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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15
Fortifyinq the Strait of Korea.

The southern outlet of the sea of
Japan is the Strait of Korea, and ves-
sells going to or from Vladivostocl1
must of necessity pass through it. But
it is not an extremely narrow strait.
Between the Japanese island of Tsu
Shima and Masampo in Korea is a
stretch of deep water thirty miles
wide, or more water than lies between
Calais and Dover, and far more than
separates Gibralta from Centa. Such
a strait cannot be closed by fortifica-
lions on the Korean shore and on the
Japanese island. The proposition is
simply ridiculous, and all the talk
about it in the Russian negotiations
was mere fuss and feathers. The
strait should be neutralized when
other narrow passages are neutralized,
but there was no need of precipitating
a war on account of It, No vessel
will even be sunk that keeps to the
centre of it by forts on either side,
and if Vladivostock is ever bottled up
it will be by ice or by hostile ships.
as is the case at present.
Russia has had toilsome time in
trying to get to warm water. From
the Baltic she has to run the gauntlet
OF straits between Scandinavia and
Denmark, and from the Black Sea no
war vessel can pass except with the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15
Cotton production in Victoria count,

Planters in counties like Victoria
have changed their methods. They
now plant seed purchased in North
Carolina. They do this because such
seed planted in Texas soil under Texas
suns natures quickly. The seed IS
planted as early as possible, in rows
far apart, and the cultivation is more
thorough. A quick crop is made, and
the packing is ended in October, or
before the weevils have reached their
maximum number in the season. AS
soon as .--e cotton is picked, the
plants are burned, and the land we'll
ploughed.
AS things stand similar methods
must be adopted elsewhere as the boil
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

knocking bullfrogs off logs with stones
or sticks unerringly aimed. Also 1t Is
comforting to know that this ignominious
classification of the two has not injured
the dignity Of the frog and has not yet
troubled the social standing of Madame
Partlet. Neither one of the principals .
worried about the matter. while the pub
lie Is afforded an amusing subject for
discussion without any harm being done.
1t is pleasing subject for reflection that
cheating on examinations in American
colleges has fallen under the odium which
1t deserves. There was time when crib
bing'' was much In vogue and 1t was
comparatively easy for gilded youth to
while away his time in riotous living and
steal his way to a diploma. But nova
days all this is changed. The man caught
cheating in the larger universities is i'm
mediately expelled with stain on his
character for life. Although the practice
exists to a certain extent in some COL
leges it has become exceedingly danger
GUS from the fact that summary punish
ment will be melted out to the detected Of
fender by the college faculty as well as
the college students. Sentiment against
''cribbing'' has become so pronounced that
no young fellow who has any regard for
his social standing will attempt 1t. even
though it may not be a matter of con-
science. Some people wonder how young
man can hope to get an education by
stealing examination papers The fact is
he does not hope to get an education and
cares not a rap about the matter. He is
sent to college by indulgent parents, he
is having a fine time, and he must con-
trive to bluff the home folks someway
by getting diploma, so he endeavors to
get 1t by dishonest means.
fair damozelle of Harlem has hand
ed her name down to fame by devouring
eleven and three-quarter pounds of beef
steak and still living. Perhaps this gas
tronomic Venus belong to that class of
footlight favorites who go into a cafe and
say they are not hungry and then eat
S25 worth of provender without blushing.
for bottle and a bird has been forever
annihilated by this new achievement. The
remarkable thing about the Hsrssun
champions feat is that she did not die
and no mention is made of dyspepsia. 1t
is comforting to know that this abnor-
NAL appetite has not yet become general,
for If all the fair sex had such a capac-
ity the average young man could not
take his best girl out to supper more than
one time during the year. PC.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Ham and Euas.


