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The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-14
FOREST PYGMIES.
Most Curious Tribe Ever Discovered
 Fnnnd in the Congo.

Most Curious Tribe Ever Discovered
 Found in the Congo.
 Colonel J. J. Harrison. who has returned to London after a four months expedition to the Congo for est, has received permission from the British Foreign Office to ship for Eng land six of the pygmy denizens Of the forest who have accompanied him of their own free will and with the per- mission of the Congo government as far as Cairo
 Naturally, the adventurous explorer did not get into touch with this curi- ous tribe without some interesting ex- periences, which he has related as fol- lows:
 When once I had gained their con- fdence they were quite friendly,and eventually six of them four men and two women-volunteered to come with me to England. They freely conduct ed me to their villages, and at night time erected leafy structures, under which l slept. They are of an ex- ! tremely low order of intelligence, and know absolutely nothing of what goes on around them. They seem to have no religious instincts and possess no idea of a Supreme Being. Their average height is from 4 feet to feet 315 in- ches, and, curiously enough, as rule, the women are taller than the men. The women have also better physical development The men seemed to be starved to death. A noteworthy fact was the prevalence Of a terrible cough, due, perhaps, to the dampness Of the ! atmosphere. All the pygmies alike suffered from this to such a degree that | it was difficult to sleep at night. had l quite expected to find that serious lung | trouble was prevalent, but was sur prised to discover, as a result of medi- cal examination of the pygmies who ! accompanied me back to Egypt, that | the lungs were quite healthy.
 1 A striking characteristic of the peo- pie is their extraordinary silence; they will sit for hours without uttering a 1 word. They are nomadic, and their | only wealth is in spears. The num- | Der of spears determines the number of wives these people can afford. They are practically nude. The women's only clothing is q few leaves while the mems attire consists of scrap of skin around the waist. Their whole personal belongings consist of a poisoned spear or two and an old clay cooking pot The women carry their infants slung ] across their sides.
 They are fearless hunters, and will boldly attack an elephant by rushing up to it and planting a poisoned spear in the brute. They are also very
 warlke little people, and only a short while before my arrival in the forest they had sallied out, attacked and loot ed a Belgian caravan and killed seven teen porters. There were no white men with the caravan. and the native soldiers bolted. They eat like animals even gnawing the bones of their prey | When an animal is caught they cut it up, skin and all, and put it in the | cooking pot.
 Life in the forest is dreary in the ex- | treme. It is always twilight, the sun never penetrating through the dense foliage, and for nine months of the year it pours with rain.-Africa.
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NEW HAVEN FREE PUBLIC LI-
 BRARY.

