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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-03
WAS COMBINATION NECESSARY

dCnl6N6Q uul6SS there Hdd DeeH tHe klHu Of combination which the organization of the corporation reflects. The courts have now decided that some features of this combination reflects unjustifiable att tempts to suppress competition and re- strain trade. The supreme court at Washington may or may not take the same view. Should the decision of the lower court be sustained at the hearing before the supreme court, the dissolution of the corporation could not impair the work which it instituted and so success fully carried on. The combination may have been in antagonism with the fed erai status. %But its great achievement which was the utilization of all the wealth in Indian corn had been com passed
 THE MAGNET FOR GOLD
 Not the least interesting of the reports which will be made as soon as possible after the beginning of the new fiscal year July l. of last week, by the sta tislical authorities at Washington will be the record of imports of gold into the United States in the fiscal year just ended. This record may be com Jared by the curious minded with the one which was reported by the author ities in the last two years of President Cleveland's second administration. The movement of gold then was almost al ways toward the east. There were no imports of gold to speak cf nnd the federal treasury was drained of fresh supplies furnished by the banks almost as rapidly as sieve drains water. Not until Germany, in 1896, shipped by way of Genoa, Italy $250Oo,0OO of gold to the United States treasury was there any important import of gold for about two years. Now the situation and the deter imitation of Great Britain to steady ex- change as far as possible, together with the enormous trade balances in favor of the United Etates may be likened in their influences to a great magnet draw ing gold to this country.
 Up to the last day of the past fiscal year the movement of gold toward the United States which began early in the spring is represented by an importation of about $110,00O0OO of gold.
 Reports of this kind are known to be plasing to the federal reserve board at Washington In fact, Paul Warburg of that board has several times of late said for publica tion that the more gold we can get the better prepared we shall be to meet the inevitable demands to be made upon the United States for finan- cial assistance after the European war is ordod
 NEW REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN
 Charles E Huyhes whet oovarnor of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-03
Eating Hot Biscuits

q recently read an article in which you state that well bred person all ways uses a knife and fork in eating hot, buttered mullins. Since when has such been the custom? You might as well absurdly advocate the use of knife and fork in eating hot biscuits, The proper way to eat hot biscuits, as well as buttered mullins, is to butter them, then break them, bit by bit and eat them No bread of any kind is to be eaten with the assistance of knife and fork KATHERINE M.
 We seldom publish jokes in the Cor ner but the foregoing is too funny to be kept from the constituency at large. As briefly as our enjoyment of the af- fair will permit, we call attention to a has never written directions for eating mullins or hot bisuirs contenting her self with instructing the housewife how to make and bake them. The handwrit- ing is that of an educated woman, and the phraseology sustains the impression made by the chirography. She is in deadly earnest in the discharge of the duty laid upon her by conscience to open the eyes of readers to the sinful "aburdity' of eating bread of any kind with the knife and fork. The cowed editor may have recollections of bat ter bread-alias spoon bread'-- smok- ing hot and dripping with butter that incline her to suggest exceptions. But the situation is too grave and our cen sor holds it!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-03

Boys and girls matter where live in Alabama you can enter tns contest will
  of free I youwa one,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-03

GEORGE M. PLAISANCE
 One of the salesmen all Alabama, will Birmingham position of the William Warner of St. Louis MT Plaisancs which worked his ow Craftsmanship the of There vacations calling forth faculty does salesman
  such that he be ted tactful think his firm his customers his criticism. worker worker,
  reached"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-03
Gets Everything in Indian COrn-Stalk, Leaf
 and Kernel
B. REAM
 PROUD OF EFFORTS
Some of the Reasons Which Prompted Hughes to Select Wilcox as National Republican
 Chairman
By HOLLAND

