The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-28

N most jubilant frame of mind MT
 Rockefeller takes occasion to make few eulogistic remarks on cheese After enduring digestive martyrdon for long period of years the oil king has arrived at last h harbor and has been saved by 3 liberal diet of cheese Whether the vari- ety which agrees best with Mir. Rockefei ler,s delicate anatomy is Hamburger or some other article not quite so strong is not stated but it is enough to say that cheese is henceforth to furnish forth the Rockefeller board.
 It Is strange that the celebrated dyspep- tic has just discovered the nutritive qual- ities of cheese when it has nourished fam ished humanity since the earliest ages and Is still doing so by means of cheap lunch counters and other resorts where quantity is desired more than quality. Perhaps Mir Rockefeller has not eaten extensively of cheese since he has been manipulating the price of Standard oil. At any rate it is to be hoped that the millionaire has at last discovered a food of which he can partake unsparing!y, for it makes people of less wealth than he feel very uncomfortable to see him una ble to enjoy a square meal. Another ad- vantage will be the fact that the public will perhaps cease to talk so much about Mir Rockefeller's stomach if he gets able to eat without discomfort. But il is gen orally feared that his hopes are destined soon to be cast down, for no confirmed dyspeptic was ever known to acknowledge complete cure.
 Both the republican and democratic band wagons are pretty well crowded but it is hard to decide whether the musicians are discoursing ragtime or Parsifal
 The French have again discovered that they are tippling too much and steps are being made to institute reforms Of course wines will be tolerated, for the Gaul would find life a bleak existence indeed without this comforter in his moments of recrea- ton or reflection. But absinthe and strong alcoholic drinks of all kinds will come under the ban. Of course no one expects France to be rid of alcoholism until the race is extinct but these periodic spurts on the part of reformers are interesting. There is an alarming increase of drunken ness in France. which now leads the world in the consumption of alcoholic drinks and your true monsieur seems to prefer the most deadly combination of drinks that is possible to concoct. He may not be valiant in his duels but he is assuredly courageous in his drinks. The amount of liquid fire he can consume does him proud. Although so easily exctable, French peo- pie seem to want results in their drinking and the sooner they can metamorphose themselves by means of alcoholic or ab snthe the better pleased they seem to be.
 The Chicago professors have not origi- mated any new ideas in at least a week and the public is beginning to fear that they are devoting themselves to their books more than the yellow press.
 In spite of the agitation against the dress suit our walters continue to look like millionaires and our millionaires like walters. There seems to be little com fort here in the doctrine that clothes do not make the man.
 While the public and scientists are spec ulating so much about the possibility of discovering the north pole the south pole is seldom mentioned. And yet the latter is far more interesting. The secrets which lie hidden by the impossible ice fields of the south may never be disclosed but one can but wonder what life and physical characteristics are to be found in that mYsteriOus region. The eXpedi-