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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
Though I am native here,
Starch from Sweet Potatoes.

Dr Harvey w Wiley, chief of the buraeu of chemistry of the agricul- tural department. expresses the opin- ion that the sweet potato will yet furnish the starch of the world He says the possibilities of the potato are far beyond anything at present utilized.
 The department of agriculture is making interesting experiments in the use of sweet potatoes for starch mak- ing and in the next agricultural ap- propriation bill Y Is proposed to in- crease the "experiment" item enough to cover full tests of the sweet potato in the manufacture of starch.
 The government has an experiment. factory at Waycross, Ga, devoted at present to a development of the cane syrup industry. It is believed Dr. Wiley will recommend that the Way cross plant be extended so that it can develop the possibilities of the sweet potato Dr. Wiley is himself an enthusiastic believer in the worth of sweet potatoes, and he hopes to rem der that crop great money producer for the southc n states At present Sthe potato of the south is not trust of sweet potatoes cannot be sold at good prices in the fall season. Dr. Wiley's exper, studies lead him to think that they can be turned into starch, with glucose and alcohol as by-products.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
Trade and Japanese Victories.

This entire countrywide south in particular-is deeply interested in the success of the Japanese in the Liao- tung peninsular. Antung has already been opened to American commerce. and our consul has already gone there. Similar good, but in larger measure, will come to us when the Japanese occupy New Chang, the chief port and point of distribution in Man churia, New ChanS is more impor- tant trade city than Mukden, the capital of the province.
 Manchuria lies in a cold latitude, and if Russia is driven out of it our southern cotton mills will be kept busy in producing coarse cottons for consumption there. Russian greed and occupation would deprive us of all trade in Manchuria, while Japan csc occupation would open the entire province to our merchants. Our stake in the outcome is second only to that of Japan.
 Secretary Hay was very busy just before the beginning of the war in securing new treaty ports and in booming China's integrity, and some positive steps in that direction as the armies of Japan advance would be beneficial. He should at least ask that China concessions be carried out. He might throw in few obser. vations on the open door, with possi. bly, a reflection or two on the dis courag ging features of Russian policy. The armies of Japan are however the best advance agents of commercial freedom, and we have every reason to expect at present that all of China will be open to American trade, in rluding the products of our own lands and mills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
 C cARCELY six years have elapsed GNN since MT Marconi first attract " ed public attention by his | achievements in wireless telegraphy. He opened communication between Alum Bay, on the Isle of Wight and Bourne mouth in Hamphire, in 1898. and on Christmas Eve that year initiated per manent service between the South Fore land Lighthouse and the East Goodwin Sands Lightship In one case the dis tance covered was eighteen miles. and in the other it was twelve miles, In March, 1899, he sent the first message across the English channel, at point where the latter is about thirty miles wide. Then followed the use of the system for re- porting steamships. The first service per- formed by the siasconsett CNantucket) station was on August IS, 1901 and an- nounced the arrival of the Lucania. Steps were taken that year, too, to ascertain the suitability of wireless telegraphy for naval signalling.
 Having come to Newfoundland in De-
 
 ments, and having previously equipped a station at Po,dhu, in Cornwall, England, with a powerful transmitter, MT. Mar conf was convinced that he received sig nals sent to him across the ocean. These were only repettions of the letter "S," and were heard in a telephone but were not recorded with instruments The kite
 
 these tests was unsteady, which still fur ther embarrassed him. So great an ad- vance was this step upon his previous work, and so completely had he conceal | ed his intentions from the world that some skepticism was felt at the time. about the accuracy of his observations on Signal Hill on December 12 and 13. All doubt vanished. however. when the | next important tests were made. MT. Mar conf was then on the steamship Phila- | delphia on his way to America. On Feb | ruary 25. 1902, when 155lk miles from Poldhu. message made up of words was received on the steamship The following day signals were recognized at distance of 2O99 miles from Poldhu. As the mes
  istered. and as the ships officers testified to the position of the Philadelphia at the time. his success was proved convincingly. Experimental work was conducted in | the summer and autumn of 1902 on the | warship Carlo Alberto, which had been | lent to Mir Marconi by the King of Italy. The ship. equipped with wireless tele- eraph instruments, sailed from Naples on | June 10. and on June IS exchanged mes sages with Marconi, then on land at the Lizard. The Carlo Alberto took him on board, and after the coronation exercises started on long cruise. Messages were received from Poldhu and sent to naval vessels in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas. in some instances traversing several hundred miles.
 1 After a few weeks delay at Spezzia, Italy the Carlo Alberto started for Amer. l lea. She approached the coast of Cape | Breton at the close of October, 1902. In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16

