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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

weather approaches each year in order to regain the variety in this country It may be that along the gulf enough stegomyias survive the cold season to render importations altogether un. calledfor. Dr. Brunner, the health officer of the marine hospital service at Savannah, who has made life study of the subject, and whose experiences at Havana are well known, is inclined to think the stegomyias cannot stand a winter in the United States, and that there would be none here in the spring were 1t not for annual importations from the tropics.
 No doubt other ships than those en- gagged in the banana trade can and do bring to our ports mosquitoes, and those mosquitoes are scattered far and wide in railroad cars. But those ships can on arrival be fumlSateu, whereas a banana ship cannot be except at the loss of the fruit. So it is with railroad cars. Wherever bananas go there can be no Immigration.
 It is up to Alabama to say whether she prefers a quarantine adapted to commercial purposes to one with an eye single to the public health. New Orleans has concluded that the latter is preferable, and it is reported that it does not propose to take any steps to regain the banana trade. Can Alabama afford to court a trade that involves the bringing in of the deadly stego- myia?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
Shall never see a bachelor of three score again?
 Much Ado About Nothing.
Affairs at Panama.

Chairman Shonts has actually visited the scene of his labors in behalf Of canal, but he did not stay on the spot very long. He hurried home, and he brings back discouraging, almost dis nal, story.
 No attention was paid by the old board to sanitation or to the housing or feeding of 20,OOO men, and the re- suit was that the situation soon be- came unbearable to the men them selves. Prices went up like rocket, and the government was compelled to feed directly the men at work on the canal. The railroad became congested, and the muddle was complete.
 All things are to wait upon sanita- ton and proper accommodations for employees. The canal may be built, but much time will be consumed in the dig ging of 1t. "The men at work" says Mir. Shonts, "must have suitable habi- tations. We need more hotels for the gold men, as those filling clerical posi- tions are called down there, and better quarters for the silver men, as the laboring class is known"
 MT Shonts admits that the work on the canal Is not progressing rapidly Things are in a muddle, and whole series of reforms will have to be adopt ed and fitted to the canal zone before the dirt will fly very thick or fast The present administration will do well to get the work started, and some sue ceeding administration will see the canal opened to traffic, and it will not be in all human probability sea-level canal. That task is too heavy even for Uncle Sam, who had never baked at a job before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
nlssensiens at West End.

At a time when only few teams in the Southern league are making money including Atlanta and Birmingham, comes an insurrection in the ranks of t. home team which at least increases the complications of an otherwise diff ficult situation. However 1t is ended it will leave some gaps that at this late day can not be readily filled.
 About q month of the season re- mains, and if dissension within the ranks can be kept. down the schedule can be fully carried out. All signs in New Orleans point to control of the fever--possibly to its stamping out But even If it cannot be stamped out, it will be well in hand. and no material extension of 1t will occur.
 It is therefore important to carry the schedule of games to the finish The building for next season forbids any collapse in the present season. The league is by no means on an assured footing. The sport seems to have lost It's grip in Little Rock and Shreveport and even in Memphis it commands but a slight patronage. Nashville and Mont gomery are in the doubtful list, leay' ing only three towns in which the na tional game has an excellent foothold New Orleans, Birmingham and At lanta.
 Let us hope then nothing will occur in one of the Big Three to lessen pub lie interest in the game. New Orleans is feveraffiicted. and if Birmingham becomes a prey to internal troubles only Atlanta will be in firm condition at the end of the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
Great PropserIty Ahead.

Three or four years ago the railroads all over the United States were overtaxed with freight remarked a big shipper; and within the next few weeks they will be overtaxed again
 "The railroads have expended millions of dollars in new equipment since 1903 but with all that they cannot keep up with the big traffic demands. I predict that the clamor for cars next month will be greater than ever before. The traf- .fc congestion will be in evidence in every state Transportation officials are busy trying to provide for the rush. but the fact is the resources of the country are being developed more rapidly than the railroad companies ever imagined they would be. While money is lost by freight congestion it is more cheering to see such condition than to see miles of empties on the sidings with grass growing under the wheels.
 "It used to be that two or three years of prosperity were followed by four or five years of business depression. But lean years are rare in these recent times. Prosperity goes on with few breaks"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
DefyIna Southern Sentiment.

