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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
By FRANK G. CARPENTER

ny FAANA U. CARPENTER
 Copyright, 1915. by Frank G. Carpenter
 Pernambuco. I1N HE white coal of Brazili
 It has a potentiality of mill ISESSlENl lions of horse power and it gSs9J will eventually make this
 country great industrial empire. By white coal mean the great waterfalls. The country is full of them and almost every state has enor- nous possibilities in the way of hydro electric development. A general idea of Brazil is that the country is flat. The truth is it is made up of mountains and highlands, and even outside the Amazon it has some of the most won derful waterfalls of our hemisphere Many of the cities are already lighted and moved by such falls. This is so of Rio de Janeiro, whose lights can be seen by the steamers several hours before they come into the harbor Those lights are generated by falls 50 miles away ins the Organ mountains They are made by dam that SUD- plies something like 5O.OO0 horse power They not only light Rio, but they move it's tramways and they sup 9'' @Aei oitu PoWOi eo |aC SuiAouHu- ing country.
 These notes are written at Pernam- buco, not far from the mouth of the Sac Francisco river. That river has falls with a potentiality of more than 2,000,- 900 horse power, and concession has been granted to one company for the development of one-tenth this amount The first installation, I am told, is to produce 100000 horse power This is to come from the Paulo Alfonso falls, which are 15o miles or so from the mouth of the Sac Francisco river To get there you go from Pernambuco up the coast to the mouth of that river and then take small steamers and travel for a day until you reach a rail- road station, from which the trains take you to the tremendous canyon into which the river pours. The Sac Francisco has five branches, which unite above the falls, and then take a mighty leap over the black rocks of the canyon. The falls are 250 miles from the capital of the state of Bahia. They are in the heart of an undevel- oped empire. and one that may some day be great cotton plantation. The concession already granted is for 70 years. It will probably be followed by others.
 The city of Sac Paulo, the metropolis of southern Brazil, gets its electric power from the River Tiete. It comes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-12
Taking No Chances

From Tit-Bits.
 Owing to the shallowness of a certain harbor in the north, the ships trading to and from it have to be built with a light draught. Commenting on this fact one day. facetious individual remarked to the skipper of steamer:
 "T reckon, captain. you would think nott,pg of running your ship across meaNow on a dewy night@'
 Nothing at all came the reply: though, to make sure, l might send c man ahead with a watering can.'
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dustries.l pr Wagner suggested that the scientist and the manufacturer. two great factors of our economical life who have been standing aloof from each other, should be brought into closer relations. With this end in view, some of the great institutions of learn ing, including Columbia university, Syracuse university and the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology, will be represented at the Chemical societys meetings this fall and next winter. Doubtless this new feature will be fruitful in good results.
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The Chemists Opportunity

 From Leslie's.
 Now that the great war has shut off large supplies of dyestuffs and other chemicals formerly imported from abroad, the chemist has become more necessary than ever to the country's well-being. This lends additional in terest to the vigorous plea for higher appreciation of the chemist made re- gently by Dr. T. B. Wagner. chairman of the New York section of the Amer ican Chemical society The chemist. he said, does not as yet occupy in our commercial fabric a position in keep ing with his knowledge and the com mercial value of his services. Major po- sitions to which he is entitled by req son of business abilities and sound judgment are kept beyond his reach. Many European organizations have had extraordinary success, largely because their heads were selected from staffs of chemist managers and because of the confidence placed in the chemist. the facilities provided for his work and the ample rewards given him. To this policy Germany to a great degree has
 owed her leadership in chemical in
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As She Is Spoke

