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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
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Famous Poisoning Case.
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A MAN and a woman, engaged in whole A sale poison plots against members of
 their family in North England, were caught when they decided to put out of the way a confederate who "knew too much.
 This incident brings back to memory the case of Sainte-Croix and Marie Madeleine, the infamous prisoners of Paris, who decided to put Briancourr out of the way. The method adopted by the pair consisted in Marie in viting Briancourt to a midnight rendezvous and that Sainte-Croix should suddenly appear and kill him. Briancourt was madly in love with ''the ily-white marQuise." Briancourt came a little too early and he had to step back in his hiding place, and from there ob- served Sainte-C Croix and Marie and realized the trap that had been prepared for him. He was frightened and leaned against the door which flew open. Sainte-Croix leaped for him, but Briancourt did some leaping on his own account and succeeded in wounding his former confederate. Marie fled to Liege. Entered convent. Then after some time she met a handsome young priest" who made love to her and persuaded her to run off with him. She agreed, but hardly had the elopers crossed the French border when the priest" pulled off his clerical garb and revealed him self as an officer of the French police. Marie was given the water test" and confessed over hundred poisonings. On her way to the guillotine she railed at the ladies who had come to witness her death as a new fashion able diversion. Sainte-Croix, her partner, died when the glass mask he wore broke while mixing poisons. He died of the fumes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
ROCK FLOUR" FOR SOILS.

The last word has not yet been said on the fertilization of soils. There are many theories of soil building, some of which work out successfully and some do not. Often it seems to the farmer, who pays out good money year after year for those commercial fertilizers without which he knows his crop will be a failure, that some way ought to be found to evoke those processes within the soil that caused it to be fertile before man began to take toll of it's nurturing substance. There fore, any contribution to the program of more permanent agriculture deserves careful and intelligent attention.
 " this connection, book by MT. Paul
 Resvedt, Fighting Insect Plaques"
 lshed by the International Printing
 hpany of Philadelphia, brings into
 W prominence a theory that has some
 hat been rejected of late years. It is,
 riefly, an argument favoring the fresh ening of soils by applications of pull vverized rock, of certain types and con- stituepce. The author quotes extensively from agricultural authorities and experi- mentors and from his own observation in support of the value of dressings of finely ground rock, properly selected for its chemical content. Thus "by judicious se- lection of the rock natural rock ferti- lizer may be made complete fertilizer or maybe made to meet special condi- tions. It may be made to contain silica, potash, soda, clay, lime, magnesia, iron and sulphur together with traces of sub stances which are useful in plant foods, las, for example, chlorine, iodine, etc" T Mir. Synnesvedt believes that these raw minerals have somewhat the same tonic effect upon depleted soil that mineral salts in food have upon person. There is fertilizing value, he believes, but also soil corrective value of great importance. MT. Synnesvedts ideas are \ set forth so cogently and with such evil dent sincerity as to deserve thoughtful , attention and at least experimental test ing out on the part of enlightened farm CTS. They can apply the tests he sug- gests and note results, without abandon ing their tried methods, nor embracing the new, until and unless the tests prove of value.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
Brief Nature Studies
THERE'S flutter on the night-wind down
By J. OTIS SWIFT

THERE'S flutter on the night-wind down
 beside the meadow brook. There are scampering feet by moonlight in each ferny, rocky nook. There are fairy fays and naiads chasing milkweed silk aloft, riding star beams in the gloaming, gathering silkweed, downy soft. There are elfin looms a-weaving underneath the oak trees roots tiny tailors stitching dresses dyed by juicy bloodEoot shoots. For the milkweed's cut her purse strings, fairy woors upon the breeze and the Little People harvest where it floats among trees.
 Along country roads and meadow lanes the tall, dry stalks of common milkweed hold up rough pods broken open to release the baby seeds, each borne away on wings of fluffy parachute to take root and grow. The silky white floss is gathered by the Little People to weave into ball dresses for midnight dances under the hunters moon.
 One who has seen them at their revels tells us that not only bloodroot, but elderberry, ink berry and frost grapes are used to give the fabrics the rich tints that lend color to the autumn festivals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
Watching The Parade
JOHN PILGRIM

