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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
The Dirt Wagon Nuisance.

Mayor Joseph of Montgomery express
ed to me the opinion that the reason the
streets of Birmingham continued so dirty
is that after they were paved they were
not cleaned and never have been thor
oughly cleaned SINCE" Birmingham bus
mess man said yesterday.
Captain Joseph said that If a paved
street were once perfectly cleaned 1t
would be easy to keep 1t in good order.
LIS view is entitled to careful considera-
ton by the Birmingham authorities. for
he is the mayor of the cleanest city in
the South Some of the Birmingham
streets. especially those paved with brick,
are deliberately made dirtier day by day
by the drivers of wagons loaded with dirt
from building-sites or with dust and
trash. These drivers seek the brick-paved
streets because the smooth surface makes
their work easier and more rapid; there
is not so much jolting as on the stone
pavement So the drivers will go maybe
several blocks out of their way to get
on the brick, with the result that certain
streets are subjected to unnecessary traf-
fic and are made very dirty.
THE police powers of the city are
ample to prevent this wholly unnecessary
practice of making our dirty streets
dirtier The body of the ordinary dirt
wagon in use in Birmingham is construct
ed of loose boards in order to make UNI
loading easier, and every little jolt of the
wagon causes a quantity of the dirt to
fall in the street. and In these days when
there is much building in progress in the
city the trail of the dirt wagon is over
1t all. 1t is a serious evil as ever citizen
knows and it is so easy of remedy that
1t is astonishing the authorities do not
interfere. An order from the mayor
through the chief of police that no wagon
hauling dirt or trash in a leaky body
should be permitted in the streets would
accomplish most desirable result"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
Alabama Postoffics.

Washington, July 11.-tSpecial.)- Post
masters have been appointed as follows:
Octagon, Marengo County. M. j. Bark
ley; Winfield. Marion County, N 8.
Whitehead.
On September 1 a rural free delivery
route will be inauguarted at Girard,
Russell County, with one carrier. The
route embraces an area of 16 square
miles, containing a population of $50.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
RICH MAN KILLS HIMSELF.
Weight of Responsibility Was Too
Great and Drove Him Mad.

London, July 11-Too great wealth
seems to have been the immediate cause
of the suicide of Sebastian Gassiot, a
retired captain of the royal navy. A
brother of Captain Gassiot who died
recently. bequeathed 100000 ts2.50000O)
to st. Thomas hospital and at the in
quest just held 1t transpired that the cap
tain inherited 100000 (s2000,0OO of his
brothers money. He therefore became
depressed by the weight of his respon-
sibility and imbued with the delusion
that he was exceedingly poor.
Finally the captain shot himself at his
residence July 8. In his hand was dis
covered a paragraph from a newspaper
referring to his brothers. bequest to the
hospital and the will which had been the
source of trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
THE FoUNT OF cAsTALY.

BY Joseph O'Connor
/ would the fount OF Castaly
Had never wet my lips;
For woe to him that hastily
Its sacred water sips.
Apollo's laurel fiourishes
Above that stream divine;
Its secret virtue nourishes
The leaves of love and wine.
Its joyous tide leaps crystally
Up meath the crystal moon,
And falling ever mistily
The sparkling drops keep tune.
The wavelets circle gleamily,
With lilies keeping trysts;
The emeralds glisten dreamily
Below, and amethysts.
Once taste that fountains witchery,
On old Parnassus crown,
And to this world of treachery
o. never more come down.
Your JOY will De to think of 1t,
Twill ever haunt your dreams:
You'll thirst again to drink OF it,
Among thousands streams.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Men are children at both ends Of their
lives; women all through theirs.
1t is q wise woman that refuses to
know when her husband has been taking
q drink.
Tho best way to ge, a woman to love
you moro than some other man is to get
ier to love him less than you.
When man brings home candy and
flowers TO his wife and gives her an extra
allowance, It Is sign ne has some other
news 50 break to her which she viii not
like SO well.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
MAKE STUDY OF TYPHOID.
Army Officers to Probe Fresh Outbreak
at Chckamauua.

Washington-Major ]. r. Kean and
Contract Surgeon James Carroll, of the
army have been ordered to Chicka-
manga Park to study typhoid fever.
During the war with Spain the fever
was epidemic there in violent form. It
has appeared again. The doctors will en-
deavor to learn whether the typhoid has
resulted from germs which have exist
ed since the epidemic of four years ago.
Gen. Sternberg made the discovery that
flies transmitted germs of typhoid.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
LIVINGSTON and Sumter.

with the building of one of the finest
courthouses in the state. the cornerstone
of which was laid last Tuesday. the his
toric old county-town of Livingston will
take on new life, for other fine buildings
for business purposes will be soon conf
pleted." gaid Mr.. James Morris of Sum-
ter.
"The laying of the cornerstone Of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
$1,000 Shipped to New Orleans.

