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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
Increasing the Pay Rolls.

''The location of a new cast iron pipe and foundry plant In Jefferson county Is assured, the erection of a new plant at Ensley seems assured and it is almost certain that the American Car and Foun- dry company will build plant in this county, said an iron manufacturer. These three industries will employ many skilled workmen-three or four thousand perhaps.
 ''The fact that the pay rolls of the Blr- mingham district are to be largely in creased in the near future will have a stimulating effect on Brmingham's busi- ness interest and on the iron business in particular Real estate values will also be stimulated Birmingham's future never looked so bright as 1t does now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
NAY PAY PREFERRED DIVIDEND

From the New York Commercial
 Rnmors are persistently current that the payment of dividends on preferred stock of the Republic Iron and Steel com nanv is to be resumed in October. Ihe last dividend declared by the company was in october, 1908. while from October l. 1899. payments of 1% per cent quarterly were made.
 The company is sharing in the general prosperity and Is running it's works 10 their full capacity. The large demand TOT steel rails has had its effect It Is stateu that the orders for steel rails for the month of July will aggregate between 100000 and 2OO GOO tons, and.that orders TOT the present month will exceed even these figures. Contracts for this week, It IS pre- dicted, may aggregate 100000 tons.
 President Thompson, who left New fork for his home in Chicago on Saturday, Is said to be very optimistic on the situation and confidently expects an August boom in business The annual capacity of the Republics plants exceeds 100000 tons or finished iron and steel and 60O,O00 tons of pig iron, and with the improvements that have been made a still larger output is possible.
 The authorized stock of the corporation is s55. .O0o O0o-ss0, ,O0O GOO common and $25,0oO,- GOO preferred. Of this amount only s4S,- 2O4,00O has been issued, of which O00 is common and s20 s52,00o preferred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
Louisiana and Mississippi.

Mississippi has placed her coast quarantine affairs in the hands of the marine hospital service; Louisiana for reasons best known to herself refuses to do likewise. But through Mississippi the federal government has become a party to the conflict that has arisen between the two states, and thus rela- tions are not only strained between the two states, but also between the sovereign but slovenly state of Louis jana and the federal government.
 The trouble arises over the control of Lake Borgne. the mouth of which is at or off the Mississippi coast. The fiery Governor vardsman does not pro- pose, 1t seems to have obnoxious germs and the stegomyia mosquitoes of Lake !, r~ac scattered along his coast, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Feasts or the Church.

In the calendar of the Catholic ehufeh a number of important feasts occur in August" said a well informed layman' On Friday. the 4th. we have the feast of st. Dominic; on Sunday next the feast of the Transhguration of Our Lord, and on the 18th the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. The last named is holy day of obligation in many eoan- tries. including the United States. al= though the Assumption is not dogma; only a pons belief.
 aSt Dominic. whose memory will be honored on Friday. was the founder Of the Dominican order called the order of preaching friars, or simply the order of preachers. Dominic was born in Spain in the twelfth century. He belonged to a noble family and was distinguished for uncommon zeal as well as learning. He was appointed court preacher at the vat iean. The order which he established has always been noted for it's eloquent preach CTS, and today there are no greater mas ters of the homiletic art perhaps than priests who write o. P.-order of preach ers-after their names.h
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

learn what the Mikado has to offer as peace terms. Japan will not submit to any such evasion and trickery. Be- tween the Cazr's declaration that he will not conclude shameful peaceD and M. Witte's statement of his limit ed powers, the prospect for peace be- come meagre indeed. Japan cannot be trifed with. She is powerful in war. and England, and the sentiment of all good men are behind her. Sergius Witte is very capable man, but even he will not be permitted to find "a basis for fruitful discussion" unless he carries to Portsmouth power to negotiate treaty of peace regardless of instructions.
 M- Witte is, however, a very long headed capable man. He knows what the internal condition of Russia de- mands. He is not deceived by the talk of Linevitch, who has never won battle. He is not believer in political domination in the far east. He wants trade only there. If peace come at all from the meetings of the conference, it will have to come through the foreful personality of Sergius Witte.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
Negro Labor DeterIoratino.

