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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

still 1t is one of the greatest crops of wheat ever grown in this country. The oats crop is also large.
 The estimated value of the three crops is $2,O75,9 ,940, or about thrice the bonded debt of the country. This value Is based on present prices, and four has declined about a dollar barrel from the high prices of last year. When the new corn crop is fed to cattle 1t is predicted that cheaper meat will be at the command of con sumers. In other words, crops are so large that the cost of living may be reduced, or at least checked.
 These large nops are felt in every branch of trade and industry They have been discounted in Wall street, but they will throughout months to come fill the land with prosperity. Some think the degree of prosperity will be so great it will lead to over speculation and to trouble furthee on. but already efforts are being made by strong men to prevent any such out come of the finest food crops eve pro duced in this or any other country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
Two Colleges Here.

"While Birmingham Is full of prosperi- ty." said a friend of education yesterday, 'it should not forget our two excellent colleges. the one at East Lake and the other at Owenton. Both need develop ment and development costs money. Both need additional buildings, additional equipment and endowment funds.
 ''When we build a Greater Birmingham both of these colleges will be needed. They represent nearly all of Alabama, for one is Baptist and the other Methodist and Alabama is pretty evenly divided between the two churches. By develop ing the two colleges we can serve all the state and practically the Jones valley part of it.
 Both of our colleges are in excellent position and condition for development and the men of this district, out ot their abundance and good fortune. will do well to keep them in mind, for both can stand a great deal of development.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
TAKING THE TURN.

From Suburban Vicar in Tid-Bits.
 The other day as I was walking along the Strand I almost ran into the arms of one of my old parishioners from parish Tn the north of Yorkshire. He was in gala dress and looking radiantly happy and pleased with himself. "Halloa, Mr. Blank" I said, in greeting my friend And what are you doing in town?" .'Oh," said he, bit bashfully, "Tse on me honeymoon" Dear me! That's in- teresting news" I said, land I'm sure congratulate you heartily. But where is the bride?'' ''T'missus?" said he. "Oh she couldn't come. Her mother was taken bad on twedding day and she had to go and nurse her; so thowt I'd come honeymoonin' myself. Ye see, sir 1t was t'chance of lifetime. and I warn't goin to miss it''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Ginger Snaps and PretzeIs.


 With new story on the tip of ms tongue and the same old smile on ms face, D. A. Higgins came to Birmingham yesterday. He lost no time in making Tor | a hotel and after getting the einders out of his eyes and the dust off his clothes' he was ready for a group of friends that awaited him in the rotunda.
 ''Howdy do, boys; howdy do Pm glad to see you No I'm not with Anna Eva Fay, this year; I'm with the 'Ginges Snap and Pretzel company A smile went the rounds and every face present represented an Interrogation point.
 What Never heard of that company! Well, I'll tell you how it was. When Mack first started out in business he cast his lot with a troup that hit upon the unique idea of giving out ginger snaps as souvenirs. Of course an advertisement was placed on one side One day the man. ager announced that the company would have to dlsband and the saddest part was a statement that he couldn't pay off Some of the members were stranded and hungry. Suddenly they thought of the ginger snaps. When that gang got through there wasn't ginger snap left.
 When Mack met Murray later in life he told him the story. Quick as flash Murray came back with a tale of the pretzel. The company he was with was in good circumstances but it was making long jump and every man and woman aboard longing for the merry sound of the dinner bell Thoughts of the souvenir pretzels in the baggage car ahead came to member of the chorus. Passengers in the other coaches thought there was a panic as thirty or forty men and women scrambled through the train to seek the property man.
 Now the two have combined and we have the Ginger Snap and Pretzel conn pany Come get a souvenir"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
Abundant Food Crops.

