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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10
EaAdinn Cotton Seed Meal.

Out in Kansas City, in the land of corn, a meat inspector, shaughnessy by name, rises up to denounce the feeding of cotton seed meal to cattle. It makes them blind, changes their disposition, and he intimates that 1t may hare a deleterious effect Ion the meat" He goes on to say that 50 per cent of the cattle fed on cotton seed meal go blind. The esteemed shaughnessy proposes to ask the leg islature to regulate the amount of cot ton seed meal that may be fed. He wants, in plain words, more feeding of corn and less feeding of cotton seed meal. He is working in the interest of his constituents, he being a meat inspector in the corn belt.
 The trouble with Shaughnessy is, he does not distinguish between req sonable feeding of cotton seed meal and the overlooking of it. The truth is, cotton seed meal should not be fed with cotton seed hulls exclusively. It should be fed with corn, clover hay and corn fodder When these articles of cattle food are used cotton seed meal may be fed every day, and the animal will remain in perfect health while accommodating weight all of the time. About two pounds of cotton seed meal day is the proper ration. Cot ton seed meal mixed with corn, not with corn meal, is good cattle food. So is the meal and a ration of clover or pea vine. At any rate let the en- tire grain of corn be fed when cotton seed meal is depended upon for fatten- ing purposes, for it is the carbonace- ous part of the grain that is needed in such a case.
 MT. Shaughnessy was simply talking about something he did not under stand. He was discussing the effects of overlooking, instead of proper and reasonable and economical feeding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10
THE souTH's SLIM VOTE.

Frcm the Richmond Times Qnd).
 We have already referred to the light vote boiled during the last election 'n the states of Alabama and Mississippi The same Is true of the state of Louisiana. The total vote cast in that state was 26'- 2G5. or about one-sixth of the number of votes to which the state is entitled.
 'eThat Is to say' remarks the New Or leans Times-Democrat, that about one cut of six of the persons who can vote under the constitutional provisions took the trouble to pay their poll tax. get regis tered, go to the polls and cast their bal lot"
 That is distressing exhibit for any state to make. It is true that there are very few political contests in these days in the south, ss the democrats have mat ters in their own hands, but 1t Is most unfortunate state of affairs when the peo- ole of any state are so indifferent as this to their electicrs. If the people do not take a lively interest in public affairs they may be sure that the politicians will take an interest and will run things to suit themselves.
 It is a great privilege to be an American citizen and to have the right to vote. but this privilege carries with it a great re- sponsibility, and the citizen whc does n t recognize his civic responsibility and dis charge of duties as a citizen puts a very low estimate upon his citizenship. But 1t is very hard to get men to take an inter- est in politics when there are no contests, end it is more and more apparent that the great need of each and every southern state today Is a strong, respectable mi nol.ity party
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10
Men are April when they woo, Decem E Der when they wed.
 As You Like 1t.
Germ of Laziness.

Some esteemed journalists are mak- ing light of the bookworm and the disease it creates, insisting that pov- serty is the only disease that pecu- liarly belongs to the poor whites of the south, and that all their peculiar ills can be traced to it.
 But what created that poverty What keeps a certain lot of white men poor from generation to generation? They have been poor so long that they have become a class to them selves, and rarely does any one of their number break away from prevail ing habits and results. Poor enough they are, but why are they poor not simply throughout a single life, but down through a series of lives? Sallies of wit jibes do not answer these ques- tions.
 If Dr. Stiles has discovered a para site that he can show feeds upon the poor whites and does not feed upon his neighbors, then he has a case, and this is just what he says he can estab- lish. He has the boolworm down in black and white. He can identify it, and describe it, and give it's habitat --at least, he says he can. And he says he can trace a disease to it that enfeebles in almost every sense its victim. Why not give Dr. Stiles the benefit of the doubt instead of the bookworm? Let Dr. Stiles be encour- aged to continue his investigations until he reaches the limit.
 The most that we do know at pres ent in relation to the subject is that a class exists--a very distinct class that is weak in boise, weak in body and weak in brain power throughout long gaps of time, and no one before Dr. Stiles has attempted to explain the singularity of this class distinc- tion Dr. Stiles says he has found the secret of the decadence in these poor but honest-hearted people, and q scoffer, though wit. should not be permitted to stop the investigation he has begun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10
The Kinderuarten.

