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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
he Color of Fruit.
From the Country Gentleman.

From the Country Gentleman.
 Among the essential points in the makeup of a fruit, when grown for market one of the most important Is good high color. That color is largely in- fiuenced by certain clements of fertility in fertilizers that are applied to the soil is well understood by practical fruit growers. In rare instances, the soil is naturally well supplied with these ele- ments and the fruit grown on these soils is always large and highly colored' pro- vided the matters of culture and pruning are attended to as they should be.
 When a person sets out an orchard or berry patch, and after giving right cui- ture and attending to the pruning in scientific manner, the yield of fruit is un- satisfactory and the color poor, he can make up his mind that the soil is either deficient in potash or phosphoric acid, or both. There are some very strong clay soils that are naturally rich in potash but these are generally so low in al titude as not to be safe localities for fruits. The uplands and well drained lands are generally deficient in potash. Some of the grain and grape sections of the United States are already well pro vided with natural phosphates. but these localities are limited, and there are few lands that will not be benefited by judIcious application of potash and phosphoric acid
 I have made a careful study of the subject of fertilizers, and have made ex- tensive observatinns in regard to the ef-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
YOUNGEST NOTABLES

From the Washington Times.
 The richest baby in the world is said to be the little son of the late Harold Brown, of Providence, E. I. The death within few days. of each other, Of his father and his uncle left this youngster the possessor of n fortune which is es- timated at between $iD,0000o0 and s5o,OOo,- GOO.
 The youngest general in the world is Sultan Ahmed Mirza, youngest son or the late Shah of Persia, and brother of the present Shah. He was born in 1891, and is therefore only thirteen, but he Is full general In the Persian army, and has a regular staff He holds reviews of the troops and plays soldier with an army corpse for a plaything.
 The youngest king in the world IS Daudi Chau, King of Uganda. who is now about eight He holds his court seated on a scarlet throne, with leop- ard skin mat under his feet, and bearing in his hand toy gun. The British exer- cIses protectorate over the young king and his Kingdom. and have established for him a sort of parliament, which ne opens regularly with much pomp.
 Little Daudi Chau speaks English and gives state dinners, at which there Is n curious mixture of African and Flu ropean foods and customs, though the royal table Is supplied with fine linen, cut glass, and silver brought out from London. At these banquets the chief duty of the prime minister Is to see to 1t that his royal master does not eat enough to make himself sick.
 The youngest master of fox hounds in the world Is Lord De Clifford. who is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
Nitrogen. to per cent; potash 10 per
 cent; phospboric acid, 10 per cent.
Southern Raised Stock.

Cattle men in Alabama and Mississippi are purchasing higher grades of stock and an improvement generally in that respect is looked for In the next few years. Referring to this, MT. w. c. Harding, general live stock agent for the Mobile and Ohio railroad, said recently:
 'Its wonderful to see how the southern fellows are improving their herd. on Wednesday, February IT, Giltner Bros, of Emnence. Ky, sold seventy head of Hereford cows and bulls at Auburn, Ala. just like hot cakes at an average or s213s0 per head Think of this for the hitherto backward south, the south that was content to raise only it's native stock and pay all of it's attention to cotton growing These cattle went to Florida, Alabama. Mississippi, and, in fact all that section of the south. and were well distributed. In short time their blood will make an impression upon that coun- try and will induce other breeders to seek the fold of improved breeding
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
Building Roads Right.

From the Southern Farm Magazine
 Albert Lewis of Bear Creek Pa, who makes his winter home in St. Augustine. Fla, has set an example in road ,improv' ment which may be followed advantag- eously in one degree and another in many parts of the country. MT. Lewis likes to drive. When he came to St. Au- gustine, according to a dispatch from that city, he found such poor facilities for his favorite sport that he bought about 1000 acres of land at Moultrie Point built a fine drive to his property, and s now building public roads in the neigh borhood of his own drive. At his own expense and using his own improved road machinery, he is rebuilding the Moultrlc road and has planted along drive of about five miles cabbage palm trees He has also shown a disposition to give ma terial aid to the county authorities in their work on the road. One man of that kind is worth a hundred resolutions and is a splendid example of enterprise and vigor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
Plea For Housework.

