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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18
What interests Northern People.

When northern people come south they
are all eyes and ears for little pickann-
MES first and cotton fields second" said
a travelling man. ct Is hard for people
who have been accustomed to negroes all
their lives to understand how a beautiful
girl can go into ecstasies over a dirty lit
tie black chap. but perhaps she has seen
very few negroes in her life. As you
know, in certain parts of the central
west negroes are as scarce as the proven
bal hens teeth. and few northern peo-
pie know anything about the real south
ern pickaninny except from pictures.
Cotton fields also interest northern
visitors greatly as cotton is considered
typical of the sunny south. I recall an in
cident that will illustrate my point.
During the Spanish-American war
about 10000 troops from various parts of
the country were brought to my town for
encampment. In the number were several
regiments from New York. When the
troop trains began to arrive and the SOL
diers dlsembarked these northern soldiers
made break for a cotton patch that
was near the railroad and was in bloom.
They almost dismanted the field before
their 5epredaticns were stopped, and
was much amused to see some of the sol
diers wearing cotton bolls as bouquets
or hiding them carefully away in their
= napsacks as souvenirs.
1.-THE little patch belonged to negro,
and it was finally necessary to Post sem
tineIs about 1t to save 1t from utter
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18
FOREIGN CAPITAL IN JAPAN,

From the New York Commercial.
The amount of capital invested by for
eigners in commercial undertakings in
Japan is much larger than most persons
suppose. The English investments are
largest and those of the Germans. French
and Americans in about the order named
Discussing this condition the London Sta
fist says:
statistics show that the amount Of
capital invested by foreigners. including
the English, in commercial undertakings
established and conducted by Japan is
very large, as foreign money is invested
in eighty-nine Japanese companies which
have nominal capital Of 144,000,000 yen,
or, roughly speaking, of between 914000.-
900 and e15.O00OO0, of which 1S7,0O0000 yen
is paid up capital This is irrespective OF
foreign carrying companies in which sor-
eign money is invested, and which have
a nominal capital of over f13,000,000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18
News at Sea.

Marconi came to this country on the
Campania, one o. the best of the Cum
ard fleet. He ISIS. ed daily a news
paper contaln.rs the latest news from
one shore or the other. On no day
did he lack dispatches. They came 20
him through the air from great dis
tances-5o ne coming as much as fif-
teen hundred miles across the painless
sea to the genius who is steadily
molding his daring ideas into CONNER.
cial shape.
The Nan PATTERSON incident oc
CURED when the Campania was in
mid-ocean, md Marconis faithful
waves brought the news. They did
transform the name Patterson" to
Peterson" but even land wires dc
not always carry proper names cor
rectly.- The report of the death OF
Levi z. Letter was duly forwarded, as
was the wal news, or alleged wal
news, from the far east from day tc
Cay.
A file of the Campania's newspaper
settles once for all that wireless teleg
raphy is an accomplished fact. Mar.
conf has accomplished wonderful
work. He is young man, and 1t Is
to be hoped he will live to see his own
dllcovery wrought into useful forms,
and applied in every part of The
world.
The fact is fully established that
words can be transmitted through the
air almost without limit, provided no
obstacles present themselves, and
none do on the water. Even if the
daring control of the Italian scientist
over the worries electric forces must
be confined to the water or the water
side. there is field enough for it. 1t
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18
DIAMOND IN HER TOOTH.

From the New York Times.
Attaches of the Jefferson market court
were fairly dazzled yesterday by the
smile of Rosie Fried, &c years old, of III
Fourth avenue, who was arrested as an
alleged accomplice of a noted shpplifter
The young woman was handsomely
gowned and of otherwise striking appear
ance, which was heightened when her
lips parted, showing a karat and a half
diamond set in one of her front teeth.
Magistrate Crane said there was no evil
dence whatever to hold her.
II was just then that her diamond
flashed its brightest.
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from the New York Commercial.

