The age-herald., 1902-03-16

are in Birmingham, and in Memphis the newspapers charge the merchants three times as much as the Birmingham mer- chants pay. Yet Birmingham is said to be the most prosperous business town in the South and It's newspapers are equal to those of any other city in the South, and far better than those of 90 per cent of other Southern cities.
 To return to Havana, 1t is now said to course General Leonard Wood, the mil itary governor, is primarily responsible for this cleanliness. The practical plann- ing and execution of the work, however, has been done by an Alabamian, Major w. c. Gorgas. surgeon in the United States army, who is, by the way, na- tive and resident of Tuscaloosa.
 In 1898 there were 21, 252 deaths in Hava- na. Last year there were but 5720 deaths, which is considered a very small num- Der for city the size of Havana, which has population of 26O, 0OO The deaths from yellow fever have been reduced from POGO several years ago, to 12 last year and 1t is freely predicted that there will not be a single case this year. Under Major Gorgas' management, free use has been made of modern disinfectants, and the health department of Havana is said to be as perfect as that of any city in the world. The official reports show that 11,000 gallons of petroleum were used last year, presumably for the purpose of de- stroying mosquitoes, which are said to carry the germs of yellow fever and spread this dread disease by their bites.
 
 The fact that Senator Arthur P. Cor man of Maryland is to assume the chair manshlp of the Democratic congressional campaign committee, Is bright sign It means that German, who is the shrewd- est politician as well as the ablest states man in the Democratic party today, be- lieves that b. proper management Dem ocratic successes can be achieved in the congressional elections this all, and possi- bly, a Democratic President can be elect ed two years hence.
 German is in no sense rainbow chas- CT. If he takes charge of the Democratic campaign this fall, you can put it down that the Democrats will be in control of the House of Representatives on the fourth of next March.
 The New York Sun has been sold. Will liam M Laffan, who has been connected with the Sun for many years, has pur- chased this great newspaper, and Paul Dana, it's editor, is to retire.
 The Sun during Charles A. Dana's life time, was the best newspaper in the It used the purest and most forceful En- glsn, and it was the standard for news papers throughout this country. It paid the highest prices for men, and employed the most cultured of newspaper writers. Its stories were invariably well told, and 1t Is said to be fact that every news paper man in New York City, on what ever paper he might be, read the Sun religiously every day.
 The Sun is yet a good newspaper. It has not been so strongly edited since the death of Charles A. Dana, but it has con- tinued on it's old lines of being the best edited paper in the world.
 By the way, I observe that one of the great medical journals of this country The American Gynaecological and Obstet- rical Journal-has been forced to suspend publication on account of the fact that its subscribers would not pay up. In