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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
C0ttonseed Meal Bread.

The high price of corn meal has led
DR.. L. e. Starr of Wilcox county to
make a series of experiments in the
use of cottonseed meal for bread max
ing purposes, and he finds that three
parts of corn meal and one part of
cottonseed meal make a very good az
ticle of bread. The Wilcox Progress
i've Era thus describes the new pro-
cess:
The Doctors plan is to mix about one
peck of cottons~ed with three pecks of
corn and grind the mixture in the ordna-
ry grist mill When run through a sieve
all the huls, lint, etc, together with the
bran is caught, and 1t is claimed that
the cottonseed corn meal is just as pure
and healthy as corn meal or flour, and
that 1t has the advantage of already hav-
ing enough grease in it to cook 1t. The
bread is hardly as dark as that made
from the red cob corn. and can scarcely
be told from the ordinary breaG.
II pala.able and nutritious bread can
lie made from corn and cottonseed,
both OF which the South produces,
the latter abundantly and the former
in good quantities, there should be no
trouble in producing a home supply
CO bread leaving the meat supply to
be furnished in part from outside
sources. Dr. Starr is confident he has
discovered method by which pala-
table, wholesome and cheap bread
can be produced, and his experiments
lave been patiently conducted, cover.
ing wide range of articles and many
combinations of them. His standing
in his profession is very high, and his
plan for filling the meal barrel is
probably the best that has been pre-
scented.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
IMMORTAL AMERICAN POETS.

To the Editor of the Age-Herald:
Concerning the productions of American
poets, does it not seem that the judg-
ment pronounced In your editorial col
umns last Sunday was both harsh and
entirely unsubstantiated by the esti-
mates which literary authorities have
placed upon the poetical masterpieces of
American literature?
Aside from the incident and machinery
of these greatest American productions.
is there not that high emotional strain
and "curiosa felicitats' of expression
which wherever found makes their au-
thors fame mot for a generation only
but for all time? And this Immortality
comes Notwithstanding the fact of the
changes which occur in the mode of ex-
preston or in the moral sentiment of the
human race. as pathological and ethical
development proceeds.
What epic has ever been written In a
purer or loftier style than that celebrating
the deportation of the French Canadians
from Acadia? What more wholesome sem
timent Is there than that so felicitously
uttered in the easy verses of 1.-The Lad
der of st. Augustine and what work Is
there of greater retrospective power or
filled with better admonition for the fu-
ture than Longfellow's "Morituri Salu-
Janus?
Has any idyl ever been written which
outranks that of Whittier describing his
winter confinement? In its class of po-
ery 1t seems TO us that "Snow-bound'
will be read as long as the works of The
| ocritus or Virgirs Bucolics.
Will not Bryant's didactic verse, par
ticularly "Thanatopsis," 1.-THE Death of
tire Flowers" and Lines to a Water
Fowl always rank with tho classics Of
tho English language: while his transla-
lions of Homer will command for him
the homage of tho literary world as long
as the English tongue Is studied.
W'hIo ws are yet in The early morning
twilight OF American literature, let us
not be toe harsh IN our criticism of what
has been produced. nor must we forge;
THAT because Virgil wrote and Homer
sang, that there were other illustrious
names in tho Latin and Crook literatures
which rank as full co-ordinatss OF these;
although their efforts we're confined TO
other kinds Of poetlcal production.
s. S. KNIGHT.
Unodla Hn Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
PASSING OF the "Deadlin'."

