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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
Goyernment Crop Guesses.

Tt is likely says the Charlotte Ob- server, "that after the effect of the leak in the agricultural department blows over the opposition to reports on croops as now made will diminish and the estimates continue to be issued. While at present the government fig ures are somewhat at discount, they have heretofore been regarded as the most accurate estimates available, just as government census figures are taken as the standard"
 Government census figures relating to cotton production are actual counts at the ginneries. There is no element of guessing or estimating in them. A count of bales is wholly trustworthy and legitimate. but the estimates of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24

it is in no selfish way that I appeal to you and all our brethren of the south. but repeat I am come to ask you to do nothing to enthral the south or any other section in this present progress of her development, but let her be forever unshaekled. free to obtain the best terms for herself. free to deal with her own railroads, to be able to go to her .e7sis- railroads; free to advance the progress of her development
 The Journal and Tribune has taken the position from the beginning that the south has peculiar and distinct interest in this question. In other sections of the country, for reasons that we need not discuss here, development of trade, and of industrial resources has reached state of maturity; here they are only in their infancy. It is only in years comparative ly recent, that the south has felt the inspiration of hope long deferred We in the south are in a situation to be seriously injured by an interference with our rail- roads, based upon, the wants, fancied or real, of other sections of the Union It is to our interest at the present time to let well enough alone, and we would be standing in our own light If we should ask for the government to take hold of and tie the hands of our southern rail- roads, that no one will undertake to deny have been the largest factor in the prog ress and growing prosperity of the sec- ton.
 Every one knows that country so large as this. there are conflicting inter- ests. There are interests to serve in the south that may not exist in the eastern or in the western states. It will not be denied that the government should exer- else some authority over the railroads; safety appliances should be required so as to minimize the loss of life and limb on the part of those who work for ana i, those who patronize the roads. But can we, need we expect, that general board with headquarters at the national capital maybe not southern man in tiff given power to regulate rates. will perform it's complex task in a manner that will not come in conflict with southern interests.
 There may be those who will charge that Colonel Hardwick in his address to the South Carolina editors dealt in the sentimental and that he appealed to sec- tional sentiment. But fortune favors and smiles upon those who favor themselves. and work for their own interests; from the standpoint of southern man, leav- ing aside the fact that he is railroad man. we can easily understand how he grew earnest in his remarks This papers we repeat, has taken the position from the time this question was first agitated. that no part of the country is so directly interested in this matter as the ruth. We need all the railroads we can have and we need to have them operated with an eye single to the future development of southern interests and southern in- dustries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
BEAUTlFYlNe MADAME's vIsAoE
Luxury of Massage Shown to Be Rather
 Expensive.
tbe T.ondon telegraph.

From the London Telegraph.
 Paris.-To beautifying Madame's visage, three sittings a week. during one month, ZIP; one monthss massage of threoat, ZIP; one bath of triple effluvia for beau- tifying the limbs. E2; one bottle of liquid white for the complexion, ss; one months anti-wrinlxle treatment. f4; one months ditto for figure, ZIP; two more months of same. e16; second bath of triple ef- fiuvia, e2; third ditto, sS; two more months anti-wrinkie treatment fS etc.
 Such are some of the items in a bill for eco los, sent in to the Baroness de X, by her masseuse. Of this amount G32 has been paid already, but the much- massce lady refused to settle the balance peculiar circumstance is that. though getting on in life, she seems to be still very giddy young thing in spirits. She has thrown her money about so wildly that what French law calls Judicial counsel' has been appointed. that Is, species of legal guardian to manage her affairs for. her He intcryencd in the present case. and opposed payment on the ground that massage came within the definition of a ''sumptuary outlay which a person provided with a ''consell judi- clare" Is restrained from mourning. The masseuse, under the circumstances, should have refused credit The court, however. considered that 1t was not mere cxtrav- agance to spend money in aetf-beautiflca- tion, and while cutting down the credl- tors claim by two-thirds. sentenced the baroness to pay the balance, her legal guardian being pscuniarily responsible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
A LIMIT TO ALL THINGS.
m the Philadelphia Telegraph.