New books added September 5. Alarcon. P. A.. de- The Three-Cor- nered Hat; Al114.
 Armstring. Sir P. The Peel Collec- tion and Dutch School of Painting; 7O5*P.
 Austin, B. F. Rational Memory Training; 1541 AS.
 Babrius Fables; SS69 B3. Bailey, L. H. The Outlook to Na- ture; S144 B37.
 Bain, R. N. The First Romanovs; 947O5 B1
 Beveridge, W. A Short History of the Westminster Assembly; 2S85 B. Blew, W. c. A. Brighton and it's Coaches; 656"BS.
 Brookes, L. E. The Practical Gas and Oil Engine Handbook; 6214 B6. Brown c. c. Hand Book for Ce- ment Users; 691 B5.
 Caldecott, R. Graphic Pictures; 769*CS.
 Capart, J. Primitive Art in Egypt; 7O9"C1O.
 Chamberlain, E. Mrs. Essington; CS5S.1.
 Clouston, K. W. The Chippendale Period in English Furniture; 74S*C6. Cody, S. How to Read and What to Read; OPS C3.
 Connecticut. Public Acts, 1905; Ref erence.
 Cooper, E. H. The Twentieth Centu- ry Child; 17S C6.
 Coryat, T. Coryat's Crudities; s14 C21.
 Cowan, H. John Knox; B KIT F. Cripps, W. J. Old English Plate; 739 c.
 Dalziel, G. and E. The Brothers Dal- ziel; 761"D3.
 Davies, E. The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids; 299 DIS. Deecke, W. Italy; 9145* D12. De Long, S. R. The History of Ari- zona; 9791 D.
 Dorman, M. R. P. A History of the British Empire in the Nineteenth Cen tury; 942 D1O
 Downman, E. A. English Pottery and Porcelain; 73S D7.
 Eckel, E. c. Cement Materials and Industry of the United States; 557S AZ 43.
 Eggleston, c. c. A Daughter of the South; Eg322.7.
 Ernst, M. Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony; 5378 E.
 Fox, F. River, Road and Rail; 620 F. Eraser, J. F. Canada as It Is: 9171 F4.
 French,A.The Man of the Hour; FSS5.9.
 Gadd, W. L. Soap Manufacture; 66S G5.
 Gardner, P. A Grammer of Greek Art; 7O9 G15.
 Gaskell. Lady c. H. Spring in shrop- shire Abbey; S2SS G9.
 Gibbons, J. St. H. Africa From South to North Through Marotsaland; 916 G6, Gray, c. II. Lodowlck CarleilI; S2249 Hamilton, A. The Angel of syon; B R336 A.
 Hannay, J. How Canada Was Held for the Empire; 971 H6.
 Henry, V. Short Comparative Cram mar of Greek and Latin; 4S5 H. Hewitt, c. H. Practical Professional Photography. 2 v.; 770 HIS. Horner, J. Engineers Turning in Principle and Practice; 62194 H. North, A. c. Repousse Metal Work; 739 H6.
 Hueffer, F. M. The Soul of London; 91421 H5. Hume, R. A. Missions From the Mod ern View: 266 HIS.
 Tngersoll, E. Rand, McNally & Co. s Handy Guide to New Work City; s17471 R.
 Kirkman, M, NJ. Basis of Railway Rates; 3S5 K4.
 Konig, E. The Bible and Babylon; 221 K6
 Kontopoulos, N. Greek English Lex- icon; Reference.
 Kontopou1os, N. English-Greek Lex icon Reference.
 Lambig, A. A. The sacramentals of the Holy Catholic Church; 265 LS, Latham, E. A Dictionary of Abbre- viations: Reference.
 Layell, c. F. Italian Cities; 9145 L3.
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possum, woodchuck, squirrel, fox, blue bird, robin, hawk, owl. &c. Sugges-
 tions are also given for photographing
 the animals and birds. Henry Holt and Company are about to bring out
 the book
 Among the books of fiction on the fall list of Henry Holt and Company is
 The Professors Legacy" by Anna E.
 Sedgwick. The legacy is that of an un- finished book on Corals, and daughter
 which are left to d German professors
 young English assistant.
 Henry Holt and Company will pub
 fish in October Trades Unions in
 America" edited with an introductory chapter by Professor J. H. Hollander of
 Johns Hopkins University. The book
 includes original investigations con- cerning printers, cigarmakers, machin-
 ists, building trades, the Knights of La-
 bor, &c., by George F. Barnett. T. w.
 Glocker, 4. H. Sakolski, William H.. BUckler, F. W. Hilbert. James II. Mot
 ley, Solomon Blum, J. B. Kennedy and William Kirk, all of whom are graduate
 students and officers of John Hopkins. I 4O4CSSUl G<s AAcIy 4AdllhCSLSI lC" book, which Henry Holt and Company have acquired, deals with Extinct An imals." It is i6ased on the authors lectures and fully illustrated. Profess
 sor Lankester is the well-known Eng fish naturalist, since 1898 director of the ] natural history departments of the British Museum. He is the author and editor of many works on animals. Sc. George s. Merriam. author of "Samu- l el Bowles,' '"The Story of William and Lucy Smith, "The Way of Life" &c.. has collected his papers on the negro 1 in American politics, which originally appeared in the Springfield Republican into a volume which Henry Holt and Company will bring out at the end of the autumn. MT. Merriam treats of the negro question from the beginning of the slave trade to the Tuskegee school founded by Booker T. Washing ton.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-14
erts' serial, The Romance of Ret Fox" is concluded.