From Passing Show.
 British Tommy (somewhere in France)--Speak English, Moosoo?
 French Shopkeeper-But-y lee- tie, msieu.
 British Tommy-Righto. then give us 10 pounds of spuds, an arnce O baccy. a packet O flags and a box O lights, an be slippy!
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A RV OR EDDlIUR: Hennery Ford Is brlt6 ! WI shining exampul of what poor boy do Esy5FsN in this grate country. Henery from ob- Sss&1 skurrity to fame in fell swoop-as fell
 sweeper Hennery is theere, beleeve Genius is commun in Amerca-we have moor genuses to the square inch than enny uther country evver saw. We make spesiaty in geniuses, and Hennery is one of them. Hennery stands rite along side the fairy in the story of Sndereler and the slippers That fairy fairy-she could convurt mouses' ear to silk dress enny old time, and fig leeve into coach and four but she had nuthng on Hennery. Hennerr take sardine can and make limosine that will run dish watur Moor than that Hennery has maid barrels of reel mummy. Like all multy-myunares, according to tradision he had nuthing when he started exsept genius. don't know whethur he was born a farm in log cabin or not but If not, he certainly did overlook sumthing nope that Hennery was born that way otherwise he musses up perfectly fine preeseedent and he ought not to do 1t. If he born otherwise, hope that he won't mension itt is much bettur to let all of us beleeve that he had the reguason log cabin en- transe into sosiety rum Rural Route Mo- phase
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EW YORK, December 11.-(Spe- cial. al.)-Without the slightest de- sire to remind any one of an
 inevitable unpleasantness, it yet hecnmes A Yirtual necessity,
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It is only when you get close to the hores that you can study the Amazon
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HE white coal of Brazil!
 It has a potentiality of mill lions of horse power and it will eventually make this
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-24
Amusing.

Cholly-I was up at the ZOO yester- day watching the monkeys. It was awfully amusing. J
 Mae-I dare say It was-for them.-- St. Louis POst-Dispatch.
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Copyright, 1915, by ksslsy ;4aney Syndicate

the tooi, supply and camp equipage for the men. As a consequence the essentials of camp life had to be borne sometimes on the mems backs.
 It was noticed that the stock fared somewhat better on the high dry ridges, where the grass was so sparse that 1t appeared almost negligible.
 The six surviving horses were sold on Tamarack creek. some of them would not have been able to walk to Ruby, even without their packs. ..
 In speaking of the matter, George L. Harrington, geologist of the party, said the horses kidneys seemed to become affected. He mo- ticed that some of the men also experienced symptoms of that kini and suspected that creosote in the water, caused by former brush fires, contributed to the trouble.
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HORSES COULDN'T SUBSIST
 ON DIET NATIVE GRASSES

Rdby Record-Citizen, Sept. 4: Tn members of the geological survey who arrived in Ruby from the htn- terland this week are not enthusia- astic over the grazing advantages of the areas which they traversed In fac. they aver that the horses of the outfit exhibited symptoms of starvation-or perhaps malnutrition is the better word while pasturlng in beautiful, waving grass up to the top of their backs. All the ami mals went into a rapid decline and three out of a total of nine gave up the ghost for no other apparent reason than that they could not derive sufficient nourishment from the wild fodder to sustain life.
 As the horses shrunk in flesh they expanded in the barrel. After a while they took on the form of inflated, hide-covered skeletons, and gradually became too weak to sustain the immense load they ac- cumlated in the vain effort to ac- quire sustenance, to say nothing of
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BENEFITS US AS WELL
(ContInued from page 2l

ASOAS4AGOO A4OAA pIAGN ~
 kon river is the great artery of commerce for five months out of the year. Realizing this, we have secured an annual grant for the re- moyal of Instructions in the Yukon river. We have this grant this year and it is now being used to dig a new channel through Kirk man bar. If we did not have this money this year the boats would have been hung up a month ago, as the water was so low the could not cross this bar. Following this same policy, we have subsidized a boat to make regular trips to the Stewart river, thereby assisting the miners of that district in develop iug that territory. Again Tealiz- ing the importance of cheap trans portation, we found the money that was necessary to remove certain obstacles in the Kluane river. Now this has been done and boats may ply from the Yukon up the White and into Kluane lake. This will cut the freight charges to the Kluane country in two, and opens up a vast inland empire to the prospector. Following along the same line of policy, we have paid the the fares of prOspectors who have gone into the stewart valley above the falls, where an area Of 12,OOO square miles lies in practically a virgin state. We have also paid the fares of pros pectors going into the Upper Pelly country, the government in every instance requiring that the pros pector who goes must have at least
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one years outfit. If party of prospectors with an outfit is Re- sirous of going to either of these outlying regions, the government will provide transportation. In this way we are assisting in developing the natural resources of the coun- try, and to the same end we had two of the engineers of the in terior department come here this summer to measure the water pow CTS of the Yukon. This they have done and we shall know when the report is issued how much energy can be created from the water powers on the Yukon river and it's tributaries"
The daily Alaskan., 1915-09-24
OLD MAN HARE

