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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07
A Question of Credit.

T see that Colonel Denson is reported in your sisue of today to have stated that the apothegm, Public office is a public trust should really be credited to the late Chief Justice Brickell and not to Grover Cleveland. or to the late Dan La mont" said Attorney Frank Deedmeyer of Ensley yesterday.
 Tn a speech delivered by John c. Cal houn in the United States Senate on July 13, 1853, he said. The very essence of free government consists in consider ing office as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country. and not for the benefit of an individual or a party Thomas Jefferson (see Rayners Life of Jefferson, D. 356) made use of this ex- pression in conversation with Baron von Humboldt. When a man assumes a pub lie trust he should consider himself as public property
 '"The fact Is, the pith of this saying is to be found in the Greek classics have come across 1t several times, but am un- able at this writing to point to it. All of which reminds us of Solomon where he says: There is no new thing under the sun !"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

and we can ill-afford to lose the Chinese trade.
 It may be that the exclusion law which was executed in a barbarous manner, is not the sole secret of the boycott movement It is said the Chin. csc merchants have also boycotted British goods. If so, the Boxer anti foreign movement has arisen in new form. Possibly the Japanese, who de. sire to monopolize Chinese trade, may be behind the boycott.
 The subject Is one of importance and interest. and the government should investigate it. Another treaty between the two countries relative to immlgra- tion should also be negotiated. We have been going along without a treaty the old one having expired, and exclu. sion of barbarous sort has been ap- piled under a federal statute inspired by San Francisco without consulting China at all. The time has come when China is about to assert herself, and if we desire to trade with her we must deal fairly and justly with her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07
Fevers Past and Present.

The fever epidemic of 1897, which spread to Montgomery, came late in the hot season, not being officially recognized in Montgomery until Octo- Der IS, but the great epidemic of 1878, which swept through Memphis, began in May, becoming epidemic and well established in July. Savannah was the scene of a yellow fever scourge in 1876, beginning in June, and becoming cpl demic in August
 Possibly the careless authorities of New Orleans let the present fever visi- tation shoulder from May until July 12, when they acknowledged it's pres ence. No known and confessed case appeared in New Orleans this year until July 12. It will thus be seen that the fever of this year is neither late nor early. It appeared about as pre- vious epidemics had done, being if anything little late, for 1t is now Au- gust, and the fever has not become epidemic in the slovenly city that fair ly courted its appearance in order to obtain meagre trade in bananas.
 The course of the fever cannot be predicted by anyone, be they scientists or only members of the common herd, because the yellow visitor is being fought on new lines. No attention is paid to any precautions outside of the oiling and screening which are de lenses against the approaches of the stegomyia mosquito. The killing oi at least keeping the mosquito away from known victims of the fever is the entire battle. All previous epidemics were fought in the dark, and science is now waging battle that will de termine the value of the new theory perhaps revolutionizing all future eff forts against the dreaded fever of tht tropics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07
OVER THE HILLS.

By Eugene Field. Over the hills and far away little boy steals from his morning play, And under the blossoming apple tree He lies and dreams of things to be; Of battles fought and of victories won. Of wrongs o'erthrown and of great deeds
 done
 Of the valor that he shall prove some day, Over the hills and far away
 Over the hills and far away! Over the hills and far away It's o for the tol the livelong day! -- But it mattered not to the soul afiame With love for riches and power and
 fame!
 On, 0 manI while the sun is high On to the wonder joys that lie Wonder where blazeth the noon of day! Over the hills and far away
 Over the hills and far away! Over the hills and far away. An old man fingers at close of day; Now that his journey Is almost done, His battles fought and his victories won The old-time honesty and truth, The truthfulness and the friends of youth, Home and mother-where are they? Over the hills and far away? Over the hills and far away!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07
SLAVE FARM s

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 Slave farms are common in Morocco
 said the sailor. q got brown friend in that country what's a slave farmer. His name Is Sd and he's white inside. I passed a week on his slave farm, and what I seen there convinced me that slaves ain't no worse of than poor folks.
 Them slaves of Sidis worked. but the boss took the best care of them; he fed and housed and clothed them fine; he treated them like a valuable hoss. ITO make a slave farm profitable there must be lots of children born each year.
 Two of Sidi's women slaves had had twins
 three times runnin'. Sidi grinned as he
 told me he had bought them women be-
 cause they came of stock that was given to twins. Oh. hes foxy
 "It used to be funny to see the Moor deal- CTS soin over the farm after bargains. They'd examine a slaves teeth and study his feet and punch and prod him in the stomach and ask questions about his his- tory. The more money a slave sold for the prouder the poor fellow would be- ''Youug men slaves brought about $s50. young women about $soo. boys brought about S75 and girls about s5o."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07
-----7-Fss-------------- LONDON IN THE SEASON.