It is a matter of qualification to note the growth of the free kindergarten of the city. The women of Birmingham started this philanthropic movement some three years ago, and the infiu- ence of the worK has already reached over one thousand children and five hundred homes in this city. The best thinkers of the day agree that this work of taking the little ones and intoxicating the best principles of liv- ing into their hearts has far-reach- ing influence upon society, that it tends to an uplifting of that element in society which requires the greatest care and concern.
 The citizens of Birmingham have been liberal contributors toward the kindergarten. They realize the fact that every business interest is helped when they help the helpless and teach them to use hand and brain to helr themselves.
 The influence of the kindergarten reaches the home and brings cheer ard courage and a new hope to many parent.
 There is no nobler work, nor any that appeals more to the sympathies of thinking men and women. The cause deserves all the help and sup port we can give it, until the city will come forward to assist the women who are working so untiringly for the establishment or free kindergartens IT Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 A woman can learn to love any man that she wants to take away from some other woman.
 woman would rather be killed by the man she loves than cured by the man she doesn't love.
 A snob Is a person who is afraid some- body else will get where they are both trying to get before he does.
 What is one mans food is another mans poison, and what is one woman's s idolitry is another woman's disgust.
 Even a woman living under the equator would feel cool without furs if she heard some other woman had them.
 The better woman Is the worse her husband can be without her ever finding out what other people think about him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10
Whisky and Life Insurance.

life insurance companies are pro- gressive and strictly businesslilSe," said Milton Ochs, the insurance man and brother of the famous newspaper mana ger.
 "Ten years ago first-class companies would not insure a man who drank liquor to excess. Today 1t all depends. We are governed by climatic conditions. For example, a .man in Vermont or New Hampshire who acknowledges drinking more than two slugs day is turned down, whereas a Kentucky colonel or a Tar Heel in the moonshine district has unlimited privileges. In Lexington, Ky.. the questions and answers go as fol- lows:
 Are you addicted to the habit of drinking whisl1y?'
 'The colonel looks at the agent with a sheer and is about to resent his im- pudence.
 "I have no habit but drink whenever I get ready
 How many drinks do you take dur ing the day?
 "Oh to be confidential. take any where between twelve and twenty
 That's all right" says the agent.
 "You see, the Kentucky colonel can drink twenty slugs day with impunity Yes. this matter of liquor drinking all de- pends.
 "Our actuaries are at work on Alabama statistics and especially Birmingham sta. tistics. The question is. how many drinks will our company allow? As far as the actuaries have gone into the question, five whiskies have been allowed. Some of us are in favor of allowing six and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10
Irnuhla in uaneInela.

The claims of Great Britain and of Germany against Venezuela are the claims of speculators-of British mine spectators in the case, and of rail- road builders in the other The Brit ish claims grow out of a previous civil turmoil, and the German claims out of the construction of a railroad. Neither have a clear case against the government of Venezuela, and if like claims had arisen in the United States neither would have dreamed of en- forcing them. Such a contingency would never have occurred to them. They would in such a combination have told the claimants to do their own collecting.
 But Venezuela is a weak country, possessing no navy worthy of men, tion, and different rule is to he ap- piled to her. She must pay up in full or have her ports blockaded. The al- lied powers engaged in this hold-up do not propose to seize any territory for that would trench upon the Mon- roe doctrine, but they propose to seize the custom houses of the helpless country, and thus perhaps destroy the present government.
 President Castro is perhaps no bet ter than any other South American leader, but it is plain he has some backbone, and some desire to stand up against injustice. The courts of Venezuela are open, but neither Great Britain nor Germany will go to them. nor do they seem inclined to try The Hague court or any other form of arbi- tration. They have simply concluded to demand certain sums and to get them at the mouth of their big guns.
 This may be called civilization and all that, but it is simply the old rule of the robber barons of the Rhine ap- piled to a little republic that has no ships. It is the rule of force-of might instead of right. Whatever the worth of the claims of the two az gressive countries may be, they should at least be determined by compe- tent and recognized authority before LII resort is had to force and guns and a blockade.
 Venezuela has once before in these same cases threatened to repeal her tariff. thus leaving the two countries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10
AULD LANG SINE.

