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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

humiliating and impudent remarks of the gendarmes
 When her husband was sent to the penitentiary she pinched. starved and saved in order to be able to send him books, flowers and fruit to his prison cell.
 Here is another case. 1t as also woman who I knew intimately. She is dead now, but while she was alive she was known as rather disagrceable person. While she was prosperous, she was tyrannical and jealous of her hus- band. unlSind to her children. miserly, cruel to her servants, naughty toward her acquaintances. and more than con descending toward those whom she con- sidered her interiors. Her husband lost his fortune and they were without any means of existence. She then took up her forgotten studies. applied for posi- ton as teacher, and got on at an annual salary of 1500 francs, and on this she supported her husband and children. She became the most devoted of wives and mothers-changed her character entirely. From morose she became gay, though she now had to work late and early and she tried in no way to pose as a victim of unfor- tunate circumstances. She did this for 16 years until her death, while her hus- band made no effort whatever to get on hls feet again, but simply sat down with idle hands, cursing his ill-luck. ana grumbling at the meaRre fare her salary provided. This is one of the most salient characteristics of woman's mor- al strength. She finds .'raison d'etre'' in her devotion and self-sacrince. She goes up into her part and shuts her ears to any outside voice. A man is hardly ever thus able to consecrate his whole Iifc to one person, one tin- dividuai. do not mean to say that he is not capable of the same zeal. tho same saerifees, but he is emminently Hootai and hiu devotion is moro apt to be to . cause than to an individual.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

Woman, on the other hand, allows her moral strength to remain dormant, while her life is placid, happy and normal. But when the necessity arses-when poverty. calamites or sickness overtake her fam not only one woman, it Is all. the most commonplace. the gentlest. the sweetest. who, suddenly without any warning. with out preparation. unhesltatingly are ready to devote themselves. sacrifice themselves. tireless. fearless, humble and ardent. sus- tained by an interior fire. which is sud- denly ignited and does not go out.
 The most simple, most frivolous woman hides at the bottom of her soul spark of heroism which neither she herself nor anybody else suspects, which she never shows if her life runs it's normal course, but which springs into evidence and man. ifests itself by actions of devotion and self-sacrifice. if fate strikes a cruel blow against her, or those whom she loves. Then she does not wince, she does not complain, nor give way to useless de- spair. but rushes into the breach. The woman who hesitated to put her feet into cold placid water throws herself Into tho perils of tho roaring. surging maelstrom.
 I can give one striking instances A lady whom I knew personally had been married IS years to very rich, cynical depraved banker, who neglected and abused hcr so cruelty that several times she vas on the point of asking for divorce. Then came Q financial scandal; the banker was ruined. Rr- rested, found guilty of a fraud. and sentenced to several years' imprison- ment. When this abused wife saw her husband crushed and condemned to prison, she forgot the reasons she had to hate him, and, although she could not love him. she was the only one who res mained faithful to him. For two years she regularly brought him n basket of luncheon she had prepared with her two hands. waiting her turn in tho long row of waiting persons, exposed to tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
A WOMAN'S SOUL---By Paola Lombroso

To tho superficial observer the impress sion of the majority of everyday women that surround him Is apt to make him conceive rather pessimistic ideas of wom- an In general.
 What does he see? Young, pretty. CO., quettish girls. wise in tho matter of dress. hungry for admiration, sly and su- perflcial always on the outlook for hug band.
 He sees young women who are tyran- nical and distrustful if they are adored, unnatural and pretentious if they believe they are gifted taken up with petty scandals and gossips. interested mostly in shopping, calling, 5 o'clock teas and au- thorities on the rules of etiquette. He also sees good housewives. mothers, wives, good-hearted, but narrow-minded ated, infatuated with their children and believing 1t not to be a crime to humor them in their smallest whims. Slaves to their embroideries and knitting, upset and in despair if the cook happens to waste a little butter.
 Such Is the average woman-an ele- gant, graceful, conventional doll on every point, justifying the expression ''the weaker sex" But this is only apparent for 1t is just In this kind of woman that l have found the purest greatest, strong est and most indomitable force; 1t Is this kind of woman that can show firmness and courage, dignity and sense of jus tfce, self-denial. feeling or duty. and who in an emergency can fight to the bitter end.
 The contrast between the commonplace of woman's everyday life, and her ca pacity for moro strength in decisive moment is indeed wonderful and striking.
 Here is an essential point where the moral strength of woman differs from man. A morally strong man is strong as a result of instinct. of education. and he remains so whether his life is happy or full of suffering. but the men who are strong not only physically but moral ly are more rare than one should think.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

