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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
Italy and the South

Baron Meyer des Planches, the Ital-
Ian ambassador to the United States.
is again In the south. He Is going to
New Orleans over the Illinois Central
railroad, stopping at Memphis, vicks-
burg, Jackson and other state centers
He is studying again the advantages
and disadvantages that the south holds
out to Italian immigrants.
Heretofore the Italian immigrant has
fingered In the states north of the Pc.
tomae and east of the Blue Ridge-in
a small section of the country that is
already congested, and that no longer
needs immigration of any sort. New
York city, for example, holds more
Italians than Rome does, and possibly
more than does Naples itself.
How to induce the Italian immigrant
to neglect the congested district and
to go to the south, where he is sadly
needed, is the problem before the Ital.
Ian ambassador and the people of this
country. The south can secure this
great tide of immigration if it will
take hold OF the business in a business.
like manner. If our railroads will lead
the way perhaps the rest of this sec.
ton will take up the task and prose
cute it to full success.
The chief need of the south is white
farmers. Many whites are needed in
the cotton mills also The Italian new.
corners are our best hope, and between
the Italian authorities and the home
railroads there is some prospect that
the vast stream of Italian immigration
will be diverted to the section that
needs it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
GRAY in Different Shades.

AT last nights meeting of the city
Council Alderman Henry b. Gray walked
up to B. A. Pepperman, the Mayors sec
rotary and said:
Pep. l wish when you write letters
to me you would keep in mind what my
name is"
why. l do, Mr.. Gray" said Pepper
man. Il know what your name is. In
fact, sir, I'D think it a grave reproach If
I was ignorant of the name of so distin-
guished a citizen
We'll. that's all right. Pep, but you
evidently don't know what my name is
just the same"
81 do know" protested Pepperman.
"Your name is II. B. Gray"
1T isn't anything of the kind replied
the alderman from the Eighth ward some
what holly. my name is Henry B..
Gray There's another man in this town
named H b. Gray and he's one of
Gods children cut in ebony. Now, just
remember that hereafter and when you
write me letters address them Henry B..
Gray, and not II. B. Gray.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
SHE SANG "oHl PROMISE Me-

From the New York American.
Jessie Bartlett Davis was one of the
most distinctive characters of the stage.
Born on the prairies, she took with her
to the stage a physical vigor. natural
common sense and an individuality that
contributed to her great success almost
as much as her wonderful eontralto voice
and her forceful acting in musical roles.
The stage never weaned Mrs. Davis
from the love of her home and family
She preached and practiced the doctrine
of Homework as a cure for broken
down nervous system. She believed that
the stage was to teach well as amuse
the public She never forgot, as she
often said, that she was the servant of
the people.
Mrs. Davis was 30 years on the stage
she was II years with the Bostonians,
and for years before that with the Bos-
ton Ideals In 1901 she entered the vau-
deville field, under Murdoch, at the Ma
sonic Temple. Chicago. Her success was
instantaneous, and she appeared in all
the leading cities. When asked to give
800 to the Actors Heme in New York
she sent a check for $1,000.
In 1903, in England, singing under Rob-
ert Grau's management, she scored
great triumph, being praised by the most
severe critics.
Mrs Davis had sung "Oh, Promise Me"
almost since the beginning of her stage
career, when she appeared as Buttercup
In "Pinafore." Besides this, she sang
MY Heart to Thee "Genevieve,
Good Night, Beloved, Good Night and
many others of which her audiences new
er tired. She gave robin Hood dis
th.etive place in operate productions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
Fever at Panama.

The stampede of clerks from the
isthmus does not mean that yellow
fever has become epidemic there
About dozen cases are reported, but
a dozen cases do not constitute an
epidemic.
1t should not be forgotten that Pan
anna is further south than Havana, and
that conditions there are worse than
they were at Havana. Colonel Gorgas
chief sanitary officer of the zone, is
working hard to improve the sanitary
condition Of both Colon and Panama,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
Germany's New Tariff.

