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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
Mercantile Philosophy.

IA vast amount of money and great
deal of time are unnecessarily expended
each year by billing clerks in the mer-
camille houses of this country in figuring
out the cost of different commodities at
given price per bushel. remarked a
Morris avenue business man yesterday.
"For instance, a sack of potatoes,
weighing II pounds at si.15 a bushel re-
quires some time and often great deal
of paper to determine the price, but if 1t
was fiured at so much per pound the
operation would be easy and more salts
factory.
Again, almost all cities except Biz
mingham sell poultry either dressed or
alive by the pound and not by the head.
Not only do our dealers lose time and
money by selling by the head but the
purchaser is hurt.
This sort of business is guess work,
and the customer with the best judgment
gets the best of the trade, but all suffer
I'll tell you the reason why. The farmer
that gets as much for a poor hen as
for fat hen will never go to the ex-
pense Of improving the condition of his
poultry, while on the other hand if he
gets paid for his products by the pound
he will raise the best stock and take
pains to have his poultry in good condi-
ton when he brings 1t to market"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
Ballet Box stufiing in Knoxville.

SIN the Tabernacle under the Rev.
Sam Jones preaching" says the Knox
vile Tribune, William S. Keller de-
cided to confess" and he certainly did
have much to tell contest is going
on over the Knox county judgeship,
and charges of election frauds enter
freely into it.
Keller related on the stand the story
of American corruption at the ballot
box. He was an officer of the election
and he told how he had stuffed the
marked between two hundred and
three hundred votes, and had showed
them into the box. His partners in
the fraud proceeded to make the poll
lists correspond to the ballots fraudu-
lently placed in the ballot box. He
kept back nothing, not even the cir
cumstances and influence that led up
to his confession.
The fact that he Is a democrat and
that he was working In the interest of
democratic nominees need not concern
us. Ballot box frauds are prevalent
in republican Philadelphia. The party
line Is not drawn in them. They are
American, and no one party can be
held responsible for them.
But honest men in both parties can
and should work togther to eliminate
them. The constitution of 1901 has
made the task easier in Alabama, and
there is no need of Knoxville case
in this state now. There can be no
such case in this state unless previous
rottenness exists in individuals. Good
citizens and ballot-box stuffing do not
go togther.
A great Improvement in this respect
has taken place in this state since
the adoption of the new constitution,
but eternal vigilance is still the price
of pure elections, and the honest voter
should be vigilant. Every vestige of
ballot-box misconduct should be weed
ed out, and it readily can be under
the advantages offered by select
electorate and the constitutional guar
antees.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
Germanv's Future Rulers.

The marriage of the German Crown
Prince and the Duchess Cecilia of
Mecklenburg-S reaches beyond
German lines. The Germany of today
may not be quite so prominent as the
Germany of Bismarck's time, but she
still stands high among the nations.
The newly married couple will in the
regular course of events preside over
and to great extent control the des-
TIMES of the German empire.
But little is known about the Grown
Prince except that he is 23 years old
II is said that in the course of his
education especially at the University
of Bonn. he has had plenty of simple
living, discipline and toll! He is
blonde young German, slender in form
and cold in his bearing. His next
younger brother, Prince Eitel Fred
erick. has on the other hand charn}
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
IN HOTEL IOBBIES
President Ellnseh Here.

Charles A. Hinseh, president of the Fifth
National bank of Cincinnati. spent yester-
day in Birmingham. lie came down as the
guest Of General Manager W c. Garrett
of the Queen and Crescent. lie was en-
tertained at luncheon In the private dim
ing room of tie Hillman by ". ". Craw-
ford, president of the American Trust
and Savings bank who had number of
bankers and BUSINESS men Of Birmingham
to meet Mr.. Hinsch. In the evening Mr.
Hinsch ATTENDED the Kinney ENum we'd
ding.
Birmingham is a great city, said Mr.,
Hinsch 81 have been amazed today at
the great number of people ON the streets
anG the reports given me of the volume
of business done here 1t is the most re-
msrkable young city in America.
"And, by the way, the building of the
Panama canal is destined to make Bir-
mingham even greater than you people
anticipate. will have things about Biz
mingham to tell our people in Cincinnati
when 1 return which will surprise them"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
Mr.. Aldrich's Alaskan Trip.

