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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 A LMOST simultaneously with the
 A completion of the giant span of ( A the newest bridge across the East river, that to be used by the Pennsylvania and New Haven railroads at Hell Gate, the need of rebuilding the first of the bridges is made public in report to the controller by the bureau of mu- nicipal investigation and statistics. Last year there was an appreciable decrease in the traffic over the Brooklyn bridge snd an increase on the Manhattan, Will llamsburg and Queensboro bridges, but the traffic on the Brooklyn prldge these days exceeds the widest dreams of the far-sighted people who favored its erec- ton and fought with all their energy to prevent its abandonment after 1t had been begun. It was opened in 1ssS after many years of slow construction, which were enlivened by frequent protests from the conservative army, the members of which were satisfied that, ifHompleted. it would never serve any good purpose and would stand for all time as monument to reckless municipal extravagance. For
 many years the cost of its maintenance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
Time tO StOD

A little knowledge Is a dangerous thing. That, at least. is the verdict of Shenandoah, Ia., man. This man, having enjoyed a prosperous business year, decided to invest some of his surplus cash in an automobile. There was joy in his household when he an nounced he was going down to bring the new car home.
 When he swept up the street at a rate very closely approximating the speed limit, his wife was standing on the veranda to welcome him-also the new purchase. But to her dismay, he whizzed on by without even slacken- ing the pace of the car.
 Shortly, however, he came past again, and, according to press reports, shouted to his wife:
 Say, Lizzie, phone the garage and find out-''
 But he was out of hearing distance, and his mystified wife stood irreso. lute upon the veranda trying to puzzle out what it all meant. Suddenly the auto tore up the street again, and the owner thereof managed to gasp out:
 Find out how to stop this darned thing and tell me when l come by again"
 It is presumed that Lizzie acquired the information-or else that he ran out of gasoline.
 The moral of this little tale Is quite obvious. 'Tis merely that it is quite as important to know when to stop as how to start thing. Many "prac tical joke" has had serious or fata ending because the perpetrator did not know when to stop.
 Many a man has lost fortune be cause the owner risked it just once too often. The aviator promises tc take just one more flight" then tt give up his hazardous sport. Too ofter this "one more flight" is his last, ant friends extricate his broken form from 1 the wreckage of his machine. A wise man is he that knows, before he goes into proposition, just wher and how to stop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
CHAUFFEUR EYES

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 The French government, according to the Paris Temps has just received the report of the board of experts on color blind chauffeurs. The report contains 1S7 typewritten pages, and reached the conclusion that color blindness does not in any manner interfere with the ef- ficiency of a professional chauffeur, as he is not called upon to read colored light signals.
 The government had also submitted to the commission the question of bespec- ta oled automobile drivers. On that head the report states, that spectacles. if car ricd on frames fixed behind the ears, cannot interfere with efficiency, though nose glasses should be prohibited, as posi- ely unsafe, for the jolting of the ma chine makes them lose their focus ana may thereby lead to catastrophes. In &C., clients where chauffeur or passenger were fixed eyeglasses says the commits sion, not one out of over 400 cases ex amined showed injury to the eye from fra oture of the lenses; the injury if any, always was to the tissue surrounding the eve
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
PoIifica in New York

"When I was in New York recently I heard much of politics but it was for the most part state and city" said J. F. Hennessey, formerly of Bingham ton, but for several years an esteemed member of the Birmingham bar.
 "Wilson's reelection is assured In view of that fact 1t Is thought that next years presidential campaign will be a very quiet affair. No matter how strong a candidate the republicans might nominate the country is with Wilson and he will have a walk over.
 Governor Whitman, who had presi- dential bee in his bonnet, will not be able even to stay longer than one term in the gubernatorial office. He will be succeeded by democrat Tammany is stronger today than ever. It is all ways being fought but that only seems to give 1t strength"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
Ff om Leslie's

