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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
From Worlds Work.

From Worlds Work.
 AN E are returning to village life,
 ~/ though generation ago it was
 w thought by city people a form
 of intellectual and social stagnation From
 1880 to 1890 cities of 25,O0o inhabitants or
 more grew almost twice as fast as the
 United States as whole. From 1890 to
 1900 the growth of the cities was slower.
 For example, towns of at least 5000 in-
 habtants, from 1880 to 1890 grew little
 more than four times as fast as rural
 communities; whereas from 1890 to 1900
 the growth was only two and half times
 as fast. The next census in 1910 will
 probably show a decided increase in the
 relative rate of rural growth. It must
 be remembered, too, that large na-
 jority of the immigrants have remained
 in the cities. It is plain that the vil-
 lages are more than holding their own as
 dwelling places for Americans.
 What has acted upon the inhabitants
 of villages to keep them at home? Since
 1894 there has been an amazing material
 improvement in cities, and constantly
 increasing business activity to attract able and energetic men. Yet a return to
 nature is going on. and 1t is because vil-
 lage life is not only becoming more at-
 tractive to those who have known no other, but is also drawing people who have long lived in cities. Men return
 after years of turmoil in great towns to
 pass their last days in the peace of their native villages. Meanwhile, the condi- tions that make the returned wanderers content are keeping the village youths at home.
 There are villages of 150 inhabitants or fewer, fully 125 miles from New York, a distance by rail of scarcely three hours. A generation ago the villagers, to reach the nearest large cities, had to go by tedi- ous way trains at twenty miles to take an express train. Railway service is greatly improved, and with the improved service have come cheaper postal facilities prompt and frequent malls, and more rural mall service supplementary to the work of the railway postoffice.
 Metropolitan newspapers now appear at the breakfast table in villages more than 200 miles from the points of publica- ton. One great railway line has spe- cial system for rural delivery by which packages are carried forty or fifty miles for five cents. and thus the shops of a great city are brought to the doors of many thousands of villagers.
 The trolley car has knit together hum dreds of villages, giving them cheaper and more rapid communication with one another and with the next market town. Telephone service is cheaper and more satisfactory than in most large cities. Scores of villages have within twenty years provided cheap electric lighting systems, conducted as an adjunct to the public water supply system. Comfort health and safety have increased through purer and more abundant water, In southern Pennsylvania and on the north ern edge of Delaware, where many rapid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

M REDERICK WARDE was in Bir-
 T mingham yesterday en route to
 fill ehautauqua engagement at
 Newman, Ga. The tragedian is at present
 on lecture tour, giving his shakespearian
 readings and lectures in the south. Brisk.
 alert and unaffected Mir warde is far
 from being the usual acceptation of an
 actor in private life. There is no dandy
 ism in his character and the cut of his
 coat does not bespeak a man who thinks
 more of dress than of the higher aims in
 life In fact Mir. Warde Is neither inn
 pressive nor august on the street, al-
 though he can assume dignity enough on
 the stage He reminds one more of
 successful railroad mana hustling
 travelling passenger agent for example
 than an actor MT. Warde and Louis
 James are the most conspicuous survivors
 of what is known as the "o1d school of
 acting. Both are popular in all parts of
 the country and have been seen in co-star
 roles by Birmingham theatergoers. MT.
 Warde likes to assert that he has prac-
 tically retired from the stage and will
 henceforth devote himself to lectuIng.
 He is a hard student a deep reader and
 man~who makes trends. His views on
 Shakespeare are interesting and scholar
 ly but his friends will not believe that
 he has quit the boards for good. The envelope was addressed. MT
 Editor. care Age-herald, Birmingham, 6-1-5-Su., Ala.," and 1t came from lit- tie town in Alabama where it's writer .x1lt. Co 1I1s.- The letter was as follows:
 MT Editor of the ageheraid I Red the advertisement of the widower. american widower he sais his age Is 65 & he said he has no children no relatives, & would Like to corresponds with him but if 1t will cost me any thing to get up this correspondence, threw the paper I will haf to let it a lone. I am american widow lady without money or any thing I will close"
 The eabalistic signs in the address on the envelope were of course the line ad- ded by the business office to the widow er's' advertisement to designate the day and number of times the want" adver- | tisement was to be published Still the 'american widower" would have been given this letter in good faith were it not | for the fact that he ha losng since quit calling for his mail and has no doubt sue ceeded in finding himself a mate There Is a similarity in the careers of James J. Jeffries and Grover spovc, md Mir Cleveland is the only living ex-Presi- l dent and MT. -JeTres is the onlv living ex-champion heavyweight who got out | without being knocked out.
 Secretary Bonaparte has perfect hor- | TOT of scapegoat and can't bear the odor of whtewash, he says.
 The Rev. MT. Shakespeare of London
 has name to conjure with.
 "A symposium on woman's suffrr ge" has just been held at Ocean Grove. The petticoat agitators agreed that women are the housecleaners and the .nited States is sadly in need of a housekeeping at their hands. We would respe lily remind the suffragists that this country can not be cleaned up with leather | duster.
 looking well. How is your healtl.? want to congratulate you on that last deal you made in wheat. You are a smooth one old fellow, and I was say- | ing the other day to a friend that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