Adapted by Robert Burns Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days O lang syne?
 CHORUS. For auld lang syne. my dear,
 For auld lang syne, t We'll talk cup O kindness yet, For auld lang syne. We twa hae run about the braes,
 And pud the gowans fine; But we've wandered mony weary foot Sin auld lang syne. We twa hay paidPt i the burn, Frae mornin' sun till dine; But seas between us braid hae roared
 Sin auld lang syne. '' And here's a hand, my trusty fiere
 And gie s hand O thine; And we'll talk a right guid willie-waught For auld lang syne. And surely yell be your pint-stoup, And surely I'll be mine; And we'll talk cup O kindness yet For auld lang syne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10
Thanksoivinu Charity.

"St Vincent's hospital received a little over $100O for it's Thanksgiving fund" said high city official yesterday, who had just interviewed one Of the sisters.
 And the significant fact is that the contributions came from d thousand or more people. One prominent man sent his check for s100. but the bulk tof the contributions were from one-dollar and fifty-cent people.
 St. Vincent is anchored in the hearts of the people-certainly in the hearts of the masses. As Father OReilly once said, the poor in every city who cannot pay for treatment want to go to the sis ters. It is that way in great cities, and 1t is that way in Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

with an empty bag to hold. and this may be the policy that she will adopt in case of the seizure of the Yenezue- Ian custom houses. It would at any rate serve Germany and Great Britain right. pending a reference of the en- tire matter to arbitration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10
Santa Claus is the gift trust.
BECOMING SCARCE.

From the Ensley Herald.
 Southern pine timber is growing scarce For many years it was a drug in the worlds builders trade, but at last 1t Is coming into appreciation. Blessings brighten as they take their flight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

some favor seven. But 1t may be safe to assume that the impunity number will not go over six.
 Tn old times men applying for life in- surance told falsehoods about their drink Ing habits. Truth is now the rule, though a lie now and then is recorded. There is no excuse for lie from any viewpoint. and the reason the Kentucky colonel Is readily accepted is because his frankness anpeals to nsn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

It takes cheek" on the part of town like Memphis to attempt to take a clergyman from a town in sure pos session of a great future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

The trusts are not bit alarmed be- cause twenty-one bills have been pre- sented in congress aimed at them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

The bears were referred to when the President urged the stoppage of the senseless slaughter of game" on our national reserves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

Antitrust bills and conferences over the baseball situation fill space in the newspapers of the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

Postmaster-General Payne is the im- placable foe of woman rural mail car riers. Such carriers cannot vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

Mr. Quay and his omnibus bill is the fight of the session. The esteemed boss is a born fighter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

Twenty-one antitrust bills have been poured into the congressional hopper, but not a single one of them will come out of 1t a law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

Mrs. Pat Campbell's repertory is broad and unctious this season. It will not, however, be inflicted on the provinces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

The trusts own this government. Why should one not have and enjoy what he pays for every four years, if not oftener7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

Emperor William has a demagogic key in his mouth organ.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

Rival railroad interests are keeping the Pennsylvania railroad out of New York city, by holding up the desired tunnel franchise in the aldermanic board. St. Louis methods are needed there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

They, have snow in the northern states to melt and to shovel from the sidewalks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

