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Arizona republican., 1915-06-26
SCIENCES AID TO BIG BUSINESS
Fe~ Realize Marvels Performed by
 Wizards of Chemical Research

The small manufacturer who il.inas he Knows his own business at trbues his inabiuty to cope with hfs gigantic rival to moagcr capital and chcri=hes tHa iHuSion that he has been crushed by the momentum of millions in money.
 True. lack of capital does often hamper; hut f never strikes him that lc has been beaten. not by WaIi street tuaucicrs but by those silent iunkn,w7 workers in corporation lab iorator ies thc men who hold little test tubes over Hunseu gas burners and elevate -,iuc making 10 the dis uty of an applied science.
 Most of u~ are hardly aware of this corporate research unob- trasivelr is it conducted. one of its otfects wc did notice in the inn protement of the incandcscent cleo tric lamp and then partly because our bills for electric lighting were reduced.
 In truth, We now buy an entirely different lamp from that which we screwed into sockets five years ago. We uav only onc-third as much for current as we used to, although tho rates for electricity have not been chaueed The country as whole is saving about two million dollars a Gay m current And why? Because after ysars of unremittiug scientific iuvestieation. a way was found Of substituting a wire of drawn tung- stcr. fine. as human hair, for the old carbon filament.
 Do you know who made this re- m1rkahlc Improvement? It was not Edison nor any other exceptional man. but g group of mctallurgists. chemists and physicists employed in tho research laboratories of great electrical manufacturing company. ? group that is as well organized and commanded as German regiment and that is engaged in the perfection of lighting methods with all the aids of modern science. Tho researches
Arizona republican., 1915-06-26
DANCER IN A LONG WAR
Revolution and Mob Excesses Would Result From Protracted Conflict

"Revolutionar, chaos is predicted by the London Economist if the war is not stopped hctimcs. chaos "hcgiuuiug no one can say where and ending in uo one can say what" That is a peril which affected many students of social affairs at inc very outbreak of thc war; Europe is full of explosive and com bustibIc material and for years pcssi- mists had been predicting that the choice lay between war and revolution. But a protracted and futile war; with hope gone and misery increasing, with governments discrcdited and the mob clamcriuE for bread. would give a sit uation anxious Tn the extreme
 To press the war Co the overthrow of any of the governments concerned would invoke the risk of an explosion of which inc cXcesses of the Commune at Paris in 1870 gives some hint. Wretcbedness and despair are more dangerous poisons than the tyrhus germs which tho war has again loosed to rayagc eastern Europe There is the more reason why on both sides the par amount issue. as time passes with no decisive results in the field. should bc the terms on which peace can be made without waiting for the lingering trag- cdy of a war of exhaustion. But for negotiations to have the smallest hope of success there must he on both sides a spirit of moderation. such as neither side has yet allowed itself publicly to express.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-26
THERE IS NO INVISIBLE BLUE

weeks experience the front convinces me that two uniforms in the French army alike either in color
 Within the last two years the question of color has greatly preoccupied the French military thorities. who have been seeking invisible blue: and the range of their experiments is proved by the extraordinary variety Of shades of bue rang ing from a sort of grayish robins to the dark est navy. in which army clotrcd
 The result attained is the conviction that no blue is really inconspIcuous. and that of the harsh slaty tuts no less striking than the deeper shade they have superseded.
 But this scale of experimental blues other coors must be addcd the poppy red of the 5pahs' tunics, and various other less familiar colors-Gray, ana certain greenish khaki-the use of which due the fact that the cloth supply has given and that all available materials arc enployed- sScribner'S Magazine.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-26
HOSPITAL SHIP FOR FISHERMEN