The cotton crop may be short, but the food crops are abundant, and they are secure now against damage by frosts The government report points to corn crop of unprecedented size. The indications are that we will have all told 2,716,91S,O0O bushels, or about 200, ,000, ,000 bushels more than were grown in 1902, our hitherto record year. Every bushel of the corn crop will be out of harms way at the end of fifteen days. The indicated wheat crop is 704, ,447,000 bushels. This is a little below the record crop of 1901, which was 4s,46O,OOO bushels. The new crop is not record breake". but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
From the Washington Times.

From the Washington Times.
 @ HIS paper has received a request (O from bright young man for 'in-
 formation concerning the style most desirable in an editorial writer" and what course of reading should be pursued preparatory to entering journal Ism as a profession?' He adds little of what Sam Slick used to call ''sorft sawder," and concludes as follows:
 What I need most Is practical advice. Unfortunately I am not acquainted with any professional journalist.
 The compliment implied by our corres- pondent Is gratefully received and we will endeavor to show appreciation by answering him as best we can.
 To begin with professional journalist Is byword and a matter of scorn in the newspaper world, and we advise our young friend to call the police if he ever meets one. Everyday newspaper men, re- porters, and editors. however, are com paratively harmless individuals and not over-difficult to approach. Practical ad- vice is truly what our correspondent needs, and that he can get only by go- Ing to work in some office where they will permit him to improve his style by copy ing the marriage licenses and noting the weather reports from day to day. By the time he can put as much fire into a story of a dog run over by a brewery wagon as Anthony put into his funeral oration 1t will be in order for the city editor to cast his cold eye upon him and pass him on to the editorial writers room.
 Possibly editorial writers have been built to order; there may even be some such now grinding out polished hardwood columns of colonial. space-filling design. We have long suspected the possibility of such a thing, but personally we know nothing of the matter and cannot even guess what course of reading was follow ed to that end.
 Our observation is that every man is an editorial writer. The South Sea Is- lander who comments to his family on the failure of certain cocoanut crop and the extraordinary run of missionaries deducing therefrom the kindness of his god, in increasing the meat supply just when vegetarianism becomes impossible, is unconsciously an editorial writer Of a very respected sort. Then there is the very careful and precise person who Is so dreadfully afraid of making mis- take that he never makes positive state ment of any kind-even our young friend must have met that type of man; he is highly regarded and in great demand among the very staid and over-respecta- ble papers His editorials may be recog- nized by the free use of the words how ever" nevertheless" notwithstanding" ''to resume" etc.
 We would like to give our young friend more help. but must content ourselves with adding that the main tnr~s in news
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
MIR. oLIvER's VIEW.
rom the Washington Post

From the Washington Post.
 MT. w. J. Oliver, the well-known rail- road contractor, has been expressing some opinions in the Washington Post which must inevitably make smart men put on their thinking caps. MT. Divers subject is the Panama canal. He says, for in- stance, that the canal will never be built except by private contractors. This may be merely MT Oliver's opinion, but he bases it in what follows:
 That Is a rather strong statemess to make. but it seems to me that the pres ent canal methods form only a school for engineers and contractors. It takes more time to teach them how to do the work than 1t would to build the canal under private contract Men who have made success of developing railroads and main- tainlng them have been put at digging a canal.
 MT. Wallace took with him a large number of hands used on the Illinois Central, and as they were not used to the kind of work required, he and they sim ply fell down. It was said that he was to get a $60000 a year job. Has any body heard of his getting that job? Time is constantly wasted in these primary methods. Shonts was the head of rAil- road. He knows his business and I know mine. Could I tell him how to do his work or he tell me how to do mine? He maintains the railway after 1t Is finished. I build the railway and turn 1t over. And Shonts and the engineers and con- tractors all go down to the isthmus to learn the business. By the time they all get through learning the business where will the canal be?''
 MT. Oliver Is a very practical man. He has had some important contracts in his time. Therefore, what he says on this subject is worthy of attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
CHILD AND MOTHER.

