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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-01
A BIG CHINAMAN

Anchong Kung, grandson of Ii Hung
Chang, Chinaman whom the United
States has heard on repeated occasions,
is down here in Mississippi trying to
find out how to make money out OF
cotton. He has been spending some
time on the big plantations of the
Yazoo- Mississippi delta, his base of OPP
erations being Greenville, Washington
county, ard from where he has mixed
with the cotton pickers as we'll as the
farmers with view to learning all
about the handling of cotton, from the
time the seed is placed in the ground
until the staple is run through the gin
and is sold to the highest bidder.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-01
A Frequent Occurrence
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
A colored man employed by an Atlanta
merchant was found to be short in his
market book accounts, and was accord
ingly taken to task. He blamed the gro
Ger, claiming that he had tempered with
the book.
Whereupon the employer demonstrated
further, saying:
1.-THE account seems to be all right,
Tom; figures don't lie"
s'Ah know, Sah,' said Tom, but liars
do fgger, OATS shore"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-01
A Notre Dame Lady's Appeal

To all knowing sufferers OF rheumatism. whether mus
r,lIar or Of the joints. scatica umbasos. baciache
pains In the kidneys neuralgia pains. to write to
her for home treatment which has repeatedly cured
all OF these She feels 1t her duty to send 1t
to all sufferers FREE You cure yourself at nome
thousands will testify-no change of climate being
necessary. This simple discovery banshss uric acid
from the blood loosens the stiffened Joints. purfies
the blood and brghtens the giving elasticity and
tone to the whole system. If the above interests
for proof address
Mrs NJ Summers. Box r. Notre Dame. Ind
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-01
STATE COTTON SOLD WELL

J. ]. Conan, secretary OF tHe pehI-
tertiary board of trustees. has returned
from the big convict farm in Sunflower
county, where he went to attere 50 e
Of 500 bales Of cotton and hve car
loads of seed. the first OF this season
crop that has been sold. Inc prices
raceived were very satisfactory. There
were % bales of short staple cotton
which sold for 1880, but the other 400
bales sold at prices ranging from 21c
To 23Ac. Seven carloads OF seed
brought $500 per ton. the Southland
Cotton Oil company of Jackson being
the successful bidder.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-01

check for s97.e5, which he received as
returns for the sale of 1870 pounds OF
wool clipped from herd Of
goats. There are great many farmers
in the state of Mississippi who raise
goats, but 80 per cent OF them have
never yet discovered that it pays better
to raise Angoras than 1t does to raise
the old-fashioned, highly perfumed
breed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-01
HARVESTING SEASON GOOD

The farmers of Mississippi have not
made much in the way of cotton or
corn, but they have had the best sea-
SON for picking ana gathering that they
ever knew. 1t is stated that every
lock of cotton in this county will have
been picked by or before the middle OF
October
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-01

dormitory accommodation At every
one of these institutions, supported by
the state, it has been found necessary
to lease or rent additional buildings
for the accommodations of the stu
dents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-01

Free booklet describing
LdUlCS wonderful article, indis-
pensable for private use of married
ladies' Relieves mind from doubt and
worry Sent sealed. Hygiene & Kalol-
ogy Co., Dept B. Z w. 14th street. New
York City.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-01
FAIR BUILDING BURNED

Five or SIX buildings on the State
fairgrounds were completely destroyed
voted to horses and cattle. and it is
stated that the fire originated from
cie;. i,,ttr t's0 tutp ~. m
one of the stalls.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-01
New Fall Stocks

THIS store has acquired the exclusive agency for the
l. best merchandise In America-Rogers Peet and
Schloss Bros Clothes Boys Xtragood Clothes Knox Hats
Boyden and S. & NJ Shoes and is also of the few
lected sellers of the famous Manhattan Shirts You find
them all here under roof-and all complete In their
new fall freshness. Our tremendous twostore- output
assures you that values will be well up usual high
mark of excellence in spit of the fact that the of pro-
duction has materially increased We invite you to visit
us-whether you want to buy not
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-01

