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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
OFF HIS GUARD

From the Washington Star.
 A detective, in Young Mems Chris tan association lecture in Duluth on crime detection said:
 "The criminal can't be always on his guard, of course WclL when he's off his guard. then he gives himself away, like the bank clerk. you know.
 "A bank clerk was having his for tune told a church fair. The pretty fortune teller, holding the young mans hand in hers, said:
 Beware of dark woman!'
 "'Black Maria! gasped the bank clerk, and he turned as pale as death.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
HOTEL LOBRIES
Bright outlook for the Fair

We will have a great fair in oeto- ber," said President R. A. Brown of the State Fair association!
 The agricultural exhibits will be larger and more varied than in any previous year and reports indicate that the crowd of out-of-town visitors will be unusually large.
 Birmingham attracts many visitors at all seasons but those who come only once a year choose fair week as the time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
ON DEAF EARS

From the Pensacola Journal.
 The president of the National German American alliance suggests that we tear' up the Declaration of Independence and swear allegiance to King George. He might, with profit, read over that oath of allegiance which he took and then try loyalty to the United States for a change
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
HARD UP FOR A FIGHT
rom the Macon News

From the Macon NeWs.
 Having nothing else to quarrel about for the time being. which in itself is wonder ful, in view of the fact that the two papers have been in bitter wrangle for several years, the Nashville Banner ie now in a controversy with the Nashville -Tennessean over the proper use of the verb ''wend" in its past tense. And it looks to us like both papers went out of their way to get a bone to pick on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
APPROPRIATE COSTUME

FTOm tne Macon NeWs.
 Fashion has decreed that women shall wear trousers this year when they go fishing, riding, aviating or shooting. And men, no doubt when they play croquet and rock, dance the hesitation, and go rowing on the lake will be expected to wear those low-necked, blousy shirtwaists with flowing tie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

BEGINNING THE DAY My Father, I nm glad to work with my hands. But enable me to keep my mind clear and strong, that when my hands fail, shall work with subtler tools of thought. And, Lord, keep my spirit clean, that when my mind wavers I shall yet have the subtlest of all the tools-fRith, hope, love. In Christ's name. Amen.-H. NJ. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
THE ONE BEST BET

From the Beaumont Enterprise.
 All this talk about presidential possl- bilities for 1916 is entirely out of place. Woodrow Wilson is the only presidential possibility in the United States until after he shall have served his second term,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
PLENTY LEFT

From the Louisville Courier-Journal. Nervously looking through the directory we find that if Henry James does make a near Englshman of himself. we shall still have columns of Henry Jameses in America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
WELL INFORMED.

There goes a man who has delved deep in Roman history" ! An authority on the subject, eh?'
 Sure He knows more about Julius Caesar than the average voter knows about his congressman"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
AND A WRIST WATCH

From the Macon News
 A boy out in Oregon has beat the girls making biscuit in a cooking contest. Haven't seen his picture. but bet he wears one of those middy blouse things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
THE REAL REASON

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 The military critics give various reasons why the Germans captured Warsaw, but be believe the real explanation is the fact that Grand Duke Nicholas couldn't take if with him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
PROPER sUGGEsTION
From the Macon News.

From the Macon NeWS.
 Colonel Roosevelt suggests as the title for an appropriate song for American women, 'I Didn't Raise My Girl To Be a Mother" Suits us, and, by the way why not get his daughter who married Longworth to write the music for it?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

Now that the ayiators have learned how to loop the loop, do the spiral glide and the death drop and also fly upside down with ease, originating new "thrill'' calls for deep study.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
nssssssssssss,
A SENSIBLE WOMAN.

A very able satirist
 Was moaning in distress. He said his latest published work, Just issued from the press, Contained so many errors that No one knew what he meant Well. then. you're safe,'' his wife re-
 piled,
 50 why not be content?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

At any rate. German submarines will never be able to fill up the ocean with torpedoed ships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

Why not turn over the qualification of Mexico to the Texans? They seem willing to undertake the job
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

American authors need new words, ac- The writer should read some of the late dialect stories purporting to be located in Missouri.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

"A national debt is a national blessing"
 said Edmund Burke. That being the case, 1t will take the European nations a long time to count their blessings"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

The Wisconsin eugenics law has been
 amended and made more liberal A con- cession to Cupid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

Having the state legislature in session is just about as pleasant for the average Alabamian as case of prickly heat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

Chicago's lake steamers are being tested
 for stability. Why is an unstable boat ever launched?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

