blow-up of the New York
corporation had no connection with
the Chicago Siegel-Cooper store.
Robert G. McMeekin, secretary of
the Siegel store corporation, testified
yesterday that $4,000 a year was
paid to Henry Siegel by the Siegel
store in Chicago. Henry Siegel was
the founder of the big store at State
and Van Buren,. A United Press story
from Geneseo, N. Y, dated Nov. II,
says:
How Henry Siegel, merchant
prince, and his partner, Frank Vogel
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-18

found wanting. The new scandal por-
tentous in its proportions has arisen
in the ill-famed East Side. In Shore
ditch, Bethnal Green and Whitechap-
ell, where overcroWding, starvation
wages and undertaking, have ill-pre-
pared the population for a national
calamity, the number of deaths from
delirium tremens have doubled, and
the victims are mostly women. The
wives of workmen ruined by the Ma
tional Penny Bank smash (Sept. Is,
$13,000,00O lost to 145, 900 small de-
positors), and the wives of reservists
called to the colors, are responsible
for this enormous increase in drink
ing.
The queen mother drives past, gra-
cious as always. 1t is so years since
prowling Prussia robbed her dear
Norway of strategic provinces, Great
Britain tacitly consenting. Her ma
jesty long since learned the bitterness
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-18
of invasion.

of invasion.
One motor carries Earl Kitchener
and the first sea lord from the round
table of high council to their minis
teries. Both uncover to a company
of returning men in khaki. The vet
Grams clothes are rags, their faces
bristles, but they march with the
courage of a bull dog breed.
Lord Roberts whirls by, indomi-
natable at 70, on his way to address
recruits at a drill ground. With him
are two boy ieutenants of the royal
flying corps.
Presently comes the king, well in
tentioned, inadequate, shadow of
royalty who spends these critical
days in hospitals putting futile ques-
tons to the dying. Time was when
kings in harness led fighting men,
when a royal touch carried cure. To-
day it is the people who must pro-
tect and heal their own.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-18

lightly juggled hundreds of thousands
OF dollars from the debit side of a
ledger to the credit side, as charged
by the prosecution, was told at to-
days session of the Siegel trial be-
fore Judge Clark by Robert G. Nc
Meekin, secretary of the Siegel stores
corporation.
ION Jan. 81, 1873" said Nc
Meekin, ''the Simpson Crawford Co
owed the Siegel corporation approx
mately 100000. A resolution passed
that day by the executive committee,
composed of Siegel, Vogel and Max
Pam, called for the wiping out of
$658,00 of that Indebtedness. pro-
tested that l had only $607, $50 in
notes of the Simpson Crawford Co.,
and that therefore it would not be
right to do this. However, the reso-
luton went through AS a result,
$607, $50 was cancelled and the re-
mainder of the amount, $5O,450, was
carried on open account"
McMeekin explained that the reso-
luton was passed after he had re-
fused SiegePs request to use the
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-10-10
DEMOCRATIC HARMONY.

With nothing standing between
the President and his few Demo
cratic critics but the slight re
mains of a soreness over bygones,
it will not be hard for him to
create the harmony he seeks in
the very few places where it has
not yet been brought about. The
Republican Party is still divided.
but the Democrats are united a
reversal of ancient tradition.
That unusual state of affairs is
due chiefly to the remarkable
personality of the President. He
has inspired the nation with con
hdence in him as a leader: he has
inspired the world with confidence
in him as a statesman: it is not
strange that he has inspired his
party with confidence in him as
its chief.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-10-10
THE CALL OF THE FARM.

There never was a time in the
history of our country when agri-
culture was as inviting as ii is
today. when brains and Drawn
would bring as satisfactory re-
suits from the farm.
With the trades and professions
in cities greatly overcrowded. the
farm becomes more and more the
bright and reckoning star Of hope
TO millions Of young men.
Surplus energy of the cities
would do we'll 10 turn its atten-
ton TO the farm. and the wise
youth of the country will stay
right where he is where oppor-
tunity is always before him.
Keep your eye upon the green
fields of the country. for there is
no better place.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-10-10
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN

Chairman Nandlver OF the
Democratic State Central Com
mittee is ready for the campaign
and announces that it will open
at Leonardtown next Tuesday.
Senator Smith is sure Of cleo
ton it being only a question of
the size Of his majority over Car
rington. the Republican candi-
date. Carringtonis such a light
weight that there is not the
slightest chance of his election.
Jackson saw that the people were
for Senator Smith. other promi-
nent Republicans saw the drift.
and none Of them would take the
nomination. so Carrintgon was
gladly handed an empty honor.
Mr.. Jackson thought he would
get more glory utof running for
Governor next year than to be
walloped badly this.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-10-10
General NOgi'S Prophecy.

