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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

TO acquire like privileges. When port
rates are extended to Atlanta itswould
be the height of injustice to impose
interior rates on Birmingham, which
will soon by the grace of the govern
ment be on an arm of the sea. Chat
tanooga and Nashville are also located
on nayigable rivers, and there is no
reason why they should not be al
lowed to become members of the new
port pool, whose chief feature con
sists in the fact that it would not
know a sniff of sea air if it met 1t
coming down the road.
Birmingham does not claim that its
sea air will have a distinct flavor, al
though its towboats and barges-of
1907-will keep it in touch with Nor
gan City and the open sea, not to men,
ton Lake Borgne and New Orleans,
but it does claim that its grip upon
port rates Is better than Atlanta $
claim. What we lack is Atlanta's re-
markable nerve.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
Boil Weevils at the River.

All thoughtful men In the south are
considering the size of the growing
crop of cotton. The spinners are TAX.
ing cotton freely, but some of the old
crop will be left over on September l..
Increased consumption, induced by
low prices, will, however, reduce the
surplus below dangerous proportions
provided our farmers do not grow an
other unexampled crop
The boil weevil will enter into the
problem more and more. Last year
the insect covered four parishes in
Louisiana, and appeared in about four
more. 1t reached the Red river, and
there are but three parishes between
the Red river and the Mississippi. Elk.
perts predict 1t will advance to the
big river and perhaps cross it this
year. When it reaches Canton, Miss,
1t is at the heart and statistical center
of the cotton belt, and Canton is about
fifty miles west of the Mississippi.
The weevil largely reduces the cot.
ton crop, but it does not annihilate it
In Texas, for that state made last year
over three million bales. Forced
growth and better cultivation put the
greater part of the crop out of the
way before the insects became ruin
GUS enough to be devastating. The
presence of the Mexican pest will,
however, red,.ce the crop of all the
states east of the river 20 per cent.
1t will cut down Alabama's crop to
he extent of two hundred thousand
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
The Bargain Mania.

Il attended the ole boss sale at the
city hall yesterday and was amused at
the Judgment displayed by some of the
people who made bids on the goods" re-
marked a close observer of human nature
yesterday.
Il saw one man purchase lot of old
stale goods, paying considerably more
than he would have been asked for the
same stuff fresh in the market. A mo-
ments calculation would have shown
him the mistake he was making, but he
had the buying fever and did not stop to
think.
Others were bidding against him and
the spirit that determines man not to
be outdone by some one else kept him
in the ring until he had won.
"You may see this same spirit at all
auctions. Women are not alone in the
possession of that Jealous rivalry that
strives to excel in the securing of a
bargain. Men are as keen for bargain
as their sisters and as often pay dear
for their delusions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
Pleased With Birmingham.

Il have been delighted win Birming-
ham, said W. B. Waldron. formerly of
spent week here and have become very
much interested in the city. 1t is my
first visit. I had heard much of the re-
sources of the Birmingham district 1t is
safe to say that Birmingham is the best
advertised city in the United States today.
[ came. therefore, expecting a great deal.
but Birmingham is mach greater place
than l had ever dreamed of"
Mr.. Naldron is wideawake business
man, and his visit here may result in the
location of one or more new industries
in suburb of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

bales at least, and when the entire
cotton belt is covered by it thirteen
million bale crop will be well-nigh a
physical impossibility A reduction
in that case to ten-million-bal crops
is the more probable outcome, and the
world will then be cotton hungry, and
will pay good prices for the CONNER
eial crop.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
TIE SIOUX SMART SCI.