Fox is concluded.
 Ethel Watts AIumford's new book for 1905 is to be a very novel Joke Book Note Book" to be published by Paul Elder and Company, San Francisco. Since the first appearance Of the fa- nous Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom, Mrs. Mumford has prepared an annual volume of her clever non- sense work The Limerick Up to Date Book, of last year, was distinct sue CESS and the publishers announce that they have just filled an order for an edition Of the book for the Australian market. The order includes as well editions of Bachelor Bigotries and Windows Grave and Otherwise.
 The Cynic's Calendar, which apart from its own merits has been distin- !guished by the flood of limitations that have appeared. is again on the press for 1906 under the title of the Complete Cynic's Calendar" It is to include all of the material, text and illustrations of both the first and second series. The advance sale has added another i twenty thousand copies to the credit of 1 this successful nonsense volume.
 Sir Edward Elgar, the composer, who
 sailed recsntly for Europe, will return | to this country next spring to serve l jointly with Mr. Frank Van derStuck- en, as one of the conductors at the Cin-
 cinnati May Biennial Festival. This is | the result of a series of negotiations
 conducted by the Cincinnati Musical ! Festival association, of which Mir. Law l renee Maxwell, Jr., is president. An 1 important clause in the agreement pro- 1 vides that the well-known English com poser is not to appear as conductor l elsewhere during this visit, which will be signalized by the performance of his
 oratOrio, "The Dream of Gerontius"
 and The Apostles" A valuable and l interesting 'Jiographer of Elgar, the
 only one so far available, has been pub 1 lished by the John Lane company, the
 Bodley Head, New York. The book is
 written by R. J. Bpcllley and has just 1 appeared in the series entitled Living
 Masters of Music.''
 John Lane Company has issued from | 1 the Memoirs of Lady FanshaWe," wife
 of the Ambassador from Charles II. to
 the courts of Portugal and Madrid.
 The memoirs are written by herself. i The book contains also extracts from the correspondence of Sir Richard Fan
 shave, her husband, The book is edi-
 ted with an Introduction by Beatrice
 Marshall. A note on the illustrations
 is contributed by Allen Fea, the we'll known authority on the period and au- thor of Memoirs of a Martyr King"
 The Flight of the King" etc. The il- lustrations are produced from old
 prints showing various contemporary residences, portraits by Lely and Para
 loes, and engravings, and include a re- l production of the original manuscript
 of the memoirs as bound for preserva-
 tion. A pedigree showing the relation
 ship of the various members of the Fanshawe family mentioned in the me-
 moirs is appended.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-14

MT. Charles Gibson, the author of 1.-Two Gentlemen in Touraine," who has been spending the summer at Ma hant in the preparation of new book on France, has just completed his work The volume is entitled Among French Inns,' and is a companion vol ume to Miss Josephine Tozier's Among English Tnns,''
 MT. Gibson's book deals with Nor mandy, Brittany, Tourane and Pro- vence, with which provinces his long period of residence in Frnnce has made history, What aPelnthETAOIe!D! is to include chateaux and ms not touched uon by the author in his previ- ous work. The Book will be published by Messrs. l.. C. Page and Company. Boston.
 MT; Burton E. Stevenson's new book, published by Messrs. L. c. Page and Company shows by it's title, "The Young Section Hand" that it is not one of his historical romances, and it will be found to be an uncommonly good railway story with a young hero who does not surDass the achievements of many a real yOungster.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-14

Numerous important and vitally in- teresting incidents are disclosed in "John Paul Jones-the Man." an arti- cle which appears in the Outing Maga- zine for September. It is contributed by Lyon Tew Srague. "The FaIlacics of Roughing It." by Robert Dunne, shows the diversity of the human intel lect when it comes to camping out,
 'The Last War for the Cattle Range" 'oy Arthur Chapman, involves some of the most dramatic pages of the frontier htstor, What the Plant Bureau is Doing for the Farmer" by Rune Bache, is a story of untold research and experiment. while When the Railroad Came" depicts the pioneer life of our grandfathers before the locomotive ut ln an appearance. Charles G. D, Rob-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-14

Houghton, Miff1in & Company's bull letin speaks of a story for yaung pao- pie by Arthur Stringer that suggests both Tom Sawyer and "The Story of a Bad Boy" of fairy tales by Eva March Tappan and books by Olive Thorne White, and Everett T. Tomlln- son. The Scribners are preparing a fine holiday book, written and Illustrated by Howard Pyle, entitled "The Story of the Champions of the Round Table" " They promise also Frances Hodgson Burnett's "A Little Princess" being the whole story of Sara Crewe. now, told for the first time, and a book of "Sa-Zada Tales by w. A. Fraser, whose "Moos- wa Tales" are among the best stories of animals ever written.
 Tn the departments of religion and philosophy Messrs. Houghton. Mif1in and Company have some valuable books in prepara tion. Mir. Brothers ''The Endless Life" differs so widely in it's scope and argument from that of Dr. Gordon, whose 1896 lecture has b2en followed by discourses delivered by sci entiflc men, that it would be subject to much discussion even if he were not the favorite essayist that he Is. "The Inlmanence of God" by Professor Bor- den P. Bowne, of Boston university, will command q wider audience, find ing it's readers wlleresoever may be scattered his pupils during his thirty years at the university Cities of Paul" by the Rev. Dr. W. B. Wright. is novel in conception, successively taking up Tarsus, Tyana, Ancyra, Philippi, Old Corinth, New Corinth. Ephesus, Colossal and Thessalonica, showing to what manner of men St. Paul addressed himself and noting how he dealt with vices daily manifesting themselves in American cities.
 A life of James c. Blaine, by Mir. Ed ward Stanwood, will open the second strles of American, Statesmen" an- nounced by Messrs. Houghton, Mif7in and Company. This second series will comprise the lives of the men who have been most prominent in state craft since the civil war The Blaine volume is to be followed soon by a bi- ography of John Sherman, by the Hon. Theodore E. Burton, a life of Grant by the Hon. Samuel w Mccall of Massa- chusetts, and one of William McKin- ley, by MT. T. c. Dawson, United States Minister to santo Domingo.
 Very noticeably fewer than a year ago are the new books on Japan. and now that peace is assured they are likely to become fewer still. One is announced this week, however by Houghton, Mif1in and Company-a group of short stories by Alice M. Ba- con, entitled "The Land of the Gods" Miss Bacon gives a vivid rendering of some of the popular beliefs and super- stitions of Japan. She has been a teacher at the Peeresses' school in To- kio and is well versed in Japanese folk lore.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-14

