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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
Streets Always Crowded.

''I have been struck by the numper or people on the business streets of Birming- ham at all hours of the day and evening, said a visitor in the city yesterday. Il go to nearly every city of any importance lh the south about twice annually ana oo not believe that in any of them there IS as much evidence of business as there IS in Birmingham.
 This afternoon I was on the corner or First avenue and Twentieth street and constant stream of people was passing one way or the other. stood on the cor ner for probably half an hour and there was no let up in the number Of people passing.
 "These crowds seem to be an everyday matter in Birmingham While the num- Der of people on the streets varies accord ing to the time of day. still l believe that the size of the crowd Is steadier in Bir- mingham than other cities.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
A Glimpse of Nature.

An, this breeze, this restful view of meadow and mountain, this view of way ing fields of corn and cotton! No one can appreciate them as the man who has been cooped up in a hot, stuffy office for months remarked a busy man who had stolen time to take spin on the street car yesterday
 ''The smell of the woods and fields is like nectar. The breeze fresh from Red mountain wonder, is laden with health and thrills the wearied heart with joy. The sight of growing fields inspires the soul and makes the sluggish blood run faster.
 No man should become too busy to get sight now and then of the hills, the fields and the woods-the tnrobbing dominion of nature that breathes of God and His infinite peace.
 Tt makes us better satisfied with life and gives us renewed energy. It fits us for better and more willing service in whatever calling claims our labors.
 Il pity the man whom circumstances robs of the joy that an occasional view of nature can give.
 Do you catch the glory which the set-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 There is nothing so necessary as nec- essity. sst
 A crank is a man whose head is more or less turned.
 A word of diplomacy is worth a volume of apologies.
 What the world needs is more work CTS and fewer dreamers.
 It takes a busy man to employ his spare time advantageously.
 Honesty cannot be bought or sold! 1t is not marketable commodity.
 Modesty is all right in a woman, but il is apt to make a man act silly.
 In order to get the last word with a woman a man has to say 1t to himseif in a whisper.
 It is far easier for the average man to look prosperous than 1t is for him to feel that way.
 Many a man would never get married If some widow did not make up his mind for him.
 Truth is so much stranger than nction nowadays that it takes a clever lar 10 get himself believed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT AFFAIRS OF
 INTEREST IN BIRA1INGE1AF1 AND ELSEWHERF

who feels heat when prosperity bubbles from it2 The pig iron situation is perched upon high limb. Prices are climbing to the clouds and demand is decided. Two weeks ago the yards were stacked. but within the month one hundred and fifty thousand tons have been sold, and it now looks like all the world wants the Bir- mingham product.
 At the same time cotton is soaring to the high atmosphere and it looks like tkere is to be an unexcelled era of pros perity hereabouts.
 That Birmingham is growing and is prosperous and is doing business of a decided nature is evidenced by the rail- road trains running 1 and out of here daily. It was only two years ago when there were but two trains a day each way between here and Atlanta. At the present time there are six. The South ern is running four each wssSpdaily and the Seaboard two each way daily. thus affordRg the Atlanta people full oppor- unity M come over and see a real live town.
 Baron Komura of Japan, one of the Japanese peace conferees, promises to be next several months. The Japanese Bar on comes laden wita gifts for the friends he is to make. He brin"s with him forty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Concerning Rumors.

sIt is a strange thing how so many "i'1 and absurd rumors can be circulated when no incident or happening can be learhee that could have given foundation to the report said man yesterday, when ne learned that there was no truth In the repott that a terrible wreck had occurred on the Alabama Great Southern in wnieh forty or more people were killed.
 oon Friday night the report was cir enlated around town that Policeman olo- ham had been murdered by highway men, and in a few minutes the fuihor had spread all over town. It remlhas me of wild rumor that was circulated last year and which gave the newspa- ners and the sheriff's office no little trouble trying to find out if there was any truth attached to a reported Bloc ton riot. in which, according to the rn- nor, several people were killed and the town threatened by the rioters.
 "The rumor was finally traced down and found to have originated in state ment made in a joking way by mihtla- man going to drill, when in answer to ouerv from friend. laughingly replied that he was going to Blocton to queii a riot"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
Iapanese Naval, Additions.

