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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12
Passing Of St. James Hail.

The passing of st. James hall, which
has heard its last concert and hencefor-
ward is to be given over, as 1t Is UNDER
stood, to the baser requirements of the
inner man. demands the need of melodi-
Gus tear The final rites were not par
ticularly dignified, and a more impressive
leave-taking of an historic home of clas-
steal music might well have been devised.
But we are an unsentimental folk. and
performances of a sngularly undistin-
guished kind served as the requiem of a
building which had known such glorious
music in its day Now the question be-
comes more pressing than ever how its
place is to be supplied. since 1t is mani
testify undesirable that there should be
only one full-sized concert room in CEN
trail London, such as Queens hall re-
mains. A year or so ago a project was
put forward with influential backing for
the erection, with cooperation of the
London county council for a central pub
lie hall for London, on the lines of the
Neue Gewardhaus of Leipzig, which
should be available for concerts of all
kinds; and the idea was quite a good
one But apparently it has fallen
through. and private enterprise must
seemingly be relied on to supply what is
wanted
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12
DAVENPORT TO MAKE EXHIBIT.
VIII Display Reproduction of Ills New
Jersey Farm at Portland.

Portland, Ore, March 11.-Homer Day.
EXPORT, the well known newspaper artist.
who, of late years, has achieved the en-
viable distinction of being the worlds
foremost cartoonist, purposes to import
his New Jersey farm to the Lewis and
Clark exposition and exhibit it upon the
'Trail."
On the Trail there is to be built a re-
production of the famous Davenport
farm at Morris Plains, N j.. in which
will be exhibited Obeyran, the Arabian
stallion exhibited at the Columbian expo
sition at Chicago by special request of
the Sultan of Turkey; peacoclzs, pleas
ants, Argus pheasants, Borneaus, and
other specimens of this marvellous feath-
cred tribe, which will serve to make the
Davenport farm an attractive feature of
the Trail"
A log cabin of extraordinary proper
tons will be constructed on the farm,
and in this the famous cartoonist will
live during the exposition. There will be
a reception room in the cabin in which
Davenport will receive guests and ex-
plain to them divers things concerning
pheasants, and possibly, is he is so be-
hooved, make them little sketches as
mementos. The labor of Transporting the
pheasants will be a great task and will
require the exertion of much care and
tact in so far as the birds will have to
be attended day and night while on the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12
Water Famlne on the RIvlera.

The accounts that been appearing in
the English papers of the water famine
on the Riviera do not appear to have
been at all exaggerated. judging from my
own correspondence. Writing on the It'll
inst, visitor to Monte Carlo states that
within ten days the water supply of that
place had been cut off three times for
periods ranging from twenty-four to
thirty-six hours at stretch, the houses
and hotels being dependent during that
time upon water carried from stand
pipes. The company supplying Monte
Carlo and the neighboring towns is not
liable to any penalty unless the supply
is interrupted for three days consecu-
lively so that there is no remedy when
the supply is interrupted for one or two
days at a time. however often this may
happen The present breakdown has
been attributed to the drouth, which may
possibly have aggravated 1t; but there
have also been brealtages in the mains.
From a paragraph in the Nice Eclaireur,
1t seems that the project has been in
communication with the chief engineer
of the water company on the subject. and
that the company has promised to con-
struct new reservoirs and take other
measures against the repetition of the
famine but no measures are likely to
be effective until the company is under
stringent penalties for unreasonable in
terruptions of the supply.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12
Foolish Craze for Amazon,

Victor Smith, in Leslie's Weekly.
Just now there Is craze TO go to the
Amazon river to make quick fortunes.
Young men with from $3.50 to $1,000 capital
are on the way there to mine coal. cut
hard woods, raise cattle, ana grow rub
Der. The Amazon country has been
cracked up to be an Eel Dorado. 1t Is in
reality ienis fatuus Avoid 1t as you
would a plague. North Americans know
absolutely nothing about the mightiest of
rivers and the territory 1t drains-or
does not drain.
AS for cattle raising-a practical man of
Manaos. entirely familiar with the cattle
business, says 1t would be criminal to
permit any young man with money and
energy to go and find the grave of both
on the banks of the Amazon. Graves of
young and hustling white men are very
numerous in green valley" Those who
have escaped have only stories to tell or
discoura cement despair. failure and dis
aster. These hard facts are commended
to all before whose dazzled eyes hangs
a glowing tropical vision of a mighty
river flowing through forests OF rose
wood and ebony, perfumed Wa rare or
chlds, where lucious fruits are to be
plucked from every tree, and jeweled
humming birds are lowering ever fragrant
flowers, and money rolls in a golden tide
like that of the huge stream itself The
reality is poor food fevers singing flies,
gnats, mosquitoes. ants that destroy
whole plantation In a night, others that
render villages and towns uninhabitable.
bad water and vile customs. These by
no means constitute a paradise.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12
KuropatkIn,s Weakness.