1t Is interesting To recall what the
distinguished military strategist. Gen
cral Nogi. said at the time Of the siege
of Port Arthur and note how accurately
he located the field on which the flu
turc Of Europe would be fought out and
determined. His words were:
Il believe that the world will witness
a great war. which will have all Europe
for its battle-ground. and will settle the
Franco German question and the Anglo
German rivalry. France and Germany
will meet in this last decisive conflict
on the Belgian plains. probably near
Waterloo. the only spot which will per
nit Of the evolution Of the immense
armies which will face each other At
the present time the French and Ger
man frontiers are too strongly fortified
for either people to force way through.
| have little doubt as to the result OF
this war. France will beat Germany on
land. and England will crush Germany
at sea.
This war will be the last in Europe
for many day. perhaps forever The
German States will emerge from this
war so exhausted and so terrified that
they will have no other object than to
form some sort of condition that may
in the future obviate the recurrence Of
any such catastrophe.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-10-10
Ability Pays in Farming

No farmer gets rich b. the quantity
of production Il j, the price he gets
for his products and economy and bust
ness judgment displayed in management
that makes the farmer wealthy
We cannot pass law that viii in
crease the price OF products or reduce
the cost of blowing the land and mar
ketiug the crop We must depend upon
factories and transportation facilities
for marketing our products and upon
improved mechanical appliances and the
business ability Of the farmer to reduce
the cost % production and 10 more in
diligently market his product.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-10-10
WHY DO YOl BUCK PROS.
PERITI?

Ii is inconcclveable that any
merchant or manufacturer should
cease or even curtai his adj
vertiSing lust when the country
is on the threshold of a tremen-
douS double harvest the natural
harvest of our own unprecedented
crops and the logical harvest CON
sequence on the war in Europe.
II Is under such conditions as
these that advertising reaches
the zenith Of its power. The
man who listens to the yellow
pesSimiSt and sits back to wait
for things to settle down" is
Welding his common sense and
enterprise to the baleful influence
Of idle sentiment and actually
starving the goose that lays the
golden egg
have noticed with a feeling of
greatest disgust the conservatism
and business cowardice that have
set in in America since the Kaiser
threw down the gauge of battle.
We. the very people who will
logically profit 10y the war a
broad and profit immeaSur-
ably are acting as though we
were at war ourselves. We are
talking blue things. pinching the
pennies. cutting down our adyer-
Using and forcing prosperity to
stand back.
As a matter of fact. this is the
very hour when we should rush
into print to a greater extent than
ever before. because unless the
earth opens and swallows us up.
there will be greater prosperity
in America this fall than ever in
the history of the Republic. We
are not at war. We are not
likely to be. The warning world
looks to us for its supplies and
we can't keep prosperity down
no matter how hard we try.
If my advice is worth anything
to YOU business men. it is here
conveyed to YOU in six words
advertise now and never let up.
Witt X. Cochrane.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-10-10
Blanks For Employers.

Blank forms are being sent out by
the State Industrial Accident Commits
sion to all employers OF labor in this
State who come under the provisions Of
the new Law. on which they are to in
dicate the method of insurance they
have selected There are three meth
DDS the State fund. in stock or mu-
tual company or by the employer carry
ng his own risk
These blanks have to be filled out and
returned to the Commission by Novem
ber and failure to make a selection
cction by that time renders the employ
or liable 10 fine
The insurance companies are active
in their preparations for writing bust
ness under the new act. and men from
other States who have had experience
in this form have been brought here 70
get the new business started
Why shouldn't Villa promise not to
b, "a .apdida4. fT.dI,. did
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-10-10

Why sholndn't Villa promise not t.
hc candidate Teddy did
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-10-10

comprising the inhabitants of the
countries involved: and. by add
ing the colonial populations of
those countries. he increases. the
number to Sl7. 600. 600. or. as he
says. one-half the worlds popu-
lation. But the other half will
not escape its share of the pen
atty. Every human being now
alive. and many as yet unborn.
will assuredly be adversely af-
fected one was or another by the
greatest calamity that ever fell
upon civilization. n. y. Times.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-10-10
WHITTOCK'S
YIELD OF CORN
Two Acres Produce Crops Each
OF Which Measured More
Than 128 Bushels.