Father" Nicholas takes care that tho men are well fed and clothed. If he finds anything wrong there is a violent explosion, and more reprlmands and pun- ishments than are caused by the loss of Grand Duke Nicholas, was loved by the army. He commanded 1t in the Russo> Turkish war. Many of the generals now fighting fought then as lieutenants They keep up the Nicholas tradition. About the present commander in chief goes q good story. A peasant of Kursk prov- ince wrote saying that he had 12 sons at the front. Grand Duke Nicholas sent him 100 roubles. A peasant in the same vii, lage, thinking also to get a gift, wrote saying that he had l3 sons at the front. Grand Duke Nicholas inquired, and found the story untrue. So in his own sol~ dierly handwriting he wrote this letter, Thirteen is an unlucky number, and you are an unlucky man, for do not intend to send you 100 roubles.''
 Kamionek was full of the story that the late Gen Michael Skobeleffs ghost ap-. pears in the battlefield at critical mos ments. Skobeleff is the most beloved of all former generals; the favorite military exploits in the Russian mind are skobe- leff's victory over the Turcoman and skobeleff's battle for the Plevna redoubts. The Kamionek soldiers tell me that Sko- beleffs. ghost was first seen in the last week of November at Tuschin, near Lodz. IIe rode his traditional white horse. He led the Russian endorsements to the poe sitions from which they encrcled two of General Mackensen's army corps. As long as Skobeleff directed operations everything went well and the German corps seemed doomed. The Germans Qhe soldiers believe) gave themselves up as lost. and sent a parlementaire to arrange surrender The parlementaire recognized Skobeleff. He concluded that the general might vanish as quickly as he had come. so that.>al might not be lost. He re- turned to the German staff and told them the goods news, and they delayed their surrender Then 1t began to rain. This spoiled everything. Skobeleff hated rain. His ghost rode away. The Germans im- mediatcly began an attack on the iron wall that surrounded them: and as the Russians no longer had Skobeleff the att tack succeeded. The two corps escaped. asked the soldier who told me this how he know 1t was Skobeleff. He said he recognized him from a portrait: that further he rode white horse, and there was not another white horse in the srmy. All had been dyed.
 An tho relief soldiers round Warsaw want to get back to the front. They be- licve ttut the Germans will bc beaten by Aprtl. One of 50 prophets whom the wnr has produced has promised that vic. tory will ba achieved within eight months, That would be April.l Not man doubts that Russia will win. Faith moves noun- tainx, and faith is the thing which in Grand nuko Nicholas' army outWeightD oil technical training. and other defcctA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
Sex of the Insane

From the American Medical Journal
 Of approximately every 500 persons Tn the United States in 1910, there was one an inmate of an insane asylum The ex- act figures expressed in a recent report of the census bureau state that in a typical community of 100000 persons. equally divided as to sex, POS of the males and 200 of the females would be found in the insane asylums. In the course of a year, 72 males and 60 females would be admitted to the asylums In 1880 the total number of inmates in insane asylums in the United States included 20635 males and 20,3T females. Thirty years later the number of male inmates had increased to S,695 and the number of female in- mates to S0096. The excess of men among admissions in 1910 indicated a still further increase in the proportion, namely 12S males to 100 females. An analysis of these admissions as to the specific forms of insanity involved brings to light the interesting fact that if alcoholic psychosis and general paralysis are deducted, the proportion of the sexes is practically the same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