From the Country Gentleman.
 An article entitled "Women in the Grange on D. POS quoted Bowen as fol- lows: Nothing tends so effectually to dwarf the energies and stunt the facul- ties as the long-continued and incesant repltition of little tasks" That the en- nergies of farmers wives are thereby in
 danger of being dwarfed is inferred.
 Herein lies the latent idea that house. work as calling causes degeneration. , Repitition of simple tasks long contin- ued is at the basis of success in any bus mess, also art and music. The farmer blows. harrows and sows in successive seasons; the teacher year in and year out reiterate the same old principles of mathematics. The musician deals ever with the same notes. The continual repi- tition of simple things Is at the basis of all life; nobody ever suggests that we stop breathing for a change The beau tifu effects in architecture are produced by the orderly repitition of certain curves. The cook always finds in her storeroom the same fundamental ingredients. Good housekeeping means the systematic repi
 tition of certain work. Morning follows evening. each in harmonious long-eon- tinued succession. Yet such repi.ition Is not monotonous or dwarfing to the en. ergies and why?
 Throughout the incessand succession I there is always great variety for those who think. Fhe skill of the cook in fran
 ing various combinations of ingredients determines her ability as a cook just as the musicians ability in framing differ ent notes tremendously determines the ability of the musician. If tho cook in- slsts on always boiling potatoes and. the musician never plays but one scale it is not the fault of the potatoes or the piano. If an individual insists on doing nothing but washing dishes and keeping up such labor unintermittently, 1t Is not the fault of housekeeping nor does it render the housekeeping degenerating except for the person who thoughtlessiy digs and delves from monn-ng until night. The woman who is a slave to any kind of work cannot accomplish so much as her sister who takes time for an after noon nap a frolic in the garden with the children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
Incessant Repitition Without Value.

'Incessant repitition'' then does not "cause one to execute tasks quicker and better than others" though reasonable repititon may do so. Practice makes perfect" A matron who Is continually at work in farm house would also be perpetually busy in a city home. It is the disposition to work rather than housekeeping or any other business that keeps one regularly employed Such em- ployment can in no way dwarf the en- ergies provided the mind keeps active. Always be on the lookout for easier, new and better ways of doing things. Why allow men to boast that they have invented all the modern kitchen conven- fences? One man saw the steam engine in so simple thing as the boiling of teakettle Wake up sisters, and find the meaning of these simple ta5ksi Why for brains? Some college girl has thought how to make the purest bread on the market She did the simple task" of breadmaking over and over until she sue ceeded and her energies are not thereby dwarfed. She found out how to make numberless kinds and qualities of bread Variety Is unlimited. and there is as much if not more variety in housework than in any other occupation. The grange article referred to very appru- priately attempts to show that women on the farm need social intercourse The so- clal opportunities or 1drMerS are fdp- idly enlarging; in the reaction the danger of overriding social activity may not be near at hand. and yet a woman active in church. grange and Eastern Star, woman who has rural telephone, rural mail delivery, good roads, teams and electric cars at her disposal may be in danger of neglecting some of the little tasks that MT. Bowen thinks dwarfs the energies. This danger. however, prom ises to be one of the future rather than the present In convincing the farmers wife that social life such as other women enjoy Is for her good, let us not even remotely suggest that her work at home Is degenerating her.
 If farmers wives work harder than other women, they should accomplish more. The upshot of It is not that they are thereby dwarfed and degenerated. but that they are doing much good work in the world. By their fruits ye shall know them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
WE DO TT RIGHT.
 EMPIRE LAUNDRY
1.-THE MORE YOU SAY THE LESS PEOPLE REMEMBER" ONE WORD WITH YOU
 SAPOL|O

eighteen, and has been master of thu Dalgan pack. In County Galway, Ire. land, for two years.
 The youngest professional organist in the world Is Kathleen Mills. who pre- sides over a great organ In the Catholic church at Ongar, Essex England. Ths regular organist falling i'll, little Miss Mills took her place and played with such skill on the instrument that all the people were astonished when they found out that a child of eleven years was presiding over the keys ana gtOps
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19

