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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12
PANAMA CANAL
Will Never Pay for Itself as Does Big
 Suez Ditch.

From the North American Review
 Frederic Courtland Penheld, who sev- eral years ago was diplomatic agent and consul-general of the United States to Egypt, endeavors to estimate the prospects of the Panama canal in the light of the business done by the Suez canal. The approximate cost of the lat ter, which is under 100 miles in length. was S1O0,000,0 eco. and because of the econ omy which 1t made practicable to ship ping 1t immediately attracted traffic, which has rapidly grown in volume. Whereas in 1871 the tonnage which pass ed through it was 761467. the tonnage in 1901 was nearly 100000 tons. The pres ent toll on vessel tonnage is Si70 and there is besides a toll of $2 for every pas senger. At these rates the tariff for a large steamer is not infrequently s10- GOO. The Panama canal will be used only in so far as it's use can promote material economy for shipping If the toll is the same as that imposed at Suez the economy to be secured by it's use must not be less than that effected at Suez-that is to say, 1t must save at least as much as 5000 miles of sea travel MT Penfeld gives very Inter esting table which shows the saving In nautical miles to be made possible by the Panama canal between leading At lantic and Pacific ports from which 1t appears that a considerable amount of the traffic between Europe and western ports of South America will not be di- verted from It's present course. Wher- ever there Is an equal choice between Suez and Panama for the European ship per he will naturally choose the former. MT. Penfield does not expect that the pd rate for many years. The way to com pei the canal to pay indirectly is to make it incidental to the development of merchant marine that will carry Amer ican products everywhere under the stars and stripes. MT Penfield says:
 "Suez will always be favored by Eu- ropean shipmasters determining routes for cargoes In which Panama and Suez present advantages practically equal. probably the expense of a few hundred miles additional travel would not cause them to break from the old route. on which there Is no risk of accident or delay from canal locks. A considerable percentage of the over-sea-carrying trade controlled by British bottoms is geographically independent of canals, and will always be- For example, the bulk of traffic to and from the west coast of South America-the rich nitrate trade of Iauique and Nalparaso-will not ordinarily be altered by the Panama canal. The economy of distance from the latter port to England and the con tinent by the canal being only about 1500 miles. this traffic, except under un- usual circumstances, will continue. as long as it goes In British vessels, to round the extremity of South America; while. as the canal will shorten the dis tance between the nitrate fields con tiguous to Iouique and their customers in Europe only a trine over the three thousand limit of economy 1t will he unwse to expect much benefit from that source"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12
MONSTER TROUT
Gave Battle to Angler, and Strange
 Accident Saved His Life.

From the Denver Post.
 Truthful" James Smiley had just fin ished a har-raising account of the man. ner in which he kGd killed a grizzly bear by puncturing it's Jugular with hat pin and the assembled guides and hunters were pondering over the story, when "Ananiasv Jake Smith spat rehectively into the camp fire and unbosomed him. self. "1 don't want to cast reflections or insinuations at Truthful in regards to this here yarn, although | would like to know how a man as gun shy of female as he is happened to have hat pin in his clothes million miles from nowhere but, as I said. no reflections goes, ocause I mind one time that a pima common safety pin-no blamed hat pin, come to my rescue and saved me from a terrible death.
 Tt was in the wet spring or the snowy fall of '9l, don't recollect which; anyways there wasn't no game laws. I was a prospectin' them days instead of guiding tourist suckers from the east to a spot where they can choke painter to death but I mind I had been out a week and was run out of provisions. When l come to beautiful mountain stream in a syl- NdH util, tilt DOlcS tdll It, l WAS SOlit Ys so I gets on my knees to take drink from the limpid pool. Just as I put my face to the water l see the dad biggest trout you ever cast your eyes on. This here trout see me at the same time, and talk about a game fish. that fnny reptile jumped for me as if I was hoss fly or a bug, and see his mouth open with tusks four inches long ornamenting it. l fell back on the bank and shook while that fro ri fod to dar mo fo ai
 Being, as I said shy on grub, I makes up my mind to catch that fish. I didn't have no hook but in my clothes I finds an old safety pin. Taking the rawhide band of my head dress, I cuts it into strips and makes line. and tying the pin to it drops her in. hear a snap like a trap jaws closing, and in the next min ute I m in the water engaged in fight to the death with that trout. I see by his blazing eyes that he means business, and I don't waste time, but get strangle hold on his gills. All the time I'm ex- pecting to feel that trout bite me through and through but finally, when I'm about gone, I gets him throttled senseless and drags him to the bank. Then 1 see what saves me from the cruel jaws of the mon- ster When the trout bit that safety pin he sprung it in some way and pinned his mouth shut. When he come to I see his heart was breaking from shame and I ends his misery by shooting him. I'd like to have ct him all for he was a gamey fish. but I couldn't think of making my pack animal carry so much load as that" There was a moments silence around the camp fire and then "Ananias Jake spoke again: There aint nobody had the de- cency to ask me what that fish weighed ; he said. plaintively
 And there ain't nobody a goin' to-" came the answering roar from his audi ence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12
Disease Carried by Spray.
From Harpers Weekly.

