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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
RICHARD MANSFIELD HAS
 QUIT LOSING HIS TEMPER

mounting and costuming and with lal ge assisting company.
 MT. Mansfield has prepared his own version of the play, and it is understood has followed more closely the French translation than the original. It Is be- lieved, however, that the actors famii- 1 iarity with German and his respect scf the art and literature of that people wir prevent him from doing aught that would tend to lessen the effectiveness IT beau.y of the Schiller drama. T-n settings havs been prepared and MT. Mansfield hir.snI Is reported to have designed ta-se. af well as the costumes. The settings will reproduce actual chambers, halls and gal' leries in the Eseurial palace at Madrid and spots in the surrounding gardens.
 It Is announced that IF persons will bt employed in the production and that an orchestra of concert proportions will bd supplied to play the selections from Yer dis "Don Carlos" which are to be used for the entre acts and the incidental mu. sic.
 MT. Mansfield will assume the role os the crown prince, and in the cast in .ms portant roles will be Leslie Kenyon, Full Ter Mellish, Eleanor Barry. A. G. An. drews, Ernest Warde. Irene Prahar, Shers idan Block and Clarence Handyside. In addition to Don Carlos there will be presented in the course of the three weeks engagement here Moliere's The Misanthrope." Shakespeares Merchant of Vencie'' and "Richard Ill.," Tolstois ''Ivan the Terrible" and the regulation Beau Brummel." 'Parisian Romance" and 'Dr. Jeky1l and MT. Hyde"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
SENATOR MORGAN.
From the Chattanooga News.

From the Chattanooga News.
 Senator John T. Morgan does not be- lieve 1t wise or right to leave our con- gressmen to prescribe or forestall the policy of the state In matter that in- wolves her sovereignty. namely, that of fixing freight rates. Writing to friend at Montgomery, Senator Morgan says:
 For one, I want tho instructions of the legislators on this subject, and I will add that I can think of no greater folly than to create excitement in the state in respect to fixing the freight rates of all our railroads, while Congress Is Niscuss- ing the rates that shall be imposed on them by laws that are paramount to state legislation.
 Do we intend to yield to Congress, even without discussion, the paramount and exclusive right to fix these freight rates on railroads that transport goods to or from other states? If we intend to yield these rights 1t Is in vain that they are the subject of controversy among state railroad commissioners. If we intend to adhere to our rights, such instructions should be given to our congressman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
GET RID OF THE SURPLUS.

From the Anniston Hot Blast.
 The Hot Blast was not able yesterday to make editorial reference to the ex haustive paper of Congressman Bowie on the surplus in the state treasury. one or two newspapers in the state have taken the position that there is no sur plus, but one could scarcely believe 1t after a careful reading of MT. Bowies article. The actual money Is in the treas ury vaults, there Is no present demand for it, and the guarding of 1t is men ace to the lives and the honesty of state officials.
 Mr. Bowie takes the position shat this money should be expended, or a large portion of it, in adding to the length and efficiency of the common schools of the state.
 The Hot Blast commends ais argument to the public and hopes that the youth of the state may become the benedciaries of this surplus of money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
Bovcotts at Home and in China.

Secretary Taft says the Chinese merchants and people have already lost $15,OOo,000 on account of their boycott against American goods, and he does not think they will maintain It. The Chinese merchants are ac- reunited shrewd traders, and they will soon desire to buy where goods are the cheapest and the most suitable. If is conceded that our coarse cottons are better and cheaper than those of either Great Britain or the continent. MT. Taft seems to think that this alone will end the boycott.
 But our merchants and business men continue to stand by in large numbers our own boycott against for e.gn goods. Our boycott Is the Ding ley tariff, and it is the most expensive boycott in the world. It also has the strongest and most selfish gang behind 1t that has ever oeen gotten together in this or any other country. Although 1t taxes consumers unmercifully. very little of such taxation going into the treasury, yet 1t is maintained year after year, and even reciprocity treat ies are voted down. and revisionists are blacklisted.
 If we can afford to maintain our boycott cannot China afford to main- tain its limited boycott? The Chinese movement is milo alongside the Ding ley scheme Both are, however, boy colts plain and not materially undis- guised. The best plan is not to de- pend upon Chinese action over their boycott. We should negotiate a treaty satisfactory alike to this coun- try and to China. The time for mal- treating China is passed. That vast population should be justly and fairly treated, and treaty is the best means to that end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
OCkEFEILER,

From the Washington Star.
 Surely things are coming MT. Rocko- feller's way very rapidly. Only few weeks ago he was elected an honorary member of the society of American joke smiths Then he purchased wig, and his friends assured him that the adorn- ment made him look twenty years young CT and almost handsome. And now his Cleveland neighbors have called on him In Q body and expressed through their spokesman, the opinion that in his line the world has never seen a greater man. Comforting to him, also, must be the cor rection of the story that Hall Caine has an intention of making him the lSro, or central figure, of a romance. The effect of all this has been to soften MT. RocSe- feler's spirit and he philosophizes now as sweetly and as readily as Thomas O. Platt. Speaking from the top of the tall est money pile In Christsndom, he ad- jured his callers yesterday to think of higher things than money getting. That may have been MT. Rockefelers first joke since Joining the jokers' union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
LOVE IN IOWA.