On most well cultivated soils that have years, a we'll balanced fertilizer. made up of the different elements-nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid-wlll gener- ally give better results than fertilizer that lacks one or more of these ele- ments The explanation Is that right farming, by regular rotation of crops. removes quantities of each of these eie- ments. When barn manures alone are applied to the soil the crop of fruit will be lacking in color An proportion to the amount and richness" of the manure. It is well known that barn manures lose more potash and phosphoric acid sn handling than of nitrogen. Nitrogen, when used to excess, causes an excess of growth of leaves and fruit at the ex- pense of color. If the proportion of ni- trogen is too great to that of potash and phosphorie acid the fruit will be color less in proportion to the excess of nitro gen.
 Sandy soils are especially deficient in potash; yet this class of soils are more generally used for small fruit growing than any other. on account of the ease of cultivation. Sandy soils will gener- ally respond to a liberal use Of fertilizers rich in all the elements.
 The office of phosphoric acid in fer tilizer is largely to perfect the seeds An excess will generally cause earlness Of maturity in the fruit. Potash has the ef- feet of painting the cheeks red, or of whatever the color the fruit Is, In addi- tion to making the frame work Of the fruit, and strengthening 1t.
 The writer has often observed that friuts grown on soils known to be rich in potash are especially highly colored Potash and phosphoric acid work nand in hand The one perfects the seed, the other the fruit or pulp.
 In buying commercial fertilizers for fruits. the proportions of the different elements should run about this way:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
santos-Dumont's Conquest.
.on, I ondon Trufh.

From London Truth,
 As a balloonist Santos Dumont has made the conquest of the most exclusive set in the world--that of the Austrian court. including a couple of archdukes and His Royal Highness Don Jaime. The amable Countess 'Eu sent him the scap- ulary of some saint whose mission 1t Is to protect his votaries from falls. She invokes that saints on his behalf when- ever she hears that he meditates peril- ous ascent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19

Bids for summer uniforms for mem mbers of the police department will be received in the office of the chief of police until Monday, April 25, 1904 Birmingham Pc. lice Commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
Profit in Poultry.

From the Southern Farm Magazine.
 As pointers of possibilities of profits in the poultry business. the Florida says that in volusia county. Florida, there were last year 4l, S02 chick ems, ss9 turkeys. 522 ducks and 351 geese.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19

Co., believes that the greatest obstacle to the development O. the south at the present time is the wretched condition of many of it's roads. In an interview with the Memphis Scimtar he said:
 Northern farmers and capitalists. men who are accustomed to country roads almost as goods as the best paved streets of the cities, are very unfavorably i'm pressed with this feature of the south, and as soon as it is remidied there will be a great amount of capital pouring in- to this country. Everywhere l go l sec wonderful signs of Improvements mean here in the southern states. Last week I spent my time in the cities of North and South Carolina, and l was never more astonished in my life. Take Spar tanburg. for instance. Although only a small town, it has streets the equal of any to be found in the best cities of the North 1 found several other small towns the same way. but when it came to the country roads I saw the differ ence. The farmers have not yet awak- ened to the fact that they need better roads. They will. though in time. Ev- erything points that way"
 The Vincennes- Mississippi Land and Lumber Co. of Vincennes, Ind, has pur- chased $500 acres of fine timber and farm land in Washington county, Mississippi. which will be prepared for colonists as the timber is cleared
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
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CONFER ISSUES ADDRESS
 TO DEMOCRATS OF ALA.