The motion in Massachusetts is, Let no guilty COW escape"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

Signor Mascagni is still using the deputy sheriff in his advertising de- partment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

MT. Winer has fully arrived, bag and baggage, north of Mason and Dixon's line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

Now that he is dead all mourn the giant who stood among pigmies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

The weather bureau stands pat on it's recent cold-wave prediction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

The germ of laziness is not confined to the poor whites.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

Not only the milk but the milk cans should be billed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-10

AoAh SASJ5 py holdluB up 1ne uSsAt Su tunnel franchise in the aldermanic board St. Louis methods are needed there.
 It takes check" on the part of a town like Memphis to attempt to take a clergyman from a town in sure pos session of great future.
  The bears were referred to when the President urged the stoppage of "the senseless slaughter of game" on our national reserves.
  Twenty-one antitrust bills have been poured into the congressional hopper, but not single one of them will come out of 1t law.
 
 The trusts own this government. Why should one not have and enjoy what he pays for every four years, if not oftener?
 Mrs. Pat Campbells repertory is broad and unctious this season. It will not, however, be inflicted on the provinces.
 The trusts are not bit alarmed be- cause twenty-one bills have been pre- scented in congress aimed at them.  Postmaster-G General Payne is the im- placable foe of woman rural mail car riers. Such carriers cannot vote.
  Antitrust bills and conferences over the baseball situation fill space in the newspapers of the day. - Mr Quay and his omnibus bill is the fight of the session. The esteemed boss is a born fighter.
 
 They have snow in the northern states to melt and to shovel from the sidewalks.
 Signor Mascagni is still using the deputy sheriff in his advertising de- partment.
 Mr Winer has fully arrived, bag and baggage, north of Mason and Dixon's line.
  The weather bureau stands pat on it's recent cold-wave prediction.
  Now that he is dead all mourn the giant who stood among pigmies. The motion in Massachusetts is, Let no guilty COW escape" Emperor William has demagogic key in his mouth organ. The germ of laziness is not confined to the poor whites.
 
 Not only the milk but the milk cans should be billed.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-31
THEY WILL COMBAT
IMMORAL PLAYS
Programme of the Actors Church Al
lance Comprises Missionary
Work.

NEW YORK, Oct. 30-Members of
the Church club have become affiliated
with the Actors Church Of America.
Heretofore the membership of the al
lance has included only theatrical folk
and clergymen. Rev. DR.. Walter E.
Bentley, rector Of the Church of the
Holy Sepulchfe and general secretary
for the alliance, explained how the al
lance has planned to knock OUT the
immoral plays in America. A commit
tee Of clergynlen has been appointed,
he said, to visit the various plays and
to ascertain which are fit for the re-
1igiouS men and women to see and
hear and for the children to know
about. That committee, he said, in
cludes several of the foremost clergy
men in New York. The information
collected by those men will be sent
to the pastors of churches in every city
in the country and those men, with
sympathetic, influential members of
their congregations, will work quietly
among the people and, induce them not
to patroniZe the plays when they come
to town. A similar course will be pur-
sued with plays that are found worthy
and elevating, the ministers and lay
men asking their friends to attend It
is hoped, he said, that in a few years
a complete reform of the stage in
America may be brought about.
DIR. Bentley declared that the stage
is a means by which many existing
evils might be remedied, but he de-
clared it to be under the present con-
ditions degrading and den1oralizing.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-31
SUCCESS IN The COUNTY.

