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tie will eat their heads off, and the con
sumner must buy, else he will go hun
CRY. The consumer cannot hope tc
secure better prices, simply because
the trust names the prices regardless
of conditions, and the consumer can
not expect relief because the same
grasping combine will not let prices
fall. Competition at both ends has
been eliminated, and the country is in
the grasp of heartless combine-a
combine that Commissioner Garfield
went out of his way to exonerate. The
verdict of the federal grand jury is
directed against the officers of the beef
trust but Mr.. Garfield does not show
up we'll in the light of the indictments.
The government is entitled to great
credit for the manner in which it has
thus far executed its great task The
use of detectives who could outwit the
detectives of the trust laid the founda-
ton for the indictments. The first
step has been taken, and the hope is
that the administration will not rest
until the trust is smashed If the work
be done thoroughly and efficiently the
country will be rid of the most bane-
full trust of all.
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THE REAL FOURTH OF JULY.

From Harper's Magazine
"On the Sd of July. 1776. John Adams.
then one Of the representatives of Mas
sachusetts in the Continental Congress.
wrote to his wife Abigail
Yesterday the greatest question was
decided which was ever debated in Amer
lea, and greater perhaps never was nor
will be decided among men,
I'm a second letter, written the same
day, he said:
But the day is past. The I'd of July
will be the most memorable epoch In the
history of America. lam apt to believe
that it will be celebrated by succeeding
generations as the -,reat anniversary fes-
tival. 1t ought to be COMMUNICATED as
the day of deliverance by solemn acts of
devotion to God Almighty 1t ought to
be solemnized with pomp and parade,
with shows, games. sports. guns. bells.
bonfires and illumi. -ations, from one end
of this continent to the other, from this
time forward. for evermore.' When the
resolution was taken up on the 3D. all
the states, except New York. voted to
accept 1T. Thus on the I'd day of July.
1T6, the independence of the Thirteen
Britain was definitely decided upon. This
I'd, and not the 4tl. may be called the
true date of the separation. We could
with propriety celebrated the Fourth two
days earlier. That the participants In
the work considered the I'd as the true
date is shown by the letters written by
John Adams quoted at the beginning of
this article. The popular fancy. how
ever, seized upon the tn. the date of ac-
ceptance of Jefferson's more dramatic
declaration of the reasons for the sep
aration as the proper DAY to celebrate.
Tie debate upon the document was con-
tinued until the afternoon of the 4th. and,
says Jefferson, might have run on in
terininably at any other season OF the
year. But the weather was oppressvely
warm and the hail in which the depu-
ties sat was close to n stable. whence
the hungry flies swarmed thick and
fierce, aiighting on the legs Of the dele
gates and biting hare through their thin
silk stockings. Treason was preferable
to discomfort and II last the delegates
were brought to ,iuch a state of mind
as to agree to the sclaration without
further amendment.
'It Is a mistake to suppose that the
document was signed by the delegates
on that day. IT IS improbable that any
signing was done save by John Han.
cock the president % the Congress. and
Charles Thomson. the secretary"
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Curbinq Beet Trust.

Although the packers and their chief
agents fed to Canada or to Europe
yet the detectives succeeded in secur
ing evidence enough to base indict
ments upon, and the seventeen indicted
men are now confronted by govern
ment determined to convict them. The
indictments are of sweeping nature
covering every feature of the meat
combine. They show that the pro
Queer is victim of the meat trust as
Ewd1 as the consumer. The trust was
jOra nized to fleece, both. The industry
lis monopolized at both ends up to the
greed Of the allied companies.
The producer must sell, else his cat
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Cotton is asserting itself nobly.
THE PEOPLE IN THE SADDLE.

From the Selma Times.
The Opelika News thinks the present
state democratic executives committee
was selected with the sole purpose in
view of going back to the old convention
system next year. II the committee at
tcmpts any such change as that, old Nick
will be to play in Alabama. If the COM
mittee should order a convention to NOM
mate candidates for the various offices,
an independent move would be started
that would be larger and harder to handle
than Kolb's famous bolt. If there are
any politicians and offce-seekers in Ala
bama who contemplate going back to the
convention plan, they should remember
that there is no black horde confronting
the people now, as was the case before
the new constitution was adopted and
the party lash cannot be welded as eff
fectively now as in former days The
people are now in the saddle and they
10 not propose to have any of their rights
wrested from them.
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Ten Millions for Education.

