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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
A Unique Pamphlet.

Negro Traits is the subject of q pamphlet which has just been issued by Dr. F.. G. Ferguson, formerly of Macon, Ga, but now of Birmingham. Dr. Fer guson Is Canadian by berth, a graduate of University Queens college at Kings ton. but he has resided in the south for many years and Is very familiar with the negro in all his phases.
 The pamphlet deals with the negro's race characteristics and the race ques- ton in a vigorous style. while many of the views expressed are decidedly origi- nal. Dr. Ferguson's argument that the negroes, as a race, will never rise above their present level because anthropo- logical handicaps Is interesting, while his discussion of their mental and physical peculiarities displays an intimate knowl- edge of his subject.
 Negro Traits is HOW being circulated in Birmingham and is sure to create dis oussion when read by students of the race problem. The issue is limited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
The Cruise of the corsalr.
.e Savannah Press.

From the Savannah Press.
 The visit of Pierpont Morgan to Oyster Bay is very significant. The black yacht Corsair, long, dark and rakish, loomed up from the heights of sagamore Hill, and the country knows there Is some thing doing.
 Mr. Roosevelt Is supposed to be a great trust buster" MT. Morgan and MT. Morgan's paper. the New York Sun, have been particularly hard on the Pres ident before the campaign. When the President was supposed to interfere in the coal strike and entertained the labor leaders at the White House. Pierpont Morgan saw the beginning of a social lstic movement" headed by the Big Stick" They made all manner of fun of Colonel Roosevelt, but the President has promised not to do so any more. He pledged MT. Morgan, according to the New York World, on the recent cruise of the Corsair to oyster Bay, that he would do nothing revolutionary" MT. Nor gan thereupon Is said to have pledged to him the support and sympathy of Wall street and announced that he would get up a big fund and head the subscription list himself. The last cruise of the Cor sair is looked upon as a very successful one. It may be the beginning, however, of a great deal of trouble to MT. Roose- welt himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
Ten Gents or No Sale.

The cotton year was closed with total visible supply of 1,191 900 bales, of which total but 517,000 consisted of American bales. This supply is just about equal to the slim supply held at the beginning of the year ended. Con sumption had been restricted in vari- ous ways and the world sadly needs cotton, and 1t will take at a reasonable price all the American cotton that can be picked out.
 The government puts the condition of the entire American crop on August 25 at SAL, as against an average of 912 at the corresponding date of last year. The high average of last year on August 25 did not result in big crop, and no one can say what the crop of the new cotton year will be. There are plenty of statisticians who stand ready to demonstrate that the condi- tion reported by the government will result in yield on the known average of almost any number of bales, for getting altogether the fact that the present labor supply in the country is not equal to the task of picking but twelve million bales. The increase in the percent, -e of the rural population in the south is not keeping step with the increase Il cotton acreage or cot ton consumption. The lack of rural labor in the south is keeping the pro duction of cotton in America below the worlds desire for it. This year will not prove exceptional. Whatever the production may be on the larger acreage, less than twelve million bales will be picked out, and every bale that it can be leld until the conspiracy of Liverpool, Fall Rive. and Wall street bears have done their worst. The table will be turned soon enough and all the farmer need do is to draw the line ct ten cents, and hold his cotton until he gets it.
 Get the nome merchant or the home banker or some friend at the larger centers to carry it for you But what ever you do, do not sell pound below ten cents. Let the bears prance about a while. Their term will be short, for the world needs every pound that can be picked, and it wll pay ten cents pound when it sees 1t cannot this win ter compel the producer to unload at lower figures. The bears have hereto fore dictated prices, but this year no farmer should le; bale go from his farm until he receives ten cents for it. Let that be the ultimatum of the south e-l farmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
All or None.

'I see a movement on foot to have the names of all city officials placed upon the election ballots in the municipal pri- mary" remarked citizen last night.
 "Now suppose this is done; then the executive committee should go further and submit to the popular vote the ques- tion of all contracts, especially plans for the new school buildings; for surely the people are more interested in the plans of school houses for their children than they are in what particular man collects taxes, cleans the streets, does the engin- eering. handles the money, doctors the prisoners, guides the legal department or keeps the accounts.
 Tt seems to me that the subordinate officers are but contractors to perform certain duties. and if the mayor and al- dermen are not to be allowed to elect them as they are to award contracts, 1t would be inconsistent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
From the New York Sun.