From the Baltimore Herald
 An Iowa farmers idea of love-ana that, too, to a Kentucky woman-is ex- pressed as follows in letter:
 "All I want for Christmas is 105 lissoa, IA mince pies. blackberry cakes. a peek of doughnuts. a a-pound turkey and a pan of hot biscuits. good kiss fron my sweetheart and big piece of black- berry cake is the only thing I like bettes than baked beans"
 Then she sued him for $25.00o damages. not because she wanted to compel him to marry her. but for reducing lovo Co tho basis of mnce pies and doughnuts. \ kiss. according to tho Iowa rating, ia only a little better than baked beans. Is it sur prislng that an unpoetlc creature of this sort Is compelled to advertise for n wife? Fancy blooping maiden from the land of blue grass and fine whisky being mated to giutton who hns chiefly in mind a twenty-pound turkey and hot bis- cults at Christmas, He had better stay in Iowa, blow corn and raise hogs. If he goes to Kentucky to make love In his sensual fashion he will be winged by n Winchester rife or run across the border by mob of country boys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
KISSING IS HEALTHY.

From Lesle's Weekly.
 With feelings of unmixed joy we chron- icle the fact that a distinguished French physician has gone against his colleagues and actually stood up for kissing. Far from being harmful, 1t Is wholesome. The mstletoe should be encouraged by en- frightened practitioners all the year round. Kisses carry microbes. of course So much the better. says this amable author ity The interchange of certain bacilli Is a laudable and healthful practice. In kiss ing 1t is not so much the bad microbes as the beneficient ones that are ex- changed. These good bacteria. as Is well known. are not only favorable, but es- sential to digestion. If we were to ster- ilze our inner man, completely killing the white with the black sheep among our colonies of bacilli, we should instantly die. Now. by exchanging our friendly mil crobes we stimulate them. Kissing, there fore, Is a natural therapeutic custom, the jolly physician concludes. and who knows but what some day the kissing cure will be ordered for dyspepsia by up-to-date physicians7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Favors Grsdino Roads.


 T am heartily in favor of cutting down the grade of Red mountain and digging cut that will give the people of Shades Valley q direct route to Birmingham ' sald well known business man at the hliiman last night, in discussing the sroWth or the city to a number of Ylsi- tors. It will not only mean great oeai to the people living beyond the mountain, but will be of vast importance to the Magic City, the name by which we are known to many of our friends.
 T will tell you how it will benefit us, but before doing so I will explain that the mountain divides two great val leys, one of which is populated by the residents of Birmingham and surround ing towns. We are in what Is known as Jones valley. The territory beyond the mountain, Shades valley, Is thickly Set tied from one end to the other you Will find truck farms and prosperous country folk. But they are badly handicapped when they want to bring produce to mar ket. To get to Birmingham they are com pelled to go several miles out of their way. A cut through the mountain would
  and the housewife could get vegetables, fresh from the country every morning, before the dew Is dried on them
 Birmingham Is growing. The residen- tial section already reached this side Of the mountain. People will not. cease building houses, but 1t Is reasonable to suppose they will not go beyond the mountain unless they can ride on street car line. The car line means develop ment. Development means growth. l say the mountain should be cut down and a road dug"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
IN HoGWALLoW SOCIETY.

From the Hogwallow Kentuckian.
 Ellick Hellwanger opened his new moon- shine still in the big gully near the Rye Straw graveyard last Saturday night In brilliant blaze of glory Several also brought their lanterns along. large and enthusiastic crowd was present and helped Ellick open, and Rag Barlow's Excelsior Fiddling Band furnished strains that inaoe the feet very hard to control. All guests that were able to do 80 departed at mid night, and as each one left he was pre- sented with a Jug of joy-producing con tents as a remembrance of the occasion' As soon as Ellick gets started up good he aims to add a blacksmith shop for the benefit of his trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
Man Was Surprised.

'I observe one thing which surprises me very much" said prominent Blr- mingham business man at the fair grounds yesterday after looking over the list of firms which have secured booths for exhibits in the main exhibit building and that Is that many of the most prom inent firms of Birmingham have not yet taken booths. Why, l miss here the names of some of the firms who are stockholders in the Alabama State Fair association. It appears unusual, at least not to see their names down as exhibitors during the fair"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
Paint Trade Increases.