Il have always been friend of the negro and have regarded negro labor as especially adapted to the south.p said a furnace operator, "and therefore 1 am sorry to see the negroes as workmen de- teriorating. As far as my observation goes negro labor has deteriorated 50 per cent within the last five years.
 The leaders of the negro race would do a great work if they could check this downward movement The average dar- key will not work more than three days in the week, when he should work six. All this clamor for white immigration is due largely to the fact that negro labor is deteriorating. '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
From the Pittsburg Dispatch

rrolh the flttSburg Dispatch
 oME people who live through A (CC yellow fever scourge in New Or
 leans are prone to attach little importance to a rumor of an epidemic. They come to think of it as a recurring evil, and familiarity with the danger makes them fearless and careless To be sure, they know the disease is liable to enter their own homes and perhaps end their own lives but what of it?
 They become fatalists. They move about With recklessness that inspires admira- ton. and yet they have no animation. Being hedged in and surrounded on all sides by death and desolation they look on calmly, appreeiating the ravages of the fever only by the number of deaths, and patiently wait for it's abatement and the passing of the scare.
 But the most frequent condition of the people of New Orleans is that which in- spires a mad desire to escape. When the fever breaks out there is a general panic. The fear of infection and the memory of previous experiences make people frantic. Everything a man holds dear-lfe and ldiillly anu nOiuc-lS lnledleHeu WIln Qe- struction, and he leaves no stone unturned to seek a refuge. The spontaniety of the outbreak and the rapidity of the fever's spread are too well known to admit of calm reasoning, and men. women and chill dren unite in rush for liberty and safe- ty
 Yellow fever Is described by the doc tors as Specific infectious disease con- tracted by exposure in infected localities and is characterized by single febrile paroxysm of short duration and by a tend ency to passive hemorrhages from mucous surfaces, especially from the stomach, producing black vomit. D
 The disease is unknown in Asia, is only occasionally seen in Southern Spain and Portugal and on the west coast of Africa. The American tropics and sub-tropics are the stamping ground of the malady. h. habitants of this country north of the Gulf states need have little fear of yellow fever. although small epidemics have oc-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
BUYING UP AMERICA.

From the New York Press.
 Foreign landlordism is reaching cut It's tentacles in the direction of America. syndicate headed by the Earl of verulem and the Earl of Lankerville owns a vast tract of land in Wisconsin. Alexander Grant of London has S5.OOO acres in Kan sas. phe English Land company owns 5oOO0 acres in Arkansas. MT. Elfenhauser of Halifax has 60O.OOO in West Virginia. A Scotch concern, Syndicate No. i, bought 5o,OoO acres in Florida. The Holland syn dicate owns 5,0OO,OOo acres of grazing lands in the west, and the German syndicate 100000. It is said that 20.OO0OO0 acres of good American land are owned by for eign landlords English and Scotch). That is an area larger than the state of South Carolina, and nearly as large as Maine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
seAeoARD PREFERRED STOCK,

From the New York Commerciai.
 It was announced yesterday that all or the s7,625.OOo first preferred stock Of the seaboard company had been subscribed at mar by the stockholders of the com nanv who became such through the de posit of their stock in the Seapoard AIT Line railway under the reorganization plan.
 The issue of first preferred had been un- derwritten by syndicate of directors and large stockholders. which had agreed to take all of the unsubscribed stock without discount or commission.
 The first preferred stock is entitled to 5 per cent. but it is noncumulative for five years from July 1, 1905, after which time it's claims for dividends are cumulative. . z: . ! .. -..- -..---
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
The Beer Trade.

''1he demand for beer steadily in- creases,' said Birmingham brewer yes terday. 'The consumption of the frothy beverage is enormous and this fact means much for temperate drinking Some peo- pie say that beer is less pure than for merly, but there is nothing like so much adulteration in brewed stuff as there is in food.
 The beer drunk now is not as strong as it was in other days. The fact is most people prefer mild beer. They can drink it without feeling it. Most of the popular beers on the market, today are not much stronger than soft drinks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

On his recent trip across the water. just brought to close by his return to New York. J. Pierpont Morgan bought 127 suits of clothes valued at s1O,0OO, yet some fairly good men are content with two or three suits year, for which they pay $25 per suit
 When time hangs heavy on our hands and we've nothing else to do,'' then some of our most trustworthy citizens sight airships in the heavens or tell remarka- ble tales of what they saw in the firm ament while the world slumbered. Of all the canards perpetrated against an un- suspeeting public those relating to un- usual occurrences in the sky are the safest for beginners in prevarioation. When meek looking man swears that he saw comet while driving along country road at a. m., there is no ab- solutely certain way of proving him liar.
 Happy Galesburg with its breezy name! Maybe you don't know that Galesburg is in Michigan and that its claim to dis tinguished consideration is its assortment oi WILLOWS. IHefe are only fUU fnndDltantS in the town but fifty-three of them are those seductive and irresistible creatures so inyincible in the matrimonial lists. Eff ty-three widowsi Think of it. and their ages range from 19 years to S2 More there is not Q widow of the grass va riety in the whole delectable "bunch." Wouldn't that make a fellow have dreams about a fireside and an easy chair? The Galesburg widows are of the ''sod" per suason and true blue Tn Galesburg man has fifty-three chances to win G happy home. Of course there are no blanks. Trust the Galesburg widows to prove the right article. We have often heard about '1one'' widows. The Gales burg widows are not that kind-there are too many of them in one place.
 An Ohio man drank twelve goblets of whisky and lay down to sleep. He has not walked up yet and the chances are that he will beat the record made by the late Rip Van Wrinkle He's dead
 Isn't it painful that even the preachers rave begun to disappear" leaving finan- cial complications behind? The going away habit is getting such a grasp on this country that the most honored pro- fessons are being contaminated
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
THE WHITE FLAG.