From the New ork Sun.
 ~ HE army manoeuvres which are IVY about to begin at Manassas will
 be watched with deep interest by students of military problems, not only In this country but abroad. A body of 36,oo0 troops, embracing not only all the branches of the regular service, but mill tia from various states. is to have the experience of camp life on a monster scale with field operations of the most instructive nature. So large a force has never before assembled in time of peace in this country, and American citizen soldiers have never had the benent of such instruction as some are now to receive.
 Many problems will be solved by these manoeuvres. They will serve, for enc thing, to show whether the work of a general staff is as great as 1t has been expected to be. They will bring out clearly what improvements have been made in the commissary and quartermas- ters' departments since the war in Cuba. They will try the mettle of all staff and field officers and give to those who have attained advanced rank within the past three or four years lessons which might otherwise have to be learned at costly sacrifice in time of war
 The value of these manoeuvres to the militia cannot now be estimated One ot the greatest causes of complaint by
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
YOUTH AND AGE.
By Coleridge

By Coleridge.
 Verse, a breeze mid blossoms straying. Where Hope clung feeding, like bee Both were mine life went a-maying With Nature, Hope and Poesy, When I was young. When I was young? ahl woeful when; An. for the change 'twixt now and then This breathing House not built with
 hands,
 This body that does me grievous wrong, Der aery cliffs and glittering sands. How lightly then 1t flashed along; Like those trim skiffs, unknown of yore, On winding lakes and rivers wide That ask no aid of sail or oar, That fear no spite of wind or tidel Nought cared this body for wind or
 weather
 When Youth and I lived int together. Flowers are lovely; love is fower-like; Friendship is a sheltering tree o! the joys, that came down shower-like, Of Friendship, Love and Liberty.
 Ere was old! Ere was old? An, woeful Erel Which tells me Youths no longer here. O Youth. for so many and sweet. ',ris known that thou and 1 were one, I'll think it but a fond conceit- It cannot be that thou art gone! The vesper-bell hath not yet tolled; And thou vert aye masker boldi What strange disguise hast now put on, To make believe that thou art gone? see these locks in silver slips, This dropping gait, his altered size; But spring-tide blossoms on thy lips. And tears take sunshine from thine eyesI Life is but thought; so think I will That youth and I are house-mates str
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
Working for Schools.

'The course of Acting Governor Cum ningham in his advocacy of local taxation for the public schools of the state is highly commendable." remarked a large taxpayer and puble-splrlted citizen last night.
 "He leaves his seat at the capitol when opportunity permits, and goes into the highways and byways pleading for the children of the state, into whose hands it's government will soon be committed. His voice is sought at every public gath ering for educational purposes. and the call meets ready response.
 "The acting governor recognizes the fact that no higher duty than this de- wolves upon the chief executive of the state of Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
A Need of This State.

l. is not too ea-ly to awaken the peo- pie of Alabama to the importance of immigration for the waste places, fer tile lands and glorious climate of this section Once this necessity appears to our people the spirit of cordial in- vitation and hearty welcome will so prevail that immigration will be the watchword or the winning card in the next campaign for members of the leg islature.
 A great civic question confronts this state in the necessity for increased h. bor of the right kind. The cities of Alabama do rot desire a segregation of urban consumers from immigrant ships that land at Castle Garden. What Alabama needs is an influx to her farm, garden and orchard lands of earnest, ambitious, energetic, intelli- gent men and women, into whose minds can be instilled our own form of government; who can appreciate freedom of thought and action, as we are taught to understand it and who are competent to become part of our governing force; men who shall not relain their original notions of govern ment, looking upon it as something above them.
 The negro labor o. Alabama is on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
North of the Taitse.

Just how severely Kuropatlin has been punished in the battles that be- gan on August "A and have been main tained ever since, we do not yet know. We do know that the Japanese hoped to force the fighting of decisive bat tie, while the Russians, abandoning and burning vast quantities of sup plies, were simply trying to save them selves from destruction. General Ku- roki endeavored to cut off their retreat, and he did have for while General Stachelberg with 25,000 men in peril ous position.
 It Is said General Kuropatkin will make another stand at Yentai, twelve miles north of Liao Yang, but he will scarcely stop running until he reaches the defenses of Mukden, twenty-eight miles beyond Yentsi Mukden is the capital of Manchuria, and when Kuro- patkir is fought or fianked out of 1t  the Japanese will have all of Man churia they will ever need. They can then turn their attention to Port Ar thur and Vladivostok, both of which will undoubtedly be taken. A decisive battle may, however, be fought at Muk- den.
 To claim that Kuropatkin is carry ing out a preconceived plan is all moonshine. He is destroying the morale of lis army. He is frittering it away in constant retreats and defeats No army can fight well under such circumstances. He is showing the JaDanese that victory awaits them on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
Another View of lt.
Mannn Telepraph.