otLer comparative trifles will not prove serious obstacles to peace. Japan will not demand the dismantling of the forts at Yladivostok, nor will she in- terfere with Russian outlet at that port
 All the terms named may be inaccur- ate, but the consensus of opinion is that they are substantially correct. It is at any rate known through trust worthy Japanese sources that Japan will not call off her dogs of war unless an indemnity is paid that will cover her war expenses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
cLEvELANDs CABINET.

From the Philadelphia North American.
 Of the members of the cabinets of President Grover Cleveland. only seven arc now living and fourteen are dead, as follows
 Living-John c. Carlisle. Don M. Die inson, Hoke Smith. Judson Harmon. David R. Francis, Richard olney and Charles $. Fairchld.
 Dead-Daniei s. Lamont, Thomas F. Bayard, Walter O. Gresham. Daniel Man ming, William c. Endicott Lucius o. c. Lamar William F. Villas. William c, Whitney, Hillary A. Herbert, Norman J. Coleman. ]. Sterling Morton. Wilson 6. Bissell. William L. Wilson and Augustus H. Garland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
TazeweII Elicit.

Among the arrivals at the Hillman yes- terday was Col. Tazewell Elicit, a mem Der of the New York bar. Colonel Elicit is a native of Richmond. Va, and spent the greater part of his life there. He represented the Richmond district in Con- gross from March, 1895 to March 1897.
 This is my first visit to Birmingham. '' said Colonel Elicit. ''and 1 am greatly im- pressed with its fine appearance and its air of prosperity. Everybody knows Bir- mingham by reputation. of course, and in seeing the town all the favorable re- ports of it are fully confirmed, Birming- ham has without doubt, splendid future. It is going to be one of the largest cities in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
BATTLEFIELD oRATIoNS.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 Somebody once asked the Duke of Wellington if speeches on the battlefield were really made as reported and what was their effect The Duke said: What effect on the whole army can be made by speech, since you cannot convent ently make 1t heard by more than a thousand men standing about your" Then the Duke was asked if it were not the fact that Napoleon delivered some rather notable orations on the field. The Duke would not have it. ''The proclamations you read of in the French army were much more seen in the papers than by the soldiers They were ment for Paris"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
oil In Tennessee Valley.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 The visit of Professor Ulrich of the Geo. logical department of the United States government to the Hazie Green gas fields last week becomes highly significant when the fact is stated that he wss enthusiastic over the present showirgs and tue pros poets for more substantial returns in gas and possibly oil in this section of the Tennessee valley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

It is reported that Governor Penny packer of rennsylvania is to sell his valuabel library. He ot .ght b have some bis scrapbooks by this time. if he patronized a clipping bureau dur ing the late unpleasantness between Pennypacker and the press of Penn sylYania.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
erfume WorthW hile.

From the Elba Clipper.
 There will soon be the odor the peculiar odor. of fresh ginned cotton, coal-tarred ties. etc, abroad in the south. No one can understand how very sweet 1t smells except a southerner. If there be connect- ed with the odor something like 10-cent cotton the scent smells sweeter still.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
Plenty of Time Yet.

From the Union Springs Herald.
 So far there has not been any undue scramble among the papers of the state to get upon the band wagon of any gu- bernatorial candidate. There is a plenty of time yet to discuss the race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
ORIGIN OF o. K.

From the New York Tribune.
 The Boston Herald' thinks it has traced the origin of 70. K" and it does not spring from an easy spelling of ."all correct" According to "The Herald' 1t is Choctaw. There is in that language a word, "0Seh,'' which means it is cor rect or .I agree or approve" It is often used alone to give assent or ap- proval to suggestion or proposal. "Okeh' was in common use among whites who had dealings with the Choctaws more thant thirty years before the Van Buren campaign. It was convenient expres- sion where parties understood each oth- CTS language imperfectly. and was used to mean. T understand you and approve of what you say" or T understand your statement and vouch for it's correctness. T.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
ssmethinn Overlooked.