1HE Crown Colony of the Straits
wv Settlements provides an object
lesson that aptly illustrates how
the Chinaman can spread himself once
he is admitted into a country unrestrict-
edly.
The settlement of Singaport was found
ed in the year 1919; that of Penang some
years earliers ano in both instances the
Chinese were at once freely admitted
into the colony, at that time peopled only
by few Malay fisherfolk. The country
was greatly in need of development The
Cinnamon were invited, and they went in
at first in hundreds, later in thousands.
and now at the rate of over 100000 yearly!
The Cninaman has not confined himself
to Singapore and Penang. He is as firm
ly established in Malacca the Bindings
and the<Federated Malay States; in fact,
he has overrun the whole of the Malay
peninsula
The first Chinese settlers there were
poor ignorant Coolies, men of the lowest
classes in China, who landed in herds.
like gangs of unfettered slaves. They
were set to work on land, filling the soil
for the production of gambler. sage, tap
ioca and fruits in cocoanut plantations,
in the Jungle. clearing and collecting gutta
percha, rattans and other valuable jungle
products. Then came the discovery of
tin in paying quantities in many parts
and in their thousands they were sent
down into the mines to extract the rich
tin ore. All this they did willingly. and
by those in authority it was thought that
they would always be content to remain
"he Gers of wood and drawers of water.
But the Chinaman laughed up his sleeve'
and set himself to save and accumulate
capital against a time when he might
blossom forth as trader. on his own
account.
True, the pay that he received was poor,
but a Chinaman wakes fat on food that
would not keep a dog alive in this couh-
try, and he managed to save, cent by
cent, until at length, in each OF his call
ings, he was enabled to redeem himself
from servitude and to start in business
for himself.
There sprang up class of small chi
nese traders, agriculturists and tin-mine
owners, and while Europeans lost fortunes
in the land, the Chinese made them. Al
ter a score of years or so these Cinnamon
now merchant princes holders OF
large shipping and mining interests and
owners of enormous plantations-no lon
ger content with subsidiary position in
the land. built for themselves palatial
houses right in the heart of the select
European residential district. kept race
horses. sported broughams with unsightly
armorial bearings and maintained liveried
coschmen and footmen. Formerly. they
had been content to do business through
intermediary European firms; now they
sent their orders direct, chartered their
own lines Of steamers outright and sailed
them under their own "house" flags,
They obtained control of the liquor, spirits
and opium farms-to their great delight.
They also secured all the large labor
contracts, both government and private.
In both Singapore and PENANG y il i.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18
LIFE AMONG CLIFF JEWELLERS.
Quaint Customs of Ancient Race Are
Typified at Worlds Fair

st. Louis, June 1S-Famous caves OF
the stone age, as they exist today in the
canyons of Arizona, New Mexico and
Colorado, are reproduced for the habita-
ton Of real cliff jewellers on the Pike at
the Worlds fair, and here the life of
these ancient aborigines may be studied
amid natural surroundings.
Added chronological interest is found in
a large pueblo of zuni and Moki Indians
who daily perform the historic snake
dance and follow the strange customs
common to their tribes. These Indians
are the defendants of ancient kings and
are the remnants of a once powerful
race. They have not before been seen
at any exposition.
Huge cliffs from the front of the con-
cesson and above these can be seen a
towering peak which can be reached by
a tortuous trail overhanging rocky
lodges, deep assures and caverns. Burros
convey the visitor to the top Of the crags,
where the caves and their relics may
be seen, and where a fine view is OBJ
tained of the busy scenes on the Pike
below.
Entrance to the city of Cliff Dwellers
is through a tunnel which pierces the
cliffs. The reverse side of the walls
presents more caves and other noun
tain trails. A large structure of quaint
architecture occupies the center of the
village, and in this the Indians perform
the dance of Kachina, the poetic flute
dance and the dramatic snake dance.
The Kachina is distinguished by the
Use of the heads of buffalo and bear,
which are worn by the warriors over
their heads to conceal the features.
The Snake Kiva, a cavern reached by
ladder the famous Dance Rock of VOL
pi the antelope and other interesting
sights rise from cacu and sage growing
in the rocks and sand.
Long ladders reach to the roofs of the
cliff jewellers, and potters, weayers, sill
versmiths, basketmakers and other In
dian workers give the final touch to the
attraction.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
woman is awful smart to be wrong in
an argument, but to make you think she
is right by crying over It.
When a man Is always having business
that keeps him out of town it. takes a
wife to be jealous of some woman right
in her own town.
Maybe they call 1t the commencement
because young graduates are at the COM
mencement of beginning to realize they
don't know it all.
The first two days man swears or
drinking he talks about it as If he had
been elected to congress: after that he
wants to lick anybody who mentions the
subject
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

