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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
80. e a b / t E I.

Wteber batter 5i9 Srma 8olsti,
2eslte Ourant unb 5rant 8elpbor, biez
les Srto 8eri9porener, in Der Spiel
9alle Der fiinften Mpenue Der ammel..
3elt mar ebenfalls susegen, a6er ct
adblte ni,bt gu ben !9auptperionen Der
Stsue, obglei9 er Bel beren 5bun i'm
tereiitert mar.
Ho9 cine anbere Perfon mar er16iez
men unb eradblte 10 eben, mas fi9 i'm
9aufe Der Samilie Ma1ton=M ansfielb
5ugetragea, na9bem bic iunge Srau
ben anonpmen Brief empfangen bate.
IS mar Der Oiener, ben man Be ito
9en bate, bas Mebium, bur9 pel1es
fur9tbares unre9t beriibt, bas Slid
atpeter junger liebenber 9erSen fir imz
r1er aeritDrt tperben follte.
Ser Brief f9etnt bemna9 einen
Sturm erregt gu baben," bemerfte Su=
rant. ~berielbe bat ii9 aber pteber ess
lest."
rOie Spuren tperben iebp9 ni6t
berf9pinben," fpra9 Srma NIT eine:
iiber tbre Sabre seben6en grfabrung,
lift Der Samen Der @iferiu9t geftreu.,
70 b~erliert er ii9 ni6t tpieber. Sin
atpetter Brief frll bas iunse @eib bets
dnlafien, ohne bes @atten Wiifen gum
merttantfaen goniulat gu gebsn.
BORT babe i'd i9on porseforsti Sine
f4one aber arme Spantertn i9rteb,
auf meile 8eranlaffuns, ibren Ramen
als Manuelld Mansftelb elm unb err
bat nntsritubung, UNI in bic 9eima!6
aurudaufebren, ba fte Der englif1sn
Spra4e nt4t md4ttg, unb ibr Suite
tie perlafien babe. 9ilfe tpurbe ibr
bereitpillis sugeiast unb fie auf einen
fpdteren Gag borgelaben; ba infer
3tped aber errei9t TT, sebt iie natir>
li4 nidt me6r hin."
~Mel@' SaIent!" rtef 8elpbor bril-
REMEMBERING.
rSpanif9e 8riefe, geDffnet, als cb
geleien, miiffen ibren Weg in Mans=
fielb's 2ai9en ftnben. Dafir fann
biefer Mann iorgen, na9bem i9 linn
bic S1rttt1tute Ibergeben baben fper=
be. 9a5en fie ibren 3ped erreidt, 70
muB Der Obert BON Der fremben 5rau
besesnet unb beaniprudt perten.
Damn 1T bas Wert sefdeben unb
Mansfielb iiberfibrt."
rSbre plsne ftnb bepunberns=
tpertb." lpra9 Ourant, rfie t0nren
ni9t febJen."
~Das follen fie, aud nidt," entsess
nete Srnia entf4lofien. rSnaipiftsn
nebmen Sic biefen Brief hnb perFen
Sic i'm daf benz 9eimpes in ben pofi.
f4alter." uanbte fte ii4 an ben &es
bienten, rbeob19ten Sic Sbre @ebietez
rim genau unt feien Sic auf Sbrer
Gut; bon benz Grfols Der Sadie bdnst
fir sic her Gmpfang Der boppe!!sn
Summe, bic Sic bereits erbtelten, a."
rSebr ipnEl, GrGulein.1
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27