Tt Is almost unthinkable that northern men Of education who pose as phlan- thropists, would defy the sentiment of a large section of the country by advocating equality between the white and black races said q prominent Alabama man. ''The white people of the north, as a rule, would never allow, much less invite. negroes to associate with them on a plane of social equality. It is only the extreme so-called advanced phllanthro- pist of the north who asks a negro to sit at his table.
 MT. Wanamaker and a few others of his kind may think they are doing some- thing toward helping the black race by inviting one of the leaders of that race to be the social equal of himself and his daughter, but instead of helping he has seriously hurt the negro. As the Rev. Dr, Stagg said, Booker Washington by accepting MT. Wanamaker's invitation to dinner, undid all the good work he has ever accomplished
 Booker Washington's< usefulness in Alabama is gone and the thing for him to do is to move north"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
Chinese Boycott as to Cotton.
the Editor of the Age-Herald:

To the Editor of the Age-Herald:
 It seems that the boycott of American goods by the Chinese Is likely to affect the price of cotton. If the Chinese buy cotton goods manufactured only by for eigners the products of American mills cannot find an outlet.
 The administration is doing what it can in a general way to prevent or re- move the boycott, but 1t will hardly ac- Knowledge to the world the facts of the case. Cotton in the United States is grown only in the south. which has little or no representation in the gov- ernment with nearly one-third of the population and a large area it has no cabinet officer no minister. ambassador or consul and it's congressman have lit- tie influence in the departments. There seems to be many people in this section willing to fawn upon the first president since the war who has allowed the south no representation, except an occasional petty judge or district attorney.
 Now if the cotton association will print in Chinese a statement showing that the cotton-growing states have no more voice in the management of government af- fairs, particularly the enforcement of the Chinese exclusion act, than the Philip pines or Porto Rico, it might have the effect of abating the boycott as to cot ton There is no officer of the govern ment who is likely to present the facts and the cotton association is the only agency that can be relied on to do so.
 w. R. HOUGHTON. RirrrainGhar m August 16 1Qlh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

From Maxwell's Talisman.
 TIT goes without saying that today
 more than at any other tune In the
 worlds history, there is no end Ill
 tbe making of books, pamphlets, maga-
 zines and newspapers. Literature, good' bad and indifferent, is easily and cheapiy obtained. and no doubt the people are
 reading as they never read before. But
 with this vast field of lterature-includ-
 inr everything from the Sunday issue
 of the daily newspaper to popular edi-
 tions of classical works-to choose from'
 the average reader finds time for the
 perusal of only limited amount from the great store of the universal supply. It is sometimes puzzling, If not confusing
 to decide what to read. No one can af- ford to read everything and anything indiscriminately Reading that does not
 benefit, injures. Those who would not only increase their store of knowledge.
 but keep their minds pure, must exercise
 great deal of care in the selection of
 their reading matter. Parents especially
 need be careful and watchful in the se- lection of books for their children.
 The influence of books upon the child
 mind is frequently overlooked, and many so called ''childrens books are placed Into the hands of young people that are positively bad No parent should give child a book without knowing something of its contents. It is well known fact that many boys have imbibed false ideas of life and been led into evil doing from
 the persusal of sensational, trashy boy story books The same may be said with
 reference to girls and the reading of
 silly; over-sentimental novels.
 In choosing our friends and associates
 1t is wise to select those who are honest,
 truthful, pure and brave. It is just as important in selecting books to take into ones hands and thoughts only those that are uplifting, instructive and inspiring, avoiding all that leave a stain on the mind or bad taste in the mouth"
 There are so many good books to be
 had that can be perused with both profit and pleasure. that 1t is really waste of time to read anything that is bad or of a questionable character.
 People sometimes read book because 1t has been widely advertised and is 'pop- ular." They fear being considered behind the times if they have not read the latest popular novel. Better be behind than ..up-to-date" with trash. The so-called .popular books do not by any means al- ways furnish the best mental food. The best plan is to let all questionable books alone One should not confine his read ing to new books. Many new books are well worth reading. but books that are good often improve with age. Never re- fuse to read a gO~d book because it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
Bananas and Steuomyias.

The scientific department of Johns Hopkins university has been engaged in Investigating Maryland mosquitoes, and it reports that the fever-distribut- ing variety forms large proportion of them. New York lacks the courage to make known the varieties of mos quitoes which it harbors, to say noth- ing of those from New Jersey.
 The truth is the stegomyia mos- ouitoes are found in all the coast states, and in many of the interior states also. It is conceded that the fever mosquito is an imported mos quito, but it does not seem to be estab- lished that each winter kills them, thus involving new importations as hot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
Conner and Underwood.