Fl om Leslie S.
 A RADICAL newspaper writer, in the A course of a periodic attack in 4 A New York newspaper on great business institution of the south, allows men. women and children are tired ~
 We think of Washington, the Virginian, as renowned for his adventurous youth as fo~ the sustained vigor of his maturity.
 It was in the Virginia legislature that Patrick Henry's fiery eloquence lit the torch or national independence.
 It was a virginian, who, by his dashing cavalry exploits in the revolution, won the name of 'Light-Hcfse Harry" Lee.
 In South Carolina. Marion and Sumter, destitute of almost all things except guns and courage, checked Tarleton's invasion by what historian calls ''an irregular, harassing warfare, that for daring and dash, ingenuity of plans, pertinacity of purpose, and general effectiveness, is without a parallel in the war"
 For 32 of the first S6 years after the or garization of the United States govern ment, the presidency was held by natives of virginia-Washington Jefferson, Madi- son, Monroe-all men of action.
 That southerner, Andrew Jackson, who followed them, was never suspected, either before or during the eight years in the presidency, of being tired" The sue cessful defense of New Orleans was ascribed, more than to any other cause, to Jackson's almost frenzied energy"
 "Davy' Crockett, the tireless explorer and dauntless soldier, and Decatur. the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
Southern Business Improvement.

T have been making Jacksonville my headquarters for sometime past and have found it satisfactory in every way, said Thomas Hall who represents one of the largest manufacturing concerns in the United States.
 Jacksonville is & fine city. Business there has been active all the year, and good conditions are now prevailing throughout Florida.
 ''The high price of cotton has had a splendid effect on business in every state that produces the staple. There is a very general improvement all over the south.
 When I was last in Birmingham early in the spring, business was dull, but find 1t very different now. This is busy town and the people I meet here all talk of good times"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
SEIZE DYED CODFIsH

From the New York Times
 Plain codfish dyed to resemble Alas kan salmon were seized yesterday by the board of health.
 The codflsh were acquiring the glow of sunset in boxes down in cold storage under the Manhattan arches of the Brooklyn bridge when an inspector of the health department routed them out and looked them over with care On the boxes was the label, "Alaskan salmon," but inside there were deni- zens of the Cape Cod neighborhood in various shades of reds and pinks. The top layers of fish were red through and through, then there were layers of a feeble solferino. and last of all layers as white as the flesh of any cod that ever dozed along the coast
 In coloring the fish they were put to soak first in pyrolgneous acid which is obtained from distilling wood It tastes like smoked vinegar. After the codfish had been soaked in this they were treated with zanzibar red Dye- ing the fish in this way raises the price from 10 cents pound, the price of cod, stores even higher prices are obtained for the slices of pink salmon
 The health department is also trying to stop the use of such preservatives as -borax and boracic acid in tomato catsup as substitutes for benzoate of soda, which has hitherto been imported from Germany. Dr. Lucian P Brown of the department of health has or dered the conf1scation of catsups and sauces which were found to contain boraX and allied chemicals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
Deaths From Trench Wounds

Premier Asquith recently made the statement that the death rate among the wounded in the present European war is "A per cent, while in the Cri- mean it was only P per cent, and this despite the fact that in the Crimean war sanitary conditions were inde- scribable and surgery then was far less advanced than it is now. The most highly developed medical or ganizations ever known are operating in the present war zone.
 The New York Medical Journal says the explanation of the high nor tality among wounded soldiers in Eu- rope is due to the fact that the strug- gle in the west has taken the form of trench fighting, in which most of the injuries received are caused by shell and shrapnel. While wounds from rifle bullets are comparatively rare, the soldiers body being protected, the head is most often hit land the prob ability of fatal results are much greater"
 Furthermore, according to this au- thority, the more common wounds are easily infected. In spite of the quick attention they receive, germs are car ried into the tissues and suppuration is inevitable. For obvious reasons trench warfare cannot be made asep- tic. Not only are the uniforms of the men covered with mud and filth and cleanliness is impossible the more advanced trenches where fighting is going on, but micro-organisms abound in highly cultivated districts, such as are now being contended for along the western battle line.
 That the death rate from wounds is higher in the present war than it was in the Crimean war is not the fault of modern surgery, nor of mod ern sanitation, where it can be ap- piled. The hospital staffs of Europe are doing remarkable work It is the exigencies of trench warfare that must be held responsible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
THOSE TIRED" SOUTHERNERS