New York, July 2.-(Special )-Although he had some years before his death with drawn from active association with the Corn Products company, nevertheless Norman B. Ream used frequently to speak of that organization as typifying in as high a degree as any other Amer ican industry has done the development of applied science in American indus trial vacations.
 Of the financing or organizing fea lures of this company MT. Ream sell dom spoke, although that reticence may not have been due to any belief that the financing or organization was amen- able to criticism. Probably his enthu- siastic interest in the scientific meth ods employed by the organization and the wonderful work of research which was carried on in it's laboratories especially appealed to him. He was himself one of the earliest American industrial lead- CTS to study problems whose answer would show how best to obtain the turk ing wealth that was in waste products. He carried investigation of that kind to it's limit when he, with Marshall Field and others of Chicago, was perfecting a banking industry, which is now one of tie most important of American indus tries. Mr. Ream sometimes said that the Corn Products company having spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in re- search work had at last demonstrated it's ability to extract every particle of wealth that was in Indian cornstalk, leaf or kernel.
 Upon one occasion when MT. Ream was making an excursion to Italy and [ Egypt, he observed the steamship hands at Genoa rolling off stout hogsheads, and he asked one of the officers of the boat what those hogsheads contained. In re- ply the officer said that they were filled with corn oil and every steamer which sailed from the United States for Italian ports was carrying large cargoes of this be imported by Italy? That was ques- ton which MT. Ream determined to find an answer for. He speedily got that answer being told that the Italian makers of olive oil had discovered that the American corn oil was the best product to utilize in mixing an ingre- dent with olive oil. This corn oil woe tasteless and oGorless and it assmi- lated readily with olive oil. But before the organization of the company there was little or no manufacture of corn oil in the United States. The research and investigation carried on by the organiza- ton so that it might be learned how best to procure the quality in corn avail able for starch was in Mir. Reams opin- ion, one of the principal achievements
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-03
Spanish Rice

T ate some Spanish rice the other day at restaurant. It was so savory and nice that I should like to know how to make the dsh.. A friend tells me it is creole cookery. Even if it is. your Cor ner may be able to tell how to manage it. I like rice recipes. EDITH w.. M"
 Fortunately the Corner can supply your want in this respect The recipe is of creole origin, as your friend asserts. In. deed I doubt if it had it's birthplace in
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-22
Bargaining In Arabia.

A missionary was bargaining one
day with All Arab stonecutter,
Give me 81 boatload." said the
Arab
That Is too much" replied the mis-
sionary. You only charge So to your
fellow Arabs, and they make you walt
for your money. | pay spot fash.
Yes, but you ought to be glad to get
1t for seven" said the stonecutter.
"You do not know how much my fel-
low Arabs despise me for dealing with
you at all, because you are al intidel.
you know"
The Arabs are all Mohammedans,
The stronger Christian man Is the
more Of an infdeI they think him to
be. Missionaries were unwelcome In
that country. Only by their medical
work did they get any foothoSd at all.
There have perhaps been fewer con-
verts there than on any other mission
field. But missions have been estnb-
lished there less than thirty years.
Sometimes several generations Of mis-
sionaries live and work and die so that
their successors may see the fruit of
the labors Of them all.-World Outlook.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-22
REPAIRING FURNITURE.
How to Get Rid Of Marks From,
Dents.

When wood is badly dented or
scratched 1t is often problem to know
how to get rid Of the marks. This is
quite easy II the following plan, sug-
gested by the Scientific American, IS
adopted: First Of all, fold a piece Of
blotting paper at least four times;
then saturate with water, finally al
lowing the supernuous moisture to
drip away. Now heat hatiron until
It is about the warmth required for
laundry work. Place the damp blot
ting paper over the dent and press
firmly with the iron. AS soon as the
paper dries examine the mark. 1t will
then be found that the cavity has filled
up to surprising extent. Where the
dent is very deep a second or even a
third application on the lines indicated
might be tried. Sooner or later even
serious depresslons can be drawn up,
and most people who have not tried
this plan will be surprised at the re-
suit Of the treatment. Repollshing will
clear away even the slight marks that
might finally remain.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-22
The White Haired
Stranger
By ALAN HINSDALE

