davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08
Great ExnositIon.

"One of the greatest international ex- positions ever held in the old country will be that projected for Manchester, Eng in 1905" said a well informed man. Man chester had big exposition in 1887, but since that year the city has developed enormously, the famous canal having helped materially It is noted that 1O.- 00o,00O people inhabit the district of which Manchester is the center, as against the s'0Oo,0 in the area of which London is the center. Hence it is inferred that the exhibition will be well attended and will pay. That of Glasgow in 1901 netted a profit of S5oo0oO. The scope will comprise all industries, arts and sciences-home. colonial and foreign-together with certain special attractions. Assurances of large foreign support have been received"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08
MT. German in 1904.

The Montgomery Advertiser will find it difficult to pick flaws in the is sues presented yesterday by Arthur Pue German for the consideration of democrats. Abuse of the proposer does not change issues, and if the es- teemed Advertiser has a better pro- gramme direct from Buzzard's Bay it should trot it out.
 Briefly stated, MT. German thinks the controlling and dominant issue in 1904 will be tariff revision. Extrav- agance and corruption are invited by excessive tariff collections, and the tariff should be revised "in a spirit Of fairness to all interests" This is what the democrats Of 1904 must do in order to elect their ticket.
 Revision of just nature need not hurt any honest and reasonable in terest It will hurt the monopolists and grab-all trusts that offer goods to home consumers at high prices, while they sell to foreigners at low prices. But such revision as MT. Cor man proposes will not affect any hon. est and honorably conducted con cerns, and in order to win, as MT. German says, "the democratic party must have the confidence of the busi- ness interests of the country" MT. Cleveland can command the support of Wall street. It's promoters and stock waterers are scheming to nom- mate him. MT. German on the other hand would appeal to the substantial business interests of the country, and 1t Is well known that he has their confidence. This, together with hls friendship for Tammany, makes him the man who can carry New York, New Jersey and Connecticut if any democrat can, He regards, too, Ohio. Indiana and Illinois as fighting ground, besides Colorado, Idaho and Montana, with chance in California and Ore gon.
 He is not handicapped by the third term issue that no one in the history of the country has been able to over come. He has never bolted demo- cratic nomination. He has not an tagonized union labor. He is not han dicapped at all All have confidence in his high capacity and his fine adapt ability for public office, and the higher the circle the more he is admired. The democratic senators and representa- tives know him well, and to a man all most they favor his nomination next year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
Continental Fresmasonry.

T have read the statement that Dr. Mazzoni, the eminent physician who was called into consultation over the late Pope Leo. was an atheist and high free mason remarked Birmingham mason who knows something of the or der in foreign lands
 Now while I am not familiar with Dr. Mazzonfs record. If he is a mason in regular standing he is not an atheist. He may be a liberal in religion, but Ital- ian masons must believe in God. Some of the French measons are avowed athe- ists, but then French masonry under the Jurisdiction of the grand orient have not been recognized by American or Brit lsh grand lodges for many years, for the very reason that the name of Deity Is omitted from Grand orient rituals"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08
 ITS A BEAUTEOUS EVENING.
Rr 1Nilliarn WnrdsMnrth-

By William Wordsworth.
 (The beach near Calais is the scene of this sonnet and Dorothy is the poets com panion) It is a beauteous evening, calm and free. The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquility; The gentleness of heaven broods OCT the
 sea: Listen; the mighty Being is awake A sound like thunder-everlasting Dear childl Dear grill that walkest with
 me here, If thou appear untouched by solemn
 thought, Thy nature is not therefore less divine. Thou Hest in Abrahams bosom all the
 year; And worship'st at the temples inner
 shrine. God being with thee when we knnw it not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08
Expressing Mosquitoes.

We were troubled a great deal re- gently by mosquitoes at our home," said resident of South Highlands and I began to investigate to see if I could find out where they all came from. We had no cistern, and kept no vessels where rain water could collect and in this country stagnant rain water Is nearly always the source of mosquitoes.
 'I found that practically all our sup ply came from two sources. One morn ing when I went in the bathroom I mo- ticed what seemed to be a regular swarm of mosquitoes arising from the tank That set me to thinking and I began to watch the place closely. Finally it be- came evident to my mind that as many mosquitoes could be matched out in that tank in the course of a night as in an ordinary rain barrel during the same length of time I placed a piece of fine screen wire over the open top of the tank, and the change in the number of mosquitoes around the premises was wonderful. We are scarcely bothered now at all.
 T also found that after a rain a small amount of water stood in the trough un- der the caves of the house for several days becausee the slope of the trough was not great enough. Since have cor reeted this we have had very few mos quitoes.
 'I am sure that if every resident in Birmingham would place screen wire over the top of the tank in the bath room the city would not have to worry much about mosquitoes during the hot months of summer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08
From the New York Times

