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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

The present government of China en-
 courages the adoption of foreign styles in
 architecture and the ineongruous effects
 thus brought about are being criticized
 by tourists. Chinese architecture is pie
 turesque in the extreme. but modern build :
 ings of German and American type con-
 trast strangely with the quaint structures of the old regime. The Manchu rulers had fixed styles of architecture which had existed for hundreds of years The government buildings in Pekin are said to be particularly noticeable for the occi- dental influence they reveal The German style of architecture predominates, but American buildings are being introduced. Chinese structures are noted for their himsy character. None have ever endured for any great length of time Even the imperial court has never erected substan- tial and durable buildings The imperial palaces are usually small pavillons sit uated in a park and surrounded by a strong wall The most characteristic fea- ture of Chinese architecture is the roof, to which q great deal of attention is paid. Wonderfully picturesque effects are achieved in the hollow curve of Chinese roofs. Every house in China must be built on a scale commensurate with tie rank of the inhabitant. All buildings be- longing to the Emperor were colored vel low and it was capital offense for any one else to use that color.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
GOT THERE AT LAST

From the Beaumont Enterprise
 News must travel slowly in Kansas. Nine years ago Johns Weinman received bullet wound in the arm while fighting a hod-up man, and the Atchison Globe printed the item last Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
FORMER PROBABLY

From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
 Has the federal government been pro- tectng the Mexicans against the Tex ans or the Texans against the Mexicans?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
 CALLED OFF.

"A husky fellow told me yesterday that the small man.
 Well, was the battle staged?" . No. I-er-didn't happen to have the two pins"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
EASILY ANSWERED.

From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger
 The great question is: Would the hyphens refuse to work in the munition factories if the United States were at war with their hyphen Hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

New Orleans claims to have suffered the worst gulf storm on record, and res idents in that part of the country have had enough experience of that sort to know the difference between a hurricane and a capful of wind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
FUNNY

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 Comedian Raymond Hitchcock Is quite sure that go-between Archibald was the victim of combination or farcical con tretemps-or something like that. How drOlli
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

medical man says bad teeth lessen ones power to think. A throbbing mo- lar rather quickens thought-of the pro- fane variety.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

Dress Up" week in Birmingham will be an unqualified success, if a sufficient number of the fair sex can be persuaded to wear ankle watches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
For Convenience of Passengers

"In connection with the handling of Western Union telegrams to passen- gers on our trains. attention is called to the fact that messengers will be permitted to pass through trains to deliver telegrams provided there is suf- ficient time to do so and leave the train in safety" said General Manager E. D. Levy of the Frisco.
 "If there is not time for a messenger to deliver a telegram to a passenger. and there are no charges to collect. our train conductors will accept and receipt for the telegrams and make an effort to deliver. If the party to whom addressed is not on the train conductor will indorse the envelope, unable to deliver adding his signature and num- Der of train, and hand to operator ae the next station at which train is scheduled to stop and operator. will notify the telegraph company who will advise the sender that the message is undelivered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald
 IN the art of affirming the already
 known and rediscovering the discov-
 cred London is unexcelled. Only the other day it gravely announced the pass ing of the mystery of Wackford Squeers as of the nature of a literary sensation. For nearly 80 years, 1t was alleged, there had been controversy as to whether the notorious schoolmaster in Nicholas Nickleby' had living original or was a pure invention. It is fact that in his preface to the first edition of the novel Dickens wrote of the amusement and ga tisfa ction he derived from learning that mere. than one Yorkshire schoolmaster claim ed to be the prototype of MT. Screers-amusement because he was in- formed that some members of the profess sior ''meditated a journey to London for the express purpose of committing assault and battery upon their traducer;' satis- faction because he viewed the contentious which had arisen as showing that MT. Sureers is the representative of class, not an individual" and of a class em- bodying 'imposture, ignorance and brutal cupidity," as their stock in trade.
 But the controversy, it was claimed, wen. or through all those intervening
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