From the Rosebud Indian Agency News
Charlie Dog Eyes hauled cord OF wood
to the school this week.
Mr.. Pup is not feeling at all well now.
He has bleeding from the lungs.
Mr.. Wasmud and family spent Saturday
al He Dogs camp visiting with Mr.. Eye.
Cirle Fool one of our most thrifty In
dams. died after brief illness.
Eagle Elk, who is visiting Never MISS
A Shot. went to the agency Sunday.
Two Teeth visited the school Monday
A M. and Little Bald Eagle ditto Mon
day p. NJ
Kate Hunts Horse has been sewing for
two weeks at the school
oliver Yellow Hair, policeman, returned
last Saturday from two-week visit at
Pine Ridge
Annie Goes To War visited our school
last week on Wednesday,.
Master Harry and Lucy Roam Horse
have been visiting at home for Few
days.
Aloysius Shooting Cat has left warm,
comfortable house and pitched his tent
In sheltered nook of the hills bordering
Spring creek for the purpose OF being
near school.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
Usinu Surplus Cotton.

A correspondent of the Atlanta Jour-
nal says very truly that the south
needs five hundred ten-thousand-spin-
die cotton mills. This section which
grows the commercial crop certainly
does need that number of additional
mills in order to place it on an equal
footing with New England. The coun-
try needs that man. more in order to
reach the level of Lancashire.
The correspondent of the Journal
says the holders of surplus cotton can
get ten cents for every pound they are
Withholding from the market, while
making at the same time an excellent
investment alike for themselves, their
section and their country. One million
bales, worth fifty million dollars, could
thus be taken off the market, to be
stored until the new mills are to be
built, when it will be spun by them.
The cotton would remain in owners
names until the mills are built and
stock issued. We give the proposed
plan in full:
when the location for new mill is Sc
lected, warehouse receipts for enough OF
this cotton can be deposited with banks
to borrow the money at reasonable in
terest to build and equip the mill. Then
when the mill is started to running it can
pay the banks back their money and re-
deem this cotton as they need 1t to make
into goods. BY this arrangement the farm
err and merchant who has cotton on hand
will be able to get 10 cents for what he
has left, instead of 8 cents as now. Be-
sides, he will get stock in tirst-class
mill for the cotton he has subscribed on
basis of 10 cents. making this factory
stock which will be worth par really not
cost him 81, for the difference between 10
cents then and cents now will pay for
this one-ffth of the cotton invested In
factory stock, besides the untold benefit
that will accrue to the south and her peo-
pie by the addition of all these new mills
to help spin this and all future crops
that are to be raised.
1t should not be forgotten that every
mill built in the south gives the pro-
ducing section greater power over Its
own crop There is no need of gen.
era movement, Let every county act
independently. There is not cotton
county in Alabama that has not
enough surplus cotton to build a fine
mill. All the mills in the south are
making money, and the proposed new
mills would make money also.
trusted leader is needed in each coun-
ty to carry this excellent plan into
the course of operation. When" says
the Journals correspondent, "the
farmer has more children he buys
more beds to put them in. He should
build more mills to put his cotton in"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
Nashville Rioters.

81 was amused at the Nashville rooters
today said a fan last night. "A big
bunch of them secured streamers and
markers on which was printed Nashville
Rooter' in big letters. They proudly dis
played these streamers for a couple of
hours before the game but during the
first inning when Birmingham scored
three runs, the streamers disappeared,
only to be unearthed again when Nash
vile scored a couple of times.
"As the score see-sawed the streamers
were visible or invisible as the case
might be, and after the game not single
one could be found high or low. l ex-
pect the 'rooters' will be out in storm
again tomorrow afternoon until after the
game then they will have to draw back
into their shell like a snail"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
From the New York Globe.