The Actors Meeting With GiadsSoHS
 Outside tho Thsater.
 John Hare, the eminent English ac- tor-manager, said that the mosS de- lightful compliment he ever received was from MT. Gladstone. It was dou- ble ended compliment. Whichever way you took 1t 1t was satisfactory.
 MT. Hare earned fame playing old mems parts, hiB character as Mir. Gold by in "A Pair of Spectacles" being e good example. Added to this was Q horror of having his picture taken. r.
 MT. Gladstone had never seen pic ture of the actor, but he knew him well behind tho scenes as well as be- fore the footllghts. The premisTB far vorite play was "A Pair of Spectacies," and he always went behind the scenes to chat awhile with the aetor. The really old man and the made up old man would sit there and talk in the most delightful way for an hour after the show.
 One day the Earl of Rosebery had MT. Gladstone to dinner, and he also invited his friend John Hare. Theoac- tor came in smooth shaved. looking about thirty-hve. He was presented to Mir. Gladstone, and the prime minis ter shook his hand most cordially and said:
 My dear sir, I am very, very glad to meet you. know your father very, very we'll Splendid actorI Fine old manr'
 It took the whole evening for the earl and Mir. Hare to convince him that this son was really the fatheE.-- ToodOn TatIer .rr-r.-sf
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DON'T OVERLOOK
 THIS
A Careful Perusal VIII Prove Its
 Value to Every Alaskan Reader

The average man is doubter, and there is little wonder that this is 80. Misrepresentadons make people skeptics. Here is proof which should convince every Alaskan reader.
 E. B. Kain, 2235 J. St., Eureka, Cal, gays: For almost a year l suffered from weakness in my back My condition was very poor and l was unable to stoop without having sharp, knife-like pains in the small of my back. At night the pains bothered me greatly and made 1t al- most impossible for me to sleep. l also had some trouble with the kidney secretions, the passages be- ing too frequent. The first box or Doan's Kidney Pills brought great relief and before long the trouble was removed"
 Price soc, at all dealers. DonH simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that MT. Kain had. Foster-Mtlburn Co.,, Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
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For all fine fabrics use LUX. 10c box at Kellers. 1T.
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Row Syndicate Building II built under
the proposed law and a duplicate OF tine
Wuulworth Building would have 10 be
cut down by many stories. The tower
too would have to be set back from the.
building line.
Some other buildings would have
made interesting illustrations of the ex-
IRENE workings of the proposed ordi-
nance. but the streets where they stand
ar" so narrow that even photographs
were not TO he had. For instance, En-
change place, which is from 20 to 30
feet wide. has buildings on II from l04
10 1921 feet high. Future buildings on
this street would be limited to 100
feet in height, with setbacks OF one foot
for every four IN height, so that unless
the structure stood on 4 plot of unusual
size by the time it was up 20 200 feet
in height the floors would he so small
as To make them useless
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SKYSCRAPERS STILL POS

being per cont. of the area for each
story.
In order to Illustrate the ~hecf of
90" hc,-h, limiting part of tho ordi-
nance the city mas had photographs
mad. of many of the principal sky
scrapcrs, which have been marked tu
show how the proposed regulation
would apply 80 each east. some Of
these pictures are reproduced here.
The building on the icft les IRE new
Adams Building at 81 broadway. II Is
cited 10y the building Heights Com
mittcc as the most notable example al
what they would prohibits. This build
ing fronts on broadway. Exchange
alley and Trinity place. the widest of
which. Broadway is 20 feet The struc-
turo rises 42l feet above the sidewalk.
Under The proposed law its maximum
sheer height would be- 30 feet after
which the walls would have to he placed
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Iohn R Mcmahon Helps
You to Decide in the
Following Article---I
Has Been Confronted
With the Same Prob
lem..Ii las Learned New
York Is Richer in Sub
urbs Than Many Cities
Il, JouN u. MCMAHON.