Mr.. Rockefellers monopolistic meth
DDS may result in an undue tax upon
the many in this country for a neces-
sity of life, but the money he makes
Is not so tainted" that the colleges
and other institutions refuse to receive
it. They cannot get too much of it to
suit themselves, and when they put
the money they get from the oil king
to good uses the entire problem is
solved. The money in question is re-
turned to the general circulation, and
the alleged faint has wholly disap-
peared.
So 1t will be with Mr.. Rockefeller's
recent gift of ten million dollars as an
endowment fund of the colleges of the
land without distinction of section or
creed Mr.. Rockefeller is a Baptist,
but it does not appear that Baptist
colleges are to be more favored than
those controlled by other denomina-
tions, or those that are strictly nom
sectarian The principal cannot be
used, but the income of the fund is to
be distributed among the colleges an
nually. In other words, about 100000
will be scattered among the colleges
each year as gifts pure and simple.
| The big gift is placed in the hands
of the general education board, OF
which Robert G. Ogden is chairman,
and Shaw J. Murphy, formerly of
Montgomery. a secretary and execu-
tive officer. In the list of trustees of
the chartered institution the name of
no southern man appears.
Mr.. Rockefeller's first gift to the
general education board was million
dollars to be expended wholly in the
south. How much of the money will
be expended in the south cannot be
foreseen. Mr.. Ogden has been assailed
in the south, and he may not be able
to hold himself as trustee above
such attacks.
There are four vacancies in the gen.
eral education board, and those vacan-
ces may be filed with southern men.
Mr.. Munger would make an admirable
trustee, and if Mr.. Ogden wants south.
eln advisers he will have no trouble
in securing the services of competent
and honorable men.
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s1e DOCTORS AT HIS BEDSIDE
the Philadelphia Bulletin.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
A physician has just returned from
China\ heavily laden with stories of
.Chinese medicine.
Medical consultations are carried to
t{heir extreme limit in China" he said
"There, when any one becomes seriously
i'll, consultation of fifteen or twenty
doctors is held. The doctors fill the
house with their arguments. They make
as much noise as political convention.
But such a consultation as that would
be considered small and futile if great
mana mandarin, say, of the third class
were to be ILL., To consult on his case
at least hundred doctors would gather
together.
"A member of the royal family was
taken sick while l was in China and
my Chimes hold told me with good
deal of pride that the largest consulta-
ton known to history had been held
over the sick man. No less than BIG
physicians. he said, had come from
livery part of the kingdom to study and
discuss the case.
1.-THE royal patient, l heard AFTER
ward, died. This mammoth consultation
had been held in vain.'
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IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Mavor Ward is Democratic.

Mayor Ward observed the Fourth OF
July. like the good citizen he is said
a friend of the Mayor last night
Mayor Ward has celebrated the ann
versary of our Independence heartily
ever since his freeracker days, and
think he enjoyed the game of ball this
afternoon as keenly as the pyrotechnie
celebrations of his boyhood
II was particularly impressed with
Mayor Wards broad democracy lie
didn't don broadcloth coat and silk hat
and proceed to West End park in an au-
tomobile, full of the pride of office, but
swung on the side of a crowded car, paid
his fare and got in the crush at the grand
stand window, shouldered his way
through with his fellow citizens and kept
his temper as we'll as anybody
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Many birds come to each other in an,
swer to call notes, and it is necessary
simply to initiate these. Often these are
distinct from their ordinary song. With
the quail, for instance. 1t is not ~ ia
miliar bobwhite. but that with the fall
Ing infection.
In calling the larger birds and ami
mails 1t is wise to be concealed, but with
smaller species it is not necessary to be
so careful
Foxes, weasels and owls can ne
brought close by initiating the saueaI of
a mouse in distress Chipmunks and
many other small rodents will come in
answer to a squeaking or SUI ing noise
with the lips. The orioles can be called
by whistling. Though the several spe-
cies have varied notes. they arc easily
initiated. Crowns come quite oadily.
too.
THE familiarity with human beings
that can be inspired in many of the wild
birds is wonderful. With a little pains
any one can get them to come into tho
house. and often to feed from the hand.
If dish of water be set on the lawn
in the summer they will come End battle
in II.
Robins and catbirds will come quite
close if given cherries or Strawberries.
Seeds and bread crumbs will attract
sparrows. and in a short time tlsy will
become so tame as to eat from your
hand BY placing nut kernels on the
window sill In winter chckadees end nut
matches can be brought into the ROOM
One summer at home taught wren
to eat from pole which I held near
him. That he did not forget the train
Ing while away for the winter W shown
by his readiness to do IT at once the fol-
lowing season.
Then. inside of two weeks. l induced
him, while sitting on q clothesline, to
take worm from my fingers. hold
ing a camera in the other hand. man.
aged to get several photographs of this
performance.
The process I employed was to gradu-
ally shorten the pole. then use small
stick, and finally discard both. I have
often fed wild birds on the nest with a
pole.
"A wild bobolnl which | kept for
while at home would always straighten
up and obey Justify whenever | said:
Sing a song, Bobbiel' Both a sparrow
hawk and crow. among my pets, would
come when called"
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Birmingham Boys.

