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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
Climate Does Not Change
From Willis Isbister Mnham's Boo

From Willis Isbister Milhams Book
 on Meteorology
 The question of constancy of the climate must be discussed for three diff ferent time intervals; first. has the eli mate remained constant during the re- cent past. say the last hundred years; secondly, has the climate remained con stant during the historic times, say the last TOGO years; thirdly. has the climate remained constant during recent geo. logic ages. say the last 1o.OOo.ooo years?
 There are many stations where mete crological observations have been made for more than a hundred years. In fact a few records cover more than 300 years. Based upon these observa- tions. the statement can confidently be made that the climate is essentially the same now as it was many years or even a hundred years ago This is largely contrary to popular belief. It means that taking one year with an other the snowfall is just as large now as then. It means that sleighing lasts just as long now as then. It means shat the winters are no milder now than then. It means that the sum mers are no hotter now than then.
 The constant statements by the old CT people, that the climate is different now than it used to be when they were younger. are due to the tendency to magnify and remember the unusual while the ordinary Is forgotten. Thus, in time, it Is only the unusual snow fall or the extremely low temperatures that are we'll remembered, and uncon- sciously the abnormal has thus been substituted for the normal. These state ments are also due to the fact that the attitude toward life. the amount of en- ergy, the daily occupations. and per haps the place of residence of the old CT people are very different now than when they were younger.
 In discussing the possible changes in climate during the last 1000 years, inference must be drawn from such recorded facts as the dates of harvest. the kind and amount of crops raised, the kind of clothing worn by the peo- pie, the habits of life of the people. the existence of certain wild animals and forest trees the size of the rivers, , the height of lakes and inclosed seas, etc. From evidence of this kind, the , conclusion has been drawn that there have been no marked changes in eli . mate during historic times.
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population by about 1S.s72.oOo. while between 1900 and 1910 the increase was nearly 16.o00,o0o. There may be some difference of opinion as to wheth- CT the exact hour of { o'clock marks the moment when. the population came to be written in nine figures, but the calculation Is accurate enough for all practical purposes.
 With the steady increase in popula- tion during the last entury the center of population has been moving steadily westward. A very interesting line or progress may be drawn by marking on the map the exact centers at the end of each 10 years and connecting them. When the center of population was first calculated in 1790 1t was situated east of Chesapeake bay, In the following io years 1t had moved to a point di- rectly above the city of Washington. Since then 1t has moved steadily west ward at the rate of about 100 miles In each decade.
 In more than century the line has remained almost perfectly horizontal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
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Government Secret Codes

From the London Tit-Bits.
 While 1t Is obviously impossible to give any particulars of government codes used In the navby, army, and diplomatic serv- ice at the present time. particularly in view of the fact that in many cases they are changed every few hours, one gains some idea of the ingenuity of the systems upon which some of the codes are based from the following remarks made to the writer recently by cable operator who for years has been engaged in handling codes and cipher dispatches of every de. scription.
 He pointed out, in the first place, that British codes consisted of jumbles of words, figures. letters. and various signs which must be so arranged as to defy reading by an. inquistive enemy, who might secure copies of treacherous means and at the same time be readily under. stood by the recipients of the messages
 It might also be mentioned that Britain controls most of the worlds ocean cables What disgusts the Kaiser Is that when. ever he yearns to cable abroad his i'm. rerial behests,- such dispatches must nat. urally pass through British hands, ant only a few days ago the German i'm perial chancellor, pr. von Bethmann- Hollweg, in an interview accorded tn New York Times, loudly lamented tho fact that, owing to the British cable con. trol, the German view could not be ade quately represented.
 The British government offices usuall, use codes composed of groups of five figures, and during such stirring time. as these their cipher dispatches consis of anything from 20 to 5000 groups Tn, admiralty cables, as a reulc, are com posed of simple words, and the addres. for the admiral at most foreign sta tions as Britannia A specimen cabl, might read something like the following
 Britannia. Halifax-Rudder, winkIe dangerous, swab. keel. bowsprit, scupper blah. Thrush, mutinous, hobble, smartly Admiralty" It's meaning, of course, only understood by the admiral to whom 1t is addressed and he deciphers it ac cording to his latest code book.
 Most official messages for King Georg are addressed King London On tn government lines they are alway rushed is to say, the line Is clear ed for them. Cable companies pusf such messages through promptly. but the. seldom actually clear the line.
 Financiers in London and New Yorl have their speicaI codes. Thousanos o messages pass daily, some firms sendinl as many as 300 day each. There ar short. but pointed:-
 "Spy.-AZ. S25. Bolt, squeeze, saveloy dogged.'
 Into four such queer words financier
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29