stampede in the democratic conven- tion, but his emphatic and unqualified
 withdrawal from the Presidential race
 renders such a view of the recent statements nntenable.
 The chances are that MT. Cleveland is making hay while the sun shines. He is writing magazine articles when they command high prices. He is talking to the public when the public will listen. He is getting old, and he is putting history straight as to con tested matters over which angry opinions are oIten expressed.
 The ex-President is, perhaps, self seeking, but his selfseeking probably consists in putting public opinion straight on disputed questions. He may not win over his opponents in his own par15, he may even embitter issues that time had softened, but he will at any rate present his side and view of them.
 1t is not known how far he will carry his series of statements. He the silver-purchase law to be repealed, and he withheld his sigma ture from the Wilson tariff bill. He did other things that would stand statements, if he desires to continue the series, and the entire lot will be- come of course material to be sifted and analysed b.. the future historian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
MARCONI HAS WON HIS
 SUCCESS IN A FEW YEARS

the mean time station had been erected Bay, near Sydney. A similar one was be- ing built at South Welfeet. on Cape Cod, to replace one which had been con- structed there previously, but which had been wrecked by a storm The Table Head and South Wellfeet stations are almost exactly alike The former Is about 2300 miles from Poldhu and the latter 500 miles further. The Slasconsett station is al- most due south of the one on Cape Cod, and both of them are fully 200 miles from Sandy Hook. Sagaponack, on Long Island, where another station for communicat- ing with passing ships has since been es- tablished, is about ninety miles from this city.
 Experimental work at Table Head was delayed by a number of trifing diff culties, such as the necessity for send ing to Montreal for additional pieces of apparatus, Code messages were ex- changed between Table Head and Poldhu without publicity early in December. 1902. F King Victor Emmanuel III, and other distinguished persons were sent on De- cember 21., After remaining two or three weeks in Canada, MT. Marconi came to Cape Cod. He sent President Rooseveits message to King Edward with his own hand on January 19, 1903. A few weeks later number of news dispatches were transmitted from this country to 'erhe London Times" but for reasons which have not yet been fully explained, some difficulty was encountered in sending messages in the opposite direction from Poldhu.
 Though MT. Marconi visited America again last September, and though his invention has found a wider use in the merchant marine and some foreign na- vies. no apparent advance has yet been made in establishing transoceanic ser vice. The king of Italy. who in several ways has shown a helpful interest in MT. Marconi's work. is said to have offered to him the use of the Carlo Alberto a sec ond time. It was expected that the in- ventor would sail in her for this coun- try in April The death of his father a lew weeks ago made necessary a change Tn his plans. He then decided to come by transatlantic steamship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
JOE JEFFERsoN,s MEMORY.

From the New York Times.
 At the Authors club on Thursday night Joseph Jefferson was talking on the im- portance of memory. His did not al- ways stand by him, he said. "Once l was standing in the Fifth Avenue hotel lobby when a little man came up to me and said, Why, how are you, Mir. Jeff ferson?
 Very well, sir I replied, but you have the advantage of me.
 m General Grant, he said.
 We went up in the elevator. Are you living in the hotel? I asked. He gave me his house number Now, I knew he didn't live in the hotel and knew where his house was, but somehow I couldn't manage my mind, so 1 got out at the second floor for fear I would ask him where he had been during the war"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
Fighting the Boil WeeviI.


 The campaign against the boil wee vii, carried on by the general govern ment and by the states of Texas and Louisiana, has been fully opened, and the forces lined up against the invad- ing insects are more formidable than they have ever encountered. The agents of the federal government have $500,000 at their disposal; Texas offers $50.0 .000 for a remedy that will destroy the insects, and Louisiana has appropriated $25,00O as general fighting fund. The weeyil is this year up against well-organized enemies, but still no hope is expressed that the spread of the pest can be checked. It moves at the rate of about fifty miles year, going northward as well as eastward.
 Just at present there is a gleam of hope in the plan of Captain Mars ton of Red river parish, Louisiana, who insists that paris green will kill boil weevils, as it does other insects, if applied at the right time. After the insect mas entered the boil paris green Lecom,s powerless and value less. Heretofore paris green has been applied after the squares had formed and the weevil was already in the boil Captain Marston says the remedy should be used before a square has been formed. The insects are then lungry, and they will eat enough of the poisonous material to round up their careers, and that too, speedily. The Texas planters have faith in Captain Marston's plan, and so has the Texas chronological bu- raeu It will be thoroughly tested this season.
 In the meanwhile Texas will en- deavor by thorough cultivation and high fertilization to grow a considera- ble crop, even a large crop if the seas on be favorable. This will be done on the basis that the weevils are destructive in the last few weeks of the cotton season only. They appear early, but eaey 10 not become num- erous enough to destroy the crop until after September 1, and in hot fertile Texas a pretty good crop can be grown before that time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
Tri-state League Opens.