Middlctown, Octs The largcs, yield
of corn per acre in the State Of Delaware
was cut. husked and weighed on Satur-
day last on the farm Of Alonzo Whittock
about two miles from Odessa. in Apo
quinmink hundred Mr. Whttock pre-
pared two acres especially for the corn
grower, prize. offered 10y the State
Board Of Agriculture and on Saturday
it was officially measured by Prof Penny
Of Delaware College and Wesley Webb
secretary Of the State Board Of Agri-
culture
The corn after being measured, was
cut and laid on the ground husked and
hauled to the barn The yield was
found to be rs bushels and Is pounds
Mr. Whttock then cut and husked the
other acre and the yield was found to
be - bushels and p pounds
The corn averaged very nearly two
pounds 10 the hin ut was planted in hills.
three feet by three feet two inchesl.
One bushel OF corn was taken to be kept
until it is thoroughly dry and at the
corn show this fall il will be shelled and
weighed Prof Penny claims it will
dry out ~ per cent, and if such is the
case the yield Of dry shclled corn will
be more than lo2 bushels
The corn Is Boone County White,
variety that has won prizes all over the
United States for James T. Shallcross.
who introduced ii into this community.
The measuring and weighing are official
and the acre will probably win the 5000
prize. Mr. Webb says il i more corn
than he ever weighed from any one
acre Il Is also said there was not
'nubbin on the Who'll" acre
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-10-10
EDITORS ARE HUMAN.

We often wonder if il has ever
occurred 10 some people that edi-
tors are human. and not super
beings gifted with second sight.
An editor is constantly on the
hunt for news of interest to the
people who read and pay for his
paper, and he never Intentionally
omits an article of any import
ance. The success Of his paper
depends upon his impartiality in
this respect.
And yet often some person
conceives the erroneous idea that
the editor has purposely left out
some item concerning them or
their families.
Has il ever occurred to them
that the editor may not have
heard of that particular item. al
though he searched diligently in
his efforts to secure all of the
news?
There is a very effective rem
edy for these isolated but mad
vertent omissions. The next
time you have a piece of news
concerning yourself. or your
family, or your neighbors, or of
your community. give it TO the
editor yourself. or phone or write
it in to him. and do not depend
.,pon others to do it. They may
more interested in affairs on
If own side of the fence.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-10-10
EXTRAVAGANT ESTIMATES

The accepted estimates of the
numbers involved in the Euro
pean war are so large as to fairly
paralyze the imagination. But
while Vice Chancellor Delbrueck
declares that the Germans have
between five and six million men
in the field, a Swiss Army author
ity. who claims to have authentic
information. places the number
at 1850. 600. The difference be-
tween these two estimates. from
$50, 600 to l, $50, 900 men. would
make an army larger than the
world ever saw in action before
the year 1914. In the Franco
German war Of 1870 the estimat-
ed strength Of the Germans was
|. l2i, GOO and that of the French
about the same. In the Ameri-
can war between the States the
Federals had about :. 900. 600 men
under arms in all four years.
while the total strength Of the
Confederates. from first to last,
did not exceed $50. 600. Probably
both the Vice Chancellor and the
Swiss Army expert overestimatc
the strength of the Germans.
But figures seem to make no
difference these days. One re-
calls the old estimate of the books
of reference that about 1000.
600, 600 persisted on the fields
from the dawn Of history to the
middle of the nineteenth century.
and reflects that the computation
at present is Just about as close to
ascertained facts: that is to say.
il is guesswork. So that the
assertion that the French losses
in the first five weeks of the
war amounted TO 80, 600. while
the statement of Col. X. NJ.
Maude that the Germans have
lost a full million since the war
began. east and west, is appalling
but not conclusive. What we act
ually know of the losses in this
war is sufficient. The lives sac
rifced on the sea alone. although
there has as vet been no consid-
cradle naval engagement, act
ually make the Titanic disaster
dwindle in memory.
No authentic accounts of the
losses of English, French or Ger
mans. Russians or Austrians. how
ever, have yet been made known,
and when all the casualties are
published we are confident that
the wild estimates of these ex-
citing days will be found to be
exaggerated. The horror
is great enough as it is. The es-
innate of the French economist.
Paul Leroy Beaulieu, as to the
the human beings effected by this
war, however. is well within the
bounds of reason. He declares
that one quarter of the worlds
population is directly affected.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-10-10

SNOW HILL MD OCT 10. 1914
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-10-10

Chamberlain Tablets have done
more for me than ever dared hope
for. writes Mrs. Esther Mae Baker
Spencerport y Y. Il used several
bottles Of these tablets few months
ago They not only cured me of bilious
attacks. sick headaches and that tired
out feeling. but toned w my whole
system For sale by all dealers
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1914-10-10

The editor will thank you for
your thoughtfulness in enabling
him to secure news that will add
10 the value Of his paper and
make it Of interest to all of the
people. for that is his mission in
life.
He IS human, As well as you.