If a few thousand marines could settle affairs in Mexico. there would be no ex- cuse for waiting longer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

The fighting in the Dardanelles is of the desultory sort which calls for small head lines and brief mention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

Maybe the Kaiser is counting on spend- ing Christmas in Paris. a pleasure denied him last Christmas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
REvERBERATING

From the Washington Star When Woodrow Wilson's typewriter gets into action. it's click is heard around
 the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

The Poles don't like the Russians and care but little for the Germans How eyer for the past 150 years the wishes of the Poles have not been consulted by European powers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

It is reported that the Federal league will try 10 cent baseball. That's the kind We often get for 50 cents and a dollar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

Some observers say the belligerents are languishing. Yet. the Germans are show ing more pep every day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
PATHETIC YEARNING.

Al fitIiC T HnzaIs4VlINN' For r years I've been a straphanger on this road"
 And you have no complaint to maker" None in particular. although 1 have often wished that could see what the scenery looks like"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

It is now up to the western battle line of the allies to show it's mettle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
CURED.

"Dolblay had a costly experience in Wall street. But it was worth the price. He hasn't been back since"
  benefit of this average price" and whether the producers will do their part He Is confident that they will and that "the cotton tragedy of 1914 will be succeeded in 1915 by nothing more seri- GUS than a drama"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

The public hanging at Starkville, Miss. was in every sense of the word gala
 event.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

Anchorage is the name of new boom town that has been established on the southern coast of Alaska as a basis for the governments $35 O00, 600 railroad. It is port of entry and will not be abandoned after the railroad Is finished. It is already lots more than HOO were offered and about 600 were disposed of. for which the government received s15e,O0o There will be another sale next month. A large increase in population Is expected by that time. According to the report of the army officer in charge, the force em- ployed by the government will soon num- Der 20o0 men. The preliminary work at Anchorage will consist of docks, storage facilities, houses for the employees and similar structures. Food supplies and building materials are being shipped in A newspaper has already been estab- lished. Anchorage will not boom as the old-time mining camps did, but it's growth will be supervised and directed by army officers. The officer in charge of the railroad enterprise is lieutenant of cavalry. The chairman of the Alaska road cimmssion, which constructs the wagon roads and trails, is a colonel of infantry
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

fore tight times will be sobering up.
 Huntsville Daily Times: Winning " while the other fails has been a motto that has kept Huntsville as a city forg- ing to the front. She has been progress ing and Is growing now at a good old substantial gate that will some day make Birmingham a glittering suburb. We are here with tine goods and are delivering them. That's why.
 Troy Messenger: The Steel corpora ton gains are looked upon in Bir- mingham as an indication of business improvement.
 Tuscaloosa News: Farmers who planted early peas and potatoes, as well as early corn, are now living from this years crop. Most of us have noth- ing to help out on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
MAKING MEDICINAL OIL

Warsaw is now acquiring "kultur" at first hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
A DIRE THREAT.

q know man married to a woman who hasn't single living relative"
 "Finel He certainly can't have any trouble with her relatives if they are all dead.''
 q don't know about that. Every time they have a spat she threatens to visit a spiritualist and call up two or three of the most cantankerous ones.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

If it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly.
 -Macbeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
NEW TYPE OF TROPICAL.

NEW TYPE OF PRoDIGAL.
 'rhe people in his home town said he never would amount to anything" back and paid off the mortgage on the old home place, or did something of that sort.''
 "No. The old home place wasn't mort gagged. He went back and demoralized his good old parents by giving them a high-power automobile. Now they are the worst speeders in town
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
ALABAMA PRESS

Dothan Eagle: Cotton is beginning to come in and it won't be many days be- fore tight times will be sobering up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10
COTTON PROSPECTS NOT so BAD