TUNNY, isn't it. how we get to thlnKlng
 H in grooves? Some one some time sald something and we accept 1t without fur- +her consideration. Then all the rest ot our lives we think docilely along the green line. Inst as if the power of thought had been renlaced by piece of carbon paper Here S an example
 Poor little beasts" I said to my friends at the ZOO. Its pitiful to see these wild creatures in confinement. hate to come to place of this sort"
 The point is that every one said yes. Yes, it was too bad Yes, they were all sorry for the poor little beasts. Yes, they hated to go to the zoo and watch these wild creatures be- hind iron bars. Yes, yes, yes.
 That night picked up some ones book on wild animal life and began to read 1t. l was still choked up with pity But the more l read the more I began to feel that maybe the wild creatures in the tame zoo are to be con eratuated They are freed of every tax life has placed upon the wilderness save that of death in bed. Not one of them has to hide from an enemy, because the enemies are all on the other side of the iron bars. They need not hustle for food because the food IS purveyed for them. They drink fresh water and sleep in warm cells, if they wish to, and have all the range that they can desire ln which to exercise.
 "Thpy are fat and shiny and saucy," said to myself "Shucks, those wild creatures Tn confinement are playing in luck
 Maybe I'm wrong about the wild creatures. That isn't the point. The point is that all my life I had been taking someone's blue print Of an idea as my own.
 I'm going to look about and see if l cannot do R little original thinking along other lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
The Hon. John Harper

When John Harper died the newspapers all over the state said that Alabama had lost one of her greatest sons. He had been indeed powerful and a symbolic figure. As a southern gentleman he was possessed of a thousand little courtesies and a sudden, vlo- lent temper. He could make courtly poetic speeches to ladies and send smashing, destruc- tive invectives at his enemies. There has never lived a more noble orator in the history of this state," wrote The Birmingham Age Herald in front-page column on the day of his death.
 As politician the Hon. John Harper had been an ambitious and successful servant of the people He had himself created an i'm portant office and department of govern ment under the state laws and held it against rival candidates through many dangerous and popular elections. Every four years when the legislature convened John Harper had al ways introduced bill for the increase of the salaries in his department and somehow his bills had always passed. 'This public office which he has created and the many bene- ficial laws which he put through the houses of our state congress will ever remain as monuments to his memory" wrote the Mo bile Register, in memoriam, "and as living testimonials of his greatness to his dear ones"
 A wife and young son, boy of only 12 years, had survived John Harper. Mrs. liar per, it was remembered, had not been par ticularly congenial with her husband and had not been an important character. When neighbors visited her now they found her in almost destitute circumstances She did not have clothes or a hat that she could wear to the funeral. The wardrobe only con- tained the clothes of John Harper. His eve ming suits and business suits and tuxedos and golf things-clothes that had been necessary for his public office. Tt has always been hard for John to get along on his salary" Mrs. Harper said, there were so many things that he must do as a man of his position. He had to keep up at his clubs, and, of course, there were social obligations and he never seemed to win at cards" She was a quiet little wom- an and the death of her husband had left her lonely, pathetic figure. But when someone asked her if she had thought about what she was going to do she strengthened up proudly and said, Il have my boy to raise. He is just like his father and must grow up to be great man.'-Sara Haardt, in the Reviewer, of Richmond, Virginia
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facts. He made a desperate attempt to capitalize an ignorance that did not exist. He thought he could convince Americans that they were downtrodden, oppressed, robbed of their rights and all that sort of thing. He learned that they knew something of individual lib- erty and self government. His hearers showed at the ballot-box that they did not believe what he said, and put no faith in his political theories.
 . Let it be hoped that the country is rid of radicalism. The American people know of too many remedies for removing injustice or oppression seriously to con- sider destroying constitutional govern ment in favor of uncertainty and chaos.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
Through The Mill.