From the Philadelphia Ielegraph.
 He had been away on long journey and upon his return his wife was detail- ing to him a number of reforms and improvements which she had success fully engineered during his absence.
 And you know she said, "the draw CT that was locked for over a month and which you said couldn't be opened except by a iocksmith? Well"-trium- phantly-'T opened it.''
 Well. well. How in the world did you do it?"
 With a hairpin."
 And the oven-door.'' she continued. ''has been slipping around on one hinge for ever so long just because you were too lazy to fix 1t. but it's all right now
 Well. I'm glad you had it fixed
 Had it fixedl fixed it myself-with a hairpin.'
 And then there's that erayon portrait of mother that stood in the corner for almost six solid weeks because you never would bring me any picture-hooks-I got it up with hook l made myself-out of a hairpin."
 ''Ye gods!'' he said.
 And there's Willie. You've been coax ing him and bribing him for a year. try ing to break him of biting his nails, and 1 broke him i'll a week"
 with a hairpin?" he inquired weakly.
 '.Nol' she snapped Don't be a goose With a hsirbrush!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24

the agricultural department are not based on actually ascertained facts ob' tained at the ginneries or elsewhere.
 The Observer has confused the two. If the department of agriculture would spend the money placed in it's hands to give, for example, the people tae actual acreage in the Delta or else where, it would present something definite and trustworthy, but it's crop gnesses do but mislead, and the government should no longer endorse estimates that have in the average gone wide of the mark 600,0O0 bales year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
Yellow Fever Situation.

"The people in the state of Alabama are much more excited over the yellow fever situation than the people of New Orleans" said Pullman car conductor who came In over the Louisville and Nashville railroad last night.
 "The excitement along the line of the road in South Alabama on the coast Is actually amusing and, think. absolutely uncalled for. The people are leaving by hundreds and many places are all most deserted. while in New Orleans you hardly hear the matter discussed.
 The trains are picking up many more refugees along the line in South Ala bama than anywhere else. Not more than half a dozen cases have been re- ported in New Orleans and they are in a section where the disease can easily be controlled, it is claimed, by the health officers of the city.
 "h hile 1t Is rumored that thrains opera ting out of New Orleans will be required to change crews at the state line the action of the state health officials is considered as nasty and very unnecessary by the New Orleans people. who are but little perturbed oyer the situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
FEATHER" OF RAG TIME MUSIC
Ernest Hogan Blamed for the "coon
 Sone' Era.

From the New York Telegraph
 Several years ago." says Frederick Neil Innes, ''there was a negro dance in that section of Kansas City known as Belyidere Hollow and as a special in- ducement for the colored folk to attend, it was announced that an important negro from the sunny districts of New Orleans would be on hand to call the dance
 This negro made a most pronounced impression from the start, but when he began to call the figures for the intricate movements of the old-fashioned quadrille, he created a sensation, and, in the yer nacular of the theatrical profession, the New Orleans darky made a hit
 "A single expression of this negro filled the dancers with wonderment; in fact, it caused such sensation as to form the | principal topic of public gossip in Bel videre for many weeks after. The negro's expression was pas-ma-la. It means pass and swing, nothing more
 Another negro in Belvidere, musica1ly inclined, originated a dance and called it the Pas-ma-la.' He composed some music for it, and within few weeks any one | in the negro district of Kansas City who | couldn't dance the 'Pas-ma-a wasn't eligible for coontown society. "The author of the new dance was Ernest Hogan, who afterward gained a measure of fame for other songs he com posed, but when asked what his initial effort meant he said. 'ragtime. Ernest Hogan Is the father of ragtime, for | 'Pas-ma-la' was the first effort of this kind that ever attracted general attention Following this came F. A. Mills Georgia Camp Meeting.'
 T dare say that 10000 songs and in strumental numbers, popularly known as ragtime, have been composed and put on ! the market since Hogan introduced the fad to Kansas City negro elite. The country for while seemed ragtime mad
 Certainly no one ever considered rag time selection from a serious standpoint and no one, surely can be surprised that l that form of alleged music is now on the | Wane."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
A STORY OF JEFFERSON.

From the New York Times.
 New York still has at least one of Its old time firms of booksellers--the sort of business house which Is law unto itself, and alters not the law to suit the conve- nience of anyone, howevere great, says nience of anyone, however great. Joseph Jefferson had been q customer of this firm for years, but had never seen either of its members, who may just as well be called Jones & Smith as anything else. One day Jefferson called at the shop, his errand being to protest against long delay in delivering some books he had ordered. The old gentleman arrived in a very irate state of mind. but soon cooled of when he observed the pained expression of the shopkeeper.
 You understand" said the veteran, that I don't wish to be offensive to you It is your confounded firm I am com plainng of. If you are Jones, l say d--n smith. If you are Smith. I say d-r Jcnes I don't mean to be personal at all"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
Piq Iron Production.