"A sure index of the extraordinary building activity In progress in this dis trict," said a well-known paint dealer, lis the marked increase in the paint sales during the past four months. Take for instance our trade. During the months of May, June and July we sold more than twice as much paint as we did during May. June and July of 1904. In August our sales amounted to more than twice as much as they did during the three pre- vious months. September was a still great CT surprise, and during that month, which closed last night, our sales were doublt those of August"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
China's Railway Ambition

When China secures the Eastern China railroad, running from Harbin to the sea, she will begin to own rail roads. The new China is ambitious to control all the railroads built in that vast country. This is shown in her purchase of the rights of J. P
 Morgan and his associates in the Can ton-Haukow line. only thirty miles of which has been constructed. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
Taft Passes Through Chicago.

Chicago, October 1.-William H. Taft. secretary of war and the party which accompanied him through the far east ar rived in Chicago this afternoon over the Northwestern railroad. The private car in which the party travelled was switch ed immediately to the Harrison street station where they were attached to a Baltimore and Ohio special that left here for Washington at o'clock tonight. Dur ing the short stop in Chicago none of the members of the party left the cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
Picture of Robert E. Lee.

The Washington Post of recent date printed the following, which will be of interest to all southerners:
 "The fact that too frequently It tran spires in American history that no accu- rate and authentic portrait of her great men is faithfully preserved has caused a number of the devoted admirers of Gen. Robert E. Lee to interest themselves to cause a perfect picture of the great gen. eral to be made and to be preserved for all future history.
 This work, after a lapse of forty years, Is now under way by the John A. Lowell Bank Note company of Boston. who are using for this purpose the exact photograph made at General Lee residence in Richmond few days after the surrender, which picture has always been considered by the Lee family and friends as the most perfect likeness ever taken of the general at that period.
 "The work, when finished, will be Of the highest art of steel engraving, so that 1t will thus be preserved for all future time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
Cotton Mills North and South.

The increase in spindles In the two sections shows a great disparity in the course of ten years. The spindles in the south have in that time been more than trebled, while those in the north show a gain of but 10 per cent. Ten per cent in the north and about 250 per cent in the south! The full fig ures are as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
Final Effort for Patrick.

Albany, N. r.. October 1.-The final ef- fort to save Albert T. Patrick, condemned to die for the murder of William Marsh Rice, will be made before the state court of appeals tomorrow The case was re- gently decided against him by the court by a vote of four to three. A motion for reargument will be ordered on behalf of the people by the assistant district at torney. .lI l-i1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

his way to Montgomery. where he goes to attend a meeting of the trustees of the department of archives and his- tory.
 "Sheffleld.' said Dr. Blake, is grow Ing rapidly, and the industries Of the city are making splendid records. The new pipe plant recently constructed by the Sheffield company. of which J. w. Worthington is the head. is one of the largest industries of it's kind in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Norway is plebian in its makeup and king Oscar is glad to get rid Of it. The sentiment Is fully recipro- cated in Norway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Goldwin Smith says every married man should have two votes, one being
 on account of his wife. Some at New port would be entitled to three or four.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

L.rs. Readers picture is again ap- bearing in magazines and New York papers, and she may fairly be consid- cred a factor in high finance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Senator Foraker Is trying to outdo Secretary Shaw as standpatter. He seems to think Dingleyism is more than sacred MT. Shaw considers 1t simply sacred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Secretary Shaw wll soon retire to Denison, Iowa, which he considers a better base of a presidential hunt than washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Tammany is to have a walk-over this fall. It has been on it's good behavior two years, and Little Mac was it's guide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Senator Tom Platt says he intends to die in harness. Mae Wood will fur nish the spurs and whip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

A minister has been found who con siders grass that grows on football field tainted. He will not feed 1t to his horse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

The Suez canal explosion was no felt in Alabama, although it was righ under our feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Hungary has no larger navy than Switzerland possesses. The Swiss navy consists of row boats on small lakes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

The disproportion Is due to the fact that the southern mills make duck and coarse cotton goods, while the northern mills are turning to the man. ufacture of fine goods. The Spring field Republican thinks this division of labor will endure. It says:
 Meanwhile we may expect that the south will go on rapidly extending It's cotton manufacturing plant. It's phe- nomenal growth during the past ten and twenty years Is likely to be repeated in the next ten and twenty years. and no one will begrudge that section it's good fortune and brilliant prospects in this particular. The south may in time come to encroach seriously upon the fine goods domain into which the northern mills have been so generally driven but the north will always constitute a principal market for fine cotton manufactures. and there can be no doubt that the bulk of the manufacturing for this market will remain in the north, for the factor of freight tends to favor this section against the south as the value of the finished product tends to increase relatively to the value and weight of the raw ma- terial. But the southern mills, 1t would seem. are destined to monopolize not only
 the southern goods market but most of the Orinetal market which this country may be able to obtain"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Although the north still has nearly
 twice as many spindles as the south has, yet the south consumes nearly as
 much cotton as the north does. We give the figures in bales as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Nearly every newspaper is now en- gagged in writing paragraphs Of the Presidents message.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
Doctor Blake.