~ EsPITE germs and threats of pto-
VU main poisoning ice cream has
H. come again and is here to stay
until the wintry winds of winter begin
to blow, the sere and yellow leaf drifts
slowly to the ground and nature pre-
pares to draw about her shoulders man
tel of snow In fact there are some ice
cream eranks who eat cream all the
year around but in the glad summer
time it flourfshes and melts the most. 1t
would be very interesting to draw up
some statistics as to the capacity of the
average girl for ice cream. Although
girls vary In their ability to eat the
stuff 1t is safe to assume that all of
them consume more than any young man
on salary can afford to pay for. But
what boots the expense? It evidently
gives the girls much pleasure to eat ice
cream and SWANS are apparently glad
to see them do it. Besides ice cream p
recognized as one of the greatest aids to
matrmony now within the reach of the
young in addition to being a regular mint
for making money.
There is great deal of heroism latent
In the commonplace people of every day
life The butcher, the baker and the
candlestick maker do not appear at first
glance fit subjects for an historical novel
or stilted poem but oftentimes there is
in these very people the stuff of which
heroes are made. It merely requires a
great disaster such as that which over
took the excursion steamer, General Slo-
cum, in Hell Gate, to call 1t forth. It is
pleasing to know that humanity is yet
admirable at times and that no calamity
has ever yet occurred without making
new heroes.
Now that cheerful idiots are beginning
TO ask the me-honored question. us II
hot enough for your the question of bon
nets for horses has been revived. OF
course draught. horses should have bon
nets to protect them from the heat. This
equine headgear may not appear grace
full and gives the wearers a homely and
ludicrous air but 1t is nevertheless very
serviceable. Aristocratic steeds whose
sole business it is to prance about with
an elegant equipage don't have to wear
heats and their proud owners should not
be blamed for leaving them off but work
ing horses, and mules also, should be
given bonnets 1t is not necessary to
buy them Panama. or Stetson blocks.
Very serviceable bonnets can be pur-
chased for Is cents that resemble Easter
bonnets neither in looks nor price.
While OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, as certain
facetious papers would have him called.
Is furnishing amusement to mobs in Aus
tralia first and afterwards in London
Mrs Eddy is having regular love feast
right here at home. Mrs Eddy is wise
and believes In staying where she is APP
preciated. America-the United States no
longer-has high regard for Dowie as
one of the most successful fakirs the land
has ever produced and In Zion City the
prophet Is assuredly the whole cheese,
but away from home in foreign lands
Elijah's name seems to be Dennis The
people do not know how to take him, ex-
cept by force, and the consequence is that
this junket of DR.. Dowie to secure more
funds for Zion City is on the face of 1t a
rank failure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18
The Acting Governor.

Governor Cunningham came to Bir-
mingham yesterday morning, en- route
70 Ensley, where he spoke last night in
the interest of the special school tax.
Governor Cunningham was in excellent
spirits, and said he felt no doubt as to
the success of the special tax measure
in the election next Monday. The friends
of DR.. Cunningham especially congratu-
lated him upon his apparent fine health,
and all these friends met the very char
acteristic reply it made fellow feel
good to be the ruler of the state.
DR.. Cunningham did not desire to en-
ter into discussion of the next race
for the democratic nomination, though
he made it -plain that he would be in the
running.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

A Louisiana bull charged freight
train on the Kansas City Southern
railroad, knocking the locomotive and
two cars from trestle and killing two
men. That animal would be terror
in a bull fight
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

If Admiral Skryhloff intends to eat
his Fourth of July dinner in Port Ar
thur he should bestir himself for the
conveniences of travel in that location
are not-for Russians-what they once
were.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

West Points crop of young soldiers
tbs year is appropriately brilliant.
Some of them will be needed when
the United States finally decides to
ehastise Morocco for not turning Per-
diearis aloose.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18
Its Humble Part.

From the Chicago Journal
What are you doing out here" asked
the alley cat.
I'm helping to keep the city clean"
responded the goat, continuing to forage
in the garbage pile.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18
PRETTY FAST TOWN.

From the Marion Standard.
A new cruiser named in honor of Bir-
mingham has been launched and said
to be the swiftest vessel in the navy.
The city of Birmingham is not slow itself
when You come to think of il
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

A New Jersey man went to the fair
and his wife got a divorce. President
Francis will have to decide whether
this is a good advertisement for his
show or the reverse.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

An autoc. cle and an automobile met
other out of the road When such
things fall out everyday foot passen-
gers will lave an inning.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

Many candidates refuse to believe
Mr.. Cleveland tells the truth, when he
SAYS he is not a candidate. They
should not cast reflections on the po-
teal idol
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

The Goelet-Whelen wedding was I'M
fortunately overshadowed by the dis
aster at He'll Gate, but still the swell
wedding mob was much in evidence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

