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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
"PubIic Office is a Public Trust.p

"In one of yesterdays newspapers. said
Col. w. ii. benson, appeared a state
ment that Grover Cleveland was the au-
thor of the apothegm, Public office is a
public trust, and the statement is ap-
proved by the late Dan Lamont in his
collection of Cleveland's sayings.
mo greater error as to such matter
can scarcely be made, said Colonel Dem
son. 1T is totally untrue.
This statement came first into public
use by decision by the late lamented
Hon. r. C. Brickell, chief justice of Ala
bama in am opinion he delivered in the
case of Ex-parte Lambert, 52nd Alabama,
49, In which that distinguished jurist en-
ploys this language. Office is a personal
trust created for the benefit. of the state,
and not for the benefit of the individual
who may happen to be its incumbent
Judge Brlckell used this language in
January, 1916 long before either Cleve-
land or Lamont were known outside the
bailiwck in which they lived"
When Colonel Denson's explanation of
the origin of Public office is a public
trust" was shown a prominent democratic
politician last night he had this to say:
Colonel benson is doubtless correct in
saying that Judge Brickell expressed the
idea earlier than did Mr.. Cleveland or
Mr.. Lamont, but the phrase itself origi-
mated neither with Judge Brickell nor
with Mr.. Cleveland. 1t originated with
Col. Daniel S. Lamont, as the New York
Sun recently pointed out. Colonel Lamont
got out a political pamphlet in 1884 con-
tanning Clevelands sayings. and he had
printed on the pamphlets cover the
words: Public office is a public trust /"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
Work for CONGRESS.

The deficit for July was $1S,S55,663,
and Congress cannot decently refuse
when it meets in November to con-
slider the entire revenue question. The
Dingley ring of robbers and the trem-
bling republican politicians have
Joined hands to prevent any changes
in the tariff, or even any considera-
ton of the general subject of govern
ment revenue, but growing deficit
will prove stronger than even the com
bine. 1t is one of the subjects that
must be considered at the next session
of Congress.
Another subject that will force itself
upon Congress will be the Panama
canal in its various aspects. No
doubt all the engineers will have
spoken by or before November, and
Congress will have before it all the
information and advice it can secure
Three of the canal commission will
soon return from the isthmus, bring
ing information from the canal zone,
and in September the board of con-
suIting engineers will meet in Wash
ington. This hoard consists of Gen.
George w. Davis; Alfred Noble, in
charge of the Pennsylvania tunnel
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workings under the North and the
East rivers at New York city; William
Barclay Perkins, the subway engineer;
William H. Buar, Gen. Henry L. Alb.
bolt, Frederick p. Stearns, a well.
known hydraulic engineer Of Boston /:
Joseph. Ripley, superintendent of the
800" canal; Herman Schussler. Isham
Randolph. Henry Hunter, nominated
by the British government. one of the
engineers who had a large part in dig
ging the Manchester ship canal; Herr
Eugen Tlncauzer, nominated by the
German government, and who was con
nected with the Kiel canal enterprise;
NJ. Guerard. nominated by the French
government; NJ Quellence, consulting
engineer Suez canal, and one engineer
to be designated by the government
of the Netherlands.
III the board or consulting engineers
agree unanimously upon plan the
work of Congress will be easy. It is
more probable, however, that the
board will confine their opinions to
the estimated cost and time involved
in sea level canal, as also the cost
and time required in the building of
canals at higher levels. thus throwing
upon Congress the entire responsible
ity of naming the plan upon which the
canal is to be built.
The coming session will emphati-
cally be a canal session, and canal leg
islation will outrank all other work
that will come before it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
RISE OF "sPoTTY" M'sRIDE.

