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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
Moroccan Affairs.

Morocco's request for an interna. tional conference over its affairs is really Germany's request. The re- quest will probably be granted and as all the countries represented in the Madrid convention of 1880 are invited to be present, the United States will be asked to send a representative.
 The convention of 1880 was a sim pie affair It related to the rights of residents in Morocco-to such self exiled men as Perdicardis. That con- vention also decreed to all the nations represented the right to the treat ment of the most favored nation" in Morocco. and Morocco was of course a party to it.
 The questions that will come up in the next international conference over Moroccan affairs will in their last analysis be fight between Germany and Frnce for political predominance in Morocco. French territory lies all about Morocco, and in the interests of civilization France proposed to lead Morocco up to a higher plane. Spain and England being next in interest, were consulted, and they both in trea- ties said "Yes" France waived all her claims in Egypt, and England in return said 1t appertains to France to nr.serye order in Morocco, and ito nroyide assistance for the purpose of oil administrative, economic, financial and military reforms which it may require"
 Tn this contest between Germny on tba one side and France, England. snain and Italy on the other 1t is diff HcuIt to see what the United States car do unless it be to assist in secur- ing an open door, This is Germany a apparent demand, but behind Ger many's apparent demand is much else She in facty- desires to control the sultan. At any rate, she does not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
All Sides Satisfied.

The mining situation in Alabama is highly satisfactory as compared with the situation last summer. A year ago trouble between the United Mine Workers and the furnace op- orators was brewing and the indus trial life of the district was paralyzed for many weeks.
 Conditions are very different now. The annual convention of the United Mine Workers met on the 18th of this month and adjourned last Tues day. It made a record in the dis patch of business, and on the last day of the convention wage scale agree ment was signed by the commercial operators and the Alabam Consoli- dated Coal and Iron company with the United Mine Workers. It was last years scale renewed-471a cents minimum and STE cents maximum.
 Last summer the union miners de- clared a strike and the Tennessee company, the Sloss-Sheffied com pany, the Republic, the Woodward and other furnace concerns decided to try the "open shop" plan. It was slow work at first, but now most of the open shop companies are mining their normal output.
 More coal will be produced in Ala bama this year than ever before. The total will probably reach 13,0O0000 tons. Wages at union mines and open shop mines are the same They are high wages, based on the selling price of iron, and they will probably not drop much below the maximum within the next twelve months.
 The commercial operators and the Alabama Consolidated company that signed with the United Mine Work CTS express themselves as well SatiS- fled. The furnace operators likewise express satisfaction with the open shop policy.
 There is work enough in this dis trict for every miner who wants to work. Pay-rolls will increase right along and this summer will be marked by exceptional prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22

B. B. Townsend in the N. Y. Herald.
 IF THE Russians of today were the Russians of 1S12-the Russians of Borodino. of the burning of Moscow, of Malo-Jaroslawitz that fateful battle which blocked the movement of the French to the south and compelled the disastrous retreat which broke the fight ing power of Napoleon, if they weren't Tolstoyed and emasculated of their old nerve for stubborn resistance-they would fight til either they or the Japanese could fight no more, even if they proved the victims and Russia the sacrifice!
 There is something more valuable than the integrity of an empire-it is the in- tegrity of honorl When Francis I. was captured at Pavia he could fight no more. 'All was lost save honor!" Why doesn't the Tzar join his army, as Francis joined his. and fight on till he has saved the priceless possession of a sovereign and an empire? Is everything lost?
 Was the success of Rojestvensky vital? His victory would have been-for Japanl Is the Russian army not intact? It fought at the Sha river after Liao Yang and at Mukden after the Sha river. Is it not still able to strike blow and to resist blows?
 Paul Jones when called up to surrender answered that he had just begun to fight! Frederick the Great never left the fight ing line during the seven years war never saw his capital of Berlin during those years, which was even taken by his enemies-seven years on the fighting line with grievous defeats--as at kunersdorf, when these same Russians struck him blow under which he reeled and almost fell-seven years on the fighting line and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
A BAD BREAK.
From Lippincott's s.

