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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

There seems to be determination to saddle the vice
presidency off Kansas but the chances TIN,
state will escape the Republican convention should
look elsewhere. However the Democrats and the Pops
respectively dead having Kansans for their
vice presidential candidates.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

Cleveland preacher declared in a sermon the othe-
day that there hell His congregation having pitched
him into the street proceeded demonstrate his
tire dissatisfaction that if there is hell other
side there is a superabundance of it on this side
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

Folk stock has been climbing up down in Missouri
for the past few days Folk is the only show the
cratic party of Missouri has for holding the state
Folk is defeated by booders convention
sufficient number of honest Democrats will support the
Republican nominee to elect him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

The Topeka Herald suggests that when the United
States senate reaches Smoot the senators who
are not guilty of the thing charged to
invited to cast the first ballots Christ paralyzed
mob Of hypocrites by just such proposition
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

Governor Bailey has postponed Arbor day until It
gets enough plant trees Kansas ought TO
two Arbor days for the north half
the south half Of the state Tree planting this
is about over in this section.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

Tolsoi in his views of isn't far To claim
that makes for Christianity civilization is an in
suit 10 God and anront humanity
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

Boom values constitute weak securities for bank
loans several Wichita banks discovered TO the
sorrow of their officers and stockholders and in two
stances, their depositors.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06
KANSAS HISTORY REVEALS THAT

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

Parker seems TO be much OF sphynx Cleve
land Still he has bandwason which quite noisy
into which German is climbing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

The nearest Grover Cleveland ever came 70 dinin,
with colored when he luncheoned Queen lii
She is not a man if she is colored
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

The gold shale up Trego county has collapsed
and the company corporation is dissolved machn-
cry selling for song Only suckers ever believed that
shae could possibly contain gold.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

The chances that Russia already regrets having
withdrawn her exhibit intended for 81 Louis.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

Piker Editor: In regard to PROPOSE
ton" would say let Mrs. P. X. do as she
likes. A GENTLEMAN nurse % is as
big a joke as a female politician.
c. T. F.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

IN 1884, YEARS ToDAYIt discovered that the school
and Hamilton had rguaisd by those counties
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

Annie Diggs is coming back to Kansas
Let's see. what's that song: And the
cat came back?"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

The Garden City Imprint gives state
rne-t concerning the hsssirless % tn
dairy1neu q FInnsy county. The hgureS
are most interesting In showing re great
per cent 81 STANDARD bred animals d.
pended upon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

A,ehison Globe We've always admire
TIE toxin q I.51dsborE kza- Tire 2eopis
there give wonderful Ea1ssca! festivals
Sorze 81 these days ze EsEr "a make =
pilgrimage 70 L415stcrS. ard admire fAs
r,ez Who have -1sce these great festivals
so.~ibEe. These men ar mach Krsatss
than the nsen yoz hs&. q Il e9aEsciso-
with Cc-steA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-06

The Garden City imprint gives az Evil
dence Of the dryness ~ the past winter.
the undecayed condition Il the body u
goose that was shot last fail had laid
or: all winter and was found Just the
ether day. Even the vocal cords were
intact. the pressure ~ the foot on the
throat bringing out the familiar ~honk-
honk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30
Courtesy Not Appreciated.

We hear so much about southern chIV- airy that I am constrained to make a few remarks about the treatment ladies re- ceive when riding in the Birmingham trolley cars" said young man who makes several trips a day to the suburbs. This morning I was riding on a car that was crowded with people. Several ladies got aboard and as there were no vacant seats offered mine. 1 had scarce ly risen when a man Topped down and left me standing. l called his attention to the fact that there were ladies without seats With no great alacrity he got up, but as soon as the ladies were seated squeezed into the space that was left beside them.
 q have noticed several times that women are not accorded that considera- lion on the cars which we are accus- toned to regard as the prerogative of all southern gentlemen to show. Frequently they have to wait some time before get ting a seat, and even then 1t Is given reluctantly. also notice that when a woman Is given a seat she does not ap- near very grateful for the courtesy, and seldom takes the pains to thank the donor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30
Lollypop ApoIlos.

