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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14
New Orleans is a Scandal.

The fever in Louisiana is still con fined to the southeast extension of the state A line drawn from the south west corner of Mississippi when it meets the big river to Vermillion Bay would include all the infected terri tory and every case except one in Mad ison parish. Baton Rouge is free from the fever, and so are a number of en- tire parishes in the easterly wing of Louisiana The number of deaths is low, comparatively speaking, and the situation is far from discouraging. The task came late to the marine hospital service, but 1t may master it.
 But what of the future? The Mem phis Commercial-Appeal says: New Orleans must be made permanently sanitary, if we have to tear the doc Urine of states rights into seventeen tatters" The city is filthy beyond conception, and such a condition, says the Commercial-Appeal, is a menace to the southern country. The welfare of the south. in short, demands a gov ernment quarantine at New Orleans.
 Our Memphis contemporary goes on to say that Memphis is healthy, but it lis today bottled up because New Or leans has been hlthy and negcgent." :" The insanitary condition of New Or leans will cost .demphis. says the Com | mercial-A Appeal, a million dollars, and | Memphis is but a type of the southern city Some sort of frictionless mo- dus vivendi," it adds, should be ar ranged by which the national govern ment shall take hold permanently at New Orleans, and give the south pro | tection from the yellow fever and the useless but disastrous alarms that ac- company it."
 This is the situation as all sensible persons see it. The south has stood New Orleans filth and fruit trade to 1 the limit 1t will stand no more of it, and all the political talk in the world cannot change public sentiment on that subject
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14
Counties in Wholesale Lots.

Georgia has long had 137 counties, while Alabama has but CT. Georgia is, it is true, the larger state of the two, but the two areas are not proportionate to the number of counties Georgia be- lieves in small counties, and Alabama in large counties, and yet neither pos sesses township government, and all highway, charity, school and electoral work must be conducted from the county seat through county officers. Fms would seem to call for small counties, so as to give the people local self-government. The township does that but neither Alabama nor Georgia seem inclined to accept the New Eng land plan of local government. The population and circumstances do not point that way.
 But Georgia is not content with 137 counties, for a scheme has been formed in the legislature now in session to create eight more. The new counties bear these names: lift, Crisp, Grady, Toombs, Turner, Jenkins, Jeff Davis and Stephens-all Georgians except one. The chances are that the eight bills will be logrolled through before the legislature adjourns this week. The simultaneous creation of eight counties in one of the original thirteen states is not an ordinary event, in fact, 1t Is something unprecedented, but after all it does not bring government closer to the governed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14
DESERTED WIVES.
From The New York World.

From The New tOrk Noflu
 Shocking indeed is Magistrate Pools estimate that there are 5000 cases of desertion of wives by husbands every year in the police courts of this city. Yet there is no good reason to ques- ton 1t when the daily average of the seven police courts is taken as a basis of calculation. How many additional cases of desertion there are where wives avoid making their troubles public cannot even be guessed.
 The law can go only so far in com polling the husband to live up to his duty to his wife and children. When it can reach him it makes him at least con- tribute. to their support or sends hipl to the workhouse. It can punish by force.
 But something more than law and a court are needed to correct this growing evil It Is only by education that the bonds of the family can be fully pro- tected against wanton neglect. The moral obligations and responsibilities of the hus- band and father, even where sentiment is dead. depend as much upon individual conscience as upon public law. The ties of the family will be best defended by society by constant teaching and example. The growing generation and the next one to follow 1t must be kept constantly in mind
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14
Oklahoma and Indian Territory.