THE REAL WORLD
 POCKET GUIDE BOOK"
 By William Harman Black With maps , and elaborate index. Printed by the Association for New York, No. 55 Lib erty street. New York.
 The Association for New York, No 55 Liberty street, New York city. has brought out the second of it's series of Blacks Blue Books" with the title of the Real Round the World" guide book. This pocket volume Is No. of the series. and is written on the theory that ''To Save Time is to Lengthen Life" and to save money is the desire of every traveller. It tells in detail how it may be done, in big eight point type, with clear under standable maps, and an index at the front that enables the reader to put his finger on every city, every route and everyth thing of interest connected with them. It was prepared in cooperation with the railroads and steamship companies and shows four trips across America and four across Canada, with practical travel suggestions. the customs and money of every country, hotels and pensions and their rates. ambassadors and foreign con-
 
 rants, transportation systems. shops, dis taEces, time required on hips, trains, cabs etc, population, elevation of the cities above sea level, clear and simple maps, perfect indexes to show what you want to find, routes and articles adver- tised, plan of using the book which is simplicity itself. an intemization of the cost of everything, a list of the worth while" things, complete horseshoe" trip across the world and return. com plete eastward trip round the world, a complete westward trip round the world, a starting point anywhere that you can start east or west along the world S great highways. numberless dgresslons called Side Trips with their cost. and every object of interest along the way.
 In short. 1t includes preparation for the trip, choice of routes when to go where to go, how to go, what to see. how long to stay, what not to see and what it costs.
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are destroyed. The illustrations bring
 home to you. as do no others the potency of this mighty struggle of applied science.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29

1.-THE SOUL OF GERMANY" By Thomas r. A. Smith. Ph.D. George H. Doran Company, publishers, 3s West Thirty-second street, New York.
 An intimate inside study of Ger many during the years 1S02-1914 is The Soul of Germany" by pr. Smith. an Englishman who has during all that time been instructor in English in a German university and conse- quently-being a servant of the state as are all German universities--had d the opportunity to know the real feel Ing and daily life of Germany as could no outsider
 The German home schools, religion, na- tional character, attitude toward peace, and the like. he expresses in a book intl- mate, forceful. absorbing.
 "AERoPLANEs AND D1RTGIBLEs OF
 WAR" s
 By Frederick A. Talbot. With IS illus trations. J. B. Lppincott Co.,, publish CTS, Philadelphia.
 Those who have not read the works of Frederick A. Talbot have missed a real treat. Every subject he touches he makes romantic and fascinating. The use of the aeroplane in the great world war needs of necessity a splendid treatment and the author has done it ample justice with his great store of information, col lected up on the field of battle. in his note book and with his camera.
 Few of us realize, without examining such book as this. the tremendous part that the aeroplane is playing in the vital conflict Did you know that the Rus sians at the outbreak of hostillties had a fleet of 800 heavier than air machines and 20 monster dirigibles. Every Euro pean nation have numbers in like propor- tion and the facts presented by the au- thor concerning their actual operations conclusively prove that this fourth arm of the service is here to stay as weapon of reconnoissahce. defense and attack.
 What of America? Wright is called upon to develop our fleet-every Amerl- can who wishes to be able to talk intel ligently about such fleets value and importance should certainly read what MT. Talbot says upon the subject.
 Man has become bird-not the dove of peace. but the bird of prey. It Is a curi- ous circumstance that an invention which is heralded as being one of the greatest achievements ever recorded in the march of civilization. should be devoted essen tially to the destruction of humanity and property. It 10 a sad fact but one of astonishing interest and when you read this timely book you will dive deep Into the secrets of the mechanics. naviga- ton. tactics and the destructive and con- structive uses of the aeroplanes dirigi- bles. and hydroplanes of all the fighting nations. How they are used and how they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29

