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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
WHISKY IN MAINE.

From the New York Press.
 "Prohibition is a fraud on the face of it and in the body of it." says resident of Boston. ''It simply places a premium on lawbrealking. When the craze was at It's height I was in the liquor business on -- street, South Boston. My av- craze sales on Saturday were over 5000, pretty good for a small retail shop. All the purchases were to be shipped to Maine. I bought soap boxes, seed boxes, shoe boxes, sugar barrels, patent medi- cine cases. oil barrels, subscription book boxes, and all kinds of small dry goods boxes in which to conceal bottle or two of the old stuff for safe shipment. I did the business of my life and never got caught Those Maine statesmen have to have liquor, prohibition or no prohibit ton, and I sold 1t to em."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
Car Shortaue Aqain.

Unless the corn crop should prove to be unusually short-a very improb- able eyent--it is conceded that in Sep tember, October and November there ! i'll again be very serious car short age. The unloosing of waters in Wall street will make no difference. Crops are crops, and when the wheat, corn and cotton of this country demand at one time cars, there will not be enough of them to go round. The railroads have been free purchasers of cars and locomotives in the last five years, but they do not own enough today to enable them to move promptly good crops.
 One railroad official attributes the car shortages in part at least to the rapidity with which small cars of an cient construction go to pieces in mod ern ifty-car trains. They cannot stand the strain, and they go to the trash pile speedily. No shrinkage of traffic will give the railroads surplus of cars in the crop-moying months. The pop ulation and trade of the country is constantly increasing, and the rail roads should keep step with it. From 1893 to 1898 they did not do this, and shippers suffered in consequence. The better managed railroads are still buy ing cars and locomotives, and these are the railroads that will get the most business in all seasons of all years. No railroad has too many cars, and no railroad should be encouraged to stop additions to its equipment. It should be remembered that cars are built to carry crops and other real goods, and tLat watered securities are not in cluded in the list and have nothing to do with the case. Locomotives are sadly needed in every section of the country, and it would be unfortunate indeed if the railroads should stop buying them just because Wall street has colicky spasm over indigestible securities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
Advertising St. Louis.

There are few cities in the United States whose citizens cannot learn valuable lesson in advertising from the people of St. Louis," said a business man last night. "The commercial trav- elers of the Worlds Fair city are espe- cially good advertisers of the place of their residence. notice that nearly ev- cry St. Louis man when he signs his name on the hotel register these days, in- stead of putting St. Louis after it sim ply puts the figures 1904. Anyone looking over the register immediately has his at- tention attracted to the fact and begins to ask questions.
 '1f he will just stop to think the year 1904 Is fast becoming synonymous with the Worlds fair, and these commercial travellers sign their names In that way just to get the fact impressed still more firmly on the mind of every person that sees the signature. Americans are noted for their curiosity, and good advertisers realize that anything that arouses the curiosity is the best form of advertise ment. If every man travelling out of St. Louis puts 1904 after his name 1t will do as much as any other one factor to ad- yertse the great coming Worlds fair"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 Quite the most interesting and impor- tant contribution to the mosquito contro- versy emanates from Prof. J. H. Thomas who leads the National cornet Band of New Brunswick, N. J. Prof. Thomas goes far beyond the somewhat vague and nebulous theory hitherto propounded to the effect that certain musical note Is fatal to the mosquito. He indicates the note-specifies it, in fact-and describes the instrument with which it must be produced In order to do the greatest ex- ecution.
 It seems that the National Cornet Band was rehearsing the other evening a very difficult composition in A minor, and Hornblower Fred Nixon had been strug- gling though unsuccessfully, with a solo of eight bars for the first alto. The solo would have been easy enough for an amateur of MT. Nixons talent and ex- perience but for one note-A above the staff-which, during several consecutive minutes, eluded his most frantic efforts. At last, however-but suppose we let Bandmaster Thomas tell the story in his own inimitable way:
 After several attempts Nixon succeed ed in reaching the note A, which on an alto horn produces about 960 vibrations per second. He made 1t with great force. I had noticed five mosquitoes sitting on the ceiling, but the instant he reached the A every mosquito dropped into the horn. Being curious to know the cause of their sudden fall from the ceiling, l se- cured a powerful microscope and found that both the auditory and optic nerves were completely paralyzed, showing that if they had lived they would have been blind as we'll as deaf.
 Judging from this. I think that there is no doubt that the musical note that Is fatal, to the mosquito is the note A above the staff produced on an alto horn in the hands of an amateur. I intend to experiment further with bass horn. From rough calculations I think that an ordinary amateur band ought to be able to kill off all of the mosquitoes in the Newark meadows in three days"
 This comes to us straight, as 1t were, for it comes through the medium of a New Brunswick special dispatch to the New York Times. There can be no doubt as to the facts. Professor Thomas is ready to produce Hornblower Nixon, and. if necessary, his alto horn. He still has the score of the difficult composition, and is prepared to point out the A above the staff which. as delivered by Nixon, killed the five mosquitoes. Possibly Nixon will not be able to do 1t over again. but there are other hornblowers and other horns. and from all we hear a good many mo- souitoes still survive in New Jersey.
 Is it necessary to waste further time and language in this discussion? We are told that the mosquito is the only au- thorized agent for the collection and de- rvery of certain germs, such as those of malaria, yellow fever and heavens knows what else; we are assured that by the simple expedient of exterminating mos- quitoes, we can rid mankind of many of the most fatal diseases which now pre- vaiE we know, on the authority of Prof. Thomas of the National Cornet band of l New Brunswick. that A above the staf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