Luigi Carrano, young officer in the
foil that he was detailed for duty at
the Praetorian camp near Rome as a
teacher Of fencing.
Luigi loved and was beloved by Bi-
anca Cellini, a younger daughter Of a
nobleman. The Cellinis were Of better
blood than the CarranOs, but there
were a number of girls In the family
to be married off, and on that account
Luigi was accepted as suitor for
Biancas hand. Her father was dead,
and her brother, Ricardo, was the ac-
knowledged head of the family
Not long after the betrothal between
Luigi and Blanca Jose Herrera came
to Rome from Madrid. On account of
his wealth he created quite sensation
In society at the capital. When he saw
Blanca he straightway fell in love
with her and made application for her
to her brother. He was informed
that the girl was engaged, but he de-
termined to have her in any event.
Ricardo was always in want Of money
and found ready lender in Herrera.
In this way the latter placed the for
mer so heavily in debt to him that he
found little difficulty In forcing him to
enter into a plot with himself to get
rid of Luigi. Between them they work
ed up case against Luigi Of compiled
ty in a conspiracy that was unearthed
about that time to dethrone the king
Of Italy and declare a republic. Their
written evidence was forged, and their
principal witness was paid large
sum for his testimony. But Luigi was
not able to prove this. He was de-
graded from his rank in the army and
imprisoned in fortress for term Of
years. Since Blanca could not marry
the man she loved. she was finally
persuaded to wed the Spaniard, who
carried her away to Madrid.
A dozen years passed. One day a
man with white beard and hair,
whose other features indicated that he
was prematurely old, appeared In
Rome. A man named Rodrigo Sanci
man Of good family but whose pow
erty had prevented his taking his
place in society, was sitting at 4 res
taurant table on the sidewalk in the
Piazza Colonna, when tho white haired
stranger passed him and stared at him.
Sanci naturally returned the stare.
The stranger asked why he was thus
stared at. Sanci replied by asking a
like question. The stranger. taking
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-22
Danger Signal.

If the fire bell should ring you run
and stop it or go and help to put out
the fire? 1t is much the same way
with a cough. A cough is danger
signal as much as a fire bell. You
should no more try to suppress it than
to stop a fire bell when 1t is ringing,
but should cure the disease that
causes the coughing. This can nearly
always be done by taking Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. Many have
used it with the most beneficial re-
suits. 1t is especially valuable for
the persistent cough that so often
follows a bad cold or an attack of the
grip. Mrs. Thomas Beeching, An
drews, Ind, writes: During the win
ter my husband takes cold easily and
coughs and coughs. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is the best medicine
for breaking up these attacks and you
cannot get him to take any other"
Obtainable everywhere.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-22
OUR BELT OF ATMOSPHERE.
In Thickness Il 10 to tho Earth as ths
Skin 10 to tho Apple.


In q contribution to the year book
Of the department Of agriculture Ros
coe Num- Of the United States weather
bureau compares the thickness Of the
atmospheric envelope that surrounds
tho earth With the diameter Of the
earth itself.
The extreme limit Of the earth's at
mosphere above the surface Of the
earth is estimated to be 1SO miles. The
earth's diameter Is approximately 5000
miles. But the density Of the atmos
phere decreases rapidly as altitude in
creases. SO that three-Quarters Of the
mass of the atmosphere lies below the
seven mile level.
Thus the solid earth has but a thin
coating of air, at most only about one
fortieth as thick as the diameter Of the
earth. or II We consider only its really
apprecia BILE extent, which is about for
ty miles above the earth, only one two.
hundredth as thick as the diameter of
the earth It Is therefore a mere
coating. not thicker. relatively speak
ing. than the skin on an apple Of or
dinary size. When we consider the
fact that storms operate only In that
part of the atmosphere which lies
within about seven miles Of the earth,
and chiefly within three miles. It Is
truly wonderful what mighty forces
they generate and what vast energy
they expend within that thin nlm Of
gas
A storm condition may cover ono
third of the United States. The dis
turbance may be 1000 to 1900 miles In
diameter, but less than seven miles
thick. In other words. the body OF
air In which those tremendous forces
work Is Of about the same proportions
as 4 postcard.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-22
PAGE NO. THREE.