Washington, July 1.-THE Treasury
Department today shipped 100000 to
New Orleans against deposits at New
York and $4,000 to the same point against
deposits in Chicago. This is the first
time in the history of the department
that money has been shipped against
deposits at Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
LIVES ON EASY STREET.

From the Montevallo Sentinel.
If ever man was in the easy chair. so
far as his reelection is concerned, that
man is Hon. Sidney ]. Bowie With no
opposition from Democrats and, none from
Populites or Republicans there is no
stormy weather ahead of him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
QUESTION OF THE HOUR.

From the New York Evening Telegram.
Brook trout, black bass and muskei-
lunge are running now, but the great
thing to do is to find out what Grover
Cleveland is fishing for.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
McPhee Leaves Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, July John A. McPhee,
manager of the Cincinnati baseball club
OF the National League. severed his con-
rection with the club today and Business
Manager Frank c. Bancroft was placed
in temporary control.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

France thinks she can deliver the
goods, and Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral Russell is going to Paris In order
to see that nothing labelled Panama
has a string attached to it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
Robert N. Page Nominated.

Charlotte. N. c.. July 1.-THE Demo-
cratic convention of the Seventh district
at Monroe today nominated Robert N.
Page of Montgomery county for Con-
grtss on the 1211th ballot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

Today Lord Kitchener is due to ar
rive in London, where he will stand
the tallest living Englishman-tal in
inches and in achievements.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
Found With Throat Cut.

Huntsville, July 1l.-(Special.)-John
Batch, a farmer, was found in the woods
near JEFF this morning with his throat
cut. He had become demented and wan
dered from home and attempted suicide.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12
ADMISSION Gets Letter. Carrier.

Washington, July 11.-(Special. 1.-THE
postmaster at Admission will be allowed
one additional letter carrier October for
the extension Of the service to Oxanna.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

Funston is needed near Tacoma,
where Convict Tracey is defying the
government.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

The weather and soil are drouthy.
but the tide of moisture which GOV.
ers the rest Of the country will reach
Alabama after a while.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

Committeeman Stevens position to-
ward the press of the State is fully
reciprocated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

No State that has adopted the pri,
mary system has ever restored the
convention system.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

King Edward proposes to brace up
next month and get shut" of that
coronation piece of business.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

II King Edward keeps on gaining
strength, the doctors will soon try
Austins coronation ode on him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

Local thunder storms are not soak
ing rains, and 1t is the latter that Ala
bama wants.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

Mary MacLane is not, says the un-
gallant Chicago Tribune, pretty, but
she is smart.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

Governor JEFF Davis and Senator
J. K. Jones are not mutual friends at
present.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

Young Mr.. Phillips once essayed the
corn king act. but disaster came at
the end of the play. The Gates coterie
should study his career.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

South Carolina is not the only pri-
mary State There are Florida, Mis-
sissippi and Arkansas and others in
the North.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

Chairman Lowe is a good fighter,
but when he is outvoted he is a hearty
and trustworthy co-worker on the other
fellows side.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

An American circus will also take
a hand in the benevolent assimilation
of the half dollars Of the Filipinos.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

Convict Tracey has shot his wal
to freedom at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

Bandit Tracey is keener witted than
the deputy sheriffs who are seeking
him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

Congressman Underwood has re.
turned home to cool of. He says
the Alabama climate is far better than
the article dealt out in Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

Ofice-seekers who go to Oyster Bay
help the other fellow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-12

Congressman Underwood has re-
turned home to cool OFF. He says
the Alabama climate is far better than
the article dealt out in Washington
The weather and soil are drouthy
but the tide of moisture which GOV
ers the rest of the country will reach
Alabama after a while.
Young Mr.. Phillips once essayed the
corn king act, but disaster came al
the end Of the play. The Gates coterie
should study his career.
Chairman Lowe is a good fighter
but when he is outvoted he is hearty
and trustworthy co-worker on the other
fellows side.
South Carolina is not the only pri
mary State. There are Florida, Mis-
sissippi and Arkansas and others IL
the North.
An American circus will also take
a hand In the benevolent assimilation
of the half dollars of the Filipinos.
If King Edward keeps on gaining
strength, the doctors will soon try
Austin's coronation ode on him.
King Edward proposes to brace up
next month and get shut" of that
coronation piece of business.
--s----
No State that has adopted the pri
mary system has ever restored the
convention system.
-------s--- -
Mary MacLane is not, says the un
gallant Chicago Tribune, pretty, but
she is smart
Local thunder storms are not soak
ing rains, and 1t is the latter that Ala
bama wants.
s~e--------------
Funston is needed near Tacoma,
where Convict Tracey is defying the
government.
Committeeman Stevens position to-
ward the press of the State is fully
reciprocated.
Governor JEFF Davis and Senator
J. K. Jones are not mutual friends at
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-04-12
A Valuable Medicine