lave not been once hit" This illustrates vans battle psychology. His theory is that good soldier is the soldier who mus She enemy and does not himself get hlt. A wound is not considered an 'hon- orable scar" It Is proof that the enemy has worsted one. In battles in Manchuria soldiers perslstenly concealed slight wounds in order that they might not be disgraced in the face of comrades.
 l found the PowazlSi soldiers auc- tioning pair of high boots. The boots Tell Tor four roubles. They belonged to dead man. The soldiers who took part Tn the auction were all Siber- ians. The Siberian soldiers hold that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
BY BYRON LOMAX

a dead mans boots bring luck. The man who wears them is never wounded and If he Is struck i'll. the illness. how ever bad. passes in three days On the battlefield there are always coIrpeti- tors for a killed mans boots. These boots belonged to dead Polish volun- tecr, whose relatives said that his kit might be given to the soldiers. The kit could not be divided, so the soldiers auctioned 1t. The man who bought the boots was big, hairy man from Yakutsk, who was described as n merchant" He showed his joy by de- scrlbing three Catherine wheels in the air and by giving his old boots to the regimental fund.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

At Kamionek, I came across citi- zen's committee distributing tobacco. The tobacco given Is "makhorlSa," m evil-smelling weed manufactured In small, greenish grains. 1t is smoked .n a pipe. The normal peace price of "malShorka" Is four cents a pound. All over Russia has been celebrated a "MalShorka Day." on which all citizens either gave "makhorka" or money to buy it with. In the middle of January Il train carrying Q million pounds of this grim tobacco arrived at Sledlec, west of Warsaw. That is enough to satisfy a million Russians for Il month and to smoke out of their trenches q million Germans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

may be little danger of their losing their employees. For these reasons my advice to the man of small capital or to him whose chief capital is his muscle or clerical ability is to stay at home. Just now, with the hard times brought about by the war in Europe, this is hos a good place for strangers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28
tcopyrieht. 1915, by Frank G. carpen-
Rosario, Argentina

terJ
 Rosario, Argentina. frT-1 HE farmers of Argentina will
 greatly increase the size of kTE--f their wheat farms this year. EzzeY The planting season is in May,
 June and July. and within a few weeks the blows win be starting all over the Parana basin The big prices for wheat brought about by the war arc bound 10 continue, and they will add tens of millions Of dollars to tho wealth of the country The crop Of last year now being exported. is paying better than ever before. and the corn which they arc harvesting will go to Europe by the millions of bushels
 This port of Rosario is in the heart of the bread lands IL lies on inc Iarana river about 200 miles from Buenos Aires and about as far Inland from tho Atlantic ocean as Pittsburg ocean steamers sail for 200 miles up the Rio de h Plata Into the mouth of tho ! arana and thence wind about for 900 miles to Rosario The channel is so deep that great ships can reach Rosario at any time of the year. and they como here from all parts of Europe and from the United States for their cargoes of grain.
 Since was here. now IS years ago, great elevators have sprung up along the banks of the river. and the city now has facilities for loading something like 100000 bushels a day. There is one elevator that takes in 600 tons of grain an hour, and another that fills the hold of a f000-ton vessel in less than five hours The biggest elevator is seven stories high. with 60 silos on either side Tho new port borders the banks of the Parana river for two miles and the new wharves are about a mile long Under the wharyes arc warehouses which will hold 10000, 900 bushels of wheat, and on the high banks of the river 30 feet and more above the water, there arc other warehouses from which chutes carry the grain right down into the holds of the steamers.
 The city of Rosario stands on n bluff which is so steep that the grain can be loaded by gravity. Tho old way was ey q long chute made in sections rum ming from the bluff to the steamers The wheat Is brought here in bags and the cars carry 1t to tho edge of the blun There the bags are taken by the Italian laborera and thrown into tlic ahutes. As soon aa the bags touch the chute they begin 10 descend. anu they fairly gallop down tho Inclined trough Into the steamer. They go nt inc rate of 10 or DO n minute, and make ono think of galloping white mice, re- calling tho army Of 10000 rats that at lacked and ate up Archbishop Hatto in his Island on the Rhine.
 Al the present time tho chutes are giv- ing way to long pipes extending out from inc elevators and the wheat ls delivered In bulk A single elevator will have 20 or more such pipes, and a half dozen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