The growth of population in the north md southwestern sections has exactly balanced. The center has occasionally wandered to the north or south of this parallel. but has always quickly re- turned.
 In. this time it has passed through six different states and is now rapidly approaching the Mississippi river. At It's present rate of progress the center of population will have crossed Into Missouri in little more than 10 years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
ELEANOR HALLOWELL ABBOTT Author of "The Indiscreet Letter.

A unique feature of the book is an actual diary and expense account of an independent 100-day trip around the world over the northern route via the Trans Siberian railway and full particulars of an eastward and a westward trip by the southern route through the Suez and India.
 It is the only round the world guide book in any language, and incidentally is the only guide of its kind to China, Japan, Siberia and Russia.
 It is written in a terse way, and 6s pages at the beginning are devoted to travel suggestions regarding routes, prep aration for the trip, seasons to go, bag gage, what to carry, travel literature, steamship tickets, passports cable code, the money of various countries, mailing directions, time on shipboard, customs duties guns, dogs, automobiles continen- tai weights and measures, where special ties may be bought, travel bureaus, etc.
 The maps are new and clear, and the book will save many a weary hour in trip planning everywhere except Africa and South America.
 After a season spent in the orient, Il was prepared by William Harman Black former commissioner of accounts of New York city, who has written the whole series of Nutshell Travel Book and il is up to the minute as to rates and facts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29

contrive to squeeze a eiooA0 deal, which is fixed in two or three minutes.
 Code compiling is now a recognized pro- fession, and it's highly paid experts must possess exceptional ability and patience. Code specialists can command two or three thousand a year. Double this is being earned by certain government code compiler. one of whose systems con tains several million combinations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
Population Now 100000, ,OOO
the New York Sun.

From the New York sun.
 It is estimated by the census bureau that the United States passed the 1O0,- 6OO,000 mark at exactly o'clock in the afternoon of last April 2. The calcu- lation is made by figuring the rate of increase in the population by the day and hour During the decade from 1890 to 1900 the country increased in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
aA-R-C OF EIEcTRTcITy

"A-B-C OF ELECTRICITY"
 By W. H. Meadowcroft Harper Broth CTS, publishers, New York
 The need of really clear ard simple explanation of the Fundamental facts of electrical science and of the workings of common electrical instruments-such an explanation as will be suitable to young people of IA years old and upwards ad- mrably met by W. H. Meadowcroft's lit- tie book. "A-B-C of Electricity re- gently published by the Harpers. This treatise has the beauty and value of d simple task done with judgment and competence. It is written in short sen tences, in style simple as is com patible with really adequate exposition of the subject-matter, but, it is not in the least written down: thosA words which are needed for clearness afe used as q matter of course, and their meaning is briefly explained when that seems neces- sary Hence there Is no sacrifice of pre- cision for the sake of simplicity The in- formation given Is sound and accurate, and it will be appreciated by older peo- pie as well as by the young. One would look in vain in books of physics for an explanation of the meaning of the pri- mary electrical units-the volt, the ohm, and the ampere-so little confusing as that which MT. Meadowcroft gives The author, too, while he keeps his discus sion within rather narrow bounds, is careful to leave no loose ends In gem eral the questions that would occur to an inquiring boy or older person are answered fully in the text. For instance. when one has learned that an electric dy- namo has no permanent magnet, but that its electromagnets are supplied by the dynamo itself, one naturally wants to know how the dynamo is started in the first place. The answer to this question, fnd ct r1 to ic cover if one were refurbishing rusty knowledge of physics for the benefit of al, inqustive lad for textbooks and books of reference sometimes take such things for granted. But MT. Meadowcroft an swers the question In it's proper place and also shows why it is not necessary to use a battery every time the dynamo is started.
 The telegraph. the telephone, wireless telegra phy. electric lighting. dynamos and batteries of various sorts. are all ex plained in adequate, If elementary. fash ion In some of these. especially in cleo tric lighting the telephone, and the stor. age battery there have been marked dc velopments within recent years. The book will therefore prove a valuable short GU to desirable information for those whose knowledge of the subject is. if not wholly wanting. little out of date.
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 Rapids. N. c.
 .HABTTS THAT HANDICAP" R.
 Charles B. Towns. The Century Go.
 Publishers New York.
 ME: A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE. The Century Co.,, Publishers, New York
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Greeted His Old Friends