For Coughs and Colds in Children.
II have not the slightest hesitancv In
recommending Chamberlain's Cough Re-
NEEDY to all who are suffering from
coughs or cold," says Chas. NJ. Crsmer.
Esq. we'll known watch maker. Of Co
lOmbo, Ceylon. 1T has been some two
years since the City Dispensary first
called my attention to this valuable me-
dieine aud have repeatedly used 1t and
it has always been beneficial. II has
cured me quickly Of all chest colds. II
is especially effective for children and
seldom takes more than one bottle to
cure them of hearseness. have persu-
AIDED many to try this valuable medi-
cine, and they are all as we'll pleased a.
myself over the results. For sale By T.
j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-04-12

lity of straw, very long and smooth
and soft, with no center stem In 1t.
That shows that the part OF the
country is adapted to it's growth.
/ only see the straw excelled In
fineness in Western Texas dwarf.
There is one thing. you must have
good seed or the standard will run
out here in The South; more SO
than the dwarf. 1t will get very
red speckled and curly and course,
and has a center stem in it which
decreases the price. This is when
it is run here for a long time. You
get good Northern seed, Standard,
Evergreen or the Golden from
Australia, and it will stand until
the seed are fully grown and not
speck and turn red. The way l do,
I get my seed from the North every
two or three years. | prefer them
after they have been grown here
one year, but not after the third.
Don't think you can get seed OF
your friend or neighbor cheap and
they will do just as we'll. They
will if not run here too long. Ii
YOU examine this broomcorn and
find that it turns red soon after it
heads out, or gets red speckled,
don't plant it. Most all of the
seed dealers know this and get
their seed from the North; it does
not makes SO much difference in
the color of dwarf, but the longer
it is run the taller it gets, which
makes it convenient to jerk out the
heads. It ought not to get over
three or four feet high.
1
Now, don't jump into this too
deep. Take it lightly and study
its nature and learn all you can
about it and you will profit by it.
See what it makes to the acre in
your part of the country. You
must crawl before you walk, OF
you may fall. By all means get
your land clean, for it must be
worked young and cannot if the
land is not clean. Russell Parker,
Elmo, Kaufman Co., Texas, in
Southern Farm Gazette.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-04-12
The Chinese Exclusion Act.
Daily Picayune.

Daily Picayune.
The Chinese exclusion law, which
was enacted to keep Chinese i'm
migration out of the United States
for ten years, will expire in few
weeks by limitation.
1t was enacted in 1882 for ten
wears, and was reacted in 1892 for
ten years longer. Its time is mp
on May 5. 1902, absolutely by IL
imitation. 1t must be re-enacted
in some shape and signed by the
President within six weeks from
to-day, or the Chinamen can come
into this country, and once here,
could not well be put out.
The Chinese Government is
greatly opposed to the re-enact-
ment of the law, and Minister W.
has been working against it with
great zeal. One of the arguments
used by him is that the American
people need to do a large trade
with China, but any such hostile
law as excludes the Chinese from
coming into this country will be
met by retaliation on the part of
China.
There are large interests that
are in favor Of extensive imports-
tions of Chinese cheap labor, while
on the other hand the American
wcik people are unalterably oppo-
sed to letting John" in on q large
scale. 1t has been said that the
Chinese never strike. but their ar
tisans have their secret labor CON-
bipations all the same.
There are many Chinese in the
United States possessions of Ha-
wall and the Philippines, and, in
fact, they furnish about the only
reliable labor in those countries,
while more of them are wanted.
The time in which to legislate on
the subject is short. Any extern
sive influx of Chinese lsborers
would be calamity to the work
ing people of the United States.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-04-12
Profit In Battleships.
Daily States.