carriers and that without friction
 l thank the people for their express sions of confidence, and can assure them, all reports to the contrary, that l am citizen of average standing, born of Christian parents. and that l have tried to take the right-hand forks in the jour ney of life.
 l will try to be dangerous only to the wrong, and that is what the office means.
 l tried to conduct a clean campaign. I have no ill will to my competitors, and trust that the scathng rebuke given to the vicious, and slanderous matter in- troduced into this campaign by the rail- roads will make the repetition forever impossible.
 Twenty-two thousand majority is Jim Dandy endorsement, and the people have my lasting gratitude. That part of the press which supported the people have their sincerest thanks. 1 thank the T. P. A., [. C. T. and the Angels of the Road (the drummers). They all did great work for the people and should feel elated at their success.
 l would caution the people that reforms are not made quickly, that the landslide must be followed up, that the people are competent to manage their own affairs, that they should continue to study their own interests and vote that way
 The farmer and the consumer pay the freight, and the veal of woe of the far mer and consumer is the prosperity or the adversty of the state. and every citizen should join in their protection.
 With thanks to all, enmity to none. I am very truly yours, B. E. CONFER
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
What Poor Roads Do.

From the Southern Farm agazine.
 Richard R.. Window. travelling passen- ger agent Of the Old Dominion Steamship
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19

Mention cooking with Gas to him,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19

and the number of eggs produced was 3S9 19O dozen. valued at s606l4. One ranch of S10O0 hens produced 10000 dozen eggs, all of which were sold under contract at 30 cents a dozen the year round. One man in Hillsboro county shipped during February 4020 dozen eggs, which netted him $9S755. Still the Times Union points out, thousands of dozens of eggs are shipped into Florida every month. There are many states in the country not pro- ducing eggs equal to the demand or equal to their possibilities in the hen line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
To Exempt Statues.

To accept from the state of Texas the statues of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin to be placed in statuary hall of the national capitol.
 The conferences report on the army ap- propriation was read and discussed and then laid over until tomorrow The dis c1ssfon- turned upon the needs of Alaska, MT. Malson saving that there was not a single wagon road in that territory and MT. Teller asserting that if $500,0OO could be spent in the building of such roads there would be a rich return in the IT. crease of gold production.
 Messrs. Proctor and Quarles said that t has been impossible to secure more than $2500O from the house conferees.
 MT. Nelson related many details of his observation in Alaska while visiting the country as a member of the senate com mittee and aroused much interest as he told of its resources. the hardships to which the settlers are subjected and the little that has been done for the people. He grew especially zealous in his presen- tation of the production of precious me- tals, furs, etc., and his zeal in this con nection was scarcely exceeded by the in- dgnation he expressed as he depicted the nggardliness of the government in deal- ing with the Alaskans. At last, complete ly forgetting himself, he exclaimed:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
Nelson Makes a Break.

"Al this they have done. MT. President. and in return we have not done a d.-n thing for them.'
 The statement was a surprise to ali present apparently as much to the speaker as to his audience. There seldom has been as spontaneous ain outburst of laughter in the senate as the exclama- tion provoked.
 MT. Nelson joined in the merriment, though with many evidences of embar- rassment. His only apology was the re- mark that sometimes adjectives come from the heart" and with that he closed his speech.
 Further consideration of the conference report was postponed and the following bills passed:
 Authorizing the further segregation Of coal lands in Indian Territory to correct a mistake in leases.
 Interpreting existing law relative to the exportation of lead ores. - Incorporating the American Institute in Paris.
 The senate at 5:20 went into executive session and at 5:25 adjourned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
True of the South.