Inasmuch as President Conner of the state railroad commission did not actu- ally use the words: "I am candidate for governor in his speech at Blount Springs yesterday, though he plainly in- doated that he would make the race, some persons at the springs were discuss ing the question before the 5:3o train left Blount for Birmingham.
 While they were talking MT. Conner joined the group of public men on the hotel piazza. Representative Underwood was in the group
 Well, MT. Underwood" said MT. O. mer do you think that speech of mine sounded like an announcement of my can didacy for the governorship?
 Well" said Mir. Underwood. with smile, If that speech of yours wasn't an Announcement of your candidacy Tor the governorship, MT. Conner. all l have to say is that it was most peculiar performance"
 whereat there was hearty laugh In which MT. Conner joined enthusiastically
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
The Old lnfield.

That inheld-Dusty Miller, Schiap, Moore and Hafford. not one of whom was anything of star with the bat has, strangely enough, discharged itself." So murmured fan of great zeal and devotion to the game.
 We have long desired" he added. "a fast hard-hitting infleld, but we could not get one until the men of the old in field organized bolt.
 Let that bolt he said, stand. We do not want any more of that infield. Put an outfielder in that spot where the sun shines, and all will be we'll The team will be strengthened. rather than weak ened. Get an outfilder-one that can bat, and let the team go along as 1t is. It's all right, and many are glad to get shut of that infeld"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
VERSATILE ROOSEVELT.
m the Kansas Clty Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
 President Roosevelt Is a very busy man. There is perhaps no more trying executive office in the world than that of the Presi- dency. So the public will read with a feel ing little short of amusement review of little volume of verse in the Out look 'by Theodore Roosevelt The au- thor of the review is evidently intensely interested in poetry and keeps close watch on much that appears in the maga- zines. You wouldn't suppose from read ing his article that he was also some what concerned with the affairs of this and several other governments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
The Girls Magazine.

The Girls Magazine is q bright anu i"- teresting publication issued monthly at Selma Miss Helen Clare IS eol'or ol the magazine and she appears to nave entered a field where there is plenty of room to grow. As its name indicates the Girls Magazine is devoted to the interests of American girls. The Au- gust number is both neat and attrac- tive. while the cover design and the typo graphical work please the eye. Miss Clare is ambitious to steadily improve her magazine It is to be hoped that her efforts will be crowned with success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
PAUL MoRToN's LITTLE JOKE.

New York, August 14.-Paul Morton. who the story goes. while he was still Secretary of the Navy. and before he undertook to untangle Equitable Life af. fairs. was out fishing with party of friends. One of them, coming up to Mir. Morton found him sitting on the bank of the stream with his line in the water and gazing intently before him.
 What luck, Paul?'' his friend inquired. -''None at all." replied the Secretary, "A fish has just nibbled the minnov from my hook''
 well. why don't you put on anotherY' his friend asked.
 that people will be accusing me again of re-baiting."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
Musical comedy maids are en rout
 ------------- -------- REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 girl thinks it Is better to have gone buggy riding and lost her faith than never to have gone at all.
 When man discovers he is distant relative of a millionaire he acts as If he had been elected to public office.
 The average man thinks he Is saving money when he spends S10 on dinner to get a railroad pass worth N.2o
 Hardly anything makes a woman more jealous than to see picture of some body elses children in magazine
 A man is likely to get along very well in the world if he can make himself real ize there are some people who know as much as he does.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
Birmingham. August
scYTHE SONG.
By Andrew Lang.

By Andrew Lang. Mowers, weary and brown. and blithe, What is the word methinks ye know, Endless over-word that the scythe Sings to the blades of the grass below Scythes that swing in the grass and
 clover,
 Something, still, they say as they passI What is the word that, over and over. Sings the scythe to the flowers and
 grass?
 Hush. ahi hush! the scythes are saying, Hush. and heed not, and fall asleep; Hush. they say to the grasses swaying: Hush, they sing to the clover deep! Hush--'tis the lullaby time is singing Hush, and heed not. for all things pass: i: Hush. ah, hush! and the scythes ars
 swinging
 Over the clover. over the grass!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
A EIourlshlna School.

"The fall announcement of the fourth district agricultural school and experi- ment station. located at Sylacauga, his been issued" said sylacauga man yes- terday. "The district agricultural schools of Alabama are an important factor in the states educational pro- gress and the Sylacauga school has a very high standing. Under the efficient management of President T. c. Moore. who will have the assistance of a cap able faculty. the indications point to a most successful term for 1905-O6."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
Beer Trade.