From the New York Times.
 AN HEN so absurd an announce WI ment is made as that which
 w emanated few days ago from Anderson, Ind, perhaps 1t ought not to be dlgnihed by any notice. The pretence of MT. Littlefeld that he had developed living germs out of mixture of common salt, water, alcohol and ammonia shows him to be either an ignoramus or an as- pirant to fame In the realm of fiction, or both. The close resemblance between his literary style and that of the quack doctor is suggestive, to say the least. Volatile magnetism" the evolution of life out of crystals the trilobites and other features of the narrative may well i'm pose on the ignorant and credulous, but they are unintelligible to the initiated. Such talk is what is commonly known as rot" Since there is chance that few people may be misled by the story, however, a little comment may not be out of place.
 Even if MT Littlehelds alleged experi- ments were imbued with honest purpose, they would be comparative today tonly to a child's mud-pie making. For half century or more 1t has been known that the essential material of all plants and animals, the physical basis of life" Is a highly complex chemical compound, to which the name protoplasm has been given. While life cannot exist without 1t, so far as naturalists have been able to discover, the manufacture of pro- toplasm would not necessarily mean i'm bning the product with life. It does not appear, though, that MT. Littleheld has succeeded in making protoplasm, to begin with; nor was 1t to be imagined that he could do so Chemists realize with sorrow that, while they can take substance apart and find what 1t is made of, they cannot often make those same ingredients unite gain. Analysis and synthesis are not equally feasible. Then union of the ele- ments that compose protoplasm has never been artifcially effected. It is brought about only by already living bodies.
 A second difficulty which any one would encounter in an attempt to produce a living creature is that in the opinion of all reputable modern biologists, life res ides in cells. The cell is built up out of protoplasm, but the microscope shows that 1t Is an elaborately organized ma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08
A Lesson In Gravity.

From Judge.
 .Archimedes, {" reads the pupil, " leaped from his bath shouting. "Eu- reka. Eurekaw'" ]"
 "One moment, James," says the teach CT. What is the meaning of 'eureka?' " Eureka means have found it. Very well. What had Archimedes found?"
 James hesitated for a moment, then ventures hopefully:
 The soap. mum"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08
From the New York Commercial.

From the New York Commercial.
 N S the date of the beginning of the |" international yacht races ap-
 ' breaches, popular interest in the contest becomes more acute than ever before since the victory of the old Am erica" more than half a century ago. Few persons are aware of the number of yachts enrolled in the aggregate in the great pleasure and racing fleet on this side of the Atlantic or of the tied-up cap ital that they represent.
 It is a fact as significant as 1t is inter esting that more than s50.0oo0oO is in- vested in America's yachting fleet. and of this fully s4o.ooo,0Oo is invested in steam yachts The latter number more than six hundred vessels. The approxi- mate annual cost of running this fleet may be figured as follows: Wages of five thousand professionals. seamen, en- gineers, firemen, cooks, stewards, walters and coal passers. sl, l,5o0,0o0; stores ir- cluding ice, provisions, wine and enter taining, ss,5OOOOO repairs of all kinds and insurance, sl.OO0,O00 In other words, a grand IOtai Ol eo,VVV,VVV q SchSOiti 10 pau by the American people for the pleasure of steam yachting. In estimating the cost of keeping these vessels in com mission, allowance should be made for those that are on the sale list and not fitted out
 There are however. at least 5000 pro fessionals employed each year for an aver age of three months. At s30 month each. the regular pay of ablebodied sea- men. their wages would amount to S450'0O0 But when 1t is taken Into consideration that the pay of captains and engineers varies from seO to $500 per month, and that mates. quartermasters, boatswains, assistant engineers and firemen are paid extra; also that the cooks and stewards command high wages on large vessels, 1t is well within bounds to figure the wages of the 5000 men at s1,500.0O0. To this must be added fifty cents day for feeding this vast army of men, or a daily average of $2500 for food alone.
 That there is a growing demand for steam yachts is shown by the ease with which they are now chartered It Is far easier for an owner to rent a first-class steam yacht than to rent an estate at Lenox or Newport. While there Is no fixed rates at which yachts may be char tered. the price is usually at the rate ] of s1o a month for each yacht tom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08
Walker County pIspensary.

Said a prominent citizen of Walker county: Our dispensary election Tuesday had far more in it for Walker than the vote would indicate. heard many of the speeches delivered by those opposed to dispensary and their principal topic was abuse of L. NJ Musgrove, who was the champion of the dispensary. Those men who furnished the anti-dispensary orators with arguments have found out now that the people were with MT. Musgrove in this fight and not with them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A rule athat works both ways is that men marry to give up their liberty and girls marry to get theirs.
 When man thinks he knows how to buy horse it is time for his family to consult specialist about him. -
 When you catch a woman brushing out her switch she acts as If she had found something strange in her bureau drawer and was trying to find out what 1t was.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08
Presents.