conoueror of the Barbary pirates. were,
 sortherners.
 Taylor, the driving force of the Mexican.
 war, with his victories of Palo Alto, Mon. terey and Buena vista-the last-namet, against odds of four to one-was a southj
 erner.
 IF the war between the states, thd
 vigor. energy. enterprise and resourcefull ness of the southern men were as remark
 able as their courage. It needs only td
 mention Robert F. Lee and "Stonewall'i Jackson. Tennessee gave also to th3
 unior cause the Nelson of modern Amer1 ican history, David Farragut. Even TOW wa have in the White Hous< a southerner, who held the Sixty-thirt, Congress in continuous session from
 March to October 24, through blister1 ing Washington summer, when he was' to all appearance. thD~only person no. tired Of southern activity in the pursuits of peace, we need no other testimony thar the tremendous energy that has recovI ei ed from the utter wasting of the civil war-lands devastated, houses destroyed or dilapidated. farms gone to decay. the
 men who might have restored them killed or crippled-and out of the desolationI
 somehow the men of the south have builI up wealth and prosperity again. One is indeed ignorant who supposed
 that southerners are not active or vigorl ous. In fact, the southern people seem
 to be rather conspicuous for the very aci
 tivity and vigor in which their critic asI sumes them to be lacking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
Steel Company Mergers

The rumor published a few months ago in the Iron Trade Review that several of the large independent steel companies, including the Bethlehem, the Jones & Laughlin and the Repub- lic-the latter with a branch in this district-were considering plans for . big merger which would be strong competitor of the United States Steel corporation was denied by Mir. 'Schwab and other prominent men mentioned in connection with the scheme.
 Not a few observers of the indus trial situation, however, were inclined to believe that it was only a question of time when such a combination would be formed, but that it would be kept in ,>'eyance until the United States supreme court had finally passed upon. the governments suit to dissolve the Steel corporation, decided by the United States court in New Jersey in favor of the defendant.
 But, according to an Associated Press report in yesterdays Age-Her. aid, negotiations are now pending fol . consolidation of the Bethlehem Steel company, the Pennsylvania Stee company and other big concerns.
 The unprecedented demand for stee products and the prospects for long continued prosperity have caused ; lively movement in financial and in dustrial circles for expansion. Th' Associated Press learns that "virtual ly every steel and iron company il the country of any importance" ha' been approached "in the efforts O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE

las been increasing, for, as the main between Manhattan and th@ mighty Borough of Brooklyn. it has beeI subjected to strain it's builders nevej provided for.S
 To rebuild it, to transform 1t into bridge designed to meet modern requirel ments, seems a sensible proposal. but what could be done with its tides ol traffic in the years that would be needed for thc work of rebuilding? Doubtless some part of that traffic could be divertI ed 60 the Williamsburg and ManbattaI bridges without causing great inconvenil ence, but they have ample and continually growing traffic of their own. The strail| upon the comparatively new QueensborS bridge Is already so great that the sub' way tracks which were to cross 1t are ts be diverted to new tunnels under thu river, and there are already four several sets of railroad tubes under that river| t. predict the building of which, .in th3 dim era when the towers of the Brooklyl bridge were slowly rising, would hav} been to subject one's self, to ridicule as visionary quite devoid of practical coml h:on sense. Probably the Brooklyn bridgl will be rebuilt sooner or later, and therel after other bridges and more tunnels will be needed to accommodate the traffij betws en New York and Brooklyn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
INEXPENSIVE TRAVEL