Recreation for September opens with "The Mystery Of the Blue Goose Fore Word," by Dan Beard. Catching the Bronx Park Merriami'' is a descriptive article by Belmore H. Browne. Tappan Adney tells the story of Amos: the Mighty Hunter" while Frederick B. dussey writes about, Mountain Trails and Travel" In addition to the above features, the departments are as inter- esting and instructive as ever.
 Frederick G. Perine contributes a character study of Miss Kate E. Mo Williams, teacher for half century in Brooklyn schools, to the Human Life for September. This is followed by shorter articles of teachers and their work The third installment of Alfred Henry hewis' article relates the perfi- dy of Alexander and how he made use of young Hyde for his undoing. Other contributions treat of Peace Enyoys at Portsmouth" M. Witte and the Bos- ton Reporters" and "The Vivid Pano- rama of Strenuous Life as Lived at the Nations Gay Capital" which is the first of a series of articles published by this periodical.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-14

Animal Snapshots and How Made
 Is the title of a volume by silas A. Lottridge, in which are given some photographs accompanied by simple, descriptive papers on the raccoon,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-14

Will N. Harben has another Georgia story with Harper and Brothers. His readers have already heard something of "Pole Baker" who gives the volume its title.
 The Hampers will also publish shortly a romance of Italian life, "The Pass port" by the popular English author Richard Bagot; farce by John Ken drick Bangs, entitled "A Proposal Un- der Diff1cu1ties;" "The Island of En- chantment," by Justus Miles Forman; "Rebecea Mary" by Annie Hamilton DonneIl, and 'The Line of Love-" by James Branch Cabell.
 Each one of the Harper periodicals has 8 novel in progress that is certain to be one of the successful books of the season. Harper's Magazine has Booth Tarkington's "The Conquest of Ca- man." in Harper's Bazaar Mrs. Mary Wilkins Freeman's '"The Debtor is a leading feature, while one of the main attractions in Harper's Weekly is ''The Gambler" by Katherine Cecil Thurs ton, author of "The Masquerader." |" These three novels will be published in book form before the holidays. : Mark Twain's contribution to the au- tumn feast is to be Editorial Wild Oats, narrating journalistic experi- enees of his youth. Messrs. Harper and Brothers assure us that these sketches are very, very funny.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-15