From Harpers Weekly.
 A French military surgeon in Algiers has recently found that spray driven ashore from a stormy sea can effectively transmit disease germs. Carrying on his investigations at Bab-el-oued, near All giers. at a point where a number of sew CTS discharged into the sea, he found that the spray. which was driven some 150 feet ashore and high into the air, contained three times the number or germs ordinarily present in the air. This spray forms a mist which permeates the houses near to the waters edge and in 1t a number of virulent bacili were found. When a gale is blowing off shore the effect is still more pronounced and the proportion of germs increased, and the investigator is convinced that steps should be taken to protect shores from sewage pollution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12
Unimportant.

From Harper's Weekly.
 A Princeton man tells of "a converse tion that took place between the coach of a foot ball eleven and one of the play CTS. An important game was soon to be played; and the coach was, of course. most anxious that every player should he in the best physical condition But to his disgust one of the men, rpon great deal depended if the great game were to be won, seemed to be in bad form. Taking him aside, the coach had the fol- lowing heart to heart talk with the recalcitrant:
 See here, you're not looking so good Muscles flabby and wind bad-avful bad Whats the matter? Been drinking any thing?'
 Not a drop"
 Then you must be smoking "
 Haven't touched pipe, cigar or cigarette since the training began
 "Studying?"
 Well yes-a little.
 Whereupon the coach gave gent to snort of disgust. "See here! You've got to stop that! Do you want us to lose the gamer?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12
idiot i'd is pulled until he goes out in search

of it. '''s' "e soe' '1'
 | ne men see his stepmother whip him, au si,, then lean over the lodger's chair, ltoilolihg t59l him and combing his hair with s ONh Ivory comb, which she takes a5oin ., her head Luck goes against him Ya ps cafas He is too lucky in love He ioses everything.
 Aouf fe a thief, a swindler A conf usnce s t, man, and a bum," the spokesman U, the party says to him, and we will & &pias With you no more. We are glad "" 9" losl. pont ever speak to us again. t,,s .Iase seen you here tonight living on the money that came from the father ot those two children who are hesten and starved.
 Great excitement ensues The braast of the widow is filled with conflicting emotions. ''''e
 You shall have the last of my money" she says by way of consolation to the lodger. Here is the last $50 I have left from my $500 He takes 1t from her.
 And now you will marry me" she pleads
 Never in the world he says. .sYou are the last woman I would eyer marry You are cruel and have robbed your chil- dren. Even if it was for me, will not marry you and never meant to. am go- ing to leave the house never to come back
 She pleads in vain. He goes 10 his room. She determines to avenge her self. She leaves the room and returns with bottle of carbolic acid She is going to put it into a glass of beer
 While she has left the room to make a final appeal to the lodger, the idiot enters the room. He sees the poison and drinks 1t. The final tableau of this slice of life shows the stepmother. her daughter and the lodger kneeling over the body of the idiot.
 The enthusiasm that followed this act brought up the curtain five times The actors bowed with pride.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12
The Southern Railroad Offers Special Low Rates to
 the Following Points.
Norfolk, Va, and Return, Account An nual Meeting Southern Wholesale
 Grneerey Association