Thomas II. Aldrich, one of the indus
trial leaders in the Birmingham district
a potent influence in republican politics
of Alabama and a warm personal friend
of President Roosevelt, will leave Bir-
mingham Saturday for New York, where
he will go on special car to Seattle,
and thence by boat to Alaska, proceeding
as far inland as Dawson. Mr.. Aldrlch
will be accompanied in the trip by Mrs
Aldrich.
I'VE are making the journey purely for
recreation" said Mr.. Aldrich, in speak
ing of the contemplated trip last night
at the Hllman. mo, l have no business
ventures of any kind in view. We shall
be gone a month or more, our only pur-
pose being a desire to have change and
to enjoy bit of travel"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08

present faculty can be trusted to main.
tain the high standard they have set
for themselves.
The fair name of the state is 10
some extent ir golved in the course of
the university, for it is state insti-
tuition in every respect. It draws from
Inc state treasury a very considerable
sum, and the history of the one is
Interviewer with the history of the
other The university's sons are fonnd
in every county of the state. Taken
together they constitute a fine eiti-
zenry, and young men are beginning
to see that it is well to join SO for
midable a body. The alumni of the
university seem to drift naturally into
the limelight.
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ing personality that has rendered hin
the more popular of the two in Ger
many. But the Grown Prince was al
college a daring horseman, devoted tc
nearly all athletic sports. He is safd
to be like his father, "a soldier at
heart" and a lover of music. All in
all he promises to be more like bis
grandfather than his father, who is a
man of many parts.
The Mecklenburgs, Of whom the
bride is one, are not popular in Ger.
many The Grand Duchess Anastasia,
the brides mother, did attend the
wedding, although at one time this
was not expected She has long been
persona non grata in high German
circles. Still it is said that the young
couple are real lovers, and that the
bride was the choice of both the
Grown Prince and of his imperial
father.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
A Successful Train.

Jack" Moore. the sheriff of Walker
county, spoke woros of high praise last
night at the Morris of THE Age-Herald
Messenger Boy" the train recently put
on the Frisco line between Birmingham
and Winfield.
ut is difficult" said Mr. Moore, ITO
exaggerate the great convenience this
train provides persons who live along the
Frisco line between birmingham and
Winfield. Residents all along the line APP
preclate the train highly, and they show
their appreciation in 6. most substantial
manner. A conductor on the train, in
talking with me a few days ago. said
that there was no train on the line that
paid so well az 'erhe Age-Herald Mes
senger Boy when the question of running
expenses are taken into consideration. 1t
is encouraging to note also that the
train has quickened business at all points
along the line.
Il came up from Jasper today" con-
tinued Mr.. Moore, ITO enter a young boy
at the East Lake reform school, That Is
surely an excellent institution"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
SCIENTIST SAYS THAT
MEN STILL HAVE TAILS

had brother who had a tail as long
as his own and that all the tribe had
tails
Aetius, Harvey, Falk, Kalffng, Hesse
and numerous others give descriptions of
human tails. Blanchard of Amsterdam de-
scribes tail fully a span in length, and
an Emanuel Koni, ion of doctor of
laws, had a tail half span long, which
was coiled and caused him much discom-
fort Jacob, in the Dublin hospital reports
of 1873, tells of a pouch of skin resemb-
ling tail which hung six inches from the
tip of the coccyx. 1t was amputated
and discovered to be thicker than the
thumb and composed of jointed portions
on a child at his clinic tail that meas
ured three inches.
Virchow, the famous Berlin physician,
examined the tail of a boy weeks old,
which measured three inches long. Orn-
stein, the chief physician of the Greek
army, describes Greek with tail two
inches long He also found other cases
of like nature among the recruits
Oliver Wendell Holmes in writing on the
subject says that he saw in London the
photograph of boy with a very large
tail. The Mol Boy" from Cochin China,
had flesh tail foot long. Darwin in
his Descent of Man" speaks of an indi-
vidual with heshy tail. In a publica-
ton of 1884 there is described a negro
child of LOUISVILLE with a tail two and
half inches long resembling a pigs tail.
Not long since a medical Journal told
of a child with a tall
From this mass of evidence it would
appear that the human race has not en-
tirely outgrown the development of lower
animal necessities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
JUNGLE JOE" CANNON WARM.
Shocked Western Woman by Using
Ice in Water Pitcher to Cool Head.