Equipped WIJh the most modcIn llcllItlcs Tor tho of the sick and wounded. the United States revenue cutter Androscosgin now service as d hospital ship ana will operate among the fishermen working on the Grand Banks of Ncwfounda land
 This said be tine hospital ship ever outfitted by the United States government for vice with d fishing fleet although the plan is not with other countries.
 The hospital equipment the vessel consists Of a tiny operating finished in white enamel and brilliantly lighted d containing a large number of beds and bathroom. A doctor and three assistants will have charge of the hos pital facilities which, though compact, com plete those of many shore hospitals.
 During the fishing the hospital ship will be stationed tho Grand Banks where fish live work weeks and where there has often been great suffering the past because of the lack medical and surgical attCndance.- Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-26
OUR COUNTRY IN WASHlNGTON'S
 DAY

The America of Washn@ton's day was primitively, racily rural. The country outnunbercd the city thirty to one it outvotcd and out-inGuenccd the city The country was countrined without urban qualities or dcpeudcn- cies. Not even the cities themselves were citified. Philadelphia, the great est of them all. with the finest shops. the best houses. the most cxtrayaeant people. was but a poor. small triangle of houses with its lasc on the Delaware and it's apex stretching timidly toward the west. Its people. though rcputed gay and luxurious. went early Co bed. rose early, and were without the op- portunitics and distractions of modern urban life There were no great f3r- tories no armies or vcrkmcu. no ex- tended commerce, no horsccarS; no omuibusos no sharp differentiation of the city into business and residence sections. Like ouvious New York and aspiring Boston, Philadelphia was still half rural
 A great city was not desired nor even contemplated To "tbc Fathers" the very conception had in it some thing unWholcsomo. X city Was dwelling place of turbulent imrious ignorant mobs. of conercgation of
 unproductivc" artisans Wastrele criminals Sahbath-hreakcrs. It was a. blister on the social body: turnor which absorbed the healthy juices. The city was vaguely associated with roy alties, courts. armies. beerars and tat tered, Iusolent rascally tnohs; the country was the cradle of republican virtue and democratic simplicity Jof- ferson. having in mind the squald ac- elomerations of the old country. con Eratuiated America on being rural be Tocqucvillc, in tine '30s. believed that the absence of a great capital city was "ouc of tEe first causes of the mainte- nacne of republican institutions"
 Walter Weyl in Harper's Magazine.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-26
GENERAL LOCKOUT ORDERED
tAssocnrED PRESS DisrArcHl

CHICAGO. June 25.-A general lock "ut n Chieaeo'a building industry was ordered tonight after au all dal meet irE of every interest in the buildiug in dHstr> National manufacturers uiH c"as, work hud close down yards. con- trae.nr~ will lay off men and the 0- nancial interests of the cit, will back them. The burden of the te-up was placed by contractors upon striking carpenters who refused to arbitrats a dispute over wages. althouch thcy have been ou strike for more than month.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-26
SCHOOLS OF PORTO RICO

The government of Porto Rico consists of governor appointed by the president Of the United States and legislature with upper and lower house. The former is comprised nearly ali of Rcans and the latter Americans, and the Porto Ricans naturally anxious for larger measure self government. They celebrate political victories good old American style,
 The pride of Porto Rco is the schools. The teachers there they prefer Porto Rican children American children because they eager to learn and the increase in at tendance at schools has been without a parallel. An incident related by the author shows that he has not entirely forgotten the country of his schoo. days. A glimpse of the palace is given. He met an Engshman in Porto Rico and after comparing what had been done in Porto Rico in twelve years with the advancement of English colonies in the same tme tine Englishman simply responded, You Americans are a wonderful people."-National Ma Eazine.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-26
GIRLS MUST CARRY
 BOOKS ON RhcL(

School girls in Berlin must unt carry their books in a handbag. hut in a knapsacl on their back. The minister of education is responsible for this new rule, The rule is di- rectcd to teachers, parents and the girls themselves. The minister de- clarcs that the habit of carry ing books in handbags is likely to lead to curvature of the spine and de rangcmcnt of internal organs.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-26
THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE

Tho young woman sat before her glass and gazed long and earnestly at the reflection there. She screwed up her face in many ways She fluffed mp her hair and then smoothcd it down again: she raised her eyes and lowered them; she showed her teeth and she pressed her lips tiehly to- cether. At last she got up. with a weary sigh, and said.
 "Its no use. I'll be some kind of rcf0rmDr.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-26
ADMITS THIRTEEN MURDERS
rAssocrArrD PRESS pIsrArcuI