Recruits who go to the European trenches from Chicago. after inhaling the stock yards breeze with impunity, should have no fear of asphyxiating gas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
ARARAT IN TROUBLE ZONE

From the Bulletin of the National Goo
 graphical Society.
 Mount Ararat. where there has hardly been a moments peace since Noah and his ark grounded upon it's massive shoul- der, is at present the huge, troubled boundary mark between the Ottoman em- pire and Russia, and under the shadows of the historic peak the fighting lines of osf1afili and Russian have been swaying back and forth. never far beyond the lines of the frontier. Ararat is the hub of Armenia, of the original home of the Haik people. It is also the center of what has ever been the most troubled area on earth. Tribes of Europe and of Asia have fought each other here from the dawn of history.
 vast wealth of legend surrounds the mountain. which has always deeply im- pressed the imagnations of the peoples who have wandered, passed or settled be- heath it. The Armenians have held that they are the first people after the flood. the immediate descendants of Noah, for the first village that Noah founded after abardcning the ark was Nakhitchevan.
 The name Ararat means high" The Persian name for the mountain. Koh-i- Nuh, means "Noah's mountain. It has been determined by the natives that the Garden of Eden was placed in the valley or the Araxes valley which at the pres ent time enjoys bless,nrs that Qo far tewaro strengthening its wonderful claim. Noaf's wife was buried in this valley near the mountain, and grapes are still gre WI there whose vines are the direct de- scendants of vines planted by Noah
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
RAH: FOR ALABAMA

From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune
 Alabama has joined the states that have passed laws prohibiting illiteracy by en- acting compulsory education lava
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
rHERp ARp OTHERS

From the Knoxville Journal Tribune.
 If the Alabama papers are correct in| their estimate of the state legislature. tho| majority is not composed of able states
 men. But in that respect Alabama cans not boast of 8 monopoly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

Ambassador Bernstorff may congratu- late himself that he no longer wakes up every morning to face a new crisis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

There is no rest for the Kaiser. As soon as he got the Czars forces on the run, the allies in the west bestirred them- selves
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
WORTH. WHILE.
le proper view of life

Who takes the proper view of life
 Will never overrate it, Yet. when he finds that troubles rife,
 Will struggle to abate It. For, while our feeting daysson earth
 Vex men as we'll as nations, Who looks will find there's ne'er a dearth Of solid compensations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

The Turk seems to be standing up re- markedly well, considering the fact that he was supposed to be on his last legs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

The baby" submarine will have a crew of only two men, but they will be kept so busy they won't have time to get lonesome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

The Belgians have developed keen sense of humor, but as they are fined by the Germans for their little plea asantries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
DO IT NOW

From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
 Three months from next Saturday to Christmas, but you needn't be warned about the shopping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
A COMMON TYPE.

"Dubwaite is what I would call linn ited humanitarian
 ''In what respect?"
 The wrongs of humanity in general work him up to frenzy. but individual cases merely bore him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
REnUkING GEORGIA
ea,lmont Enterprise.

From the Beaumont Enterprise.
 Wonder If the Boston rioters who as- saulted Ty Cobb meant to give Georgia a slap on the wrist because of the Frank lynching?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
AND LOOK AT CHINA,

From the Florida Times Union.
 Bryan says the United States can avoid war by refusing to fight. That's the way Ctins avoids it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
USUALLY SHOT

From the Detroit News.
 Several scores of Mexican died an un- usual death yesterday. 4 railroad atci- dent occurred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

The Hull in Germany's subsea warfare is giving the jingo chance to rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

Judging from the odor in that vicinity. Bessemers police department needs thorough airing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

Unlike the stars of the stage. Mr. Bryan has no objections to one-nisht stands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

The State Fair at Birmingham will be helped considerably by rising market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

According to the weather sharps win ter is pussyfooting toward the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
"coTToN, sUHw