Dispatch to the New York Herald.
A story about Speaker Cannon in con-
nection with the opening Of the EXPOSE
tion was told today "Uncle joe was
perspiring when, after the parade, he
entered the speakers stand. The aged
representative marched to the 'front.'
poured half the pitcher of ice water to
his palms and carefully swabbed his
head.
Presently "Uncle Joe" grew warm again
Up to the front he marched, poured out
the rest of the water, cooled his head as
before, plunged his fingers into the
pitcher for the scrap of Ice and rubbed
this on his head and neck
This was too much for Mrs. Good, wife
of the exposltions president. She sent
word to Mr. Cannon that the water was
not for promlseuous use. "Uncle joe" 1t
is said, then refused to deliver his ad-
dress, but after much imploring and
many apologies he changed his mind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
Progress Of the State University.

The friends of the State University
they are legion-are gratified by the
steady onward and upward course of
the university at Tuscaloosa. Politics
no longer dominates the institution.
Politics has been eliminated in the
control of the student body at any
rate, and confidence in the faculty and
management has been regained. This
is no inconsiderable victory, for the
atr;.irs of the university were at ebb
not many years ago.
President Abercrombie and his staff
of professors are doing fine work. and
that work is attracting back to the
ancient institution an annually In
creasing number of students. The
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
The hand that fills the coal bin robs
the world.
When a girl has pretty teeth it is sign
she will let everybody see them.
1t is mighty hard for man not to like
the rich father of a girl as much as he
likes her.
A man thinks he is mighty charitable
when he gets somebody else to give $40
to his favorite charity.
A woman's idea of good figure is one
that her dressmaker can make so differ
ent her own husband couldn't recognize 1t.
Picking wife is guesswork till you've
got her.
There is good deal of happiness in
not hunting for pleasure
a girl really has curly hair when she
isn't afraid to take it out in any kind
of weather.
A man can never look his wife in the
eyes when he tells her he is going on a
business trip.
Piaying both ends. against the middle
Is where lawyers charge you for making
your Will and charge your heirs for break
| ing it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
Hanceville Growing.

'Hanceville and that section of Gull
man county adjacent to our little town
are in a prosperous condition and grow
ing rapidly" said Mrs Julia III, Gillespy,
editor of the Hancevile Hustler, who
was in the city attending the commences
ment exercises of the Pollock-Stephens
institute
within the past few months Hance-
Vile has grown wonderfully. Several
thousands of dollars have been spent in
erecting new houses, both business and
residential. The residence of Mr.. C. Bur-
kart, which is being completed, is one
of the most handsome and expensive in
the county.
THE farmers near Hanceville are be-
ginning to devote a great deal of atten-
ton to the raising of fruits and vege.-
ables for the market and are finding the
business profitable.
Considerable land is being put in
Strawberries, the soil being peculiarly well
adapted to their production
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08