The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
calls attention to "the deadlin,"
which was once quick, but wasteful
incident of the clearing of lands. 1t
was formerly a pitiable sight, for it
marked the waste of great trees that
slowly went to decay, benefitting no
one. At first the dead trees told a
story of shiftlessness to all who view
ed the landscape-all who rode across
the country in steam cars or on the
highways-and then as they fell they
encountered the ground until decay
and fire ended their history.
But the "deadlin" is no longer a
feature of Southern farming. All tim
Der has become valuable, even the
despised gum, and the trees that are
not needed are cut down, and turned
into some merchantable product. The
oaks become crossties, and the other
trees are turned into fence posts
cord wood, charcoal, or logs that are
sold at the nearest sawmill. No more
deadlins at any rate will mar the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
Cheap People.

at is somewhat remarkable to IND In
as large a city as Birmingham, SO many
men of means and good appearance who
grumble at cafe prices, even when these
prices are moderate" said the proprietor
of a well known restaurant.
1.-The people who eat at the Hillman, the
Metropolitan, the Morris and other high
price la carte places, are rse~ to paying
first class prices, but 1 catch good many
transient customers who expect me to
serve special orders at lunch counter
rates.
mo dish of choice meat or choice any
thing else can be properly served at the
same cost that the lunch counter or the
Csc table d hote meals are served. A
very good meal can be served for 25c, OF
course when fifty or seventy-fve of them
are prepared at the same time, but
special order beef steak or even a special
order ham sandwich is a different propo-
sition. A fine steak is worth all the way
from SOC to a.00 according to the service
and a ham sandwich nicely served is
worth ten to fifteen cents. Yet | have
had oostumers whose minds did not rise
above nickel when they bought sand
wich People who are not willing to pay
ten cents for good ham, mustard, bread
and butter should patronize only the five
cent stands"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
The Hlllman Hospital.

The contract for the Hillman Hospital
was awarded to the A. ]. Krebs Com
pany on Wednesday last and ground VIII
be broken tomorrow. The building VIII
cost $4,000 and while 1t will not be SO
large as st. Vincents, the construction
will be of the same high class of work
manship.
Said a man who has had much TO 90
with fine buildings. within the past tour
years the character of work done on
large houses here, both public and pri-
vate, has greatly improved me NUM-
Der of high grade carpenters mas al
most doubled in that time and some
beautiful work is now seen in the IN
terror of pretentious structures.
"St. Vincent's Hospital furnishes
splendid specimen of this workmanship
This building was finished year and
half ago and there is not crack IN
the plaster in a single room ana "ha'
strikes me as especially worthy OF note Is
the fact that every door on every moor
is as neatly adjusted as 1t was the DAY
the lock was first put on. With shoody
work the doors quickly get out OF JOINT
But at st. vincents one has but to push
the door to gently and 1t is fastened. Inc
massive walls had settled before the
doors were hung and the wood was THOR
oughly seasoned before the doors were
made.
ut will be the same way with the Hill
man Hospital The walls will be mas
sive and settled and in the woodwork
only the best seasoned material Will be
used. The doors will not only be In per-
feet condition when the building is COM
Melted. but they will remain in that con-
dition for all time to come.
1.-The day of cheap work on large build
ings is fast passing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
AeJ1,oea-

the power of teaching upon that childs
mind.
Connected with the little ones acct
dent was an incident which involved me,
and which not quite proper. A girl of
perhaps nine looked around at the crowd,
and l being near the apparently seriously
sympathetic, she caught my eye and im-
mediately smiled demurely. If 1t had
meant all sorts of rebukes, I still would
have answered that smile with a broad
er smile. Still smiling she turned her
face and moved slowly on her way, posi-
oily not grieving that she had for a mo-
ment violated her instructions. As far as
l could see her she kept steadily In her
place, looking neither to the right ror
to the left. her trim little Whitehead fig
ure scarcely swaying in the march, the
sitter breeze that had spreng up blowing
her loose raven-black hair backward as
If In farewell to him who smiled at her
In reverence. Dear little child of the
holy church-she had that type of round.
laughing face, with great black, unfath-
enable eyes, and lips red as half ripened
cherries; the type you see once In a great
while and remember through the years
as something good ana beautiful and
sweet; as human being pure of heart
and unspotted from the world-that is of
both earth and heaven! Dear little maid
en- OF the church, may peace and joy
abide with her
In telling you of one May procession.
you are practically told of all Them.
There can be no material difference, one
from another. except as to the numbers
engaged. One May afternoon 1 spent
the time from o'clock looking upon these
professions, hurrying from point to an
other until l succeeded in seeing four;
and happier afternoon 1 never lived.
And of SUCH as these are Faith, Hope
and Charity.
LCCIEN JULIEN WALKER.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
This Years Cotton Acreage.