''The popularity of ham and over all
other lunch counter orders is attested by
the fact that about eight OF every ten
men in one of these places is either eat
ing ham and eggs or waiting for this
popular culinary combination TO be
cooked said a man about town. This
order is especially In demand during the
winter time, and among the night hawks
none is more popular. l was impressed by
this fact the other night when 1 made i
count of a row of unfortunates assem-
bled in certain downtown cafe, and
found that every man but one had
plate of ham and eggs before him. Ham
and seems to be. favorite also with the
force. Policemen like something light and
substantial for the nightly repast anu
this order seems to meet their require
ments exactly
Although ham and is quite popular,
in slang parlance. there are Others
among them 'stews,' 'halr frys,' pan
roasts.' and the seductive strawberry
shortcake. l regret to note that there is
serious falling off in the demand for
pies. We are not in the pie belt here, but
the public appetite for pastry has been
quite brisk up to the present time. l
don't know what is the matter with res
taurant frequenters unless 1t is the APP
proaeh of warm weather. When spring
comes fruits and lighter repasts will De
much in order Certain kinds Of pies
and custards do not get along well in
the summer time, and 1t is a well estab-
lished fact that there is nothing so bad
as a bad pie and nothing so good as a
good ME I"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15
WHlTNEYs CLEVELAND STORY.
Costly Peaches Were Hit of the First
Cabinet Dinner.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
Since the death of william C. Whitney
many stories of his life here while he
was secretary of the navy have been told.
but none more frequently than the story
to give his first cabinet dinner at which
he entertained the President and his col
leagues of the cabinet, he desired to have
some novelty, and peaches appealed to
him more than anything else His din
ner came in the middle of February, when
peaches are not ordinarily in the mar
ket in Washington. He went to fruit
dealer here and asked him where he
could get some peaches.
This fruit dealer told him of a man
In Pennsylvania who grew hot-house
peaches and suggested that he might get
some OF him. Mr.. Whitney gave the fruit
dealer a ffty-dollar bill and told him to
go to this grower and see what he could
do.
The marketman journeyed to Pennsyl-
vania, found the man had four dozen
ripe peaches and bought the lote for
dollar apiece. or s4S for the lot. He
brought them to Washington and notified
Mr. Whitney that he had forty-eight fine
peaches.
How much did they cost?" asked Mr..
Whitney.
He's a robber' said the marketman.
HE made me pay $4s dozen for them"
Mr.. Whitney thought the price pretty
high, but he gave the man a check for
500 for the forty-eight peaches. They
were the hit of his dinner, which was
as 1t should be. inasmuch as they had
cost Mr. Whitney $3.50 all told.
"They were fine" said Mr. Whitney. in
telling of the dinner, "but thought Pres
ident Cleveland rather crowded the
mourners on them. He ate five
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15
PEOPLETALKED ABOUT

II. C. Henley, chief of the st. Louis
fire prevention bureau. has been appoint
ed lecturer on insurance at Yale
Senator Daniel has introduced bill to
appropriate $4,000 to complete the JEFF
ferson memorial object-lOsson road from
Charlottesville, Va. to Monticello.
Aston Gibson who was the jockey of
Andrew jackson, will be 116 years old
next July 4. Mr. Gibson resides in Ten
nessee and his wife is till living.
Barrett Wendell, Jr.. and Edward Bow
ditch. Jr., two Harvard athletes, have
accepted appointments as secretaries to
United States Consul Morgan at Dalny,
in Manchuria.
Among the newspaper poets who are
making a name and reputation for them
selves is Jack Appleton Of the Cincinnati
Times Star. and s. E. Kiser of the Chi
cago Tribune. The jingles of both are
widely copied and many of their verses
are decidedly clever.
Senator Ankeny of Washington is quite
familiar with the Indian languages of
his state and when a delegation of
Yakimas visited the President at the
White House few days ago he was able
to act as Interpreter.
Edward NJ. Shepard. one of the best
known lawyers in New York, has left
a place on the rapid transit commission
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
The only thing woman likes about be-
ing one Is not being man.
The way to make a woman admit she
is wrong In an argument Is to insist that
she Is right
When a girl has a poetic light in her
eyes generally she is wondering If any
body suspects her shoes are pinching
her.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15
TESTED.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Dinglebats-That was Muggford. the life
insurance agent. that 1 saw you dining
with last night. wasn't it? Is he friend
of yours?
Himpsley-one of the best I've got He
never talks life insurance to me-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15
HOW HE LOST A CUSTOMER.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Have you got lung cure you can
recommends" said the man with the
rasping cough
What is your idea" asked the drug
store purist, "in wanting to be cured Of
your lungs?'
With hasty apology to the effect that
he didn't know he was breaking into
a night school, the man slipped out and
went to the drug store on the opposite
corner.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15
Flour and Grain at New Orleans.