Mrs Eddy's love gift" proved to be
gavel and was not at all expensive.
SHe evidently believes that it is more
blessed to receive than to give.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

1t begins to look as if the Missouri
boodlers will eventually get into jail,
although that is a very unusual place
for boodlers to be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

Judge Park is not expanding much
brain tissue and energy in the present
campaign. Keeping still does not
rack the nerves or strain the throat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

When Judge Parker reaches the
White House then indeed will things
be quiet along the Potomac.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

Alfalfa has cat that stays out late
o. nights and then rings the door bell
to be let in. He ought to have a
latch keye..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

John D. Rockefeller is organizing a
regular Niagara Falls mining trust. A
great deal of water and not much min
ing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

Southern farmers are finding more
different specimens of the boil weevil
these days than science can find
germe
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

1t is very consoling to know that the
price of the countrys two greatest
commodities, beer and a street car
ride, is the same.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

The Filipinos are not clamoring for
jury trials. The Filipinos at st. Louis
prefer dog meat to jury trials.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

Steerage rates are now down to
ss.45, having been cut again. Europe
promises to be depopulated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

1t is always easy to understand how
a great disaster could have been
averted after . has happened.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

Reggie vanderbilt may be national
figure, but he is the smallest one in
or history.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

General Kuroki stands high in Rus
STA as mystifying influence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

Washington is so dull these days
that even the anecdote crop has been
exhausted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

Joe Folk is young yet and will keep
for the presidency
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

The Parker drink at st. Louis will
probably be pure Jersey milk.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

Boss Hopkins of Illinois carried the
boss business to the limit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

Young Reggie Vanderbilt, fortunate
ly for us all, has no presidential as
perations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

1t takes lot of Imagination to en-
joy the Alpine scenery on the Pike.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

Perdicaris is one man who knows
what he is worth to other people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

The states that are leaning toward
Parker are equipped with ear trum-
pets.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

Bandit Raisuli first captured Perdi-
cards and then captivated him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

Dowie is convinced that the climate
of Zion City Is superior to that of Lon
don.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

Hospitality towards the Filipinos at
the Worlds fair simply means more
dogs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

The Chicago Tribune says Judge
Parker is the Br'er Rabbit of politics.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

When Cripple Creek is engaged in
making cripples it runs excursion
trains.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

The Russians are evacuating Man.
churia as they long ago agreed to do.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-18

Brazil is inviting trouble by building
big navy.
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Abou. Persons.

Louis B. Farley. cashier Of the Mer-
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Eentatives of the Age-Heraid in It's cir
eulation department.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30
JlNGLEs AND JEsTs.
Then and Now.

Her baby ways they used to praise
All that was in the olden days
When fond admirers came TO WOO,
And she held many stlitors through
Her baby ways.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30

Are
These
for
Snaps?

8-Room house with furnace,
bath and all modern convenient
ces, four blocks from business
center. $23oo.oo, easy terms.
This is unquestionably the best
bargain in the city.
7-Room house with one lot in
east Denison near the park, 5000.
This has never been offered for
less than $1,1oo, but the owner
wishes to make quick sale.
. 7-Room house with basement
and two lots near college, $500.
Just the thing for anyone with a
family to educate. -Four blocks
from public school.
7-Room house in northeast
Denison, three lots, $4,000.
10 lots, Groom house, good
barn and 40 acres of land within
the city limits for sale for short
time at $4,000.
2S3 acres of the best farm lane
in Iowa, with a large house anc
barn and every possible improve
ment, close to three towns, fol
sale at $500 per acre. This i:
a good level farm and not low.
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A Heavy Load.

To lift the load off of the stomach
take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1t digests
what you eat. Sour stomach. belching
gas on stomach and all disorders of the
stomach that are durable. are instantly
relieved and permanently cured by the
use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. S. P,
Storrs, druggist at 207 Main street.
New Britain, Conn. says: "Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure is giving such univers-
al satisfaction and is so surely becom-
ng the positive relief and subsequent
cure for this distressing ailment. feel
that | am always sure to satisfy and
crafty my customers by recommending
it to them. l write this to show how
we'll the remedy is spoken OF here
Kodol Dyspepsia cure was discovered
by scientific experiments and will posi-.
lively cure all stomach troubles. Sold
by RUDOLPH kNAUL
Cassidy 4 Co.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-30

Today she talks to them that call
Until from sheer fatigue they fall.
No odds what topic they may touch,
She always has to tell how much
Her baby weighs.
-Jnd1e.