Those who assume that the high
prices for cotton prevailing about two
months ago when the crops were
pitched mean an increased acreage in
cotton, leave several important fac
tors out of the case. Ordinarily high
prices do lead to an increased acreage,
but such a tendency must not be OBJ
structed by unusual circumstances.
All things must pull together, or at
least leading considerations must not
block the way if high-priced cotton
is to lead to more acres planted in
cotton.
But this year three difficulties ap-
pear. and these three are no less than
the food supply, labor and mules. All
three are high or scarce, or both.
Corn is almost out of sight. and the
procuring of it until a new crop is
ready next fall it no light task on the
part of thousands and tens Of thou
sands of farmers, especially of negro
farmers. Labor is scarce because OF
the activity in railroad building, in
mining and in general construction
work. Then again the British de-
mand for mules has put their price up
to top figures. The mule that sold at
$50 last year is this year worth $125.
All three of these things enter into
the cost of producing cotton, and
each one operates to restrict the acre.
age, and it IS difficult to say which
is the most severely felt. The high
price of corn is probably, however,
the chief deterrent of the three.
Under such circumstances it Is not
wholly safe to assume that the high
prices which preceded the planting
season have led to an increased acre
age. Cotton cannot be made without
a bountiful supply of corn, and corn
in the hands of the consumer costs
about one dollar a bushel. The MAX
ing of cotton on dollar corn is very
serious problem, especially If about
so per cent has been added to the
price of the mule, and there is no
surplus labor in sight. None of these
considerations point to additional
acreage. and the cotton belt as a
whole will do we'll if it retain the
acreage of last year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
After Peace What I?

Peace is so certain as winter is
coming on in South Africa that all
may be excused for discussing it, The
English and other money markets
have already discounted it, and there
Is really little reason to doubt its
coming.
And after it does come, after Off
cial announcement of it is made, after
Boer and Briton settle down to the
situation as they find it-what then?
This is not an easy question to
answer. 1t is easy enough so far as
the Rand is concerned, for that district
is English and always has been, and
always will be. 1t will go on increas-
ing its golden tide, until a new record
is made, and it too is left far behind.
There are some who believe that new
and economic methods will yet lead to
a production in the Rand of 100000
900 a year, although half that sum was
before the war considered a top pos
sibility.
| Outside of the Rand the country Is
agricultural, strictly So, and that, too,
in an isolated, scattering, Boer sort
of way. There IS, too, large negro
population, and just how these ne
groes win be treated by the British is
an unsolyed problem. There will be
an attempt to defend and protect
them, and this the Beers will resent.
Altogether much tact and much liber-
atty will BIO needed on the part OF the
conqueror If affairs are to go on
smoothly i'll the two extinct republics.
The Beers will not become Britons,
nor the Britons Beers, and the burgh-
ers and their English cousins will
have TO glide along as best they can
side by side. England needs, not
force so much in the Transvaal and
the Free State, as tact and skill and
knowledge of the Boer character. DIFF
ficult as the slippery Filipino is to
handle, he is easy in comparison with
the Boer, and if English adaptability
can meet and win over the Boer 1t
can conquer South Africa in truth
and in earnest. for the Beers are not
conquered simply because they do
not care to expose their wives and
children to the hardships Of another
winters campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALAsAM
Brunswick and Birmingham.