From the Memphis Commercial-Appea
 He was walking through the agricul- tural building of the Tri-State Fair yes terday about 12 clock. He halted where one of the seed houses of Memphis had a very creditable display. There were samples of all sorts of grasses and grain grown in the south. There were also samples of vegetables galore.
 The man in charge of the exhibit said: Are you interested in agriculture?'
 Not of this sort. suh.'
 What do you grow?"
 Cotton, s-u-h!' was the answer. Along with the answer the planter swelled his breast and also his stomach.
 This time last year he didn't say cot ton, suh'' He left of the ''suh'' when cotton was and cents pound. and he was figuring with his creditors on get ting through.
 Some cotton planters have very short memories.
 With slightly reduced acreage and he cause of the poor yield cotton is com manding a high price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
NOT SHEDDING BLOOD ABOUT TT

From the Washington Star.
 Competition among the big towns for the privilege of entertaining the next progressive convention Ia not as fierce as it might have been.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
 VExATIOUS.

T presume every man has a little An| anias club of his own"
 No doubt. Still, I fini it rather diff ficult to keep tab on the members i1 mine"
 "Yes?"
 Every now and then some fellow whd has been a member of my Ananias cluI for years puts over a hard luck story od me and I lend him money"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

The comparative quiet in Haiti may be the lull preceding another storm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
 HE'S RUN ENOUGH.

The Russ will get breathing spell, Or so we hear; He must be out of breath by now Or very near.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

Ozark Southern Star: Had the leglsla- ture abolished more offices and cut ap- propriations the bond issue would have fared better before the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
ALABAMA PRESS

Gsdsden Journal When woman suf- frage prevails in Alabama. we're going to move that the new voters be exempted from paying poll tax
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

West Alabamian: It Is stated that that so-called 'hand-picked" recess committee of the recent Alabama legislature actually saved the state $2000 Great
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

Marion County News: The News begs to inform the Birmingham newspapers that Marion county is in Alabama. and that the route travelled by Andrew Jack son passes through the town of Hamilton the old military road
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

Selma Journal: The Birmingham Age Herald is sending five Alabama beauties to Chicago to appear in big Essanay film production. That will be a. picture worth seeing, even if nothing is to be seen but these pretty Alabama girls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

Troy Messenger: Birmingham man is said to have lost three autos in one watch fob and perhaps he would have better luck
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02
'TwoULD SEEM so.

'TWOULD SEEM so. Trolley car conversation is about on d par with street corner gossip" ''I think it's rather above" ''why so?"
 Considering the difficulty of making oneself heard on the average trolley car. the person who talks there must havd something worth while to say"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

JUST A IHEORY. Good heavens! Why does that young woman playing the piano next door sina So loudly?"
 Maybe her conscience hurts her." What do you mean?" ''She probably wants to drown out tho racket her mother is making in the kitch- ea washing dishes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-02

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter un- oer act of Congress March 3, 1879.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-11

If you want quick and real relief
from Rheumatism. do what SO many
thousand ether people are doing
whenever an attack comes on. battle
the sore muscle or joint with Sloan's
Liniment. No need to rub it in--juSt
apply the Liniment to the surface. 1t
is wonderfully penetrating. 1t gees
right tC the seat of trouble and |raws
bottle of Sloan'S Linimcnt for DC.
of any druggist and have it in the
hOuSe-againSt Colds. Sore and Swollen
Joints. Iumhago. Sciatica and like
mcntS. Your money back if not salts
fed. but it does give almost instant
relief.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-11
Ella Prepared to Eight Aliens. !


In one event Of Intervention of
[6reign troops to subdue the Carranza
forces he and all other MeXicans
would unite against the invaders.
In recent interview in American
papers, which he said had just been
called to his attention, he was quoted
us saying that he would not oppose
armed Intervention on the part of sew
eral powers ito reduce Carranza tc
order" provided that he would be
, made commander of such a move
nlent."
There is nothing more grotesIue
and absurd than such an assertioG,'
said the message from the northern
leader, "since | always have insisted
that our troubles be settled solely
among ourselves Should someN IA
ton invade our territory, [ would he
ready to fight against it until | would
see the entire country in the posses
sian of Mexicans only"
"All of us would fignt united again't
the enemy
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-11