In 1903 over 100000 barrels were
sent abroad from New Orleans, as
against 100000 barrels Ia 1902. The
shipments of wheat and corn at New
Orleans were CORRESPONDENCE increas-
ed. Not only is Kansas and the other
states west of the Mississippi seeking
an outlet at the mouth of the great
river, but Indiana and the other states
east of the river are doing likewise.
Easier grades for loaded cars favor
New Orleans as against the eastern
cities, and recently railroad rates from
Kansas and Nebraska points have
been made to conform to the situation.
The rate figures are presented by the
Railway Age, as follows:
Cents
Per ewt.
Old rate on wheat Kansas City
to Mississippi river .,.............
Old rate on wheat, Mississippi
river to Baltimore .................. 16
Charges for elevation at Balti-
more ......- .......... .........,.. IL
2e14
Old rate on wheat for export,
Kansas City TO New Orleans and
Galveston. fob. vessels .......... II
Differential in favor of gulf
route ........ .....,.............. VA
Present rate on export wheat,
Kansas City to Mississippi river.
Present rate on export wheat, Mis-
sissippi river to Baltimore 49,. 16
Charges for elevation at Balti-
more $500. ....... ............... IA
24A
Present rate. Kansas City to New
Orleans and Galveston fob. YES
sells ......... ......... .............. IL
Present differential in FAVOR or
gulf route -. ..........- 12N
These differences do not exist in the
six months in which the lakes and the
Erie canal are open, but in the other
six months of the year the Gulf ports
enjoy fine differentials-dif
HO larger UOW6Ntl lndH llCJ al VII
titled to by reason of shorter distances
and easier grades in the load direc-
ton, or in any other for that matter.
1t costs no more in truth to carry
grain or flour from New Orleans than
il does from New York or Baltimore,
and the differentials named stand
without reductions of any sort. The
advantages of the Gulf port are of
permanent nature, and as soon as the
Isthmian canal Is dug the products OF
the Mississippi valley will find an ex-
port outlet at the mouth of the valley
instaead of seeking 1t across mountain
ridges in eastern cities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15
Ignored the First Principles.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Disconsolate Playwright-Youve read
my last comedy, and you know it's the
best I ever wrote, yet l can't sell 1t to
anybody. What's the matter with it?
Dramatic Critic-Old fellow. I'll tell you.
1t has two star parts, ard you ought to
have known that no actor will stand for
that
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15
About Persons.

The Hon. w. C. Davis, city attorney Of
Jasper, is at the morris.
s. B. Herndon of Mobile is stopping at
the Hilman.
L. c.. Gunter of Knoxville is stopping at
the st. Nicholas.
Metropolitan.
J. ]. f. Scale of Selma is at the Flor
ence.
the Morris.
C. C. Conway of Mobile is at the Metro
politan,
ence.
A. o. Oden of Hartsele, county treas.
urer of Morgan county, was in the city
yesterday.
]. H. Durdell of opelika is at the Hill
man.
e. D. Shivers of Marion is at the
Metropolitan.
Col. f. H. Graves of Eufaula is at the
Morris.
w. w Echols of Hartselle. prominent
merchant, is at the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15
Usage BRAVES BUY $500
WORTH OF VALENTINES

Usually they send valentines to ladies'"
"lnJun ladies not get Valentines said
Chief Jim Bigheart. "Injun ladies work.
Squaws; Ugh
Then the chief and his three braves
pulled their blankets about them, stalked
out to f street and went to their hotel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15
Lumber Merchant shot.

Pineville. KY, February 14-Harrison
Taylor. rich and prominent farmer and
lumber merchant was shot and killed by
Jesse Brock of this county yesterday.
Brock surrendered.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

Maj. Gen. Flug did at last admit
that the Russian ships were pretty
severely peppered.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

The Chicago professor is outranking
as an advertiser the most expert stage
ad. bureau.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

breakfast foods. They are too numer-
erouS.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

Those who did not get valentines
yesterday can console themselves
with the thought that they will re-
ceiye plenty Of bills about the first.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

It has again been demonstrated that
the man behind the gun is the real
power in battle The man behind the
gun is also in a much safer place than
the man before the gun.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

The true philanthropist is he who
feeds the empty stomach first and the
empty nina afterward.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

Miss Roosevelt is twenty years old,
and there is no use for her to try to
conceal her age.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

The lesson of Manila Bay was not
lost on Japan. Hit first and keep on
a-hitting, is her motto.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

Mr. Carnegie might be able to die
poor if he would invest his money in
certain watered stocks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

Secretary Shaw calls Mr.. Roosevelt
"the prince among Americans" Some
people fear that the President is try
ing TO be king among Americans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

The stock market is standing up
stoutly under great many bear-like
events.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

seventy-seyen persons died in Mont
gomery during the month of January and
sixty-five babies were born.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

The subscription habit has invaded
Japan, and the matrons are raising a
fund for the government
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

1t is reported that the Russian Off
GERS were watching a circus when
Port Arthur was attacked, but they
soon found that they we're the clowns
and the Japs the ringmasters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

Baltimore proposes to present the
world with a still more beautiful Balti-
more.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

France is sending a large feet to
the Far East, loaded down with big
guns, big and little chefs, and sea-
men.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

King Edward has a suit of clothes
for nearly every day in the year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