From the Ozark Southern Star.
 Secretary Shaw has at last been try ing to explain the enormous deficit In the national treasury. So far he has made no mention of republican extravaganza as being the main reason for the deficit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

They may save the Bennington, but the dead seamen can not be recalled to life. Some one blundered, but who will perhaps never be known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Rockefeller has throwne Carnegie into the shade, completely eclipsed. It will take more than one library en- dowment to put the latter in the lime light again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
REFLECTIONS OF A RAcHELe

From the New York Press.
 Being bored is listening to the othei fellow.
 If is never worth while telling wha' vou know If you really know 1t.
 girl can have an awful good time tb,nking how somebody else isn't.
 A nice thing about reforming is the way you can keep on doing 1t witnou' ever getting the habit.
 A man can't find a better way '" con vince his wife he doesn't love tneir chil- dren than to be firm with them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
Human Nature.

From the Roanoke Leader.
 It is passing strange why man whose taxes don't amount to row of pins will be scared into nightmare whenever the subject of taxation is mentioned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

A bargain sale at Pittsburg started a stampede in which eight women were seriously hurt. The danger of such anairs has not been exaggerated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The Japs are on Russian soil in Si. beria, and Miss Roosevelt has walked in the Mikado's private park. The world surely do move, whether the sun does or not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE
 TO THE RURAL DISTRICTS

streams from hill countries provide plenty of water power, deserted mill sites have been brought up and the water is now used to generate electricity which supplies both light and power, not only to neighboring villages, but to many farms. Within a few years the country roads in the neighborhood will probably be as we'll lighted as village streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
Saw Him First.

From the Anniston Hot Blast.
 President Roosevelt has received eight LL Ds this year. In majority of the cases he got them because the professors saw him first.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The plenipotentiaries will gather at Portsmouth one week from tomorrow. when Japan will at once disclose her excellent terms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
One Consolation.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 About the only consolation man can have during the hot spell is when he re- members that he isn't burning much coal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The Charleston News and Courier speaks of the Hon. J. Hamilton Lewis as the "pink-whiskered peril of yellow politics" J. Hams ears ought to burn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

A billion dollars is lot of money, but that is probably the size of the indemnity Japan will demand from Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The commercial and planting folks are getting tired of Washington guessers. Let them be altogether abolished as things out of date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

John Paul Jones was not only good sailor but he was society man. He had all the qualities the navy demands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

New Orleans awoke to it's duty at least thirty days too late. It must now take it's medicine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The men who built and equipped the gunboat in San Diego bay should be compelled to say each day, "Remem- Der the Bennington"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
ALABAMA PRESS
Ralfour Stands Pat.

From the Mobile Register.
 MT. Balfour will not give up office Tor two old geezers.a He wants to be con- victed of something serious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Superintendent Hendricks full re port on the Equitable is awaited with deep interest by all except Chauncey Depew
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

We may have to force Japan to ac- cept the Philippines. It is the only way to get rid of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The gunboat Bennington burst very much as if it had been examined by a national bank examiner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Yellow fever is creating more talk in south Alabama just now than the gubernatorial candidates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Rockefeller is behind the linseed oil corner. He is It in linseed as well as in coal oils.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The Shah of Persia would probably prefer a slight sunstroke to being bombstruck He got off light in Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Facts are all right in the world of cotton, but guesses are all wrong, and should be abolished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Colonel Mann talks freely. Talk Is, ..owever, cheaper than a copy Of "Fads and Fancies::"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The Portland fair is jogging right along, but is not making much noise in tms part of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The Equitable scandals would have slept on unsuspected if the newspapers had kept still.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Peary carries strong pole and an American flag, but he needs also a drilling machine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The Equitable investigators have Oslerized Chauncey Depew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

President Roosevelt denies the Fad and-Fancy allegation and defes no doubt the allegator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Japan only wants single lonely bill lion of dollars as an indemnity, and Rockefeller could pay it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Tears and handshakes will not win dicate Chauncey Depew this time'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Jimmie Hyde became sensitive to the blind loan at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

What is naval engineer good for if he can not tell when boiler is about to go up?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The Czar has lots of troubles on his hands, but he has no insurance scan- dal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Death Valley Scott has disappeared as if the earth had opened and swal- lowed him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
Australian Women to Vote.

Melbourne, July 27.-The Victorian aa- sembly today passed a bill granting the elective franchise to women
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Secretary Taft's party can not com plain of the welcome accorded them by Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

All hail the tableware trust! The monopoly idea is growing every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The sugar beet in Colorado is run ming the silver mines close race for results.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The latest trust hits. the breakfast table another lick, relating as it does to tableware.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The effect of Yellow Jack upon base ball franchises remains to be meas ured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The author of Fad and Fancies" writer in high c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The surgeons who opened Senator Clarks head also opened his pockets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Secretary Wilson is better, but his department is still in bad way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28
About Persons.