"Sa, neil es ianell i'm Wertbe fteis
zen mub."
nGut. Sd mill Sybnsn bic brei 9Gu~
Ier uno fieben 9aupldbe Inn bic mo-
ninelle Summe bon tau1enb Dollars
~oertaufen, Gbuarb Grump, tpenn sic
linen plan bur4fiibren pollen, b. +.
as 4sent fir mid banbeln, neil ih
nidt perf0nlid sesen mein sisen
Sleif9 unb 8lut auftreten MILL"
Isle pollen mid bod nidt gum
Neorbe perfuden, Mr. 8la9artg"
nHein, i'd berlanse nur, bab Sic bic
6eiben @efdpiiter auf irgenb pelde
Wetfe %gefansen balten, Biz bic CRIB
i9aftsangelesenbeit In England gu
meinen Gun item entfdteben it,"
Isle fagten mir aber ME, tpte Shre
Qnfpri4e auf jene @rbf9aft fi4 bes
grunben."
oDos brauden sic nidt gu tpifIen.
Mr. @rump, tpenigftsns ieBt niHt.
Worerit bebarf es ni9ts peiter, als bic
betben iunsen 2eute abaubalten, mid
gu belditisen. WolIsn Sic bas beSors
sen9"
~Sa, tpenn sic mir bas betreffenbe
9eiiBtbum perf9reiben, b. +. nenr es
In meine 9dnbe iibergebt, 1obalb ii;
bic @eidpiter in ii9eren @epabrlam
sehra9t babe. @n einem Morbe tpiirbe
i'd midi, trob all Sbrem gelbe, nidt
betbetlisen."
r9ut. @esen Sic fel5f bas Be-
treffenbe Document auf unb bebienen
Sic mid treu, bann follen Sic iibsr
grparten gldnaenb belobnf uerben."
r@s fo!l gef9eben, seebrteIter SER.
Spre9en Sic beute UNI bier in meiner
&an5let por unb untersei1nen sic BEN
Wertras, oann sebe i9 fofort an's
Werf. RatIrli4 finb Sic bereit unb
erbDtig, fir bic &tnber peniion gu Be-
aablen. au6 tpenn Der prets etpas
bp9 nGre9"
r@eritebt fi9. Glen sic fi6, ih
bin liberties bon stpei Seisltngen s..
lGftgt, bic 9elb erpre11en pollen uno
tann lie ntdt abfditteln, 70 LANCE bic
&tnber ni9t aus benz Wese iinb."
sgrgebeniter 9iener, M(r. 8la9art."
Mtt elmer 9%erbeusung bipfte Der Nbz
botat in bic @de, nabm 9ut unb Stod
uno berlieB na9 elmer Geibe bon &pmz
pltmenten, 2G9eln unb 9upfen bas
@ema9.
Sin S6urte," murmelte 8la6art,
raber Elm niibli6er Sdurfe. Sd tpuBte
feline anoere 2odpfeife, als Die 8auz
pldbe, an tpel4en iein 9er5 f9on lange
btns. SIS tit Elm pi9tiges Spfsr, bod;
gilt eS AUDI pt9tigem 3ned. Midj
1Geinen unfi6t6are 5einbe gu ungarz
men uno bas treulpfe Slid mill fiG ryn
mir tpenben. So9 Mutb! Cine Wolte
ioll MIDI ni4t eri9reden, Elm 5tltrr1
mild nt9t abbalten. Sd babe Mitz
lionen in Der 9anb unb Sob lit Ma6t
in Der san5en Welt. Mit linn fann i6
bic 9ereAtigfeit blenben unb bag I'M
reAt triumpbieren lafIen. go ldngs
i'd retdrbin, bin i9 AUDI ftder."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27

3eute an einen gsAalt non pS6entls9
,ierstg Dollars"
.Pa9, mas ipill bas beiben 5cseit
oas, mas Sic betommen fDnnten.
Sbun sic, luas ID Sbnen iase. unb
Sic folIen tpO6entli9 bunbert Dollars
Sob er6alten."
n9unoert Dollars @olb9 sic i9erz
3en9"
sd ipreGe i'm pollen grnIt.
Damn bin i6 Sbr damn fir allies.
mas nidt Morb betBt."
n@bsema9t. S9 ellie nun, gu icz
fen, mas Orr. @rump BEL meinem
9errn ma9t. Sreffen sic mid beute
qbenb um aebn l1br in benz 2otals,
bas auf btefer &arte per3ei9net it,"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
33. e aptteI |.