The entire Democratic county ticket
can be elected if active Democrats do
their entire duty.
1t has been the custom to say Of late
years that Ramsey county is Repub-
ican. This is both broad and indefinite.
Ramsey county is Republican when
Republicans nominate the best men,
which they have never done since COM
ing into power, and when the Demo-
Gratis nominate poor and undesirable
men. But Ramsey county is not Re-
publican. and has not been when DEM
ocrats have nominated their best repre-
sentatives for county office.
There is a big difference between the
relative strength of the parties in this
county today and that strength for
some years after 1898 when the labor
ing population, and the people Of small
means generally, were forced to leave
the city in such large numbers, as the
result of the financial panic that pre-
vailed. These people, or others in the
same walks of life. have since come to
the city in large numbers. They are
mostly Democrats, and they vote for
their party candidates preferably, even
in local contests.
In addition to this, the people who
reside in the city have shown clearly
their preference in two succeeding city
elections and one county election for
Democratic candidates when they are
men of the highest stamp available.
Thomas r. Kane could not be county
attorney if this were not SO. Nor could
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-31

Peter j. Metzdorf be county treasurer,
Mr. Irwin county surveyor, or DR.. Mil
ler
This year the Democrats Of Ramsey
county have nominated their strongest
men, In every case they bear compar-
ison with their Republican candidates
Those of them that are now in office
are so palpably the superiors Of those
nominated against them that advocacy
of them is made necessary only by the
claims put forward by the opposition
press in behalf of those that have been
nominated to oppose them. Besides,
the. record which Democratic tncum-
bents of county office have made for
themselves is such in every instance
that the grossest public qualification is
necessary if they are not to be sus-
tained by increased majorities.
Democrats must bear these facts IN
mind and work increasingly for the
success of the entire county ticket. 1t
can be made sweeping victory II we
are sufficiently in earnest. All the
signs point to such a victory. All that
is now needed is that every Democrat
shall go to the polls and see that his
neighber who sets honorable and use
full public service above partisan con-
siderations also goes, and cast their
votes for the best men presented to
them for the several offices on the Off
cial ballot. Doing this, there can be
no doubt of the result.
The Saint Paul globe., 1902-10-31
A DEBT ALL RECOGNIZE.

The newspaper profession on both
continents owes a debt of gratitude to
his grace, Archbishop Ireland. He has
come to the rescue of it's members time
and time again when the conditions
were unfavorable in the highest de-
gree to the production Of copy" If
he has not come they have brought
him.
Many an ingenious European CORE
spondent, driven to despair for matter
which would enable him to engage the
attention Of the American public, has
turned in his day toward Archbishop
Ireland; and he has never turned in
vain. Our distinguished fellow citizen
fills so large a place in the public
thought of the United States that any
thing that relates to him Is read with
interest by Catholic and Protestant and
infideI alike.
If the people in Rome have not sus-
tanned the ingenious correspondents in
their clever recitals and bold proph-
ecies, of course the blame is not to be
laid at their door. They at least have
done their duty, and have given to the
archbishop promotion in his calling in
every direction and to every post short
Of the papacy itself.
By and by, no doubt, some one or
more of them will revive that pictur-
esque figure, conjured from the big
In, of lot of
pope Of Rome walking up Broadway
in tall hat and Prince Albert coat,
and reveal the features Of the st. Paul
divine beneath the rim Of the tail hat.
If the vision is not so revived, it may
safely be predicted that twill not be be-
cause of the difficulty involved in Arch
bishop Ireland's sticking so persistently
to the fine Western American sombrero,
under the shadow Of which he mingles
in civil life SO freely among his fellow
American citizens.
We recommend the latest plan of
transferring the archbishop to Chicago
to the thoughtful consideration Of our
readers. 1t is Of newspaper origin, and
10 SAlC1 q SOOu IlliIS. AS d IOL
Paul newspaper T h e GIob e is at
once glad and sorry to print the story
glad to unite in the universal deter
mination in the calling to keep Arch
bishop Ireland always in the public eye,
and sorry that there may be some basis
of fact underlying it.
OF this latest story The Globe
vouchsafes no more than that the arch
bishop realizes all the requirements to
a leading character in the life of a
far larger and more important city
than even the Western metropolis, with
it's own vast conceptions of it's great
ness and Importance, present and fu-
ture.