No one confdes secrets to me. But
know a good many Russians who have
some sort of notion of what is the gen.
eral opinion in regard to generals and
others. They all seem to hold that ku-
ropatlSin is. a most able administrator and
no mean strategist. But they say that,
having once made his plan, he sticks to
1t, no matter whether circumstances al
ter, and that he never will incur those
risks which are part of the art of war.
His primary idea is that he ought to have
more troops than his opponent whenever
he fights a battle. This is sound so far
as 1t goes. But the difficulty Is 80 have
this numerical majority in Manchuria,
and If he will only fight under such con-
ditions, he incurs the risk OF losing the
country and the campaign before the
moment has arrived at which he consid-
ers that a battle should be rislSed. The
opinion is consequently held that, al
though Fabius saved Rome by delay, Ku-
ropatlkin will lose Manehuria by the Fa-
bian tactics. Napoleon, in his first Ital-
ian campaign, commanded forces very
much inferior to those of the Austrians
He made up for this inferiority by his
ability as a general, and this Kuropatkin
seems unable to do.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12
EXTREMISTS. RUIN
THEIR OWN CAUSE
viii Not Advance the Reforms
in Russia
WHY KUROPATKlN FAILS
Water Scarce on Rlvlera-oueer Libel
Suit Decided In Favor of School
master-st. James Hall
Becomes an Inn.
WHY KUR0PATKlN FAILS
BY HENRY DEvEREAUx.

London February al have never be-
lieved that nihilists and anarchists would
effect a revolution in Russia. Their
methods and their tactics have been as
foolish as Mr.. Chamberlain believes those
of Mr.. Balfour to be- Not only have
they alienated the land owners and the
commercial classes from the movement
for civil and political rights, but they
have found little support from the peas
ants and artisans, who have, in the main,
a superstitious reverence for the Gar
and desire nothing but some material
betterment of their economic position.
The excuses of the extremists led the
French to accept Louis Napoleon, and
the majority in every country will prefer
order to anarchy if it has only the choice
between the two,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12
Beware Of Drink.
Milwaukee Sentinel.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
A man in New Jersey drank some I've
last Wednesday, and died instantly
Think of 1t, dear readers He diedl
And drink done 1t.
Young man, whittier are you drifting?
Are you walking the path of righteous
ness and abstinence, or are you associa-
ting with evil comrades and drinking I've?
That New Jersey man had family. His
family was dependent upon his salary
He drank lye-and his salary stopped!
Perhaps. as you Journey homeward each
night, loaded to the guards. you say Il
will not drink" Perhaps you go stiil FUR
ther and say, II shall not drink? But
that is, not sufficiency.
Certain Of Lucretia Borgia's friends dled
from drinking prussic acid. Socrates died
from drinking hemlock. The governor OF
North Carolina died between drinks.
In every instance. drink done It,
Do not drink lyel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12

being a schoolmaster. was alleged TO
have said TO his pupils in reference TO the
PLAINTIFF "Catehpole Is a bad boy. You
are not to speak or play with him. I
will whip or thrash you if You do" For
this defamation of his youthful eharae-
ter British jury awarded Catchpole els
damages. The schoolmaster appealed. on
the ground that the language was not
actionable, and that special damage"
had not been proved-a sine qua non in
SANDER cases. There was d learned argu-
ment, enivened by flashes of legal hu-
NOR, in the course of which It was urged
that the boy had suffered special dam
age by being deprived of the hospitality
of friends, as exhibited in offers Of
cheese cakes or bull's-eyes. But e mas
ter of the rolls found authority in the
House Of Lords for holding that the loss
of possible bull s-eyes was not actionable,
and the court unanimously entered judg-
ment for the sehoolmaster.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12
Humor of Clerical Life.