Nss''"'TNTFD IItF-31 DISIfTEII
 HIEMTNGHAM. June Thirteen murders. including three at Mon teray. California. were admitted in the confession of Syd Jones. hanged here today He said Hc killed Shay White. Thomas Shay and sam Lee at Monterey He said he W4- sorry he missed Richard Moore on September i2. 1'l2. as just one more would have made am even number"
Arizona republican., 1915-06-26
Have Me Erred !?

We feel after the strictures of friend, MT. christy. in the legislature yesterday that we have rushed in where angels fear tread; that with the folly of the layman have set up ourselves as an authority the subject of intoxcants wherein we did not know what we talking about. It may be admitted that we jumped from premise to
Arizona republican., 1915-06-26
ALL THE DIFFERENCE

Little MolIie had been very trying all day.
 That evening, when her grown-up sister was putting her to bed, she said she hoped the child would be a better girl tomorrow, and not make every body unhappy with her naughty tenn per.
 Molle listened in silence, thought hard for few moments, and then said wisely:
 "Yes. when it's me it's temper when it's you, it's ves!"-Philadelph Record.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-26
CONVENTIONS FOR CHICAGO
ASSOCIATED PRESS DlsrArru

ASSOCIATED PRESS nIsrArrIIl
 CHICAGO, June 25 Members of the Hamilton club luncheon were as sured by Frederick w Upham that the 1916 republican convention will be held here. Roger Sullivan sud he could "almost' promise that the dem ocrats would meet here.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-26
WHY HE NEGLECTED IT.

I'm sorry to sec by your report card. my boy, that you received un- satisfactory in geography. Why don't you study harder
 "What's the use of studyin' ecog- raphy. BOW? The wars going t" change it all, anyhow. Free Press Ez 7s,sz
Arizona republican., 1915-06-26

However mean or inconsidcrable the act. there k something in the well doing of 1t which has fellow Ship with the noblest forms pf man ly virtue. John RuSllin.
Arizona republican., 1915-06-26

of these men will never end, for each discovery opens a vista of other possible discoveries, all pointing to the ideal cold light of the physicist.
 Waldcmar Kacmpffcrt in McClure's Magazine
Arizona republican., 1915-06-26
BREAKING IT GENTLY

"Can you keep secret, unce?7 Yes
 Well, auntie has eloped with the chauffeur. and they've borrowed your motor."-London Mall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-31

There is no greater privilege than to get out among the people, to work with them and to find out what interests them most or wherein lies their ''hobbies.' or what species of genius do they possess Seeing people with their every -day clothes on," it were. find them work ing out their plans and figuring on re- suits, there is no greater way to see the genuine human side of life than to let them help you build a fair
 Then estimate the value to self, of the lessons given, not only in hand work and home-nialxing, but those in character type.
 The folks who are really doing things today are those who are using their hands. Just as sure as these instruments are engaged you will see the signs of con- tentment and of well directed thought Alabama has a just right to feel proud of her women's workshops--they have demonstrated in this recent exhibition that the arts that make home comfort able are first in their choice-and that idle hours are unprofitable.
 When you have collected thousands of specimens of womans industry, and scanned it closely for the best, then only can you realize the amount of labor in- vested in the application of needle and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-31