T-HEEE is hardly any rational JOY
COMPARABLE to a scouting eNpe-
u,uu 10Y = nome.
~, orchestra ~ hopes plays sucn
.,.lelrl' accompaniment in the
- background ~ Wagner never
,.,,r,.d TN. home instinct is yet
.'.h,, uthin MS. despite the smother
,4..,s III Hat lfc and nomadic
So .rs,. .s the pleasure Of scouting
"a homo that it is hardly advisable
IN, voting man engaged to be mar
ed t, take his hancce upon the eN-
alton To add dcurium to Joy may
ga. mixture. OF course. after
-. Young man has located two or three
-o,d places. q viii bc necessary to have
-,r r.r, Thorn over and pass final
Judgment.
New York is rich i'm suburbs. You
IN take your choice Of mountain or
ya.,cv ..t coast or inland plain. You
NAV tr,y. out twenty minutes or an
rour become part Of an exclusive COM
-pu,t, WncA boasts theatres, clubs.
..r., shops and ornate mansions, or
.ou MAY drop into hamlet which has
HANGED little since the time George
WASHINGTON slept in the local tavern.
There are al sorts OF Eradations be-
80 en the two extremes. one who
Hl. nu. investigated would hardly
rcd. tho vast amount OF virgin coun-
Nv within twenty-five miles Of New
York 81 the population NJ New York
IL, cuud be- spread out on II. giving
each family % good sized plot Of ground.
!, mus, bo confessed that commuters
are somewhat like other folks and
H5cs 20 .he built mp and developed Sec
tons The except onal home seeker
strikes uu, INTO the great unknown
and being exceptional is usually highly
satisfied with the results Of his pioneer
~
O. PAYS 10 look about There was
man who spent $3.50 in carfare and
nci1eu'1'> -"archiug Gotham's suburhs
FOR home. lie was hard to satisfy.
-hoIch h.s time and money were prob
al. we'll spent Tine average seeker
csn save himself many bootlcss trips
IS determining firstly Just about what
he wants and then obtaining all pos
she Information before setting out.
tpar' from tho actual advantage OF a
h1rou-h scouting there is a sat .sfac-
'.or when YOU lave at last chosen a
home. ln the assurance that YOU have
49, good obs or better than anything else
10 The ,'y- circuit
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one foot back FOR every four feet in
height. After the 300 foot limit Is
reached "a tower might rise 20 any
height provided IL covered no more than
ouc-uudrtor Of the entire plot and stood
al least 30 feet back from the building
lines
The next picture, that Of the Metro
politau Life building, shows that the
structure is well within the require
mcuts pf the ordinance Since that
structure fronts ON park its outside
walls could lee built 10 a height of 800
t"yt. but the tower would hay, to stand
back from the building line. The new
Municipal building itself is ono ~ che
buildings winch exceed the limits Of the
ordinance. This structure would lose
its top story under the proposed rcguia-
tons, for though il fronts on a PARK
70 exceeds the goa foot limit. Several
stories would have to come oil the Park
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d GILDING of skyscrapers In New
ID York viii not cease even though
recommendations Of the Building
Heights Committee are enacted into Law.
SIyscrapcrs Will he prohibited on narrow
streets. but on wider roadways open
squares, parks and marginal ways a
sheer height Of 800 feet still will be- per-
mitted, with towers to any height which
do not cover more than one-fourth Of
the building plot
In general thes are the limitations
which have been recommended and on
which the Board Of estimate and the
Aldermanic Building Committee are now
hearing argument.
Street walls may rise to a height
twice the width of the street. after that
they must he set back one foot later
ally for every four feet of height.
The restriction for the height 81
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you wish to know. The distance be
tween lines is twenty feet SO that If
there are ten contour lines on an inch Of
map space that means a rise OF 200 feet
in one mile.
1t should he borne in nd that elcva-
ton does not always guarantee choice
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these maps with the zeal Of a member
of the General staff?
The figures on the curving or zigzag
contour lines give the elevation In feet
above sea level. Where there are no
figures you can trace a line from a
Inquired point to spot whose elevation
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and don't gain by overloaded Ornamental
ton. But maybe the pampered city
man needs 1t in order to get him out
Of his cave and into the bracinE and
wholesome out OF doors.
Now for our own lightning survey
OF the suburbs
Long Island has mostly low, sandy
ground except along the north shore,
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as an elevation considerably greater.
n Is assumed the scientific scout fol-
lows hi. map study with q course IN
go lruld time tables and a selected read
ing n the roSeair literature of suburban
real estate. Why much of that Utera-
wr, should he $50 roscatc, after the style
of Pope and Dryden. rs a sort of mys-
terry Thu facts are usually good enough
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westchestcr's VARIETY.