From the Strand Magazine.
To those about to seek admission into
holy orders, an interview with the ordi-
nary is a time of much anxiety, some
times of mental confusion
This, perhaps, accounts for the unusual
behavior of a young candidate, who, dis
missed on the episcopal doorstep with a
solemn "God bless you" hastily answered,
Don't mention it. my lord"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12
Thinking in Millions.

From the London Graphic.
Unconseiously, most English men and
women have been thinking in millions
ever since the American and mining
millionaires have come to the front
and that is one of the main causes of
the distress which exists throughout the
country In the West End most men of
moderate means have Leen living as If
a vast fortune was awaiting them in the
immediate future their wives and daugh-
tiers have dressed considerably beyond
their allowance; and in the city the av-
erage business man will not consider a
proposal that affords no prospect of profit
on a large scale.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12
JACOBS PHARMACY
2O9-2II N. NINETEENTH ST.

who are not so punctual In church mat
ters spend the afternoon at cards, and
now INDUCES in Sunday
bridge whist parties. In many respects
Washington has adopted the European
Sunday idea, and 1t is gaining ground.
Its progress Is not hailed with any de-
gree of enthusiasm by some of the more
serious minded representatives OF old
Washington.
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In Boston.

From the Cleveland Leader.
Boston-La dy-Please insert TINS aoVer-
tisement in your paper.
Advertising Clerk-Yes, ma am. In the
want co1umns?' $50.
Boston Lady-No. sir; in your wish
columns" Thank goodness. ! am not YET
reduced to want.
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way, and when they are installed in their
home on the Trail steps will have to
be taken to make them accustomed to
their surroundings. The only thing about
the Davenport farm that will not be
characteristic of New Jersey will be that
mosquito fights will be eliminated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12
Positively Brutal.


From the Chicago News.
Mrs Gabbies-I have resolved never to
say another word against our neighbors
Gabbles-I suppose that means there is
absolutely nothing more to be said.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12
soboolmaster Cleared.

Libel and SANDER actions always have
a fascination for me; but | was specially
Interested by the case of Catchpole vs..
Bolton, which the court of appeals
knocked on the head last week. Bolton,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12

Two business lots 25xl40
Third ave. near 10th st. A
bargain. Messer- Moore Co.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12

The Gawk Engraving Co. makos the
best cuts. Phone Peoples &c.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12
JACOBS PHARMACY
SeaSOnable
Household
Articles.

Bed Bug Killer is the tried friend of the house
keeper Brushed into the cracks and creviceS quickly
reaches the bug kills it and destroys the eggs. 1t does
thorough work and does not njure wood or carpets.
TWO Sizes. $OC-OOC
Brush for Applying Free.
Tiger Insect POwder- bothered with moths, reaches
or other insects this powder is Indispensable For its
good qualities it is unsurpassed Its users take no sub
stitutes Price ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1Oc-15c-25c
CamphOr and Cedar FIakes-When you pack
away your Woolens and urs scatter through them this
preparation Easily shaken off. odoress, and won't in
lure the finest fabric Can be shaken on your carpets
Sure preventive from insects
fflCe. ............ fGOG
Quick Silver put up in 1Oc, f5C, CSC boxes
MerCurial Ointment put up in SC, iOc, 25c boxes
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-02
INTERESTING GENERALITIEs,