tuated, last week, and our rich men stand stripped of no inconsiderable part of their wealth. J. P. Morgan's fortune has been reduced to ss0,0O0,. GOO, having himself fallen into the pit he had himself digged. And now the sad news is waited to us on the sum- mer breeze that the Rockefeller-Alli- son alliance has lost s1O0,0OO,00O of it's family fortune. The aforesaid for tune now stands at the beggarly Sum of 00,O00,000. and it stands to req son that either the price of oil will have to be advanced or President Harper will have to get new angel"
 It is a nice question indeed as to whether the prevailing eataclysm can be confined to rich men and to Wall street. If" says the astute Spring field Republican, there exists any body so shallow and thoughtless as to suppose we would escape the penalty, he is now in fair way of learning better. Nor let him deceive himself with the idea that the trouble which is so far confined to Wall street in its outward manifestations can be kept there. That is impossible. Wall street but reflects the strain which is upon the whole country from the in- fiated doings of the drunken boomers who have been dominant for three years past, and the country and not Wall street alone will have to settle the account"
 This may be so, but then again timely crops of great size, and great people that no longer lean on any body, may modify the Republicans pessimistic predictions very much Given great crops of corn and cotton, in addition to the assured wheat crop, it will be simply impossible to shake confidence in the general soundness of the country and it's trade. The indi- gestible security matter is, as General Hancock said of the tariff, local issue, and the locality affected is Wall street, and Wall street will gratify a busy and contented country if it will keep its issue strictly at home among the rich men who fostered it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

He will leave this afternoon for St. Clair Springs. J. c. Conn of Chattanooga is stopping at the Hillman. Thomas J. Hester of St. Louis Is stopping at the Morris J. D. Rhodes of St. Louis Is at the Met ropolitan. Cicero Nichols of New York Is registered at the Hillman.
  R. M. Haney and wife of Talladega are stopping at the Morris.
  Will II. White of Atlanta is at the Met ropolitan. J. Craig Smith of Montgomery is regis tered at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
Iudue Lynch in Geornla.

