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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
The Mayor of Eutaw.

In Fridays issue of The Age-Herald
1t was reported that when Mayor Ward
got to his office Thursday "he found
an inquiry from the mayor of Eutaw,
In which that gentleman stated that it
was reported by a man in Eutaw that
yellow fever had broken out in Bir-
mingham.'
In introducing the article in question
: lie Age-Herald stated that Mayor
Ward had mailed lie against Bir-
mingham and nailed it promptly and
hard"
Edwin Wilson, the mayor of Eutaw,
has written to The Age-Herald a letter,
in which he states that "the mayor of
Eutaw has made no inquiry OF the
mayor of Birmingham or of anyone
else in Birmingham in regard to yell
low fever in Birmingham, nor has he
authorized anyone else to do SO for
him."
Examination of the facts in the case
proves that this statement of the mayor
of Eutaw is quite correct He has not
made, either directly or indirectly, any
such inquiry.
In stating that Mayor Ward had
mailed a lie against Birmingham and
nailed it promptly and hard the arti-
Gle in The Age-Herald was accurate.
though there was no intent whatsoever
to fix the responsibility of originating
or circulating the false report upon the
mayor of Eutaw.
The Age-Herald, like all persons in
Birmingham who know the Character
of the mayor of Eutaw, understands
that 1t would be impossible for him to
originate or knowingly to circulate a
a false report.
The conduct of the mayor OF Eutaw
in the matter in question has been alto
gether admirable.
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Professor lyman Hall.

II certainly did regret to see in the
telegraph accounts in the newspapers
that Prof Lyman Hall, who is at the
head of the Georgia School of Technol-
ogy. cannot possibly recover" said for
mer student now living In Birmingham.
Here is another illustration of q col
lege president working himself to death.
He has done remarkable work at the
Tech and has built 1t up until 1t is one
of the foremost schools of technology in
the south, but in doing so he has weak
ened his own health until now he is a
complete wreck and the physicians say
that he cannot recover.
It should say that there are fifty or
seventy-five graduates or former students
of the Georgia Teen. in Birmingham or
the Birmingham district, and l know
that every one of them will regret to
hear that Professor Hall is SO seriously
Ill. When he went away for his vaca-
ton this summer the physicians thought
that it would require only two or three
months rest to get him on his feet again.
but 1t seems that t..ey were mistaken
and he has steadily grown worse instead
of better"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
FEDERAL CAT BRIGADE.

From the New York Sun.
One of the queer institutions of the
postoffice building is the federal cat bril-
gade. This numbers about fifty extra
good ratters-of all ages, sizes and col
ors, which roam night and day the large
sub-cellars where the federal mail sacks
are deposited. The upkeep of the brigade
is provided for in a special annual APP
preparation by Congress. They kill thou
sands of rats every year. Raw meat Is
fed them every morning-just enough to
keep them in capital fighting temper, and
yet leave an appetite.
Big Tom is the captain of the postoffice
police force. He holds his office by
natural right being fully two feet long
and Weighing about fifteen pounds. The
big black feline is kept continually on
the watch to see that his cohorts are on
post Occasionally one of them wearies
of the continual night that reigns in the
sub-cellars. and slips upstairs Then Tom
is seen on one of his rare excursions
in the upper world. The deserter is usually
found after a short search. Without any
prelminares, the chief darts at the de-
serter. After a moment of scratch. spit
and howl, the deserter tucks his tall be-
tween his legs and goes trotting back to
the sub-cellars and his duty.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
HOLIDAYS Of All Sorts.

