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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01
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New Cure for Tetanus

The greatest scourge of the Flu ropean war is lockjaw. It has been announced that a new rhethod of treat inc this disease has been discovered bv Dr. Samuel J. Meltzer. The an nouncement was made by the Rocke- feller Institute for Medical Research, which has made an investigation of :wounded soldiers in Europe and has come to the conclusion that large number of, fatalities on the battlefield are due to- Atanus germs, which thrive in the highly cultivated soil of Flu rope.
 Dr. Meltzer created a sensation Tn medical circles in 1912, when he an- <nounced his discovery of new means of f>>srtificial respiration, called apharyngeal insufflation.' This method resuftsd at the time in the restoration to life ef a'young maa who was considered dead after taking an
 msose of morphine. >"Pharyngeal .l.! u. ltion" is nothing more than the use of rubber tube inserted in the patients windpipe, through which ar is pumped. The return current of ar passes between the outside of the tube and the inner walls of the windpipe, thus keeping up respiration by re- moving the carbon dioxide and re- plenishing the oxygen.
 The same method of treatment forms part of the new cure for teta- nus. The present method of treating tetanus consists of an injection of pfophylactic dose of anti-tetanus serum into, the -wopAded. Although soldiers in the trenches have been taught to inject the serum when sur geons could not reach the wounded men quickly enough, convulsions ire quently resulted and the wounded men died before the serum coulu eahe ei nfect. Dr. Meltzer discovered that the injection of solution of Epson salts into the spinal membrane would pro duce relaxation of the muscles fol several hours, which would be long enough for the serum to do its work However, the solution produced sucf complete relaxation of the muscles that breathing stopped. He then ap piled his discovery of artificial res piration.
 Twenty-Five pieces of the new ap paratus have already been sent t' Europe to be used by army surgeons The science of curing seems to keel pace, step by step, with the science of killing. The tetanus germ, onc' conquered, the loss of life in war vii De greatly decreased. Science has al ready reduced the deaths from dis eases not originating in wounds to minimum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01
 From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 4 LIVELY imagination and a facile
 "A tongue provided Mrs. Hilda Long \ a comfortable living at the expense Of charitable organizations and philan- tropieaIly inclined persons, but the big gest reward for her remarkable qualifica- tiors as a money getter came to her yes terday.
 Municipal Judge Sabath gave her years board and lodging without cost. The l2 months will have to be spent in the Bridewell, but attorneys in the case expressed the opinion that she would enjoy herseii. regaling her fellow rE's- ones with fairy tales She was sentenced for contributing to the dependency Of her three chiidrelL
 According te the statements In court Mrs Long imposed on tender hearts .with tales of her farm in Alabama" "a Judg- ment of s15.ooo against a railroad' for the death of her husband, and finally left prospective husband waiting for her Ill a railroad station.
 Attorney Robert Hogan conducted the prosecution and related some of Mrs. Lon 8 history as follows;
 "She told the officers of the Evanston branch of the volunteers of America that she. her hasbard, John F. Long, and their children hai been driven from their home in Georgia by floods, which de- stroyed their home there. The Volunteers of America interested the Evanston United Charities in the family, and 1t was not long until the family had a home, MT. Long had a job, and Mrs. Long was' to all outward appearances, harmless and peaceable housewife,
 Strife came. however, and soon MT. Long took two prolonged vacations from family duties When he returned he said he did not know where he had been. but later admitted that he had left his home to get away from his wife He left third time and was discovered in St. Paul and the United Charities sent his wife and family to him there.
 "Two welxs after Mrs. Long had beer CTS who had made arrangement for the trip sat down beside her in an Evanston moving picture theatre. Investigation proved that Mrs Long had obtained board and rocm free of charge, with al Evanston family upon representation that her husband had been killed while working for a railroad and that she wa. about to receive s50o0 from the company as damages. She also received loans from the family. Before any action could bt taken against her. however, she disap peared
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01
BIRMINGHAM CATCHES ON

From the Mobile Item.
 The city of Birmingham is likely to give the vacant lot cultivating idea a trial. Commissioner Ward of that city has called meeting of the executivs committee of the Home and School Gar den association to discuss the proposi- ton, and in doing so says: There are 5000 vacant lots in Birmingham that could supply the whole town with vegetables during the summer if people would get busy"
 Commissioner Ward evidently has the same idea as to the movement which some of Mobiles leading citizens have hit upon to solve, in part, at least the
 question of giving employment to the unemployed and at the same time heipine to reduce the household expenditures m the matter of vegetables. The Birming-
 ham organization, in it's efforts to inter est the school children in home garden ing, has distributed spring piantlhf
 charts at the schools and it is hoped os
 this plan to attract the youth in this direction. The idea Is not bad one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01
THE DOG
By Pliny.