Oas grobe Wpbnatmmer Bot einen
bibf4en Mnblid.
am Mttteltif9 fab Mrs. Maritpn
unb 6ldttette In elmer 3eitf4rift, 9tllD
fpislte &labter unb Matbtlbe mar lit
fibe 5rGumereten berfunfen.
Steif unb giitig blidten bic alien
contemporaries bon ben Wdnben,
unb bic gauge gtnri9tung trus ben
Mnitrt9 foltben Comforts, Der 70 ans
senebm gu senteben 1T.
u2tllb, mein 2iebling," fliifterte
Mat6ilbe.
.9as pirlt Ou, s9peiterden9"
vStnge mir ettpas."
2aut unb iiib ertOnt fofort 2illp's
Sttmms:
,SSbr gterne, bic ibr am Simmel itebt
limb freunbltd berniebersriiBt,
Du Monb, Der pben bur9 Wolten se6t
Wibt, lift, mas 2iebe tt9
Sbr 8lumen, bic tbr i'm Walbe blibt,
BON lauen Winben getiiBt,
Ou 8a4, Der eefdnGbig bonn 8erse
pluH%
Wibt ibr, mas 2iebe iit9
Sbr 0Dgletn, bic ibr i'm Strau4e gtrrt,
81 lieblide Weifen ibr pibt,
@liibpirm9en. bic thr DIN 9lithelt
f9pirrt = !
Mibt ibr, mas 2iebe iitg
Sd petb es nobl, ibr ptbt es nt4t,
go bel tbr aud ltspelt unb fibt,
mein po1enbes 9era,i bas ber Grart
serbrtdt. ~
Weib rar, mas 2iebe ift@
2tIlp's @efdng Hang 70 trauris, taB
M%atbttbens 9lueen fi9 init S6faAtk
fiiIlten.
Glles tpar itiq setpprbsnL felbR In
Der 2uft fdten Sraier Su f9pebtn.
gtn eingetretener DteHer brad bas
beensenbe Sdneisen. Ct 4bertd@N
Der iunsen 9ausfrqp citizen Aftef. u
Mat6tlbe erbra9 bas @tsget, Iaa
stniee Worte nnb tparf TIN ,Adhf al
dtaltltder geberpe 5u pqb{ss:y
WortfeauhB tolat.y
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
20. &apitel.

u2e1en Sic bas, Ser. Scretps".
gbuarb @rump 6iipfte burh's 3imz
mer, leste einen Brief bpr ben ulten
S9reiber unb pirbelte in bret biipfenz
ben &reilen Big in bic Mitte Der adnsz
lei, mo er in 1einer 2ieblinesf tel(ung,
bic s3eben bes fiirseren 8eines abpdrts
seri9tet, iteben blieb, UNI bic Wtrfung
bes @9reibens auf ben alien Mann gu
bepbadten.
Scretps las ben Brief, sog bic Nuz
genbrauen in bic 9Dbe unb i9p6 bic
m~eiiinsene 8rtlle eaf bic Stirne.
vNun?"
SIS laa biel l1ngeftiim in Der Weiie,
pie Der labme @npalt bas etn5tge
@ort ausipraG.
rNun9"
u@enn ib untertbdnisit bemerfen
biirfte, mein 9err", faste Scretps iidtz
lid eri9redt.
,Sbun Sie es in Seufels Namsn."
$50 piirbe ia 1agen, bab bieStunbe,
tpel6e Der sebeimniBpolle gorreippns
bent gu elmer unterrebung beitimmt
bat, in neun Minuten Ialagen lpirb."
rOas fDnnte ieber Narr Iasen, Der
ben 8rief unb bic l1br fiebt. Was ball
ten Sic bon benz Sn6alt bes S4ret<
bens, Mr. Screns, bas mill i9 ptis
fen."
uWenn i9 untertbdnisit bemerfen
biirfte, mein !6err, bas beibt-"
vMaden Sic mid ni9t gum Giei,
tpenn i9 in folder gtle bin. SIT bic
Sdreiberin cine 8etrugerin ober
ni9t9"
uOas fann ib ni9t fasen, bebor iA
fie aeieben babe, unb felbit bann biirfts
es nod f9pieris gu enti&eiben fein,
Mr. @rump."
uScreps, sic iinb Elm alter Starr"
I'D mDdte bemitbtgft betennen,
baB id bic sletde @nii&t fdon ldnsft
beste.".
Ser 8rief 1T bon Der slei9en 9anS
tpie iener, ben BET itumme 8nabe fetner
3eit brq9te."
nG6ha ri&tig, Mr. @rump. Die
S9rift 1T bibid unb auffalleno.
Isle finb eiaentli& bod Elm tluger
&erl. Ser. Scretps." =.
u0ante, mein 9err!"
LIMB NUN, Mr. @creps, fDnnen sic
fortseben unb friibftiden, ba bic uns
terrebuns itrena aebeim aebalten tperz
ben foil. Sd perbe bic Dame in meine
pr%ipatfanalei fiibren, aber lie pirb igr
@ebeimnib nod ftderer fiblen, tpenn
fif audi in Der S4reiberitube NiemanD
befinbet."
ussa, mein 6err, unb ipenr mir sez
ftattet 1T, untertbdniait aa bemerten-"
ugs 1T Sbnen geftattet, untertbdz
nisft au benerten. Mr. Screms."
$50 piirbe ih fasen, baB bic @usz
sabluns meines @ebaltes leBten Sams
flag berseifen tpurbe nnb. ipenn ih
friibtiden pollte, i9 mid nothpenbig
an Waffer halten miiBte, neil bas als
lein umionft at baben 1T"
rBab, Scr. Sereps, ste brauaen
INNER @elb. Mit fteben Dollars bic
Wo9e iollten Sic nod aapitalien auf
Der 8anf baben, i'd eriparte mir bier
Dollars bic Wohe."
rWenn i9 untertbdnigf-
Isle biirfen nt9t untertbdntgft =
aber bier nebmen sic btefen Dollar auf
Mbre9nuns unb MAIDEN sic, bab sic
fort fpmmen."
Ser Notar biipfte gu feinem S4reis
Der unb mari ibm etnen f4mnbtgsr
Dollaridetn ing @eftdt.
Mr. Screps febte bic Brille auf, gu
feben, Oh er EDIT fet, urb itedts TIN
bann feufaenb In bic Eaf4e fetttr al'
ten absetraaenen Wsfs.
Ct bate eben bic 3Hure erreidt, I'm,
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
Sm &anne
ber &a9e.
rs. Sprtietung.1