Ii may surprise some Of our readers
when they are retold that there is no
national holiday, not even the Fourth
of July. There is nothing in the con,
stitution that warrants the general
government in providing holidays or
issuing holiday proclamations to SOW
ereign states. The executive does Is
sue a proclamation designating a day
of Thanksgiving, but it has no force
outside Of the District of Columbia
and the territories. Some of the states
have, however, passed laws accepting
presidential Thanksgiving dates.
Thanksgiving day is not. in all the
states "a statutory holiday. Independ-
ence day is not at all observed in
some sections of the south. The only
holiday that is observed In all the
states, territories and the District Of
Columbia is Christmas. The Children
will not let that day go unobserved.
Labor day is gaining ground, but in
large sections of the country it is as
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13

demand for the dismantling of the
forts at VladiVostok. and limitations
upon Russia's navy in the Far East,
but she has not given up and will not
be apt to give up sakhalin also. The
long cold island will be much in evil
denee at Portsmouth, and 1t may prove
a more difficult problem than the In
demnity item itself.
The ENJOYS know what Japan de-
mands, and they also have Russias
reply to those demands, and the cables
to st. Petersburg and Toxic are work
ing necessarily. Tomorrow the dis
cussions in the conference will be be-
gun. At the most the news that filters
out of Portsmouth is but reasonable
conjecture, and the public will have to
await official statements before they
can know the exact situation. Such
statements will be forthcoming In due
time, no doubt, but that time may not
be by any means immediate. In the
meantime the optimists and the pes
simists will discuss the general sub
ject, both having pretty plausible
points to present.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
Birmineham's Population.

II notice in the mornings paper" said
the Rev. DIR. ]. w. Stagg yesterday, that
Birmingham's population is figuerd at
5000, based on the school census.
This hardly does justice to the popu-
lation of the city. l firmly believe that
as many as 1900 people live within the
corporate limits of Birmingham. Nearly
5000 people reside within touch of the
local street car system and are largely
dependent on Birmingham merchants for
their supplies
1.-THE daily record of the Birmingham
Railway, Light and Power company
shows that as many as $1,000 passengers
are carried daily by the street cars.
Here more than one-ffth of a city's pop
ulation rides on the street cars every
day and for this reason estimate that
the total number of souls in Jefferson
county numbers at least $50, 000."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
IN HOTEL LoBBlES
Should Investigate.

II have been very much SUI p'isso -
note that Coroner Paris has NOT mace an
Investigation into the death OF the httie
boy who was run over and killed on the
North Highlands several days ago by a
laundry wagon" said prominent attor-
ney yesterday.
Il do not know any Of the facts in
the case further than those have seen
IN the paper. but 1t strikes me that TINS
is a death which should be most care
fully investigated. II the horse was un-
tied. as some witnesses claim, 1t appears
to me a be a case of criminal neg
ligenee. If the horse was tied, as the
driver claims. then he would be vindi-
Gated.
IF 1t ever was the duty of the coroner
to Investigate death this Is the time.
A helpless baby playing in the street
was run over and KILLED and no official
notice was made of the case, further
than an investigation by the police. That
was not case of police jurisdiction. but
it Is something which the coroner's duty
demands that no investigate"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
NOT VERY PROFITABLE.

whose annual advertising bills amount
to $4,000. reports: Outdoor advertising
is not profitable compared with other
forms unless we want to impress the
name of an article on the peoples minds"
For that purpose the company believes
small percentage of its expenditure Is
useful. Officers of company advertise
ing to about the same extent report that
they have spent a great deal on outdoor
advertising and think some of 1t has
paid A company which devotes nearly
100000 a year to advertising spends
nothing out of doors in the United States
or Canada, but from one-third to one
half of its allotment for Cuba in that
fashion. on the theory that the people
there are largely illiterate and can be
reached in no other way. The general
manager of large concern reports that
after experiment he has stopped outdoor
advertising and adds: Perhaps IN some
new country. or with new product, 1t
might be profitable, but 1 would rather
doubt it,
All this would seem to indicate that the
poster inundation is likely to subside AS
new and striking bid of publicity 1t
naturally had great vogue. but, now that
solid business men are counting the re-
suits and finding them unsatisfactory, we
may hope to see the nuisance largely
abated. If sound commercial reasons sup
ported the posters the fight to restrict
their ugliness would abe most arduous.
but If commerce and beauty work side
by side there is good reason to hope for
gradual clearing away of these excres-
cences upon the landscape.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
Portmsuth's Secret Conference.