IL man evolved from the lower anil
mails he lost, among many other
things, tail or caudal appendix, for
while the lower end of the spine is COM
posed of a series of bones which gradu-
ally diminish in size they are curved In
ward and form a necessary floor and
support for organs in the abdominal cav
ity, says an exchange. Nevertheless, the
last several veterbrae known as the coc-
eyx sometimes takes the shape of a
caudal extremity in man. while OCCASION
ally there is a fieshy or bony tail appen-
ded to the coccyx.
Traditions of tailed men are old. In al
most every country there have been
stories of tailed men, At one time it was
commonly thought that all Cornishmen
had tails. and some men of Kent were
believed to be afflicted with tails as
penalty for their insult to Thomas
a-Becket. In the seventeenth century
Struys, a Dutch traveller in Formosa
described a wild man captured and pre-
pared for execution who had tail more
than a foot long which was covered with
hair, resembling that of a cow.
The Nam Mans of Central Africa are
reputed to have tails, some being smooth
and other hairy which are usually from
two to ten inches long. Hutsch says that
both men and women of this people have
tails. Carpus, in one of his commentaries
said that there were some people in Hi
hernia with long tails although their real
character was not known or their posses
sors could not be examined. OF course,
1t is known that some supposed tailed
races reported by sea captains and others
are really only examples of savages who
are in the habit of wearing artificial ap-
pendages about the waist, composed of
palm leaves or hair.
A Wesleyan missionary by the name of
George Brown In 1876 spoke of a regular
breeding of a tailed race In Kali, off the
coast of New Britain. Tailless children
were slain at birth, because they would be
exposed to the ridicule of the people. In
Borneo there are hereditary tailed races,
and tailed races. of princes have ruled Ka-
joopootana, being proud of their ancestral
mark. There are stories told of canoes
In the East Indies which have holes in
their benches made for the tails of their
rowers. At one period in the past the
nossession of a tail by an East Indian
was regarded as a sign By great physical
power.
In Paraguay it is said there is tribe of
Indians who possess tails. A story re-
specting them is to the effect that one
day a number of workmen belonging to
Tacura Tuyn, while engaged in cutting
grass, had their mules attacked by some
guayacuyan Indians. The workmen pur-
sued the Indians. but only succeeded in
capturing boy of eight. He was taken
to the house of Senior Francisco Calico
choa. at Pasedas. and was there discov-
cred to have tail ten inches long.
Upon Questioning him. the how said be
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
France and Germany in Mexico.

M. Delcasse, the French Minister
for Foreign Affairs, has resigned. He
the Anglo-French treaty, and was its
steadfast supporter. He was a strong
and skillful minister in every way, and
the acceptance of his resignation de-
prives France of her most capable adj
ministrator of business with other
countries.
The resignation grew, so it is sur
missed out of the Moroccan incident.
melted to 1t by German Emperor the
Sultan of Morocco has rejected the
French reform proposals. The subiee-
is not settled The Sultan's own cab
met is not a unit, and Morocco's pro-
posal to submit the entire matter to
the powers is not regarded seriously,
because Great Britain France, Spain
and Russia would decline to act. Eng
land, France and Spain have come to
an agreement as to Moroccan affairs.
and they will stand together, and Rus
STA will go with them, and italy may
do likewise. This would not leave
Germany much backing among the
powers--only Austria-H ungary.
The head of the German commits
sion at Fee. Count Won Tattenbach-
Ashold, is said to be in high favor at
the palace, where he has frequent in
terviews with the Sultan. lie is at
| the head of special mission whose
object is to prevent the ca rying out
of the Anglo-French agreement and
! the subsequent predominance Of
France in Morocco. Thus far he has
succeeded, but ultimate success may
be afar off. The entire Morocco Incl
dent is still young. 1t is in the Chrys-
ais state M. Tailander is the French
minister at Fez, and he is watching
the Germans
The retirement of Delcasse may not
| relate, at least not wholly, to the Mo-
roccan incident, but there is a feeling
that it had something to do with 1t.
! The ex-minister was a firm friend of
the French programme in Morocco,
and If he has suffered cheek in the
| Rouyier cabinet--if France is not
ready to stand by it through thick or
| thin--the world will surely say that
Delcasse was driven out of the cabl-
net. Moroccan affairs will remain
prominent until they are better ex-
planned. The position of France at
present is not defined The radicals
are in control in Paris, and how far
| they will go in sustaining the French
programme is not known. That pro,
gramme may yet mean war. 1t means
war or a backdown by France or Ger
many, unless indeed some method of
compromise can be devised.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
ToRPEDoEs AT THE DOG.