Secretary Shaw went out of his way
to threaten Germany with retaliating
tariff if she INDUCES in a tariff that
discriminates against this country.
The speech of our Finance Minister
was made just after Germany had de-
clared an intention to change her
duties on American products. Several
nations indulge in discriminatory tar
ifs. France has such tariff, and so
have several lesser commercial coun-
tries. Under the circumstances Sec
rotary Shaw's speech becomes threat
against Germany, and he was in no
sense authorized to utter a threat
against any nation, particularly against
nation with which we have large
trade.
We are in no position to threaten
anyone. We erect wall against all
imports, while we seek and need mar
kets for exports. We have long treat
ed Germany rudely, and the speech of
Secretary Shaw was an additional
rudeness. Our entire system of ex-
change is harsh enough without any
aggravaton volunteered by our FL
nance Minister
Nor is 1t true, as Mr.. Shaw states.
that we do not discriminate against
Germany Every reciprocity treaty is
discrimination, and we have at least
one with Cuba. The Dingley tariff ex-
pressly provides for the negotiation of
reciprocity treaties, and Germany no
doubt desires to take advantage of the
Dingley act. Altogether Mr.. Shaw's
speech was unfortunate, unnecessary
and uncalled-for. As long as we in
dulge in public brigandage, to use the
words of Bishop Mackay Smith, we
should not threaten any nation or any
body.
In 1904 we sold Germany 1913, 723,.
593 worth of goods. The new German
tariff goes into effect next March, and
unless we in the meanwhile negotiate
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A LAKE MEMORY.

By William Wilfred Campbell.
The lake comes throbbing in with voict
of pain
Across these flats, athwart the sunsets
glow.
1 see her face l know her voice again,
Her lips. her breath. o God. as long
ago.
To live the sweet past over would fain.
As lives the day in the red sunsets fire.
That all these wild, wan marshlands now
would stain.
With the dawn's memories. loves and
flushed desire.
I call her back across the vanished years.
Nor vain-a white-armed phantom fills
her place;
Its eyes the wind blown sunset fires, its
tears
This rain of spray that blows about
my face.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
BATHS IN The NEWS.

From the New York World.
When President Roosevelt returned to
New Castle. Col. after mis- bear hunting
trip, it was announced that ne had taken
his first bath in a tub in more than two
weeks. From Bad Nauheim comes the
news that Secretary Hay has taken his
fifteenth bath there, and that he intends
to take six more.
There was some discussion among Of
ficers of the Episcopal church in Wash
ington last week because an extra bath
tub that cost 5000 had been pfaced in Bish-
OPP Satterlees house last year for the use
of the visiting Archbishop OF Canterbury.
The church paid the bill.
Meanwhile the agitation of free baths
at Coney Island goes on. Let Presidents,
statesmen, bishops and people have plenty
of baths. They are a good thing.
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and the canal belt that lies between
them. His hands were tied by the late
canal commission, but he now has a
f. e hand in sanitary affairs. He will
soon have pure water flowing in all
inhabited districts of the zone, and
sewers will soon be completed in
Colon and Panama. Drainage through
out the zone will be attended to; hos
pitfalls of approved construction will be
built, and lne mosquito, if possible,
driven out. The rainy season has,
however, set in, and it is more than
probable that Colonel Gorgas will not
be able to render the canal zone
wholly wholesome this year. His plans
look more to next year.
The sanitary task at the isthmus is
a heavy one, but if Colonel Gorgas is
given a free hand he will certainly re-
peat there his Havana victory. He
relieved Havana of yellow fever, and
he will succeed next year in driving
the scourge from the canal zone. He
is an expert i'll the work of sanitation
in tropical districts, and the canal
commission should and undoubtedly
will continue to place confidence in
him despite the attacks of the fright
ened and fleeing clerks.
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MANY CHICAGO PEOPLE
IN SPORTING BUSINESS
rom the New York Commercial.