Sydney Brooks in Harpers Weekly.
 It is astonishing how much of the so- cial life of London centers round Hyde park Every morning in summer, from soon after 9 to 1 o'clock, Rotten Row is crowded with riders. Almost every one you see on horseback is a well-known man or a well-known woman. It is the thing and always has been the thing. for those Englishmen who can afford 1t. to begin the days work or pleasurings with morning ride. One morning a couple of weeks ago I counted more than dozen members of Parliament and five cabinet ministers in the Row To- wards Il o'clock the more purely social elements appear. some to ride others to walk about and look on. Of the riding one cannot speak very highly The Eng fish seat is not a graceful one, and it is comparatively rare to see a woman whose habit, form, and general appearance in the saddle entirely satisfy. The men, in the happy -go-luclxy, rather awkward style of horsemanship that Englishmen prac- tice make better showing, and one oc- casionally sees a really superb rider But the average is nothing like so high as one has a right to expect.
 London in the season is what every other capital in the world would like to be, but cannot. It is the worlds center for opera, for concerts, for pic- lures, for every form of art It is the capital of the kingdom and the empire, the home of royalty, and the scene of the thousand and one festivities, ceremonies, and fetes that always go with a court. This Is the first real season we have had since the Kings accession. In 1901 every thing was ruined socially by Queen Vic- torias death; in 1902 there was the fiasco of the Kings Hines on the eve of his coronation; in 1903 it rained. rained. raned in 1904 nobody had any money; but 1905 has enjoyed the first essentials of success, sunshine and cash, and both have been turned to prodigious use. In fact there is so much to do and so little time to do 1t in that afternoons calls have dropped from the traditional ten minutes to an actual five. and threaten future three. Before long they will disappear altogether. People will pay their calls by post, and never see their friends except at .crushes.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07
Making Fast Time.

People who think that all the fast trains run up east have another guess coming" said travelling man last night. While most of our trains In the south do not keep up q high speed average, the fact that they make many stops and are often delayed accounts for some speed bursts that are surprising. A tram may strike good piece of track where the next stop Is twenty or twenty-five miles away and in a jiffy the grumbling passengers are whisked along at the rata of fifty or sixty miles an hour. Maybe before they have observed the high speed at which they are traveIing, the train has slowed up again and is sliding into a little town where the only man awake is the station master and telegraph oper- ator, who Is one person.
 We came over from Atlanta tonight on the Southern. Nearly all the way from Anniston to Birmingham we were making from fifty to sixty miles an hour. The distance from Lincoln to Riverside. which is five miles, was covered in ex- actly four minutes and half, while number of laps were made at fifty-hve and sixty miles an hour
 Also, 1t will be remembered that the track between Anniston and Birmingham is considered difficult to traverse at high speed.
 Speaking of fast trains reminds mo of a story.
 "A strapping country boy and his moth- CT were riding one day on limited train in Virginia. Both were very much fright ened and it was evident that the boy had never ridden on train before in his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07
SOME SIMPLE RULES FOR
 KILLING HATED MOSQUITO

Put fine wire netting over c,s.e-.. wells and tanks of water in every day use.
 Places in which it Is undesirab,. ,o place oil, such as watering troughs for stock lily ponds, etc. can be kent fraa rom the wigglers oy putting in gold fish. Ihe nymphs Of dragon flies and tadpolea or frogs also feed on the wigglers.
 Clean away all weeds. grass and bush- es about ditehes. ponds and other pos- sible breeding places. since these af- ford hiding place for the adult mos- quitoes.
 Clean up vacant lots and backwards of all tin cans, bottles and rubbish.
 First do away with or treat all places where mosquitoes are known to breed, and then begin work on places where they might breed.
 As citizen of your community you should feel a personal responsibility for the destruction of the mosquitoes in vour district and seek to cooperate with your neghbors in the work of doing away with breeding places. Inspect and treat with coal oil gutters culverts, dtches. manholes, catching basins, etc, along the roadside. Manhole covers should be screened.
 Where oil is applied to standing water 1t must be distributed evenly oyer the surface.
 Houses should be cleaned of all winged mosquitoes by the burning of insect pow der or sulphur. The mosquitoes will fall to the floor. and should be collected and burned.
 Relief in any community or district de- bends entirely upon the cooperation of the community
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07
WlTTE, THE HOPE OF RUSSIA.