the unfinished note in one OF Unem,
addressed and mailed it, This was
something I had no right to do but l
was mad with love and jealousy and
scarcely responsible.
A few days later, after spat with
Miss Harley over her friends accom-
plshments. to let off my ire | walked
into the village. While there l drop
ped into the postoffice for the mail. l
was handed the letter had mailed to
Mr.. Starkweather, returned with a
carriers mark on It, "NO such person
there"
Slowly there came into my stupid
noddle something that was scarcely
credible. Mr. Starkweather was a
myth But why had this myth been
conjured up? Was it for my benefit,
and if so why had he been thus in
f1icted upon me? I came to no con-
clusion as to this. but I concluded to
conjure up a female myth to match
him. I wrote a letter to myself and
sent it to town to friend to mail to
me. When | received it l opened it in
Miss Harle.'s presence, read 1t, put
my hand to my forehead and groaned.
"Whats happened?" asked my COM
panion anXiously
"She's very ill.,
"Who? Your mother?"
mo"
"Sister?"
"No: very dear friend"
l cast glance out Of the corner Of
my eye at Miss Harley and saw a COM
bination of emotions.
"I must go to her at once" added.
"You have not told me Of this very
dear friend"
"You gave me no opportunity. You
were too full of your own dear friend
She looked at me inquiringly, then
smiled.
"Do you take the next train?"
"That depends upon when Mr.. Stark
weather is to arrive"
"Mr. Starkweather is not coming"
Her smile was broadening.
SIN that case I would not think of
going"
"Not even to a dear friend who is
in?"
st fear she has passed away. The
letter says she was dying when it was
written
That was the end Of Mr.. Starkweath-
err In time found had been invited
to visit Mrs. Swinburne for the express
purpose of being caught by her very
dear friend Miss Harley. They had
concocted Mr.. Starkweather between
them for bait. The hook is still in
my gills.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-22

up a w1neglass 'rron the table ber0re
Sanci, threw the contents in the lat
ter's face.
The next morning two parties came
together In a desolate place on the
Campagna. Sanci and the stranger
fought with swords used by officers
Of the army, and Sanci was killed.
The skill displayed by the stranger was
considered remarkable.
Within few days after this affair
Ricardo Cellini was sitting with some
friends in the Plncian gardens when
q man with white hair and beard ap-
preached him and said:
Good afternoon, Signor Cellini."
''You have the advantage of me,
signor," replied Ricardo, regarding the
other curiously.
"But l know you, and know you to
be a liar and a coward"
Cellini flushed and half started up,
as II to attack his aCcuser.
"Do not exert yourself here among
your friends. If you have any mes
sage for me 1t will reach me at No.
- Via Rationale"
With that the stranger withdrew.
1t was impossible for Cellini to re-
tain his social position in face Of such
an insult without resenting 1t, and he
sent friend to negotiate with the
white haired stranger The latter re-
fused to give his name, and had 1t not
been for the gravity Of the charge on
this account Celllni would not have
pressed the matter. There being no
choice for him, he agreed to a meeting
at a point on the Janiculum hill above
st. Peters. He fell before the steel
point Of his adversary.
The stranger was now recognized as
the man who had killed Rodrigo Sanci,
and people began to wonder who
would be the next victim Of this re-
markable fencer. But after the last
duel he disappeared and never was
seen again In Rome.
Jose Herrera Mt this time was a
widower Whether his wife had learn
ed of the way by which he obtained
possession Of her or on account Of his
cruelty to her, she died within 4 few
years after their marriage One day
Herrera was walking on one Of the
streets Of Madrid when a man with
white hair and beard obstructed his
path. Herrera shifted aside: the white
haired man did the same.
"Get out Of my way~ said Herrera
to him.
"I was once In your way. and you
forced me out Of It, and that, too, by
dishonorable means. This time you
can force me to let You pass in one
way only"
"What is that"
promise to meet me tomorrow
morning at sunrSe at the spot usually
selected for the settlement Of difflcul-
ties between gentlemen and you can
pass"
"Who are you"
"I will tell you after 1t has been de-
cided which Of us is to die"
By this time a number Of persons
had collected, among them several who
knew Herrera. He agreed to the meet
ing and the next morning received his
quietus at the hands Of the unknown
stranger
As he was dying his opponent bent
over him and said:
'T am Luigi Carrano."
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-22
The Admirable
MIR. Starkweather
By EDWARD T. STEWART