The persistence of the republican party in keeping these two territories out of the union of states is fast be- coming a public scandal. The present population of the two territories is es- timated at 1,500,000 Alike in popula- ton. in wealth and in general fitness they are entitled to statehood, and nothing is keeping them out except the fear that they may go democratic.
 The two territories contain 1000 square miles of territory, or about four teen times as much as Alabama does. The population Is four times at least as many as any state has had at the time of admission. The property in the two territories is enormous, ex ceeding in value billion of dollars. The coal fields of the two territories cover 300 000 acres, and their gas wells and oil wells are very productive. They hold, too mines of lead and zinc and beds of grainte, asphalt and mar ble. They have great forests and vast untouched plains of high fertility
 The character of the population IS high. In Oklahoma the percentage of illiteracy is but 5.5, and in the Indian territory it is but 16-an average of l0A. These figures are census figures. It is believed that seven per cent will cover all illiterates at present In the two territories. There are in the two territories 102,000 Indians, only 27.00O being of full-blood. Not over 15,00O of them are blanket Indians-a small number in a population of 1,5OO000.
 It is shame to keep so many Amer ican citizens out of the union, but par tisan strife is equal to any wrong. The injustice done cannot much longer be maintained, and it will be strange in deed if the next Congress does not ad- init the two territories as two states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Violating the Law.


 ''I was standing on the corner oi Eiei- teen street and Second avenue 'iiis ai- ternoon about o'clock and saw two negroes throw the peelinss Of dozen bananas in the street instead Of Tn the trash hox. said man waiting for an East Lake ear yesterday.
 "One of the negroes was actually leaa- ing against the trash box when he thre" the banana peelings in the street. ana the other was not twenty feet from the box. I tried to find policeman to nave the two negroes arrested, but my car came before the policeman arrived ana as I was in a hurry I had to take the car.
 "That is such a fragrant violation Of the city ordinance and such wiiful act that I believe the negroes should have been fined heavily If the good citizens Of Birmingham would report a few cases of this kind to the police and have the guilty parties arrested 1t would do a great deal of good and would go long way towards putting a stop to people throwing peeings on the sidewalks and in the streets.
 "If it had been possible for me to have waited for later car l would have gladly done so and seen that the ne- groes were arrested I would further have appeared in court against them, but I had an engagement which I was com pelled to fll.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14
THE vAcATIoNIsT.

J. K. Palmer, in the New York World He read the advertisements In the backs of magazines which told about va cations till his nerves were set on edge;
 He read of Colorado and her lovely mountain scenes. and he read about Cape Breton and the Carolina sedge. Then one sweet day his daughter and his wife they went away. accompanied by twenty-seven Saratoga trunks; And he went to the office and he whis- tied all that day, and drew them checks and drafts and things for full five thousand plunks.
 And when the steamer sailed away he stood upon the pier and waved fond good-by to them till they were out of sight,
 And as he turned back home again he shed q little tear of joy, or something near it, and he said. well. that's all righti
 Then he telephoned the office that he'd not be down that day; in fact, he wouldn't be there for perhaps month or so.
 He was feeling pretty rocky, his partner heard him say. and the doctor said wa cation" so of course he'd have to go. He went down to the Kitchen and he fried an egg or two and a little slice of bacon and another slice of ham, Then he gazed upon his handiwork and said 'Hooray, hoorool I guess that as a cookst I'm pretty bad I am'' And every night this sinner would sneak out to a shop and buy some eggs and poultry and some steak and bread and fish.
 And he ate there in the kitchen till he simply had to stop. and lived little better than most any one might wish. And he didn't read paper and he didn't see a show, and he didn't get letter or a telegram or call And the only thing that bothered him was that he had to know that the family was coming home so early in the fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14
Milk Compounds.

If" said a mother yesterday, many of the dairymen in this district are put ting borax or boracic acid in the milk they sell for babies to drink, 1t Is time some of them were told by the courts that We prefer to buy our milk and borax in different packages. No doctor will say boracic acid can be consumed by young babies with no harmful results Drug gists may say otherwise. but doctors will not.
 'We cannot be too careful in this mat ter. When I buy milk l want milk, not borax not acetic acid-nothing but milk from Jones valley cows. It Is all wrong to mix in secresy anything In the dairy product and call 1t milk. It ceases to be milk when any acid is put in 1t, be- coming a compound, and it is wrong 10 still call 1t milk and sell it as such
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14
RIDER HAeeARD, SOUTH AFRICAN.

