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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
Mobiles Outer Bar.

The government cannot afford to permit the outer bar of Mobile bay to shut its own ships out of good anchor age and coaling facilities in Mobile bay. The present depth of water on the bar is twenty-seven feet, and at least thirty-five feet is needed in order to ensure to all war ships as well as merchant vessels a good harbor inside the bar.
 The outer bar in its present condi- tion isolates the coal fields nearest the coast, the only fields near the gulf, and Tn case of trouble the government can not afford to have the coal supply of Alabama isolated When the isthmian canal is dug it cannot afford to have a narrow strip of shallow water be- tween that supply and the great Pa cific world of trade.
 Few men understand the rivers and hoi boiS Ol lilS country as well as Chairman Burton of the rivers and harbors committee does, and we may be sure that the clear-headed man who persistently favors an Open Warrior will favor a deep channel through Mo bile's outer harbor
 Let all promote to the utmost the two improvements-an Open Warrior and deep water on the outer bar. Both mean trade in times of peace, anl facilities in times of war, and the gov ernment will assuredly see that both are accomplished All the state should pull together to secure both. In the new rivers and harbors bill there should be an appropriation to deepen the channel on the outer bar, and an- other to provide for the building of two 21-foot lift locks to overcome Squaw shoals. The fight against nat ural Instructions will be two-thirds won when the two appropriations are voted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07

uted to shedding, and shedding is widespread in the Tennessee valley. Numerous fields in the Tennessee val ley show a loss of one-third of the bolls by shedding In the neighbor- hood of Gadsden there is too much stalk and too little fruit. Rust is prev alent near Greenville, and the plant is running to weed in the DadeYille dis trict. Around Opelika the plant is shedding freely; at Union Springs red rust has appeared; at Athens rain has fallen in excessive quantities; at Alp beville tho plant has depreeiated rap idly; Livingston reports a deprecla- ton of 40 per cent; Scale puts the de- preciation at 15 per cent; Tuscaloosa, at 30 per cent; while Selma and De- catur alone regard the crop as full of promise
 Nearly all the states report serious deterioration in August. Texas is in- fested by te boil worm as well as the boil weevil. and the latter has thls year covered an additional belt north and east of Dallas about forty miles wide, and there are isolated colonies up to the Indian Territory and Okla homa line
 Those statisticians and prophets who have been counting on a twelye-mil lion-bale crop should call in their fig ures for revision. The outlook at pres- ent does 1t call for a crop exceeding eleven million bales, and even that az gregate is not assured. Cotton is made when it is ginned and baled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
A Successful Season.

''rhe summer theatrical season which is now drawing to a close al the East Lake Casino has been very successful and we are gratified at the liberal patronage ex- tended by the people of the Birmingham district" said Manager Semon last night The public has learned to like the Casino and next summer we expect to do much better business.
 While the attendance at the theatre has been large, numbers of people have also availed themselves of the opportun- ity to enjoy few hours in the after noon or evening strolling about the lake. All the amusement enterprises have been liberally patronized and East Lake gain ed in popularity as a summer resort
 Much of the success of the season was due to the excellent services rendered by the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. By the aid of special cars and quick Schedules the crowds have been able to reach town even earlier than would have been the case had they at tended play in one of the city's thea treS.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
Good Insurance Town.

Last month was one of the best that we have had this year." said the manager of the Birmingham general office of a well known life insurance company. Tn fact our agents wrote more insurance last month than during any month since the office has been established in this city.
 Birmingham, by the way is fast forg- ing to the front as an insurance town From present indications 1t will surpass any city in the south in this respect Be- ing centrally located in the very heart of the south, the insurance companies will not be slow to take advantage of the in ducements it holds out, and will doubtless some day make their southern headquar- ters in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
Condition of the Cotton Crop.

