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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
Black Is the badge of hell, The hue of dungeons, and the scowl of night.
 -Love's Labor Lost.
EiIinino Self-RuIe.

Secretary Taft is reported to have promised the Filipinos that they shall have a parliament elected by them selves. to sit at Manila, in April, 1907, provided all goes well between now and then" Exactly what right Sec retary Taft had to anticipate the ac- ton of Congress, not to mention the administration, we need not stop to in- ouire. The entire government is in the hands of the republicans, and will continue to be until after April, 1907, for the house of representatives to be elected n,.t year will not begin work until December, 1907.
 The promise of MT. Taft Is not i'm nortant until we know what kind of a legislature or parliament he proposes to grant to our fellow citizens and sub iects in the Philippines-how much law.making power it is to be invested " h independent of the Philippine commission and the home government. A goodly number of the Filipinos are unfit for any governmental responsi- bilities. and 1t may be that the pro posed representative assembly is to be selected by those who can read and write, or by those living on the island of Iuzon. The entire scheme Is still inchoate, and MT. Taft may yet find many excuses for not giving the Ell 7 ipinos a popular assembly of any sort.
 Public sentiment at home begins to chafe under the long continuance oi antocratic rule in the Philippines and in Porto Rico, and doubtless some de- gree of self-rule will have to be grant ed to both. The people begin to see
 -l colonies means imperialism in many directions, and they will endorse almost any reasonable proposition that will relieve the country of it's white elephants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 @ HE Toledo IT., A. Roy knaben- (O shue's airship, made second sue
 cessful attempt Wednesday after noon to navigate the aerial ocean above the city. Starting from the vacant lot at sixty-second street and Central Park West at 2:14 in the afternoon, he went south as far as the Flatiron building and returned safely to the park where ne landed without trouble.
 All the morning the crowd gathered about the tent set up in the vacant lot on the sixty-second street corner, and when driven out by the police pressed close about the fence with eyes glued to the cracks like the small boy at a ball game, The reserves of five precincts and a large squad of mounted men surrounded the place to prevent recurrence of the scenes of last Sunday, but they were help less in the crowd that had gathered by the time Knabenshue was ready for the start.
 Before getting under way in the airship Knabenshue made a trip downtown In an auto to learn a bit about New Yorks s geography. Last Sunday he mstook the Times building for the Flatiron, which he had intended to circle. and he meant to make no mistake on the second trial.
 As the big cigar-shaped ballon that supports the framework and driving ma chinery of the airship came into view above the fence the crowd outside let out a howl that could be eaualed only on the Polo grounds when the home team gets a home run with two out and the bases full.
 The airship rose straight in the air for some distance and then turned west and circled over the park. A faint clicking and whirrng descended from the sky as the motor was started, and then the air. shin turned her prov south and shot down Broadway.
 The crowd. now grown to many thcu- sands, followed for few blocks stumb- ling and falling over every obstacle Tn the way. so fixed was their attention on the wonder above.
 Automobiles, cabs. delivery wagons and all kinds and conditions of vehicles fol- lowed the course of the Toledo II. and the housetops and roofs of the office buildings were black with people staring at this strange ship of the heavens.
 The wind was from the west, blowing six miles an hour, and the Toledo II made great deal of leeway. drifting as far east as Second avenue. As the airship neared Twenty-third street Knabenshue turned her prov again toward Broadway and began his flight to windward. For a time the Toledo seemed to make little headway against the air current. but presently Knabenshue let her head fall away until. at a slight angle to the direc- tion of the wind. she began to forge ahead. Tn several long tacks Knabenshue worked enough to windward to be direct ly over the Flatiron. He was very high up at the time. but he says that he found the air currents troublesome even then.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
Value of Federal Quarantine.

The Memphis Commercial-Appeal had shown the desirability and safety of federal marine quarantine, and it now takes up the dollars and cents side of the question. If Congress had been induced by petition and otherwise to take charge of quarantine measures in all gulf ports, there would in all human probability have been no out break of the fever, and if it had ap- peared the entire cost of controlling and suppressing it would have fallen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

on the general government. The south pays heavy federal taxes at the custom houses and in the internal revenue offices, and it gets precious little in return.
 If the south will act next winter unitedly the government can be fn- duced to take up all quarantine busi- ness at gulf ports. and the good of the south, as well as of the rest of the country, calls for action of that sort. The Commercial-Appeal unhesitatingly advocates the substitution of a federal marine quarantine along the entire gulf coast for the diverse and ineffi- cient and inconsistent state quaran- tines. It is safe to say that New Or leans and Louisiana will support next winter the proposition put forward by the Commercial-Appeal
 The government is better equipped for quarantine duties than any state. It's marine hospital service has had a wide experience. It knows the value of the ounce of prevention. It is al- ways at hand and alert. The Conner cial-Appeal is on the right line, and 1t is to be hoped it will push the federal quarantine proposition until 1t Is fully established from the Rio Grande to Key West at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
More Office Buildings Needed.