Compound to me and l tried it at once and found much relief. After that I had no pains at all and could do my housework and shopping the same as always. For years I have praised Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound for what it has done for me, and shall always recommend it as a wo- mans friend. You are at liberty to use my letter in any way. Mrs THOMSON, '49 w. Russell St., Philadelphia, Pa.
 Change of Life is one of the most critical periods of woman S existence. Women everywhere should remember that there is no other remedy known to carry women so successfully through this trying period as Lydia E.. Pinkham's s Vegetable Compound.
 If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Med- icine Go. (cOnfidentiaD, Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-31

if you may call them that, have come to pass, and things wonderful hap pened''
 For instance?" Sally Bugg suggested interrogatively.
 Girls have been known to marry" Susie Damn related
 They do that all the time," said Sally Bugg, Halloween or no Hallo- ween. You know I am not supersti- tious"
 But still you must acknowledge that strange things do happen occa- sionally," the other said.
 The only thing that I believe in said Sally Bugg. lis St. Joseph
 And why St. Joseph?" inquired Susie Damn complacently.
 Please don't look like wide-eyed ingenue,' Sally Bugg suggested .eYou surely don't mean to say that you've reached your age in life and don't know what St. Joseph stands for?''
 "Oh. I've heard something about it.. she replied suavely
 When I went to school" Sally Bug went on to relate, T read a little French story-a sort of novelette-that had to do with something very interesting about such things. Want to hear ite"
 ''Of course" the other replied.
 Well, once upon time. so the story runs, she began there was little girl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-31
MERCIFUL
 SCIENTISTS

From the St. Louis Globe Democrat. agriculture. what Horace Greeley once wrote is literally true:
 ''The boy who robs birds nest is rob ping the farmer of part O. his crops. The farmer might as well consent that u strollng ruffian shoot his horses or his
 Agassiz believed that thArA is future life for the lower animais as well as for us Some POO volumes or therea bouts have been written on the subpect. John Wesley. Jeremy Taylor. Bishop Butler, Colerdge, I.amartine and many of the leuong clergy of the past and present have held and do hold this belief.
 Agassiz taught his pupils to kill fish b. 6 blow on the back of the head as soon as they were caught, that they might not suffer before dying.
 President Lincoln, walking witha friend one day, stopped and put his hand down through the bushes.
 What do you find there. Mir. Lin coln?' said the friend.
 Why answered Mir. Lincoln, .'here is little bird fallen out or it's nest, and 1 am trying to put it back again" Thanks to my stars, says the cele- brated n, Charming. T can say have
 
 the meanest Insect that cfawls upon the gro und They have the aarne right to Ike that [ have. thev rcceit ed it. from the same Father. and I Will not mar the works Of God 'by 'wanton fcfueity "
 'l saw a little spotted- turtle.'' wrote Theodore Park CT, i"sunnihg. itself in the shallow water.1 lifted nty stick in my hand to kill it: fori though 1 had never killed any creature, Vet l had seen other boys, out of sportt destroy birds. squirrels and the like, and I had dis position to follow their example. Bur all at once something checked my arm and a voice within me said, clear and loud. It is wrong I held my uplift- cd stick in wonder at the new emotion till the turtle vanished from sight
 -.T hastened home and told the tale to my mother and asked what it was thai told me 1t was wrong. ! She wiped tear from her eye. and. taking me in her arms said:
 i" Some men can sit4 conscience. but prefer to call it the voice of God
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-31
WORKING AMONG THE WORKERS
By MRS. J. B. REID.

thread, to say nothing of what is made to fill the pantry shelves.
 The work Is more wonderful. more varied and more tedious than pen and ink can print and the value of this exchange of ideas, and of patterns can never be estimated. We all need to realize there IS something we can do for somebody else. and the women who make the booths at the fair are deeply interested in serv- ing others with the exchange Of their own style of industry. The work speaks for itself, and much of it was sold to visitors to the fair and many orders were placed for further supply. The ending of the fair does not mean suspen- sion of interest or cessation of work. The exhibitors all know they must make something new and better next year. We do not want to see the same old things. or their copies, and they have started already to work
 Of course, while you are dealing with the folks you see many varied sides of nature. There are curious folks there are cranky folks, there are fussy folks and there are some you cannot understand but just think. before you form an opin- ion and you will realize there Is good iu all of them. There is so much more of the right than the wrong that you are better braced for the future The influence of the best helps you to forget the worst and thus after all you have been schooled Some years ago, when everything was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-31