A Georgia dispatch states that the
construction of the Brunswick and
birmingham Railroad is progressing
favorably, and that the running of
trains will soon be extended to
Wayne county, in Georgia, and that
the road will be completed to Offer
man in months time, where 1t will
be connected with the Offerman and
Western Railroad, which the Bruins
wick and Birmingham Company now
own. The Brunswick and Birming'
ham will then have line 100 miles
long, extending from the sea to Mich
OILS, in Coffee county, Georgia.
This is a good start at any rate
and an extension to Americas OIL
some point abreast of it will add one
hundred more miles to its mileage
and another hundred miles to be add
ed next year will carry the line to or
this side of the Chattahoochie. The
promoters of the enterprise propose
to push the extensionpf the road rap
idly until the coal fields in this dis
trict are reached, and they are con-
fident of success. If financial condi-
tions remain favorable there is real
" no reason for doubling the con-
struction of this road. The new line
is laid from ten to thirty miles dis
tant from other railroads, and it must
secure for that reason good local
business. This district will give it
plenty of through traffic.
When the line is laid across the
Chattahoochie then those who now
doubt will become hopeful, and they
may venture to remark, Il told you
So" At any rate the Brunswick and
Birmingham is laying track and ev'
cry inch of that track is headed this
way. 1t promises to outspeed the Hi
nois Central into this district, although
the latter has come into the QUITE
edge of it and is mining coal in La
q mar county
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
HARMONY AND PRIMARIES.
the Wetumpka Herald.

From the Wetumpka Herald
The people are for primaries, the COM
mittee for state convention. II the
state primary is not called we apprehend
there will be trouble In our camp, the
mutterings and discomfort of the masses
are heard on every hand in anticipation
Of a state convention. II the black belt
Is In favor Of primaries, every commit
teeman from the white counties should
be willing to give them primaries, for
they are the only people in the state
who would be at disadvantage. All of
the descriptions of the party in the past
have been caused by the arbitrary action
Of the committee In utter disregard of
the peoples wishes. or course the COM
mittee is not cognizant of the fact that
they are the creature and the people are
the sover eigns, but that they are the
Boss and the people are merely inciden-
tai to the accomplishment OF the schemes
of some of their pets 10 get office re.
CARELESS of the rights and wishes OF
their constituents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE GREAT
GROWTH OF BIRMINGHAM AND OTHER THINGS

1t is an assured thing that many great
corporations will locate their southern
offices here, thereby increasing largely
the amount of currency in circulation In
Birmingham.
1 regret very much to learn that there
is a bitter contest between the Birming-
ham Belt Railroad people and the Sea-
cent actions on the part of the Belt that
1t is determined to lay sufficient tracks
along streets or roads over which it has
the right of way to prevent the Seaboard
from getting into Birmingham. 1t was
understood that the Seaboard people were
to buy the Belt road, or were to acquire
at least an interest in it, by which they
could use 1t for the purpose of entering
Birmingham. 1t would seem, however,
from the contest which is on, that there
has been some hitch in the negotiations.
1t is very evident that Mr.. John Skel-
ton Williams considers that Mr.. Harry NJ.
Atkinson, who practically owns the Belt
wants to charge him too much for that
line; or else that Mr.. Atkinson considers
that Mr.. Williams wants to buy his prop
erty too cheap. Certain 1t is that these
two young financial magnates are ap-
parently at outs with one another. Both
of them are under 40 years of age. Both
have been tremendously successful In
their development of financial enterpris-
es. Both represent great amounts Of cap
ital Mr.. Atkinson Is one of the largest
holders In the Birmingham Railway.
Light and Power Company. He practic-
ally organized and effected the consolida-
ton of the two street railway lines here
with the gas and electric light plants. He
likewise bought the Belt Railway and
has been operating 1t for several months
past. Mr.. Atkinson has invested more
than $1,000. 900 in Birmingham.
Mr. John Shelton Williams. the pres
ident of the Seaboard Air Line, is like
wise largely interested in Birmingham,
In that he has acquired valuable ter
minals here and is prepared to build the
Seaboard Air Line into Birmingham i'm
meditely.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
Bishop Allen.