Said Leo K. Steiner yesterday: "The demand for office space is rapidly increas- ing. The Steiner building is not only filled with good tenents but recently I have had to reject twenty applicants. An office seeker, or rather an office-room seeker. came to me this week. He was looking for a suit of five rooms He said he had not been able to get what he wanted and of course I could do nothing for him.
 Birmingham has three tall office build ings but there is need for one or two more. It Is a safe prediction that Bir- mingham will have not less than six sky scrapers two years hence"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
Masonic Lodqes,

'While I do not intend to join the new Masonic lodge being organized in Bir- mingham, I am glad to see the move ment for third blue body" said an old member of the fraternity.
 "There are something like 700 Masons in the two local lodges already in exis- tence-Brmingham Fraternal and King Solomon. In most cities this total would be divided Into at least four lodges. predict that Birminghams new lodge will be a great success from the start
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A dangerous thing about an heiress losing her money is that all her good looks go with it.
 AS nice thing about having bald head is you don't have to worry when your hair turns gray.
 One of the queerest things about loving a girl is the way she believes you when she says she doesn't.
 There Is meyer any need to lie to your wife if you q only get her into frame of mind WI. she will not belive any thing yptI&
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

watch the condition of the cotton crop carefully state that the rain within the past two or three weeks had seriously damaged the crop.
 T travel up and down the Southern around Epes. bemopolis. Akron. Selma and other cities In that section of the state, and I find the conditions very bad The rain soaks the cotton. and then the hot sun comes out and scalds the hlos- som.
 Various people have told me that the crop was damaged at least 50 per cent, and from my own observation I believe that their statements are about correct in the part of the state that I have been in"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
THE TWO MYSTERIES.

"In the middle of the room. near the coffin, sat Walt Whitman, holding beautiful little girl on his lap She look ed wonderngly at the spectacle of death and then inquiringly into the face of the aged poet. You don't know what 1t is, do you, my dear?' said he, and added, We don't, either. We know not what it is, dear, this sleep
 so deep and still; The folded hands, the awful calm. the
 cheek so pale and chill; The lids that will not lift again. though
 we may call and call; The strange. white solitude of peace that
 settles over all. We know not what 1t means dear, this
 desolate heart-pain; This dread to take our daily way, and
 walk in 1t again; We know not what other sphere the
 loved who leave us go. Nor why we're left to wonder still, nor
 why we do not know. But this we know: Our loved and dead,
 if they should come this day Should come and ask us, What is life?"
 not one of us could say. Life is a mystery. as deep as ever death
 can be; Yet oh, how dear 1t is to us. this life
 we live and see! Then might they say-these vanished ones
 and blessed is the thought: ..So death is sweet to us, beloved. though
 we may show you naught; We may not to the quick reveal the
 mystery of death Ye cannot tell us, If ye would. the mys-
 tery of breath" The child who enters life comes not with
 knowledge or intent So all who enter death must go as little
 children sent. Nothing Is known. But, nearing God,
 what hath the soul to dread? ,And as life is to the living. so death Is
 to the dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
About Persons.

Theodore Copeland of Columbus. Ga. is In the city.
 H. H. Sewall, the real estate man, re- turned yesterday from a trip to Gadsden. M. c. seaborn of Pell City is in the city. H. o. Murfee of Marion, Ala, was in Birmingham last night.
  Charles I. Graves of Alexander City is at the Morris.
 D. L. Rosenan of Tuscaloosa is in the city. He Is stopping at the Morris. J. R. McNally of Sheffield is registered at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

The stegomyias at New Orleans came, 1t is thought. from Honduras, and a movement has been started to ask Honduras to keep her mosquitoes at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
COLONEL WATTERsoN LATE.

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 MT. Watterson has reached Kentucky too late to take part In the Caleb Powers discussion, but he will doubtless write a column paragraph in the Courier-Journal in which he will move to reopen the ques- ton,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
Cotton Is Damaqed.