Let hardened victim of the glowing ads that appear these days tell of his experiences
 memory course-Suddenly remembered all the bills I owed, that my best girl tilted me, that my wardrobe was inadequate, and a hundred other things it was so nice to forget.
 course in physical perfection-Grew so strong that my expenses for meals trebled and I gave up hours to exercise l should have de- voted to business.
 A course in material advancement-Soon thought I was worth more to my concern than the boss and asked such big raise that was fired.
 A course in etiquette-Did fairly well be- fore, but began to be so obsessed by the necessity of doing all things right that l did everything wrong- ,c -Pensive Sam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
Always Like The Czars.

The soviet authorities are continuing their arrests of Zionists in all parts of Russia. It seems that the Jews are singled out for espe- cial harsh treatment in the soviet prisons. They are not allowed to leave the country and go to Palestine, but are required to help in the building of Jewish colonies in southern Russia. Some of the Zionists arrested in clude foremost scientists and scholars. They are considered the most dangerous. Even the League of Nations has been appealed to for interference in these terrible circumstances. In the light of such dispatches how ridiculous becomes the charge, so often voiced in Ameri- ca, that the Jews are the real directors of the soviet government and the race that has taken up the role of international plotters against the peace of the world.
 Copyright, 1924)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
FutlIriStS
By DIR. FRANK CRANE

|DEFORE you join in the chorus of d ID against the cubists, post-impressi
 and futurists in art, and, for that \ before you condemn anything, you shouI try to come into sympathy. Any critiI entirely worthless which is devoid of Id without love there is no understanding
 It is self-expression. Ordinary prota9 for instance, is not art, because tH nothing in the creative hand in maklI picture; it is mechanical reproduction the man does is to push trhe button on the contrary, crude as they may be, ,F' of the highest type, because the person. the maker is apparent in every line. Y
 The highest quality in painting of is not the fidelity with which it porf the details found in nature, but it is ta lection with which it sets forth the IT feeling. In other words, good work1 is not what everybody sees, but lwf1 maker thinks he sees; it is not cCpyi object, it is the expression of the artist
 Art is not prettiness. Our stand& are used to and can understand. To ! casian the face of the white woman isl ful; to an African the thick-lipped, fld black woman. Very few white md Michelet, can cross the border of pf, and see superior beauty in the negress. most of the pictures that please tn are those to which the crowd has been
 What we call culture is merely fan. with works of higher order of gen4 the ordinary. We say Raphael's pi - :. better than those of the artist whd ', u landscape in ten minutes for you at SS. land, because the more one studies :. keener ones sense of the beautiful /, the more he grows toward Raphael AfI from the lightning artist. The wise, u perienced and more mature you are, tku your taste turns toward Botticellis and Rodin's men. M
 Before you cry out against the
 pressionists, therefore, you should trI his work from his point of view, i'd his self-expression, to grasp his sy Perhaps in the end you may judge |, but a freak, "crazy quilt" artist you may find he has a great truth.
 judgment will be worth nothing un have approached his work with sympathy, and an open mind.
 All art, in way, is caricature. question is, is the caricature that of who has vision, real message, or
 of a shallow and cheap soul who seeking to startie and attract attent
 And the only question about the flu
 have they the touch of genius anC of interpretation, or are they but ch)l Xi :, CTS after novelty? Go and see. AH ,,-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
Forum Of The People
The Community Chest Opening Rally.
To the Editor of The Age-Herald:

TO tne EullOr or IHt ASt-I1tTdIu
 Again we take the liberty of asking you to favor the cause of the Community Chest with an editorial on next Sunday, believing this to be the psychological time for such an editorial in view of the fact that the opening rally of the workers is held on Monday eve ming at 6 :30 at the Tutwiler Hotel.
 At this time I also want to express my personal appreciation, as well as that ot every member of the publicity committee for your splendid editorial of last Sunday, and the fine cooperation you have given our publicity director, Sig G. Bauer, since the beginning of this present campaign.
 w. M. COSBY.
 Chairman, Publicity Committee. Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 13, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
The Right Word
INTERPRETING THE EMPLOYER.
By W, CURTIS NICHOLSON