By Pliny.
 Among the animals that are domesti- cated with mankind there are many circumstances that are deserving of being known Among these are more particularly that most faithful friend of man, the dog.
 We have the account of a dog that fought against band of robbers de- lending its master, and although it was would not leave the body, from which it drove away all birds and beasts.
 Another dog, in Epirus, recognized the murderer of its master in the midst of an assemblage of people and, by biting and barking at him, extorted from him a confession of the crime. A king of Garamantes, also was brought back from exile by 200 dogs, which maintained the combat against all his opponents. The people of Colo phon and Castabala kept troops of dogs for the purposes of war. These used to fight in the front rank and never retreat. They were the most faithful of auxiliaries and yet required no pay. After the defeat of the Cimbri their dogs defended their movable houses, which were carried on wagons. Jason, the Lycian. having been slain, his dog refused to take food and died of famine. o dog, to which Darius gives the name of Hyrcanus, upon the funeral pyre of King Lysimachus being lighted, threw itself into the flames. The dog of King Hiero did the same.
 Dogs are the only animals that are sure to know their masters. If they will recognize him instantly. They are the only animals that will answer to their names and recognize the voices of the family. They recollect road along which they have passed, however long
 it may be. Next to man there is no living animal whose memory Is so re- tentive. By sitting down on the ground attack, even when prompted by the most violent rage.
 In daily life we have discovered many other valuable qualities in this animal. It's intelligence and sagacity are more especially shown in the chase. It. dis covers and traces out the tracks of animals. leading by the leash the sportsman who accompanies it straight up to the prey Soon as ever it has perceived it. how silent it is, and how secret but significant is the indication it gives, first by the tail and afterwards by the nose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01
REGRET NOT ME

Thomas Hardy. in '.Lprics and Reveries."
 Regret not for me;
 Bereath the sunny tree lie uncaring slumbcrins peacefully. Swift as the light | flew my faery flight: Ecstatically moved, and feared no night. did not know That heydays fade and go But deemed thai what was would be al- ways so. l skipped at morn Between the yellowing corn. Thinking 1t good and glorious to he born. ran at eyes i Among the piied-up sheaves Dses ming T grieve not, therefore nothing 1 erieves. ! Now soon will come i The eppc, pear and plum And hives will sing. and autumn insects mum. l Again YOU will fare l To c:dei -malSings rare.
 And iunlxetil,gs but 1 shall not be there. l Yet gaily sing | Until the pewter ring 1 Those songs we sang when we vent gypsying, And lightly dance l Same triple-timed romance ] lii coupled figures, and forget nischancs; I And mourn not me Beneath tho yellowing tree; ' For I shsil mind not, slumbering neaee-
 fully
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01
Lady a. Subscription Agent

q read with much interest Tn the Lobby column of The Age-Herald Judge B. M. Aliens recent experience with a lady book agent" remarked a teller al the Birmingham Trust and Savings bank land I fully agree with him in his opinion that the female of the species is more effective than the male
 Ut was only recently that one Of these young lady agents paid our bank visit It was on Saturday after bank ing hours but the house was still open to the public. This young lady was quite charming and it was not long before she had the boys off their feet. so to speak. She was soliciting sub scriptions to a periodical called the Movie Pictorial but we hardly took the trouble to examine the publication so great were her charms. She was a blonde. and of the most attractive type. Several subscriptions were taken from our fellows. who proved most good na- tured and all resistance melted away quite easily before her charming and persuasive manner. She took each man in turn and succeeded in cabling him into a purchase.
 At length she arrived at my window. had observed her success with other members of the force; but had firmly resolved to resist her to the last ditch wasn't in the humor for any foolish : ness and besides was Husy. Therefore after the young lady had introduced herself to me I listened politely to her conversation but firmly declined to make purchase She persisted, how ever in her entreaties; so l called Young man who was not quite so busy and gave her an introduction to him. hoping thus to put an end to the ln- terview. But she even then would not relinquish my attention. Finally told her l would subscribe to her puplica- tion only on the condition that she kiss the young man ty whom had just made the introductioh and to whom she was a total starnger and to my frank as- tonishment my bruff was promptly lcalled and she secured my subscrip- tion."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01

s5000 to the French Red Cross bureau.
 No doubt they hoped that this will ing sacrifice would suffice and that their men would be spared. But the government administrator announced that the islands were expected to fur nish. a quota of 800 fighting men and preparations were made to secure the number. There are about 4000 people on the islands and out of that number only 300 could be found who were phys ically qualified for army service. There are many old men on St. Pierre and Miquelon, and there are men whose strength and vigor have been battered out of them by the cruel waves and so but these 300 fishermen all, of ages ranging from 20 to 42, the flower of manhood of the little islands, were taken across the breadth of the sea to those strange lands where the fighting rages. s ta ft4ss So the old men and the cripples and i the women of St. Pierre and Miquelon, work and wait and look out across the tumbling waves and wonder what the sea will return to them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01

