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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
Mos nuiInes in Baton Koune.

The board of health of Baton Rouge,
led by Professor Dupree of the Louis
lana State university, believes there
is but one species of mosquitoes that
transmit the fever germs, and it is
waging war against that species, and
Indirectly against all mosquitoes.
These directions are urged by it upon
all householder5 in its city, as follows:
q. Empty all unused receptacles of
water.
-. Allow no stagnant water on the
premises.
49, Screen all cisterns with wire gauze.
- Place teacupfu of coal oil in each
cistern or barrel of water after each rain,
or at least once a week.
IS Place a small quantity of coal oil in
every cesspool or privy-vaut.
''6. Sleep under mosquito bars
This is good programme, and any
householder that lives up to it can
have no yellow fever in his household,
no matter where he lives. 1t is COM
prehensive, thorough and scientific,
and no harm would be done if 1t were
applied in every town in this state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29

teams, but approval will come almost
as matter of course, because there is
no other way in which the league can
be lifted out of the troubles created
by the prevalence of the mosquito
fever In Louisiana.
Scarcely any weekday from this
time forward to the end of the season
will go unutilized at West End park,
and the fans will get all the enjoyment
they can reasonably ask for. If they
do not admire the infeld of the home
team, they can gain satisfaction from
other innelds that the mosquito has
handed to u.s. Some of the infelds in
the eighteen transferred games will
certainly be sure and fast. AS mat
ter of additional amusement in the
waning days of the hot season-as a
means of keeping the league intact
as a solution of a troublous problem,
let us accept the Kavanaugh pro-
gramme, and get out of 1t all the com
fort and all the sport that eighteen
games without home tag can yield.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
Our Philippine Problem.

Mr.. Sato, spokesman of the Japanese
peace commission, recently said that
his country wouldn't take the Philip
pines as gift, with a bonus thrown
in. No doubt he expressed the senti-
ments of his country, although that
country is anxious to secure Sallhalin,
at the other end of the long line of is
lands. The Philippines would round
out the island empire. but the island
empire does not. it appears, desire to
be rounded out in that way.
We paid twenty millions for the
Philippines. and We have expended on
them since they came to us probably
twenty times twenty millions. The
money is lost if we cannot sell the
archipelago to Japan. We can at any
rate give the islands to the little
brown men who inhabit them, and
who, according to the theories of the
declaration of 1916, own them.
The problems of the Philippines are
basic and cumulative There will
never be peace or contentment in the
islands while we own them. There Is
not thing in common between the
little brown people of the archipelago
and the people of this country-not a
single thing. The Filipinos will re-
main Filipinos to the end of time, and
they will never adopt American Gus
toms or American ideas. They are
Malays, in close touch with the Chin
csc, and all the statesmen in this
country cannot change their natural
desires. Mr.. Taft will soon be on the
spot, charged with mission to solve
problems, but all rule on our part in
the Philippines is problem, and
troubles will continue to arise until In
some way we see an opportunity to
unload the islands on some other
country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
Italians for Alabama.

Let us, says the Admission Star,
bite off no more immigrants than we
can digest, and be sure to bite off none
that are indigestible." AS a general
proposition this is sound, but so is this
additional proposition-the south
needs more white people. Put the two
propositions together, and the reader
has the entire situation.
This district contains about five
Thousand Italians, who came, as rule,
from agricultural districts lying be-
hind Naples They work in the mines,
at the furnace plants and not few
of them are conducting market gar
dens. Some of them live in the towns
of the district, including Birmingham,
but probably one-half of the number
live outside of any considerable town
The Star may not include the Ital-
ians among those from Southern Eu-
rope it dislikes to see come here as
home-seekers. If it does not include
them, The Age-Herald stands ready
to commend its entire article.
The Italians in this district have
made good record. They are pru-
dent, thrifty, temperate and indus
trious. We believe they can be led
to become cotton growers, starting
perhaps as renters. The climate and
the other conditions of the south will
not hold them back They show de-
sire to come to the south. These par
ticular people from Southern Europe
seem to be the south's best hope-the
best means of building up a White
South, and The Age-Herald feels sure
the Star will at any rate favor Italian
immigration when its section has
given it fair trial.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
Crisis in the Southern LEAGUE.