From the New York Globe.
EMPLOYEES of the great Standard
TO- Oil corporation point out that 1t
- would be unkind to suppose that
John d. Rockefeller, who projects his
benefactions far into the wilds of Africa,
allows those near him to remain ungraeed
by his beneficient smile. He doesn't.
Although the pleasant ordeal of that in
diligence. vulgarly called eating, con-
veys no sense of satisfaction to him, he
is tolerant enough with those who labor
for him to indulge them full and plenary
exercise of their digestive organs-since
they possess such luxuries And So at
the time when normal appetites rpen,
which in this latitude is about II midday,
the king has tables set on the fifteenth
floor of &c Broadway and summons to
them the scribes who foot up the revenues
of the Rockefeller dynasty, and the young
women typists who take down the edcts
which fall from the lips of Chancellor of
the Exchequer Rogers or the paragraphs
dictated by the heir apparent.
Many are called, but few get up-to
the fifteenth floor. The young women
typlStS are Particularly ucAOhsiioti'o III
their interpretation of the hospitality
rendered them by the king.
Be it ever so humble, they say, there is
no place to lunch in like the little down.
town restaurants, where Jennie and Alice
and Flo can be met with and talked with,
and little evening and Sunday expeditions
planned. and the frailties of Bess and
Stella dissected. And so, instead of par
taking of the feast provided for them
gratis by the company, they go out for
their lunch and pay for It, indulging in
a little post-prandial walk along Broad
way to finish it off.
There are some. however. among the
forty or more type dignitaries of the
company who look upon Mr.. Rockefeller's
free lunch as a beneficent disposition
against which they deem it inexpedient
and unwise to protest, and consequently
these about fifteen all told, lunch daily
on the bounty of the Standard Oil.
s'Of course said one of the officials of
the company. in explaining that attend
ance at the lunch served by the company
was not compulsory, I'VE prefer to have
the young women take their midday meal
here. We feel that in doing so they ex-
pose themselves less to outside influences,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
On FISHING Trip.

Jack T. Stallings, John w. Maynor, R.
A. Wade and j. w. Prude leave this morn
ing early for Hulls whera they will spend
the balance of the week fishing. Charles
w. Waiver and several others will join
the party Thursday morning.
The members of the party will camp on
the banks of the lake near Hulls and
expect to have big time. It is said there
are several very fine fishermen in the
party, and the indications are that they
will oyerstoc< the Birmingham fish mar
ket the latter part of the week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
MODERN MIRACLE.
Talk about your miracles
That happened long ago,
How about a woman's shape,
Canged every day or so?

Ion Perdicaris is here. He is not exactly
in this neighborhood but he is in the
United States. 1t will be remembered that
Perdicaris made Rails Uli famous, or
Rails Uli made Perdicaris famous, accord
ing to the way you view the matter. Rails
Uli seems to be doing well over In Moroc-
co, where he has a government job that
ought to have been given him long time
ago. Perdicaris has been enjoying him
self since his lingering visit to the bandit
and has seen his name in print
several times. At present Ion is hiding
out from the press, but announces that
he will receive its representatives the
latter part of this week. 1t is believed that
Perdicaris has something up his sleeve
for the newspaper boys" He is secluded
in New Jersey.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
Immense Retail Trade.

The retail merchants of Birmingham
had large volume of business last
week " said the proprietor of a First
avenue store yesterday
My sales during the week before Eas-
ter were far greater than they were the
week before Easter last year, and on
tonishing. My force of statesmen, ordi-
narily adequate for big days business,
was Inadequate to wait on all the peo
pie who came to my store Saturday to
buy. | estimate that | lost $500 Satur-
day by not having enough statesmen. As
far as | can learn many of the retail mer-
chants had record breaking trade on
Saturday."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

state democratic executive committee
from the Fifth district. is at the Morris.
W. ]. Boylxln of Gadsden is at the
Metropolitan.
DIR. W. H. Blake OF Sheffield is at the
Metropolitan.
James Spence of Tuscaloosa is at the
Hillman.
H. c. Baker of Atlanta is at the Hill
man.
T. D. MeGaugh of Montgomery is at the
st. Nicholas.
John S. Lester and John Clark of At
lanta are at the st. Nicholas.
b. M. Bassheld, city salesman for the
Alabama Grocery company, is seriously
i'll with typhoid fever at Davis infirmary.
Miss Hannah Well who has been very
i'll at ST. Vincents hospital for the past
several days, is much improved
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
Poor Uncle Russell.