From the Macon Telegraph.
 MT. Watson Is fond of trying to prove that if Alex Stephens and Bob Toomos were alive In Georgia today they would join the populist candidate for President in his attack on the democratic party, and help him help elect Roosevelt.
 But there is another view to take or 1t. We prefer to believe that if Watson nao been full grown and mature with years in the days of Stephens and Toombs, and If he had gone out gunning for the demo- cratic party as he is now doing, aiding and abetting a negrophilist candidate or the republican party he (Watson) would have met with far more crushing re- buke than Georgians In their liberal mindedness today are disposed to visit upon him now.
 The speech which Tom Watson deliever- ed in the state capitol on Thursday night would have caused a riot in any Geor- gia town thirty years ago; that Is, if there could have been present any con siderable followers of him then and there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Favorlte Poem of Both.


 President Roosevelt and Judge Parker md common ground in one respect at least" remarked a conservative observer yesterday. T see that the favorite poem or both Is John J. Ingalls, "opportun- lty. It is said that Judge Parker knows this poem by heart and often recites the well known lines in voice melodi9us and with a rhythm born of familiarity with ana admiration for the sonnet. He holds the lessons of the lines well in mind.
 President Roosevelt is also said to reelte the lines quite often. He has an autograph copy of them by MT. Ingals himself hanging within frame upon the wall of the Presidents office at the white House. and he brought 1t alons With him from the lowest to the high est office he has ever occupied. Here 1t IS;
 Master of human destinies am l. Love, fame and fortune on my footsteps
 wait
 Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate
 Deserts and seas remote, and passing py Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late 1 knock unbidden once al every gate.
 If sleeping, wake; if feasting, rise, Before l turn away. It is the hour of fate. And those who follow ne reach every Mortals desire and conquer every foe Save death. But they who doubt or he's
 itate-
 condemned to failure, penury and woe Seek me in vain and uselessly implore, near them not, and l return no more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
Father o'ReiIIy,s Public Spirit.

An incident which Illustrates the pub lie spirit of the late Father O'Reilly Is related by a gentleman who Is familiar with the circumstances. In speaking of it on yesterday. he said:
 When the new St. Paurs Catholic church was finished there was very strong competition for it's equipment such as pews. altars and altar railing, and some of the best known firms in the country sought to obtain these, but Father OReil- ly was greatly imbued with the spirit which the Commercial club was at that time strenuously intoxicating here, viz: 'Patronize home industries.' and he gave the complete equipment to local manu- lecturers. The altar railing was designed by Father OReilly himself, and is one of the most substantial as well as ar tistic to be found. Some of those who were competing for the atars insisted that they could not be built by Birming- ham workmen, but Father OReilly gave these to an almost unknown firm at Woodlawn. and he was well pleased with the result"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
Faithful Negroes.

"All of the old-fashioned darlSies are not gone yet" remarked good house. wife. There is my wash woman, Aunt Becky. She is always pleasant, attentive. prompt and scrupulously honest. I would trust her with any valuable I possess. Aunt Becky is not very old, either. Though born in slavery. she grew up after the war, but she inherited the traits of her family. and she is being rewarded by the smoothness of life.
 What a mistaken idea there is in the north that southern whites do not re- spect honorable colored people. Though not of its whiteness, some of them are the salt of the earth, and Aunt Becky is one of the number"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
Depew Replies.
m the Virginian-Pilot.

From the Virginian-Pilot.
 Chauncey-our very own Chauncey- has replied to Hilrs attack upon the tariff and imperialism
 He says that the progress of the coun- try is proof that the tariff is righteous, and that we can no more give up the Philippines than we can Louisiana.
 Chauncey is very funny sometimes when he tries to be serious. And he was never funnier than when he attempt ed to reply to David B. Hill and tell him what is the law David B. Hill is one of the most astute lawyers of the country. He is a cold, careful, metEodical man who would no more say that the Phil . ippines should be given independence un- less 1t were legally possible than he would emulate the exploit of Darius Green and his flying machine.
 Chauncey should splash around in the shadows where he and all good minnows belong. When he attempts to disport himself as a whale. he becomes some thing less than impressive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
NATIONAL POLITICS.
.I.ldne ParIser,s Successor.