President Kavanaugh is endeavoring
to steer the Southern league through,
or rather around, an epidemic of the
mosquito fever in the leagues chief
city. Shreveport is also considered in
the fever belt. One hundred and forty
games are to be played during the
baseball season, and no aid will be
solicited or accepted from cities out
side the league.
The transfer of games scheduled in
the beginning to De played in New Or
leans and Shreveport will add eighteen
to Birmingham list, thus giving the
home lovers of the sport that much
additional enjoyment. Labor Day will
be celebrated at West End park under
the Kavanaugh programme, although
the home team will on that day play
in Little Rock. Shreveport and Nash
vile will come here however, ready
to play fast ball.
The Kavanaugh programme must, OF
course. be approved by the eight
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
Hoch's Reprieve.

Isn't that a saddening commentary ON
the administration of Justice in the Uni
ted States?" said W. H. Skaggs oil Chlca-
go, as he read the news that Johahh
Hoch, the convicted murderer, had been
repreved by the governor of illinois,
There is an illustration that justice
cannot be had or at least that legal eX-
pedients In defense of human life can
not be exhausted in this country unless
the defendant has money. In order TO get
a hearing before the court of last resort
this wretch, Hoch, needed to raise Slloo-
Now from all I've read of the case
believe the man to be guilty as charged.
But | nevertheless think that II he insists
upon appealing from the decision of the
lower courts, he should be permitted to do
so at the states expense. In Great Britain
he may do so. And yet there are those
who insist that in all respects American
laws are superior to those of any other
country"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
Mayor Ward in Action.

mayor Ward said Nineteenth street
merchant yesterday, lis regular dyna-
mo in breeches when it comes to dispatch
ing public business
Il was in the Mayors office ten min
utes this morning, and in that time the
Mayor met and listened to dozen per-
sons, attended to the business each had in
mind and sent them all away promptly
and graciously.
1.-THE Mayor is running the office in a
thoroughly business-life manner He
encourages persons who call to see him
to be brief and definite without in any
sense seeming to hurry them. He lis
tens attentively to what they have TO
say, reaches decision instantly, no mat
ter what the subject may be, and des-
patches business in a rush. I don't know
a public officer whom 1t is more salts
factory to do business with than Mayor
Ward"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
NNNL a few days ago the news
W papers told the story of the in
fatuation of a vaudeville actress
for an attractive street car motorman
in Los Angeles. and their elopment to car
ry out the plan of making the motorman
the manager of the stage lady" This
is followed up by the news of handsome
street car conductor in California who
has just inherited the entire estate of his
deceased wife. amounting to one million
dollars after living with her only year.
The conductor was pleasant to look upon.
and is credited with having polished man
ners. The lady albeit her lovers senior
by number of years, came and saw,
and was conquered. and now her widower
is a millionaire, with fortune to marry
whom he chooses
Cannot the street car men in Kasas City
find, in these incidents, food for profound
reflection? On all of the lines operated
by the Metropolitan, you will see fine
husky young conductors and motormen.
All they seem to lack to make them pre-
sentable and attractive is little brushing
up. You could hardly expect even women
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
DREAMS OF THE GRASS.
BY Hamlin Garland.

BY Hamlin Garland.
o to lie in long grasses,
to dream on the plain,
Where the west wind sings as 1t passes,
A weird and unceasing refrain.
Where the rank grass wallows and
losses,
And the plains ring dazles the eye,
Where hardly silver cloud bosses
The flashing steel arch of the sky!
To watch the gay gulls, as they fiutter
Like snowflakes and fall down the
sky,
To swoop in the deeps of the hollows
Where the crows foot losses awry.
And gnats in the lee of the thickets
Are swirlng IKE walters in glee
To the harsh. shrill creak of the crickets
And the song of the lark and the bee.
o far-off plains of my westland,
o lands of the winds and the free.
Swift deer-rny mist-clad plain!
From my bed In the heart Of the
forest.
From the clasp of the Eirdle Of pain.
Your light through my darkness
passes;
To your meadows in dreaming l ny
To plunge in the deeps OF your grasses
To bash - the light of your slv.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
Hotels Are Busy.