The reports covering the month of June are not an indication of present conditions, for the present buying movement had not been begun on July 1. The stocks on hand at that time had risen to 572,795 tons, of which amount 121, ,340 tons were in Alabama yards. All or nearly all of the Ala bama accumulation has since been sold.
 The actual production of this dis trict in June was 123,660 tons. That amount was produced by twenty-seven coke furnaces out of forty-three in the district. The production was but 63 1-2 per cent of the capacity of the district.
 The Iron Trade Review estimates the years product at 2i,S60,445 tons, not counting charcoal iron. This will be new record, but the iron industry in this country will be pretty sure to make new records from time to time, especially when the home consumption calls for it. The home consumption is even more to be wondered at than the home production. A few years ago no one would have believed this country would so soon consume twen- ty-two million tons of iron year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
BARBARlC CITY NOISES.
Scheme on Foot to Lessen the Din In
 New York.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin "A project is on foot in New York for re-
 paving the lower hall of Broadway and
 portions of other important streets with
 wooden blocks of the same general type
 as those which are used in London and
 Paris. One of the arguments advanced in
 behalf of this plan is that it will materi-
 ally lessen the tremendous volume of
 noise which now arises from these thor
 oughfares.
 Whether this experiment Is successful
 or not it serves to direct attention to one
 respect in which leading American cities
 are notably at fault That Is the SUD-
 presson of superfluous racket, particu- larly in the hours which belong to rest
 and sleep. The pounding of horses hoofs,
 the grind of wheels. the clangor of troll leys and all the other noise-producing
 sources which abound on every hand
 are more or less endurable by day. be- them-a fact which does not imply that
 they are without harmful effects in the long run on the average nervous system. But when summer comes, compelling wide-open windows, the multitudes of citi-
 zens who dwell on frequented streets, as-
 suredly have the right to make energetic protest against the altogether unneces. sary noises between midnight and morn ing.
 The trolley car with its flat wheels,
 which pound the rails viciously and can he heard for squares. and the chatter of milk wagons and other vehicles for the early distribution of household provisions, driven rapidly. as these often are are among the chief nuisances. Nobody will propose that the trolleys should be held UT during the night. But there is little doubt that if municipal legislation were passed requiring 1t ramshackle and rat tl,ng cars with defective wheels could at least be kept off the streets at night. As for the delivery wagons and the occa- sional night-hawk cabs. it is fair ques- tor whether these should not be com peled by law to be equipped with rubber tires while regulations forbidding the
 dashing pace at which they often travel when the streets are clear would still further contribute to comparative quiet ude
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
RAILROADS ARE NEEDED
 BY SOUTHERN STATES
Erom thl

From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune. NA AST Friday MT. s. H. Hardwick, IS passenger traffic manager of the
 Southern railway, made an ad- dress before the South Carolina Press association. in which he told the story of the progress of the south in an in- teresting manner and followed 1t with criticism of the Townsend -Esch bill un- der the provisions of which 1t is pro- power to regulate rates. He dwe1t with emphasis upon the fortunes of the south. saying among other things:
 The south must be loyal to her own in- terests and take care of her own needs. She must protect her own agricultural. commercial and industrial necessities, in cluding her railroads.
 This rate-making power by bureau of the government would affect our whole blessed land. But l consider, as a busi- ness proposition, 1t must affect the south at this time more than any other section. because the south possesses such limitless undeveloped resources of such varied and such needful kinds that no other section can much longer have the advantage if the south is given a fair showing and a reasonable opportunity. Now, at this crit ical juncture. if left free, she will soon equal, aye even surpass. all other sec tions in her triumphant development.
 Then let us do nothing to hamper or hinder that progress of the south. Let us not be disturbed by the envying of other sections, but let us emulate the progress of other sections of our great country. Let our watchword ever be that the south hath need of her sons. Not in narrow ness nor in selfshness, but in a spirit of the broadest patriotism, let us remember that here is our home and this is our immediate responsibility, indeed. our glorious heritage. Our responsibility is to advance the progress of the south, and not to permit such national legislation. or any other legislation, to cast us back ten, twenty, forty years, and all the hard work of those years to be done over again, with increasing burden and diminishing encouragement.
 Think of the tremendous array of labor ing people who are dependent upon rail- rOaus' ulrectly and coliaterally, Tor livelihood, numbering in this country from ten to fifteen millions people, all spending their money with the tradesmen store keepers, with the professional men, the press, etc.. and think what they contrib ute to religious and charitable work, what good citizens they are, and shall their needs have no hearing or influence? Shall they be beset with calamitous conditions. by having their forces reduced and the wages of the remaining ones cut down Has the Eseh-1ownsend bill right to disregard all these conditions and con- sequences?
 Railroads must keep their expo. s within their income so they must cur tail or finally cease their operations. But
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
There is a Hyde in every scandal.
  GOOD CURE FOR EVIL IMPULSE,