By Thomas Hood.
 Love thy mother. little one!
 Kiss and clasp her neck again! Hereafter she may have a son
 Will kiss and clasp her neck in van. Love thy mother. little one. Gaze upon her living eyes.
 And mirror back her love for nee! Hereafter thou may'st shudder dghs To meet them when they canno see Gaze upon her living eyes Press her lips the while they gbw. With love that they have oftel told Hereafter thou may'st press In voc. And kiss them till thine own aie cold. Press her lips the while they gbw! Oh, revere her raven hair
 Although 1t be not silver graF Too early Death. led on by cars
 May snatch. save one dear loci away Oh, revere her raven hair! Pray for her at eve and mort,
 That Heaven may long tn stroke
 defer;
 For thou mays live the hour Drlorn, When thou wilt ask to die win her. Pray for her at eve and mnf'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
WITH OTHER EDITORS


 The Attalla Mirror. an excellent paper, is growing with the Etowah district
 The St. Clair Herald, now consolidated with the Coosa Argus, continues to im- prove and prosper.
 The Alabama Farmer Is a new .publca- ton issued at Montgomery and edited by Col Rolfe Saunders.
 s. M. Hughes has succeeded J. B. Lyon as manager of the Tn-County Weekly, published at Tallassee.
 Alabama editors are vociferous for a share of the cotton money that will make Alabama planters prosperous this year.
 The Clanton Banner has been enlarged to a twelve-page weekly paper. The Ban ner's evident prosperity is a source of qualification to its friends in the state
 Under the management of Symonds, Bo- teller and Early the Hartsele Alabama Enquirer enters upon an era of growth and prosperity.
 Mrs. Julia H. Gillespie, editor of the Hanceville Hustler. has decided to com bine a mercantile business with her edi- torial work thus demonstrating that she is versatile woman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
AN EASY CHOICE.
rom the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 This story is told about President Roosevelt and an aged darky called Un- ole Jake. The old colored man was very religious and was considered pillar of the church he attended.
 The president while out driving one cold morning met Uncle Jake. crippled with rheumatism, hobbling along
 Good morning, Uncle Jake.' sai dthe president.
 Good morning, Uncle Jake" said the darky.
 Then happy thought struck Mir Roosevelt. Uncle Jake" he said. which would you rather have this cold morn ing, a ton of coal or a bottle of whisky?"
 Well" said the darky, hesitatingy, its this way, Mistah President, you see ma folks burn wood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

solemn looking individual walked into the office. He was drunk but still digni- fled. Having adopted a judicial pose, he delivered himself as follows: Good af- ternoon, gentlemen. I regret having ar rived in your city, as you will perceive, somewhat under the influence of alcohol
 but having thus arrived, I am forced to the conclusion that 1t cannot at present be helped. did not come to inflict myself upon you unnecessarily, having been for many years actively engaged in the pur- suit of the profession which I notice that you are following with so much ar dor. see in you men of promise and pertnacity, destined to accomplish much in the world. Being intoxicated myself, I am not without the ability to perceive in others those qualities which distin- guished my career before my present weakness debilitated my powers. Gentle men, l repeat that I must apologize for my lapse on this occasion, but am ire Vocably driven to ask the loan of a quarter until l can eliminate alcohol from my system, both physically and mental ly." The bibulous one did not see the sem- blance of quarter of a dollar, so he turned sadly away and removed himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Most people are such poor managers that their cost of living goes up even if prices go down.
 There Is lot more fun being in love and wishing you were married than not being and wishing you wern't.
 When girl is pretty she knows 1t without you telling it. but you don't do yourself any harm telling her you know 1t, too.
 man makes a good husband when he thinks he is having fine time going to call on the minister to set an example to the children.
 When a man goes to an afternoon tea and thinks what a good time he could be having smoking an old pipe at home he has been married long enough to talk plain English about 1t on the way home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
About Persons.

w. R. Dortch, of Gadsden. is registered at the Morris.
 J. A.. Mcknight, of Shelby Springs was in Birmingham yesterday.
 Col. L. w. Johns will leave Birmingham this morning for a trip to Tennessee. North Carolina and West Virginia, where he goes to examine coal lands. He will be accompanied as far as Chattanooga by Mrs Johns, who will spend fortnight at Lookout mountain.
 c. F. Sedberry, of Wetumpka, one of the state auditors is at the Morris.
 T. Mungall, of Pell City, was in Bir- mingham last night.
 c. D. Clarke of Gadsden. is at the Nor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
sHoNTs A HUMoRiST.