"The Tri-State league season opens to- morrow" said baseball enthusiast last night "and predict that this will be one of the strongest minor league In the south. The cities that compose the lea que are Bessemer Chattanooga, Knox vllle Huntsville. Annston, Columbia, De- catur and Sheffield The different teams have signed a number of good players, many of whom are former players in the Southern league. the Cotton States leagues and minor leagues All of the towns in the circuit are considered good ball towns and no doubt the venture will prove a success.
 ',Besemer is the only town in which the league will conflict with the Southern league and l understand that the schedule has been so arranged that games will be played in Bessemer while the Coal Barons are away from home 1 am sure that the Bessemer games will increas SC the interest in baseball in the Birmng- ham district"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
K. of p. Encampmen.Z


 "One of the most interesting of the incl dentals to the biennial encampment of the Knights of Pythias, which Is to be the star event of the year for Louisville is the Class of Thousand said A prom nent member of the order from Louisville last night at the Hotel Hnlman.
 While Pythians and non-Pythians alike are hard at work to make the nat ional gathering of August next a success. the members of one lodge. Clay No. 1. are working just as energetieally for the Glass of a Thousand. The intention Is to have this class ready by June, and when the Pythian hosts invade the Ken lucky metropolis two months later they will be greeted by at least 1000 brothers who were not members of the big order when arrangements for the encampment were begun. Each member of Clay lodge has sought bring In @ new member every week since last August
 The movement is a new one so far as a single lodge is concerned. Large classes have been initiated in a single night on other occasions, notably at h. dianapolis and Kansas City. during re- cent months. In these cases, however the candidates entered number of diff ferent lodges. No lodge has heretofore attempted to secure single-handed so large a class.
 Tt is anticipated that the initiation will prove memorable occasion in the history of Kentucky fraternal circles. Prominent members in the state and national councils of the order will be on hand A large hall or some theater will be used for the occasion. admissions of course, being restricted to members of the order The work will be put on in a manner in keeping with the magnitude of 10 evepf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
MT. CIeveIand's Statements.

The nomination of a democrat for candidate Tor President is scarcely two months ahead, and as it ap- proachesMr. Cleveland is getting busy in explaining the acts of his second administration. He has already issu- ed three explanations. He has ex- plained the Fred Douglass incident; the use of injunctions and the regular army without Governor Altgeld's per mission or request in the Pullman riots, and lastly the sale of bonds to the MorganBelmont syndicate.
 Now what does this unusual and un- accustomed activity on the part of our only ex-President mean? There are those who would have us believe that he is getting ready for, or expects, a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
Summer Art School.

Having long recognized the lack of ia eilities in the south for the study of art and that branch of 1t which has come to be a profession of such importance, illus tration, 1t has been decided to establish In the south summer school which will offer exactly the same advantages that are to be found in the best summer schools of the north.' said an artist last night. 'In looking for a loeation after careful deliberation. the University of Virginia has been chosen as offering un- usual advantages. Apart from the sur rounding country of surpassng beauty and pIcturesqueness affording the artist abundant material, is the university itself, a model of architecture unequalled in it's unity, according to authorities, by any similar American institution. The unique history of this realization of the dreams of Thomas Jefferson, It's founder, with its classic beauty and the host of traditions which cluster about it. create an atmos- phere which cannot fail of inspiration.
 The university also offers to art stu dents the advantages of a valuable library and a museum of natural history contain ing many excellently mounted specimens of great value in the study of animal life There are also tennis courts, golf links, gymnasium with swimming pool and ath- letic field
 Charlottesville. the seat of the uni- versity, Is situated in the valley of the Rivanna river, between the Blue Ridge and Southwest mountains, in that re- nowned section of the state known as Piedmont, Va Two trunk line railways, the Southern and Chesapeake and Ohio Pennsylvania) cross here, giving 1t a very central location, being only ten hours from New York on the north and Atlanta on the south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
PLAN IS GOOD ONE.

From the Mobile Register.
 Judge Feagins plan of arresting and probating wayward boys of Birmingham, especially negro boys. is said to be pro- ducing good results. The arrests of juve- niles in December last were sixty In number; and each following month showed a decrease; in April there were nine arrests. The plan Is a good one. The way to stop the growth of crime is to head it at the start. Make the boy use full and the man is likely tosbe so. Allow him to grow up in unchecked vagrancy, and he will be a continual charge upon the criminal machinery of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 There never was a man a woman could not fiatter; there never was a woman that didn't do it.
 It's a curious thing that girls go from the nursery to school and from school back to the nursery.
 There is hardly anything woman likes more than to hear that one of her neigh bors has called her a snob.
 It's pretty good fun to pretend you're going to kiss a girl and then to have to do it to appease her indignation.
 No matter how poor woman feels she never has any doubt that it is cheaper to buy an expensive hat and charge it than a low-priced one and pay cash for it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
Abou4 Persons.