pr. d. Blake of Sheffield. formerly physic.an inspector of the state convict board. was in Birmingham yesterday on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Uncle Russell Sage and John D. Rockefeller have fallen out over the money-getting issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Miss Roosevelt must have an idea as to Psi Ans age-no one else has.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

. If Austria and Hungary go to war there will be no contest over sea power on Hungary's part at least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
ALABAMA PRESS

Columbia Breeze: Love may make the world go round, but it's the stuff In the envelope Saturday night that pays the bills.
 Montgomery Advertiser: The New York man who sold his wife for 5000 has either palmed a gold brick on some man or else he had a good wife and didn't know it.
 Franklin Times: So far Mobile has been fortunate enough to escape without a single case of yellow fever. So much for a clean sanitary and well governed city.
 CentrevilIe Press: Every fellow Is now waiting to see If the company he is in- sured in, and paid his money into, has paid any of 1t out to defeat the nominee of his choice.
 Gadsden Journal: Miss Helen Gould has donated 10000 chickens to the Texas quar- antine stations, and now all the colored population near the stations Is planning some way to break into quarantine.
 Canebrake Herald: Since the Time light" of inquiry has been turned on Mir. 0OTLelyOu IHelHous ol soiicitihS icPuD llcan campaign funds in 1904 his presi- dential boom, has been Knocked into a cooked hat" as 1t were.
 Lamar Democrat: There will be more "band wagon" displays in the coming campaign than there has been for years. Almost every candidate has band wagon in view and is getting ready to make the leap for seat upon it.
 Mobile Item: Public sympathy for Pen sacola must be general, notwithstanding it might have been otherwise had Pensa- cola acted differently when the fever first appeared in her midst. The city is paying a terrible penalty for the stub bornness of some of her citizens who r''- fused to comply with sanitary regulations at the beginning of the yellow fever cpl demic.
 Florence Times: Over in Georgia they are bowling and supplicating for Ala bama freight rates, and over here in Ala bama the howl is for Georgia freight rates. That's a case of pretty how do you do?' to be sure, and to satisfy the general cravings why cant the railroads get together and remove the Georgia tariff to Alabama and the Alabama tariff to Georgia and live happy ever after?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Oyster Bay is now has-been, and Washington Is Itself again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

The "mine mule'' IS the pride of In diana, but he is, alas, made in Ms souri.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

The silence of Jimmy Hyde and Chauncey Depew is a welcome rehet'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

When the insurance melon is cut the policy holder gets the rind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Indians were the original gum chew CTS, and they have a lot to answer TOT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Automobiles will be cheaper next year, but Rockefeller is marking up gasoline.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Gadsden Journal: Miss Helen Gould has donated 10 GOO chickens to the Texas quar- antine stations, and now all the colored population near the stations is planning some way to break into quarantine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

The oyster and the thermometer are still pulling against each other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

The whang of the radiator will socn be heard in the skyscraper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

The beef trust accepts rebates, but it offers none to consumers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

The farmers are conducting at pres ent huge commissary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Franklin Times: So far Mobile has been fortunate enough to escape without a single case of yellow fever. So much for a clean sanitary and well governed city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Centreville Press: Every fellow is now waiting to see If the company he is in- sured in, and paid his money into, has paid any of 1t out to defeat the nominee of his choice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Mama's darling now begins to put on the noseguards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Automobiles will be cheaper next year, but Rockefeller is marking up gasoline.
 The "mine mule" IS the pride of ln- diana, but he is, alas, made in MS souri. The silence of Jimmy Hyde ana Chauncey Depew is a welcome rellei' ----.s4-- Indians were the original gum cneW- CTS. and they have a lot to answer for. When the insurance melon is cut the policy holder gets the rind. The oyster and the thermometer are still pulling against each other. 
 The beef trust accepts rebates, but it offers none to consumers. -s----- The whang of the radiator will soon be heard in the skyscraper.
  The farmers are conducting at pres ent huge commissary. Mama's darling now begins to put on the noseguards.
 
 No insect can scare our strenuous President.
 This is October, and Yellow Jack must go.
 --------s~--------- The straw hat still fingers in our midst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

l.. H Russ, W. F Jordan and George D. Britain are the only authorized trav- cling representatives of The Age-Herald In its circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02

Montgomery Advertiser: The New York man who sold his wife for s50O0 has either palmed a gold brick on some man or else he had a good wife and didn't know it.