"The hotel business in Birmingham this
summer" said w r. Womble. the day
clerk at the Morris, has been heavier
than that of any other summer since I've
been in town, and this is the fourth year
I've worked here.
Here at the Morris we have had
steady, rushing business since the sum-
mer season began. and it has been espe-
cially heavy the last week. Night before
last we had to turn patrons away because
of lack of room.
when the yellow fever scare at New
Orleans sprang up some people said IL
would hurt the hotel business in BIZ
mingham. If possible, the contrary has
been true. AT any rate there hasn't been
any falling off.
"All of which goes to prove that BIZ
mingham is a twelve months town; that
is, business goes on uninterruptedly here
every month in the year in summer as
well as In winter"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Want Full Report.

Il am hoping" said a householder yes
terday. that the forthcoming report OF
Drs. McLester, Nabers and Lowery on
our mosquitoes will be COMPREHENSIVE
and thorough. We all need to know just
what kind of mosquitoes live and buzz IN
Jones valley in August and September
When that part of the situation is eN-
blamed we will better know what to DO
if a case or two of the mosquito fever
should come here.
II hope. too he added, that the three
excellent doctors will minutely describe
the stegomia species, so that even l,
wayfarer. can identify it. | feel conf
dent that the dreaded germ carrier Is not
indigenous here, but railroad car can
bring it in, and 1t may multiply here IN
August and September. Railroad cars
especially freight cars, need more at
tention, it seems to me, than passen-
gers. Every freight car coming out OF
coast districts should be fumigated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
WHAT kOMURA LOOKS LIKE.

From the New York World
Baron Komura is a diplomat of the
purely oriental type, suave and unread
ableable In appearance he is small, black
eyed and slender. His countenance is
wrinkled like old parchment, his jaw
pointed and firmly set. and his moustache
black. scanty and stiff. His bristly hair
is streaked with gray. He is well versed
In diplomatic usages, and especially with
the effective roundabout diplomacy char
acteristic of the Russians.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
MITCHELL IN BRIEF.

From the New York American.
John Nipple Mitchell is 20 years old.
He has served in the United States Sem
ate from 1873 to 1879. from 1885 to 1897. and
from 1901 to the present. Mitchell was
born in Western Pennsylvania. His name
He moved to the Pacific coast in 1860,
leaving a wife and family behind him,
and changed his name to Mitchell. He
married again. and one of his daughters
by the second marriage is now the Ba-
roness Rochefoucauld.
If the Judgment Of conviction is upheld
by the supreme court Mitchell will for
felt his seat in the Senate
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

