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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
An Enulish Classic.

An Indiana clergyman denounced be- fore a convention of the United Pres byterians Cardinal Newman's ex- pressiye and beautiful hymn, the first stanza of which is:
 Lead. kindly Light! amid the encircling
 gloom.
 The night is dark, and I am far from
 home,
 Lead thou me on;
 Keep thou my feet; do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for
 me
 When Newman wrote this poem he was in the undefned land between the English church and the Catholic church. He had not become Roman Catholic, much less a cardinal. He was simply Christian and poet.
 It is not easy to imagine why the unknown Indiana preacher denounced the song as meaningless. Whatever else it may lack 1t does not lack terse- ness, vigor or clearness. The very first chapter of St. John designates Jesus Christ as the Light which light eth every man. Newman, when beset by doubt and difficulties, put his prayer to the Light in poetic form, and he did his work so well that all the churches in Christian lands have accepted his prayer. and the English tongue has gained a poem that will never die.
 The United Presbyterians are com. paratively few in number. and their dogmatism and Scottish exclusiveness keep step with and possibly explains their scarsity In this country. If they go on casting reflections on such hymns as Lead, kindly Light" they will become still scarcer here, for noth. ing is better established in this trans itory life than the classic that New man wrote, and that is today sung around the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
off on a months vacation. Pl

off on a months vacation. Pretty soon a mysterious flow of sewage ap- peared, and when the matter was re- ported to the surveyor upon his re- turn from his vacation he looked after the conduits he had plugged, and he then and there ascertained that one plug had not been removed. This one plug damned back considerable sew age. It was removed September l., and all went on apparently in a nor nal manner.
 Nothing was said by the surveyor about the unremoved plug, and the people of the little town continued to use for month water from the well in question. The overflow of the plugged sewer had infected it, and on September IS case of typhoid fever arose among the people who used the well. Cases of disease soon came thick and fast, and In single months time 150 cases had been reported. The cases were confined to the users of water from the infected well.
 Notice of the infection came too late, and the fever ran it's course all through the month of October. One plug in a sewer conduit did the mis- chief because the water supply was drawn from a well inside the limits of the little town. It was a clear case of direct infection, and the people who use we'll water in Jones valley should heed the warning and the lesson of Basingstohe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT CONDITIONS AND
 IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR BIRMINGHAM

of Alabama depend upon the continued operation of the mines and furnaces and other industries of this district. and the railroad people were determined to place them in position where they could not be controlled by outside concerns. In other words, 1t was felt necessary for the continued prosperity of the railroads of this section to prevent at any time the iron industries of this district getting into the hands of the United States Steel company, or any other concern operating big plants in other sections.
 As I understand it, the matter has been handled through one of the largest banks in New York. and the controlling spirits in the several railroads are the controlling spirits now in the largest iron companies of this district
 I am told further upon the best author ity. that very large additional amount of money will be furnished immediately; not only to develop the present plants, but to add more steel plants. rail mills, and pipe works to the properties now existing here. Indeed am told that more than s100o0,00O Is to be put into new steel plants, rail mills. pipe works, etc.. In the district within the coming year. The mo- ney is available at the present time and only awaits detailed plans and specifica- tions to be put into actual use.
 Speaking of the growth of Birmingham. regardless of the great amount of money which Is being spent here in improve ments, the bank statements issued the other day show that the deposits of Bir- mingham banks have increased by some- thing like ss.OOO,OoO within the past twelve months. The deposit account today of Bir- mingham banks shows considerable in ex- cess of s15,o0O,00o, while at this time last year the total deposits were only about S12000, ,000
 It Is not only the banks and the iron
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
Musical Matters.

When high-closs musical attraction comes to Birmingham and fails to draw a paving house, the remark is made that Birmingham Is no longer music loving town" said a musician. Tt Is fact that few artists outside of grand opera attract large audiences here, but the same thing is true of other cities.
 "One of the most stimulating enterprises in the musical world is the music festival. Birmingham used to have a festival every year and this institution should be re- vived. Still another stimulant would be an association formed for the purpose of giving a musicale. artistic yet not too classic, every week. An association with seven or eight hundred members paying small monthly dues. would be able to sustain an orchestra of twenty-five or thirty musicians. Associations of this kind have succeeded in other southern cities."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
OLD TIMES, OLD FRIENDS, OLD
 LOVE.