NOflOlKy Ndsy anu Ehtldi TCSOdUA FNti- nuaI Meeting Southern Wholesale
 Grocers' Association.
 One fare plus 20 cents. Rate from Bir- ming ham, $1955. tickets sold June 1T, IS, limited ten days from date of sale. Asheville, N. C., and Return, Account
 Annual Conference Y. M. c. A.
 and Y. W. c. A.
 One fare plus 25 cents Round Trip. Rate from Birmingham $11 TO. Tickets sold June s, g. 10. b. l6 and r. Final limit June 2S, 1905.
 Asheville, N C., and Return, Account
 Conference Young Peoples Mis-
 sionary Association.
 One fare plus 25 cents. Rate from Blr- mingham $11 70. Tickets on sale June 22, 23 and 2i limited to July 5, 1905. Asbury Park, N. J., Account National
 Educational Association.
 Very low rate will be authorized for Round Trip from all points on the South ern railway Tickets sold ny All Rail Routes June % to July 2. inclusive. Via Atlantic Ports and Steamer July 26, 3Oth, limited to July 10 with privilege of ex- tension to August 3l by depositing tick ct not earlier than July 8. and not later than July 10 and paying a fee of One Dollar. Rates from some of the promi- nent points are as follows: Annlston, all rail, $29.25; Birmingham $30S5; Calera, $31. 40; Mobile, $35.S5; Meridian. $s4.95; Sol- ma, $31 .S5; West Point. Miss. s32.s5. Via Atlantic port rates are higher than above quoted.
 Baltimore, Md, Account of Christian Endeavor. One fare plus One Dollar for the Round Trip. Tickets sold July ?, 3, A. limited to July 10, with privilege of extension to August 31. 1905. Rate from Birmingham | $23. 20.
 reservations schedules, etc, call on or ad- dress J. N. Harrison, District Passen ger Agent, both phones 6l7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12
Southern Railway Co.
.heduIe In Effeot June 19, 190s.


 Trains leave Birmingham as follows: 6:10 a. m.-No 3s, for Atlanta, Washing ton, Baltimore. Philadelphia. New York and the East. Pull man Drawing Room Sleeping Car, Birmingham to New York
 G;20 a. m.-No. D, for Montevalo Ma plesviile, Selma and way sta tions.
 i2:25 D. m.-No 30. fo" Columbus, West Point. Winona. Greenwood and Creenyille; also Sheffield and Florence and North Ala bama points, $40 D. m.--No. 15. new train, for Cordova. Oakman, Corona and way sta- < tions; also Blossburg. $40 5. m.-No. 22. for Anniston and way stations; also Talladega. 5:10 p. m.-No 36, for Atlanta, Jackson- vile and all Florida points; also Charlotte, Richmond. Washington. New York and the East Pullman Sleeping Car Birmingham to Jackson- vile; also Birmingham to Richmond Va. 10.20 D. m.-No. 37. for Columbus West Point, Wnona. Greenwood and Greenville. Pullman Draw ing Room Sleeping Car Bir- mingham to Greenville. 10:35 D. m.-No. 21. for Slema. Mobile and way stations. Pullman Draw Ing Room Sleeping Car Bir- mingham to Mobile Il :3J D. m.-No. 9S. new train for Atlanta, Anniston and way stations. Pullman Drawing Room Sleep ing Car Birmingham to Att lanta. Sleeping car can be oc- cupied at Union station 9:9O p. m.
 For detailed information and sleeping car reservations apply passenger office. Morris Hotel Building Telephone 6f7 j. N. HARRISON. Dist Pass. Agt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12

REDUCED ROUND TRIP RATES TONORFOLK,VA. BY THE SEABOARD AIR LINE ACCOUNT OF SOUTHERN WHOLE SALE GROCERS ASSO- CATION.
 One first class fare plus twenty five cents for the round trip. Tickets on sale June l7th and 18th, limited to ten days addition to date of sale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12
The Southern Railway

Takes pleasure in advising its patrons that Summer Tourist Rates are now on to the Famous Summer Resorts along its Scenic Route to North Carolina, Tennes- see, South Carolina. Virginia. and Georgia Resorts. Tickets are on sale daily to Sep tember 30. bearing final limit October 31. for return. The following are rates to some of these favorite resorts from Blr- mingham, Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12
cARRoLLToN SHORT LINE FAIL
 WAY COMPANY,

TO Carrollton and stansel. Ala. via
 Reform. Ala.
 No. 2 No. l. II 20 am Leave tansel......Arrive 345 pm 1:40 am Arrive Reform.,....Leave3 3:25 pm Il zoo am Leave Carrollton. Arrive 4:05 pm
 JOHN T. COCHRANE,
 Pres and Genl Manager.
 Carrollton. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12