''The cotton is damaged 50 per cent in some parts of the state" said J. J. Little. cotton seed buyer who travels over a large porkon of the state near Epes. De- mopolis, kron and Selma. T have heard several prominent planters and men who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

The collision between the battleship kearsarge and the schooner N. s. Gal lup reminds one of what happens wien an automobile runs down an apple wagon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

The Czar and the Milado are not willing to yield, and the subject will perhaps be referred to Oyama and Linevitch for final settlement. Line witch may as well get ready to Jeld.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Col. Jacob l.. Green, who was presi- dent of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance company for twenty-seven years, died and left an estate of only S50000. Everybody is wondering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Disloyalty to autocracy recently ap- peared in the Russian army at Moscow and in a regiment of hussars stationed at Tsarskoe-Selo. It is as wide and long as Russia itself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
KNOCKING THE HOME TEAM.

From the Savannah Morning News:
 The naming of the Savannah baseball team 'The Indians was a. stroke of genius. They play ball like Indians-wood- en Indians-that might well serve as cigar store signs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

A negro porter who is suing the Pennsylvania railroad for $25,000 be- cause he was injured in wreck is very moderate in his demands-for porter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

The experiences of George Wander bilt with "Biltmore" prove that there is lot of truth in funny stories abowt the expense of being an amateur farmer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

A Japanese newspaper correspond ent at Portsmouth who is only 25 years old is credited with forty books. He must have started to writing about the time he learned to talk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
COMMENTS ON MEN AAI
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

A book called "The Higher Life of Chicago has been issued. "The High Life of Chicago would probably require q much larger volume to contain all the available data.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

When Dr. Holmes said mitch your wagon to a star" he did not mean that a young man should will his automobile to a good looking young woman who does things In musical comedy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

If President Roosevelt succeeds In bringing peace to the Far East he will stand above the Kaiser as forceful personality in this world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Sakhalin Is lost, and Vladivostok will be if the war goes on, and yet Russia hesitates to pay the costs Japan in- cured on account of her greed and bad faith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

France is asserting herself in Moroc- co, and the fussy Kaiser need not go to the gulf of Finland to find Business to attend to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

The yellow fever at New Orleans is under control, but in the frowsy seething small towns of Louisiana 1t rages without restraint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
THE LETTERS IN "sUccEss."

From the New York World.
 Success Is spelled with seven letters. Of the seven, only one is found in fame" and one in money" but three are found in happiness"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
MUST BE A JOKE.

From the Rome Journal.
 The Birmingham people drink great quantities of coca-cola during the ball games down there, so we are in formed. Seems like root beer would be more ap- propriate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

The President is doing a peace stunt at present, but when Congress meets he will resume his customary war attitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Paul Morton only wants square deal in insurance matters. He will have to wait until the policyholders are attended to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
NO ROOM FOR MORE.

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
 The Sultan of Sulu Is charmed with Sweet Alice, Ben Bolt, but unfortunately his wife is already a syndicate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

It is reported that the mayors attend- ing the League of American Municipalities at Toledo attended devil show" They must be having q "h--ll of a time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
SHOULD REcIPRocATE.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
 Booker Washington should reciprocate by inviting John Wanamaker to an Ala bama cake-walk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Roy Knabenshue consumes quanti- ties of gum when making trip in his airship. The use of the gum is not apparent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Sewing is no longer taught in the New York public schools, and yet ev- cry boy should know how to put on buttons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

The peace conference is avoiding a rupture by frequent, adjournments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Gold braid got up against red tape in India, and the latter had to SO. But Lord Curzon is going home to fight for the premiership.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Both parties at Portsmouth seem to want more war, although it is difficult to see why Russia should.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Emperor William is reported to be nudging Czar Nicholas, with the result that the peace conference looks like a draw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Castro Is becoming threatening again. He seems to think he could whip Uncle Sam without much of an effort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

At any rate, Jimmy" Hyde can have anything he wants at Newport.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
POEM BY MARY MATES DODGE.