.9u9 bas ni9t. gu berlei gours
ma9ereien lieb mein i%tolaer Sinm IiS
ME berab. Oh biit meine erite, ein5ise
Giebe. BON Der Stunbe, po mir uns
gum erften Mal trafen, mart Du a.
lein bas Sbeal meiner Seele. Sd tenn
mild in gang Merito feines Meibes sntr
finnen, bas mir mebr sepefen tpGre u.s
elm Bib, bas man in elmer @allerie
porii6ersebenb betradtet unb persibt."
sd CLAUDE Dir, mein ebler. tbeIrer
@atte, i4 mar tbOridt, mid iiber biez
fen Brief gu srdmen. Sieb, i'd ssr'
1eibe i'm unb 10 ssrsebe ieber 9ebants.
Der bamit auiammenbdnet. 0a tommt
2!llp, i4 bore ibre Sttmme, fie 1T tie
Some bes sanaen 9auies."
uSte tleinere Sonne, 9era9en, nur
Der Planet meinss 5iriternes," ldhelts
Der liebenbe @atte unb fiiBte ber5lidj
bic f90ne sJrau.
%, 8ruber, i9 bin 10 frob," ricf
9illp, ni4 febe, Matbilbe bat Dir prn
hem sarItisen Brief seiast. Sd tpubte
slei9, baB es 9erleumbung mar"
rSa, S9peiter6en, g lit ni4t FER
Miibe ipertb, bararl gu benten, bod
tommt, bic Sii9glode ldutet, i9 babe
Sunger unb perbe gu4 in gritaunen
ieBen nit meinem Qppetit."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27