Kathleen Hills in Leslies.
 Do people realize how much they receive for their money when they purchase a
 railroad or steamship ticket?
 There appears to be prevalent idea
 that American railroad rates are high.
 Statistics show that the average dis tance travelled by every revenue passen-
 ger who boards a train is 34 miles and that for carrying this passenger the rail-
 road receives 67 cents, or less than cents a mile, as against an average of 3ia cents
 charged abroad in ordinary times. At this low rate of less than cents the tour 1st in America wants good roadbeds,
 oiled in summer in sections where the cli- mate is dry and the bed sandy: steady,
 easy riding cars, not built of wood like
 most of the European cars, but of steel;
 the protection of intricate and costly
 safety devices, the fastest engines and
 the best service. He wants passage on
 the most palatial steamers with all the comforts of home, at prices that are a source of wonder to the person who has travelled in other countries. The American tourist is provided with free time tables and booklets of information. The latter
 while not necessary, make the journey pleasanter-and the travellers comfort
 must be considered always. Anywhere from 10 to to 100 pounds of baggage for each patron must be carried free from
 one mile to 5000 miles or more. In Europe the transportation of all baggage, except
 that carried by the passenger, is charged for according to weight. Here trains
 must be electric lighted and have free ice
 water, lavatories, electric fans, etc., and all for less than cents a mile.
 The Pullman car traveller pays but a
 small additional fee for his increased comfort. For 25 cents extra per hour, dur ing which time one can travel 35 or 40 miles, the passenger can ride in a luxu- riously appointed car equipped with every convenience. He can journey across the continent in superb sleeping cars, with the privilege of enjoying, by day, free library, writing and smoking rooms, and is given prompt and polite service, all for the additional expenditure of little over F cent a mile. It is safe to assume that the passenger who makes a com plaint because of some trifling incivility or inattention on railroad or steamer
 has given little thought to the many comfort, else he would undoubtedly write a letter of commendation and be thank full that he is travelling in America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
WHAT HAMPERS ENGLANDs

Charlton Bates Strayer in Lesles.
 Both Russia and England have been hampered during the war by their work men striking or threatening to strike. It is not surprising that the Russian peasant and workman are without in terest in the war. for they do not compre- hend fully, even after the lapse of a year, what the war is about. The Eng fish workman can't plead ignorance of the various causes leading up to the war, nor that he lives under a despotic government; nevertheless no patriotic mo- tives have been able to overcome selfish considerations on his part or loyalty to his trade union. All England was shocked when J. H. Thomas, labor member of Parliament, made the startling announce ment that if conscription were forced upon the country 3,0OO,0O0 trade unionists would rise up in social revolution. It is a serious menace in time of war when | 100000 of it's citizens, for any cause whatsoever, threaten revolu- tion if a war policy is adopted to which they are opposed. Russias condition un- der successive defeats is further aggra- vated by strikes in her munition fac- tories. General Froloff. commander of the Petrograd military district, has had to issue an appeal to workingmen to refrain from strikes, telling them that strikes in works preparing military stores are trea- son to the country. An echo of the atti- tude of the British trade unionists is 1 found in the resolution adopted at the
 fourteenth biennial convention of the Amalgamated Association of Street and
 Electric Railway Employees of America
 condemnng the National Guard and tht Boy Scouts. Outside of trouble threat
 ened at the Krupp works, no labor trou.
 bles have occurred in Germany during
 the war. While it is true the military
 party could easily nip any labor uprising | in the bud, the same could be said of auto. cratic Russia. Germany is spared inter.
 nal troubles among her working people 1 because socialists and the working classe.
 have lost sight of all party and class con. tentions in common loyalty to the fath
 erland. As the Hamburger FremdenblatI
 says, ''The front is everywhere in Ger
 many-at the loom, at the clerks desk al
 the sewing machine, as well as in tn, trenches"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
WASTEFUL AMERICA
tbe pbi,a6elnhia. Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 Dear old, wasteful. don't-care, extrava- gant America learned from the Germans the real values that turk in smoke and tar and gas around a coke oven. Before the lesson was learned our yearly bill to Germany for dyes alone was 00000.
 I once heard a Japanese banker in Iokio gravely remark: Japan can live on less than the United States wastes" Nobody who has seen both Japan and our own country can doubt it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
CROPPING HIM OFF