The beauties of Judge Lynch's ad- ministration are amply illustrated in a case that occurred last week in Liberty county, Georgia. The Liberty county mob followed through seven counties a negro. supposed to be Ed Claus. They found the offender at last, and he was duly lynched near Eastman. He protested to the last hi7 innocence, but his protests were un availing. The mob was out for a lynch ing, and in the victim in hand was swung off and his body was then rid died with bullets He was too dead to protest against the bullet feature of the proceedings.
 The Atlanta correspondents furnish the second chapter. The real Ed Claus has been captured near Darien June. tion There is no doubt as to the identity of Ed Claus No. 2, and he is now in the custody of the officers of Liberty county. Whether Claus No. 2 will be lynched also, or whether he will be left to be tried by the courts and legally hung, is not now known If he is tried and found guilty the verdict will practically declare that the lynchers of Claus No. were guilty oi foul and cowardly murder, and yet Governor Terrell can be trusted to dc nothing to bring one of them to pun Ishment. He is built that way-a' least until he secures a reelection next year.
 The Liberty county case should set the people of Georgia to thinking Trials by mobs are as uncertain as they are demoralizing, and Georgia should leave such things to Indiana and Illinois and Missouri and Della ware Except in Georgia the south has well outgrown Judge Lynch. He has shown his head but once in this state this year, and he will perhaps wish he hadn't come at all after Judge BHbro gets through with him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
HAD A PREFERENCE.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 q see," said the stranger, stirring things In a glass, that on the strength of the names in the new city directory you claim population here of over 2,3oO.- 0oO"
 T guess that's about right" observed the man in the battered panama hat, who was leaning against the bar and smoking a cigar,
 What multiple do you use?"
 Well" replied the other, throwing away his cigar and wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. 'T gener'1y take 1t straight-it It's all the same to vou ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
Arrests in MisdemeanOr Cases.

Judge Feagin's decision relative to arrest for misdemeanors comes none too soon. In a town where arrests proportionately exceed those made elsewhere in this or any other country, such a decision must have a bene- ficient and salutary effect. Instead of one thousand arrests a month a nor nal one hundred may be the result There should not be over one hundred arrests month in this town If the proportion of four per year in thous- and of population, elsewhere observed, is to be established here.
 Judge Feagin has decided that an arrest for a misdemeanor without a warrant can take place only when a charge has been preferred by some citizen, or the officer himself saw the offending act. A charge, cannot be preferred by telephone. It cannot be imagined or waited through the air. It must be a bona fide charge lodged in record manner.
 Such decision has long been needed, and when 1t Is fully enforced 1t will put an end to thousand and one unnecessary arrests in this city arrests that work great injustice to the weak and helpless-arrests, too, that give this city an unenviable repu- tation. The police system was not or ganized for the purpose of collecting fines and making arrest records. This is the very reverse of an efficient po- lice service. The preservation of or der with minimum of arrests is the ideal of an excellent police force. This fact has been lost sight of in this town, but we are at last In fair way to reach it through the operation of Judge Feagin's excellent decision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
SONG OF THE cHATTAHoocHE.

By Sidney Laner. Out of the bills of Habersham, Down the valleys of Hall, I hurry amain to reach the plain, Run the rapid and leap the fall; Split at the rock and together again. Accept my bed, or narrow wide, And flee from folly on every side With a lovers pain to attain the plain, Far from the hills of Habersham, Far from the valleys of Hall. All down the hills of Habersham, All through the valleys of Hall, The rushes cry, Abide abidel'' The willful water weeds held me thrall, The living laurels turned my tide, The ferns and the fondling grass said
 Stay
 The dewberry dipped for to work delay, And the little reeds sighed Abide, abide, Here in the hills of Habersham, Here in the valleys of Hall" High OCT the hills of Habersham, Yelling the valleys of Hall, The hickory told me manifold Fair tales of shade; the poplar tall Wrought me her shadowy self to hold. The chestnut, the oak, the walnut. the
 pine,
 overleaning. with fickering meaning
 and sign
 