The New Orleans Times-D Democrat has conducted comprehensive inves- tigation of the condition of the cotton crop at the end of August, and it reaches the conclusion that the promis- ing crop of a month previous was ma terially damaged during the deteriorat- ing month of August. Its numerous reports relate 10 the condition of the crop down to noon of last Saturday. September 3. The deterioration that prevailed in August is still maintained, ant no one can say what the outcome will be. The crop will not be what the last days of July promised us.
 For example, in this state the de- terioration of the crop in August is put at 25 per cent. Excessive rains did it, causing rust and shedding, and de- Btroying hope of fine top crop. At Evergreen few new forms appeared ,n August on account of wet weather. In the mineral district rust and shedding are freely reported. From the Mobile district loss of 10 per cent is attrib-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
Archbishop of Canterbury.

"The Right Honorable and Most Rev Randall T. Davidson, D. D., Archbishop of Canterbury and primate of all Eng land, who is In America for the purpose of attending the general convention of the Episcopal church, is the highest Pro testant dignitary in the world, remarked a churchman
 While the Anglican primate of modern times have less power than those of past centuries, their influence is great The Archbishop of Canterbury ranks next to the royal family and Is therefore above all the dukes not of royal blood. His prefix title of -'ght honorable indicates that he is member of the kings privy council.
 "Dr. Davidson has not the intellectual force perhaps that characterized his predecessor, the late Frederick Temple, but he is said to be a man of excellent judgment and as preacher he has gained considerable distinction."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
JUST AS OF WORE.
From Men and Women.

From Men and Women. In the garden, long ago Walked the lovers to and fro. Where the primrose buus were sleeping
 In a row, Where the lily bells hung dreaming And the rainbow tints were cleaning On the dew drops in the clover
 Just below. In the garden, long ago, Some one whispered soft and slow An old story, sweet and tender
 And 1 know. That the maiden fair who listened Dropped her bonny head, while glistened Her bright tear drops on nis shoulder,
 Just below. In the garden, long ago, Came her answer sweet and low, And her lover caught an- kissed her
 q heard SOL And they wandered, idly dreaming In the garden. midst the gleaming Of the dew drops on the clover
 Just below. In the garden long ago, Walked my grandpa. to and fro. With his sweetheart-'twas my grandma,
 Don't you know? And there's some one-my own lover. Standing now amid the clover, And he calls me to the g4rden Just below
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
NATIONAL POLITICS.
Roosevelt and Our Finances.
ns Times-Democrat.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 It is not likely that the republican cam paign orators will touch upon the question of the government finances. This was one of their stock-in-trade subjects of discus sion at the last election-the immense sur plus that MT. Mckinley had piled up. the revenue so largely in excess of the needs of the country. The fact that the govern ment was in a position to repeal the war taxes SO soon after peace afforded them another opportunity of boasting of the republican party.
 There is nothing to boast of in this line now. The revenues are decreasing, and the expenditures growing under the ex- travagant policy pursued by MT. Roose- welt. This became evident two months ago when the treasury balances were doc torede by Secretary Shaw, who feared made would act as a damper on the pres idential aspirations of MT. Roosevelt. Warrants were held back and receipts, like that from the Union Pacific railroad, ante-dated in order to make a better showing The trouble about this sort of bookkeeping is that 1t cannot be kept up forever and the showing grows worse with every month. Secretary Shaw was compelled to admit deficit for July. This has been followed by a second deficit for August, the total receipts for the month being Si49O9,S90, with expenditures of s51,- 246,G03 making a net deficit of $6,34s,212, CT for the two months of the fiscal year of s2S, 75O9n. Nor is there any likelihood of better showing for some time to come. Mir. Roosevelts methods are mak- ing themselves felt in the administration; and as the result Is unfavorable we are not likely to hear much public discus- sion of financial matters by the republican orators this campaign
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
Our New Business Year.