81 was very much surprised at an IN
terview appearing in The Age-Herald this
morning in regard to the use OF pro-
family among the younger boys of the
city, said a man interested in boys last
night.
"The speaker quoted began with the
statement that he happened to be IN
hearing distance of number Oh news
bows recently and was astonished at the
amount of profanity INDUCED in. He con-
cludes by drawing deductions concerning
Birmingham youths in general. Exciud-
ing the gaming class, I venture to say,
that the boys of Birmingham today are
much better and less addicted to bad
habits than the boys of the city fifteen
years ago. | know of a number OF
former years who gave their good par
ents great deal of trouble while the
sons of the better families now, and the
boys that are looked up to as the lead
ers In athletics and sports, are usually
of good character The boy that smokes
cigarettes or chews tobacco or curses IL
looked upon almost as an outcast now.
Not only is this true. but II may be
said that a greater percentage OF young
sters attend church now than formerly.
The splendid work of the public schools,
the Y. NJ. C. A.. and other institutions
have caused the boy OF good character
and habits to receive due admiration
from his associates
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in birmingham yesterday. Mr.. HOOD mas
recently been called to the pastorate OF
the First Baptist church at Cumoerfsno,
Md. and will take charge of his new
field about August Mr.. Hood is gradu-
ate of Howard college. the southern Dap
fist Seminary at Louisville ana inc
Newton Theological Seminary at Boston
He has many friends in Alabama VINO are
congratulating him on the iattering can
he has received. this being his nrst
year out of college.
James K. Smith, who is engaged IN
the banl1ina~ business at Eutaw, was IN
the city yesterday. q
Fred and French Bell of Admission were
in birmingham yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-05
A HAPPY DEVICE.

From the Springfield Republican.
Could there have been a happier device
for keeping the small colleges nuzzling at
the tainted corn crib than this gift OF
SIC. 100000. the income of which is to be
distributed (particularl-' among the minor
colleges) as there seems to Re need--for
endowments, buildings, apparatus. cur
rent expenses. etc. Isl college likely to
speak out clearly and boldly when it is
doing its best for bigger share of the
fund7
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A PENNY A DAY.

John Bennett In ST. Nicholas.
.'See-saw Margarey Daw.
Johnny shall have new master;
He shall have but penny day,
Because he can't work any faster"
Mother DEAR cried little John.
'Pd rather not have any
If / must slave the whole day long
For but a single penny.
Said my mother unto me,
Standing small beside her knee:
Honest work wins honest pay
III the market any day.
Stick to what thou fndest to dr.
Dig until thy work he through
OF thine earnings save a penny;
Mite by mite doth make a many.
Penny lying on the shelf
Whistles penny to itself:
Each the other doth invest
With growing interest.
Honest work is never shaving;
Don't despise the smallest saving.
Johnny. In my life I've learned
penny saved is a penny earned.
Save thy pennies one by one;
Soon the dollar will be done.
Law thy dollars on the shelf:
Fortune follows OF itself.
Wouldst be rich? Be this thy way;
Lay a penny by each day
Said my mother unto me.
Standing small beside her knee:
he thy saving great or small.
Add It to thy capital:
Soon thou'it find the saying true:
Honest saving works for you.
Day and night, while thou dost sleep.
All the pennies In the heap
Gather pennies one by one:
90 great fortunes are begun.
I--
Lay penay by each dAy.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
A woman's gown never tells the truth
n bathing suit seldom lies about her
figure.
A womans idea of a great sorrow Is
having a husband who won't admit that
there is anything in his past to con-
fess.
A girl can dance seventeen miles in a
night with high heeled slippers on. and
II would kill her to walk two blocks
to prayer meeting.
A man can lose lot Of money In the
stock market, and he may get some OF
II back; what ne drops on becoming en-
gagged Is gone forever
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EASY TO WIN BIRDS AND
ANIMALS OF THE FOREST
New York Correspondent Philadelphia
North American.