From the Mobile Item.
Some one now comes forth in the state
ment that Russell Sage is only worth
S2b,O00,OO0. Poor fellow! We can easily
understand now why it is that he wears
$2.9S shoes. We thought he was rich
man and we have always thought well
of his counsel for that reason. We shall
pay no further attention to the poor but
nervy trader of Wall street.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

~ MELODRAMA press agent was
PO talking. He belonged to the
"peepul." Listen; Talking
about business. what deyers think2
That show comes into Pittsbnrg
and plays for one week, with
two mats, an they fought for tick
cts. On the level l never saw anything
like 1t. One gazabo handed up $40 for
a seat to night performanee-just mad
to see the show. Not cent less than
seven thousand six hundred and fifty was
the dough for the week, and the people
wanted more. Then they plays In Altoona.
Take it away Maybe you think I'm chin
ming, but I'm telling you for keeps, they
didn't have 800 paid seats fer any one
performance during the engagement Just
shows what a tank show has got to stack
up against on the road. THE Girl Who
Cried2' Cheese It'll On the level, that was
the louslest aggregation and the lonsiest
show that was ever inflicted on the public.
I'm giving you the goods straight The
lousiest production that ever went out
of New York; L never could see why Belle
Bifkins tried the thing. She's a clever lit
tie woman and has some stuff that can't
be beat That stunt she pulls off In the
first act of Forty Miles From Drink
is a scream. Kremer? Seen him dozens of
times. Can't speak decent English, but
he can turn out melodrama in night
and never try. Say he's great I'm ahead
of one of his shows. Been doing tremen-
dous business all along the line. Excuse
me, there's my man. I'll see you later. "
The Atlanta Constitution wants to know
why it is that corsets have been worn
by women since 1900 B. c., and lovely
woman is still clipper. That's easy.
Lovely woman likes to be squeezed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
REFLECTIONS or A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Sometimes a woman can go home and
tell story exactly the way 1t was told
to her.
1t makes a girl awfully suspicious of
a man who doesn't look at her in a street
car.
A sure way not to have good temper
is to have a woman for your partner in
whist.
The girl who catches a man never does
1t by running after him, but by running
away from him.
The funniest thing is to hear married
man lecturing a bachelor on how ex-
pensive going to the races is.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
Mississippi's Senator.

"In the senatorial contest that will be
pulled off in Mississippi on the proposed
retirement of Senator Money, John Sharp
Williams is sure to be a winner" said
prominent Mississippian at the Morris
last night.
while Governor Vardaman, who is
being mentioned as the opponent of Con-
gresham Williams, has large follow
ing, he Is not strong enough to over
come the popularity of Mr.. Williams.
Mississippi is proud of the record that
Congressman Williams has attained as
the minority leader of the House of Rep
resentatives, and will in all probability
reward his efforts by promoting him to
the Senate.
1.-The gubernatorial contest in our state
next year will be an exciting one. There
will be a number of candidates in the
field and they will all have a big fol-
lowing. 1t is impossible to tell this early
in the game who will be the winner"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
The Confederate Monument.

The unwilling of the Confederate mon
ument in Capitol park "Wednesday will be
the greatest occasion in the history OF the
veterans in this part of Alabama SAID
Capt. j. Lawler Darby of Camp Hardee.
The ceremonies will be attended by an
immense outpouring of the people of Biz
mingham and l learn that thousands of
visitors will come from various sections
OF the state. The parade of military vet
Grams and Odd Fellows in full regalia will
be wonderfully imposing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

An Ohio man who is testing the statutes
to see why he can't wear female attire,
says: 'It has been my intention for
long time to discard mems clothing, and
dress only in female garb. For years
have worn ladies' garments about my
home, and / feel much better than when
dressed as man. Physically / am a
man, yet spiritually and Intellectually 1
am neither a man nor a woman, while l
feel that in form and spirit / incline
more to effeminacy and am gradually TAX
ing on more of the nature of woman
hood" oh splash!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
One Advantage.