A Book of Songs for Motor-Cy-
clists" is being compiled by the Ger
man Motorcycle club. Prizes are Of
fered for the six best songs submitted.
An interesting presentation will lie
made to the president the last OF this
week by some scientific men Of Prus-
STA 1t is a map made in 17O4. and 1t
is the first one known upon which the
name America" was used.
A Japanese Christian woman is head
nurse at the great Toxic hospital. An
other Japanese Christian woman is
head nurse at the Hiroshima hospital.
The head nurses on three of the Jap
anese hospital ships are also Girls
tians
Miss Annie Mittelstaedt, the daugh-
ter of a Prussian officer, recently re-
ceived the degree of Phi. d. at the Uni
versity of Heidelberg. Her disserta-
ton was ON THE War of 1889, Bis
marck, and Public Opinion il Ger
many"-a queer subject for woman.
a German newspaper remarks.
The number OF Chinese outside of
China is estimated as follows: For
mosa $500 c"O; Siam, 100000; Malay
peninsula, 1856 200; Sunda archipelago,
CO.,. 900; Hongkong, 274.543; America.
272, 1923; Indo-China, 10000; Philip
pines, $4,000; Macao, IA, GO; Burma,
40 900; Australasia. 10000; Asiatic
Russia, $4,000; Japan, 1000; Korea,
3,7l0-total, 7642, $50.
The idea that moss. grows thickest
on the north or east side of trees
seems to have been disoroved A
French botAnist, Leon Bedel, now con-
cludes that MOSES prefer the parts OF
the tree that retain most moisture,
being thus more abundant on rough
or Graz ked parts. on the upper part of
a branch or inclined trunk, on knots
or bosses, at the fork of branches and
at the base of the trunk.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-02
FROM FOREIGN FIELDS.

The Berlin police authorities intend
to take severe measures to suppress the
practice of playing poker in public
places.
Wildcats are on the increase in Scot
land. One measuring four feet long was
captured in a trap in Poolewe a few
weeks ago.
The Liverpool police have stopped the
practice-common thereof canvassins
Tor the sale of collins at houses where
death has taken place.
1t is expected that the expenses Of
Germanys colony in Southwest Africa
will reach over S70.000,000 before the
present resurrection is put down.
This is a gross case" said Man
chester magistrate to a prisoner, who
VAS making his one hundred and forty
fourth appearance before him for drunk
enness.
The French army administration is
organizing an extensive automobile train
cervice, to be used as conveys. The
trains are built after the designs of Col.
Renard, a well-kuown writer ON military
topics.
The British Army and Navy Gazette
asks: rs ii not sign of racial degen-
er~tion when our soldiers feel pride in
wearing upon their breasts in the recog-
rized place for war decorations, medals
gained through attending professions?
While the foundations for the London
derry new municipal technical schools
were being made recently a large num-
her Of human skeletons were unearthed.
Tie place is near the Royal Bastion.
where there was heavy fighting during
the siege in 1858.
The British war department is
alrrned at the horse outlook. The de-
veiopment OF the auto is diminishing
the horse breeding business, the class
OF horses demanded for war purposes is
de;criorating. and Foreign purchasers
are draining the available supply.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-02
TALES THAT ARE TOLD.

A grasp Of the main facts, rather
than facility of expression, character
ICES the following historical contribu-
ton from a schoolbOy: Henry the
Eighth was brave, corpulent and cruel;
he was frequently married to widow;
had an ulcer on his leg; and great de-
cision of character"
This story is told of nice old resi-
dent of Brookline, who recently ad-
dressed class of young women at an
educational institution, and who ad-
vised them to go in for the active life.
Go out and do~something, be some
thing" he exclaimed; become fishers
of men," and he wondered why the
audience Uttered
Prof. TAFT, of Edinburgh university,
asked one of his students to define
transparent, translucent and opaque.
The young man dealt with the query
in this way: II cannot precisely de-
fine these terms, but l can indicate
their meaning N this way-the win
dows of this classroom were once
transparent, they are now translucent
and if not cleaned very soon they Will
be Opaque" The answer gained full
marks from the amused professor.
James H. O'Br1en, the wealthy Cali
fornia miner, was standing on the
steps of a San Francisco hotel, when
seedy citizen came and hailed him:
"Hullo, Jim. How are ye?" Mr..
O'Brien at first did not know the man,
and, thinking the stranger was pro-
fessional beggar he said: who the
dickens are your" "You don't know
me, eh?" said the dilapidated party.
SAY, jim; l was quarts O. wine when
you were pints O. beer" The rich man
by this time had recognized friend
of former days, and satisfactory IN
terview followed.
The late Thomas L. Clark, bishop OF
Rhode Island, widely known as wit
and scholar, in his own home life in
Providence preferred the utmost sim
plicity compatible with comfort. Hav-
ing on one occasion a distinguished
English divine as a visitor, the latter
was considerably impressed. not to say
astonished. at the lack of ceremony OBJ
served in the episcopal mansion, and
upon retiring hesitatingly inquired IL
he should leave mis- shoes outside his
door. Certainly, If you like" replied
the bishop, with cordially; nobody
touch EN-"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-02
RAILWAY RUMoR.