The Right Rev. Edward P. Allen, bishop
of Mobile, arrived In Birmingham yes
terday, and today his time will be quite
fully occupied with episcopal visltatlons
to the Catholic churches.
This morning at o'clock the bishop
will confirm a large class at the Church
of Our Lady of Sorrows; at 10:30 he will
preach at st. Pauls, and after the mass
will confirm a class of about lis. At p.
M he will be present again at st. Paul s
and witness the renewal Of the baptismal
vows. At p. m. he will confirm a class
at st. GATHERINGS, Pratt City
Monday at p. m. the bishop will con-
firm a class at Brookside, and Monday
night he will attend the closing exer-
cises of Holy Angels Academy at St.
PaurS Hall.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
Enthusiastic Americans.

zone of the most amusing stories that
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee told in his lecture
Thursday night I have not seen in the
local papers," said man who was in
Lees audience. 1T was about the toasts
to the United States. At an American
banquet in Paris in 1865 soon after Gen.
Robert E. Lees surrender at Appomat-
tox one of the Americans said: Here's
to the United States, bounded on the
north by Canada, on the south by the
Gulf of Mexico, on the east by the At
lantic and on the west by the Pacific
Another American proposed this
toast: Here's to the United States.
bounded on the north by the north pole,
on the south by the south pole, on the
east by the rising and on the west by the
setting SUM-.
Another American. still more enthus-
iastic, and given to hyperbole, jumped
up and proposed this; Here's to the Unit
ed States, bounded on the north by the
aurora borealis on the south by 1 don't
know what, on the east by primeval
chaos and on the west by the day of
Judgment Gen. Lee relates the story
TO show the tendency of Americans to
be filled with pride over the triumph of
American arms, at the same time warn
ing them against too much boasting"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
QUAY CLEARS s2,ooo,ooo.

Sharon, Pa, Telegram to the Chicago
Chronicle)
United States Senator Matthew S
Quay, his son. Richard R., and ex-United
States Senator Donald Cameron hive just
cleared over 50. 100000 by the sale of their
traction lines, lighting ana gas properties
at Newcastle.
The cash consideration was $1,197.500.
In addition a mortgage of $2,50O,0Oo will be
given In favor of the United States Mort
gage and Trust Company of New York,
making total of s3,697,5o0 paid for the
properties.
The shrewdness of Senator Quay in this
deal is shown when 1t is tated that only
a few years ago the same properties were
purchased for less than $l,000,0O0. Quay
and his son made 100000 by the last
transaction. They have interested them
selves in the new company, which con-
trolls ninety miles of traction lines.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
Prosperity Will Continue.

"I am confident that prosperity will
continue for at least twelve months long
err" remarked man largely interested in
mining In this district. II think pig iron
will command $40 or $50 before next fall,
and 1 do not look for a break in the
market before July, 1903 And when the
iron market does soften. prices will not
drop as low as they used to be here in
times of depression In my opinion the
future Will never see IS iron.
This year will be q reccrd-breaker in
prosperity in this district. There GER
tainly mover was so much development on
a large scale as is going on now"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
DlRGE FOR A SOLDIER,

By George H. Boxer.
Close his eyes; his work is done!
What to him is friend or foeman,
Rise of moon or set of sun.
Hand of man or kiss of woman?
Lay him low, lay him low,
In the clover or the snow!
What cares he? He cannot know
Lay him low!
AS man may, he fought his fight,
Proved his truth by his endeavor;
Let him sleep in solemn night,
Sleep forever and forever.
Lay him low. lay him low,
In the clover or the snow!
What cares he? He cannot know
Lay him low!
Fold him in his country's stars.
Roll the drum and fire the vollcy!
What to him are all our wars,
What but death bemocking folly?
Lay him low, lay him low.
In the clover or the snow!
What cares he? He cannot know
Lay him low!
Leave MIN to Gods watching eye;
Trust him to the hand that made him
Mortal love weers idly by;
God alone has power to aid him,
Lay him low, lay him low.
In the clover or the srlowi
What cares he? He cannot know
Lay him lowi
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-06-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
A saint is never as white as he is
painted
Big feet seem ever so much worse when
they are cold.
Either a woman loves you and says she
doesn't, or she doesn't and says she does.
Maybe it is as bad to have money and
no place to spend it IS to have the place
but no money.
The way for man to make a woman
obey him is to find out what she wants
to do and then make her do 1t.
The people who talk philosophy and
mental science when there is nothing the
matter take to castor oil and mustard
plasters Just as easily as the rest of us
when there is.