From the New York Commercial
IT HE baseball players In this coun-
lOp try present a wide range of sal
aries. There are in Chicago sixty
professional players earning from $500 to
$500 apiece year. The estimate made In
cludes managers, mi-professionals, who
are struggling along hoping to make big
money some day, groundkeepers. score
card boys, popcorn men, gate tenders,
ticket takers and sellers and soforth,
and they serve to drag down the aver
age.
The professional baseball players are
among the best paid men in the country,
and some of them draw fabulous salaries
for few years; then drop back among
the low-salaried men. There are dozens
of men and boys who work for starvation
wages around ball parks because of their
love of the game.
Bowling is another low-paying game.
The pin boys average less than 10 cents
a day, while the bowlers who make a
profession of the game earn only fair
salary, dependent upon their skill and
luck. Most of them have other sources OF
revenue. Every one of the seventy-eight
recognized bowling resorts in Chicago has
one or more well-paid managers.
Golf naturally the rich mans game
affords a means of livelihood to hum
dreds. The thirty-six courses In and
around the city employ more persons
directly, than any other branch of sport
and the pay is higher. Each club keeps
from one to seven professionals and club
makers. There is an army of ground
,xeepers, and each club has from twelve
70 fifty-five caddies The caddie boys make
good money-their regular pay Of 10 cents
an hour being awelled largely by tips
from the rich men and women who play
the game. Besides. the club houses are
lied with employees, bartenders, stewards,
walters. etc. who make good money dur
ing the season.
If is estimated that over 100000 is
spent on golf each year in Chicago The
renorts of the thirty-six clubs show ex-
penditures Of $4,000 directly. and this
does not count the pay of caddies ETC..
or even give a hint as to the amounts
the game costs the players.
Yachting furnishes employment for
forty saIaried persons although almost
every boat is handled and cared for by
its owners. The trotting horse follow
ers make fair money-the owners being
usually men of wealth. The owners them
selves make little out of the game. 1t is
stated that only three Chicago stables
of harness horses failed to show deficit
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
COLLEGE AND POVERTY.

From the Chicago 1nter-Ocean.
A recent bulletin of the Massachusetts
Labor Bureau shows that In Harvard,
often called "a rich mans college," nearly
10 per cent of the young men and nearly
II per cent of the young women are the
children of people classed by statisticians
as wage-earners.
In Boston university, the largest Meth
odist institution of New England. over %
per cent of the students are the sons and
daughters of wage-workers.
The record of Clark university is even
more remarkable. This is devoted entirely
to post graduate and research work-that
is, to the kind of study which must wait
longest for monetary returns Yet nearly
q per cent of its students are from wage
working families
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In the smiling isle of Ballyhoo
The people never get in debt,
There is no credit there, you oct,
You always pay for what you get
In the smiling isle of Ballyhoo.
In the smiling isle of Ballyhoo.
Strikes and trusts are quite unknown.
The bugle's blast is never blown,
It's there the dove of peace has flown,
To the smiling isle of Ballyhoo.
In the smiling isle of Ballytoo
Men are as good as they can be,
Maids have no curiosity,
gossip there you never see,
In the smiling isle of Ballyhoo.
In the smiling isle of Sallyhoo
The people have no vanity,
Nor do they use profanity,
And they are famed for sanity
In the smiling isle of Ballyhoo.
In the smiling isle of Ballyhoo
Is where sweet virtues fairly TEEN
And things are always what they
seem
Gee whiz, l saw this in dream
This smiling isle of Ballyhoo
PAUL COOK.
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Laras Cotton Crop.

IF all the cotton states have planted
as much cotton as Georgia, the crop this
year will be a record-breaker," said Col
w. c. Lawrence of Columbus, Ga. Col
onel Lawrence is a locomotive engineer
on the Central Of Georgia, and is MEM
Der of Governor Terrells staff.
Il have never seen d better stand Of
cotton at this time of the year than now.
AS far as l can learn the acreage in
Georgia is unusually large. Old plum or
chars and blackberry patches were plowed
up and planted in cotton"
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reciprocity treaty with her, we will
have to pay Germany's maximum
rates, and we will in that way lose a
share of our trade. Germany's agra.
rian tariff names both maximum and
minimum rates, and only countries
that secure from her reciprocity treat.
les can gain the advantages of her
minimum rates. Secretary Shaw will
discover that he cannot bully Ger
many, and that Dingleyism produces
not only discomfort at home, but also
trouble abroad.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
The Carnival.