What! You haven't t heard about the quartertenep Call the "GAWK." Peoples phone 276, Age Herald building. Gawk Engraving Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12

REDUCED ROUND TRIP
 RATES BY THE SEA-
 BOARD AIR LINE RAIL
 WAY BIRMINGHAM TO
 THE FOLLOWING PLA-
 GEES.
 Week End Excursion rate Borden Springs, Ala, S2.77. Ingram Lithia Springs Chat chic, Ala. Sl. 73. Tickets on sale each Saturday and Sun- day good to return Tuesday. Season Tickets Borden Sp'gs, Ala, S4. 60. Ingram Lithia Sp'gs, Ohatchie, Ala. s2.9O. Tickets on sale daily good to return until Oct. 3lst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12

Perhaps 1t is not etched enough: send # to the Gawk Engraving Co. Peoples phone a7o, "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12
roMsleeEE G NORTHERN RY. co.
B. RMINeHAM AND ATLANTIC R. R..

Read Down. Read Up. No 1. No 8. No. 2. No. 4
 am. pm. am. pm.
 Close connections made at Talladega with Eastern of Alabama to Pytiton Trains Nos 97 and 9s daily. All others daily except Sunday.
 7:2O 400 Lv ....ralladega.. Ar. Il 100 7:45 s:35 515 Lv. .....Pell City.....Lv. :50 6:i3 e:5s 1O:O5 Ar. . ir'gnam.. ... Lv. 10;10 $40
 J. F. FLEETWOOD. Superintendent
 FELIX A. vOGEE, General Manager
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12
LOW RATE Excursion Tickets to New York, Boston, Philadel- phia, Baltimore, and the
 Northeast

via Central of Georgia By, to Savannah thence the finest Steamships in the coast wise service.
 For comfort. pleasure and recreation this trip cannot be surpassed. The voyage takes about GO hours-two days and a half well spent under the most delight full conditions.
 For fun, frollc, mirth, music. merri- ment health and happiness go to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12
WAYNE SEVILLE
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA

Arrival and departure of trains at Union station Birmingham. Ala, effective Janu- ary S, 1905; 90th Meridian time:
 DEPARTURES. For Columbus, Macon, Ar ericus and Albany .........................'6 .'6:40 am For Columbus. Mac Albany. Augusta and Savannah ......... s4.00 pm
 ARF -vALS From Savannah, August. Macon. Albany and Columbus ......... .*10:l5 pm From Savannah. Augusta, AL bany. Macon and Colum 1us. .. :05 pm "-Daily.
 Vestibuled drawing buffet sleep ing cars between Birmi. gham and Sa- vannah via Columbus and Macon or trains leaving Birmingham al zoo p. m and arriving Birmingham 2:05 D. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12
RIVER GAMBLERS
 PRETTY BAD LOT Still Nearly All of Them Re-
 spected Women TALE OF AN OLD BAR I FINDER Memorable Trip of the River Queen and the Fate of Red Masters
 Who Made Love to the
 Widow.
From the Washington Post

From the Washington Post.
 There ain't no all-fired heap O good things to be said fr gamblers t used to was thieker'n bars in Ozark thicket on the river boats" said Caleb Mix, the vet eran bartender on the Mississippi river packet City of Natchez. They was p'izen lot, if anybody sh'd row up in skiff an asst you anythin' about it.
 But there's one thing t I c'n say fir the river gamblers nigh as free as 1 c'n say 1t fr all the southern gentlemen 1 ever seen. They knowed how to pay re- spect to white woman. The gentlemen did it, O course, an gamblers did 1t, reckon, fir the sake O havin' some one white streak Into em somewheres.
 T ain't sayin they was all that away. Nor l ain't sayin' t them t had women O their own, even when they was mar ried to 'em, treated em decent
 But what I meant was t they'd act in front of lady like they was reely white, an if one on 'em forgot hlsself. as some times one on 'em would, he were just as liable to be caught up and maybe shot by a other gambler as he was by any gentleman that'd happen to catch him.
 