Ser gebiente perlieb bas 3immer.
Isle ieGen, wie i9 fir Sic arbeite."
Ipra9 .Srma nun gu ben Spie!ern
mas BADEN Sic fir. mid %setban9"
rWir baben nit 8eltimmtbeit er>
'a6renL SAB iporace 8ta9art in Der
pripatirtenanltalt 6ss 0ottor MsrIe
|;iir ismanb peniion beaablt, unb 9q'
SEN uns in barielbsn fiir etne pertraute
|agentin elmer. plab gefi4ert. Dtefs
perfon, Gre 1c!bitberitGnbli4 geifttg n
,eIunb 1T, tpie sic unb mir, foll d4s.
|tunbf9aften, no fid bic bon Mr. 8lds
bart sefansen sebaltene patientin TEE
|finbet: Damn tperben mir lie bur4
quite ober f4ledte Mittel CUR redtet
lStunbe sefreien."
rWarum tam i9 nidt biefe angel.
Ili9e &rahfe fttn9"
rWeil Sic Sbrer Mutter, pie sic
lelbt fagen, cuffallenb dbnli4 finb.
Das tpirbe unfere plGne bereiteln."
r4lleroinas. Qber befdleunise,
Sic bic SADIE. mein 9era .famst an.
%unsebulbis al tperben, es brennt Dor
8egterbs, ben unnatiirlinen
Mann gu beitrafen. ben id tauin
als Batter anerfennen fam,
unb ben t9 haffe, pie nur elm Wsib,
benz bitteres llnredt sefdeben, bafien
fann. Sd berabfdeue i'm meinetpillen,
neil er mid peritoben bat, UNI mid au
@runbe gu ri4ten, baffe i'm meitfes
8rubers tpesen, ben er in Sdma9 upb
Nrmutb aufpabien lieB, unb por afz
lem tpesen meiner armer1 Mutter, Der
Stlapin ieiner 2eibeni6aft, BEN,
Spfer ietner @ifsriu9t. 8 i6 baife lin
mebr, als menfdli9e @orte aussu..
fpreGen .bermDsen."
Selbit bic sepiiienlpfen Spieler, be-
men 8efu6l ober &eue frembe 8eariffe
parer, erbebten BEL benz radebiir ltenz
ben Son, NIT benz bas Mdb6en biefe
@orte fpra9.
rWir BADEN cine Huge Srau az.
tpablt, bic @elb brau9t unb biel tpaat,
um es gu erbalten. Sic mar emit elite
berporragenbe S9auipielerin, abet
bic 2eibeni9aft bes Srunfes bat fie
tn's @lenb gebra6t."
vWirb lie i'm trunfenen 53ufanbe
ni4t ben 3ped ibrer MntpeI enbeit pers
ratben? Sdufern barf ma niGt
trduen."
Sang rtdtig. Mber es ioll bprt
fetn getitises 9etrdnt iiber ibre 2ips
pen fommen. 9erabe bic Notbpenbiaz
felt, lie bapon absutalten, ioll eine
8ebinsuns unb 9auptfabe iein, bic
uns Sottor Merle geseniiber peranz
labt, lie in feline Sbbut gu brinsan."
rSas Gnbert a~llerbinss bic Sadz
laee."
uWte geiast, uniere Msentin lit
tlug urb bertraut. Dime ben earitiaer1
Sebler niirbe lie ibrer &unit G6re se=
ma9t baben. sic lit seiitis besabt, gut
er5ogen unb febr f6Dn. Selbit jebt nod
tit lie liebenspiirbis unb anaiebenb ses
mug"
Primes Weien," feufste Srnla,
ripenn es ibr gelingt, meine 3pede au
fOrbern, tperbe i6 mid ibrer annebs
men, u1b lie gu beffern unb gu beben
fu9en."
Die Spieler ld9elten. Mls MGnner
bon Belt pubten Tie, tpie fdper, ia
pie unmOsli4 es ielbft benz sefuntensn
Mannc 1T, fid unter ben ftolaek pbas
rifdern Der grbe uieber gu erbeben tote
ipllte bag Der fdpa4en, bilfloienSrau
selingen9
@el9 troitloies 9efubl. tpenn mir
in Der feutisen Welt menidli6e Barn.
9eratgteit iu4en, tpenn mir ben l1nters
f4ieb 3pii9en 9riitlider 2ebre unb
Griftltder 9anblung betradten!
Srma @olstt mar gu febr nit ben
eisenen @ebanten bei4dftist, um big
fartqfii9e 2d9eln au bewsrten. sts
erhob unb perabf4tebete ftd nit tltS
gem @rube.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-08-27
80. Gapitel.