From the London Review of Reviews
 MT. H. Rider Haggard is British-born, although he began his career in South dinavia He is Norfolk man, the son of a Norfolk man. He married in 1880 a Norfolk lady and heiress who brought him Buckingham House, his present res idence. His South African career began in his teens, when in 1857 he went out as secretary to Sir Henry Bulwer to Natal. In 1877 Rider Haggard was trans ferred to the staff of Sir Theophilus Shepstone, who. on April 12, annexed the at Cape Town on April f. and Sir The ophilus acted upon direct instructions from Lord Carnarvon. On May "A, 1S77 MT. Rider Haggard. on Shepstones be- half, hoisted the Union Jack over pre- toria. thereby formally inaugurating the prologue of the long and bloody tragedy which has drenched South Africa with blood. When only 9 he was appointed Master of the High Court in the Trans vaal.
 After his wedding in 1880 he returned to Natal and no sooner mad ne reached Maritzhurg than he heard that the Boers had risen. in earnest this time. and the first Boer war had begun. Not expecting any early collision between the opposing forces Rider Haggard went out duck shooting on his estate. and when so en- gagged heard the distant roar of the guns from the battlefield of Lang's Nek. He was so near to the seat of action that he heard the sound of the firing at Majuba as he was sitting on his veranda. After Majuba the Boers swarmed over the countryside. He and his youngbride slept with loaded rifles by their side. and six horses were kept under saddle in the stables When it was decided to abandon the Transvaal the convention with the Boers was signed in his house. Rider Haggard was so disguested with what he regarded as the cowardice of the surren- der. that he packed up his belongings and departed from the country in which, he maintained. no self-respecting Eng lishman could care to live. This was in 1880.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14
Only One Pension Survivor.

The last and sole pensioner of the War of the Revolution is Mrs. Esther Damon of Vermont. She is 91 years of age, and the story of her life well illustrates the staying qualities of pen sion systems.
 Noah Damon served in our struggle for liberty, and in 1899, when he was so years old, he married Esteh Sum ner. who was then 25 years old. Al the age of 91 she is the very last pen sioner of the Revolution, which was ended 122 years ago.
 Applying this precedent to the civil war we see that there will be pen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14

sioners of that struggle in 1887. There will be many of them-perhaps a thousand of them-in 1887, because more soldiers were enlisted in the civil war. and because life is becoming longer instead of shorter. Ii may be the country will have in the year 20OO a pensioner or two of the civil war. Mrs. Damon is in good health and she may continue to enjoy governmental pensions many years to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14
From Tit Bits.

From 1lt BltS.
 @ HE direction by German baron, (U who died few weeks ago, that
 his body shall be embalmed, placed in a glass case and handed down to his posterity forever as an heirloom, brings to the memory the even more re- markable disposal Jeremy Bentham made of his body.
 The great jurist, on 1lis death seventy three years ago, left strict instructions that his body should be dissected, and that his skeleton should then be clothed in one of his own suits and placed in A movable glass house. These strange instructions were carried out to large extent The skeleton was duly clothed, but it was found necessary to substitute a head of wax, and the figure, seated in a characteristic attitude, was placed in a mahogany cabinet with glass front, where the old philosopher may be seen today at University college, Gower street, resting on his stick and beaming on the world with simple benevolence.
 Almost as remarkable was the disposal of the body of Major Labellere. who  A grave ten feet deep. Into this grave the body was lowered head first and feet uppermost. in order that the gallant of ficer who was assured that at the last day the world would De t,hned upside down. might make sure of aIishtng right end up.
 Philadelphia gaslighter directed that his head shorld be utilized on the stage as Yorick's skull in 'Hamlet'; and am other bumorist testator desiled that his skin should be converted into drumheads. on which an accompaniment should be beaten on Bunker's Hill every 1Ith of June to the inspiring strains of Yankee Doodle"
 At Wimborne may be seen one of the most remarkable tombs in the world. It is of slate, covered with armorial bear ings and rests under a low arch in wall of Wimborne Minister It is the tomb of one Anthony Ettericke. 8 once famous lawyer, who left directions that his body should be laid on consecrated ground, but neither in the church nor out of it, and neither above nor under ground. These puzzling conditions have been exactly fulfilled and half of the tomb lies inside the church and half outside it's walls. while it is just half embedded in the earth.
 leaden coffin containing the remains of a Hertfordshire farmer used to rest among the rafters of an old barn at Stevenage; and it remained for thirty years in this odd position. in accordance with the farmers solemn injunction to his heirs.
 An equally strange resting place was that chosen by Northhamptonshire clergyman who died late in the eighteenth century and directed that his body, five days after death should be carried to a favorite summer house in the garden and there placed in a bed he had been in the habit of sleeping in. The door and windows of the summer house were to be securely fastened, and the house was to be fenced and planted around w-..l evergreens. And for the due perform ance of this. In manner aforesaid,'' his will concludes. "and for keeping the build ing ever the same, with the evergreen plants and rails in proper and decent re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14
RESIGNATION.
By William Winter, in the New York
 Tribune.