The exact terms of the demand pre-
scented by Japan to Russia on Thurs
day last have not been made public,
but it is believed they cover the ex-
penses of the war and that they aim
to rob Russia of power in the Far
East hereafter. Corea is to go to
Japan and Manchuria to China, but
Russia is to maintain her through line
of railroad in northern Manchuria to
Vladivostok. All other Russian rights
In Manchuria, south of Hardin, go to
Japan, as do the interned ships.
Two subjects are thought to be diff
ficult, namely, the size of the indem-
nifty, and the cession of Sakhalin. II
an indemnity is to be paid at all it
should be large enough to cover the
expenses of the war. and Russia is
neither SO large nor SO proud as to be
exempt from the modern penalty OF
war.
It is plain that Sakhalin is sore
point in the conference. The island
belonged to Japan until 1875, when
Russia succeeded in bullying 1t out OF
Japan's hands. Japan holds 1t now
by right of conquest. She needs it in
order to give her control of one side
of the sea of Japan. She needs 1t be-
cause 1t dominates the mouth Of the
Amur. 1t has high strategic value,
and Japan cannot control the Sea OF
Japan securely unless she holds it.
The island itself lies in the land OF
cold and frost. 1t has no agricultural
value, unless it be found in its forests
1t holds coal seams, and fish swarm
along its shores. 1t never has and il
never will invite immigration.
Japan has. 1t is thought, waived the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
A Charitable Estimate.

Down deep in every human heart there
Is something good II we take the trouble
to look for IT. said the Rev. J. J. ID.
Hall. chaplain in the prison camps at
Pratt City. yesterday.
II am thrown constantly with class
of people that, perhaps. is the most de-
PRAYED in the land-people In whom you
would expect TO find the least of the
aesthetic. the good and the noble in
human character. Yet, down deep in
every soul confined In these prison walls
there is something good; some small
spark of that infinite goodness that every
human soul inherits from its supreme
maker.
"I have been convinced that no soul
becomes so depraved that 1t does not
at times awaken to the soft whisper
of the better self and glow with the
warmth of some heaven-born hope for
a better life In the future.
1.-THE average man is better than he
gets credit for being and | am led to
believe that no one ever entirely loses
that supreme quality of soul that makes
US akin to God
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
Reed Miller.

II was glad to find Reed Miller, for
merly of the Church of the Advent choir,
so widely known and so highly esteemed
in high musical circles in the east" said
Il. q. Powell, choirmaster of the Church
of the Advent. who recently spent his
vacation in and around New York.
Mr.. Miller was exceedingly popular in
birmingham and his friends have watch-
ed his career with great interest. but
these friends can hardly know until they
go to New York what name he has
made for himself. He is the solo tenor
at Plymouth church-Beechers old church
and draws large salary for singing
there nine months in the year. He has
an extensive oratorio repertoire; can sing
the tenor solos in all the big oratorios
at short notice, and he is In great de-
mand No southern musical artist has
ever made finer hit in New York than
Reed Miller
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
Clean Out chutes.

ST have always had a curiosity to know
how these mail chutes running to the top
of the tall buildings were cleaned out
when they became clogged with letters. .
said an occupant of one of the build
ings yesterday.
MY curiosity was satisfied today when
the chute in the Woodward building be-
came clogged.
Someone had put too many letters
in the chute and they were jammed worse
than the logs in a riser near a lumber
camp An official took long stiff wire
and ran 1t down into the chute and and
after half an hours work managed to
loosen a few of the letters of the Jam
sufficiently to-allow them to slip on down.
This process was repeated until all the
letters had been released and dropped to
the letter box on the first floor
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
STANDING ROOM ONLY.
Buffalo Enquirer.