Except the battleship, Serastopol, which was torpedoed by the Japanese, all the ships of war sunk by Russia in the harbor of Port Arthur have been or soon will be raised, refitted and added to the Japanese navy When the ships captured in the battle of the Sea of Japan are repaired and the ships interned are handed over to Japan, and the two great battleships nearly completed in England sail away to Japan, the Japanese navy will rank alongside the American or German navies.
 It is strange indeed that the Rus sians at Port Arthur did not render their ships valueless when they sunk them. They did not seriously injure A single ship and all but one will soon carry the Japanese flag. When the battleship Perezviet was raised she was found to be navigable by means of her own engines
 All told Japan will have about a dozen battleships and perhaps thrice as many armored cruisers, and no na- tion will court her as an enemy. In Far Eastern waters she would be a match for even France, and many years will elapse before Russia can build and equip a navy that can cope with that of the Japanese. The man behind the gun lives in the beautiful island empire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
LETTERS TO EDITOR

Birmingham, Ala, July 21. 1905. To the Editor of The Herald.
 The article in last Sundays Age-Herald pertaining to the general cleaning and beautifying of the city suggests an essen tial feature. which if adopted, will add wonderfully to appearances.
 For live town one wonders at the general dingy and dark colors with which so many buildings are unadorned The blame is generally laid on the smoke of the many railroads entering in the heart of the city, but that holds good to a very limited extent.
 One cause of the doleful daub now used as preparation for paint is the substitu- ton of petroleum for pure linseed oil. Petroleum sold as linseed oil yields a profit of some 400 per cent to the aduI- terator over the pure linseed oil, the mar ket price of both being the same.
 When you go to paint the outside use pure linseed oil. It will dry hard, when properly mixed, will absorb no dust, will last far better, used with bright colors. it will last as long as the darker shades.
 c. J. SHAMROCK. July 22, 19O5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

at present largely confined to pleasure purposes, yet in all large cities the trend towards useful pursuits is plain ly discernible. In New York city one express company operates thirty-two motor wagons, and the department stores are following in the footsteps of the express companies. The brewers are also utilizing them in the dstribu- tion of their product.
 It is much too early to name the day when the horse and the mule will be driven from the cities of the land, but when automobiles become necessi- ties in urban traffic the horse can see the end of his city career. The farm will continue to need him perhaps, but the cities stand ready to do without his faithful services.
 In Birmingham over fifty automo- piles are in daily use, and the number mav be doubled in the course of a year, but as yet they have not been employed in this town to move goods. Some company will, however, soon lead the way, and this particular departure of the new century will then be fully inaugurated. When the automobile leaves the realm of luxury the sphere of the horse begins to be encroached upon in earnest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
ROJESTvENSkY'S POEM.

From the Washington Post The Russian naval commander. Admiral hoJestvensky, has always been looked upon by his friends as one of the most pessimistic men in the navy. He felt in- tensely the sadness of life. and, if one may judge from his own remarks, he foresaw the disastrous end of his expedition. His morbid feelings were exhibited in some verses written by him in the album of an English girl, at her request He selected the well-known little French poem, La Vie est Breve,'' and on it wrote this paraphrase:
 La vie est bete.
 Un peu de fete,
 Un peu d ennui
 Et puis-bonne nuit. Life is stupid. A little gayety little weariness, and then-good night"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
Rural Free Delivery.

"When the two hundred or more apph- cations that are now before the olllciais of the postoffice department, Tor posi- tions of rural free delivery carriers are acted on. Alabama will have nearly eight hundred men to distribute the mail in the rural sections,n said an employe of the Birmingham postoffice yesterday.
 At present the state is practically coV- cred by the rural free delivery system. but the 575 carriers have too long routes. When the number is increased however, the 52.oOO square miles in this state, VIII be fairly well covered with a free de- livery mail service
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
Coal Under Rivers.

A coal company in the Pittsburg dis trict is mining coal under the naviga- ble Monongahela river, and proceed ings have been instituted in the United States courts for the purpose of test ing the right of the company to dig coal under that river. Coal under nav jgable rivers is, it is claimed, gov ernment property, and no one can lawfully mine it without first obtain ing the authority of Congress.
 It seems that the law of streams that are not. navigable rivers and or those that are navigable are wholly un- like, but it does not appear that the proprietorship of coal under naviga- ble rivers has ever been tested in the federal courts. It is to be, however. The case in question arose at Monon- gahela City, and the coal companies who own lands on the Monongahela are in a fair way to know how far they can legally dig coal lying under the river itself.
 Not little coal lies, no doubt, under the Warrior, which is navigable stream, and the Pennsylvania test case will not be without interest in this state No coal has perhaps been mined under the Warrior, whereas the Mo- nongahela has been undermined and homegrown in many places.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

full trunks of Japanese eloisonne. ivory carvings, silk embroideries, laces and wood carvings He has treasures galore. which are possibly to be distributed with a more generous hand than did u Hung Chang of China on his visit to America several years ago. The orientals are lay- ish in their gifts.
 Some of the Alabama state officials and medical men seem to be anxious to make much ado over the fact that thers are few cases of yellow fever in New Orleans, and are rushing pell-mell Into Issuing quarantine orders. The idea of quarantining Birmingham against Now Orleans is absurd. Even though there were to be an epidemic of yellow fever in New Orleans. 1t could not spread to Birmingham, because 1t is a known fact that yellow fever cannot live in this high altitude. If there are any people who want to leave New Orleans on account of the scare Birmingham should invite them to come to thir city and remain here. With our pure air, pure water and well drained territory. we are in no dan ger whatever and would be glad to well come all those who care to leave New Orleans.
 Let us do away with any quarantine agents that might have been appointed here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
School Bows at Work.