 Deep shades of the hills of Habersham, These glades in the valley of Hall.'' And oft in the hills of Habersham. And oft in the valleys of Hall. The white quartz shone. and the smooth
 brook-stone
 Did bar me of passage with friendly
 brawl And many a luminous jewel lone Crystals clear or a-cloud with mist, Ruby. garnet and amethyst Made lures with the lights of streaming
 stone
 In the clefts of the hills of Habersham, In the beds in the valleys of Hall.  But, oh. not the hills of Habersham, And. oh, not the valleys of Hall Avail: am fain for to water the plain. Downward the voices of Duty call- Downward to toll and be mixed with the
 main;
 The dry fields burn. and the mills are to
 turn.
 And myriad flowers mortally yearn; And the lordly main from beyond the
 plain Call OCT the hills of Habersham. Call through the valleys of Hall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
The Illinois Central.

'It is now a settled fact that the llli- nois Central has arranged with the Frisco to run trains into Birmingham over the latter's tracks" said a large shipper "The Seaboard Air Line will complete it's road into Birmingham early next year, and then we will have seven big lines here-the Louisville and Nash vile, the Southern, the Queen and Cres- cent, the Frisco, the Central of Georgia, the Illinois Central and the seaboard. The Gould system will probably be the next to come.
 Birmingham is the greatest traffic cen- ter of the south, and every road fin the south must eventually come this way
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
Money Value of ReaonIas.

"A fine begonia Is often worth as much at ten dollars at florists establishments" said a householder. After all, however fine, flowers have not such great intrin- sic value, but are valuable to the person who cultivates them from the viewpoint of sentiment. When the lady of the house plants a flower and waters 1t and cultivates it and watches it's growth from day to day, it becomes almost like a member of the family and she could scarcely sell 1t for any price.
 'I attended an auction sale of house. hold goods yesterday and saw beautiful begonia about two feet high, sell for less than a dollar and the price included jardiniere which was easily worth a dollar itself. It struck me that lady who has nurtured such a plant and watched it grow to such magnificent pro- portions must hate to see 1t disposed of to an entire stranger for such a scant sum-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 When a girl won't fiirt 1t is sign there aren't any men around.
 The only idot that is absolutely hope less Is the man who sits down to reason a thing out with a woman.
 It comes so natural to a woman to do 1t that she can even brag her husbands bald head into her esteem.
 woman may respect man for being able to think. but she can never under stand why he wants to do it when he could have so much more fun talking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
REPAIRS.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 Diplomatic intercourse with Russia has gone back into the regular channels. both in regard to the incidental matter O: the Kisheneff petition and the perma- nent and far-reaching question of our commercial rights in Manchuria.
 If any man can mend broken pitcher, 1t Is the secretary of state.
 The Washington Post, with the state department almost within reach of the tip of its long ear. publishes this infor- nation: . -A.
 MT. Hay returned to Washington two or three days ago, and simultaneously with that event common sense seems to have resumed its sway in the state de- partment."
 We agree with our contemporary that 1t would help to restore public confidence if the identity of the "other official" the crockery smasher. were officially or at least semi-officially. disclosed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
INTELLIGENCE OF BIRDS.
Dumb Animals.

From our Dumb Animals.
 The following is from the letters of Lady Mary Boyle, who was witness of the fact and therefore can be relied upon:
 One day, while walking with my moth CT Gin London) over the bridge, we were attracted to a small. poor cottage by the exquisite singing of a thrush. The old couple who lived in it were very poor and their richest possession was the thrush which sang outside in a wicker cage. After listening for a few moments my mother asked If they would be will ing to sell the thrush to her. The bar gain was made, the double the sum they named was paid by my mother who sent a servant the next morning to claim her purchase. The cage was placed in a large and cheerful window in our dining room, but not a sound or a note came from the melancholy bird, which dropped and hung its head as if mourning. We fed we coaxed, we whistled, but 1t re- mained silent, motionless and moping. My mother felt as much indignation as was consistent with her gentle nature. She was not suspicious, but it looked as if another bird had been palmed off upon us. She waited several days, when her patience was exhausted and she sent for the late owner. The door opened and my mother advanced to meet him. but neither of them was allowed to speak, for no sooner did the old man make his ap- pearance in the room than the bird leaped down from its perch. opened its wings and broke into so triumphant a song of joy that it seemed as if the whole room vibrated with the melody. "Why, my pretty lady" said the man approaching the cage. you know me. don't your" and the thrush kept Tapping its wings and moving from side to side one might al- most say dancing from joy. There was no doubt about 1t; 1t was the same bird that had charmed us in the lane at Vol sey, but like the Hebrew captive, 1t could not sing Its song in strange land.
 Take 1t back my mother said "I would not part such friends for all the world,' and off together went the loving pair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
A LITTLE CHAP.