A HE hand of progress has been
w laid upon the old Washington no.
tel at Tuscaloosa, and one of
the towns landmarks is being torn away
to make room for a new government
building. The Washington hotel is rich in
historic associations. It has played a
prominent part in the life of Tuscaloosa
for nearly three-quarters of a century,
and Is a link uniting the old south with
the new. Before the war this hosiery
was known as the Bell tavern, and 1t is
remembered far and wide over the coun-
try by people who have enjoyed its SIM
pie comforts during the years since 1t
was first erected. Many brilliant social
affairs have been given in the hotel and
some famous men have chatted in its
lobby during the days when Tuscaloosa
was the capital of the state, where men
Of mind and means were accustomed to
foregather. The building is also dear to
every student who attended the University
of Alabama. for 1t has always been pop
ular resort among the college boys an6
many trembling freshman has spent HE
first night in Tuscaloosa beneath its roof,
while roistering sophomores were abroad
with paddles. The Washington hotel is OF
course sadly out of date now. Tusca-
loosa will be the better for its removal
and the erection of a new government
building, but it is a pity that such inter
esting and picturesque old structures can
not be preserved. They start winging
anecdote, inspire rare stories and open
the springs of tender recollection.
1t is hard to believe the story published
by the eastern papers that CONFIDENTIAL
man" of John w. Gates spurned his old
mother on the street when she begged
him for aid and ordered her arrested on
the charge that she was trying to take
his life. With offices in the Waldorf-As-
toria and a comfortable salary, this man,
it is said, has permitted his mother to
suffer actual want She was once wealthy
and upon a time danced with King Ed
ward of England, but now endures the
pangs of poverty because an unnatural
son refuses her assistance. A great many
candidates for the position of the mean
est man" have been mentioned in the past
but none Is more entitled to the place
than the migrate who deserts his mother
in her hour of need.
Mrs. Harriet p. Lowell Nan Patterson S
sister, is toiling for SIPS day in the gov
eminent bureau of engraving and print
ing in Washington while Nan is playing
the ponies and dallying along the prim-
rose path. A moral or an homily would
be superficial.
Senator ben" Tillman of South Caro-
lima says that he went into A beer dispen-
sary at Spartanburg and it was as near
to hell as he ever wants to get. That was
merely the senator's picturesque way of
saying that the beer dispensary is a
hell of a place" incidentally Senator
Tillman does not believe in the beer priv
ileges of South Carolina, and it seems
that he is losing support for his pet
scheme-the state dispensary system. The
people are now clamoring for prohibition,
with a fair likelihood of getting what
they want.
The automobile is now being found ser-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Either mother worries because her
daughter has beaus or hasn't
One way to find out what you don't
know about a woman is to marry her.
man never gets through supporting
his children. and generally he has to help
out his grandchildren.
womans idea of fortune tellers Is to
keep on going to them till she strikes one
that she knows tells her the truth pc
cause 1t is what she wants to hear.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
About Persons.

B. F. Giles of Tuscaloosa is in the
city
DR.. p B. Conner of Montgomery is at
the Morris.
f. S. Murphy of Admission was here last
night.
John II. Bankhead. representative in
Congress from the Sixth district was In
Birmingham yesterday and last night. He
returns to Fayette this morning.
w. B. Compton of Montgomery is at
the Morris.
Joseph H. Nathan of Sheffield is in the
city.
A. G. Craven who has recently located
In Birmingham with the New England
Mutual Life Insurance company, left this
morning for Huntsville. His wife and
daughter will return with MIN Monday,
and they will reside on Twelfth avenue
South Highlands.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
Both Are Still Useful.

From the Selma Journal.
We see no reason why Morgan ana
Pettus should have a lifetime lease ON
the United States senatorship. They are
old enough to retire now and give some
younger more vigorous and just as able
men chance.-Bulfock County Breeze.
There may be younger men who want
chance but there are none to be found
more vigorous and as able.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
A NO. Ell CIGAR.

From the New York Press.
There is a new smoke in. town. said a
Fulton street tobacconist. THE combina-
ton may seem surprising. but as have
tried it on myself l can say truthfully
1t Is not objectionable. 1t is pine
needle cigar The needles, thoroughly
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
A SQUEEZE IN TRACTION.

From the Newark News.
With cargo of 23o passengers, the car
was as full as a goat.
There are too many of u.s." gasped a
pale man. when / count three, let every
body draw a full breath. One. two, three,
breathe!
Everybody breathed, and sixteen pas
sengers were instantly crowded off the
back platform.
what a reliefp sighed the remaining
passengers, gratefully.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
Heat Not Needed.

From the Florence Times.
The more we think of it the less we are
inclined to believe there should be any
undue heat in political campaign. Vio-
lent pyrotechnies in politics obscures the
truth. This is said in view of what threat
ems to be a warm contest in the coming
election in Alabama which promises TO
create much friction.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
Willing to Try.