The worlds supply of nitrate used in the manufacture of fertilizers. explosives and other chemicals, is now chiefly de- rived from deposits of sodium nitrate in the northern part of Chili. These deposits are vast in size and so much in excess of any probable demand that the devel- opment of smaller and more accessible ni- trate beds has been prevented. The Chil- ian deposits have one defect, however, according to the Engineering Magazine, which was brought into prominence by the European war The output is distrib- uted entirely by sea and steamers carry- ing nitrate have to make a long trip along open coasts. Although the present supply Is more than ample, in case of a war be- tween the United States and any power with an active fleet in the Pacific ocean the supply of nitrate would be cut off Tn that case the Uf.,cs.- States would have to rely on either local or other supplies of neutral potash or soda nitrates nitro- gen extracted from the air or nitrates manufactured from coal tar products. All of these methods are feasible and the cost not prohibitive, although under normal conditions they cost more than the Chil- ian supply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01
Thinking In Big Figures

There are men still in active busl- ness who can remember when mil lionaires were very few in number and when the multimillionaire was un- known.
 There were great merchants and great bankers in those days but they were not required to think in more than seven figures. Only Uncle Sam had to think in nine But during the past 25 years the amassing of stupen- dous fortunes and the development of vast corporate wealth have brought forward a generation of big financiers and men of saffairs-men of trained imagination-who think easily in nine figures and who participate in trans actions almost daily involving hun dreds of millions of dollars.
 Thirty-five years ago, when the late c. P. Huntington drew his check for about S1, 100000 for the initial pay ment on the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern ailroad-Louisville to Memphis-which he had just pur- chased, it was announced as a new hiph record in individual checking. That sum would seem to some of the bankers of today as a mere bagatelle. In one of the popular periodicals of last week appeared a signed story of absorbing interest entitled, Thinking in Nine Figures" It was narrated that young western man whose father. recently deceased, had left him fortune of $5,O00,000 He "cashed in" S996,O0O and went with this snug sum to New York for the purpose ot | forming connection with some high class banking concern. He started by offering the S996, ,000 for deposit with distinguished house having interna- tional connections. The Lead of the 1 institution-no an old man at all 1 told. tlha westerner as politely as pos sible that he was no longer opening small accounts; that he was closing out all small accounts except those of few old clients. He explained that his business was now confined chiefly to handling corporation funds and government loans. The young man was surprised-not to say stunned for he had an idea that the banker would jump at his $996,000, and thank him for entrusting it to him. That banking house, it seems, was in the habit of figuring" on $250,O 100000 1 loans, or words to that effect.
 The new federal reserve bank sys- tenn has curbed the power of the so- called money trust. But New York will not only continue to be the finan- cial capital of America; it is headed for the rank of the first financial center of the world.
 Congress makes billion dollar ap- propriations and the time will come when American railroads will be ready for billion dollar bond flota- tions. As civilization advances every thing relating to commerce and finance expands. The imagination must keep pace. The European war has already cost about $10,000, ,000- 000-twice as much as the Civil war of 1861-65 cost.
 It may be that young men now liv- ing will be called upon to grapple some
 day with 12-figure items. Nothing
 would be thought of it.
 But if we ever get up to the trillion
 dollar mark then people might pos
 sibly exclaim, "Just think of it!"
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01

BEGINNING THE DAY-o God, deliver me from the ugliness anu The meanness that nre ever presen' with me. May I do battle With sheh' may I flee from them, may ! smoth- CT them into silence, may l crown tkSm- out with the things or light And do Thou he my refuge and my strength. In Christ's name. Nmen' HI. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01
sr. p1UnRE AND MiaUELoN

From the C1eVeland FiaIH Dea1e1'
 The mailed fist has long reach It has clutched the little islands of St. pierre and Miquelon, southwest of Newfoundland. where the flag of the French republic still recalls the glories of French ascendancy in Canada, and marks the sole remaining possessions of France in North America.
 The iplands. fisher folk mainly. to --Aom the parent nation is scarcely
 re than a name and flag. are sorely
 2. tressed. They are loyal. these fisher-
 h. and while they are poor-after the
 nner of fisher folk-their hearts are I'm and their hands open. and out
 their slim store they have given
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01
DAWN ON THE MALVERN HILLS