M Peterson, La Grange, Ill.,: ''The other day our boss dictated the following sentence :: "'Our impression regarding the (affect, effect) of the plan on employees staclstlcs gives us the impression that the plan has little (affect, effect) among those who have worked for the company less than two years Will you please tell me whether the word affect or effect should be used and the reason! What is the best way of keeping these two words from starting trouble2 Please let me have your opinion as it may settle an office squabble.'
 Effect means to make or bring about; as, He intends to effect (make or bring about) new system.
 Affect means to change or influence; as, His recent attitude has affected (changed or Iinfluenced) our plans.
 The words just described are verbs. When you wish to use a noun, the right word IS effect
 Therefore, the sentence you quoted should be written as follows;
 Our impression regarding the effect ot the plan on employees statistics gives us the impression that the plan has little effect among those who have worked for the com pany less than two years.'
 The following would be correct, Illustrating the use of affect:
 "......... that the plan would scarcely affect those who have worked for the com pany less than two years"
 Pronunciation of Buffet.
 To F. Loehr, Chicago: The dictionaries give either buf ct (u as in but; as in get) or bu-fe Gu as in full; @ as in prey). The latter pronunciation seems to be more frequently uSed
 Yesterdays Error.
 Wrong: Amongst is not used as much as "among."
 Right: Amongst" is not used so much as "amonp"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
Terrorist NatiOnalists.

Members of German secret society, known as the Organization e. were placed on trial at Berlin recently on a charge of secret con- spiracy" The members are mostly ex-officers and young scions of the old nobility. Through out the trial they maintained an absolute si- lence, but when asked by the presiding judge to tell of the aims and objects of their club, they demanded the exclusion of all spectators and the press representatives. Their reason given for this demand was that if their secrets leaked out it would endanger the national se- curity. In the end they were condemned and sentenced. The judge said that secret societies could not assume a benevolent neutrality on the part of the German state. He felt that there was strong presumptive evidence that the Organization C." as a militant section of the nationalists, had to their credit such henous crimes as the murder of pr. Rath- enau and the attack on Dr. Scheidemann, as we'll as connivance in the escape of the war criminals, Dittmar and Boldt. '"The German people are tired of secret diplomacy and se- cret methods. We want to impress civiliza- tion that we are people that wants to re- build and regain confidence. Secret terrorist organizations, masquerading under the guise of patriotism, do us no good with the out side world and have deprived us of the serv- ices of some great citizens" said the judge in sentencing the members.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
PaIisade Pictures

Regal pines on ragged cliffs
 Silently look down; River mirrors, shadow-etched,
 Glimpse a grotesque town. Chimneys gaunt and towers grim, Roman arches gray, Castle walls in ivy dress
 Near the broad highway. Graceful ships are weaving
 Scarfs of sombre black; Screaming gulls are wheeling,
 Far away, then back. Merry chirp of crHkets
 Under rusty leaves; Tiny waves are lowing
 At the feet of trees. Stately pines are watching,
 Soft green fingers still, Twilight creeping slyly
 Up the lonely hill. Leaden sails blush crimson
 From the sinking sun, Low voiced bells are ringing
 Now, the Night has come. Florence Chase Haight in tlI
 Times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
InterpretatiOnS,

"This is the life!' as the drowning man said when he was resuscitated.
 Take it from me, las the timid young lady said when she saw a mouse.
 Long live the King!" as the poker player said when he held four of them.
 Beat it" as the housewife said to the servant who was rolling up rug.
 Make haste slowly" as the man said to his creditors who were hurrying him for payment.
 Keep it dark" as the lover said to his best girl when the lamp went out. IN. M. Levy.
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It is said that an Alabama minister was forced by small salary to resort to wild persimmons for at least one meal. Wild if trifle green, are guaran- teed to reduce ones capacity to fit ones
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15