l am amazed at the extent of the good farming lands of South America. This continent is on the edge of it's begin ming as the worlds biggest bread bas- ket, and from now on 1t will steadily grow as the chief spoon feeder of Eu- rope and, later on, of the United States as well. Tho chief wheat supplies of and great river valleys. That of the United States, which was about s0o,- o00,00o bushels last year. was mostly from the basin of the Mlssissippi that of British India, which was about half as much, came from the valleys of tho Ganges and the Indus; while that of Russia, amounting to more than 500,- oO0,0o0 bushels, was from the alluvial plains built up by the voga, tho Don and the Dnieper Another European bread basket Is the valley of the Danube. and another North American one is the Sas- katchewan which annually turns out something like 9o0,o000Oo bushels of Can adlan wheat.
 The most of the wheat os South Amer lea Is raised in the valley of the Pa ram and the earth washings of the Andes which have built up the vast plains of Argentina known as the pampas These plains cover hundreds Of millions of acres and they have produced almost 200000 coo bushels of wheat in one year.
 And still it is safe to say that not one-twentieth of the grain area has been developed I entered Argentina by the railway across the Andes struck level country at Mendoza. and from there travelled to the Atlantic ocean, distance of almost as great as from New York to Chicago. The ground is flat all the way and much of the soil is as rich as any of the Mississippi valley.
 There are no stones, and the wild lands are covered with grass. I rode through vast cstancias supporting tens of thousands Of cattle and hundreds of thousands of sheep. and I now know that could go in either direction north or sonth for hundreds of miles and find the same kind of country with eompar- atively small tracts of cultivated lands.
 You may take a fast express bain at Buenos Aires and travel for 2l hours to You will sec some wheat fields and corn f,Ids. but the most of the land Is given over 10 pasture. Reaching Tncuman yoi arc iu II country like our southern states. From iere you can go further north for hurureds of miles through fields of sugar cane, tohacco, cotton and corn.
 You can start Ut Buenos Aires and go south, riding through pastures and corn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

of millions of acres Of good farming country extending out on all sides. It Is the head of navigation for the Pa rama basin. and grain can be brought here on the Parana and It's tributaries from an area covering many thousand square miles Rosario Is 40o miles in- land from the ocean and steamers draw ing 24 feet sail right to tho docks. It is estimated that about co per cent Of the cereals of Argentina are tributary to Ro- eario and that they have a value of some thing like $eO0 0oO0,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

Hoaafiof Argentina. HE farmers Of Argentina will greatly increase the size of their wheat farms this year. The planting season is in May, June and Lnlv. and ulihin a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-28

It Is only on certain of the large es- tates managed by the English and Arsen- tinos that wheat farming is scientifically done. Most of the grain lands are in the hands of Italians, many of whom farm the land on the shares, doing their work in the most sovenly way. A great deal of the grain Is sown broadcast and that upon
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-27
Warm Fight Waged
For Dallas Offices
E. c. Kirkpatrick Is --latest Candidate
For Mayor, DR.. McCallon
Withdraws,

Capital journal .Spccipl Scrvice.)
Dallas, Or, March a.
As the time for the annual spring
city election approaches the number of
candidates out for office becomes more
and more and the fight gets warmer
The latest aspirant for the office of
mayor is L. G. kirkpatrick, who was
persuaded to run on the CT izens' tick
ct after DIR. h. II. McCallon had an
nonced his withdrawal as candidate
DR.. McCallon's reason for Withdrawing
his name from the ticket was because
his duties as member of the school
board and health officer together with
his regular practice took up the greater
part of his time. Mr.. Kirkpatrick IS
petition was being circulated Thurs
day and it was filled in an incredit-
ably short time by enthusiastic support
crs of the Citizens ticket.
Another candidate on the ticket who
has lately withdrawn his name is U.
s. Loughary who was out for coun-
cilman-at-largc. w, l.. Barber u mem
Der of the present council has consented
to run for the office. In the third
ward considerable difficulty has been
experienced in getting candidate to
run for the council but Mt Inst accounts
y. L, Miller, the prcseat councilman in
that ward has decided to run for the
office again.
The fight for mayor this year prom
ises to be the wOrmest ever known in
the history of the city as already there
are three candidates in the field.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-27
DALLAS LOCAL NEWS