By Eugene Field
 There are no days like the good old days, The days when we were youthful! When humankind were pure of mind, And speech and deeds were truthful; Before a love for sordid gold
 Became mans ruling passion. And before each dame and maid became Slave to the tyrant fashion! There are no girls like the good old girls-- Against the world I'd stake 'em! As Suxom and smart. and clean of heart As the Lord knew how to make 'em! They were rich in spirit and common
 sense,
 And piety all supportin': They could bake and brew, and had
 taught school, too,
 And they made such likely eourtin'! There are no boys like the good old boys When we were boys together! When the grass was sweet to the brown
 bare fs<
 That dimpled the laughing heather; When the pewee sung to the summer
 dawn
 Of the bee in the biilowy clover. Or down by the mill the whip-poor-wH Echoed his night song over. There is no love like the good old love The love that mother gave us! We are old. old mon. yet we pine again For that precious grace-0od gave us! So we dream and dream Of the good old
 times, And our hearts grow tenderer. fonder. As those dear old dreams bring soothing Of heaven away on yoadsr.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
THE FLY.

Lecture of MT Hill in London.
 The fys capacity for crime is ex- tended by its strength. which Is rela- atively nearly seven times that of a horse, for 1t cap lift twenty times it's own weight. It can absorb enormous quantities of oxygen. and is in fact confirmed oxygen toper.
 The reprehensible habit of walking up- side down on the ceiling, to which the fly is addicted. IS due to It's habit of exudinr gum from each of the 12O0 hol- low hairs in It's feet.
 The fly. too. has an evil eye. which is divisible into several other eyes. It has also HOO or 51Soo parts all con- nected with the olfactory nerves. and therefore possesses complete equipment for detecting unsound meat such as is given to no other living creature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

kCp directors and officials, and the
 directors and officials of the other great railroads of the south to Birmingham during the past week, means more than the average Birmingham cit- izen appreciates. They were not here long, but they saw and heard sufficient about Birmingham to prove to them that the Birmingham stories which they have been hearing for the past year were not only correct, but conditions were even .more prosperous than the stories indicated.
 It is true they were banqueted and at the banquet men told some stories of political troubles and contentious, but they learned that the substantial people of Birmingham were all in good humor. jocular and generous in their thoughts. words and acts; due. of course. to the period of prosperity which is prevailing in this dictrict.
 hHiOhS tHo NiSitOio WCio Aidhy hoAA of large wealth who arc not only interest ed in railroads, but. in manufacturing concerns in the Birmingham district.
 And 1t had just as well be told now that the same interests which control tho railroads of Alabama are now in full con- trol of both the Tennessee and Sloss com- panies. and will perhaps soon control many of the other iron companies of this section. It is not a merger in any sense of the word. It Is simply busi- ness transaction of intense interest and of much value to the Birmingham dis trict. It means that the railroad interests felt it incumbent upon them to acquire such holdings in the big iron companies of the Birmingham district as would pre- sent outside speculative interests getting control of the same, and handling them in such a manner that at times local in- dustries might be closed down.
 The life and earnings of the railroads
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
Sewaue in Wells.

Sewage and typhoid fever go to- gether. Recent experiments and ob- servations in the town of Basingstoke, in Hampshire, England, illustrate the close partnership that exists between sewage and typhoid fever.
 Basingstake is not a large town, and 1t draws it's water supply from wells in it's own limits. The surveyor of tue town plugged certain sewer con. duits, and after a season the plugs were removed. and the surveyor went
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

industries and metal producing plants which are growing and increasing here, but all sorts of little things in the way of manufactures are being established here was surprised yesterday to witness the fact that we have over on the south side a plant generally considered of small proportions-the Huston Biscuit company
 which I learned was making 15.0o0 pounds of candy day. This is seven and a half tons; and 1t is being shipped all over the south. The same concern is making here in Birmingham over car load of crackers and biscuits day. ln- deed. they use in making these little knick-knacks and fancy crackers, car load of flour every day, and they find the demand for what they make as great as is the present demand for pig iron.
 The fact that Birmingham and the Bir- mingham district and, indeed, all of Ala bama is going ahead so fast and every body is so busy, is probably the reason that so little general interest is taken in the existing political campaign. The people apparently don't care much about the result. They rather feel that they can postpone the election until next summer; and 1t is beginning to appear that the desire of some of the candidates to have an April primary will not be approved by the people generally. They see no reasons why candidates for an office which is to be filled in a general election next No- vember should be nominated in April, and apparently prefer to postpone the primary until next August.
 As the situation exists now, 1t is very manifest that if the primary was held immediately. MT. Conner would sweep the state. How it will be next summer of course can't be predicted with any degree of certainty at the present time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
Heating Street Cars.