When a newspaper gives you lot
of free advertising in order to boom
some concert or church entertainment
which you are interested in, keep
track Of the number Of lines that are
printed week by week, and multiply
that number by the regular advertis-
ing rates Of the paper. Compare the
results with the actual money value
Of any favor that you can get from
nv other business concern. Then
take into considerstiln the fact
..s..s (sss. tne
only two things that a newspaper has
to sell, and in these days of higher
prices, how much do you think they
ought to give away for nothing?
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-11
FAMOUS TRAMP LOVES HOME

A baby's voice has proven stronger
than the call Of tn Wanderlus to
"A-NO.-1," the worlds most famous
tramp. For more than thirty years
Leon Ray Livingston was on the road
as tramp; not because he was forced
to take UP the life, but because he
loved the freeness Of it all.
There isn't travelling man in the
country who hasn't seen Livingston's
mark" OH railroad stations and water
tanks throughout the country. Even
now one can follow his latest trip
through the states by watching for "A
NO.-IS' arrow and initials.
His latest tramping trip, and he
SAYS it will be his last, led him into
Erie, Pa, last year. A crowd was at
the station to greet him as he slid from
the rods underneath railroad car.
Ihfthat crowd was a young woman. She
timidly shook hands with "A-NO-1."
The tramp" was interested in her and
soon learned that her name was Abigail
Trchoski. For the first time in thirty
wears "A-NO.-1" was interested in
something besides his carefree life on
the road. That something" was Miss
TrOhOSki.
In a few weeks the Miss was
changed to Mrs" and everyone
wondered just how long "A-NO.-1"
could resist the call Of the road.
But he settled down to writing the
book he had long planned. A few days
ago a uniformed nurse crept nciselessly
from a room in A-NO.-1s home and
walked up to him.
ITS girl" she whispered.
"Thank God for that" answered A
MOL, I'm glad it's not boy for
he might have decided t. be tramp,
too; just like his father. The road
has no more attractions for me now !;
for with a wife and youngester at home,
what use has a man for the life of a
tramp" "-Houston Magazine.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-11
THE WAY WE LIVE

Did you know that the articles
which go to make up your home rep
resent almost every state in the
i1a2 They do The aIsfa &C etti, ~;
W > stts7gp'
he does not. He gets up. In the inorn,
ing and puts on socks made in New
York, shoes made in Boston, pants
made in Ohio, then slips pair OF
Connecticut suspenders over his shoul'
ders. He dips some water from a
Missouri bucket with a Chicago dip
per and puts it in an Indiana wash
pan. and washes his face with a cake
VI St Louis soap. He dries his face
with Rhode Island towel and reaches
his hair with Vermont comb. He
takes Cuban coffee from an Indiana
cup and saucer, sweetened with )
New York spoon. His knife, fork and
plate are made in the north. his table
cloth ditto. He eats piece of Chicago
ham fried in Kansas lard, sops his
ST. Louis biscuit seasoned with Boston
soda and Michigan salt into Louisiana
mclaSSeS. He wipes his mouth on a
Vermont napkin and seats his family
around a Michigan table in chairs from
the same state. His meal was cooked
on a st. Louis stove, with wood cut
with Pittsburg ak and hauled in al
Indiana wagon. The citizen then puts
Boston saddle ON a Missouri mule
and gets out his plow and works III
the field encountered, possibly. with q
New York mortgage. He returns at
night and satisfies his appetite will
another imported meal. fills his Indiana
lamp with Pennsylvania oil and light.
it with New York match. He thcI
fills his Missouri pipe with North
Carolina tobacco. and settles down ii
northern chair for comfortable
smoke. When bedtime comes he takes
down his family bible, which wa,
printed in Massachusetts. reads I;
chapter, says Il prayer composed II
Jerusalem, then retires to bed, sleeps
under his imported covers, and is KEPT
awake two long hours by the yeowl>
of his cats. which are the only home
products he has on his farm"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-11
TOLERATION OF FILTH.