three years. The exposure and pun and earnest and have awakened the public conscience to a remarkable de- gree. The movement has not been confined to any one section. It has swept from Minneapolis to Philadel- phia, from Washington to St. Louis. It ha dethroned federal and municipal officials from their high positions, and some of them are now deservedly wearing the prison garb. Wherever it as inaugurated the people respond ed nobly, aiding it by manifestations of popular approval and doing their f"'l duty in the courts. Under these circumstances, and because like causes produce like results, it is not strange that when the Oregon jury was confronted wl1-- indisputable evil dence conviction was the natural re- s'- Ten years ago, we venture to submit, Senator Mitchell would not have been indicted, much less convict e.. His gra.s would then have been accepted almost as matter of course. The evidence would not have been heard by ears made tender by the disclosures in states and cities.
 IL Is one of the curious traits of the American people that they are spas modic in their collective action. They take hold of single idea with des- perate energy and they harp upon 1t consistently until something new en- gages their attention. It does not re- quire the gift of prophecy to predict t. It it will not be long before the " ve of reform will subside. We will relapse into the old ways and there will be graft and corruption as of old. Then, when the burden again becomes too grievous to be borne, the people will again be stirred and we will wit ness another Herculean cleaning of the Augean stables. Let us be thank f. for these occasions of virtuous in- dignarion. They indicate that the pub lie conscience is not entirely callous. They prove that even while we toler- ate misconduct for period, the mo- ment that 1t becomes seriously men, acing to the public welfare it is cer- tain to be dealt with in vigorous and effective fashion. For, underlying the apparent indifference and even volatil- ity of the American citizen, there is a solk substratum of honesty and pa triotism, and as long as this remains there need be no question of the per manency of our institutions.
 One thing is certain. If the juries continue to do their duty in dealing with the grafters there will be free dom from graft in public life for some time to come. The effect of the re- form wave is not likely soon to dis appear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-15
NEGROES ARE HELD UNDER HEAVY BOND Mayor Stacey Binds Over GraySon and Lewis SHOOTING AT OFFICERS Negroes Who Shot at WyIam Police Last Monday Are Bound
 Over In $500
 Bond.
SHOOTING AT OFFICERS

Ensley, July 14.-(Special.) )-George Grayson. and West" Lewis, colored. were bound sTer to the grand jury in a bond of $500 each yesterday by Mayor Stacey of wylam, on the charge of shoot Ing Chief of Police Walker of that town last Monday morning. The prisoners were carried to the county jail where they will be confined, unless they make bond until the grand jury acts on their case.
 The assault on the chief took place Monday morning while he and his son were attempting to arrest them on a charge of firing into house. As the of- ficers approached the men they opened fire, shooting at them twice.
 The negroes then made their escape through the woods but were later cap- tured by Deputy Constable John Wren and Chief of Police Hartsfield at Pratt City.
 pr. Sprngfleld's Trip.
 Dr. J. T. Springfield will leave tonight for Guin where he goes to install newly elected Masonic officers and deliver an address at a Masonic picnic to be held at that place Saturday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-15
UNIQUE CELEBRATION
 BY OLD MARION BOYS
Effort Will Be Made to Get Many of Them Back to Old Town
 on August g.

Marion July 14.-(Special)-A unique gathering is being planned for Marion August g, which promises. to be one of the most pleasant occasions this historic old town has ever enjoyed.
 The following invitation has been sent to some 800 "old boys who were born and reared in Marion and are now scat tered throughout the country, many of whom have made great success in the various walks of life and are reckoned among the leading citizenship of the country. Many have also been highly honored in letters, as well as in civil and military lfe
 .Old Home Day"--To the Marion boys, wherever they may be dispersed about the earth, greeting: A goodly number of the above mentioned have thought it would be a pleasant thing to have a re- union at Marion August 9, 1905, making the occasion enjoyable by an old time barbecue. speeches and soAgs.
 This is not an invitation rendered by the citizens of Marion but reunion gotten up and paid for by ourselves. The expense will be small, probably not more than dollar each.
 It is hoped that all who are invited will bring their wives and daughters on the occasion and send one dollar each to Dr. G. P. L. Reid, Marion Ala, as early as possible, stating whether or not you can be present
 If you are in touch with any Marion boy who has not received notice say to him that we necessarily failed to get every name, but want to meet every one of them August g.
 c. F. l.. Reid, Marion, Ala; Tom 8. Lowry, Macon, Ga; Ossian L. Drake, Bir- mingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-15
Hundreds Struck Blind.
From the London Mail,

From the London Mail.
 A somewhat remarkable eye s'sease Is at present prevalent in several parts of British Central Africa. northeastern Rhodesia and in Portuguese zambesa. At first 1t was noticeable in cattle, sheep and goats, and only recently was 1t found to have attacked the natives.
 The disease is at present raging from Port Herald, British station on the Zambesi right on toward Tete. a distance of over 200 miles, and at this latter place 1t is reported to be quite an epidemic.
 Nr. William Arnott, traveller. who recently returned from Tete. states that he Observed hundreds who were suffer- ing from the disease. and a large num- Der were totally blind. One of the sights of Tete on Sunday morning is the long lines of blind people who enter the town to beg. each string being led bysa little boy or girl.
 At first a white spot is observed on the eyeball. and this in short space of time becomes highly iniamed. The eye then discharges white, milky fluid, and the whole of the eye becomes covered with white film. This is the critical stage of the malady and is the disease is very severe the eyebnll bursts thus destroying the sight entirely.