From the Baltimore News.
 First Elk-They say Admiral Dot the midget delegate from White Plains, Is a very short man.
 Second Elk-Shortl I should say he Is! Why, he's so short that when he has pain he doesn't know whether to go to dentist or a chiropodistl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
OLD sWlMMIN, HOLE.
T the Indianapolis Sun.

From the Indianapolis Sun.
 You've got quite depression here in your skull" said the phrenologist. Were you kicked by horse?
 "No," replied the man in the chair. That's the old swimmin' hole. When was kid dived and struck rock"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
About Persons.

W. H. Orr of Chicago is stopping at the Hillman.
 William A. Davis of Anniston is regis tered at the Morris.
 George weatherley of Newcastle is at the Metropolitan.
 E. Lesser, proprietor of the Metropolitan hotel and editor of the Birmingham Courier the leading German paper in Ala bama, returned yesterday afternoon from an extensive trip through the west. MT. Lesser has been gone for nearly month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

President Roosevelt has so much health that no one feels like investing much in vice-presldential opportunity on his ticket
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

Secretary Shaw has no financial panaceas to offer, this being an of" year in politics. His remedies are for use in political years only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

The walking delegate may soon camp on President Rooseyelt's trail. Foreman Miller is apparently connivin' that way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

Missouri's boodlers will not, alas, be in a position to enjoy the St. Louis midway. They are going where the dogs cannot bite them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT.

From the Chicago News.
 Were you ever on the stage?" asked the cabbage.
 "Only once." replied the egg. 'I was then cast for the villain and made a great hit."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

The Grover Clevelands will long be with us. Young Grover Cleveland will serve his turn in the last half of the century, and he will not put up his rod this year It is our one family born to rule
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

What this town needs is a curfew law for the two popular corners of Second avenue, and it would be well to keep it in force the day round.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

Until Richard Harding Davis begins to use red ink there is no occasion for viewing the situation in the Far East with alarm. Richard carries stock of inks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

Ciudad, Bolivar. will now, please. drop out of sight. It has no right to expect the center of the stage more than whole day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

The west has not teeth enough to eat it's own wheat, nor warehouses In which to store it, nor cars to move it in. This is prosperity with big P.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

In fighting mosquitoes select as your foe the steomya fasciata. He has an "M" on his back. As all mos- quitoes look and buzz alike, it is not easy to select the particular specie unless you observe It's monogram.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29
Our Rich Mems Panic.

The six months decline in Wali street may be said to have eliminated. or at any rate to have been accen-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

Gen. Cassius M. Clay's long life goes to show that dueling is not near so deadly as coca cola.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

Professor Langley is waiting for some one to say "one, two, three go"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

The pirates of Wall street feel the water under them oozing out, and they anticipate a bed in the mud at the bottom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

sassiety at Newport is in distress. All its alleged males are in Wall street trying to save something from the wreck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

The bulls in Wall street have been dehorned by overcapitalization, which is another name for water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

Even the veteran Keene got nipped in Wall street, and he is an old ram. The lambs are no longer in the game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-29

Before desiring an increase in your salary, take warning from the case of Charles M. schwab, and pause.