From the Buffalo Enquirer.
Mark Twain, In his lecturing days,
reached a small eastern town one after
noon and went before dinner to a BARRIERS
to be shaved.
"You are a stranger In the town, sr?"
the barber asked.
Eyes. | am stranger here" was the
reply.
Were having a good lecture here to-
night. sir" said the barber. "A Mark
Twain lecture. Are you going to it?''
Eyes. think I will said Mr.. Clemens.
'IIave you got your ticket yet?' the
barber asked.
mo, not yet" said the other
"Then, sir. you'll have to stand
Dear mer Mr.. Clements exclaimed. ut
seems as If l always do have to stand
when hear that man Twain lecture"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
Question Answered.

IN answering the question of how the
pestferous stegomyia fasciata becomes
injected originally. possibly some light
will be thrown on that question by some
researches made recently while in resi-
oence at the Berlin university in Ger
MANY said Prof. William P. McCarty,
OF the Meridian Male college yesterday.
found that the eggs of the female
pests are at certain stages covered with
a foreign pollen and that just before
egg-spawning the insect was in a con-
oition known in man as acute fever
This artificial heat produces an irri-
tation In the yellow heller. She proceeds
10 use her probe to stir matters. This
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
OPPORTUNITY.
James ingalls,.

By John James Ingalls,.
Master of human destinies am 1!
wait.
Cities and fields / walk; I penetrate
Deserts and seas remote. and passing by
Howell and mart and palace. soon or late
knock unbidden once at every gatel
If sleeping, wake; II fasting. rise before
turn away. 1t Is the hour of fate,
And they who follow me reach every
state
Mortals desire, and conquer every foe
Save death: but those who doubt or hest
tate,
Seek me In vain and uselessly implore.
answer not. and return no more!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
n HE tenth annual report of the
Wy American Scenic and Historic
Preservation society to the legis-
lature, of which we have received proof
sheets, contains some interesting facts
about the effectiveness of the outdoor adj
vertising that does so much to mar the
beauty of our cities and countryside. OF
course, any newspaper comment on this
subject always invites the jibe that 1t
is inspired by petty desire to preserve
monopoly of the advertising business.
But the figures given in the report con-
corning the small proportion of advertis-
ing expenditures directed by large and
successful advertisers to poster publicity,
which inflicts injury so utterly out of
proportion to its commercial usefulness,
should in this case serve to avert that
reproach. 1t is evident that the newspaper
and magazines have little to fear from
the signboard. Even those who use post
ers for certain lines of advertising realize
that their effectiveness is strictly limited
to a few kinds of advertising limited to
few kinds of articles. And at least the
scenic society, which Is responsible for
the discussion, cannot be charged with
commercial motives, or with any purpose
except to protect the community from a
plaugue of ugliness.
The scenic society sent letters to four
teen of the largest advertisers in the
United States, who are credited with
spending from 100000 to 100000 year,
asking them about their expenditures,
the proportion spent on outdoor or poster
Advertising, their views as to its use
fulness and other questions along that
line. The answers are highly encouraging
to those who hope to live to see the day
when fields and rocks and city facades
will no longer be disfigured with garish
notices of pills and powders. One firm
which spends from $3.50, 900 to $500, 200 year
on advertising, devotes only about per
cent of this sum to outdoor advertising,
and does not regard it as a favorable
medium. Another firm has spent from a
few hundred to several thousand dollars
out of an advertising budget of 100000
on street car and other posters, but has
been disappointed In the results, and has
discontinued that method. A company
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13

dams. One readily recalls the famous ex-
plot of Handy Andy and the soda wa
ter bottle at the dinner party of Squire
hgan" It IS probable that no scene in
literature has created more laughter than
this inin1itable invention OF Samuel Lover
For over fifty years young and old have
laughed at the antics of poor Andy and
II Is not at all improbable that low
comedy took Its first settler bottle cue from
Dr.. Lover. The trick Is old now. It has be-
come excessively stale, but its power to
start a laugh Is apparently diminished
but little. An audience will howl with
laughter over the whlzzing, sizzling self
ger bottle which laundering comedian
turns loose against himself when 1t would
remain quiet in the presence OF newer
and more subtle bit of humor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
Easy Money.