From the New York Mail.
C. s. Moody of Seattle who knows
some of the Igorrotes at Luna Park,
having Travelled among them In Luzon,
arrived at the park last night with fine
brindle bulldog. In a short time he had
lost the dog, which had disappeared,
leaving only this tale behind him. The
dog had been detached from the chain
in some unknown and unostentatious
way. An hour later a big kettle was
placed in the middle of the Igorote IN
closure, a fire built and the brinde DULL.
in large pieces, was soon stewing merrily
in his own blood with several quarters OF
water added. The call of the wild had
sounded and the Igorrotes had had their
first dog banquet since leaving Seattle.
They enjoyed it so much that Mr.. Moody
says their pleasure was worth the price
of the dog.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
"hummsro Is the Word.

Albert d. Simon one of large number
of travelling men who register from New
Albany, Ind. is at the Morris.
Birmingham has the call on every
other town In the south when 1t comes
to business" said Mr.. Simon last night.
1T is the most talked about town among
travelling men south of the Ohio river,
and everything heard of 1t Is favorable.
You would be surprised If you could COM
pare the orders taken nowadays in all
kinds of business with those sent in ten
or even five years ago. There is only
one word that hits off Birmingham. The
town surely is hummer
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
SPIT BALL IN MOBILE,
the Mobile Herald.

From the Mobile Herald.
At last the spit ball has been indicted,
not by the faithful, not by baseball
autocrats, and not by the applauding
'peepul," but by a cranky board of
health in Newark. N. j. The germ theory
is advanced, and the spit ball" has been
put under the ban as a violation Of the
anti-spitting ordinance. This innovation
of the ''slab artist has a nasty name
and is nasty but in the words of "Cuffy"
MeGuirk. whats the diff? 1t does de
work. e?'-Age-Herald. Yes, it does
the work" In Mobile, the WORK. of evadng
the plainly-written law of the state for
bidding the playing of baseball on the
Saba tn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08

BY John Milton.
How came still Evening on, and Twilight
gray
Had in her sober livery all things CLAD
Silence accompanied; for beast and bird.
They to their grassy couch, these to their
nests,
Were skunk, all but the wakeful nightin-
gale;
She all night long her amorous descant
sung.
Silence was pleased. Now glowed the
armament
With living sapphres: Hesperus. that led
The starry host, rode brightest; till the
moon,
Rising in clouded majesty, at length
Apparent queen, unveiled her peerless
light,
And DER the dark her silver mantle
thew.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
VAsELINE POET.

From the Savannah News,
A new poet is being celebrated by some
of the New York newspapers and GER
tain publishing house. He IL Robert A.
Cheseborough, whose name, II Is claimed
is known in about every household in
the land. Mr.. Chesebrough is so widely
known because ne IS the manufacturer
of vaseline, a by-product of petroleum.
We have seen several stanzas of the vase
line mans poetry, and have no hesita-
ton in pronouncing it slick stuff
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
About Persons.

r. Y. Long. a prominent merchant of
Jasper, was in the city last night.
]. R. Gaines of Tuscaloosa is in the city.
w. F. Williams of Brandon, Miss, Is
at the Morris.
Walter Pike of Boston was in Rirming-
ham yesterday
S. l.. Rogers of Nashville is registered
at the Morris
w. c. Kyle of Tuscaloosa is in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
Ours Are Winning.

From the Opelka News.
Are the lives of a few dozens of
worthless cur dogs worth more than
the lives of good citizens? So far the
ours seem to have the scale tipped In
their favor. The sentiment against the
cur dogs is practically unanimous it
seems except with the powers who can
easily sign their death warrants.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
Is No Easy Job.
From the Mobile Herald.

From the Mobile Herald.
The New York Sun inquiries why
Mayor Weaver didn't take his stand
against the eorruptionsts sooner. 1t is
easy to answer: The people weren't with
him; they didn't care. If he had made
his fight at any other time than when
solidly backed by an aroused city he
would probably have failed Downing
boodlers isn't one mans work; it takes
united city to accomplish it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
Hope of Solution.

From the Selma Journal
The Equitable ship is being abandoned
by directors as though a japanese eight
inch shell had struck it. Maybe things
can be Strengthened out when enough
of them leave for the others to have
room in which to turn around.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-08
SHOOTING TIME.

From the Washington Post.
Mrs. Orlando Payne of Chicago. shot
her husband three times when he got
home at o'clock the other morning He's
lucky that he didn't get home at mid
night.