What are you doing this summer? was the question asked of the boys of the Birmingham Higt school yesterday. This question is asked by nearly every boy who meets one of his sehoolmates. said the father of several lads.
 Tt would be no easy matter to tell what they are doing. Some of the boys are. earning their spending money for next winter; some are spending their vacation out of town. Then there are the lovers of sports. These sport loving boys will be found at some baseball ground or, when Birmingham is playing at home under the shadows of Mount Slag nearly every day and no doubt that they are enjoying their vacation.
 ''It is strange to note the variety Of work that High school boys are under taking. Some are in counting rooms, few are at work In stores and others are messenger boys and news boys.
 "A few of our boys have dropped their High school course and are taking sum- mer business courses and others are learning trades.
 All of the boys are looking forward to the new High school building and will 90 back to school next fall with pleasure, their only regret being the loss or two of their best friends, two of their old teachers. Professor Sam Adams and Pro lessor A. A. Lyons, who have been elect ed principals of two of/the new schools.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
Automobiles Increasing.

Some industries feel the mid-sum- mer dullness, and are lessening their daily product, but this is not the case among automobile manufacturers, who are working day and night to keep abreast orders. In New York state fifteen thousand automobiles are in use. an increase in a single year of 50 per cent. So it is throughout the country. The home makers are not able to meet the demand, and many power vehicles are imported.
 While the use of the machines is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
REM EN- BIER.
na Rossett.

By Christina Rossett. Remember me when l am gone away. Love, far away into the silent land; When you no more can hold me by the
 hand,
 Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay. Remember me when no more, day by day, You tell me of your future that you plan-
 ned;
 Only remember me; you understand It will be late to counsel then or pray. Yet if you should forget me for a while And afterward remember, do not grieve; Tor if the darkness and corruption leave A vestige of the thoughts that once had, Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and
 be sad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
WHISPERS AND WEATHER.
,m the Kansas City Journal.

From the Kansas City Journal
 Do whiskers grow faster in hot weather than in cold? The correct answer to this question is, "They do." Barbers say that there is an increase of aoout 20 per cent in business during the extremely hot spells, and that all this increase comes from the men who habitually shave every other day instead of once a day. AL though hot weather makes more business for the chin polishers, they do not partic- ularly welcome it. Men are always more irritable and harder to shave. This, coupled with the increased speed of execu- tion, makes the whole business unsatis- factory for both the shaver and the shavee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD
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Then will ensue an invasion of musicians to sorely grieve the citizens. Mechanical music. organ grinders and talking ma chimes should not be encouraged too far.
 Among the new positions that are not the year is that of dog-catcher. Most dog-catchers are honest men but tho work seems to be under a cloud for some reason. None of our prominent citi-ons want it and when man holds the office once he seldom desires a second term. careful survey of the situation will show that the profession of lassoi~- -rs is not popular.
 In the pretty blue hills of Hot r2-.r~s. Ark, nestle two quaint little --,ses that never fail to arouse the curiosity of tourists. One is miserable affair of tin, old boards anu that miscellaneous assortment of building materials often found composing a negro hovel down south or the abode of a Mexican peon along the border. The other is small frame structure. with shingle roof, wealth. erboardng, windows and door. The shack is occupied by an old woman who built the adjoining house with her own Lz-zs. She Is feeble and bent with age but 7 V after day she toled laboriously with ham, mer and saw until at last she had erect ed shelter that the rains could -ot penetrate and the winds could not de- molish. It is hardly possible that the old lady can live much longer her sad and solitary existence, but at any rate she will have comfortable place to sleep until she dies. Of course this quaint< character has a story, and it would be- well worth hearing.~ no doubt, but the most ca1lous tourist hesitates to pry into the affairs of one who Is so poor, so lonely and possessed of so few joys. The greatest of her blessings is a vista of fairyland mountains in the distance and the privacy of a hermit. Leading down from the shack which the old lady lived in while building her second "home" is queer little driveway which she laid off with her own hands. There is a border of stones on each side. frightened by two rows of homely flowers. No coach and four ever traversed this crude drive- way nor passed through the fimsy gate, but the old woman takes great pride in it and looks after the appearance of her miniature estate with as much care as if it were the demesnes of a duchess.
 WIND DID IT. When Sailor Bob was angry with His hopeful-Sammy Sneeze-
 To whip the boy he held him up Before spanking breeze.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
Iron Traffic.