From the New York Commercial.
The rise to wealth and fame of Isaac O..
Mcbride called "Spotty' because of his
freckles, has been one of the most inter-
esting events in the oil regions2of Pennsyl-
vania. His bonanza strike was due in a
great part to his unceasing efforts in en-
deavorlng to strike oil" He labored
day and night and was finally rewarded
by reaching a very promising well, which
has already yielded great financial re-
turns. Mr.. Mcbride was at one time a
newsboy in Oil City. He had been known
as driller about the oil-wells for many
years He has wife and four children Of
whom is in Butler, Pa, whsre he is very
highly thought of, and where lis success
Is a source of much qualification to his
friends as we'll as to himself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

the Portland fair but If there Is any
Lewis and Clark ragtime before the pub
lie 1t is not being banded about
Many word trifers have paid tribute
to the majesty of the Pacific Even the
most commonplace individual stands in
awe of its vastness. There is quality
of grandeur about the Pacific which the
Atlantic lacks. We have come to re-
gard the latter as a pond" and il Ia
SO mentioned by would-be humorists and
facetious penny-a-liners. The great trans
Atlantic traffic each year and modern
facilities of ocean travel have made it
SO easy to run across the Atlantic that
the ocean which held so many terrors
for the mariners of Columbus time has
now become a very ordinary body of wa
ter, whose angry moods are considered
but little by the passengers of a great
liner. But the Pacific still holds much of
the impressiveness which struck the fol-
lowers of Balboa. 1t is so vast, so quiet
and withal SO beautiful that the mind
fails to grasp all its immensely. There is
a hill In Los Angeles where one can stand
and look out over the ocean, about eigh-
teen miles distant. The view is magni-
hcent, and as the eye sweeps that ex-
panse of blue, sparkling water, reaching
fourth of the way around the world, his
fancy calls up in the distance vistas of
smiling islands where life is little more
than a day dream, lands great teeming
nations and peoples who may be called
upon to direct the destiny of mankind in
the future.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
INVENTOR OF sHIMosE POWDER.
From the Indianapolis News.

II iOiii tiit iiQidHdpOhS l>tWS
DIR. Gan Shimose. the chemist-inventor
OF that wonderful explosive, Shimose
powder, used by the Japanese army and
navy, was born in the humblest circum-
stances in the province of Hiroshima,
forty-seven years ago, when railways
and steamships were practically unknown
in the island empire. Very early Shin
ose determined to win an education. made
his way to the capitaI, borrowed books
to study, and, though often on the verge
of starvation, was graduated from the
Imperial university with the highest hon.
ors. His first invention was a curious
ink, now used in Japan for banknotes.
The secret of it's composition is absolute
and counterfeits are instantly detected.
Recognizing that the powder in use in
Japan was extremely unsatisfactory,
Shimose turned his attention to the in
vention of new powder and spent eleven
years in perfecting it, often working en-
tire days and nights in his laboratory.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
Hip Pocket Habit.
ON the Florence Herald.

From the Florence Herald.
The pernicious and useless habit of
carrying a gun in the hip pocket always
carries with it its sure reward. The ma
jority of cases of deaths by shooting
could be avoided If the prevailing habit
of carrying a gun were abolished. Every
day we read of instances where one man
shoots another in a quarrel. If the hip
pocket had not been filled with the ever
present revolver the difficulty would
probably have been settled in the old
fashioned way and no life blood would
have been spilled. Abolish the hip pocket
pistol habit, which in the majority of
cases is unealled for and useless, 1t is
only a breeder Of trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
THE POOR EDITOR.
From the Lockwood CMo) Times.

From the Lockwood (Mo) Times.
The stork disappears, and we look into
the cradle and behold male child. After
running the gantletA of measles, humps
and chIckenpox he enters school. At the
age of 10 he is the terror of the neghbor-
hood. At - he is an apprentice in a
printing office. At is he has acquired two
cases of long primer type and an Army
press and is the editor of country news
paper. At 20 he is married. AT 30 he is
baldheaded. stoop shouldered and is the
father of large family. At 80 is a
corpse in a cheap pine coffin. and as 500
delinquent subscribers file past his bier
for the last look they are heard to say,
'FIe was a good fellow, but he couldn't
save his money"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
Man Improved by Marriage.
Philadelphia Record,