From the Minneapolis Tribune.
 A Council Bluffs boy who was arrested the other day, attributed his numerous thefts to impulses which he cannot con- troll He says he has to do everything that suggests itself to- him, no matter what it is. We have seen boys like that. Swimming suggests itself and To, they were off; they chanced to catch sight Of a cherry pie in the pantry and they were impelled by an irresistible impulse to eat it, and though psychologists did not look into their cases and take mysterious notes after feeling of their heads, we venture to assert that the same cure. if applied to the Iowa boy, would be as effective in his case as it was In theirs. strong pliable switch from the orchard. Treat ment should begin early and be continued until marked improvement is noted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
EDITORS MISSION AND
 RELATION TO PEOPLE

pie which he knows tn be wrong or ill., advised and all because he may curry favor with the people and sell his paper, is Ae not practically on all fours with the editor who sells his opinion to an indi- vidual or corporation? And if an edi- tor will sell his opinion to the people for subscriptions, will he not also sell it to an individual or corporation or a political clique, if he can get his price, anG not be found out? For our part, we have more respect for the editor who boldly proclams that his editor columns are for sale than for the editor who poses for righteousness and vaunts himself as the great champion of popular rights. and che is at least straightforward in his business methods; the other is hypocrite for the price of his hypocrisy.
 Yet this important fact the judcious editor must always keep well in hand. In order to have influence with the people, he must keep on .erms with them and must feel and show a sincere interest i,' their welfare He must get close to the heart of the people. and show genuine sympathy with them in all just griev- ances. If he stanus afar off and shows that he Is out of touch with them, he may preach sound doctrine every day. but the people will not heed. Indeed, they will not hear, for they will not read his paper. That Is the most difficult task of the honest editor to tell the people disagreeable truths; to advocate that which is not popular. and yet to induce the people to read and respect his paper. 1t requires more tact and discretion than 1t does to be President of the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
FLOWERS.

By Thomas Hood. l will not have the mad Clytie, Whose head is turneu by the sun; The tulip is courtly queen
 Whom. therefore. I will shun; The cowslip is country wench, The violet is a nun But I will woo the dainty rose, The queen of every one. The pea is but q wan,on witch, And too much haste to wed, And clasps her rings on every hand: The wolfsbane should dread, Nor will dreary rosemarye.
 That always niourns thc dead, Put will woo the dainty rose. With her cheeks of tender red. The lily is all in white. like a saint, And so is no cate for me: And the daisys chcelk is tipped with a
 blush,
 She is of such low degree: Jasrnine is awcct. and has many loves And the brpom's bcthrothed to the bee Put will plight with the dainty rose, For falrest of ell iE she.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
Mobile Healthy.

Percy Clark of Birmingham, who at tended the Press association meeting at Coden near Mobile, returned last night He spent yesterday in Mobile. "Quaran- tine regulation are strictly enforced at Mobile said MT. Clark. There is no alarm among the people of Mobile. have never known that city to be in such fine sanitary condition. The health of that community is particularly good this sum mer. Everybody Is impressed with that fact Quite a number of the editors with their families who attended the Press association meeting have stopped over at Mobile for a few days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
SNOW IN wYoMINc.

Yellowstone Park cor. New York Mail.
 The edge of winter is just being broken here. and by August 15. the snow probably win be of the ground. At Grand Canyon. in the heart of the National Reservation. the snow lies three feet deep. and in spots 1t has drifted to height of six feet.
 The snow is piled high up against the window of the office of the weather fore caster in the Grand Canyon Hotel. and the forecaster. R. C. Patterson. Rittsburs man. who is spending his nrst summer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24

here, is considerably confused In some of the letters which he sends to friend in the east he brackets July and December and follows it with the remainder of the date.
 The temperature hovers around the thirty-degree mark, with a mean showing of 35 degrees The snowfall lately has started in the evening and continued for a couple of hours. Then 1t would let up for four or five hours, and continue to fall until early morning.
 The deer. elk and tears that delight In cold weather have already left the lower section of the park, where warm weather is beginning. and are arriving at Grand Canyon in large numbers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-24
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch

70 ,a,Ora p"o,sh from a"',ns' ,ns ss1"~" %waass
 W Journal, in which it is claimed that the editor of a newspaper is the representative of the people as much so as if he had been elected to the office of editor by the votes of the people.
 That is interesting, but it is mislead- ing. In one sense an editor is the repre- sentative of the people, or should be, but not as though he had been elected by vote of the people. It would be a sad day for journalism if editors held their post by popular vote. for there would then be no such thing as an independent editor. He would train with the crowd and voice the sentiment of the people, and never express a view that was not popular Our Milwaukee contemporary does not mean, of course. that an editor should be that sort of representative of the people;'' on the contrary, it says that the editor must make his appeal to the best that is in the people. and be true to the best that is in himself" Quite so, but if he were elected he would be demagogue and give the people the doc- urine they wanted, whether or not in his opinion it was good for them.
 In another part of the article the Sem tnel denounces the editor who holds that a newspaper has as much right, morally, to champion the cause of some special and selfish interest for pay, as a lawyer has to plead tLe cause of his client for fee.
 That proposition is so base that 1t is not to be discussed in the company of de cent newspaper men. But when an editor 'espouses' some cause of the peo-