Cotton balo5 will soon be tumbled into market and the channel of trade, and back of the cotton bales in Ala bama is an abundance of corn and sweet potatoes, and fruits prepared for winter use.
 Nor is Alabama exceptional. In the surplus corn states a crop of 2,500 ,O00,- 900 bushels is well-nigh assured. Ten days more of freedom from frosts in the great corn states win enable the country to harvest it's biggest corn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
Joke and a Compliment.

From the New York Herald
 Puck is enthusiastically supporting Judge Parker. Puck always knows a good joke when he sees it.-Portland (Me-) Advertiser.
 Very neat indeed. What a pleasure 1t is to find that there are good natured, quick witted journals, like our scintilat- Ing conte lporary the Advertiser, who can Inject little humor into political columns. Heaven knows we need a little fun to offset the ponderous speeches of the professional orators A1d notice the little complime, to Puck that is so delft ly worked in-quite unusual in these days when most newspapers seem to consider a complimentary reference to another the eighth deadly sin. But the world is ad- vancing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07

Because a world'es fair restaurant fixed cents, while in Utica township, Clark county, Ind, his home he could get whole steak for the same price, Scott Lentz, a farmer decided that he wasn't going to be skinned, and departed on the next train for home. He is the son O. wealthy parents and is himself well to do.
 Lentz came to the fair Thursday morn ing and departed the same evening, after having seen the exposition at a total ex- nenditure of s1O.1o of which $7 was charged up in his itemized account Tor railroad fare. He says he saw good part of the fair. visited several shows on the Pike. and walked until he was loo tired to go further.
 .When the waiter said beefsteak would cost a quarter, that settled 1t with me-" said Lentz, and told him I could not afford to pay any such price. said: Excuse me for taking in vour time, and walked out. I was tired and lonesome. and seeing I was going to be skinned I concluded to 20 back to Indiana on the first train.''
 Lintz might have passed over the at tempt at extortion by an avaricious waiter who would charge him quarter for a piece of beefsteak had he not seen an old man sitting on stump counting his money. This satisfied him that the fellow had scheme to engage him in conversation and get into an argument about money and then rob him. That settled all further debate in Lentz's mind about what he should do, and he made his way to the exit and caught the first car for Union station.
 Lentz figured 1t out that he could see the fair for s27, but he took s60 with him for fear he might need more. He was very much in dread that some one would rob him. and he asked a Jeffersonville policeman for advice as to how to pre- vent such a calamity. The officer had been a schoolmate of Lentzs, and gave him some good advice to the extent of telling him to have all his money changed into nickles.
 'Then if anybody taps you for a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
Mckinley and Roosevelt.
he Chattanooga Times.

From the Chattanooga Times.
 A good many republicans will share the view expressed by Capt. A. T. Wimberly, formerl collector of the port of New Or leans under President Mckinley, who Is in supporting Judge Parker because in lis judgment President Roosevelt has sectionalized the republican party. It has been the boast of republican leaders that their party was national, and under President Mckinley rapid strides had been made to make 1t such. Through his kindly expression of friendship for the south, his manly sympathy for the old Confederate soldier, and his many acts of consideration for the sentiments of its people, MT. Mckinley was making rapid headway toward destroying the solidity of the south. President Roosevelt in the three years he has been in office, has re- versed the situation-as a result we have the defection of Captain Wimberly and many others who think like him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
Pulitzer Too Active.

From the Savannah News.
 Mir. Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the New York World, seems likely to lay himself liable to the charge of being perniciously active in politics. Apparently he Is try ing to run the whole campaign of the democrats. He wants to dictate what MT. Hill shall do, and what Judge Par ker shall do. Ut seems that MT. Pulitzer. paragraphs of fourteen columns each, ought to be willing to keep quiet for litte while and give somebody else a chance to speak,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
HOW ONE FARMER SAW THE
 BIG SHOW FOR ONLY p1O.1O