From Life.
 Thus to receive only seventeen tons of presents, and worth a scant million, would have crushed any ordinary bride of her station.
 But Gwendolyn laughed buoyantly
 Its because of the car ramine," she argued, with fine courage. ''The rest will be along presently"
 Dear girl How was our natural pity lost in our admiration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

The Toronto Mail and Express con cludes that in the United States Prov idence is held responsible for the bad crops, while the politicians get credit for the good ones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

Emperor William says the social democrats must be exterminated with fire and sword, but his own part in the act will be confined to his royal and brazen tongue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

Russell Sage worked on his eighty seventh birthday anniversary, and the other Wall streeters were worked. Russ fiddles while Wall street is slumping.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08
Pensions for College Professors.

From Leslie's Weekly.
 An excellent and most praiseworthy plan is that proposed by Cornell Univer- sity for pensioning off it's professors who are retired after reaching the age of seventy years. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars has been given the uni versity for this purpose. and this amount will be placed at compound interest un- til 1914, when it will amount to $250, ,O00. Each professor retired will receive an annual pension of s15O0 three-fourths of which will be paid from the pension fund. and one-fourth of which will be contributed by the professors. It is ex- pected, however, that professors who reach the age limit before 1914 will also receive the benefits of the pension scheme. The salaries paid in even our largest and wealthiest universities are meagre compared with those received by men of no greater ability engaged in mercantile pursuits. and this, taken to- gether with the social and other de- mands made upon the professors. make 1t almost impossible for them to save anything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

The United States keeps 15s open doors, but tax is levied at every one of them chiefly for the benefit of the esteemed and watered trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

Union labor should be told that there is one thing the public really and truly demands, namely, the prompt appearance of the esteemed Congressional Record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08
MORE THAN $5O,OOO,OOO
 IN OUR YACHTING FLEET

W. K. Vanderbilt's ''valiant' registers PISA; the "Margarita," owned by A. J. Drexel registers 1797 tons, and the ''vir- ginia' about 40 tons. This would make the rental of boat like the Valiant more than $90,OO0 a month; the Mar garita," $17OOO, and the Virginia" about $45O0.
 Yachtsmen who have had experience in that line say that the other expenses con nected with maintaining a yacht are in keeping with the owners taste and in- clinations. They can hardly be determn- ed or estimated any more than one can estimate a mans living expenses at home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

The complications in the Southern Car and Foundry failure are becom- ing so complicated that laymen can not fathom them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

The empress dowager is a Penny packer carried to logical limits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

The Littauer case is up to Attorney General Knox, who is expected to find road out for the. Presidents con fidential friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

It is easy to send a message around the world, but not to Bogota.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

A gilt-edged sheriff is one that out wits and keeps ahead of mob.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

Marrying for money is the social form of graft"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

Mr. Schwab has money enough and autos enough to play the confirmed invalid role in fine form.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

Gen. Cassius M. Clay's sixth will has been found, and the smolSehouse has not been searched.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

Cardinal sarto's return ticket tt Venice may as well be cancelled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

Judge Parker is now convinced that his peculiar brand of frigidity is bet ter adapted to the bench than to pol itics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

The Pennsylvania democrats will send a solid German delegation to the national convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

Senator Aldrichs bill to promote bank failures has gone into dry dock for repairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

Wall street clouds and slumps are becoming as monotonous as clearing house statements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

Admiral Cotton has ceased to be the man behind the gun. He is now the man behind the banquet board.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

All the airships will be on exhibi- tion at St. Louis, but all of them will not be in an operative frame of mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

There are always populists enough to organize a convention and draw up resolutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

Professor Langley is both scientific and deliberative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

04sA e'Nu oaddA5 AoAAuiS aAG DCDOHA- ing so complicated that laymen can not fathom them.
 The Littauer case is up to Attorney General Knox, who is expected to find road out for the. Presidents con fdential friend.
  Judge Parker is now convinced that his peculiar brand of frigidity is bet ter adapted to the bench than to pol itics.
 All the airships will be on exhibi- tion at St. Louis, but all of them will not be in an operative frame of mind. -,s.--- Admiral Cotton has ceased to be the man behind the gun. He is now the man behind the banquet board MT. Schwab has money enough and autos enough to play the confirmed invalid role in fine form.
  Gen. Cassius M. Clay's sixth will has been found, and the smokehouse has not been searched.
 
 The Pennsylvania democrats will send a solid German delegation to the national convention.
 