T notice that with the advent of warm weather the condition of affairs about the entrances of the refreshment resorts of Birmingham is as bad as it was last year, said merchant. Already gilged youths of idleness ore beginning to assem- ble for the summers campaign of ogling every person in petticoats who passes within the range of their vision Today the usual crowds of young men could be seen lettering about these places, where they not only obstructed the sidewalks but stared at passersby, made remarks which were intended to be witty and rendered themselves very objectionable.
 Now l will confess that these young fellows are fair to gaze upon at rare in- tervals but they contrive to make them selves so conspicuous that the public tires of looking at them. They are certainly not very profitable customers of the re- sorts which they frequent. because they spend so much of their time standing about the doors that they could not pos sibly devote more than few minutes a day to the interior for refreshments"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30
INTERESTING RELICS.

From the New York Commercial
 At Cleveland there has lately been re- surreeted by City Ticket Agent Brown an oldroil painting interesting to Lake Shore patrons. The picture was painted about f'fty years ago by an employe of the ear shops in Buffalo and was at that time an excellent study of the method of trans- portation then and a hundred years prior One picture. 'The Mail Carrier of One Hundred Years Ago" has a mounted mall carrier IS it's central theme with a cottage and family group in the back ground, waiting the arrival of the mail. In the second picture, the artist orew a Lake Shore express train speeding through the country and in the distance can be seen Lake Erie with it's little wave-tossed vessels
 The painting, while crudely done well illustrates the contrast between methods of transportation such as are in vogue today and such as were in use fifty and one hundred and fifty years ago. The artist painted a copy of the picture and the copy hung for years in the office of the old Commodore Vanderbilt.
 Autograph copies enclosed in costly frame of black and gilt were put out for advertising purposes, but that was years ago; and they are no longer distributed. They are considered a valuable relic by those who have them and a very few are held as such here in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30
the Allowing notice:


The notice was issued by the United States Marine Hospital Service, and it is backed up by some iron-clad ordinances passed by the municipal council of La- redo. The town is cn the Mexican border, aud the authorities lave become satisfied that yellow fever is transmitted by mos quitoes. Laredo has declared war on the mosquitoes and proposes to ex- terminate them. The surgeons of the Marine Hospital Service declare that the troublesome and dangerous insects need net he tolerated under ordinary condi- tions and that their number can be great ly reduced in any given place. In La redo a citizen who fails to comply with certain prescribed rules laid down by the city council caluculated to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes Is subject to a heavy ine-and the law is enforced.
 The experts of the Marine Hospital Ser vice have collected a large amount of in- formation about the nature and habits of mosquitoes. Among otherf things-and this is the keynote of the whole cam paign against the pests in Laredo--mos- qutoes seldom travel long distances. They are sometimes blown several miles by winds and thus descend in swarms upon defenseless citizens who live several miles from the swamps or marshes where the mosquitoes were bred. But this con dition is rather exceptional. Anglers have frequently noticed that the mosquitoes are hungriest and bite the most severely in places along streams, where human beings seldom are found. Yet these in- sects under normal conditions, will not fly even a mile to the nearest village or town for the purpose of feasting on the inhabitants thereof.
 The fact is that mosquitoes do not re- quire a swamp or a marsh In which to breed, according to the popular notion. Mosquitoes breed in a comparatively few hours wherever a puddle of water re- mains stagnant during the warm wealth CT. A pool of water in the gutter or in an old tomato can in the back yard pro- vides a convenient place for these blood thirsty insects to rear their young. The chances are that most of the mosquitoes in New York, for instance, come from such sources as these and not from the Jersey marshes, popular tradition and newspaper jokes to the contrary notwith- standing. Here are some random ex- tracts from the official circular recently distributed by the marine hospital service in Laredo and other border towns of Texas, where. there is a yellow fever scare:
 Mosquitoes breed only in water-usual- ly fresh, standing water in artificial places.
 Mosquitoes occur in 1he vicinity in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30
HOW LAREDO DESTROYS
 THE HAPLESS MOSQUITO