In the autumn | was invited to visit
my friend, Mrs. Swinburne, who never
returns to the city till November and
sometimes later. l found there Miss
Edith Harley, a young lady friend of
Mrs. Swinburne. Miss Harley was
very attractive, but she seemed to be
absorbed in something. 1t was not
long before / discovered that it was a
young man. Whenever the family car
came from the railway station she
would rush to the door, then turn
away disappointed.
When she and | were together she
was constantly saying: THAT reminds
me of a friend of mine, who is very
clever. He does everything so we'll
He was graduated at the head Of his
class in college and at the law school,
Not that he is bookwOrm or a grind
or anything like that; he goes in for
athletics He has taken lot of cham
pion prizes at tennis and golf and is
considered the best billiard player in
his club
"An Admirable Crichton," put in.
"A WHAT"
Did you never hear Of the Scotch
man OF that name who a couple Of
hundred years or so ago could out
jump, outfence. outride any other man
In the world?"
l felt much irritated at this fellow
who was standing between me and a
very pretty girl, and | suppose my
words and the tone in which they were
spoken indicated a desire to make a
supposititious case real one. Miss
Harley made no further remark, and,
looking at her face, l saw faint
smile, which l interpreted as indicat-
ing something between pity and con-
tempt for one who even hinted that
he might in any respect down this re-
markable friend of hers.
There was little room in Mrs
Swinburne's house of the dining room
containing writing desk and mate
rials for correspondence. went in
there one morning to write letter,
and there on the desk was sheet Of
note paper with the following words
on It:
Dear Alon8o-Wnen are you coming ?
We have no end OF things to do when you
arrive which We are keeping till you
The note stopped here. 1t had evi-
IDENTIFY been left by mistake. Looking
down into a wastebasket beside the
desk, saw an envelope addressed TO
Alonzo L. Stsrkweather, 10 North
Walnut street. This, too, was unfin-
ished, but Miss Harley had told me
the city which her admirable friend
honored by his presence, and l was
thus led to believe that the unfinished
letter had been intended for him.
If she is too modest to send for her
paragon, l thought, l will help her
out. / wished to get sight of one who
was fast becoming my rival, for,
though l did not know it, 1 was fall
ing in love with Miss Harley. l con-
cluded to send the note to Mr.. Stark
weather. unfinished as it was. Doubt
less he would understand that he was
pined for but the piner was too modest
to tell him so. There were some en-
velOpes in the desk with the Swim
burne address on the corner, and put
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-22
How to Locate a Storm and Determine
Its Distance.

When you see flash Of lightning
count the seconds before 1t thundc"'
and you can tell how far away tho
storm IS. Since light travels lSG,OGn
miles a second We may for all praC
tical purposes regard ourselves as SEQ
ing the lightning the instant it flashes.
But sound travels only l,0S1 feet .
second. Multiply 1,OST by the number
of seconds during the interval between
the flash and the thunder and the re
suit is the distance between you and
the storm. As a rule, says the Popu-
lar Science Monthly, from twelve to
fifteen miles is the greatest distance
thunder can be heard.
The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-12-22
NO ARCTIC WARRIORS.
A. Hunters tho Natives Arc Wonders.
but Cannot Mako Soldiers.

As Hunters tho Natives Arc Wonders
but Cannot Mako Soldiers.
Battle history halts at the arctic cir.
Gle. Beyond that human life Is 80 diff
ficult to sustain that its wfllful waste
is unthinkable. Nations with a foot
hold in the icy north recruit no armies
In that frigid zone. Indeed. the men
are of such meager stature and intel
lect that q military training b next to
impossible,
The real natives Of the arctic can
endure hunger and fatigue. can march
in their own fashion through hurri
cane and blizzard, but their value Is
rather to the explorer Of the inhos
pitable north than to the soldier. As
hunters they are wonderfully clever
yet they arc curiously formal in ad
ministering the coup De grace.
They will apologize to the fierce
white bear which they have cornered
before advancing to close attack
with bone tipped arrows and spears, a
duel In which the odds seem decisively
on the bear destroying the man. They
are therefore not towards IN any sense,
and few sportsmen would risk their
lives against bear and wolf and wal
rus protected only by futile weapons
and their own personal dsItertty.
The LApps and Samoyeds Of arctic
Russia. like the Eskimos Of North
America and Greenland, arS so often
compelled in times Of deArth and
famine to sacrifice their aTed weak,
lings that this form Of death has be
come a vague religious and social prin
ciple with them.