II am glad to know that the Gaskill
show is being well patronized," said a
friend of the orphans. "The entertain
ment is for the benefit o. the orphanage
at East Lake The show is the most
meritorious that has been here in many
year and every one who attend will
be well repaid. But even If it were less
attractive than 1t is, the cause should
enlist generous support on the part of
the public No circus or carnival COM
pany eployes a finer band than the Gas
kill show. This band belongs to the con-
cert class and is gree. feature of the
carnival"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
"AMERlCAN HUMoR" ABROAD.

From the London Telegraph.
1.-THE Dictator is splendidly, outrag-
eously American. The characters talk
elegant" their humor is redolent of the
Broadway their action is swift, their
energy inexhaustible. Their conversation
is a curious blending of heroics and COM
monplace matter; they are imbued with
the best instincts of meodrama tempered
by an active spirit of sheer merriment
Us your husband dead?' the hero asks
of fascinating Spanish lady. Yes" is
the answer. did he leave You much?"
the questioner rejoins. Every night" and
the reply is so une.- 2ected, yet comes so
pat, that the audience roars with de-
light.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
THE RAJAH's GUEST.

From the London Express.
1t is the custom in Sarawak that the
Rajabs house shall be open to his SUBJ
jects at any time That same Kayan chief
from Baram who visited me, Dian by
name, presented himself one night at
Astana when the Rajah had a dinner
party. His appearance, clad simply in
a chawat (waisteoaD with five followers
in equally full dress, among dozen peo-
pie conventionally attired was piquant
reminder that l was least of Suez." Dian
pulled pipe-I was going to say from his
pocket-lit up. and bore his part calamity
in the social amenities of the evening.
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for last year. The sport is expensive to
owners, and they add to the expense by
paying comfortable wages to the trainers,
joggers, hostlers and shin Scorers.
Sport, from the estimates of the promo
tiers of various games, would not appear
to be a profitable means of>iivelhood. But
the estimates do not include the men who
make big money selling sporting goods.
There are over dozen places in Chicago
that deal in nothing but sporting goods
and hundreds of places that sell sporting
goods as part of their business
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
Tuskeaee Is Prosperous.

Charles W. Hare, editor of the Tuskegee
News and one of the best known attor-
neys OF East Alabama, Is in Birming
ham looking after business interests.
"Tuskegee.' said Mr.. Hare, lis prosper
ing as 1t has never prospered before. We
are located in one Of the richest cot
ton sections In the state and the large
crops of last year have pu- the farmers
in good circumstances.
"A well defined building boor seems to
hive struck Tuske see this year and over
100000 worth of buildings have been con-
Macon county is also soon to have new
S45. 900 court house
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From the New York Press.
Generally you can tell when girl 5
hair is red by the way her family calls
II golden.
Suburban life is an awful good training
for the next world in clse you go to the
wrong place.
Either people think you get on because
you have brains or because you get on
you have brains.
When a man gets old enough to think
he doesn't know 1t all he has son young
enough to think he does.
When man has paid all his family
bills and has dollar and quarter LETT
over he feels as If he had inherited gold
mine.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
NoVELIsTs TO SPARE.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Gerki, the novelist, is to be allowed to
live in Russia. VIII he be lonesome there
This country has a great many nov
elists in these times of rampant pros
perity who would never be missed Take
EN- along. and if Russia can do no bet
ter with them put them on the firing line
in Manchuria
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
Snow Falls In indiana.

Evansville. Ind. May 1.-THE Ohio river
continues to rise here and tonight is less
than foot under the danger line. The
Wabash river is also rising and at Mount
Carmel, Ill, stands Is feet. Snow fell to-
day at Mount Vernon. Ind. and several
points In this section of the state, and 1t
is much colder tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
Bow AccidentalIv shoots Himself.