COTTON PROSPECTS NUT SO BAD
 From the New York Journal of Com
 merce.
 MT. Harding of the federal reserve board, who may be regarded as in d sense representative of southern inter- ests in that official body, has made a study of the cotton situation and It's financial needs. and has contributed a report upon the subject to the monthly bulletin of the board. In this he pre- sents rather favorable view of the prospects of the new crop ESQ far as marketing 1t is concerned. He reviews tine difficulty encountered this last year in disposing of the unexampled yield of nearly 100000 bales with foreign trade badly interrupted by the war in Europe, and concludes that 'even in the face of all the adverse condi- tions during the last 12 months the average price of cotton has been about what might have been expected for a 1 900, ,000-b bale crop had there been nc war"
 MT. Harding finds there has been a reduction of about 5,000.000 acres in the American cotton acreage this year and that radical reductions have also been made In Egypt and India. He considers 1t probable that the worlds supply, based upon an average yield per care will be about 5,0O0,000 bales less than last year, and he does not look for any serious curtailment in the consumption There is hardly any one product SC widely employed as material for goods of almost universal use. Cotton. oi which nearly two-thirds of the world s supply is grown in our southern states most the whole of the -habitable globe The industry of manufacturing is more concentrated, but it is rather readily expanded and contracted in different civilized countries Even If it is largely | suspended in Germany and Austria Hungary, into which it Is difficult tc get a supply of the raw material, il is actively kept up in Great Britain and France and in Italy as well as neutra. countries. where the industry is stimu. lated rather than otherwise. The price
 of the cotton is high in Germany and Russia and some other countries where
 the supply is short. The domestic con. sumption in this country has increased
 MT. Harding says there is warehouse
 capacity in the southern states fol | 9,664,0 bales and the actual position is so much stronger than that of veal ago, the financial and other conditions are 50 very much more favorable, thai
 there can be no doubt that if the soutl
 will keep cool and will refrain from
 merely weakening it's own position b,
 unwise action. the present nervousness regarding the market for the growing crop will soon disappear" He say'
 there Is every reason to believe tha
 the average price of cotton during thu next 12 months will be higher. The req
 question is whether the southern mer. chants and bankers and others inter ested in southern trade will "co-operat, in securing for cotton producers thu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-10

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala. rostofflce as second class matter un- der act of Congress March 3. ISis.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-04-09

cellent as snap beans" The tender
cowpea pods a be cooked like string
beans, the underripe peas shelled and
cooked like green peas or green
beans, while the dry peas may be used
in various ways for making soups,
croquettes, f%ritters, and other dishes.
Food Value of the Peanut.
The peanut, which is a bean or pea,
like seed but not a nut, is generally
eaten as a sort of CONNECTION all owe
the United States. It's tru food val
ue, however, is not properly appreci-
ated. Peanuts when made into pea
nut butter are available for use in
sandwiches, salad dressings, and soup.
They contain a large amount of both
protein heterogeneous materially and
fat and are nutritious. Peanut butter
of superior quality may be made cas-
lily as it is wanted and at little cost.
The manner of making it is simple:
The roasted nuts need only to be
silelled and put through a meat chop
per which will grind them very fine.
Grains Sometimes Served as vege.
tables.
0A WI
although generally not classed as veg
etables, are very often used as such,
as, for instance, boiled rice, ma%caroni.
hominy, fried mush, and oatmeal frit.
tiers.
Cereals do not possess very distinc.
tive tavors, SO 1t is a common prac.
tice when using them in this way, to
season the dishes highly with cheese,
with tomato, green pepper, onion, etc..
or else to cook the dishes in ways
which will give flavor, as, for in
stance, by browning in fat. Rice
cooked with tomatoes, macaroni with
cheese, and noodles seasoned with
fried onions, are familiar examples of
w~ell-seasoned cereal dishes made
tasty by the use of seasoning, while
rice croquettes, mock oysters (made
Of oatnieaij, fried musil, and fariTa
fr1tters are examples of food made
savory by browning in a pan in deep
fat.
Corn serve in more forms as a
vegetable food than perhaps any 9TH
er grain. The Mexican uses the corn
husk to wrap the combination of corn,
meat, and seasoning known as ia
ale Like cracked corn or hominy.
the hulled corn or I've hominy is used
not only as a breakfast cereal but also
as a vegetable.
But the sweet or green corn is most
used as a vegetable and is one Of
those most highly esteemed in Amer.
lea. The ears are roasted or boiled
and served on the cobs; or the raw or
boiled corn is cut from the cob and
stewed or fried or may be cooked in
many ways in combination with beans,
tomatoes, potatoes, fritters, ETC., or
served in soups or salads in corn pud.
d1ngs or in many other ways. Corn
cut from the cob is sometimes used
in making pickles or relishes. The
very young cobs are also picked
whole.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-04-09
British Army's Black Bands.