From the Philadelphia Record.
did you ever notice how 1t improves a
man to be marred?'' This query was pro-
pounded by young southern woman here.
..You can always depend upon 1t that 1t
IL a married man who shows you all the
small courtesies in an elevator; 1t Is a
married man who stands up for you in
the street car, and it is married man
who does all the chores at picnic. The
most thoughtless. irresponsible kind of a
single man often becomes a -veritable
model of amiability after he gets a wife.
suppose his wife has so drummed good
manners into him that he has to keep
practicing all the time to keep in trim.
believe business men have more respect
for a married man. too. They succeed bet
ter in everything they do. Why, only the
other day there was a baseball game be-
tween the married men and the single
men. Who won? The married men, Of
course. And you can't tell me their wives
did not have something to do with It,"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
Outlook for Peace.

Barring accident and storms at sea
the Mayfiower bearing the distin-
gulshed Russian plenipotentiaries and
the Dolphin, carrying the no less dis
tin rushed japanese plenipotentiaries,
should lie safely in Portsmouth har-
Dor tomorrow, and on the following
day, Tuesday, August 8, it is expected
the first meeting of the plenipotentia-
ries will be held, at which credentials
will be exchanged. As the time OF the
meeting draws near the impression
prevails that all the credentials pre-
sented will be found fully satisfactory
A more optimistic view Of the out
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
From the Washington Post.

From the washington fost
N RESIDENT of Washington So
wa journing in New England writes
to the Post as follows:
1--WE have pie here three times a day.
I have asked everybody how pie first
happened, but they cannot tell me. Please
tell me who invented pie"
The origin of pie is lost in the m-1ts OF
antiquity. A rumor was current couple
of centuries ago that the first pie was an
accident, caused by a misunderstanding
of orders on the part of Ngobi, an Abys-
sinan cook enslaved by one of the Ptole-
mics. The mess of pottage for which
Esau traded his birthright was a pie
nothing else would have tempted him.
So highly. esteemed was pie by the Greeks
that they declared it to be the food of
the muses., the insplrer of poesy, art,
science song and the dance. The name
of Mount Perus. home of the muses., Is
supposed to be a corruption of pie
crust" and the muses. themselves We're
the \Pisrides, OF 'pie-eaters." Unless the
translaters were guilty of a Thessalian
bull in their labors, this account appears
to trace the origin of pie to the gods
The transcendental qualities of pie were
discovered. or rather rediscovered, by
Emerson, who freely acknowledged that
his intellectual exaltation was due to
friendly communion with pie.
Excavations in Formosa and Borneo
have revealed rude carvings indicating
that the progenitors of the Chinese hurl-
ed explosive pies at their enemies IN their
piratical raids and in repellng invasion.
Hence, probably, the invention of gun
powder.
which built the prehistoric cities in Yu-
catan and Chiapas buried their rulers
with pies inverted over their stomachs,
to serve as food on the journey to the un-
discovered country. Pies have been found
in ovens in Herculaneum and Pompeii, as
fresh as modern railroad station pies.
The word pie is supposed to be de-
rived from the Latin ''pica," the mag
pie, describing a mixture of black and
white. "PIed'' and ''piebald" are derived
from the same word. A learned English
man. DR.. Skeat. conjectures that the
word was used to express the miscellane-
GUS contents of pies. AS to this. the Lon
don Chronicle observes:
1.-THE old ordinal or service book was
called plea or pie, because of the APP
pearance of the black letter type on the
white page and the edible pie. having
equally mixed contents, may have been
christened after this by medieval humor.
Printers language realms both 'pica.' for
kind of type, and pr for type all
jumbled up"
In the high old Roman days the gladia-
tors were fed with rabbit pie in order to
Undue them with courage and ferocity
Shakespeare refers to this practice. which
had become proverbial in his time, in the
line: 1.-THE hare's valor plucks lions by
the beard" As the true nature of the
rabbit has become better known through
these researches of the Loeb league. prize
fighters have taken to eating rabbit pie,
with notable increase of endurance and
aggressiveness Possibly it was this dis
covery which caused James ]. Jeffries to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
A TIMELY CARTOON.