Charles Johnston n Harpers Weekly.
 It is close to the truth to say that Witte himself created practically all the values that will be involved from the first step of the negotiations to the last Though he was from the first the head of the peace party, nevertheless M Witte has all along been the presiding genius of Russian expansion in the east but this policy he advocated, not in the spirit of buccaneering adventure, which seems to have animated Alexieff, but as a serious economic measure, in no wise intended to provoke Japan. but rather destined to remove serious dangers from Russias fu- ture path Witte not only presided over the first conception of the great Siberian railroad, but 1t was he who, as finance minister. paid for practically every mile of the permanent way, which stretches for so many thousand miles around the girdle of the globe He not only paid Tor 1t, but paid for it out of earnings and savings. so that it left his hands as a practically clear investment, an asset of the first importance to the national exchequer. It was he also who super vised the entire construction of the ill., fated Manchurian line, and one of his last official acts as finance minister was to visit Manchuria. examining that line in detail, and reporting on every bridge, every station, every gradient of the two branches of the line. He knows more than any man living of the resources of the different regions of Manchuria, both those which will come under the aegis of Japan, and those which, penetrated by the Baikal-Vladivostok line, will in- evitably remain more or less under Rus- sian influence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07
ONLY TOO TRUE

From the New York Times.
 A small girl who had just begun to have mature study in school was telling her mother recently some of the things she had learned. Her mother listened with in- terest and finally asked:
 ''Can you tell me the name of the poor worm mamma gets her silk dresses fromY "
 The child pondered deeply and then said suddenly:
 ssOb l<pnws From mann v
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

From the New York Press
 Women wouldn't be SO almighty ias- einating if men could understand them.
 It Is very healthful to live In the coun- try if you can be away from home most of the time.
 A girl has an awfully appealing way oi acting in hammock as if she would fal out unless you held her in.
 There would be lot more happiness n tahe world if the price of marriage licensed was so high that fewer people could buy them.
 It's funny to see the way a man wne acts like millionaire when he Is riding in somebody else's automobile nas !, hunt around in his pockets for a nicke when he gets on a street car
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

A AHE following circular has been 0Y prepared and printed (both in
 English and Spanish) under the direction of Past Assistant Sur geon T. F. Richardson, of Laredo. Tex. for distribution in localities and along the lines of railroads where special meas ures are being taken to prevent the re- currence of the invasion of yellow fe- yer. It is taken from page 772 of a gov ernment health bulletin issued April 2s 1901:
 Mosquitoes breed only in water; usu- ally fresh, standing water in artificial places.
 Mosquitoes occur in the vicinity in which they breed. Invasion from long distance are exceptional.
 The young mosquito, or "wiggler," lives in water at least seven or twelve days
 Although the wigglers live in water. they must come frequently to the surface to breathe
 Coal oil on the surface of the water prevents the wigglers from breathing.
 Destroy the breeding places and you will destroy the mosquitoes.
 Empty the water from all tuhs bncls. cts, cans. flower pots, vases, once every forty-eight hours.
 Fill or drain all pools, ditches and vari- ous excavations, as posthoes left un- filled. etc.
 Change regularly every day all water needed In chicken coops, kennels, etc.
 Treat with coal oil all standing water. which cannot be screened or drained c. ounce of oil will cover fifteen square feet of surfaee) The oil does not af- feet the water for use if the water is drawn from below.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07
A Bargain.

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
 Nell-Isn't she peculiar girl? She wouldn't look at him when he was rich, but now, after he's lost all his money. she accepts him.
 Belle-Well, you know how crazy ev- cry woman Is to get anything that's re- duced,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

I'he cleanup campaign in Jefferson county is much neeoed in every beat c. it. The board of revenue should see that the seventeen municipalities in the bi county do their duty also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

l. is a great pity that the grand daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne has married a man who spells his name "Smythe." Americanism was more " olesome when "The Scarlet Letter. WAS writ.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

The reconstructed schedule of the Southern league is expected to tide it over the active period of Madame Ste gomyla.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Shreveport is so thoroughly quaran' tined that it has no railroad trains at al either coming in or going out. This is the time to dig up in that city the stage coach.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

There should be a roundup of non cutters of weeds. It is unjust to com pei one man to cut weeds, and let his neighbor go unpupished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

The Russian bear will fuss and growl, but in the end he will give up a billion dollars in order to get rid ot the pesky Japanese.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Memphis and Mobile propose to sur round their towns with a cordon of guards. This is polite way of speak ing of a shotgun quarantine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

1t will require careful sidestepping to avoid treading on any of the peace commissioners toes while they are in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

"Fads and Fancies" is expected to explain monkey dinners, and all need ful points in connection with them and furnish list of those who attend them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Al. Adams now aspires to be rail- road king in Alaska. He has some of the necessary qualifications.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

The Cars new parliament will not be an ideal parliament, but it will serve wei as start or beginning in the right direction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

A Russian paper says it sees the end Of the British empire. That paper must own the champion long-distance opucs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