''Weil, this is true of the south. She has started. She is growing grain, stock, fruifs. vegetables and tomatoes, and you croakers will never be able to stop her. She will not only grow all these things,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19

Mir B. B. Conner democratic nominee for president of the state railroad com mission, has issued the following address: TO the Democrats of Alabama;
 The primary of Alabama had a dis tinctly drawn issue-whether the railroads should control the state or whether the people should control the railroads and limit their power of taxation in a req sonable degree.
 The people won a glorious victory. My election will not be dangerous to the railroads or their employees; it will be safe to the people With the continued help of the people, Alabama should main tNin equitable relations with the railroads of the state. l do not believe that any monopoly serves the good of the people unless restrained by some outside innu- ence. That influence, in this case, can only be the laws of the state, and l think it conservative that those laws should be put into execution.
 The administration of the law, subject to the revision of the courts, cannot be dangerous to any legitimate business or interest, but by proper afflliation and con sideration on the part of the railroad in- terest, be of great benefit to every species of property in the state.
 l think it the design of the law that the commission work on this end, and I further think that 1t Is to the best and most lasting interest of the railroad com panles that they help carry 1t out
 It will be no purpose of mine to en- gender friction. The people want only what is fair and reasonable, and this should be conceded on the part of our
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
TERM ID BE HELD
 IN BIRMINGHAM Circuit Court of Appeals Meets
 Once Annually NELSON MAKES A BREAK Senator From Minnesota Uses Forcible Language to Emphasize His Re-
 marks-Says 1t Came
 From Heart.
NELSON MAKES A BREAK

Washington, April 1S.-The senate con- tinued consideration of the civil appro- pration bill, but did not conclude it. A number of other bills were passed during the day. including measures ratifying agreements with the Indians of the Dev- ills Lake, Rosebud and Flathead reserva- tions, located respectively in North Da- kota, South. Dakota and Montana. The conference report on the army ap- propriation bill will be considered to- morrow.
 When the senate convened the follow ing house bills were passed: Providing that the circuit court of ap- peals for the Fifth circuit shall hold one term of court each year at Birmingham Ala. changing the time of meeting for federal courts in North Carolina; pro- viding for the appointment of additional judges of the United States court in In- dian Territory Mir PIatt explained that judges were to hold for only two years, as it was understood the territory would be admitted as a state by that time.
 "As soon as the elections are over' said MT. Blackburn.
 The sundry civil bill was laid before the senate and the amendment in rela- tion to the appointment of forestry agents was agreed to. It was then laid aside and the bill for the modification of the agreement with the Indians of Devils Lake reservation in North Da- kota was again taken up and passed af- ter some slight amendments.
 The following bills were also passed; Ratifying the agreement with the h. dians of the Rosebud agency in South Dakota for the sale of 416000 acres of the land of their reservation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
Balanced Fertilizer Needed.

feet on the color of fruits of the differe elements in commercial fertilizers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-03

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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-03-19

again. They read the Herald and, he
says, ereally should not undertake. to
keep house without il" bnt We never IN
t nd+d TO give the idea Of !. Grand Ma
rsls winter that Mr. Ia. Tor Expresses.
He says: II was Interested To read in
IN the C,uk County H.rald that yous of
0ranL Marais had been having genine
winter weather. I take il that ,u-aos
he mercury has been lettering around
IS below, ut which point, according t.,
Louis, tho mail.cxtri. r 'you don't sweat
81 much a. whom it's only 40 below !" =
Why, tue coolest days the past winter
Ne have seen jolly sleiRhing parties
going out on pleasure drives to nelgh-
boring logging camps, probably thirty
miles distant, without experiencing the
dlscomtorts one might on a trolley trim
down Broadway in New York blizznrd :.
We are not go close to tho pole. Our
winters are just as perfectly enjoyable 40
Bro. Taylor apparently finds our snm.
mers tn be. We trust he was not in the
predicament 10 which brother editor
is pictured by MISS News and Comment
in the News Tribune. She says h.
elbows on his fingers to get the ache out
Ut them, and, between shivers, writes of
the severe climate IN Duluth"