From the Brewton Standard-Gauge
We received request from gentleman
last week to please "erace" his name from
our list of subscribers. Well be hanged
If we aren't just little hazy as to what
you mean, brother. but we will do our
best to carry our your instructions, or
fracture lung trying.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
eERMAnYs TRAVELLING SCHOOLS.
From the Philadelphia Press.

from the Ph1lauelpnia Press.
Farmers daughters are educated in
many parts of Germany in travelling
schools, which go from village to village
to give girls over 16 years of age practi-
cal lessons in housekeeping, cooking the
selection of food, care of poultry and
cattle, the cultivation of vegetables, and
butter and cheese making The results
have been so satisfactory that it is now
proposed to add instruction in nursing.
cooking for the sick, mending and sew
ing. The teachers, who are graduates of
the schools of homework and have pass
ed government examination. carry with
them an outfit of cooking stove and the
various utensils for cooking and ironing
The classes are held in the school houses,
the term lasts six weeks. The cbst of
tuition is put so low as practically to
exclude no one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
Great Combination.

From the Marshall Banner.
The luscious "watermilion' is lin our
midst" and is receiving its full share of
the pubilcs attention. 1t and the 'yaller-
legged chicken make combination hard
to resist. Sand mountain is noted for poth
products.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
Colonel Herbert Still Lives.

well, well, well,' laughed veteran
Alabamian last night 81 see that nil-
adelphia newspaper has put our good
friend Hilary A. Herbert, who used to
represent the Second Alabama district
in Congress, and later became Secretary
OF the Navy, in the second Cleveland ad-
ministration, on the obituary list. That's
another illustration we have of the old
saying that we have to so away from
home sometime to learn the news. Colonel
Herbert is practcing law in Washington
and doing so successfully. Though he is
Il years of age, he Is still in good health
and his sense of humor will enable him to
get great deal of amusement out of the
Quaker City newspapers error
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29

Not one was found in the south ex-
cept at New Orleans. However the de-
velopment of fireproop construction,
so called, is coming this way, and no
doubt it will be adopted here as steel
frame buildings are increased in num-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29

A white man and two negroes were
arrested in Memphis for circulating
sensational yellow fever stories with
out foundation. That is a good way to
stop idle tongues from wagging.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
HELPS SOM E.

From the Kansas City Star.
Six months in jail and $1,000 fine is the
sentence in the case of Senator Mitchell,
The public is gratified, even though the
senator may never pay the $1,000 or serve
the six months in jail.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
ONE THING IN HIS FAVOR.

From the Washington Post.
As mere matter of self-defense, En-
gineer Wallace should call attention te
the fact that he is not a subscriber tt
'.Fads and Fancies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29

Jimmie Hyde also believes mo gen
tleman can live in America" The pol
icy holders of the Equitable wish he
had arrived at that conclusion ten
years earlier.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29

1t is generally though the Emperor
said to the Kaiser, or vice versa, what
the governor of North Carolina said to
the governor of South Carolina.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-29
FOOD FOR REFLECTION
FOR STREET CAR MEN

who are known to be susceptible, to work
up any interest in a motorman or a con-
ductor who is careless about his finger
nails, who doesn't keep his clothes free
from dust and lint and, above all, spots.
and who goes out on his run without poi
ishing his shoes.
There is another thing that conductors
and mortormen should remember In adj
dressing a woman they must not say
'1ady'' but madame" They should
eschew "have went and "have saw and
have came and, If possible, they should
use at least two clean pocket handker-
chiefs a week.
These hints are valuable and timely, in
a general way, and are worthy of all
acceptation. There are probably very few
men running on the street cars in Kansas
City with romantic notions about becom-
ing millionaires by marriage. STILL the
public is discriminating to the extent of
preferring conductors and motormep who
are polite and tidy to those who are
rude and slouchy, and people who study
to please are always certain to get some-
thing out of it.
But above all, don't say lady," but
madame"