which they breed Invasions from long distances are unusual.
 Although the wlgglers (young mos- quitoes) live in water, they must come frequently to the surface to breathe. Coal oil on the surface of the water prevents the wigglers from breathing
 Empty the water from all tubs, buck cts, cans, fiower-pots and vases every forty-eigbt hours. Fill or cover with oil all pools, ditches and excavations, such as post-holes. where water may have set tied. Change regularly all water needed in chicken coops, kennels and so forth'i
 By the observance of these and other rules, Laredo has become almost a mos- quitoless town. The health authorities say that the same thing could be accom- plished in a metropolis like New York or Chicago if only the proper degree of CO., operation could be secured from all citi- zens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30

tions are ready to fly at each others
 threats. The Foraker faction in Ohio
 hates tte "old Hanna guard, and It is
 with difficulty that they can be kept
 in one harness. Still more bitter is
 the fight going on in Indiana between the Beveridge republicans and the Fairbanks republicans. Not so much is printed concerning the Indiana strife, but it is known to be uncom- promising and deep-seated. In New York the respective followers of Sen ator Platt and Governor Odell have their knives out, and the war between the two sets of partisans goes merrily on. The dissensions in Wisconsin have eliminated in two state tickets, the one led by Governor Lafollette and the other by Congressman Cook. At this writing it looks as if the ac- tions in Illinois would be satisfied with nothing less than two state tickets also
 Every one of these five states are needed by Mr Roosevelt He must have Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wis consin if he loses New York, as now seems highly probable, and yet he is bold man who says any one of them is securely republican when factions within that party are assailing each other with bitterness and open charges of rottenness. The blood feud is Ion" in all five states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30
THAT BIRMINGHAM cANARD.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 'The hubbub In Birmingham about the tenure of office of probate judges is an excellent example of hysterla on the part of some of our daily newspa pers," said a state official. "'rhere was never any serious question about the time the new probate judges go into office. The legal point involved Is not of serious moment. And as for the governor calling a special session of the legislature to rectify any mistake of the lawmakers such talk is .he she rot.
 "I happen to know that several letters have been written to the governor on the subject and to each of them he has re- piled that he was not even considering calling a special session of the legislature to consider that matter.
 Attorney General Wilson will probably write an opinion oh the subject in day or two to correct erroneous impression which has been widely distributed from Rirmingham."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30
Piq Iron Warrant System.

Merchant furnaces that produce fully five million tons are in favor of introducing the English system of dealing in pig iron warrants in ex- changes. The American pig iron stor- age warrant company stands ready to take iron from the furnace com panies, to sample it by analysis, and to issue against it warrants either for spot or forward delivery.
 A similar system was employed be- fore the recent boom swept away all warrant iron, but at no time in this country were warrants listed and dealt in on the exchanges. The Pitts burg stock exchange and the New York produce exchange are expected to list warrants, thus leading on to the free sale of warrants as means of pro- curing iron.
 All the furnaces in this district are merchant furnaces, and warrant deal ings will no doubt be favored in this district. The movement is a general one, fitting the times, and meeting the needs alike of producers and consum- CTS. It seems destined to become as firmly established in this country as it long has been in England
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30
THE cHAuNcEY.MoReAN DEAL
,on the New York Commercial.