Dickens was superstitious enough to bed was placed due north and south. came the quick retort from Susie Damn. and when Macauley and Max Muller confessed to the weakness of superstition, when DeFoe noted among the porlents of the great plague that there was running about to fortune tellers, cunning men and astrologers. when Justin Mccarthy relates how the great Parnel gravely checked him for stirring his coffee the wrong way.' when our old friend Dr. Johnson de- elared that he was impelled to touch certain rail or post in his accustomed walk each day and tread in the middle of particular paving stone. I think n poor little humble, infinitesnal atom of humanity's ferment like myself ought not to feel relegated to the ig- norant class who believe in superstl. tions"
 But l mean silly superstitions like Halloween and things of that sort" said the other. Did you ever know one to come true?'
 All superstitions for that matter are silly, Susie Damn declared, and in answer to your question I'll say that I have known some few to come true. Even to those who do not believe in signs and things, queer coincidences,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-31

in the soul of man. If you listen and obey it, it will speak clearer and clear err and always guide you right; but if you turn deaf ear or. disohey then it will fade little by little, and leave you in the dark without a guide. Your life, my son, depends on needing that little voice."
 From Waterton's "Wanderings in South America take. the following
 'Tf, by my instructions. you should be enabled to procure specimens from foreign parts in better preservation than usual, so, that the naturalist may have it in his power to give a more perfect description of them than has hitherto been the case, it will please me much.
 But. should they unfortunately tend to cause wanton expense of life; should they tempt you to shoot the pretty songsters warbling near your door, or destroy the mother as she is sitting on her nest to. warm her little ones. or kill the father as he Is bring ing mouthful of food for their sup port--oh, then. deep. indeed, will be my regret that l ever, wrote them
 in conclusion. it is not for. me to de- eide for others. Everyone must judge for himself or. herself what is duty in regard to the destruction of any of these lower forms of life which God has created. But whether He cares for His lower as well as human crea- tures and how far He will hold us re- sponsible for our treatment of them are questions worthy the considera- ton of every human being who believes in God and immortality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-31
French Stork In East Prussia

Berlin, October 2o.-A French stork has recently been discovered In East Prussia .Jf was sprpven 70 be sfro}n sIsfance by a ring fQsteiaed around it's leEH.a device that has been adopted by ornithological socie- ties in Europe for studying the migra- tions of birds. At the same time it is re- ported that the storks have entirely de- serted the regions of France and Belgium, where fighting has been going on this wear. When th's fact was first made known 1t was hoped that the French and Belgian birds would seek new homes in, the Rhine country Of Germany: but this appears to have occurred only to a4s'iehf extent, It is regarded probable that many of them have gone to East Prussia. as some regions there have far more than their usual numbers. It is also assumed that the storks which have been driven outvof Russian Poland also by the noise of war have largely sought new homes in East Prussia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-31

ment to Jacli?" Susie Damn hazarded
 "Is rumor pure and simple.e re- turned Sally Bugg severely. q refer to the experience as connected with a friend of mine who read the little French story with me. We stopped at Atlantic City in September on our way home from Bar Harbor, and one day on the Board Walk we stopped to look in one of those attractive little curio shops and we espied a whole tray of little silver St. Josephs. We looked at each and both of us recalled the story of Colette and her nobleman, and my friend decided that she'd buy one of the little images-just for fun
 And now?' questioned the other.
 My friends engagement was an- nounced the past week. related Sally Bugg jubilantly She is going to marry the very incest man know and don't believe he had any idea of ask ing her until she bought that little St. Joseph"
 Shades of all the great who have ever confessed to superstitions,' ejacu- lated Susie Damn teasingly. You are the worst in the bunch'
 'Only about St. Joseph" Sally said, defending her position.
 And are you now wearing the amu- let?'' came the next question quickly.
 Tentatively she replied:
 Yes: and when I get through with it, if the charm works, l am going 10 lend it. to all my girl friends who want it.''
 But. I thought it belonged to your friend?' said Susie Damn. rather pug zled.
 Ut did said Sally Bugg, but she has no more use for it now that she is going to be married.