Congressman J. Thomas Henin of a. Fayette is in the city.
 H. c. Brooks of Charleston is at the Hillman.
 I. D. Dunlap of Gadsden is stopping at the Morris.
 J. Y. Monroe of Mineral Springs is at the St. Nicholas
 president John M. Abercrombie of the state university Is at the Morris.
 The Hon. John B. Knox of Anniston Is ras,st ared at the Hillman. w. II. Borden of Goldsboro. N. C.. Is at the Colonial.
 pobert Russell of Knoxville Is at the st. Nicholas
 w R. Peacock of Selma is in the city.
 P. Cross Arthur c. Smith. F. ". ave and George L. Beall of opelika are at the HiIlman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
LINCOLN IGNORED IN SOUTH.

From Leslies Weekly
 A little side light the decline of sectionalism in the south. and the grow th of a more tolerant and fraternal spirit in all matters affecting our national life, was afforded the other day in the action of the Mississippi legislature in voting down by decisive majority a proposition to change the name of a county from Lin- coin to Jeff Davis. Among those who voted against the change were number of onfederate veterans. That these lesis- lators were not averse at the same time to do honor in some other way to the leader of the Confectionery was shown by their action at the same session in making the birthday of Jefferson Davis a public holiday in the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
WHO'S WHO IN AUToMoBILINe.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
 Among the people who have been ar rested within the past two weeks for ex- piles. we notice the names students grocery clerks "traveing salesmen," shoe dealers "porters. ''bookkeepers," rtellers," Solicitors" photographers" ''tailors,' Accountants" "stenograph- CTS" telegraph operators" conductors" 'paperhangers' and "barbers.' We are anxiously awaiting for some poet or artist to be arrested fer running his automobile too fast. and will consider 1t favor if our readers will notify us of any such case that may escape our notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

colnmbiana Sentinel: The children of Birmingham are bound to have a zoo. They have gone at it in earnest and have several hundred dollars in sight now. Tuskegee News; Former Queen Lilou- lxalani of Hawaii and the big iron man from Birmingham are visiting the St. Louis exposition.
 Centreville Press: The Birmingham boys are going to have that zoo. They are going after it in a business way. and business methods always count.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16

From the Washington Post.
 The death rate per thousand in Manila last month was AZ. It varies in the prov inces on account of General Woods in- ability to catch up with them as often as he would like
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
Take Up Warship Question.

Santiago de Chile. lay 15.-Congress will meet on Tuesday to consider the question of the fate of the Chilean war ships in connection with which negotia- tions are pending
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16
RELICS.
By William Winter.

By William Winter. The violets that you gave are dead
 They could not bear the loss of you: The spirit of the rose has lied
 It loved you and its love was true, Back to your lips that spirit flies, To bask beneath your radiant eyes. Only the ashes bide with me,
 The ashes of the ruined flowers Types of a rapture not to be;
 Sad relics of bewildering hours; Poor, frail. forlorn and piteous shows Of errant passion's wasted woes. He grandly loves who loves in vain:
 These withered flowers that lesson teacl They suffered, they did not complain;
 Their life was love too great for speech In silent pride their fate they bore They loved, they grieved. they ded-n'
 more.
 Far off the purple banners flare.
 Beneath the golden morning spread. know what queen is worshipped there,
 What laurels wreathe her lovely mead. Her name be sacred in my thought. And sacred be the grief she brought. For. since I saw that glorious face
 And heard the music Of that voice, Much beauty's fallen to disgrace
 That used to make my heart rejoice; And rose and violet ne CT can be The same tkat cnce they were to me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16

Mrs. Eddy Is "agin" one-gender clubs. She has deereed that the faithful must not belong to those organizations devoted exclusively to men or women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16

It is believed that a whale can live longer than most of those "hale and hearty old fellows who never took a chew of tobacco or drank drop of whis- ky in their lives
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16

The United States pure food commission has come to the conclusion that jellies and jams are tinted shams." but never theless they still afford opportunities for spanking the small boy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16

The Russian regiments look well unt1 they meet the Japs. and then they acquire a desire for running exercise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16

It is now Hit against Fairbanks in the race for the vice presidential nomination in the republican party. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw stands sponsor for Hit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16

Young Rockefelers Bible class seems to understand the advantages that go with good press agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16

If the Inside Inn expects to entertain the fair 1t will have to widen the dining room door. Poor Queen Lii came to grief there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16

The Filipinos at the St. Louis fair have already cost the government one million dollars exclusive of dog meat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-16

The war correspondent has as much trouble in keeping in touch with the war in the far east as with his home base.