ia" -~ So
,Das ioll m1r frobe Sage perf9afs
fen," la6te Der alte S9reiber unb be-
tra9tete bic 8antnote, pie Elm &nabe
feinen G6ab betra9tet, Der linn Die
eriten boben Stiefel taufen foll.
nSa, ia, frpbe Sage = es lit lange
FER, felt ih pelae sebabt babe. Mas
nollen Sie."
Die Srase mar an Sobn Eager gez
ri9tet, Der eben iber bic Sdnelle
trat.
sd mill 9errn @rump ipreden."
rgr lit gu Sbrem 9ebieter sesan<
gen."
rMarum9"
.Das bieBe aug Der @dule i9ua<
ben."
rMir tperben SIZES aber bod 5a>
gen."
sd piibte ni9t, tparum."
,Nun, pollen feben. Gr bate eben
8e1u1 bon elmer Dame"
Mr. Scretps bltdt eritaunt auf.
limb biefe Dame bsanfpru9t 8ers
tpanbti9aft NIT meinem 9errn."
Ser Sdreiber fprang auf.
,8eriuden sic niht, es au leusnen.
es lpGre cine 2iise. Die Dame brcdte
papiere."
,Oas beibt, Tie pirb fte %bringen."
bemerfte Der alte Mann unborftdtia.
.Nun, i1 CLAUDE, sic fpreden bic
Wobrbeit. sic fiub arm, DIR.
Seretps."
nRi9t mebr. Sd babe spansia
Dollars in Der Safde unb erbalte bon
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-09-14
BALL.

From the Baltimore Herald.
Football is about the only American
sport that is dangerous to the extent
of being brutal. This is deplorable fact.
considering that 1t is such good sport.
If it could be modified in some way and
the rougher features eliminated. 1t would
be the heavy sport par excellence.
There is no game more exciting. but
not even the enthusiast or the confirmed
fiend desires excitement of the kind that
requires the presence and occasional SER
vices of surgeon and the use of the
stretcher and ambulance. 1t is essentially
a game of feats of skill and superb man
hood. but such splendid qualities are lost
sight of when an exhibition of brutality
is witnessed.
1t cannot be said that the dangers of
professional football are being abated.
1t seems that the more scientific 1t is
the more frequent are the painful in
juries During the last season there We're
several cases of injuries for life and a
number of deaths. The game which car
ries with 1t such grim chances Is scarcely
game for the best of American man.
hood TO play at, or for the best of Amer
lean manhood and womanhood to see.
And yet. football is, and will doubt
less continue to be, one Of the most popu-
lar of the heavy games. What pity 1t
cannot be pulled out of the bloodybroke
lmb-fatalty phase. The season will be on
now In two weeks. The big universities
are already preparing their teams for
the field Is 1t not possible to have a
few much-needed football reforms?
Cannot those who regulate the destiny
to keep 1t within civilized bounds? AS a
sport it has few equals. all the more
urgent Is the need of making it uniformly
respectable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-09-14
Cotton Crop OF the World.

The New York Financial Chronicle
puts the crop Of 19O2-O3 at 1O,75S,326
bales, while secretary Hester of the
New Orleans cotton exchange says
the crop was 10,727559 bales. The
difference is 30,767 bales, and it is
not worth ones time to compare the
two reports with a view of ascertain.
ing the truth. BY splitting the diff
ference between them we find the
crop was 10,740,000 bales, which is
near enough for all practical purposes
The Financial Chronicle shows that
the worlds consumption has risen in
two years nearly million bales,
standing last year at 14,351 800 bales.
To meet this consumption there was
a production in the United States,
East Indies, Egypt, Brazil, etc, of
1851, 700 bales. The margin is a
close one, and any deficiency in this
country-any fall below ten and n
half million bales-would be quickly
felt.
The crop grown last year outside of
the United States was 2,792,000 bales
in India; 1,O78,7S0 bales in Egypt. and
270 900 bales in Brazil, Smyrna, Peru,
West Indies ana Japan. The Indian
crop was unusually heavy, while that
of Egypt was light. The total crop
grown outside of the United States,
not including Chinese cotton consum-
ed at home, never exceeds four mil
lion bales, while our crop will never
perhaps again fall below ten million
bales, and may rise to twelve million
bales.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-09-14
Russia and Iapan.