Scotch tweed and hosiery manufacture
ers have opened schools for the Russian
language, In order to do more business
with Russia
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-01

ANGORA COATS PROFITABLE
J. ". Sasser. Lincoln county farm
er. has been exhibiting 70 his trends u
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-01
Away With
Worthless
Trusses
Like These

You can make thorough prOve-it-to-
you test Of this guaranteed rupture
holder without having to risk single
Wen send it to you for sixty days
Independently lend 1t to you that
long-just to let you see for yourself
bow i takes all the misery out OF De-
II it doesn't keep your rupture from
koming out or bothering you in any way
Tin spite OF any work you 90 or any
pthcr strsins--then 1t won't cost you
benny,
Only Thing Good Enough
To Stand Such Test
mere try-on-like at a drugstore
can't possibly prove whether truss or
enything, else for rupture is going to do
Neither is just few days trial safe
test. A truss may seem alright the first
week or SO and then prove utterly
But you can't possibly make mis-
take after sixty days trial.
And there is only one thing of any
kind for rupture that you can get on
Only one thing good enough to stand
such long and thorough test
r-the famous Cluthe.
Made On New Principles
The Cluthe Is SO radically different
from everything else for rupture that it
has received eighteen separate patents.
EAr more than just truss.
1t -as SO thoroughly proved its merits
In nearly 100000 cases that surgeons in
the z Army ~ f sbs N M0yl5 ana
mend 1t instead of advising operation.
VIII save You From Operation
A rupture can't possibly be relieved
PANT even be kept from. growing worse
unless protected against all strains
and constantly kept from coming out.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10
WHERE GUY FAWKES PLOTTED
White Webbs Park Said to Be Scene
of Gunpowder Plot Con-
spiracy.

White Webbs park, whose footpaths
are in dispute, is the center of two in.
teresting legends, says a London dis.
patch.
Local tradition has it that White
Webbs house was one of the meeting
places of the gunpowder plot conspira,
tors; and it is at any rate certain that
FaWkes was a frequent visitor there,
And apparently the house was Of a
kind to lend itself to plotting, for the
commissioners who searched it after
Guys arrest reported it to be full of
trapdoors and passages, presumably
secret.
This house was demolished in 1890,
but some portions of it's outbuildings
are probably embodied in the King and
Tinker inn, for which the story OF King
James and the Tinker is claimed. This
legend, to which, by the way, Enfield
is not the sole claimant, tells how the
king, separated from his hunting COM
panions, came across the tinker, who,
after some familiar conversation, ex-
pressed wish to see the monarch.
He was hidden to mount behind his
new friend and look out for the only
man who kept his hat on when they
rejoined the hunting party, and in due
course found that he had been sharing
the kings horse.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10
pDLETowN, DEL, JUNE 10 1916
OUR GUESSES

r Asst week the following bit OF poilu-
l. cal guessing was crowded out OF
our editorial columns:
rs IT ROO>EVELT?"
A wave of popular enthusiasm seems
+o he sweeping Col Roosevelt into the
White House.
His courageous advocacy OF prepared
ness, and his stirring appeals to the
natriotism of the country to rally to the
nrotection of the endangered Republic,
made at time when every other presl-
DENTAL candidate is silent, has pro-
foundly impressed all classes of citizens
irrespective of party" "
At this writing thursday morning
the nomination of Mr.. Roosevelt by the
Progressive Convention seems certain.
At the mention of his name by a
sneaker the whole Convention went
wild, breaking all known records, by
cheering etc. for one hour and thirty
minutes
Our second guess is that the Republi-
can Convention will ratify this nomina-
+iOD
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GETTING
START
By
Nathaniel c. Fowler, Jr.
Copyright, 1915. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per SYndicate.)
JACK OF ALL TRADES.