From the Columbus, Ga, Enquirer-Sun.
In yesterdays Birmingham Age-Herald
appeared a cartoon representing man,
with his tongue protruding far out of his
mouth, and the end of 1t securely fasten-
ed In a split stick, held by the hand Of
the public. Underneath was written:
stick" referring to the yellow fever ru-
NOR monger. The suggestion is good
one, and applies as forcibly to any pos
sble rumor monger in Columbus as in
Birmingham. The man who spreads false
reports about the health Of a city should
be punished as one who is trying to injure
that city. All good citizens will refrain
from this foolish and harmful practice.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
Renardlnn Monev Market.

while it is true that we are living in
a money-making age. it is not true as
many thoughtless persons declare, that
the money maker cares only for the dol
lar" remarked a prosperous citizen. 1.-THE
great majority of business men are chas-
Ing the dollar not from a sordid motive
but simply that they may succeed in their
undertaking which is certainly laudable.
| do not believe there was ever time
In the history of this country when so
great a number of right-thinlSing, right
living, liberal-minded men were in evil
dence as now"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
PUBLIC OPINION HAIR CUT.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The cartoonists have been having so
much fun with James Hazen Hyde lately
that the young society man and former
financier has made some notable changes
in his personal appearance. The exagger-
ated pompadour has disappeared, and
with it the luxuriant black spike which
was once such notable feature of his
chin foliage. He still sticks to the gem
eral geography of his hirsute scheme, but
the notifications make a great change
in his appearance. His scenery has grown
tanner also to meet tie new requirements,
and now nothing but his great height dis
tinguishes him from any other young
man of fashion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
REPUBLIC IRON & STEEL co.
New Blast Furnace Is Proposed for
HaseIton.
From the Wall Street Journal.

From the Wall Street Journal
Sharon, Pa.-Contracts have been
awarded by the Republic Iron and Steel
company for the erection of a new 450-
ton blast furnace at Haselton. Another
furnace of the same capacity will be
built within a short t.re, and the capaci-
ty of the old Haselton furnace increased
from 200 to $50 tons. All will be connect
hot metal process. which will decrease
the cost of production of steel 81 a ton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
MUSIC, WHEN SOFT VOICES DIE

BY Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Music, when soft voices die,
vibrates in the memory;
Odors, when sweet violets sicken,
Live within the sense they quicken
Rose leaves, when the rose is dead.
Are kept for the beloved's bed;
And so thy thoughts. when thou art gon
Love itself shall sl9mber on.
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doors wide open and retire upstairs and
never fear an intrusion. Probably the
mysterious silence that pervades the air
In the parlors Of an undertaken keeps the
thieves out but at any rate, whether it
is superstition or not, the robbers never
include the buildings of undertakers in
hair ,of1tines
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
A woman thinks she sees ycsss many
things that she knows she doesn't
Having pulp with most people IS be-
ing able to get for "a something worth "
It makes girl feel awful queer to be
Rugged when she has porous plaster
on her back.
A girls idea of being dressed - IN
way that makes her feel uncomf Ttapie
for fear people will think she inst
A man could be a great success IN a
1unatic asylum IL he took all the aovlce
he gets abb 1t how to run his business
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
Never Rob Undertakers.

1T is strange fact that undertaking
establishments are seldom If ever robbed .
said a local undertaken last night.
The doors of an undertaker's parlors
are left open all night, and the men are
often asleep upstairs. Many articles of
furniture and other office equipment lie
unprotected through the entire night. Not
withstanding this, neither the robber nor
the sneak thief will dare to disturb the
silence of the room. The doors of the
old Taylor undertaking parlors were
closed for the second time in the his
tory of the firm on account Of the death
OF the proprietor.
Many ideas have been advanced to
account for this. Any undertaken Will
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06

The weary round of receptions to
the peace ENJOYS is ended, and they
have sailed away to Portsmouth car
rying their secret information and de-
Examinations with them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
DANGEROUS Foci.