From the New York Commercial
 The trouble that young Robert Goelet recently encountered while driving his au- tomobie because he did not have $25 in his pocket with which to pay fine for exceeding the speed-limit, recalls the ex- perience of Senator Chauncey M. Depew a year or two ago. He went over to New York from Washington, and when he stepped off the ferry he discovered that he had not a cent in his pocket. He walked five or six blocks without meeting anybody he knew. At last he came to the office of J. Pierpont Morgan and entered few minutes later he emerged and met an intimate friend on the sidewalk.
 i've just been in to touch my friend Morgan for a nickle to pay my care-fare uptown" he explained
 Did you get it?" his friend asked.
 70. yes. He said he'd lend me half a dollar if I wanted it. But l didn't like to inconvenience him, so I just took the nickeln
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30
MUSTACHES AND CRIME.

Frank Richardson in the Cornhill Maga-
 zine.
 "Of all the great criminals of our day I can recall none who dared to practice with naked face. Drs. Lamson and Neill Cream judiciously concealed as much of their physiognomy as might be- Fow- Ter, who murdered by night at Musweli Hill, and Jabez Balfour were bearded men, Wainwright wore the 'mustachios' of his period. James Canham Read and Deem- ing, and Bennett of the "boot-laee" mur- der, were possessed of mouths that pru- dence compelled them to conceal.
 The blue burglarous towl is fam tasy of the novelist. No burglar goes about with face that in itself amounts to previous conviction. When he is in jail matters are different, for our prison authorities wisely decree that the con- victs race shall be shaven and his head be shorn. They at least insist on seeing the man as he is"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30
EIGHTY MILLION POPULATION.
That Is Now the Population of the
 United States.
From LesIle's Weekly.

From Lesles Weekly.
 It Is only by association and comparison that we can grasp the dimensions repre- sentSe by the SO.00OOO0 population which the census bureau at Washington esti- mated were in the United States in 1903. This is more peorle' thah are in any other nation in the world except China with its 400, GOO 00O, and Russia with its 130, ,OO0.- 900. Computed on the capacity of it's units this 5000, GOO stands for an immeas- uably greater productive value than does China's or Russia's total.
 When Alexander of Macedon, in the middle of Asia. was weeping because there were no more earths for him to conquer, he had fewer subjects than the United States of 1904 has soveregns. Un- der Caesars eagles, when Rome ruled the world, were less people than are under the stars and stripes in the days of The odore Roosevelt.
 With per cent of the worlds land area, and per cent of its population, the United States has 25 per cent of the worlds wealth. The value of the Unit States property, real and personal in 1904 was $94 GOO, ,O00,000 as compared with s59 GOO .Oo0O00 for Great Britain and Ire land $4S GOO 000. 900 for France $54 GOO GOO W0 for Germany, $S2 000 COG, 900 for Russia, $22, coo. 0000O0 for Austria Hungary, $15. 00OOOO.O0O for Italy, and $l2, 900, ,000O 900 for Spain. Moreover. the United States lead of all the other nations in wealth is in- creasing faster than is her preponderance over them all (except Russia and China) in population.
 Franklin told the British parliament just before the Revolution that the popu- lation of the thirteen American colonies was doubling every twenty-five years. The gain is slightly less than that now, though 1t is greater than that of any other nation Though natural increase immigration. and annexations the popula- tion of the United States multiplied fifteen times between 1900 and 1900 while it mul- tiplied 1O5 times, in those hundred years in wealth
 Without allowing for increase in terri tory but keeping the diminishing ratio of growth in mind. our 75,0O00 900 popula- tion of 1900 will, there Is good reason to believe be 15O. .O00.000 in 1880. 300 oo0. .00O in 1870, and 500'000,000 by the year 2OOO while the aggregate of it's wealth in the last named year will be up in the dizzy heights of mathematics
 Nothing in the Arabian tales is so mar velous as Is the expansion in population. wealth, and power of the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30
Republican Dissensions.