There is a man in my town, in
your town, and in every town, who
can do about everything well and moth.
ing very well. If he is bookkeeper,
he is a fairly good one, and he would
not be a complete failure selling
goods behind the counter or on the
road. If he is a stenographer, his
shorthand notes are legible, and he
can usually read them. He is neither
rapid nor slow. If he is a practicing
physician, he diagnoses with ordinary
accuracy, and is familiar with accept.
ed remedies, cures, and treatments;
but nobody goes to him if suffering
from a complication. Perhaps he is a
lawyer. He can make out a bill OF
sale, or a mortgage, or any other legal
document, that will probably hold, but
a great corporation employs a better
man.
Most of these men would be fairly
proficient in any calling, and the
chances are that all of them know
how to do several things WE'LL many
of them can do many things well.
They pride themselves upon their
versatility, are good citizens, and earn
respectable livings. They make pretty
good husbands and fairly good fathers.
They are usually industrious; but, and
this BUT looms large on this page
and in the affairs Of life-BUT they
have no real definite, solid, market.
able asset. They are trustworthy only
to a limited degree. They are, or
can be, jacks Of all trades, or of any
trade. They climb one, two, or three
rungs of the ladder and there they
stay, neither falling back nor advanc.
ing.
am not asking any young man to
so devote himself to one thing that
he will be ignorant of everything else
l see no reason why an eminent as
tronomer should not be able to hit
nail on its head oftener than to miss
1t; but, if he prides himself upon his
mechanical ability in doing carpentry
work, this proficiency will come to
him at sacrifice of his more import,
ant science.
It has been said that no man can do
more than one thing very well.
The great successes of life are those
who specialize, who attempt to do one
thing better than all other things, who
make that one thing more important
than all else, not necessarily neglect.
ing the little duties, not being wholly
ignorant of common affairs. They are
known not by the many things they
can do, but by the one thing they can
do better than the majority Of those
in the same calling.
Don't be Jack of All Trades. The
Jack of All Trades is the Jack OF
Every Trade. Do something better
than you do all else. Build up repu,
tation around that one thing, a pro,
ticiency which will safeguard your in,
terests and at the same time give you
reputation which means money and
fame.
The modern world has little use for
the fellow who is just fair, who is
content to plod. It awards its prizes
to the man who knows, and knowing
does.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10
OUR NATIONAL PAsrIME..

One pastime in particular is pecu-
Iiarly American, and is never out Of
season. Several varieties of games
of chance or skill, outdoor and in
door sports, have been denominated
the national" pastime, but each of
these is more or less sectional in its
nature, or exclusive in its devoteesD
so that it falls just little short Of
being truly national. One diversion
does exist in which all take part,
which knows no East, no West, no
North, no South, against which
neither winter cold nor summer heat
prevails, and to which no eight-hour
schedule has ever been attached. 1t
is the game of talking about our pub
lie affairs. We have but one thing in
common-the propensity Of boasting
of our devotion to our country and its
unparalleled greatness, says Omaha
Bee. On this we are agreed, on every
thing else we are divided into almost
as many separate entities as we num-
Der individuals. Now and again two
or three may seem to approach agree
ment on some topic of public concern,
but it soon develops the unity of pur-
pose is more apparent than real. 1t is
the one grand tribute to our institu-
tions and their efficacy that free
speech and freedom of thought is thus
universally manifest.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10

There is a great deal in the way a
notice to the public is put. It's mere
phrasing may command attention. This
was achieved by the genius, whoever
he was, who superseded the old sign
Keep off the grass" with the single
word please" Everybody knows
what that means, and feels inclined to
cooperate, whereas there are people
who resent the imperative mood. A
recent example Of tactfulness in sign
writing is the following formula used
by the North Carolina board of health:
"If you spit on the floor at home, spit
on the floor here. We want you tc
feel perfectly at home" That ought
to get them!
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10

Cube Is experimenting with local
plant which is claimed to have a very
strong, fine, silky fiber. At present,
the sole object is to use this new ma
terial instead of hemp for making
sugar bags, but there seems no good
reason why it should not be available
for other purposes if found suitable for
this one. It is just another warning to
cotton growers of our own country not
to take their good luck as a fixed and
inevitable thing. At present they have
well-nigh a monopoly on the worlds
chief cloth-making material, but there
is no imaginable reason to suppose
that this monopoly will be unchal-
lenged long. The silk cotton tree of
Java and now the "malva blanca" of
Cuba are already being groomed for
the lists, and other entries may be ex'
pected at any time. The sooner the
South takes up the work Of improving
it's great fiber plant until it can meet
all rivals, the better.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10

In Vienna and Budapest the after
noon occupation of the leisured is to
gather in the restaurants and drink
coffee. Now this pleasant custom may
have to be abandoned. The govern.
ment has ordered that no milk Of any
kind, fresh or condensed, may be
served after 12 midday. Coffee with.
out milk has small attraction. Possibly
tea will be used as a substitute. In
Austria-Hungary tea is drunk with
rum or a slice Of lemon, but it is not
popular and the taste will have to be
more widely cultivated if it is to fur
nish inspiration for the gossipers who
discuss strategy and fight the war at
long range.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10

Do you know that in the United
States 81 out Of every 100 people that
die leave no estate whatever? Do you
know that out of the remaining "a only
9 leave estates larger than $4,000, and
that the average of the balance of rs
is a little less than $1,000? Do you
know that at the age Of sixty-fve, 81
Of every 100 in America are partly or
wholly dependent upon relatives,
friends or the public for their daily
bread, for their clothing, and a roof
under which to sleep? We all know
that the one safeguard against pauper-
ism by the countries of Europe has
been thrift, says Leslie's. Do you real
ize that according to recent govern
ment statistics SO per cent of the
American people are living from day to
day on their wages, and that loss of
employment would mean pauperism
for all but per cent of US?
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10

Did you ever look at the edge of a
dime or quarter? They are different
from pennies and nickels, for all silver
and gold coins have what are called
'milled" edges, while the edges of pen.
MES and nickels are smooth, The
reason for this is that some dishonest
persons used to clip pieces off the
coins, especially the gold ones, and
then sell these scraps of precious
metal when they had saved a great
many. Every year the nation lost
large sums of money this way, and the
thieves would smooth the edges off so
well that it was hard to find out who
was guilty. The best way Of stopping
this practice was found to be to 'milI'
the edges of the more valuable coins
so that no one could pare them with.
out letting it be seen at once.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10
OLD DEVICES IN THE War.


The value of steel helmets in the
trenches during the present war hav-
ing been fully demonstrated, as well
as the value of steel shields by the
Germans during small arms firing, the
question arises whether the old
steel breastplate should not be used.
THAT something of the sort may be-
come necessary in the carrying
through of the great attacks that are
before u.s." says the Army and Navy
Gazette Of London, "and in holding
on to the ground when won seems
extremely probable. In a booklet
lately published by the kaiser's fifth
son, reference is made to the manner
of attack by German regiment in
Champagne, where men fought in
threes, covered by the shields of dis
abled machine guns, borne by the
center fighter. These are mere ex-
temporized expedients, and if, as
seems to be the case, a defensive
armor of some kind is considered
necessary for the trying and costly
warfare in which we are engaged, then
surely our inventors can devise some
thing light and easily carried which
shall protect the vitals of our soldiers"
The war has witnessed the introduc-
tion of many new devices, but the
tendency toward the renewed use of
individual metal protection is curious.
It seems like barking back to dead,
and-gone ages.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10

New practical uses are constantly be
ing discovered for scientific inventions
Recently when big steam pump ir
California went wrong a phonograpt
record of its sounds was made anc
sent to the makers Of the pump in
New York, who diagnosed the trouble
and told how to correct it. This has 8
suggestive value. Why could moi
stethoscopic readings by similar means
be indicated to physicians at dis
tance, enabling patients to secure the
best specialist treatment without trav
cling?
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10
New Castle County, SIS.
THE STATE OF DELLA ARE

TO THE SHERIFF OF NEW CASTLE
COUNTY GREETING:
Whereas, Bernard J. McEntee by his
Petition to the Judges of our Superior
Court, filed in the Office of the Pro-
thonotary of said Court in and for
New Castle County, for the cause of
complaint therein alleged, has made
application to our said Judges that a
decree may be pronounced dissolVing
the marriage existing between the
Petitioner and Regina c. McEntee.
We Therefore, Command You, as you
were heretofore commanded that you
summon Regina C. McEntee that she
be and appear before the Judges of our
said Court at the next term thereof to
be held at Wilmington, on Monday, the
First day of May next to answer the
allegations of the said petitioner,
Bernard j. McEntee according to the
Act of Assembly in such case made and
provided, and also to do and receive
what the Court shall then and there
consider concerning her in this behalf
as to the Court shall seem meet and
consistent with the provisions of the
said Act of Assembly.
AND HAVE YOU THEN THERE THIS WRIT
Witness, the Honorable Jane S
PenneWiIl, at Wilmington, the Sixth
day of March A. D. nineteen hundred
and sixteen.
Issued March 16, 1916.
JOSEPH WIGGLESwoRTH,
Prothon otary.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10

The reports from Trinity House,
London, telling of the success of the
bird rests and perches, erected outside
lighthouses, will be welcome news to
bird lovers the world over. For many
years the number Of migrating birds
that were destroyed, at various light
houses around the coast, has been a
matter of great concern. The Royal
Society for the Protection Of Birds
undertook, therefore, some time ago,
to erect perches on which birds, mo
mentarily confused by the brilliant
light, could rest, and the Trinity House
report makes it clear that the scheme
is likely to prove completely success
full in solving the problem. One light
house keeper writes that there is not
the slightest doubt that the devices are
Of very great value in saving the birds,
and that it is now very rare occur
renee to pick up any birds that have
fallen into the sea.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10

Importation of Paris gowns to this
country during December has exceeded
that of any other corresponding period
within the memory of customs officials
at New York. Imports for the trade
have increased, but most of the gowns
have been for private individuals. One
Of the reasons given is that thousands
of Americans who in previous years
went to Paris and brought over French
dresses as personal baggage are now
buying them on orders with the result
that the importations appear in the
customs records. Another cause as
signed by customs men is that wealthy
Americans have taken this method OF
aiding the Partisan tailors and dress.
makers whose business has been af
fected by the war.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10

A woman has been arrested in Lon.
don charged with living luxuriously
by looting funds she collected, under
the guise of a lady of rank and for.
tune, for the suffering soldiers of the
war. Such grafters belong in the class
of ghouls, and no punishment seems
too severe for them. Yet those willing
to profit by the sufferings Of others,
even to the extent of increasing or
prolonging those sufferings, are, un
happily, found always in every great
misfortune which can happen to the
race.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10

1t is long been a proverb that the
worm will turn, but the matter be
comes serious when the worm in ques.
tion is the silkworm. Yet that indus.
trious worker is on a strike and silk
attire may go on the list Of prohibitive
luxuries, all because Of the fact that
the tension of the times is getting on
even insectivorous nerves.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10

The total number of church mem
bers in the United States in 1915 is
officially reported as 39,38O,71S, OF
653,64O more than in 1914. The opti
mist will see in these figures en-
couragement for the belief that tn,
pessimist is not warranted in proclaim
ing that the nation is going to tho
dogs.
Middletown transcript., 1916-06-10

A London magistrate has fined 8
club found playing poker on the
ground that it is most pernicious gam.
bling. This reflection on the great ma.
tional game will bring an indignant
flush to the cheek of every patriotic
American, but no international compli.
cations are feared.