From The Freelands, by John Gals
 worthy, in the March Scribner.
 Climbing at a great pace, he reached Malvern Beacon just as 1t came dawn, and stood there on the top, watching. Hc had not much aesthetic sense; but he had enough to be impressed by the slow paling of the stars over space that seemed infinite, so little were it's dreamy confines visible in the May morning haze, where the quivering crimson flags and spears of sunrise forged up in march upon th- sky. That vision of the English land at dawn, wide and mysterious, hard ly tallied with MT. Cuthcott's view of a future dedicate to Park and Garden City. While Derek stood there gazing, the first [larlz scared up and began it's bright praise. Save for that song, silence possessed all fine driven dark, right out to the Severn aud the seq. and the fla. sees
 Welsh hills. and the Wi sEA ina north black point in ra A'fi a moment dark and ligii N'4A clrng together Would vic
 into night or on Into da! hete ~ towia is taken, all was ov
 n,astering rush.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01
TOLD OF ALABAMA FARM

| .'she next appeared in Wheaton. where she lived for sometime at hotel, telling the proprietor that her bills would be paid in the nea- future when she expected to receive large pension, her husband having been killed recently in the Philip pine Islands. The government would set tie everything she said. Then she was gape.
 'She went ao Q hotel on the South Side. In the hotel lived many credulous Ger mans, Austrians and French On these people Mrs Long, with her ability to speak six languages, began to prevail for loans. She told them end also Att torney Eyrnm, whom she appointed her legal adviser, that she possessed s15,00o in cash, having recently received that amount from the Northwestern railroad in payment for damages sustained by the death of her husband, brakeman for that railroad.
 She further drew a pastoral picture of her Alabama farm. It was situated she said, on the banks of East Lake, close to the town of East Birmingham, near Birmingham. where she lived. She de- scrihed this beautiful farm in detail. add ing that 1t was well stocked with chick ens. turkeys and other fowl. and that if she he'd ] ma anager and few sturdy help CTS money and happiness could be found in this rural Utopia.
 ITO German waiter at the Blackstone hotel. who lived at her hotel she offered her hand in marriage and the position of managc, on the farm. To the brother of her prospective husband she offered S1ooo to start a pigeon farm in Kansas, project in which he had long been interested; to several others she held out radiant promises of money, happiness and health to be found on her Alabama farm, and frcm all she extracted loans. 1 Mrs Long went to the office of At torney James L. Bynum, where the judg- ment notes for the fulfillment of her promises were prepared. She brought her numerous friends with her. Their l baggage was in their hands; they were ready to start for Alabama and happi- ness.
 Mrs. Long asked Attorney Bynum to meet her at the First National bank. where she told him she would get the money to pay the notes The attorney waited but Mrs. Long did not appear Meanwhile she took her prospective hus- band ard his friends to the LaSalle street depot, ordered them to remain seated in the waiting room while she checked the baggage They waited in vain for her to returr, then found their baggage gone. | The charge against her contends she cannot tske proper care of her children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01

James H. Park, one of Pittsburg' best Enewn manufacturers and business men, vino has. recently returned to this coun- try after a residence of seven years in Dresden, is confident that the European war will finally result in victory for the Germans. Mr. Park says that Americans get no reliable news from Germany. as ell the press dispatches are colored when they pass through French and English channels. He declares that the Germans have been taught to believe by England that the United States government is un- friendly to them, and it will be years be- lore this feeling of enmity is removed. The Germans have been particularly aroused, he says, by statements circu- lated throughout the country that the United States government has given Eng land permission to fly the American flag on hef merchant ships Mr. Park is con, because of her vast resources He says ttat she now has 100000 soldiers who will have to be killed or captured before she quits fighting. This month 300, GOO ad- ditional men took the field. He estimates that there are at least 1,75O0O0 soldiers of the allies who are prisoners in va- rious parts of Germany. The Germans have food and ammunition for a year, he says, and have planted wheat on the soii they captured from France. MT. Park also states that Germany now has 250 sub marines and is building zeppelins at the same rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01

hcartening view but his observations, as quoted by the correspondent, were practical and altogether reasonable.
 No matter what changes may be made on the map of Europe Germany will retain high place in the scien- tific and educational work of the world; but when it comes to genuine optimism of the constructive kind France will start off well in the lead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01
\ cnEAT LITTLE NoTIcER

From the Merton, Wis, Review.
 Quite surprise was given John Pal mer when he went to bed one evening last week. He noticed something was out of place and soon discovered that six pigs had camped there for the night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01

The honest workingman of Birmingham continues to lose his temper every time the Sunday moving picture taboo is men toned His opinion of meddling parson is hardly fit to print.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01

The brains behind the armies of Europs are ir some cases 30 miles behind them which is a reasonably safe distance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01

King Albert of Belgium has received the plaudits of the world He is prob ably the only King on earth who could run for his office and be elected by a popular vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01

A professor says we sleep too much. If the majority of the people on earth didn't sleep at least third of their lives away, they wouldn't know what to do with so much spare time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Chicago wifi feel strange without Carter Harrison for it's mayor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01

Since the war in Europe began the stay at-home club has been greatly augmented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-01

The "iitney bus business of San Fran cisco has already reached alarming pro- portions However San Francisco is full of fair visitors.