Opelika May lL-(SpeciaD-Whi clean
ing a SS-calibre revolver last evening"
Kyle Andrews. aged 16, was seriously shot
in the left thigh by the accidental dis
charge of chamber The wounded boy
is the oldest son of W. A. Andrews or
the Andrews-Melton Lumber company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
ALABAMA PRESS


From the Mobile Register
If Mr.. Blaine was correct in estimating
the value of each immigrant at Sl5o0, the
coming of 1900 to the United States In
single day is piling up wealth as fast
as the people and the government can
destroy it.
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deress" whose identity was revealed by
schoolmate after the mystery had re-
manned unsolved for fifty years, reminds
one of a rather depressing book by Winnie
Davis, which appeared several years ago
and was entitled, ''rhe Yelled Doctor"
In the story there was no concealment of
identity by the veil, but doctor who fell
victim to cancer took this means of
hiding his face from his beautiful young
wife until death ended his torture.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
GOOD NEWS FOR COYOTES.

From the Kansas City Journal.
Hamilton county doesn't propose to be
buncoed any longer. For years it has paid
a bounty of coyote scalps. Adjoining coun-
ties never paid bounty. and hunters for
hundreds of miles around would take
their scapls to Hamilton and get bounty.
Hamilton has got tired of furnishing in
centive' for the destruction of coyotes
and has rescinded the scalp bounty or
der
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ALBANY. TOO.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Senator do you think that bilINwill ever
pass?"
mo. but we are soing to make some
people whose business would be hurt If
IL did pass, do a lot of handsome things
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-18
A CHURCH TRUST.

From the New York World.
Mr.. Rockefeller believes that the
churches should form a trust on Standard
Oil lines, which, of course, would lead to
gentlemens agreement on the price
of salvation. Stili, many will adhere to
the old time tried trust in God" idea.
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Looks Like It.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Liberty was born in Boston and grew
to manhood in Philadelphia" says the
Rochester Herald. Was 1t in Chicago that
the gentleman was Oslerized?
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E HAVE all met him-the ON
niseient individual who never
does anything himself but IS

u" nlsclent individual who never
W does anything himself but IS
satisfied that he could do everything bet
ter than anybody else. He spends hours
explaining what he would do in an i'm
portant crisis Of state if he we're presi-
dent; he argues at length on both local
and national affairs. criticizing, finding
fault and condemning with q free hand
If a person writes a book the knowing
individual will pick flaws with a self-sat-
isfied air that proves he cannot be mis-
taken. If the street is being graded in
front of his home he cannot restrain his
Impotence at the stupidity of the con-
tractors, the laborers and the mules If
the City Council passes an ordinance it
is a shame that we can't have aldermen
who know their business, attend to it and
scorn graft. Nothing ever pleases him and
no accomplishment is above his petty
carping. Even the works or the great
God Jehovah are subject to his exceptions
and the faults of his fellow MAXWELL he
hasn't time to detail the frailties Of hui
manty. Eternally telling you how things
ought to be done and asserting that he
would perform them differently, he does
nothing. He is too lazy to work himself,
but finds it easy to play the part of self
appointed judge. Where will yo.t find this
genius? The chances are that he is loaf
ing around a boarding louise run by his
wife, the sorriest excuse for man that
the Lord ever created.
Musing thus the bard was constrained
to remark:
REVEALS HIS LONG EARS.
The man who talks about his deeds
That no one can surpass,
And eriticizes all the world,
Thus proves himself an ass
If ever a boy is tempted to doubt the
sincerity of his mother 1t is when she
stays the whip 10 remark, This hurts
me more than it does YOU
That is a rather unique defense intro
duced by New Jersey man who 10
charged with murder lie claims that he
has a dual personality and committed a
crime under the spell of some evil infiu-
ence at which his better nature would
revolt This DR.. JelIyl and Mr.. Hyde
business is all right in a Look or on
the stage, but when it crops out In real
life something ought to be done. The
gentleman in this case is either crazy or
extremely artfu1. If the former there is
place for him, and if the latter, there
is also retreat in the state of New Jer-
sey where he can be kept behind iron
bars.
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Home Again.

From the Huntsville Democrat.
Tanned and with the smile that won't
come off, Roosevelt Is back in the White
House, dealing in retrospects in which
bears and mountain lions and the ever
present coon are predominant