F. M.. Allen of Nashville is in the city T. B. Brown of Stamps, Ark. arrived in Birmingham last night. James Spence of Tuscaloosa is in town.
  F. H. Manning of Talladega is in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 1421 G street. N. W
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Secretary Bonaparte has a perfect hor- TOT of a scapegoat and can't bear the odor of whitewash, he says.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

The Rev. MT. Shakespeare of Lopdon has a name to conjure with.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Young Robert Goelet deserves credit for his determination to study law and offer his services free of charge to people who cannot afford to retain counsel simply because he does not wish to be a million aire without a calling. It is not every scion of wealth who shows a tendency to be both industrious and philanthropical.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

"A symposium on womans suffrc ge' has just been held at Ocean Grove. The petticoat agitators agreed that women are the housecleaners and the United States is sadly in need of a housekeeping at their hands We would respe lily remind the suffraglsts that this country can not be cleaned up with a leather duster.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

There is a similarity in the careers of James J. Jeffries and Grover 9novc,.nd. MT. Cleveland is the only living ex-Presi- dent and MT. -Jeffres is the onlv living ex-champion heavyweight who got out without being knocked out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Why, howdy do, old chap, You are looking well. How is your healtl.? want to congratulate you on that last deal you made in wheat. You are a smooth one old fellow, and I was say- ing the other day to friend that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

A gentleman in Indiana made himself unpopular. among his neighbors by biting off his wifes toe. His disposition must be extremely vindictive, or else he was greatly provoked. However, the most try ing circumstances could not excuse a man for taking such a low down advantage of his better half.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-28

Eastern business office, rooms 43 to 50 Inclusive, Tribune building New York City; western business office, Tribune building, Chicago. The S. C. Beckwth Special Agency, agents foreign advertls- ing
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-28
Camp Broken Up.

The A IRVINE lumber camp
on the amarack river north Of
Blae kduck has been disc, ntiauod
and the crew a iived ii B e Cd s.
this morning. The arm wealth +
nee Stated the dis ontinuance
|of The cam p owing 10 the poor
roads.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-02-28
The CITY

Go to Hakkerup's for Photos.
Peerless allsleel ranges. T'lem
ing & Downs.
Ed Leonard of Tenstrike was
Bemidji visitor yesterday.
Harry Sinker OF Mallard is
visiting friends in the city today
Dir. e: II. Smith left last night
for Turtle River on professions
business.
a. E. Smith returned this
morning from Kelliher, where he
has spent several days.
Judge jacobson Of Kelliher was
a visitor in the city yesterday
returning home last night.
The council meeting last night
passed off very quietly and nc
business OF Importance came up.
Walter Brannon is suffering
with a severe case of blood poi.
soning caused by an ingrowing
toe nail.
s'Wheeler and Wilson and
"Zenith," the best sewing ma
chimes made at Ludington s
Hardware.
Rev. j. j. Trask left this morn.
ing for Walker, where he will
visit a number of lumber camps
in that vicinity.
j. r. Jerrard, manager Of the
St. Cloud Journal Press, is look:
ing after business for the news.
paper in Bemidji today.
Garnet Peterson leaves tonight
for Ripple, where he will remain
for several months upon the
homestead Of his father, j. Peter
son, Jr.
The dance given last night by
the Young Peoples club at the
Grill hall was attended by about
Is couple and an ENJOYABLE time
is reported.
Al phonse Crawford left last
for Hines Spur to look after his
timber interests in that vicinity.
Mr.. Crawford expects to return
to Bemidji tomorrow.
For weak digestion, belching
or sour stomach use Cham berlain
Stomach and Liver Tablets and
you will get quick relief. For sale
at Barker's drug store.
Superintendent w. Il. Strach-
an of the M. & I. passed through
the city last night enroute to
Northome, where he will look
after the interests of the com.
plny.
D. N; WintOn, manager of the
Thief River Falls Lum Der com
pany, was in the city yesterday
and left last night for a trip up
the north line on business for
the company.
Your family will need a spring
tonic. Why not give them Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea? No
thing equals it as bracing, life
giving remedy. IS cents, Tea or
Tablets. Barker's Drug Store.
j. A. Crusin, one Of the base
bail reporters for the Chicago
Chronicle, was in the city last
night and left this morning for
Nary, in company with George
Kinney, with whom he is-visiting.
George Upton, the Sheylin
tonsorial artist, returned home
yesterday afternoon after a short
visit in Bemidji with friends.
Mr.. Upton is well known in this
city, having conducted a barber
shop here several years ago.
Floyd Cunningham left last
night for Northome and from
there he will go to the "Point, !"
where he will take some camp