'"The railroads going out of Birmingham will soon be taxed in moving pig iron" said Assistant General Superintendent M. M. Richey of the Southern. Large sales have been made and I understand good deal of the iron is for August and Sep tember delivery. Our cars are ready to haul all the iron freight originating on the Southern railway"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

Playwriter Barrie is coming to this country armed with fountain pen and writing pad. He proposes to write an American play with the true flavor thrown in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

Chauncey M. Depew sailed for home yesterday, and he will assail his al legged detractors. The task will keep him busy until the country needs him in December.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

No department can make percent ages at one and the same time to suit the farmers and the Wall street brokers, for the two set of men are natural enemies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

Baron Komura carries secrets that any newspaper man would be glad to acquire, even by the underground route. But there is no Holmes in the Japanese service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

So long as Loomis is not made sec retary of state and Leonard Wood sec retary of war the country will not grumble. The people draw the line at Loomis and Leonard Wood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

Chauncey M. Depew's subscription to "Fads and Fancies" cost him $2500, and this fact goes to show that he needs all the Equitable money he can get.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

There is no reason to believe that Diogenes with his lantern would have any better luck today than he did in the dim and distant past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

Senator Tom Platt may have had Miss Mae Wood in mind when he said that if he had his life to live over he would try a different way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

Chairman Shonts sailed away con yinced that Panama cannot be hotter than New York or Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

Mir. Pat Grove now rides about Omaha in an automobile. He an- nounces that he will surrender to the police when he feels like it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

Senator Stone of Missouri says that Thomas J. Lawson is fake" The question is whther the Senator is a man of keen perception or a joker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
OUTLOOK BRIGHT,

From the Prattville Progress.
 The outlook for successful state fair at Birmingham is brighter than has at tended any previous exposition ln that city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

Norway Is drifting towards repub- licanism, and she should be welcomed by the elder members of the family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

Baron Hayashi asks if the Japs are angels. They may be as much like angels as any other people on earth, but they fight like devils.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23
HE day is at last dawning upon
 Birmingham and the helm of the ship of state seems to be in


 the ship of state seems to be in the hands of a man who knows the good channel and would steer therein; in the meantime training his guns upon the pi- rates in shoal waters and firing ruth lessly upon the rapacious.
 If George Ward, Mayor, will cover the full bay, going in and out every channel, and open his guns upon every pirate and there are alleged to be many-he will become the Togo of Birmingham.
 George not only has the brain, but the spinal column behind it. He has started out right and those who know him be- lleve he will keep the good work up.
 The trouble about Birmingham is in the fact that the good citizens do not back up the men who would make the city what 1t should be. Too few men here are willing to give a moment of time to public good. As a matter of fact, many of us owe a duty to ourselves and our neighbors which we do not perform. We should protest against wrongs and applaud the right. Let all of us when we discover a wrong make it known to Mayor Ward in writing, and if it be a wrong, Ward will right it or the public will know why.
 It has been the hottest summer we have ever known in Birmingham, but
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

If Sergius Witte could cut the cable after his arrival. he could perhaps ne- gotiate a treaty of peace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

Peary has been requested to ask any icebergs he meets to skirt close to the United States. coasts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

The summer capital of the country would have been at Esopus if the voters had not become bull-headed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

Chairman Shonts' curiosity led him to wander off to Panama He has never seen his justly celebrated canal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

sergius Witte and Haiashi are at present talking like horse traders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

Peary is making his eleventh dash towards the Pole. He hopes 1t will this time be to the spot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

It is feared that Emperor William is suffering from inocuous desuetude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

Chairman Shonts is going to the isthmus-a short visit only. The fact that he is taking an excursion trip there is gain, however.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

While dreaming about the White House Secretary Root will be able to forget about the money he could have made practicing law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

Trained hogs figured in swell din ner at Cambridge Town, Ind. It seems the trained hogs had all the other hogs outclassed and attracted a lot of atten- tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

The Elba Clipper announces that it will henceforth he issued twice week instead of once week. as formerly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

The polar bears begin to fear The Roosevelt as much as the bobcats and grizzlies did Teddy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

The Oxford American students are about to establish the game or pase- ball in England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

The Japanese soldiers may prefer peace, but they will fight, if need be, to the last ditch before St. Petersburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-23

General Linevitch has not yet had a chance to make good.