From the Sheffield Standard.
One advantage of the Japanese is that
they are fighting for their homes against
a foreign fleet that has Travelled 1900
miles to stir up trouble
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

With standard steel rails added to its
quota the Republic Steel company is pre-
pared to make pig iron, bar iron, steel
bars steel billets, bolts, nuts, screws
angles, shapes, car axles, 'I' rails, har-
rev tooth turnbuckles, agricultural
shapes, etc.
Moreover, it is in position to make
trouble on an extensive scale, should 1t
be given an indifferent reception by the
steel rail pool when it knocks for admis-
sion,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

The republican bosses are lining up
one by one as standpatters. They are
willing to revise railroad rates, but, SO
they say, the sacred Dingley tariff
must not be touched.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
3 Take back your gold,
l really believe it's tainted"
Then the robber walked away
And the victim quickly tainted.

story is going the rounds to the eff
tect that a man tried to commit suicide
because his friend had lost $500. 1t APP
pears that the friend was the person to
stay himself, II he considered that life
heid nothing more worth $500. But of
course, If the other fellow wanted to
slash his pipes with razor and really
felt bad about the matter, he should not
be censured. 1t is pre-eminently mans
own affair when he takes his life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

Castro has shipped sl,io0,O0O TO tie
United States to be deposited in
New York bank. The Venezuelans are
probably using postage stamps FOR
currency now.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
A. M.
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me.
May there be no bobble of the clerk
To get me up at three.

James r. Garfield has departed from the
whilom bleeding Kansas. What havoc has
been wrought on Standard Oil interests
is not disclosed The investigation is not
yet ended. for Mr.. Garfield has left be-
hind him several trained oil sleuths who
like nothing better than busting a
trust.
In the debate being waged in several
states on the good qualities of cigarettes
the evidence offered by dudes seems to
be strongly in favor of the negative
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
ALABAMA PRESS
Cassie May Be Out.

From the Admission Hot Blast.
A mysterious lady is said to be dog
ging the footsteps of ]. Pierpont Morgan.
Has Cassie escaped?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

It is remarkable that the only
woman agent of the Equitable asso-
citation is a foe of Hyde. There must
be something wrong with his reputed
powers of fascination.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

New York thinks Mr. Roosevelt's
ambition should prompt him to run
for mayor of that city after he leaves
the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

The chorus girl who tried to copy
right her name didn't feel that there
was any necessity for copyrighting
her shape.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

Even till the eastern gate, all fury red,
Opening on Neptune with fair blessed
beams
Turns into yellow gold his salt-green
streams.
Midsummer Nights Dreams.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25
CLEARINGHOUSE HORROR.
\ the Somerville Journal.

From the Somerville Journal.
To brighten the man who has been
boarding for six years. just make noise
like dish of prune sauce. It's fun to
see him run.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

A Chicago professor says the dec
laration was signed August Is, and he
wants the Fourth of July abolished
He will not be gratified, we regret to
cay
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

On May 2 DIR. Osler will at least ad-
NIT that the appetite holds good
longer than forty years.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

Jimmy Hyde should think of the
living policy holders as well as of his
dead father.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

Nine books out of ten are failures,
and bread and butter is but an occa-
sional by-product of literature.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

France is no longer fighting Japan,
She has asked Russia to let her draw
out of the struggle, and Russia con-
SCENTS. Better late than never.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

The fate OF autocracy and the
bureaucrats is to be decided, not in st.
Petersburg, but in the China sea, Togo
is dictator there.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

New York counts that day lost
whose low descending sun sees no
subway begun--on paper.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

M. Delcasse did not like berth in
the cyclone cellar. He will fight out
his Moroccan policy in the open.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-25

Wheat has gone down, but the beef
trust defies the government and the
rest of mankind by advancing prices
for its products.