From the Florida Times-union.
 Chairman Shonts of the Panama canal commission is evidently a humorist of the first water In recent communication referring to the charge of collusion in awarding a s5o,oOO000 contract for housing and feeding canal employees, he says; We did not advertise for bids because thera wac no necessity for it.. It is not \, government contract. It Is Panama railway natter This seems to be one of those distinctions without a differ ence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
BETTER THAN THE ToOTHPIcK.

Kate Upson Clark in Leslies Weekly.
 We are told that the health and pros perity of the teeth are greatly promoted by the prompt use of the toothpick im- mediately after eating. and that this be- ing so only a Miss Prim or an Aunt Betty" would presume to object to 1t. We reply that If this Is so the person af- flicted should at once repair to the dress ing room, and, away from the observa- tion of others. should relieve his teeth of their fatal burden. It is advisable, how ever that he should employ for the pur- pose the highly hygienic dental floss. This is pronounced by all good dentists far less harmful to the teeth than the ubis quitous toothpick, which has, as we firm ly believe, pushed its way into pretty good society by false pretenses and a species of blackmail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
ADVICE TO A YOUNG MAN
 ON WRITING EDITORIALS

paper work are the main things of life clear thinking and sufficient familiarity with language to let others know just will add to these high morality, broad training. and acute observation he may rival Joseph Addison as an editorial writer.
 Undoubtedly our correspondent has high aspirations; if he has the patience to do hard work, if he can stand the truth when the glamour that youth throws over the world has passed away, he may. like Addison and Hay, become more than an editorial writer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

 A bigamist who tried to make two women happy on s13.50 a week confesses that the task made him nervous" In the first place his salary was too small for a double matrimonial venture, and in the second place 1t was a case of one man trying to please two women. Enough said.
 'I will certainly be glad when the vogue of white canvas shoes ends" said trav- eler. All through the rural districts of Alabama you will find negro girls resplen- dent in white shoes and calico dresses, the former much the worse for dirt. In Birmingham I notice that the fad has stout grip upon the Darktown element. Canvas shoes always did look out of place to me on city street, and they have become eye-wearisome this sum- mer. Canvas shoes are good form on outing trips and for sports, such as tennis or yachting, but when they attempt to brave the dirt of a town like Birming- ham they come to grief ignominiously. Nothing short of repeated frost falls will end the vogue of white shoes in Dixie land'
 John D. Rockefeller has beNn criticising Andrew Carnegie for his method of giv- Ing libraries to cities. Such strife between fellow philanthropists is unseemly. After all there Is some consolation in knowing that the world Is not as bad as 1t is painted in melodrama.
 Massachusetts society women recently enjoyed a clam ''bake.' at which they played baseball and football, pulled tug of-war and drank beer They had a truly masculine time.
 young man in Iowa has been dis charged from the government service by President Roosevelt because he married a chorus girl In the affairs of Cupid and of Mars the President is equally at home.
 FAREWELL. o, Mister Witte has sailed away,
 He wears a peaceful smile. He bluffed the Japs right merrilee
 And hoaxed them with his guile. But while he made a lot of friends Who gladly wined and dined him, The chances are he'll not regret
 The job he left behind him.
 (Chorus)
 Goodbye, Mister Witte, goodbye, Goodbye, Mister Witte, goodby-y-yel
 We will fondly think of you
 As you sail the ocean blue. Goodbye, Mister Witte. goodby-y-ye!
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
soLoMoNEsoUE DECISION.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 The Alabama judge who fined a man l cent for whipping his mother-in-law evil dently has a great eve and an eagle brain when it somes to making the pun shment fit the crime like the paper on the wall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
pr. Giles Here.