From the NeW 1ufk 0uH.
 young author obtained permission from the celebrated satirist Piron to read to him tragedy which was on the eve of being brought out. At avery verse that was pnlased Piron took off his hat and bowed. and so frequently had he oc- cesion to do this that the author, sur prised. asked what he meant
 "Oh." replied Pirou. it Is only habit [ have got of saluting my old acquaint- ances"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-29
THE INDIsCREET LETTER. ]"

By Eleanor Hallowell Abbott The Gen. tury Co.,, publishers, New York.
 '"The Indiscreet Letter. has a most tantalzing title, we will all admit, and from the start the story is quite as tam talking in it's interest as the title.
 Few writers tell a story better than
The Glenwood post., 1915-11-06

- The o.ly Mind is clearly seen when
IL ed elects of believing in a SUP
Pssitious opposite of the divine Mai
sss learned by experience. Paul desig
sstes this sappositious mind as the car-
saF or fieshiy mind. Mrs. Eddy has de
seribed 1t more specifically rs mortal
nind, or the mind of mortals. This be-
lief in = mind apart from God is capa-
bic of all evil. 1t would set up, if it
could, power opposed to God to null
lily His DEGREES and dethrone His
.ajesty. This belief attempts to de-
fraud man Of his rights and to rob
hin of everything that he holds dear
Asrtal mind, if not corrected by spir-
itusl understanding, will take from man
his health, happiness, freedom, joy;
his wealth, his friends, his good name;
in short, all that humanity justly
prizes.
The Glenwood post., 1915-11-06
GOD Is LIFE

This Life which is God cannot be
finite, because God is infinite. This
Life is not limited in any way, either
in space or time, through matter or the
flesh. God rs Life is incorporeal, alb
solute, invisible, and indivisible. God
as Life 10 continuous, without break,
interference, or hindrance. There are
no intervals Of death in Life eternal,
but real Life flows on evenly, joyously,
harmoniously, ever complete and ever
perfect.
In the first chapter of Genesis We
have the record Of the creation Of God
as Life, creating man and the universe
after His own likeness. In the second
chapter begins the record Of life in
matter. In the first We read, "And
God saw every thing that He had made,
and, behold, it was very good" In
the second and subsequent ehaPten We
have the account of the creation OF
man made out Of the dust Of the ground,
and even Of the curing Of that sane
ground. Christian Science clearly sets
forth that Tho first version represents
the true, ~ real and the essential
creation Al tAe second The untrae,
the unrsal, ana the eounterfeit sni-
worse and naa- Thus the belief ef fifs
in matter is .seessaxily assoaastsd with
ths belief Il . mind apart frsA Ga
a.l tAsse tws NsHsls wsrk ts0sther fee
~ s.a1avsoent - aestUseksa =
naakiaA - tAsie suPPsssa s1sses
sss b - evsscssls - ~ q1esa1
ss1sselnQlne - - . ~ ~ -
The Glenwood post., 1915-11-06