Chicago has an ordinance" said the
 suburbanite yesterday, that will after
 while be snug fit even down to the
 shores of the gulf. That ordinance calls
 for thermometers in street cars, and a record m each one of them of 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
 "The pneumonia car will soon be In evil
 dence, and a provision of that sort in
 December, January and February would be comfort even in Alabama. The ther- monieter is sadly needed in order to en-
 able the suburbanite to know where he Is at.
 "The street car in motion needs heat to the extent of 50 degrees Fahrenheit. and 1t Is to the interest of trolley con- panies to provide 1t. The more heat the
 more will ride. The less heat the more
 walking for health's sake. Chicago seems to be the first city to require the placing of thermometer In every car. and 1t has put policemen out in plain clothes to search for cold cars.
 Thus far all seems to have the necessary 50 degrees of heat, which in Chicago is
 considered the minimum for comforts s sake"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
Annual Banouet.

q hope that the annual alumni ban quet of the University of Alabama, such as we enjoyed Friday night at the Hill- man will be made a permanent institu- tion," said Bordun II. Burr of Talladega, circuit solicitor.
 'The occasion was a most delightful one and brought forth some of the hap pIest speeches eva. heard in Alabama. The date of the annual game between Alabama and Auburn football teams Is the logical time for the university ban quet.
 The prospects for the university were never brighter than they are today and believe that the future holds great things fin store for the state university"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
Pleased With Birmingham.

"rhe German commissioners sent to this country to inspect the conditions In the south were delighted with what they say in Birmingham said B. Lesser, who accompanied the party through the state.
 They expressed themselves as being charmed with the reception given them by the citizens in the several towns of the state and were very much impressed with the prosperity and the general in- dustrial conditions of the south.
 "The commissioners will go from here to New Orleans and after trip through Florida and Georgia will return to New York and will sail from there for Ger many on December 15."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
STREETS PAVED WITH COPPER

From the New York World.
 The streets of Superior, Wis.,. are being paved with rock carrying copper in suf- ficient quantities to pay to mine it. The discovery was made by Deputy County Clerk Leader. Wandering into the quarry where the men were blasting he picked up piece of rock which his pracuced eye told him was we'll impregnated with the red metal. Assays of the rock showed it to run 8 per cent copper, which. except for the rock mined at the Calumet and Hecla property. is materially richer than anything produced in the Michigan cop per country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
REFLEcrloNs OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 People seem to work only to live and to live only to work
 One awful nice thing about cold weather is the way it makes a pretty girl snuggle up to you.
 When girl laughs at joke it is a sign she would have sense of humor if she saw the point.
 woman has an Idea men will think she wants to vote if she doesn't faint when she thinks she sees a mouse.
 It's funny, but when a woman has a. mind of her own she is always giving 1t to her husband, but never gets rid of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
Enjoyed Their Visit.

"The officials and directors of the Southern Railway company were greatly pleased with the hospitality of Birming- ham on the occasion of their visit last Tuesday" said Assistant General Super ntendent M. M. Richey, who travelled with the party.
 "The elegant banquet at the Country club and the representative men there as- sembled to welcome the visitors made a splendid impression. President Spencer and his staff will come this way again be- fore great while and the next time they pay us a visit at least two days will be allotted to Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
IN HOTEL, LOBBIEs
Local Athletes.