The Illinois republicans wrangled themselves to a standstill, and finally adjourned until tomorrow without nominating state ticket. The deadlock between the Yates and Low den wings of the party was beoynd compromise It is the Yates machine on the one side, and the Lowden pocll- etbook on the other, and no one can see a way out of it. There is a wild demand or compulsory primary law springing up throughout the state, but no law now exists that the Yates ma chine or the Lowden boomers will respect.
 The republica.- party has been in power . long time, and it has become honeycombed with actions In at
 n--sbig .ak.es the opposing fac
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30
STARVING AUTHORS.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
 References to Hamlin Garlands Mex ican gold mine and to Irving Bucheller' s prospecting trip in Mexico started a dis- cussion the other day concerning the pecuniary success of the modern author.
 "All the boys are buying estates or swapping mines or travelling in Europe" said an irreverent publisher There s Dicky Davis keeping up his own golf links and kennels and stables at a fine place up the Hudson, and Garland and Bacheller playing craps for gold mines. and Winston Churchill with manorial halls up in the Green mountains that out-English the English, and Tarl1ington wandering around Italy with a retinue.
 Thomas Dixon owns a Virginia plan tation and a ycht, and Lew Wallace draws about $5o0OO a year in royalties. Even the women are having trouble keeping their bank accounts down. The publishers are the only literary folk who eat cheap table dhote dinners nowa- days"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30
UNIQUE POLICE COURT.

From the New York Tribune
 The police court of St Heller, the prin- cipal town of Jersey is remarkable in several respects. First, the proceedings are always opened with prayer: second. 1t Frequently happens that after prayers there Is no more business and every one goes home. There is so little crime com initted in the island that the police force dwenty strong) Is kept up only for vis- itors. The beautiful carving in oak which forms the rostrum of this court is the work of a lady ramed Coxedge a resident of the island. The dock Is remarkab ble for its spaclousness and comfort 1 he au- thorities are very lenient with their pris- oners. who are kept here, Tor court and station are under one roof In the words of the genial old turnkey, When we gets 'em brought in drunk during the day, if they behave well we lets 'em out at night" Every bobby" Is obliged to know the Psalms. It's all he has to do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30
THE RoMAUNT OF THE ROSE.

By Austin Dobson Poor rose. lift you from the street.
 Far better l should own you Ihan you should lie for random feet
 Where careless hands have thrown you. Poor pinky petals. crushed and torn!
 Did heartless Mayfair use you Then cast you forth to lie forlorn.
 For chariot wheels to pr,i.se your l saw you last in Edith's hair
 Rose, you would scarce discover That l she passed upon the stairs
 Was Ediths favored lover. month-"a little month"-ago-
 theme for mortal writer- Twixt you and me-" my Rose, you
 know.
 She might have been politer. But let that pass. She gave you then Behind the oleander- To one. perhaps. of all the men, Who best could understand her. Cyril, that. duly fattered, took,
 As only Cyrils able, With just the same Arcadian look He used, last night, for Mabel. Then, having waltzed till every star Had paled away in morning, Lit up his cynical cigar
 And tossed you downward, scornins. Kismet, my Rose. Revenge Is sweet She made my heartstrings culver; And yet-you shant lie in the street, I'll drop you in the river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30

of the Frisco system held at Springfield Mo. He came back via St. Louis and there visited the exposition.
 Dr. Wilder says that while the arrange ment of the grounds. buildings and ex- hlblts Is at yet incomplete the fair already far surpasses in grandeur the general at tractiveness of the worlds fair at Chiea- go, and that Birmlngham's Vulcan Is one of the chief attractions and drawing card.
 II C. Clark of Charlotte, N. C.. is in the city
 II. B. Rodgers of Pittsburg is register ed at the St. Nicholas.
 s. selden of Eutaw Is at the Morris.
 C. H. Lynn of Roanoke, Va. is at the Colonial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-30
Coal Mining in Germany.

The Harpen Coal company of Ger many, minned last year 5,150, ,622 metric tons. It is one of the largest producers in Germany, alike of coal and coke, and its cost figures have been recently published. The average production per man employed was 0.S77 tons per day, and the average daily wage of all employees was 935 cents. Tho average cost of mining and preparing coal in 1903 was, per ton, as follows: