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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-09

Taylor's Cherokee Remedy OF Sweet Gum
and Mullen is Natures great remedy--Cures
Coughs. Colds, Group and Consumption,
and all throat and lung troubles. AT drug
gists, 25c., 5oc. and 81. 90 per bottle,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-09

observation-disclosures No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
NeryeRestorer, $2trialhottleand treatise free
Dr.T. H. KLINE, Ltd, 9S1 Arch ST., Phila. Pa
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-09

Winnipeg, Manitoba, now has a popu,
lation OF 5000.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-09

lam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-Mrs. IHoMAs i.oS,
rrrs Maple st, Norwich. NY. Feb. II, 1909
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-09

Greater London contained 924,l 4S inhab-
tied houses in 1901.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-09

Bean cake is the chief commercial fer
tiiizer in China.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-09

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
tion. sliays pain cures wind collie, 25c. a bottle
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-09

I~.aplanders not mfrequently cover $50
mics a day on their skates.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-09

personal experience I know Doan's
Kidney Pills will cure Inflammation
of the bladder, having experienced re-
lief the second day of using the medi-
cine.
(Signed) j.. A. GUULDEN.
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N, Z.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-09

There is 6sb in Hawaiian waters
which is known by the native name OF
Observation-Disclosures
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-09

Users of tobacco should, according
to a German investigator, filter the
smoke from their pipes through cot
ton soaked in ferric salts.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-09

The cactus is coming into fashion in
England and Germany.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-09
CONGRESSMAN coULDEN
Finds Quick Relief From Bladder Troubl
Through Doan's Kidney Pills.

Hon. Joseph A. Goulden. Member OF
Congress. representing the 18th Dis
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-11-09
A TRULY IDEAL WIFE
HER HUSBANDS BEST HELPER
Vigorous Health Is the Great Source of
the Power to Inspire and Encourage
All Women should Seek 1t.

One of the most noted, successful and
richest men of this century, in a recent
article; has said, Whatever | am and
whatever success l have attained in
this world | owe all to my wife. From
the day I first knew her she has been
an inspiration, aud the greatest help
mata IF nv lifen .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
CHINESE IN THE UNITED
 STATES ARE DECREASING

of rapdity, the Chinese are falling off at speed which promises to soon make them scarce in San Francisco as ne- groes are in Berlin.
 On the other hand the Japanese in the There were S6.00O of them here in 1900, including those in Hawaii and Alaska. large part of the population of Hawaii come from the Mikados country. But there is not the same objection to the Japanese that was shown against their brethren in the big empire. They are far less clannish than the Chinese. they demand higher wages for their labor, and they dress in American style and spend money. After the war with Russia ends Hawaii is expecting to get large access sions of Japanese. At present the immi- grafton of them is small. The Milsado's subjects are intensely patriotic They stay at home and fight. The opposite con- dition, to a large extent, prevails in Rus sia, the immigration to the United States from which has greatly increased since the war began. A Japanese problem may arise some day to take the place of the Chinese problem which has been solved. but that day, If it comes, is probably far distant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
NAMING THE BOY.
m the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 We don't know whether to take the ini- tlatiye or to propose a referendum as to this petition from proud and happy man:
 ''ro the Editor of The Sun-Sir: Two of theml Two of the finest simultaneous boys that ever yelledl Picture herewith. But we can't make up our minds what to call them. I wanted to call one Maecenas Benton, after our congressman, and the other Thomas, Jr, after myself; but my wife says that Maecenas' is not Chris tian but heather name, and that Thom- as is too common for child of hers, especially when it is a twin. Can you help us, and will you?
 THOMAS BILA---ARROW. "Neosho, Mo-, February 21."
 This is delicate matter, into which we should have preferred not to be called; but duty is duty and aavice is cheap. We hold these positions, whereof if the first be but counsel of perfection the second is the basaltic truth:
 1. Babies of right ought |, be self-nam- ing. They should be numbered, until they reach sufficient age or discretion to un- derstand the obligation of q name and to pick one to their mind. Ignorant or unfeeling parents saddle their offspring with names unmusieal or absurd. Chil- dren don't name their parent. Why should parents name their children? ?. Still, slavery to an unjustifiable cus-
 
 barrow to force names upon that dou- ble rose of love. For twins two names with but single thought are desirable. Indissoluble twinhood should ap7ear. Therefore our suggestion is: Theodore Roosevelt Billsbarrow and William Bryan Bilsbarrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
Sanitary Sewer Connections.

"All of the towns along the line of the Village creek trunk sanitary sewer should begin immediately to provide for connee- tions" said a county official yesterday afternoon.
 'In creating the sanitary commission the general assembly of Alabama created a sanitary district and the commission has the power to compel all towns along the line of the trunk sewers to construct sewerage systems and connect with the big sewers 1 understand that the Board of Mayor and Aldermen of several of the towns have taken up the matter, but some of the municipal boards have not even though of the subject. I suppose all Of the towns will have to float sanitary bonds. but I do not suppose there is one in this district that cannot dispose of it's municipal bonds with the greatest of ease.
 '.The Village creek sewer, which will be completed within a few months prob ably, will drain East Lake, Woodlawn, Avondale, East Birmingham, North Bir- mingham, Thomas, Pratt City and a num- Der of other smaller towns and localities '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
Chances for Making Money.

T have heard many men eritoising themselves for not buying sloss-shefield stock and Tennessee stock two or three weeks ago." said a conservative citizen
 Had these men acted on their judg- ment they could have made snug fortunes provided they had held on until the stocks shot up to fancy prices. One man said he felt like knocking his head against wall because he had lest an opportunity of getting rich that would not return again in a life time.
 But my friend was mistaken about this having been the last chance. Chances for making quick turns in the speculative markets are constantly recurring The chances are hazardous even when one has so-called straight tips. Yet they come around every now and then.
 "A much safer way to make money on speculation is to buy real estate in Bir- mlngham. Real estate values are now moderate, but unless all signs fail, they will move up to higher levels before sum mer, and will continue to move up. Many pieces of realty will bring 50 to 100 per cent more money a year or two hence than they are priced at today"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
Facilities of Transportation.

The secret of the Standard Oils success confessedly consists in it's superior control of the agencies of transportation. Between rebates from the railroads and the ownership of pipe lines it readily secures control of an oil-producing district, and holds it against all corners and all opposition efforts.
 It is perhaps not difficult to stop re- bates, but the pipe line owned by the Standard company Is a problem not readily solved. Kansas proposes to make all pipe lines in that state common carriers" but the Kansas proposition must yet encounter the criticism of the courts who have never considered such an application and extension of the subject. If the courts do not uphold the Kansas contention, some other method of warfare must be devised if all oil producers are to 
 enjoy equal facilities of transporta- tion.
 Altogether Kansas has tackled a difficult problem, and the eyes of the country are upon her. A sovereign state is not an easy thing to handle, but the Standard Oil is an aggressive fighter. and no doubt it will exhaust it's remedies before making any con sessions even to a sovereign state.
 Kansas should fight boldly on all lines. If it cannot extend the inter- state commerce law to meet the mo nopoly. it certainly can fight under the antitrust act, which the supreme court upholds at every turn.
 There is plenty of room for fighting, and Kansas seems to be ready to do all the fighting that the case ad- mits of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
An Old Landmark.

The discontinuance of the Hunts vile land office seems almost sac rilege. It was established in 1910, soon after Alabama ceased to be part of Georgia, and Creeks and Choc- jaws and Cherokees roamed through the wilds west of Georgia. It was es- tablished before General Jackson fought the warlike Indians near Tal- ladega. There wac peace in Alabama afterwards. This was in 1913, and in 1919 Alabama became state. The constitutional convention met in Huntsville, Montgomery being then an unknown locality. The first leg islature met there.
 But the land office antedated all those events. It was established when Alabama was a part of Mississippi Territory, and it remained a part of the state through all changes down to the present week, nearly rounding up a century of life. That old land office was in touch with every devel- opment of North Alabama, and if it could speak it could many tale un- fold. When the office was estab. lished ninety-four years ago nearly all of Alabama consisted of government land. Now the government does not own enough of odds and ends in this state to make good-sized county, and this is why the old land office has been discontinued, and the public land sales in this state transferred to Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03

cured between the extra session and the regular session, although no one saw it occur It did not, as a matter of fact. one session lapsing into the ether without cessation or interrnp- ton of any sort. No member went home and no one therefore could eonscientiously claim mileage. The Senate has ruled that no constructive recess occurred in which Collector Crum and General Wood could have been appointed. The House says, however, that while there was no constructive recess for other purposes, there was one for mileage purposes, and 1t proceeded to vote through the steal of $19O,000.
 Will the Senate. after deciding that there was not even a construct i've recess, shamelessly vote itself mileage? This is the question. If the Senate refuses to adopt the mileage amendment the bill may come up again in the house, and if it does MT. Underwood will surely exhaust his opportunities in uncoyering the steal and all who participate in it. This district and state fully endorses MT. Underwoods action in the matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

Hrere Is tie strongest scene in Clyde Fitchs play. '.The Woman in the Case which is regarded by critics as one of his greatest successes. The scene represents the interior of a room, decorated in a style both gaudy and vulgar. It is an apartment rented by Margaret Rolfe, wife of the hero in order to be near Claire Forster, the woman in the case, who is a social outeast and altogether bad. Claire Forster holds the secret which will clear Rolfe of a murder charge. In order to learn this secret Margaret Rolfe pre- tends that she is vile creature like Claire Forster, invites the woman to her room and there plies her with wine. The drunk and the o-her woman really be- comes intoxicated. In her maudllng talk she lets out the desired information Margaret Rolfe springs upon her in a fury, seizes her about the neck and all most chokes her to death. Of such stuff as this the American drama is builded! What is there admirable in such scene, and why cannot wifely devotion be pie tursd in more pleasing fashion? Such thrills are to be expected in melodra- ma, but "rhe Woman in she Case is not supposed to be melodrama. MT. Fitch's new play may be powerful, but 1t is founded on d recent criminal court trial, and let us hope that such sensationalism will not characterize the real American drama when 1t is developed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
AN OSLE7 FED BARBER SHOP.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 While it may be true that persons over 40 years of age do not agree with Dr. osler of Baltimore in his relegation of men of twoscore to the backwoods, there is a barber in this city who is even more radical than the Maryland physician. This barber will open shop in a few days, and he will have a corps of barbers employed who will have to work in fixed way. No deviation from rules will be permitted. but what is most drastic is the determination the boss has made to employ no man who is over 9 year old. After 9 years,' this man argues, "the touch of a barber is not as delft. Any man who wants a job in my shop must prove to me that he is not more than 20 years of age and when he gets to that advanced age he must resign or he will be dis charged. l don't want any old men of 70 pottering around in my shop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
Modern inauguration Balls.

Before the war no one could attend an inauguration ball who had not first been invited to it by committee charged with that duty. The ball was in those days, not only social, but se- lect and even aristocratic.
 Since the war democratic methods have been adopted. Anybody can buy B ticket of admission regardless of race, color or previous condition of ervitude-regardless of cliques or social position. It is no more a ''society" affair than a circus. Bus mess and politics now enter into it, and the men in charge of each suc- cessiye one have a. eye to the re- ceipts at the box office. The more tickets that are sold the more money for needful expenditures.
 What effect the democratizing of the inaugural ball Will have upon it remains to be seen. It is too late to turn back, ana all future balls will no doubt be open to all who will purchase tickets of admission.
 The country grows larger, but 1t grows more democratic in it's public methods, and the inauguration ball is sharing in the general trend. It is said the one O. tomorrow night will know no color line, and this is but a step in the general movement towards a commercial and political basis. So ciety is surprised, not to say shocked, but society will soon come to see that it is outranked by politics and the box office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
Chicauo's Coming Election.

This is an "off' year in politics, and perhaps the warmest and most interesting political contest of the entire year will occur in Chicago this spring. Chicago is a city that is sub iect to great independent popular movements. and one seems to be inn pending there this spring.
 The controlling issue in Chicago re- lates to the traction and street rail- road franchises. The voters are to decide in the coming election be- tween municipal ownership or an eX- tension of existing franchises. It Is the one or the other, and the issue is plainly defined and understood.
 John M. Harlan, son of the well known justice of the supreme court of the United States, is the republican nominee for mayor. He favors re- stricted extension of present fran chises with municipal ownership as the goal. The traction interests will support Harlan, because all they ask now is a tiding over of the present stage of public sentiment, which is hostile to all monopolies.
 The democratic nominee for mayor is Judge Edward F. Dunne, who has come out in favor of immediate mnni- cipal ownership of the traction priv ileges. MT. Dunne was born in Wa teryille. Connecticut, in 1853, of Irish parents. He was student in Trln- ity college, Dublin, when business re- verses overlook his father, then a business man in Peoria. He left Dub lin six months before graduation. In 1876 he went to Chicago, where he became a lawyer Since 1892 he has been a judge of the circuit court. He has family of ten children.
 Judge Dunne belongs to no city hall ring. He stands high among ail civic reformers. He states his posi- lion as to the use of the streets of Chicago plainly and definitely. He says:
 Immediate municipal ownership, in the sense of immediate proceedings leading to early success, is entirely feasible. Such proceedings should be vigorously prosecuted. Whether municipal owner ship should be followed. as l think it should. by municipal operation under a rigidlv enforced civil service law is dis tinct question, which must be decided as such under the provis ons of the Mueller bill by the people themselves on referen- dunn The issue at the present crisis in our city government is the issue of own ership solely Reg riding that issue I hold the true, he practicable, and the only safe and wise policy to be munich pal ownership, without reservation or procrastination.
 MT Harlan is pretty radical himself, and the battle between him and Judge Dunne is perhaps the most interesting before the American people. The con test will be warm one, and no one can predict with confidence what the outcome will be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
From the St. Louis elobe-pemocrat.

1 HERE is no longer Chinese k1 problem in the United States.
 The number of Celesllals in this country is steadily on the decline, and with the restrictions against immigration remaining on the statute book the shrinkage must continue. In 1890 the Chi nese in the United States numbered 127,- 900. In 1900 they had dropped to 119,000
 Of the latter there were 27,000 in Hawaii and 5000 in Alaska, leaving only s9,00O in the contiguous parts of the United States
 It would be hard for Dennis Kearney to raise his sand-lot crusade against the Chinese now. There are not more than 10, GOO in San Francisco in 1905, as com pared with 25,000 or 30,000 In Kearneys days of activity. Kearney fought harder against the plutocrats than he did against the Celestials, but his catchword "The Chinese must go,' had some influence in attracting the country's attention to the yellow peril' of that day, and helped to secure anti-Chinese legislation from Congress. Apparently nobody in San Francisco flas any very serious objections to the yellow men who remain in that city. While the white element of the population is growing with fair rate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
Constructive Mileage Grab.

All of the Alabama members pres, ent voted against the mileage loot of S1g0 900. which the House voted into the general deficiency bill. MT. Un- derwood succeeded in procuring a separate vote on the proposition, and when he demanded the yeas and nays he uncovered the steal altogether. Twenty-six de1-1 .rats voted with the republicans, and the House fearlessly rlunged it's hands into the treasury.
 It will be remembered that the President convened Congress in eN- fra session in 1903, and the extra ses- sion went on until it lapsed into the regular session of that year. It is claimed that constructive recess oc-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
AGE AND CREATIVE GENIUS.

From the New York Sun.
 Johann Kepler was 30 years old when he gave to the world his discovery of the law of the distance of the planets from the sun.
 he published his "Novum O.ganum.'
 Pierre Gassendi was 5s years old when he published his atomic theory.
 Otto von Guerieke was ee years old when he invented the air pump
 Johann Rudolph von Glauber was 55 years old when he discovered sodium sul- phat (Glauber salt)
 Sir Isaac Newton was A years old when he published the law of gravtation.
 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz was 54 years old when he was commissioned to estab- fish the Academy of Sciences in Berlin
 Antonius van Leewenhoels was SS years old when he discovered blood corpuscles, infusoria, spermatoza etc.
 Rene Reaumur was 47 years old when he brought out his thermometer.
 Benjamin Franklin was 46 years old when he invented the lightning rod.
 Joseph Priestly was fl years old when he discovered oxygen.
 Jan Ingenhousz was 49 years old when he discovered the respiration of plants.
 Henry Cavendish was 53 years old when he discovered hydrogen.
 Christian Huygens wass 61 years old when he published his theory of the un- dulation of light.
 Count Berthollet. Klaproth, John Dal- 4a,, Rt1nafOrd (Rpn- jamin Thompson), Woehler Liebig, Alex ander von Humboldt, and, in fact, the majority of the eminent chemists and physicists did their most important work in advanced years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
Watch Washington.
ANOTHER sKYscRAPER.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 lover in Birmingham they are prepar- ing to build a sky scraper," said R. E. Dodge, resident of the Magic City at the Kimball yesterday "The building is to be erected at Twentieth street and Fourth avenue. and will be constructed as hotel. It will be the tallest building in the city when it is finished. w H. Woodward and his associates, who are to construct the new hotel. have about closed with Col. William Nell, formerly of the Brown house of Macon 10 take charge of it. Colonel Neil Is now in Birmingham running the St. Nicholas, the new hotel of the Alabama metropolis The new hotel is to have BIO rooms and will be known as the Jefferson. Bill Neill has made many friends since he went to Birmingham, and Is now looked upon as one of the progressive, energetic citizens of the place."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-03-03
ARMY AND NAVY pEsERTIoN.

From the New York Mail.
 The six young Seneca Indians who late ly enlisted in the regular army. on leav- ing school, only to desert a few months later when they found they did not like it, are a national type They seemed to be surprised when they were sent to prison. They thought that every Ameri- can citizens right to quit his job was inalienable.
 That notion lies at the bottom of army and navy desertion. Our soldiers and sailors are not ill-treated. There is no motive to ill-treat them. They are wanted In the service. Some times subalterns are arrogant and unjust. but all such in justice comes to grief in a little while. It cannot persist. because it is a detri- ment to the service and makes serious trouble. No other soldiers in the world are so well fed and so lightly disciplined as ours.
 But the fever of discontent and rest 1essness, and the immemorial passion of the American for hating his job and wanting to get another, seizes pretty nearly every soldier or sailer at some period of his service; and given the op- portunity to get away he is very apt to forget the disgrace and odum that att tach to desertion.
 If recruiting officers make the service look unduly alluring, or if Congress or the administration excuses desertion with such frequency that it is made to appear venial offense, they are greatly to blame. The men ought to know exactly what they are going into when they en- list, and once there, they should be made to realize that for once in their life they must stick or be made forever odious before their countrymen.