If, as the PelIn correspondent of
the London Times says, Russian
Japanese treaty has been signed, guar
anteeing to the one full recognition
| of railway rights in Manchuria, and to
the other like rights in Corea, includ-
ing the right in each case to defend
with troops railways and to suppress
disturbances within their respective
"spheres'-if such treaty has been
signed, it simply means that Corea is
after while to be annexed to Japan,
and Manchurla to Russia 1t means
that the two countries have reached
a settlement that has been foreseen
all along.
While Russia gains an outlet on
the Yellow Sea, open at all seasons
OF the year, Japan gains Corea. and
which she is now engaged in filing
with her own people. This is another
upward and onward step ON the part
of Japan, the plucldest and wisest
country in the eastern world. Such a
treaty would not only avert war be-
tween Russia and Japan, which
would be distressing to the latter, but
it would give the Japanese plenty of
work to do in extending their eiyili-
cation and methods. They would
quickly assimilate Corea, and they
would also proceed to teach China
how to get on her feet and to face
the next aggression of the Sclav.
This may raise up the famous "Yel-
low peril" but no Yellow peril is more
to be dreaded than Sclav peril which
all the rest of the world must sooner
or later face.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-09-14
Mosquitoes and Smoke.

81 am told that the mosquitoes have
been more numerous in Birmingham this
season than usual" said an old citizen.
but these pestiferous animals never
bother me. l am an asthmatic, and keep
my room full of asthma cure smoke.
This stuff contains stramonium leaves
and other ingredients offensive to mosqui-
toes. l have not seen a mosquito in my
room this summer. The smoke is not
pleasant to SMELL but | am used to it,
and don't mind 1t. 1t beats mosquito
net all to pieces
Asthma is a most uncomfortable mall
ady, but ! believe 1 had sooner have 1t
than the mosquitoes. Tobacco smoke does
not drive away mosquitoes. On the con-
trary it seems to stimulate them and give
them an abnorma. thirst for blood, but
stramonium Crimson weed makes them
sick"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-09-14
1T IS. HARD TO SUPPRESS
THE BOOKS THAT ARE BAD

Who, then, is to decide which books are
poisonous and which are wholesome? We
are all opposed to the sale of downright
vicious publications, and so strong is this
sentiment in the American people that
the obscene publication is nowhere toler-
ated and is practically unknown. The
average American citizen detests and
shnns obseenity and vulgarity, and the
American boy has, as a rule, but little
taste for that class of literature. 1t is
more than probable that what desire the
youngster of today has for such publiea-
tions as are deprived of the privileges OF
the mails is due largely to the fact that
the purchase and sale, which inferentially
includes the reading Of such works are
forbidden.
Prevention Is always better than punish
ment, and it would probably be good
thing if the publication and sale OF the
romances of the dime novel" brand were
suppressed 1t is also probably true that
the sentiment of the country VIII ap-
plaud the action of the Chieagoans who
have brought the prosecutions against
the booksellers of that city. But, after
all is said and done, the doubt will still
remain as to whether any real good will
accomplished The field for discrimin-
alton and elimination in literature is too
large to be successfully entered and &C.
cupied by the advocates of such reform
movements as that now in progress in
Chicago. Boys can not be supplied by
the courts with a detestation of the lurid
and unwhoesome and impure in either
life or literature. The instruction and re-
form must come from the home and the
schoolroom Parents and teachers must
recognize the appetite of the vigorous.
healthy American boy for the stirring in
literature as on the playground. The his
tory of the world thanks to the writer's
of the day, is being told in narrative
form, and little wise study and guild
ance on the part of parents and teachers
will enable them to direct the boys read
ing to books that will prove wholesome.
helpful and as thrillingly interesting as
any poorly written but luridly shocking
romance that was ever found in the pages
of the yellow back. While we hope good
may come from the Chicago movement,
our faith in general genuine. and effec-
tive reform in this direction is pinned to
the home and the schoolroom.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-09-14
Raw Material.

THE thing that impressed me most
about the plant of the Alabama Portland
Cement company at Demopois which
recently visited. said a man Interested
in the states industrial prosperity, lis
the inexhaustable supply of raw material
available. The bed of limerick in and
about Demopolis extends for miles back
from the river and is from 500 to $50 feet
thick Although the plant has been run
ming for many months and has a daily ca
pacity of 500 barrels of cement, the hole
from which all the rock has been taken is
comparatively Insignificant and shows
that twenty-five more cement plants could
be started without suffering for want of
raw material.
THE limestone formation is very soft
and Is classified by government engineers
as blue clay. 1t is exactly what is needed
for making cement because very little
clay has to be added to 1t. In the large
cement factories of New York and Penn
sylvania the clay has to be hauled in
some cases for several hundred miles.
Within a hundred yards of the Demopols
plant on one side is plenty of pure clay,
while within one hundred feet on the
other side is the inexhaustable bed of
limerick