The work of curtailing forces in gov ernment departments is reported to have begun since the election. If the Repub- lican party wants to economize in way that is worth while and generally accepta- ble to the people, how about cutting down the tariff?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15

Notwithstanding a famous local ex- ample of the still more famous Hill case in Maryland, there is the suspicion that Alabama liquor laws are somewhat stricter than the Volstead act.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15

EthePs Feet. Mother took little Ethel to the shoe store to buy her a pair of shoes. Of course the little girl had to wear them home. On the way down the street she could not keep her eyes off her shoes. Finally she looked into her mothers face and said:
 Mother, don't you think papa will be awful proud of me now that I am getting such big feet?"
 Mfrs. D. Thelning. (CopyriKht, 1924 Reuroduetion ForbiddenO
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LOyOla And Calvin.

Les extremes SC touchent' (Extremes meet), says the German Kreuzzeitung i4 commenting on an incident ir the Holland parliament where the conservative anti-revo- lutionary members voted in a solid bloc with the communists in opposition to a proposed liberal measure. Not only do extremes often touch, but the phenomenon is not confined to the realm of politics. So often a common source will send out two altogether divergent streams. For instance, Nicolai Lenin was a fellow student of Kerensky at the 'gymna- sium' where Alexander Kerensky's father was rector and yet later in life the two be- came the most bitter political antagonists, champions of two different schools of social ism. Another instance of common earlier training leading to an absolutely different ending in history is the fact that 1gnatius de Loyola, founder of the militant Catholic or der known as the Company of Jesus, studied at the same college as John Calvin, the Protestant reformer. Even this day a visitor will be shown the names of Calvin and Loyola carved closely together in the woodwork of the walls in the college of St. Barbe in Paris.
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For robbing a bank Kansas woman has been sentenced to serve prison term of from one to ten years. We presume the number of years is optional with her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
All In The Game.

All In The Game. "I draw the line at kissing" the sweet maiden said to him, But that brave young football player of dejection gave no sign; In sooth, he was quite certain he was in the best of trim, So a clever dash he managed and he straightway crossed the line.
 Opal D. Shipley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15

That Syracuse man who committed suicide by taking two kinds of poison, setting the house on fire and hanging himself was super-efficiency expert.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15

No submarines have been seen off Bir- mingport recently, but the subchaser now on its way here will doubtless make a thorough search.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
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Daily Practice.

Morgan: "Whatever gave you the idea that you could make good as an exhibition juggler?"
 Schuyler: My boy, you should see me balance a stack of wheat cakes and two cups of coffee, in a crowded one-arm lunch room.'
 Cecil Bartlett.
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The news that Emma Goldman is de- termined to return to America, in some way or other, indicates that she has been cured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
Hot Trail.

Evelyn: Mamma went out an awful whil ago and I don't know where to hunt for her.
 Shaw (who has just arrived home): "Rur around the corner and look in the barber shop Philip Hoffman.
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NO WONDER SHE THINKS SHE WON
 Germany got rid of the kaiser. Maybe it is upon that accomplishment she claims the war not lost.-Toledo Blade. a
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Winning Combination.

Madge: How can you and Charlie both drive the car at the same time"
 Marjorie: II hold the wheel and Charlie holds me-"
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functioning of government and full CO., operation between the president and his legitimate majority in congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-15
A DIFFICULT JOB

Perhaps the hardest thing of all in this era of moral reform is to convince the profess sional reformers that it's just as bad for them to be crooked as it is for anybody else to be that way.-Ohio State Journal.
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Ask Dad. He Knows,

Tom Reluctantly for the fiftieth time) Well goodnight, darling"
 Voice From the Top of the Stairs: What dya mean-good-night? It's good-morning v
 -Alyce Ann Furlong
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If the choice were left 10 me- whether to have a free press a free government would choose a free nrcs5.-Thomas Jefferson.