Capital Journal Special service.)
Dallas, Or, March 27,-Lislc Rice
returned home from Milwaukee,
Wednesday evening aud is preparing to
leave in a few days for Washington,
D. C., to accept a position in the ad.
.iutant generals department.
II. !. Elliott Of perwdalc was a
Dallas business visitor this week.
r. Y. Morrison was in Independence
the fore part of tho week looking
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-27
A LEGEND OF EASTER.

The story runs that when Adam
felt death approach he called his son
Seth 10 his side aud bade him ask tho
orchangeL Jhe keeper Of the garden
for balsam that should soye him
from death.
"l'he time Of pardon Is not yet come"
said the archangcl "Four thousand
years must pnss But us q token that
his future purdon Is assured the wood
whereon redemption shall be won shall
grow from Albums tomb"
lie then gave three seeds TO Seth
and babe him place them IN his IN.
ihcrs mouth whom he died. Adam died
three days later, Seth obcyed the di
rcctons Of the archangel, aud the place
Iof his fathers scpucher was Golgotha,
whore IN course Of tmc three trees
grew from the seeds ono w0s0 cedar.
another cypress and the third a uine.
Z Il was with q bOugh from oneof these
trees that Moses performed his mira
cles IN Egypt brought water ont OF
the rock and healed those whom the
scrpcnls had bitten IN the wilderness.
After time the three trees iucorpO.
rated themselves with each other aud
became q single tree beneath which
David sat when he bowallcd his sins.
In the days Of Solomon the tree had
become the finest OF all trees, so was
cut down 10 assist N the building OF
the temple, But magic seemed to have
taken possession Of the wood, for
nothing which It was wanted to servo
for would answer until ut last Solo.
mon cast the tree over Cedron so that
all might trample on II as they crossed
the brook.
There II was discovered by the qnccn
OF Shebn, and she, recognizing lis vir.
tue, bad II raised II was then buried,
but the spot where II lay bccamc the
pool of leihseda and healed al the
sick who locked TO It. Whom the time
iof the caiclixlon drew near the beam
Of wood rose TO the surface and was
brought out OF the water, and when
the cxcrutlOncrs sought for q beam for
the cruas they discovered this and
found Tint It lifted their purpose. SO
lhe prophecy was fulfilled.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-27

stepped peas fried In butter with pep
per and salt, and eaten on nlldlent or
mothcrinc sunday, as the fourth sun
lay In Lent Is sometimes called. Palm
Sunday Immediately preccdes Passion,
week and Is so called from tld
branches Of palm trees strewn In our
Savlour's path at the time of his trl.
lmphnl entry into Jerusalem,
Pascl eggs are Easter eggs boiled so
hard that you can plvy at ball with
them dyed with vurlous coIors and
,fiwl having inscriptions or lNnd-
Scnprs llqlced upon them.
l,Hslcr rges symhOll2e the rcsurrec-
ton, AS one old writer says. "As the
bird imprisoned within the shell comes
Ia life aud liberty 1T the appointed
time, so did our Saviour on Easter
morning burst the gates Of the grave"
rle eggs were At FIRST dyed scarlet, IN
memory Of the blood Of Christ shed
upon the cross.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-27
pioneers To ho Entcrtainod.

At the next regular meeting of the
Dallas Woman's club the pioneer wom-
on Of the city will be entertained in
the club rooms in the Dallas library
building, 4 special program has been
arranged for the occasion and all pio-
neer women who came to Oregon prior
to 1870 are cordially invited to be pres,
ent The next meeting Of the club viii
be held April 6-h and prior to the en-
tertainment Of the pioneers II short
business session win be held beginning
at 30 o'clock.