handful" said the guardian of the peace you will not be out any great sum-
 Lentz approved this scheme and put it into effect.
 Another preliminary arrangement made by Lentz for his quick trip was to have his picture taken on a button for identi- fcation in case he was murdered and robbed. Every expenditure was placed in his memorandum book, close ac- count being kept In order that he might prove to his parents that he is not spendthrift. The account was exhibited by him with pride when he returfed home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 Once there was a man so brave that he used to discharge the cook for his wife.
 A girl can find a mans hand easier in the dark than he can find himself in the light
 It takes a mighty trusting woman to be- lieve that loving her is better test than making love to her
 woman would rather go shopping and not get something she wants than to get it without going shopping.
 When she can't find anything else to worry about a woman can do 1t over the fact that when she is a widow she will get very tired wearing dark clothes so long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
Crop Prospects Fine.

William B. Bowling, a prominent attor- ney of Dadeville, was in Birmingham yes- terday on legal business. MT. Bowling was nominated in the April primary for the of flee of solicitor of the Fifth judicial cir cult. He was elected over three popular candidates, carrying every county in the circuit except one.
 Crop prospects in east Alabama" said MT. Bowling, "are better than they have been in several years. Cotton Is opening rapidly, and Is being readily picked and harvested. The merchants are making preparations for a heavy trade this fall. and from present indications the farmers aie not going to disappoint them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07

crop. The wheat crop is not large, but it is beyond five hundred million bushels, which is the estimated con sumption of the country. There will De some wheat and flour for export, and plenty of corn ane cotton.
 Politics is not bar in the south to business. The vacationists are rap idly coming home, and the entire south will soon thrill with the hum and activity of good usiness conducted at profitable prices. cotton, like wheat, will command a good price, and this fact will nll the south with content ment ard crosperity.
 The new season promises to be one of the brightest and best the south has ever known, supplementing in that re- spect the previous business year, which filled the southern banks with surplus moneys after a world of petty and embarrassing debts had been cleared away.
 Business conditions are improving in all parts of the country, but outside of the eoutn and northwest the i'm proyement is slow and hesitating. Tn the south it is impetIous and sweep ing. Get ready then for a bright and fruitful year-for yea bearing many gifts that brighten life, and fill the schools with happy children. and lift from the old homestead the last debts resting upon it. The farmer, the mer- chana and the manufacturer will alike feel the fruct.fying tide, and possibly record year will be the outcome of the present promising situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
see my reputation Is at stake; My fame is shrewdly gor'd.
 -Troius and cressida.
A Trio of Yellow PeriIs.

There are now three ghosts stalking abroad on this earth we inhabit that appear in saffron attire rather than in the gowns of white that robed the hob goblins of old which frightened the evildoers in the days of Hamlet and of Macbeth and which our own chil- dren were wont to fear.
 These three are the yellow peril' triplets.
 One is embodied in the glorious achievements in peaceful pursuits, in intellectual advancement, and in the art of warfare on land and sea of the saffron-hued sons of Japan. As that nation arises suddenly from obscurity and demonstrates the glory of it's des- tiny, winning the respect and the ad- miration of a civilized world, mon- archs tremble and empires fear the onward march of "yellow peril"
 Another of these is embodied in the recent discoveries, and the multiplicity of production of gold, the present basic metal, which the ingenuity of man is presenting to the world at the rate of nearly $400,O00,000 each and every year. Before the glittering presence <,f h fo r,In fot hn of man, financial kings crouch, and the shylocks of great wealth. the money trusts, and the oppressors of the poor, cry out with fear and trembling, be- holding tLe apparition of a yellow peril' in finances.
 Alt, the third enters the sanctity of our social system. It stalks abroad in this land from Maine to the Rio Grande, from tho Atlantic to the Pa cific. You meet it upon the great thoroughfares On the cities of the north, of the south, of the east and of the west. It comes in such question: z able shape as to make shudder the defenders of our social fabric, and causes the moralist to ask the uues- tion: Are the blacks of this nation growing blacker and the whites grow ing whlter? Or do the saffron hues in- crease with the years and alright nt the sight of tide of miscegenation.
 And the states strengthen their bull l warks against the evil tide The south l leads in the declaration that it shall not be; and in her might she marks the line that must divide the races. And here the apparition will first dis appear. Socia. intercourse in official circles shall lend no encouragement to progress of the threatening evil so long as the south shall have a voice in the affairs of this country; and no. the open dining room of Roosevelt, not the commands of the war depart ment at Washington can make place for the negro at the family board of southern whites nor cause the young soldiers of the south to salute the stripes of back-faced officials on the camps or on the battlefields of Man Rssas.
 And thu the triplet ''yellow perils" or the twentieth century shall alright no more the generation that lives and those which are to follow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
Congressman Burnett.