Seven shillings a day has been adopt
ed by the New South Wales govern
ment as a minimum wage to railway
laborers.
Smoking has only been permitted in
English railway carriages since 1876.
On certain foreign lines smoking is
80 general that carriages are apart for
non-smokers, and so labeled
On the railways of the United King
dom there are one locomotive and SO
vehicles per mile OF line. In the
United States there is only one per
four miles of railway, and Sc vehicles
per mile.
The Northern Of France Railway
company gives dowries to daughters
of all its servants, provided the father
or mother has been five years in the
service of the company, and has SAL
larry of less than 9125 a year. Each
hriSs must be between the ages OF
II and 30, and the marriage portion
amounts to about Ell.
The rapidity with which electric in
vention has progressed is shown fore
IDLY by the fact that every indication
points to the adoption of the electric
locomotive before it is 20 years old as
the means by which the traffic of two
of the greatest railroads in the world
into the largest city in the western
hemisphere will be handled
George H. Daniels told a gathering
of railway and steamship men in New
York the other evening that before
many more years shall have passed
trains between this city and the east
ern metropolis will leave the terminals
every two hours and travel 100 miles
an hour. He added relectiveiy that
under such circumstances the train
dispatcher will be a more important
person than now even.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-02
THE SOUTHERN BARBECUE.
Preparation of the Feast as Described
by One Who Has had
Experience.

The way we fix for q barbecue is ID
begin to get ready the day befo'. The
meat is roastin' all night, says a
writer in Outing. We have plenty of
different kinds-shote, calf, kid and
goat-and we roast 'em whole. A
trench is dug and oak bark Goals put
in. Then sticks are laii across for the
shote and other creatures to rest on.
Some white man has this in charge.
but the niggers keep the fires goin'
an do the Blasting land the rough
work. The next day everybody comes.
There's detail to do the carving, and
we all step up and get what we want
and go and set down by some tree ITO
eat it. OF course, there's potatoes and
cornmeal, light-bread and pickles and
cake, and there's ice cream, and there's
pure, genuine coffee that tho old ladies
make in abundance. Then there'a fried
chicken If anyone is .fastidious enough
to want it, and some enterprising fellow
is likely to bring a dozen bottles of
beer and invite his special friends out
TO his buggy to drink it. But the
best thing to my thinkin' is the shote.
A man hasn't got any part in the resur-
rection until he's eaten barbecued shote
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-02
RANDOM NOMINATIONS.

It's all right to be good, but don't
be known as good thing.
1t takes a mother-in-law to lay down
the letter of the law to a lawyer.
When a girl has freckles she sympa-
thizes with the leopard, who cannot
change his spots.
We regard man as level-headed
whose ideas seem to be about at the
same level as our own.
If friend asks your opinion on a
matter, simply get his and indorse 1t
II possible and he will so away happy.
An old bachelor can never under
stand why young father should feel
proud of the fact that the baby looks
like him. d,
Most single women say they
wouldn't marry the best man In the
world, and most married women know
they didn't.
ManySmen have achieved a reputa-
ton for philanthropy because they
gave back the collar button to'ths man
from whom they stole. shirt,
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-02
MEDICAL BREVITIES.

European medical experts have come
IN the conclusion that boiled milk is not
a good food for infants, and that steril-
lied milk also has less nutrtuve value
than that which is fresh.
Miss Thorne. graduate Of Sydney
university, New South Wales, claims to
have discovered a new cure for CON-
sumption. Her discovery has been sent
to England, where 1t will be thoroughly
tested.
The perfection OF pharmaceutical
prod dcts and the prevention of the great
waste of food materials are the two lines
which j. f. Moulton, F. r. S., finds the
chemical invention Of the day to be fol-
lowing.
If the condensed breath collected on
the cool window-panes of room where
a number of persons have been assem-
bled be burned, smell as of singed hair
will show the presence of organic mat
ter and if the condensed breath be al
lowed to remain on the windows for a
few days it will be found, on examina-
ton by the microscope, that it is alive
with animalculae. 1t is the inhalation
of air containing such putrescent matter
that causes half of the sick headaches,
which might be avoided by a circulation
of fresh air.