From Judge
 "Ah, how do you do, sir!" deferentially began an imposing looking stranger, ex- tending his card. Have the pleasure of addressing Mir. J. Fuller Gloom?"
 Not being abled to diagnose your sensa tions I can't say about the pleasure part, but I'm Gloom" returned the well-known pessimist. '1 note by your card that you are Mr. G. D. Newsance. representing Klutch & Skinner publishers of subscrip- tion books. It is fact that admits of no contradiction that I am one of the very few people in this community Of sufficient culture to appreciate the rare and ornate literary works which you are introducing. And permit me to add thai am of sufficient intelligence not t. care a tinker's anathema about them Good day, MT. Newsance!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07

rival interests to organize larger cor porations." The larger the comblna- tions the greater the economies of operation and the broader the develop ment and extensions. Millions of new capital will be required for the ex- pansion contemplated, but money IS not only plentiful; it is eager for in- vestment.
 All this merger activity is but an- other evidence of the fact that the present prosperity is real and that 1t has come to stay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
HOTEL LOBRIES
pr. Earle Drepncn to Return

pr. Earle Drennen. who has done val uable work in France as the head of the Whitney hospital, has written to a rela- and resume practice here in December. This will be good news to his personal friends.
 Dr. Drennen has received fattering of fers to locate elsewhere, among them an offer to become instructor of surgery at Cornell university He prefers Birming- ham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
THE REASON
From Judge,

From Judge.
 This dog of ours, said Mrs. Jones to the Sabbath dinner guest, lis most pe- culiar animal, he runs away very often and stays for days-but he always comes home on Sunday"
 Not being able to diagnose your sensa- Sunday to return?" asked the guest.
 q really don't know smiled Mrs. Jones, tenderly stroking the dogs sleek brown head. Some strange canine intui- ton, suppose"
 Canine nuthin'." sniffed little Johnny Jones' q 'spect he knows that Sundays s the only day we have a decent meal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
More Finished Products

With a continuance of prosperity which now seems well assured Bir- mingham will go forward more rapid ly than ever" said Paschal G. Shook.
 ~rhe next two or three years should witness a great deal of development hereabouts I do not expect to see many blast furnaces added to the num- Der already here, but the old ones will be enlarged and modernized. Expan- sion on a scale of greatest magnitude will, believe. be along the line of fin- ish products"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW

By John Galsworthy. D God! I am travelling out to deaths sea, l, who exulted in days of sweet laughter. Thought not of dying-oh! death is such
 waste of mel Grant me one comfort: Leave not the
 hereafter Of men to be black, as though I had died
 not I, who in battle. my comrades arm
 linking, hot Throbbing and dancing! An, let not my
 sinking In dark be for naught, nor my death,. a
 vain thing! Gcd let me know it the end of mans
 fever!
 ing Peace OCT the valleys and cold hills, for
 ever!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
A ROCHESTER VIEW

From the Rochester Democrat and Chron-
 icle.
 The city of Birmingham has a commits sion form of government. so that there is little occasion for surprise over the news that the commissioners think of imposing charge upon householders for the col- lection of garbage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07
Strong Irnn Market

"As the demand for pig iron continues strong, prices are strong and upward" said Vice President J. W. Mcqueen Of the Sloss-Sheffield
 The price for spot iron is still VIZ on a No. 2 basis, but first quarter iron is firm, and has been for sometime at s12.50. I understand that one of the companies Is quoting $13.50 for the first quarter of next year. All indica- tions point to much higher prices In 1916,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07

with the theory that babies, like sunshine and rain, are the gifts and visitations of God, to be accepted submissivey and with a grateful heart" Fancy that! And we didn't even suspect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07

The tired newspaper reader no longer lets his cup of coffee get cold while he reads the account of "another great vic- tory in France" said victory being the capture of two or three trenches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-07

Now that the case of the Arabic has been settled amicably and Dr. Dumba has been eliminated Uncle Sam should devote a few minutes to a consideration of affairs in Mexico.