By John Hay.
 I sent my love two roses-one
 As white as driven snow And one a blushing royal red.
 A flaming Jackueminot. I meant to touch and test my fate; That night should divine The moment I should see my love, If her true heart were mine. For if she holds me dear, said,
 She'll wear my blushing rose; If not, she'll wear my cold Lamarque, As white as winters snows. My heart sank when I met her; sure I have been overbold, For on her breaat my pale rose lay In virgin whiteness cold. Yet with low words she greeted mo, With smiles divinely tender: rpon her cheek tho red rose dawned- "a s4 -.t|| 4 |.4f t4|.s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

nS Es," said MT. stumpalong. .I
 kC1 have always made 1t a rule
 not to worry. There is no ne- cessity for it; people who are continually vexing their minds oyer trifes are the very ones who are not going to live long. What fools these mortals be,-yon will notice this quotation on the cover of 'Pnek-and I certainly agree with that statement every time I see man fum- Ing and swearing because he doesn't hap pen to catch trolley car at just the par ticular moment when he thinks he ought to. Whats the difference? It will all be the same in a thousand years from now? The boys who think themselves black In the face over their little affairs will all be dust in sTfew years, and for one don't intend to curtail my life any more than can help. Yes, sir" continued Mr Stump along, as he got s-esh aholt', on his cigar and thrust his hands in his poek- cts you see in me an example of A man who never worries. What is that2 querled MT Stumpalong. turning 10 a messenger boy. "Oh pardon me while I read this telegram. What .i.' shouted tbe philosopher, as he glanced at the paper. 'Whew! Confound the luck! I told Ben ners to hold Consolidated for s-poInt rise and the stupid ass has unloaded at ss! FurlesI Excuse mo, old chaps-and MT stumpalong made dive for pass Ing trolley car, ran over fat woman. gave nurse maid mysteries and scram- bied abroad the rear platform with a frenzied gasp
 general impression prevails in Bir- mingham that senor stegomyia Faseiata Is interested in the fruit business. While 1t is true that the senor is frequently as sociated with this important branch of commerce his specially at present is eiv- | ing conniption fits to timorous individuals while permitting the medical fraternity to I get wise.
 Among the distressing speetacles of | every day life is that of a young mother traveling with bowling baby on each arm. It Is great pity that we have to l spend so much time getting ready for life | and then make a fiizzle of the whole af- | fair. John R. Pill of Carbon Hill was in Birmingham yesterday. It is fortuna te that MT. Pin did not come in conflict with the police department for had he been ar l rested some imbecie would have re
 niafked that the copper was taking a Pill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
PASSING OF THE SERMON.
,rom the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
 Among the lost arts must be included that of preaching. The modern pulpiteer has ceased to preach. He lectures, he crates, he discourses, but the art of preaching has been forgotten in his edu- cation. The world. as modern in thought as he, does not quarrel with this change. but naturally it does not ''sit up to listen. It may be momentarily excited, but it's depths are untroubled by what it hears.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
ON HIS TRAIL.

From the Catholic Standard and Times,
 "Pa asked the Senator's little boy, whats a nemesis?"
 "A nemesis. my son." replied the sena- tor. wearily, lis a female office seeker whom. in moment of foolish kindheart- edness, you promised to assist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Saving money is a lot of fun for your heirs.
 Everybody's morality needs a good strong tonic every once in DO often.
 A girl is only indignant with you If you try to kiss her; she is ripping mad if you don't.
 Generally a man thinks he IS uistln- guished when his name sounds something like mans who is.
 From the way a woman acts apout M ,. it must be awful hard for her to oie on5 Iro,-c br- crrrir rsf- W
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

When stegomyia mosquito arrives at the Atlanta city line a proclamation of Mayor Jim Woodward is read to her. She becomes discouraged and dies, and garbage wagon on duty there gathers up the remains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

second preferred and sS4,45O,OO0 of com mon stock. The money realized from the sale of the first preferred stock is to be turned over to the railway company. which will issue to the Seaboard company its notes or bonds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

The Pennsylvania legislature will meet without a boss unless one is set up very soon. Penrose has been top. pied off his pedestal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
ANVIL CHORUS.