From the Coosa River News.
prominent citizen remarked to the
writer Wednesday: Something ought to
be done at once. Forty of fifty foci might
get amongst Centres foreign population
and kill us all out with yellow fever"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
Still Sore.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
manual on how to be at least re-
spectful to SO important an official as
the state health officer ought to be placed
in the hands of a majority of the Jeffer-
son County Board of Health.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06

Aesthetic youths who exhibit themselves
behind the counters Of dry goods stores
for ten and twelve dollars a week are now
having an opportunity to lead high life
for week or so at the summer resorts.
The manner in which these young men
create the impression that they are Ian
guild, gilded followers Of Baochns with
out care in the world is a credit to the
adaptability of Americans. For brief
time-too brief, alas-they lay aside the
business smirk for smile that springs
from the heart.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
SEASONABLE REMARKS
ANENT ORIGIN OF PIE

declare recently that jack rabbits were
the only foes left for him to conquer or
worthy of his prowess.
Pie in any sense is an abstruse SUBJ
ject. Tits origin and nature are. we be-
lieve, insoluble mysteries.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
ALABAMA PRESS
Is Resting Easy.

From the st. Clair Herald.
Montgomery is not losing any sleep
over the fact that the yellow fever is in
its midst
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
How It Happens.

From the Talladega Reporter.
Five American youths in the University
of California fiunked on examination, but
the Japanese who waited on their table
passes the course with high honors. This
is the way the bottom rail gets on top.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06

The people of Cleveland who are en-
deavoring to get up mayoralty race
between Tom Johnson and John ID.
Rockefeller are doomed to disappoint-
ment. Tom is willing, but John is not.
John has lot of sense.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
How to Treat Mosquitoes.

From the Sheffield Reaper.
A David Harum theory with yaria-
tons: Do unto the mosquito what he
would do unto you, but do it ''fust;' in
other words, swat him before he can
either say Jack Robinson or yellow Jack.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06

One can't help but cherish a boundless
admiration for the pastor of an eastern
church who refused to take a vacation
because he would rather prepare good
sermons in a cool study than race around
to summer resorts" There's man after
some fashion. II is safe and sane from
top to bottom. The latter part of his de-
csion is particularly sensible. The fren-
zed and expensive joys of a noisy, fiashy
summer resort are not to be compared
with the peace and quiet of a "cool
study" even though an electric fan fur
nishes the breeze.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06
Alabama Pork.

From the Florence Times
Alabama raised pork at cents per
pound strikes the average, common every
day consumer as cheaper pork than west
ern raised porll-a IL cents pound
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06

White is simply trying to ascertain
what Komura has up his sleeve, but
the latter is wary. He will make
showdown to those who have full Gre
dentials
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06

The Agricultural Departments sum-
mer retreat needs a good airing even
If 1t be on the Blue Ridge.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06

Atlanta is cleaning up. This is
sign that it begins to think that some
of its mosquitoes have bills that would
become busy in yellow fever vista
tions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06

Jimmie Hyde"s memory still clings
around the Equitable building. 1t is
not easy to forget the man who gave
a 100000 ball.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06

The Hon. Hinkey Dinl of Chicago is
like a prince-that is to say,
he goes about incognito. Such is the
penalty of fame and craftsmanship.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06

Surgeon General Wyman and Pres
ident Roosevelt are now in charge at
New Orleans, and the happy lesson
at Havana may be repeated.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06

The rounder in New Orleans insists
that it is necessary to drink WHISKY
in order to keep off yellow fever. the
rounder is ever versatile.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06

Louisiana, to her great credit, has
handed over quarantine affairs to the
general government, and she did this
In the flush of victory at Rigolets.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-08-06

No one knows the Russian equiva-
lent for "banzai," and the Russians
do not need one at home anyway.