Which u unlike Ged, sad to place hin
relf wholly under the lav Of GeA.
The Glenwood post., 1915-11-06

goOd, does not doom HIS own man To
decay, dissolution, and death. 1t fol-
lows that such predictions, generally
designated rs laws of disease, have TO
divine origin and can be set aside with
out doing violence to divine DEGREES.
The spiritual understanding of this ~
once frees humanity from the dread of
law and necessity supposed to be in
corporated in disease. It lifts the bug
bear Of ineurability from the fright
ened sense Of the sick and shining, an.i
establishes them upon the sure founda-
tion Of their divine rights to health,
happiness, holiness, end thorough re-
formation and repentance to heaven
itself. By this test Of the real and toe
usfeal, humanity can sort out Of its
experiences the inevitable good from the
seeming evil, the spiritual necessities
from the material appearanees. This
process means growth, progress along
the narrow way. It makes plain the
path from sense to Soul and is the
nedss operandi Of Christian Science
Healing aad reforming. In Science and
Health Up. Aoo) Nrs. Eddy writes,
"TAs extsrni.atsr # error is the great
trsth that 0ed, go, b ths ~ Nina,
al tAss H. saRpssstisss sPpssiss q
iaGlnies NlaA-ea1sa Gssn = svil@l
- ~, = - 1sueA, ~ sssss MA
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The Glenwood post., 1915-11-06

OlOCOVkkkR ANO kVO0O1
These beneficent results are directly
traceable to the labors of Mary Bake
Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder c
Christian Science. The steps which lie
up to her discovery, and those whis.
she took with = view Of founding tA.s
movement upon . solid basis, arc ne..
ters of universal historic interest.
In Mrs. Eddy's autobiography, Ell
titled Retrospectioa and !ntrospec
tion," she tells MS that for some twent..
year, prior to her discsvery she ka.
been trying to trace all physical eject,
to = mental cause. In tie year 1851
she had an experience which proved ts
her that God was this Mental eanss fcl
which she had bee. seeking. s.A tA:s-
every real effect Was nsatal asA nat
material Her recovery frsa - as<-
don't 'tAroaeh the reali.asisa = e.
power Il Gsd gave Ass ~ s,as = All
spizitsal AsalisG, snd rssvsa - AsR;tAs
nsrnGl 81 nae.rai eAasas1ss = -
wssas Ases lg Jsss - - asqsps.a
In nuAas tiasa. - slDlisd - DucR
|sso = ~ ~ esksAesk - -
lpahnuhsa - 0n1u1ain 91IS1 -
~ = ounpaR - Z
- - - el Is
The Glenwood post., 1915-11-06

To some sick mortal this robber be-
lief of mind apart from God would
offer health as a material possession.
1t would induce the sick to believe that
health is dependent solely upon mate
rial conditions, and that health can only
be restored or maintained by material
remedies. Then it would drive the sick
from one remedy to another, from one
place to another, from one material
process to another, to search for health
where it cannot be found, namely, IN
matter.
True health is a state of conscious
ness. 1t is spiritual and mental, MT
material. It is based upon the spirit
ual understanding of God and man as
they really are. True health can be
found and safeguarded only through n
scientific and Christian knowing Of the
truth Of being, of God as divine Mind,
the cause and originator of all that has
real existence, power, actuality. In
order that health may be safe from the
assaults constantly being made upon it,
it must be recognized Is the effect of
right thinking or Righteousness, and 50
be based upon the rock of spiritual un-
derstanding.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-09-14
IT'S VERY EASY TO GIVE

trouble the laugh when You haven t
any, but it s no laughing matter for
the widow who is left with children
TO support and no life insurance money.
National Life ms Co., of Vt. (Mu-
tual.) = EARLE S. KINsLEY, Genera
Agent. Rutland VT.