 that came from a game O poker on that same River Queen when l was a young ster.
 We was comin' down the river just at the height O the Feb uary flood, an the old man was maxim all sorts O stops an doin all manner O things f'r to help the people as was drowned outer their houses an homes O course, twa'nt no business O his'n. What he was runnin' about for was to take folks an freight up and down the river. Leastaways, that's what some on em thought t had paid their fare i'm Cairo down an was kind O grouty about spendin' extra week or so on the way.
 i'There want nothin' said to him, though, till we came to the mouth O the St. Francis river, an some on 'em that knowed the channel seen t the old man were turnin' his boat off to the west, like he were goin' up the St. Francis. The capn'n of boat was somebody them days an 'twa'n't no trflin' matter to call him to question, no matter what he did.
 ''There was five or six passengers, though they was gettin' sore. an they sort O braced up an says to him t they was thinkin' O goin' down to New Or leans an'leans. an if he didn't mind they'd ruther be goin' along. stead O foolin' round lookin' fr people to pick up ot1ten the water
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12
Frisco System,
Central of Oeorq.l Railroad.

ONT1NT tlI or NlNVI .IlF FfoFFFE OHds Arrive from Depart to- Savannah .10;15 pm Macon ..... $40 am Savannah ..12,05 pm Savannah .. 400 pm
 Seaboard Air Line.
 Arrive from Depart tr- Atlanta .... 2:35 pm Atlanta .... 730 am All trains run by central time Trains marked thus @ are daily except Sunday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12
RAILWAY SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival and departure ot passenger trains at the union station Birmingham:
 (Effective May 2s 12:01 a. m)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12
Si5.25

$l5. .25 Asheville. N. C., Hendersonville. N. C. Saluda, N. c. Greenville. s. C. Spartanburg. S. C. Hot Springs, N. c. xaSA NMECk kxuIsE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-12

Red Masters was a crossroad gambler fm Missouri, t was knowd all up an down the river f'r a bad man ever since he took to the boats There was them t said he cheated. but on'y two men had said it to his face, an they never said nothin more about it-nor about nothin' else.
 They did say, too, that he were a devil of a man f'r women. but there wan much to show that on the boats. When
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-08-16

this deep deception. Mr.. Ho1mes?''
1t was amusing to me to see how the
detectives overbearing manner had
changed suddenly to that Of child
asking questions Of its teacher.
well, don't think that is very hard
to explain A very deep, malicious,
vindictiye person is the gentleman who
know that he was once refused by NC
FarIane's mother? You don't! 1 told
you that you should go to Blackheath
first and Norwood afterward. Well,
this injury, as be would consider it,
has ranked In his wicked, scheming
brain. and all his life he has longed for
vengeance. but never seen his chance.
During the last year or two things have
gone against hlm-secret speculation, l
think-and he finds himself In bad
way. He determines to swlndle his
creditors, and for this purpose he pays
large checks to certain Mr.. Cornelius,
who is. l imagine. himself under an
other name. | have not traced these
checks yet. but | have no doubt that
some provincial town. where Oldacre
from time to time led double exist
ence. He intended to change his name
altogether. draw his money and van
ish, starting life again elsewhere
well, that's likely enough"
ut would strike him that in disap-
pearing he might throw all pursuit off
!, tct al ~,
ample and crushing revenge upon his
old sweetheart If he could give the i'm
preston that he had been murdered by
her only child. 1t was masterpiece of
villainy, and he carried it out like
master. The idea Of the will, which
would give an obvious motive for the
crime, the secret visit unknown to his
own parents, the retention of the stick,
the blood and the animal remains and
buttons In the wood pile-all were adj
mirable. 1t was net from which it
seemed to me. few hours ago, that
there was no possible escape. But he
had not that supreme gift of the artist.
the knowledge Of when to stop. He
wished to improve that which was al
IedUy JeFleCJ-tO uTdW Lue rope tighter
yet round the neck of his unfortunate
vlctim-and so he ruined ALL Let us
descend. Lestrade. There are just one
or two questions that I would ask
him."
The malignant creature was seated
in his own parlor with policeman
. upon each side of him.
1T was joke, my good sir-a prac-
teal joke, nothing more" he whned
necessarily. Il assure you, sir, that
simply concealed myself in order to
see the effect of my disappearance, and
aN sure that you would not be SO
unjust as to imagine that would have
allowed any harm to befall poor young
Mr. McFarlane"
That's for a jury to decide" said
Lestrade. Anyhow, we shall have
you on charge of conspiracy, if not
for attempted murder"
"And you'll probably find that your
creditors will impound the banking ac
count Of Mr.. Cornelius" said Holmes.