1HE vegetarians are in sore plight
w as a result of the high tariff IN
this country. Not only have a
great many other articles of food felt
the rise in prices, but celery, lettuce, peas
beans and all staple vegetables are act
ing In the same manner, and there Is
much tribulation in store for those
dietetic cranks who do not eat anything
outside of the vegetable kingdom. When
beef went up there was an excuse for the
vegetarians. but now there is none since
everything else is climbing up. Eggs have
been In the radium class for quite awhile,
so that they are no longer In reach of
are much easier to wash than hereto
fore when eggs were ten and fifteen cents
a dozen. 1t Is really a question as to
what the vegetarians will do now unless
they get out and raise their own vege-
tables, an undertaking that no true vege-
/ tartan has ever yet attempted. AS yet no
genius has succeeded in completely fash
ioning breakfast food trust. Perchance
here is an avenue of escape So long as
the public is free from a gigantic cereal
food combine 1t is safe, for there will
still remain something to eat which can
be bought for moderate prices. But a
future of unending breakfast food meals
is not particularly alluring to great
many people, and no wonder there is
general dole.
The frog Is poultry This decree has
gone forth from Washington and must
be accepted. Though he leap and fly not
and withal hath not a cackle to his name.
the monarch of the swamp is classed with
the commonplace frequenters of the barn
yard. Epicures say that frog legs taste
very much like spring chicken, and for
this reason and no other It has been seen
fit to designate the owners of the legs as
fowls. The old saying that politics makes
strange bed fellows may now be supple
mented by the remark that the tariff
makes strange classifications. Nothing on
earth could be more dissimilar than a
chicken and a frog, yet the two are har-
messed together for mere convenience.
But what ever the government may say
chicken in the minds of the general pub
lie. Such a doctrine will not go. No darby
who has experienced the delicious thrill
of lifting a fat hen and eating her
afterward will agree that there is any
comparison in that and the tame sport Of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

The Queen City Guards of Gadsden have
established new rifle range and will
begin target practice at a distance of
200 and $50 yards.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

Japan is willing to remain the ag-
gressor while her torpedo boats hold
out
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

Every now and then rag picker
or peddler dies leaving a fortune.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

New York wants to be a city by
itself, and populous state 1t would be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

Philadelphia is endeavoring to at
tract Baltimores southern buyers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

More oysters were roasted in Balti-
more than in any previous barbecue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

The hen that lays in the winter is
the hen all stand ready to honor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

The Alabama Live Stock association
will convene in Montgomery today at 2
o'clock.
The Hon. George II. Dent has an
nounced himself candidate for the Of
flee of mayor of Eufaula.
seventy-seyen persons died in Mont
gomery during the month of January and
sixty-fve babies were born.
The Queen City Guards of Gadsden have
established a new rife range and will
begin target practice at a distance of
200 and $50 yards
The Admission stock exchange has been
re-opened under the management of Cald-
well & Ward of Birmingham. The office
was formerly controlled by A. B. Baxter
& Co.
1t is reported that two jurors were
among those indicted in Dallas county
for running blind tigers" This will not
be verified however, until the arrests
are made.
The Jews OF Annlston held mass meet
ing and protested against the movement
started by the Jews of Atlanta to raise
fund for purchasing a warship for the
Japanese navy.
The street committee of the city coun-
Gil of Montgomery has reconsidered the
ordinance prohibiting the driving of
mules through the cIty's streets and the
measure will probably be abrogated.
The Rev. R. ID. Carmichael, pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Hartsele, has
perfected a shorthand system which is
extremely simple and can be adapted to
typewriter. A Chicago firm of manu-
facturers has become Interested in the
venture and will probably manufacture
machines equipped with the new alpha
hot
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

The Hon George II. Dent has an
nounced himself candidate for the Of
flee of mayor of Eufaula.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

The Hague arbitration court will
not need the Carnegie building.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15
ALABAMA NEWS.

The Alabama Live Stock association
will convene in Montgomery today at 2
o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

Mr.. Schwab is endeavoring to pre-
vent final and full slump.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

Toxic is trying to have genuine
Fourth of July celebration.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

A Canadian crank was SO interested
in Ella Wheeler Wilcoxs passionate
poems that he came all the way to
New York to lay his heart at her feet
and then prosiacally walked into the
arms of two detectives.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

The snickersee has got busy again
in the Orient.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

Zero weather has become monoton
GUS in the buckwheat belt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

The Japanese are growing tall rap
idly
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-15

Aston Gibson, who was the jockey OF
Andrew Jackson, will be 116 years old
next July 4 Mr.. Gibson resides in Ten
nessee and his wife Is till living.