Cleanliness means more than wash,
ing the hands and face and body, 1t
means the keeping Of ones surround
ings free from the influences which
must taint the air we breathe, our food
and our drink. Epidemics are not to
be prevented without such cleanliness.
What a vast number Of fatal ills,
even at this day, when the virtue Of
cleanliness is more widely recognized
than ever, before is due to the toler l.
tion Of filth.
Thousands of thousands Of dwellers
OH farms, or in small villages in this
country, permit dangerous nuisances
about their premises as neg
lected vaults under their sleeping
rooms, cellars unventilated and con-
tanning decaying vegetables and fruits,
sink drains emptying close by door
ways, stables too near the houses, or
wells within filtering distances of
stables.
The people who tolerate these nui,
sances only too often have to pay the
penalty in typhoid and other fevers.
diptheria and filthy diseases Of other
kinds. In many country districts
which should be almost perfectly
healthy, fevers are shockingly preva-
lent, and generally they are traceable
to domestic nuisances Of this kind.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-11
COL DS
Anup.to-date remedy for
colds. That is what Peruna
is. In successful use over
so years.

Colds are caught in many
ways: lily ventilated rooms !;
rooms that have direct draughts;
crowded rooms: damp houses;
stuffy school rooms; Offices lily
heated.
A dose of Peruna at the right
time, at the first symptom of
cold, before the bones begin to
ache, before the sore throat
manifests itself, or the cough, or
the discharge from the nose, just
a dose or two of Peruna before
these symptoms begin is gener-
ally sufficient. But after the cold
is once established with the
above symptoms prominent, a
bottle of Peruna, or maybe two,
will be necessary.
"For several years I have been
troubled with colds at each change
of season. I took Peruna and have
not been troubled with the slightest
cold this entire season." Mr.. Harry
Fisher. 1928 Mosher ST., Ealtl-
more. Md.
81 give the children Peruna If they
have a cold, and It always relieves
them" Mrs. 7. D. Hayes, 1887 Druid
Hill Ave-, Baltimore, I'D.
"When I feel n cold coming OH
take a little Peruua. and 1t does nj"
good" MIR. Charles S. Many, II Wat.
ST.. Ossining. y. y.
mo family should ever be Wit
peruna. for = Is IN u2fai!inS cl
for colds" Mrs. N. +. Jones, Ia n
Ing Springs. Ky.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-11
IT'S GREAT FOR BALKY ~
BOWELS AND STOMACHS

We want all people who have chron
ic stomach trouble or constipation, nc
matter of how long standing, to try
one dose of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy
-one dose will convice you. This is
the medicine so many of our local peo-
pie have been taking with surprising
results. The most thorough system
cleanser ever sold. Mayr's Wonderful
Remedy is sold by leading druggists
everywhere with the positive under
standing that your money will be re
turned without question or bubble ii
ONE bottle fails to give you absolute
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Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-11
IE..!.rH PROMOTES HAPPINESS

Without health. genuine joy is i'm
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Take enc smoll DR.. Kings New Life
Pill at nighrt. in thre morning you
will have II full. free bowel movement
,rnatitc and digestion. Try one to
night.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-11

OF course times may be close and
the outlook discouraging, but a coun-
try that spends over $300,OOO,OOO in
attendance upon moving picture shows
can net be on the verge Of bankruptcy.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-11

All Cards of Thanks, Resolutions OF
Respect, Obituaries, or notices of other
nature not of public interest, and all
notices of personal nature is charged
for at the rate Of one cent per word
for each insertion. Such meter Is
net news.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-11

A No. was visitor in Cheraw only
few months before he was married.
He spent several hours with the Editor
Of the Chronicle and left with us one
of his photos which we still have. We
would be glad to see him again, but
here's hoping he will never take to the
road again.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-11

The Supreme Court has ruled that
pedestrians have the same right at
crossings as automobiles, but the diff
ficulty is to induce seven passenger
cars to stop and argue the matter.