The football game last Thursday be- tween the Birmingham High school and the Bessemer High school was one of the best ever played by local teams'' said Professor Sam Adams yesterday.
 Athletics in the High school and In other preparatory schools in the dis
 trict are better this year than they have ever been. More interest and friendly rivalry is shown. There are in Birming- ham and the immediate vicinity about six evenly matoned and well trained teams from preparatory schools, the boys aver aging from Is to IS years of age, and weighing about 1s5 pounds.
 "The game last Thursday was remark able in several ways. A cleaner game was never played here, not even by any of the larger colleges. While outclassed from the start, the Bessemer eleven did not seem to give up and fought gamely to the last. Many new and successful plays were tried, and the game had much of the interest that contest between
 larger teams would have.
 "These local teams will contribute, be- lieve, several god players to Alabama and Auburn in the next two years. One of the most promising players in this city is Charles Estes, captain and right half-back for the High school team. He is fine hurdler and has all the qualities of good player. He will very probably be seen in Alabama's line-ip next year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Gadsden Journal After all, voting for a king with only one available candidate is not specially exciting form of political diversion.
 Troy Messenger: Coming events cast their shadows before, thus every turkey Is now looking around for the shadow of man with a chop axe.
 Opelika Post: There are about 400( holders of Standard oil stock; thus you can see that out of some s0,OO0,0o0 people in the country 1t Is not really surprising that you are not in on the game.
 Greenville Living Truth: The Washing ton bureau still tries to down the sou thern cotton planter by wrong reports The cotton man, however, has gotten to where he won't sell till he gets his price.
 Marshall Banner: While men fight fol their political belief and women fight fol their religious creeds, the facts are that both inherited them from their ancestors the same as they inherited poor teeth and red hair.
 Marion County News: Modesty would suggest that the Birmingham politicians wait till they hear from other portions oi the state before they pre-empt all the state offices It may be that they will need a few votes to elect their ticket.
 Atalla Mirror: The south is buying ant selling its own cotton this year, and tht price is the best for years. Let the soutf boom herself by setting a price on hei products, and she will become factor ot worldwide power, and sting to un merciful Wall street,
 Clayton Record: Hon. H. B. Gray ol Birmingham announces that he is willing to serve his people as lieutenant gov ernor, and he urges reasons why he should be selecter. It may be that there ars othrs who are similarly inclined ant would. perhaps, like MT. Gray, make z sacrifice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19
The roll call of dishonor
FOR FUTURE DELIVERY.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Those admiring friends who have pres sented Uncle Joe Cannon with Presi- dential boom must have been fully alive to the fact that Presidential boom three years in advance of the Presidential elec- tion is among the most economical of gifts. Surely in vain is the net spread in the sight of a wise old bird like Uncle Joe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Parliament did after Prince Charles was elected King was to appropriate some money for him. There is nothing like get ting an early start on a custom that will have to be kept up indefinitely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Jimmie Hyde Is an orphan boy who drew a s100,000 salary. The opportunities for plundering policyholders in this coun- try are very great.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Mrs. Hetty Greens son says that Hearst been heard from.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

President Abercrombie should have the enthusiastic support of Alabamians in his efforts to get more money for the state university.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews says football breeds not callousntss but kind ness and restraint He must have con- founded football with ping pong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

A German .battleship was anchored on Crostradt ready to carry the little em' peror to a land free from strikes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

President Mccall has neither paid back to the poiicyholders that s235,OoO he handed over to Judge" Hamilton, nor has he rebated any of his rldiculously large sa alarY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Grover Cleveland has a new pastor, but not because he Is getting careless apout religious matters in his old age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

When MT. Odell and MT. Hyde contra dict each other so f1atly one wonders which of them to believe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

The gay life in the Russian capital does not attract Nicholas II in these days of strikes and revolutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Heredity gave Jimmie Hyde salary of sloO. 900 while in his twenties. In his teens he should therefore had salary as big as President Roosevelts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Football is under the ban in California and Nebraska, but it was popular in Birmingham yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

The esteemed snow storm has arrived In the northern tier of states, and Is not fully appreciated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Jimmie Hyde should have been can Inistook his true objective.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

A former college student who is now successful horse trainer, probably retains his liking for books.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

When Senator Platt goes to see the President, odell may be excused for won derlng what they are talking about
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

The ball on the Drake was New York's social event of the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Prince Charles of Denmark has demon- strated his capacity as a politician before the people. He refused. however to go on the stump Alabama fashion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

The yellow dog fund of the Equitable is again before the public-and the policy holders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

The Christmas magazines are on the stands. the first sign of the coming Of the years great holiday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

The Equitable still has a stock of dis closures on hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

New York will prefer municipal owner ship to Tammany ownership unless the latter supports ballot reform and re- count
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

California is tho best advertised state In the union from press agents point of view.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Mir Wu Is too deaf to hear American complaints against the boycott he induced and formulated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Robbers enter now In express packages. They are delivered to the spot by the victim.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Any immigrant who is well treated can be assimilated, a Chinaman only ex- cepted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Every citizen of Birmingham is a press agent for the town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

A lot of people never expected that they would live to see Chauncey M. Depew cutting his present figure on the stand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

Winter is creeping on slowly. At pres ent 1t is bothered by an Indian summer which Is both persistent and delightful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

The Warsaw Zapadnyjoolosh as, we re- gret to say. suspended publication. The newsboys of Warsaw are not. however,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

II is not recorded that Prince Charles. the politician, began life as an elevator boy or newspaper carrier. This Is re- 1ioF
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

In Russia all depends upon the loyalty of the army returning from Manchuria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

President Roosevelt is tariff dodger. but a rate regulator
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-11-19

The Equitable. like the New York Life. the Mutual Life and the Metropolitan, were in cahoots with the republican party and the policy holders footed campaign subscriptions which they did not make.