From the New York Post.
 The death of Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge. editor, writer of stories and poet, which occurred on Monday, gives touching ap- propriateness to this very human poem by her on Death, which, by the way. has been widely attributed to Walt Whit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Norway Is keeping cool. Its climate aids 1t to keep cool at all stages of It's divorce proceedings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

President Roosevelt wisely decided not to go down with the Plunger The Presi- dent Is no fool and while he is known as a mighty hunter and valiant soldier, he is not going to risk being drowned like a rat in a trap just because he has an opportunity of doing something that has never been attempted by Kaiser Will liam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

The peace conference begins to feel like the Delaware legislature-it is so firmly deadlocked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

The Taggart divorce case Is, alas, evidence that the world is not growing rapidly better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

The electric fan and the baseball fan are entering upon their declining days. This is a combination that Jack Frost puts to route.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

The Sultan of Sulu hoped to achieve practical independence by marrying Miss Alice Roosevelt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

The Iowa man who eats in his sleep will probably have nightmare when he wakes up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Miss Roosevelt's Wild East trip Is full of adventure and interesting in cidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Folk says that honesty makes pros perity, which is the same thing as honesty is the best policy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Nobody dares warn Rockefeller off ,the grass. and he can take the Kniepp cure to his feet's content.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

The treaty of Washington may never be signed, but Portsmouth stands well advertised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Mark Twain denies the report that he will have his feet amputated for gout. They are the only feet he has and the imputation is absurd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Miss Viola Allen has saved enough to buy a home in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

MT. Fairbanks says civic virtue Is high. He probably means that 1t comes high.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

John D. Rockefeller has been com pared to "Al' Adams We'll Well! The Standard oil king ought to compose ragtime song entitled, ''Will They Never Let Up?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

While the peace conference lasts there is room for hope, but that is about all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

The reprieve of the straw hat has been extended in Chicago to Septem. Der 30.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Texas Is disposed to brag about her watermelons. Who will deny that Texas Is a great state? That her soil is fer tile and her productiveness the wonder of the world? Her corn fields possess magnificent distances" her fields of cot ton could support millions of boil weevils for years to come and her cattle are num- erous as the stars, but-Georgia is the place to get your watermelons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

The Pilgrims are coming over again, but this time they are an English foot ball team.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Senator Depew denies that he is i'll. but cannot conceal the fact that he is com promised
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26
HAPPY DAYS.

The sun is always shining.
 There are no pains to gripe The bona fide philosopher,
 The man who smokes 8 pipe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

The dove of peace is about to se- cure a return ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

When Jules Verne sank the Nautilus beneath the waters of a submarine cav ern and described the wonderful craft lying in that strange resting place with the headlight burning brightly and the body of Captain Memo sealed Up forever in the vessel which had borne him twenty thousand leagues under the sea, the au- thor may or may not have dreamed that his imaginative romance would become reality before his death. The reported discovery of a new kind of light which will illumine the ocean's depths and an improved periscope which will enable the crew of submerged submarine craft to see the surface of the water for miles around will about complete the equipment necessary for a new Nautilus. The sub marine boat has been a fact for some time. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

A motorman who had run over a per-, son went crazy, conductor fainted for the same reason, and a chauffeur lost his mind because he thought he had killed somebody. Is 1t possible that these indi- vlduals are not as bad as they have been painted?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

"Dorer la pilule' means to gild the pill, and is what the Japs have been trying to do at Portsmouth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-26

Washington Bureau Age Herald. 142i c street. N. W.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-12-10
ADVANTAGE OF SAVINGS BANK

Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
in his recent annual report recon-
mends the establishment ola depart
ment savings banks fA Washing
ton for employees of the various de-
partments of the government in
that city. He says that there are
about $4,000 clerks and other
permanently employed officials in
that city, receiving an average
salary of 5000 or more per annum.
Many Ofthese people are well adj
vanced in years. Several are near
ly 80 years of age, quite number
past so, and hundreds past 20.
Some of these would have been
separated from the service, before
this, but for the element Of sym.
pathy which cannot be eliminated
in concrete cases, where separa-
ton means casting the aged unfor-
tunate upon charity.
He makes in this connection the
further statement that there are
only six savings banks in Wash
ington City with but little over
So, 900, 900 deposits, while Detroit,
Mich, about the same size as
Washington, has one savings bank
with deposits amounting to 81 800,
900; Minneapolis, little smaller
than Washington, has $12, 100000
on deposit in savings banks; while
Cleveland, Ohio, but litter larger
than Washington, has one saving
bank with 10000 depositors and
$40, OO0,0 on deposit.
Here is an interestings contrast
between commercial and manufac-
turing cities and one of whose
population is mainly engaged in
government service and such indus
trial pursuits as are incident to
the population peculiar to a CAPT
tai city.
While Mr.. Shaw's plan seems
feasible and with no dividends on
capital stock to pay, he thinks it
might pay the depositors 4 per cent.
He makes secretary from each
department a director, without
compensation, while the comptrol-
Ter of the currency would have
general charge, so that the only
persons connected with the bank
to draw salary would be treasurer
a few clerks and a bookkeeper.