It is quite probable tina: the
hearing before the House commit
tee ON naval affairs will result
hereafter in some of our battle
ships and cruisers being built in
the government navy yards, be-
cause the testimony brought out
during the hearing showed conclu-
sively that these vessels can be
built as cbesply by the govern
ment as in the yards of private
firms. It is estimated that the
United States government has paid
to private contractors for the con-
struction of the new navy the sum
of $3.50, 100000. but this was mere
ly for hulls and machinery. and
does not include the FIVE monitors
and ships built in government
yards. To the Cromps alone the
government has paid, Sin round
numbers, s3S, 5000 and s25, OOO,-
600 to the Newport News Compa-
ny. These firms, it is said, make
q clear profit of 81, 100000 on every
first-clsss battleship they build,
and it is this matter of profits that
is at the bottom of the opposition
to the government building some
OF it's war vessels. because if it
should be once demonstrated that
there is a millions of profits in
every tirst-class battleship for the
private yard, the good thing" of
the contractors would be gone for
ever. The impression prevails at
Washington that Congress will
authorize the construction of
first-class battleship in a govern
ment yard in order to compare its
cost with that of similar ships
constructed in private yards.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-04-12

This paper might he filled with items
like the following. and every one be the
absolute truth. l had rheumatism for
years and tried almost everything, but
got no permanent relief until used
Ckamberlain's Pain Balm, three bottles
of which cured me. 1t Is the best medi
cine / ever used.-Philip 4. Rhoads
Pennville. Mo. Pain Balm is for sale by
T. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-04-12
ABOUT BROOMCORN.


l will answer some of the many
inquiries that come to me about
broomcorn. BY all means get
your land clean and in good shape.
Broomcorn is thing that neces-
sarily must be cultivated young.
1t took me several years to learn
this. Of course the land must be
clean to cultivate plant like that.
Be sure not to get it thick, az it
will make too small a head and
won't make the turmoil the thin
corn will. 1t takes just as long to
cut small head as it does q large
one. Then you have nothing when
you get it. Besides, if you aim to
cut your stalks for the second
crop, the thick will not make while
the thin will make fine, if you cut
before the 10th of August and get
any rain at all.
There is one thing, if you have
poor land. l think you can great
ly enrich it by planting broomcorn
and cutting the stalks. Cut them
up with cutter, then turn it un-
der green and let it lie. Or plant
in wheat, barley, or rye for winter
pasture. Try this for few years
and see if that old poor farm is
not in far better shape and you,
too, financially.
L have just received some broom
corn from seed that I sent out last
year to Eastern Texas, Gregg
county, and it is of the finest ana.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1902-04-12

Our phone number is 47-2, il
you have any news item of any
kind please call us and we will be
glad to get the news. If you haev
any guests at your house we will
be pleased to have you call us,
give us their names, where they
are from etc. Do not be afraid
of bothering US, We have put the
phone in the office just for this
purpose. So give us the call.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-05-01
DR.. Carl SundbeCk, of UpsaIa Uni
versity, Sweden, Pays a Visit to
COuntrymen in KenOsha.
A MAN OF DISTINGUISHED WORK
An Educator and Fighter who Has Given
Sweden Honor in Field of Battle and
in the Universities of Europe.

DR.. Carl Sundbeck, of Upsala Uni
sent to America to make study of
educational institutions, was the guest
of the Swedish people in Kenosha for a
few hours on Sunday. DR.. Sundbeck
came here for visit to DR.. Paul
Ma1mstrom, a former fellow towns
man, and during his short stay in the
city many of his fellow countrymen
called at the home of DR.. Malmstrom
to pay their respects to the honored
guest.
DR.. Sundbeck is one of the most
noted Swedish educators and during
his two months visit in this country
he has been received with the utmost
cordially by educators of the country.
While in Chicago DR.. Sundbeck was
the guest of the Union League Club at
dinner, at which he was welcomed to
Chicago. During Sunday afternoon
DR.. Sundbeck was taken about Keno
sha and shown the factories and the
Library building and other points of
interest. He expressed himself as
highly delighted with Kenosha and its
many improvements.
DR.. Sundbeck left in the evening for
Rock Island, ILL.,, where he will be the
guest of the officials of the Augustana
college for the next few days.
AS an educator DR.. Sundbeck stands
high on the continent and in America.
At the age of thirty-two years he took
his degree as a Doctor of Philosophy
and this is an honor rarely bestowed
upon SO young man by University
in Europe.
Besides his work as an educator DIR.
Sundbeck is distinguished as fighter,
he being the only representative OF
Sweden in the Greco-Turkish war. He
took an active part in the war fighting
for Greece and at the close of the con.
test he was one of the few men who
received the cross of the ''White Eagle
Order" for bravery on the field.
DR.. Sundbeck's mission to this coun-
try is to study American schools and
secure some new ideas for use in the
schools of Sweden. The University of
Upsala is the leading college in Swe-
den and through the work of DR..
Sundbeck it is expected that American
methods of education will be adopted.