From the Boston Herald.
 The situation as to the candidates for
 saccessor to Chief Justice Parker on the
 bench of the New York court of appeals
 was set forth in The Herald a few days ago. Governor Odell has taken a step that will probably simply matters for the party conventions. He has appointed Judge E. M Cullen of Brooklyn, a demo- crat, to be chief judge until one Is elect ed. The result is likely to be that both will nominate Cullen for the place, and nominate, William E. War ner, a republican, for associate JudAA. in place of one who retires. The chief ob feet to this arrangement is D. B. Hill, who has reasons of his own for disliking Judge Cullen. But the announcement the other day that MT. Hill would re- tire from politics on the 1st of January will greatly weaken his influence in the interim. He is not one for whom people are axIous to do favors merely as a token of profound respect. They are quite will ing to anticipate the date of his volun- tary retirement from active interest in public affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
STRAW HATS OF OLD.

From the Boston Globe.
 In the early part of the last century. when factories were comparatively rare. many things were made by hand. and notably straw hats.
 An old writer relates that in driving along the country roads in Massachusetts. particularly in summer, one would see great bundles of straw hanging on to the fences to dry.
 It was then placed in casks where sulphur was burning, beached to a pale yellow and iQally braided by hand
 Such was tile homely headgear of our forefathers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
GAMBLING HABIT OF JEWS.

From the Hebrew Standard.
 As a habit 1t need hardly be said the pastimes provided for the gamester and sport are of nature calculated to lower the standard of morality and to shake the foundations upon which the structure of family life has been reared, to say nothing of the utter disregard of ones own interests in stalking ofttimes more than one can afford.
 We must therefore deprecate the situ- ation. We occasionally must feel alarm ed at the steady progress this habit has made and the terrible inroads upon the former ideal family life which are chargeable to it. We hope that this very dubious mark of advancement in the for ward direction may soon disappear from our midst and leave the Jewish house. hold as pure as once 1t was according to our boast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS. OF THE WORLD

resorts, on account of its picturesque at- nosphere, it's natural beauties and his- toric associations, but for people who enjoy the swing of a larger town Los Angeles beckons imperatively. In the spacious west there are scores of places where life would be novel and refreshing to the easterner so that traveller could make no mistake, even if he did not chose one of the more popular destinations. There is health. vigor and new life to be gained with little effort in western towns where there are no expensive hotels and man of modest means may reeuperate his forces without becoming a bankrupt
 Quiet days are getting to be common at Sagamore Hill. It Is rather difficult to picture a man of Mir. Roosevelt's heroic and spectacular personality en- gagged in the orderly pursuits of the head of a family at his summer home but MT. Roosevelt is doing that very thing and spectacular performances have been so completely eliminated by the ersewhie Rough Rider that Oyster Bay promises
 
 impenetrable obscurity.
 J. G. Swinnerton, the cartoonist, has just taken unto himself a bride in char acteristic fashion. He first wanted to be married at o'clock in the morning. but the magistrate to whom he applied re- fused, and as a result the ceremony took place the next day in a Coney Island police court. Since MT. Swinnerton has shown himself very adept in depicting the wiles of married men. notably in the case of the tiger kittens, his new wife would do well to keep an eye on him when he is not at work, although the chances are that MT. Swinnerton does not practice what he breaches. At any rate he draws funny pictures and is one of the most successful cartoonists in the country.
 Boston, the classic, boasts of frisky dame who takes a sea bath every day. although she has arrived at the venerable age of 1O5. And the lady does not con- fine her person to bath tub filled with salt water. either. She trips down to the beach and tries the surf with all the reckless abandon of a 16-year-old. In- deed she gives Father Time the laugh at every turn and 1t is rumored that 1 Father Neptune, in company with the sea serpent, is contemplating a visit to the New England coast at an early date in order to view this dame who breasts | the waves with such temerity in the very winter of life While it is not be- lieved that people should quit bathing after they have reached the age of 1d6 years and over, still they do not have to use the ocean for bath tub and hence the Boston dame deserves all the moro credit. She says that she feels like a girl of 20, but 1t is doubtful if she looks that l way. P. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
PEAT AS FUEL.
the Boston Glohe.

From the Boston Globe.
 Through new peat-fuel process late ly discovered in England. the water is removed by electrical process and very economical fuel is produced, though two pounds of it must be burned to give the effect of one pound of steam coal
 The earth supplies peat enough to warm the people in most countries where coal is not available. But the preparation of it is generally an imperfect one. The new briquettes are being very generally used as substitutes for coal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A girl doesn't Lave to have common sense If she has beauty or money.
 Generally when you k.ss girl she is so busy getting up a feeling of surprise she forgets to be indignant.
 A woman wouldn't get any satisfaction out of having children if she couldn t brag about how woll brought up they are.
 There are very few rows in the family where the man always says the only coffee he can drink ,e4Ar-'t getting indi- gestion is at home