Congressman Burnett spent yesterday in Birmingham. Asked as to conditions Tn the Seventh. he said: "The farmers Will begin picking cotton and carrying 1t to market in few days, and they seem to he cheerful and happy
 But what of rolties?" the congressman was asked, to which he answered. When farmers are busy they have little time to talk politics; and those in the Seventh have already made up their minds as to how they will vote Our distriet is demo- cratic, and 50 expresses itself when the time comes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
HAS DROPPED POLITICS.
the Atlanta ConstltutIon.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 A Kentucky editor who is apparently in the susceptible stage, gives three in- structions in a topographic apotheosis of osculatiop;
 Take her to your arms. gently but firmly, and as she tips her head to get squint at the north star, nail her to the cross-let your lips softly imprint upon hern. and hold hard! Count i've CT, you release her-fifty if you both feel that way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-07
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

INDIAN summer, that magic season
 Of the year. is drawing on apaee and In two more months will be at hand. To the poet this period brings fruitful inspiration and even for persons of a sterner mould it has it's charms, When the woods are aflame with color. when there is just a suggestion Tn the air of the frost which fringes the garments of winter and when a blue haze rests upon the rivers and lakes nature is in one of her most entrancing moods. II Is nrob- lem Tor the painter and the man of ar tistic temperament to decide whether Spring, in her warmth of color and bud ding life or Autumn in the richness of maturity is more to be worshiped. That is question few have been able to set tie in manner satisfactory for all time. since kind providence has ordained that nature is always beautiful in the eyes of him who has an appreciation for those priceless inheritances which can not be bought by the power of the al- mighty dollar
 There is deal of vociferous yelling and hearty greeting in all parts of the land which emanates from college boys returning for another dip at the partic- ular fountain of knowledge which they are pleased to style their alma mater. It is rather too early just now for discussing books, but he who Is not conversant with the prospects of the football team is truly to be pited The Alabama college boy is 1 l,,I..
 of summer in a spirited fashion that Is characteristic of him and indications point to one of the most successful years l in the history of the states institutions. It Is cheering sight to an older man whose hair has grown white in life battles to see again groups of college boys on the streets, at the stations and on the trains for it recalls to him days that were per haps the happiest he has ever spent Safe In the sheltering arms of his alma mater the college boy can well afford to look with a careless eye on the struggles that are yet several years removed and will begin for him only at commencement day.
 It Is almost incredible but our own faultless Chauncey M. Depew. the man who has graced an hundred banquet boards at which the wit and wisdom of the nation were assembled, has had his pockets picked, and that while walking but few feet from his carriage to the speakers platform at the Whitney Point fair In New York state, It is not related how much money Chauncey lost, and his | friends are consequently unable to judge of the size of the roll which he habitually carries, but for Eim who stands for the very epitome of worldly wisdom to fall the victim of a pickpocket is a sad blow to the admirers of the pristine Cauncey As rule, when person has such hard luck we look upon him as unwary, a man not well versed in the wiles of city life and In need of a guardian. Professional pickpockets have been fiattered by the ac- complishment while the butter-fngered gentleman who did the trick should feel proud of the fact that he succeeded in separating Chauncey from his money
 Robert Carter, the cartoonist, thinks that the worlds greatest puglllstic battle