New York Correspondent PHILADELPHIA
North American
IN AZURE study parties under his
vi leadership have been astonished
to see an Oswego boy call Ia
their own language to the wild birds of
the woods and bring them to his knee
This New York young man is J. Alden
Loring. now we'll known to naturalsts
because of his personal intimacy with
those whom he affectionately terms the
little people of the wilds.
Knowing every bird and mammal of
this country by his note or cry, he has
the knack of initiating them all, ac-
tually holds conversation with them in
their own tongue and on remarkably
short acquaintance inspires them with
confidence enough to romp with him as
one of their kim
He has demonstrated how easy II Is to
get on familiar terms with the wild ami
mails and birds. and is one of the small
number of modern naturalists WHO are
starting a new development in nature
science vastly more fascinating and SYM
pathetic than the older shotgun and
stuffed skin method
Now, before the season is far ad-
vanced' Il. the time opportune fo- gain
ing acquaintance with notes of BIRDS
he said to the writer the other day as
the two sat among the great farms of
Long Island swamp watching the
squeaking f1oclss of herons flying among
hundreds of nests in a big colony Later
the birds do not sing SO much as in the
spring and early summer"
No, one cannot get results equally
from all kinds of birds. Naturally those
higher In the scale of intelligence do
best. The wisdom of the owl is mostly
In appearance. 1t does not display as
much intelligence as the hawk. though
I had a little screech owl that would
come when l called him.
"Of the wild herds one of the easiest
to bring down from the trees IN the
chickadee, and 1t seems to be done best
early In the spring. I have heard its
answering call come closer and closer
through the woods, till it flew about
close above my head. When seated quiet
ly l have had them perch on my shoes
There is no such thing as bird charm
Ing. 1t is simply a knack, and can be
done by any one If he knows how. No
one, in my opinion, has any power over
animals other than that which is purely
natural.
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Yesterday Mornings Game.

''If 1t is true that Dessau and other
members of the local ball team loafed
or quit making their best efforts in
this mornings game. Manager Vaughan
should certainly deal severely with them
said an enthusiast last night.
at should be said to Vaughan's credit
that he never gave up and while he may
not have hoped to win after Montgomery
had n;led I'D SO many runs yet he con
t,nued to play to the best of his ability,
game may be hopelessiy iost' put the
management owes it to the patrons &c
see that they are not punisheo or oo,e 81
~ such an alleged baseball game as that
this morning"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-05
Socialists Put Out Ticket.

Richmond. Va. July 4.-The socialist
party has nominated a state ticket az
follows: For governor, George M. Nor
ris. of Richmond; lieutenant governor.
William Gath. Of .sewport News; secre-
tary Of commonwealth, Max Boehu, OF
Newport News: treasurer, James H.
Cooper. Of Newport News,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-05
SET PHRASES WHICH HAVE
DONE THEIR PART FULLY

bert Spencer has said. the perpetual
adjustment of internal relations to cor
respond with external relations" Stale
metaphors are embalmed signifcances
and set phrases are the cerements OF
death.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-05

Engineer Stevens should stick to his
job at Panama a month at least, pro-
yided of course Yellow Jack does not
come along and look him straight in
the face.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-05

Justice Brewer meant we'll. He sim
ply menat that the time was fast COM
ing when the government would have
no secrets worth keeping. A woman
will then be elected President.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-05

The Car says the Red Flag ship
must be sunk at all hazards. He evil
IDENTIFY thinks it will sink him if It
stays afoat, and so it will.
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The Car needs his army at home
provided any of it remains loyal.
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The Russians are not good manipu.
lators of battleships unless they fly
the Red flag
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Panama is unpopular because men
have to stay at home nights, and, drink
boiled water only. The distilled liquid
suits them better.
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Chauncey M. Depew should come
home at once, and tell us all about it.
We are dying to know the nature of
his legal attachments.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-05

Rockefeller now gives away tainted
lucre in big lunches, and the recipi.
ents cannot resist the temptation.
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After all, the Russian plenipoten-
tiaries are but secretaries of the Gar
and his grand ducal outfit.
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No one has ever thought to call the
Emperor Nicholas the noblest Roman.
off of them all.
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The Equitable is at present giving
no banquets, and has no use for De
pew's ancient jokes.
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The Black sea mutineers are deter
mined to fight even If they have to
train their guns on the Cars men.
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Russia cannot settle the home trouble
by writing letters signed "Veritas" to
the public prints. 1t is not that kind
of trouble.
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The Car should come to this coun-
try and settle down in Chicago, where
he can grow up with Hinky Dink.
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Secretary Taft could have relieved
the strain of his mind in the Wallace
incident by the use of the big, big D.
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Secretary Shaw counts that week
lost in which he does not bag at least
one delegate.
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The beef trust is preparing to wear
out the patience of the people in the
courts.
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The Kniaz Potemkine, now the flag
ship of the socialists, is warm mum
Der in the Black sea-
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The new champion, Marvin Hart
will have his hands full in maintaining
his position.
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The bureaucrats hate Red Flag,
and nothing but halter will convert
them.
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Rockefeller hopes all will pattern
after DR.. Buttrick, executive officer.
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Senator Mitchell will soon join Sen
ator Burton in the appellate courts.
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If we are to take over the public
utilities, the officers in charge should
give bonds they will serve their terms
out.
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The Black sea opera bouffe business
still holds the boards on board ship.
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The belated June brides are endeav-
oring to utilize the early days of July.
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A woman is boss Of her kitchen, but
her boss is sometimes the cook.
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Philadelphia knocked out the gang,
and the Russians can do likewise.