From the Kansas City Times.
 New Orleans never had very good reputation as summer resort, any, how.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Pitcher Dessau met Pitcher Dygert and took him into camp. When the young man Is not rattled he is in- vincible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

All milk consumers of Birmingham will read with interest the report of the city health officer on the dairies of Jefferson county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Baron Komura tried a good many new dishes in New York, but he let the ear of green corn go untasted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
MOVING SOME.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 Alabama is driving to her car of pros- perity the team of cotton and pig metal. They are moving some too. Moving
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Johann Hoch has not wholly lost his hypnotic power over some of his vic tins. One is still true to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

The transfer of ball teams is keeping President Kavanaugh busy. When all are transferred, he will have new league under an old name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Scotty of Death Valley has passed out of civilization, and is now has. been.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

The new street car trust would be- come popular if 1t would devise a car that cannot become overcrowded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Town Topics should become Chauncey Depew's personal organ, for turn about is fair play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

The chorus girls in recent New York performance fled from a mouse,
 and the audience wondered why they ., if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Engineer Stevens proposes to exter- minate the mosquitoes before he digs canal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Rockefeller takes toll even when they are fighting down the stegomyia mosquito.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

The Kaiser William peril is trying to outdo the somewhat obsolete yellow peril which was overworked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Col Mann is trying to make his managing editor his scapegoat, but one scapegoat will not suffice in his case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

The governor of Mississippi is not saying to the governor of Louisiana words of hospitality and liquidity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

The peace envoys will have better lynching facilities than the soldiers have in Manchuria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

King Edward is living to win fame as Europe's finest and shrewdest dip lomat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03
NO INDICTMENT.

From the Washington Post. The railroad fare from Chicago to Bos-
 ton has been reduced to S. What's the rSc?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Stegomyia mosquitoes should bt killed before fever appears, instead oi afterwards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Secretary Loeb is spending his vaca' ton in the wild and woody west.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

What the country needs is a sting. less and singless mosquito.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

New Orleans and the stegomyia are fighting the issue to the bitter end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Zemstov congresses hold extra ses- sions wholly regardless of the execu- tive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

The "Togo lobster" course at restaur- ants is extremely popular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Graft is after all polite word for theft of the indirect sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

The mosquito is beginning to find this hard, hard world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

The shark caught in Newport ha' been named Col. Mann.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Peace in modern times comes high but Russia feels she must have it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Calm and the mosquito fever prevai in New Orleans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Drummers should not add germs to their list of samples.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Trust formation outruns trust bust ing nowadays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Oyama and Togo are the real peace makers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-03

Washington Bureau Age-Herald' 1421 c street, N. w.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-14

from Torrance 10 Dawson, via Las
Vegas. which will be a counterpart TO
the Santa Fe Central railway. capital.
ists who have acquired extensive tim
Der and mineral lands adjoining the
Pecos Forest reserve. are surveying a
sirty mile narrow guage railroad from
the Meadow city to their properties,
which will be similar to the Denver e.
Rio Grande railroad. The Nav Mex.
lean has reiterated again ans again
that eventually Santa Fe and Las We.
a on account of the varied and al.
most illimitable our and magni.
ficent beauty OF their surroundings
will be large and prosperous cities
not given to the fluctuations tha'
come TO cities dependent almost en-.
tireiy upon railroad or manufacturing
fayors. without regard 10 the resour
ces and a%daptabili,y Of the surround
ing country.-New Mexican.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-14
OPEN RANGE.

The trustees OF the Las VEGAS grant
have decided TO keep the SOC. O00
acres nndisposed OF as open range.
This Is undoubtedly the best course as
being Of the greates benefit to- the
greatest number, although a leasing
system would result In a good reven-
ne However, were tue grant 10 be
divided into small faS4hs and we're
dry culture and well pumping expert
tents fostered. the grant would In a
few years be OF great value TO Las We
a and would give II an income far
above that derived from direc, taxa
tion. Santa Fe also shonld make use
OF the unoccnpied lands within the
Santa Fe grant. or at least, take steps
TO encourage dry farming experiments
that would make the city's land even.
tually OF considerable value. -- New
Mexican.