From the Sheffield Reaper.
Some of the daily papers are NOW
crowded with pictures of mosquitoes, jac-
companied by advertisements of alleged
mosquito destroyers. And it's ten to one
cinch that many credulous person will
"bite" as quickly at this bait as negress
will at a medicine guaranteed to take.
the kinks out of her hair
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
Some people take a lot of satisfaction
out of never being satisfied with any,
thing.
1t is a great economy to smoke cigars
and feel the habit is so expensive you
can't AFFORD to own an automobile.
A girl is sure man Ia going to pro-
pose to her when he doesn't like her
little brother, but gives him nickles to
prove 1t.
When women say girl Is awful gooo
to her mother and has a sweet DISPOSE
ton they mean she has no chance to
get married.
A mothers ambition for her son IS 70
have him either be a clergyman or mar
nv a rich wife, and her dream Of heaven
is to have him do both.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
II All Depends.

From the Livingston Southern Home.
The Montgomery papers became some
what excited at the quarantine of Ala
bama towns against that city. Their
kicks" would read queer If placed along
side of their articles advocating quar-
antine against New Orleans, Shreveport
and all infected points. 1t generally de-
ponds on whose OK is gored.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
BABY,s MARROW ESCAPE.

From the Chicago News
MY baby said the husband of a
prominent club and society woman. had
a narrow escape yesterday"
'Indeedr' exclaimed the friend of the
family How was that?'
1.-The nurse girl thoughtlessly left it
alone with its mother for nearly an hour"
explained the husband and father.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
Knocking Harry's Crowd.

From the Russell Register.
From Newport, the famous fashionable
summer resort, comes the announcement
that The weather Is depressing. So. also.
are some of the reports of the doings of
some of the fashionable set who are
there
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
REGRETS Not Expressed.

From the Talladega Reporter.
We have not received their cards yet,
but doubles many of the people of Mont
gomery and New Orleans regret their in
ability to attend our chautauqua this
week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
Could Succeed Anywhere.

From the Goodwater Enterprise.
If some of the gentlemen of light and
leading in the insurance world has gravi-
tated to the printing business they would
probably have devised means of print
ing money and making 1t go.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13

The war upon the mosquito shows
lat the American people do not pro-
pose to strain at a gnat and swallow an
epidemic.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13

1t now develops that Explorer Fiala
Is alos a lover. The yellow press Is
working overtime on stories of senti-
ment and polar ice"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13

Seattle Is almost a rival of Atlanta
in the matter of claiming things. 1t
proposes to be the New York of the
Pacific, with 100000 inhabitants ten
years hence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13
ALABAMA PRESS


From the Bullock County Breeze.
1t has come to this, that II a fellow
falls In love with the Presidents daugh-
ter he is adjudged insane.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13

The Columbia, s. c.. State issued a
special educational supplement August 10,
which gave an excellent idea of educa-
tional advancement and progress in South
Carolina.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13

Russia wants peace, but to get 1t
she does not want to give up any
money or real estate. She will learn
better by'm by.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13

Milwaukees latest CRATER, Mr..
Pfister, is millionaire. He wanted to
be multi-millionaire.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13

The esteemed New York Sun is prod
ding the valued New York Herald,
which has thus far remained silent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13

Having become a promoter. former Ban
dit Cole Younger will have many oppor-
tunities to disregard the law of mine
and thine" without clashing with the
legal authorities. Robbing is more exct-
ing. but promoting is safer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13

1t appears that bald-headed men
never have consumption, nor men that
abstain from cigarettes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13

The Standard Oils rebates from
New Orleans have been cut off.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-13

Yellow jack is coming up strong for
every round, but that Is no sign he will
not be knocked out by your Uncle Sam.