By William Winter, in the New York
 Tribune Be patient and be wise! The eyes of
 death. Look on us with a smile; her soft
 carcss, That stills the anguish and that stops
 the breath, Is Natures ordination, meant to bless Our mortal woes wit peaceful nothing
 ness. Be not afraid, Tho Power that made
 the light In your kind eyes. and set the stars
 on high, And gave us love. meant not that all Like brief day-dream. quench'd in sud-
 den night Think that to die is but to fall asleep And wake refresh'd where the new
 morning breaks, And golden day her rosy vigor takes From winds that fan eternity's far night And the white crcsts of Gods perpetual
 deep. His time is spent, our pilgrimage must So the wise poet--wisest of mankind In admonition that should make see Though half distraught, and in our mis-
 cry blind That onr sole refuge is the constant
 mind. The steadfast purpose, brave. and strong.
 and free. TO bear affictIon. and to be resign'd- Knowing that ruthless Time will one day
 rend The veil that hides the deep that all
 must cross, And that tn eternity to which we tend. Made precious with the soul of many
 friend Is richer. lovelier. holier. for our loss: Where crown'd with peace. as with a diadem. Our Iov'd ones long for us. even as we long for them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14
interested in Chorus.

'I have heard the Jubilee chorus of the Salvation Army which Major Ber- ryman will bring to Birmingham with him Tuesday" said man who has fre- quently aided the army In Its work, and 1t sings remarkably well. There are one or two trained voices in the chorus and the others have rich. full voices
 Major Berryman always takes care to have the chorus to sing the Saliva tion Army songs which are best suited to the voices of the various members The songs sung at the open air meetings are entirely different from those sung at the meetings held in the hall"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 If woman is afraid of man 1t is a sign she isn't married to him.
 Half the enjoyment of being married is thinking what lot of enjoyment you had before you were.
 If you ask girl if she had to learn to like olives, right away she thinks you are trying to get engaged to her
 If the ministers preached. how wrong it was to go to church on Sunday there would be millions of men who would in- sist on going.
 Raising family is se per cent condition and 1 per cent theory, with the parents firm believers that the figures are the other way round.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14
Several Prelates Mentioned.