It is reported that Vice President Fairbanks actually warmed up" at Sault Ste. Marie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

There are rumors that the lid has not been lost in Saratoga and some preachers may try to put it back again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

The mercury at the Soo remained very low as long as MT. Fairbanks stayed there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

The Kaiser is the persistent foe of all propositions to establish new re publics, especially near the Baltic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

M. Witte may be anxious for peace, bu. the chances are that he is not ov anxious to pay the price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

The Frisco proposes to extend the route of it's popular Messenger Boy" train. fearing no fever or lack of busi- ness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

It is probable that what the governor of Mississippi said to the governor of Louisiana would not be fit to print.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

The envoys are due to arrive in Portsmouth today, and tomorrow spec ulation will begin to give way to act ual negotiations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Nils. Tarbell is fast proving that Rockefeller is eligible for the United States Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Governor Mickey of Nebraska does mo- play "gawf," but he is the most expert horseshoe pitcher in the coun- try.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Paul Morton does not like to have men about him who talk too much ex- cept to expected payers of premiums.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Senator Depew is falling off. He To e40O0 in the Equitable troubles. That is falling off some.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

II Uncle Sam can't put the yellow fever out of business the situation is indeed serious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

life. We were loping along al a great ra.e when we struck trestie. As we shot fut on the slender steel girders the boy grabbed his seat with blanched face. He looked up and saw the blue sky He looked oown and from dizzy height beheId the earth
 "when we had crossed the trestle and were running along the ground again. the boy leaned ever to his mother and ask. cd, Nav, have we lit yet?
 The Stock Market.
 Henry Clews, in his Wall street letter of Saturdays date says:
 ''The light floating supply of stocks con tinues the dominant feature of the finan- cial situation. Professional traders have during the week made number of con certeG demonstrations against the mar ket. but have met indifferent success; and indications are not wanting of fur ther progress towards a period of inf1a- ton in stock exchange securities out of all proportion to immediate or prospect- i've returns on investments.
 "There have been, it is true, since the beginning of the year. important and nu- merous advances in dividend rates; but with prices 2o@25 points higher than year ago these increased distributions may be regarded, to very liberal de- gree at least, as already largely dis counted by the higher quotations now ruling. It is significant that quotations today are well up to the highest average since the great revival which accompa- nied the election of Mckinley and the defeat of fiat money in 1896. In June, lS9G the average quotation of twelve leading industrials was s. Today the average quotation of the same stock is about s1 which is the highest average ever reached, notwithstanding the great upward movement of 1899, 1901 and 1902. The nearest approaches to the present average price of these industrials were 77 in September, 1899. 7s in June. 1901, and 73 in December, 1904. And prices of prominent railway stocks made an even more striking display. the average of twenty representative stocks in June, 1896. being 52. while today 1t is above 126-an average that has been but once exceeded, namely, by that of 12s during the memorable times In the autumn Of 1902. and from which there was gradual recession to about 80 during the reaction nry year of 1908.
 The fact should not be overlooked, thei efore, that as far as the price gauge is concerned the market Is today at the highest point for many years. It has not, however, reached this eminence as a re- suit of wild, senseless speculation; but has crept gradually upward, refiecting general prosperity and dscounting future prosperity As already noted, the stand ard investment stocks are becoming so | closely held they are practically out of the market as speculative securities, and this in turn is encouraging trading in the lower-priced class of securities in which industrials figure prominently"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

The Kansas wheat farmers are now riding prospectlyely at least in auto mobiles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

There is no use to, cry over the woes of John D. Rockefeller. He is able to take care of himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Admiral Nebogatoff is willing to be a prisoner in Japan indefinitely Any thing to keep him out of Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

D. H. Hartman seconds Pennypack CTS motion-"there are too many re porters."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

New Orleans and Panama must have a fellow-feeling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

The Yaquis are wise to seek peace while there are some of them left to sign up the papers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Americans will be glad to hear that Mary Anderson has a new baby, her second born.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

China is becoming more cocky than Japan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Chauncey N. Depew's name has been erased from the list of presidential aspirants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Mrs. Langtry is going into vaude- vile, which cares little for art for arts sake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

The New York youth who shot him. self flor fun" must have a strenuous iuea of amusement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Next year Panama will quarantine against New Orleans unless the latter reforms itself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

A linseed oil corner Is mere incl deat in the career of John D. Rocke- Ieaer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Hostilities v'lll be resumed, but not in Manchuria. In Portsmouth this week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Japan will affix at Portsmouth the price tag of peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Now the weather bureau is being at tackled. Nothing is safe from graft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Tainted meat became prominent be- fore tainted money was conspicuous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07

Secretary Wilson is himself an hon. est man, bu. his department is in bad fix.