In the great suburban region mort
OF New York, which includes Wa;
chester county and a slice of Connect.
cut. there X a wide variety OF landscap
from the low borders of Long Islam,
Sound to the rugged hills OF the Hud
son. The elevation Is from nothing ?,
600 feet or more, the general rise bein.
toward the northwest. The graniteliL.
rocks OF the central and western par
may discourage the amateur garden,
at first sight while they cheer the ARCH
tect and the devotee Of the picturesqu,
Those who like their salt water curbc,
OF boisterousness and chances OF oyster
Ing. fishing and motor boating. tosethc
with an unsurpassed electric train SCI
vice, will scout along the route OF tn
New Haven Railroad from Pelham Manor
to Stamford. The latter is forty mile
out Nearer places along the Sound
are New Rochelle, Larchmont. Mamaro
neck, Harrison, Rye and Port Chester.
The green and smiling rusticity Of the
central Westminster region is ap-
preached by the Harlem railroad, which
runs through Mount Vernon, Bronxvllls
Tuckahoe, Sclrsdale, Hartsdale and
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Continued on Fourth Pogc
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-25
Fees for Easy
Diporce zcith q "Rake-Of"

AT this point. graft enters. LugalShag. Engur
who was "patesi." King OF Lagash and whose
reign began about 300 B. c.. finding himself short
OF funds and realizing that will pay to get rid
OF his wife more cheerfully than he will foot any
other kind Of tax. decided repenish his treasury
by making a rake-of divorce fees. Accordingly
he issued decree that divorce could be secured by
paying shekel to the temple priest, one shekel
to the grand vizier-this to ensure against the
temples pocketing the fees and not letting the state
know-and FIVE shekels for the crown This In
genious little device built the royal treasury IN
hurry
During the reign Of the succeeding monarch, King
Enkhegal, when "StlenWinged Bird" fourshed, this
tax still in force. The king not such fool
as not to suspect that his officials of the granaries
and the treasury cheating him. But, owing to
the wisdom OF the treasurer In working the divorces,
the possible anger Of the king Modified by the
cash down. The large that It almost
ruined the chief inspector, but he had under.
standing With the treasurer the impoverished official
soon recuperated his finances from the granares The
treasurers five shekels OF course. came out OF the
public taxes.
After time the lady's interest waned and she de.
cided to return to her first love- for whom she had
really cared. The king heard Of her intention and
summoned her to the palace silent. Winged Bird OF
the Night" knew how to make the most OF op.
portunity. and the monarch had a keen eye for
beauty. The divorce secured with the royal
'SilentWnged Bird of the Night" with her leopards
and Circassan boys. moved to another courtiers
palace From that time forward whenever the king
got hard up he could always raise five shekels Of
gold by sending word to the lady that II time for
her to secure another divorce. And always Silent
Winged Bird protected the chief inspector. keeping.
as It were, official residence there. When at last
she died, old but still beautiful, her death
occasion OF public mourning, for matter how
much she had used her charms to win divorce fees
for the king. she had always used her power
the burdens of the poor. Not until hundred years
later the divorce evil finally put down by Uruka.
gina who declares In the famous Code B" that the
abuse had become great that divorce could be
secured at any time by bride to the officials, and
that In consequence the obligations Of marriage
longer respected.
With the demise OF "Sent-winged Bird of the
Night" the divorce graft became hard to work Find.
ing divorce costly, fewer people married This did
not necessarily diminish the birth.rate but II did de-
plete the royal treasury. Something had to be done.