"Our sales have been unusually large this summer" said Birmingham brewer
 "The volume of our business has sur passed indeed all former records. This increased trade shows two things; one Is that good beer can be made in Bir- mingham, and the other is that the peo- pie of this section are prosperous and can afford to drink beer. Our business is satisfactory from every point of view"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
JOKING SOME.

From the Atlanta-<Sournal.
 That magazine writer who published this month list of 'The Grand Old Men of America" with Chauncey Depew and Thomas C. Platt named in the list, must have ambition for reputation as hu- morist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

Colonel Greene of copper and Law son fame has donated poor farm to Coehise county Arizona. He has no premonition that he will ultimately re- side there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

A Chicago professor has discovered that mere man is succumbing to su- perior competition, and that women and machines will soon dominate all industries except the most toilsome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17
EXPERTS ADVICE ON HOW
 TO CHOOSE YOUR BOOKS

happens to be an old one. Those books which have stood the test of time, that have confronted, counseied and edifed past generations, may furnish both in- structive and interesting reading for the people of today Among old or new books, choose only the best.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

On the Kittery side of the bridge at Portsmouth the envoys are compelled by circumstances to forget the remarks of thu governor of South Carolina to the governor of North Carolina. It is in the state of Maine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

The state census shows that Iowa's population has decreased 15,00O. Such decrease in Ohio could be accounted for by the hurried departure of it's bankers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

Fairbanks' irreducible minimum Is a second term of the vice-presidency. No one will object to his nomination for f,. .ner service as the fifth wheel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

With 60,603 fraudulent names on it's voting list, Philadelphia takes the cake for municipal corruption in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

The Taft party has arrived at Iloilo, which sounds like a section of col lege yell or the first line of Swiss yodel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

Assistant Secretary Peirce of the state department Is master of cere- monies at Portsmouth-a Harry Lehr in international politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

Colonel Watterson says he is tired Of being called colonel" His weari- ness will probably continue as long as he lives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

"Vint" Is popular game with the Russians at Portsmouth. It sounds like the German pronunciation of the Eng fish word, wind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

Japanese immigrants will go to Go r and Manchuria, and we can not get any or them. We are too far away and too un-Japanese.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

There is a county in Ohio named Champaign. The word is not spelled champagne" and temperance saves the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

The only famine in sight in this ornry is a car famine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

A man has a right to live one hun dred years provided he can induce the man with the scythe to stay off his trail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

The bod carriers of Chicago are malk- in5 $40 a week. We would rather be bod carrier than the ice man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

The baseball insurrection' is about as formidable as tAe Dow rebellion, and it will no doubt have like ending.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

"Bull'' Brown of New Orleans is taking advantage of the yellow fever panic to study the cotton market in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

Governor Hoch of Kansas found out that he could not follow the pace set by Charles M. Schwab at Atlantic City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

Portsmouth, N. H. does not stand back now for Oyster Bay, or even John D. Rockefeller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

The North Pole is fortified against attacks by It's steadfast climate. It has more eclimate. than any other spot on earth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

The tired dove of peace begins to long for resting place, and finds none c opt prospectively.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

The voice of New Hampshire is for pe-ce long drawn out. She wants nothing immediate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

MT. Jerome's cigarettes discredit him, even if they do not weaken his constitution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

Sunday Is said to be the day when automoblists get in their best work. The cops should be increased on Sun day,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

The boil weevil Is spending a dull, inactive season. It is outranked by the esteemed stegomyias.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

Rains fall every day nearly, and yet the weather bureau increases it's fig ures of rainfall deficiencies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

Speaker Cannon proposes to resume business as the treasury watchdog. He eidestepped in the last Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

Rockefeller feels that he is person ally despised while his money is the object of much solieitude.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

Russia is now thinking the things she should have thought eighteen months ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

The yellow peril Is real at New Or leans. and strictly artificial at Ports mouth, N. H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

President Roosevelt combines the strenuous life with the simple life at Oyster Bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

Assistant Secretary Pierce is trying to look his great opportunity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

It is considered calumnious to call a man a stegomyia faciata.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

J. r. Morgan has thirty miles of rail- road in China, and 280 miles of con cession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

New Orleans seems to be getting a strangle hold on yellow fever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

A disrupted team wins when full team cannot, or rather did not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

Public opinion is beginning to be g factor in even backward Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

Life is real life in earnest--at Sara toga, and devilish expensive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

This August weather makes butter weaker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

Miss Alice Roosevelt was the first lauy in the Philippines at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-17

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~~~~>~>-1~1~~-@-r>~ Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, post office as seeond-class matter under act of Congress March 3. 1879.