Among the prelates mentioned by the eastern press for the archbishopric of New Orleans" said a Catholic layman, ,are the Rt. Rev E. P. Allen. bishop of Mobile: the Rt Rev. Theodore Nicer schaert, vicar apostolic of Oklahoma and the Indian Territory: the Rt. Rev. Cor nelius Van de Ven. bishop of Natchi- toehes. and the Rt. Rev. A. Van de Vyver bishop of Richmond
 If Bishop Allen should be appointed Archbishop Chapelles successor. the Catholics of this diocese would congrat- ulate him on his prererment but they would regret sincerely to lose him as their episcopal father. Bishop Allen Is a wise, conservative and deeply conse- crated prelate and his good work in this diocese has been strongly felt and re- marked
 The Rt. Rev. Edward Fitzgerald of Little Rock, is the senior bishop of the province of New Orleans and would nat uraly be considered in connection with the archiepiscopal, vacancy. but for the fact that he is in feeble health. Bishop | Fitzgerald, by the way, is one of the few Americans living who took part in the vatican council held thirty-five years ago which declared the dogma of the pope's infalibility in deciding questions or doctrine and morals: and still more noteworthy fact is that he was one of the two bishops of all the -7orld-the other being a French bishop voted against the declaration of the dogma. It was remarked at the time that if was case of the Little Rock against the Big Rock. number of the bishops of the so-called Gallican party and one or more German bishops went to the coun- cil with their minds made up to oppose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14
Svsonhy. the kinq.

"Sysonby, James R. Keene's great E. year-old son of Melton, beat the best horse he has yet met when he took oiseau's measure in the Great Republic stakes at Saratoga yesterday said a Birmingham man who keeps up with the thoroughbred racers. And when me Keene colt beat the Tennessee idol he demonstrated that he Is the best horse in America. if not in the world. In fact, in the opinion of majority Of turfmen Sysonby Is about the best horse that ever looked through a bride Oiseau, the colt he defeated yesterday, was con- sidered about the best 2-year-old that showed last season. True. he did not meet Tanya. last years futurity winner, nor Sysonby, but he easily defeated Ira dition, which was considered better lilly than Tanya. and both Tanya and Tradi- ton took Sysonby's measure in the futur- ity. All the past winter Oiseau was her aided by the turf critics about New York as the coming 3-year-old champion. great majority of turf followers did not believe Sysonby would go a route. as all Meltons before him had been only sprinters. Mir Keene and Trainer Rowe insisted that the colt would carry his great speed over any distance, however, and that their judgement was correct has been amply demonstrated the present sea son.
 .Sysonby has not been forced to more than a gallop to win any race he has started in this year. His first race over a route was in the Brighton derby when he merely galloped all the way and won pulled up after covering the mile and a quarter in 2:O5 fiat Had anything in the race been able to make him extend him self he probably could have covered the distance in at least three second better time, which would have beaten Broom sticks worlds record of 2:02 4-5. Most turfites believed Oiseau capable of giving the Keene crack a tough race, and that he failed to do anything like this. when he was acknowledged to be in thorough condition for bruising contest, is suf- ficient evidence that there is no Swear old. and probably no horse of any age. in this country capable of making him extend himself at any stage of a race. He is a wonder, and no mistake.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14

Even the long-distance phone has been quarantined in some towns. The hello girls occupation in the south will soon be gone, if this movement spreads widely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14

Admiral Enquist is content to stay at Manila. Any old place suits him better than St Petersburg, where the inefficient grand dukes and bureau crats are hunting for scapegoats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14

the declaration of the dogma under con sideratIon; not that they failed to ac- cept the doctrine, but simply on the ground of expediency. But after listen ing to the discussions all opponents of the infallibility declaration joined the majority leaders except Bishop Fitzgerald and one French prelate These two bish- ops, after the final vote had been taken bowed gracefully to the decision of the council and were as strong in their cham plonshlp of the dogma as the bishops on the majority side"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14

High cost of living and treasury de- ficits constitute Shaws record He is running on that platform, but he is not running far or fast.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14

Rockefeller did not begin to accumu- late money until he was 35 years old. If he had began ten years earlier he would now have owned the earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14

Cardinal Gibbons says be strong when you are tempted by greed or graft. Some do manage to hold out for a better price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14

From the Savannah Press.
 Birmingham and Montgomery are hav- ing a squabble over which city's quar- antine is the more selfish" All quaran- tines. friends, are selfish. That Is what they are made for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14
BRIGHT BOY,

From the New York Herald.
 Dispatch from Chicago says boy out there shot politician whom he mstook for burglar, and in view of current revelations the error is excusable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-14

Italy and Japan have decided to keep their people from the Panama canal. China may also boycott it.