At one time much of the music
played tt enliven British troops was
furnished by black bandsmen. These
were first attached to the army in the
seventeenth century, owing to one of
the guards bands having refused, in
a body, to play at an entertainment
organized by the officers. AS none of
the men were attested, they could not
be punished for naturalization, SO
the officers petitioned the duke OF
York, then commander-in-chief, that
bandsmen should in future be made
subject to military law. To this the
duke would not agree, but he brought
over from Hanover for the guards a
complete German military band, which
included negro players of the bass
drum, cymbals and triangles. Nearly
every regiment in the service has.
tened to reorganize it's band, engaging
colored performers for all percussion
Instruments. Down to 1S41 the band
Of the Scots Guards included a negro
musician.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-04-09
THESE SALT MINES FAMOUS
Many in Galicia That Have Been
Worked For as Long a Time as
Seven Centuries.

Many of the worlds most famous
salt mines are in operation in Galicia.
Those at Wieliczka have been worked
for nearly seven centuries. at one time
being a principal source of revenue
for the Polish kings. Railroads are
not permitted to run near them lest
their vibrations result in cave-ins.
Within these mines are a labyrinth of
~salt-hewn streets and alleys, lined
with pillared churches, staircases, res.
taurants, shrines, and monuments.
Nearly W thousand workmen are en-
ployed in the salt mines, working In
eight-hour shifts. The damp, salty
atmosphere seems to shorten their
days; but even at that they do not ap-
pear unhappy, in spite of the small
wage of twenty cents a day they are
paid. There are little lakes in the
mines. sometimes thirty feet deep,
which are navigated by ferryboats.
Many of the little ponies which draw
the cars over the tiny salt railway
have not seen the light of day for gen.
erations, and are born blind.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-04-09
Lastjno Window Polish,

There is an art in washing windows,
and If they are properly polished the
operation need not be repeated for a
long time. A really good polish will
survive several transforms and will
only require the dust to be removed
occasionally with a dry cloth. The
inside of the windows should be
washed with tepid water. without soap
or powder of any kind, rubbed dry
with chamois and polished with cheese.
cloth. A solution for cleaning the out.
side should be made from n ounce
of pulverized whiting, M ounce Of
grain alcohol, Ill inc Of liquid dm-
monia and a pint of water. Spray the
window with clear water to remove
surface dirt. and apply the solution
with a soft cloth. Let this dry on.
Afterward polish with cheesecloth or
tissue paper. If the glass has been
badly scratched, a filling may be ap-
piled. This consists of an ounce OF
white wax dissolved in ~turpentine. It
should be applied before the polishing.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-04-09
GambIin' Man Led to Repentance.

During the recent revival in EbeneZeI
chapel Goat Simmons, the gambling
man, "came through" amid a thunder
u concomitant Of triumphant hosan'
mas. He sprang to his feet with a loud
shout and Immediately tumbled down
in a fit on the floor, where he postured
and gyrated like an unfortunate toad
in the embrace of a hot cornpopper
An especially animated squirm sent
a couple of dice flying from the pocket
Of the g%roveling wretch, to be followed
a moment later by another which
caused a deck of cards to be widely
scattered.
"Hallelooyer!" shouted good old
Parson Bagster. Its de sin OATS bein'
sfluck out'n our sufferin' hrudder!
Shake him ag'in, Lawd!-shake him
twell all de sin am purged fun him!"
Oats right, Lawd!" yelled Brother
Bogus. keep on uh-shakin' de scamp
twell he rattles out dem two dollahs he
won off'n me at de lodge last night
Kansas City Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-04-09

Marvel of TRAINING.

Rose had called on her afternoon
out to see her friend, Arabella. Ara
bella's mistress had just purchased a
parrot, and Rose was much interested
in the bird.
Birds is shore sensible" she OBJ
served. You kin learn them anything.
! ulster work for a lady that had a bird
in a clock, an when it was time to tell
de time oh day it ulster come out an
say cuckoo, jest as many times as
de time was"
Go along. Yo' doan say So" said
Arabella, incredulously.
Shore thing" replied Rose, "and
de mos wonderful part was dat it
was only a wooden bird, too."-Har-
per's.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1915-04-09
Fear Eskimos Slew Priests

Advices received from Mackenzie
river valley in the Arctic circle by
the Catholic authorities here caused
serious alarm among friends for the
welfare of Rev. Father Jean Baptiste
Rouviere and Rev. Father Guillaume
LerouX, Catholic missionaries.
1t is reporter they have been muir
dered by Eskimos in the vicinity of
Bearslake, 100 miles east of Port Nor
man. They have been engaged in that
field for several years.
News comes to Rev. Father Allard,
the Archbishop's secretary. in a letter
brought from the Arctic Red river and
written by. Rev. Father Jules M. Lee
cuyer, Catholic missionary at that
point. The letter was written on Jan.
larry IS.