 Wall street clouds and slumps are becoming as monotonous as clearing house statements.
 There are always populists enough to organize a convention and draw up resolutions.
 Senator Aldrich's bill to promote bank failures has gone into dry dock for repairs.
 Cardinal Sarto's return ticket to Venice may as well be cancelled.
  A gilt-edged sheriff is one that out wits and keeps ahead of a mob. The empress dowager is a Penny packer carried to logical limits.
 
 It is easy to send a message around the world, but not to Bogota
  Professor Langley is both scientific and deliberative.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-08

Cullman Democrat: We have consist ently been the friend of Mir. Rountree for many years and regret his present pre- dcament. He is prejudicing his case by his silence, when the time for silence has passed. There has never been the slightest call for secrecy in these mat ters, and we can't understand why the public should not have all the facts for anybodys asking.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-21
FOR ExPANsIo
Street Railway Changes May Mean
Extension

The change in the directorate of
the Brattleboro street railway and the
election of Marcus A. Coolidge, one of
the builders of the road, to the board
has set some people to guessing as
to the future plans of the officials now
in charge. The necessity for an extern
sion of the road is everywhere recog-
nized and it is believed that portion
of the board, at least, are committed
to a plan whereby this may be accom-
plished.
There are two or three ways by
which the Brattleboro road could be
greatly benefited by consolidating its
interests. Some time ago it was hint
ed that a branch would be built to
Northtield at which point the Millers
Falls line would connect. The route
would either be through Vernon and
across the river just opposite Fast
Mortified. or, what's better, it might
run direct to Hinsdale, thence on to
Mortified. 1t is said, says the Repub-
lican, that there probably would be
little difficulty in obtaining right Of
way over the new steel bridge now in
process of construction, across the
Connecticut here and that the grade
would make construction practically
inexpensive.
No doubt Brattleboro would be will
ing to do its part in the advancement
of the proposed undertaking, with the
thought of securing a desirable outlet
other than the one afforded. Vernon
people favor an extension on their side
of the river and would do all they
could to promote it. The connection
with Hinsdale, however would seem
desirable for the reason that it might
lead to the building of line from that
town TO Keene thing that has been
favorably discussed by capitalists in
terested in electric road building.
Brattleboro people would be glad II
some way was found to extend the
road to Wilmington and thus accom-
modate fully one-half of the county
in its desire to come here to trade. ito
mill and meetin'." The increasing en-
terprise of the Deerfield valley de-
mands, in the opinion of many good
people. additional railroad facilities,
it being recognized that an electric
line through Guilford and Jacksonville
to Wilmington, would prove a reason
able investment
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-21
Notes of the Diamond.

Tomorrow's game will be fast and
fine. Don't miss it.
Hinsdale and Winchester crossed
bats at Winchester Wednesday, Hins-
dale won 10 to = Monroe and Brooks
of the local Y. NJ. c. A. We're the bat
tiers for the Hinsdales. Monroe was
hit hard the first three innings but
after that his opponents couldn't find
him, as the score shows.
There is a great test on for to-mor-
row and all lovers of the sport should
be sure to see it. 1t may decide the
championship of the Brattleboro
league and likely close the season.
The game will be played at the Fair
Grounds at 8: 80 o'clock. The teams
matched are the Wheel club and the
Y. NJ. c. A. Here's the proposition;
If the Wheel club wins it will give
them the championship and will+conse-
quently, end the local league season.
On the other hand, if the Y. NJ. c. A
wins it will tie them with the Wheel
club, and then the championship game
for supremacy will have to be played
1t will be a good game, fair and square
at least it ought to be. If there Is
any symptom of a fake" the sport
will be ruined hereabouts for years TO
come.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-08-21
ALMOST A WHITEWAsH.
Wheel Club Beat the Unions by Score
II to I.


The Catholic union barely escaped a
shut-out in Saturdays game in the
Brattleboro league, which the Wheel
club won, IA to /. Cox was hit hard
in the first three innings, the wheel
club getting ~ of their hits and ii
runs, when c. Ellis was substituted
and shut the club out until the ninth,
when four errors and three hits gave
them three more runs.
Ellis and Bean We're the only ones
of the Union that played any kind of
ball Ellis put up the best game at
third of any time this season and made
several pretty assists while in the box.
Clune had an off day in the field, drop
ping three flies and making two wild
throws. Stolte and L. Allen put up
the game in the infield for the Wheel
club, while Waite did star work in the
outfield and made several hard
catches.
L. Ellis made his first error in two
seasons, which is a remarkable record,
considering the numerous and hard
chances he has accepted. Stevens
and King, and Reed and Allen contrib
uted a double play, and Frost did not
let a man steal base.
Bean, C. Ellis, L. Allen, Waite and
Reed did the hitting, Allen getting
four and the others three each. The