pr. B. F. Giles president of the Tusca- loosa Female college, arrived in Birming- ham yesterday Reports from many quarters indicate that the institution of which Dr. Giles is the president, is about to open one of the most scholastic years In its history It's pupils come from all sections of Alabama and the neighborlng states, and the college is noted for it's high moral tone as well as for it's rigor- ous scholastic requirements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

Mrs. Wiggs should see to it that her new bank has no cabbage-head direc- tors, for they belong to the dummy species and should be reserved for life insurance uses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16
QUARANTINE TARIFF.

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
 The entrance to Birmingham Is made easy and no expense to the visitor. but the exit won't open until dollar is dropped into the board of healths slot machine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

A seat on the New York stock ex- change has been sold for $S4 ,000, which is more than Mr. Roosevelt was re- ported to have paid for the Portsmouth peace chairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

w. w. Astor wants the city of New York to pay him s1,0oO,00O for alleged damages to property which he owns in the Bronx. For a British subject, he doesn't want much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

President Roosevelt is in danger of being investigated by the Women's Christian Temperance union because he accepted sixty bottles Of beer from a brewers association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

The Taggart case is ended at last all but the verdict and the appeals. These will easily finish out the decade, if not the century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

N OW and then the peaceful walks U of journalism are rent with in-
 ternecine strife. Why? Simply because the editor of one paper does not agree with the editor of another paper, and one or the other has been led by ri- valry or personal enthusiasm to fire the first gun which starts a war of mud singing Newspaper controversies, when they are conducted on a personal and sell fish basis are an imposition upon newspa- per readers. Were it not for the fact that the public Is tolerant in such matters complaints would be more frequently heard. The course of fair-minded news- paper that throws down the gauntlet in the cause of truth and justice is in every way admirable, but when a campaign of vituperation is started for no other reason than that rival peper is getting too much business or a rival editor is achieving too much fame, 1t Is time to call halt. An editorial page filled with recriminations, charges and counter charges is not only unworthy of the press spirit, but 1t Is a tax on the patience of every newspaper reader who is not di- rectiy interested in the fight.
 The deplorable situation of affairs at Leeville, La., Is merely another example of the value of sanitation and hygiene. Nothing but frost will permanently re- lieve the plight of the small towns of Mississippi and Louisiana that are in fected with yellow fever
 
 A life insurance text book" ir adver- tised. There Is no doubt that 1t comes to fill long-felt want. It would require a text book' to find out the ways of some insurance companies
 It appears that former State Auditor Sherrick of Indiana had a well-developed notion of graft MT Sherrick Is credited with pulling down. $145OOO, and his only claim to the forgiveness of the public is that he Is not literary pretender.
 A young man in Iowa committed suicide to escape matrimony. He had probably been talking to married man.
 The future of the automobile In war Is being discussed. Judging from the rec is destined to be fatal on the field of Mars.
 The manner in which President Roose- welt "called down" d correspondent of the Petit Parisien for attributing to him e bogus interview showed how quickly he can drop the role of an amiable peace- maker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

The governor of North Carolina and the governor of South Carolina are touring New England together, but no one has reported what they say to each other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

The scheme to make Cuba a great winter resort ought to be enthusias- tically favored by Havana. American tips are not to be despised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

Let us hope riots will not occur in Zaurlianskoffkaia and Boberijtzslav, two prosperous and well known towns in Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

MT. Britt owns a one-third interest in the moving pictures of the recent battle, and he proposes to get even with Nelso in that way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

Dr. Wyman is emphatic and unqual- flied when he endorses the mosquito theory. His answer is extremely cat egorical.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

Jimmie Hydes dinners and dances look innocent now alongside the sym dlcates of the other fellows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

Mrs. Wiggs should secure George Ade as her initial depositor. He is the man to set the pace-the Rockefeller pace
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-16

Alton B. Parker did not attend the Bryan banquet in Chicago, nor did he send a letter.