From Llpplncotl 5.
 During the annual convention of 8 cer- tain religious body, not so very long ago, an incident occurred which was not on the programme. and which completely upset the gravity of the ministers ana brethren assembled. It was at the closing session. and the chairman stated that they were about s1Oo short of an amount desired to be raised for given purpose and hoped that the sum could be made up before final adjournment. One of the laymen jumped up with the remark;
 'pn start the good work with S2o.
 T don't know your name, brother, said the chairman. but may God bless you and may your business be doubled during the year.
 Much to his astonishment, burst or laughter followed from many in the hall, which was explained when brother up in front stepped to the platform and whis- pered:
 Why, that's MT. Blank, prominent undertaken of the town"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
Summer Travel.

"I have never seen so many people go- ing to the northern summer resorts as there are this summer" said A. B. Free man, travelling passenger agent of the Queen and Crescent route, yesterday. "I have been here six years and the number going north this summer is four times as large as the number four years ago.
 Special rates have been made by the railroads this summer for the sumer re- sort seekers and hundreds of people are availing themselves of the opportunity
 q believe that July will show larger summer resort business than any pre- vious month in the history of Blrming- ham. Already the inquiries indicate that several hundred people from Birmingham and other parts of Alabama will go north next month"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22

children speak Japanese, but also have picked up a few words of their fathers tongue.
 "He was a strange man. He would wander about at night through the streets where there were no crowds, stopping in front of the shop windows and going into the curio shops, and in these he would spend hours. At first he would spend a weeks earnings on some gro- tesque piece of pottery which was worth only a few cents, but gradually the edu- cation came to him, and when he died he must have had an exquisite collection. In this he took great delight. Let man come to him with the tale of an image that was unknown or carving that was far from the path of the ordinary collector, and he sought it out at once.
 "Yes, over there we loved him-sincere- ly," MT. Yasubo went on. Tn many cases it amounted almost to adulation. All this came, too. in the face of actions which often we could not understand. Today the man would send for friend to dine with him; the next he would not speak to him on the street. Yet whatever his eccentricities we as a people learned to care a great deal for him. He often spoke of the future of our country, and told us that we would achieve greatness, and of course we are sorry he did not live to see our victories"
 Within few days this member of the royal family will go to Washington. He is spending few days here to see the city He will visit St. Louis and Chicago as well before he goes east, stopping a short time in each. From New York-his next stop beyond Washington-he will return home.
 The year which he has spent in this country has been put in in Texas. In the vicinity of Houston, Aldine. Gorwood and several other points in that territory, Japanese colonies have been established and are in fiourishing condition at the present time. MT. Yasubo came over htre to study crop and climatic conditions and gather information for future rice grow CTS. He predicts that when the war is over many of his countrymen will come here to raise rice. He indicates vii pride that the people of his country sue ceeded in producing an average of thirty sacks of rice to the acre on land Texas which never before had given forth more than fifteen or eighteen sacks He deplores, because of thls success, the fact that some of his countrymen have taken to raising vegetables and garden fruits and berries, in which he declares they will find failure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
Gallant Old Salt.

Admiral Winfield Scott Schley is one of the most gallant of men, said writer in the New York Herald. He is the perfection of old-fashioned politeness, regular Lord Chesterfield of this hurrying, busting age, when so few have time for politeness
 "The Admiral and Mrs. Schley returned to Washington some time ago and took up their abode in a modest hostelry which has been their home for many years. One evening the Admiral was smoking in the lobby and swapping yarns with some old cronies when the clerk at the desk told him that some one wanted to speak with him over the telephone. He went to the instrument cigar in hand and his hat rakishly perched on one side.
 "His friends heard himssay: Yes, this is Admiral Schley; who is it speaking to meY Then they saw the old salt spruce up, toss his cigar away and lift his hat high above his head. Why, how do you do, Mrs. Green? l am very glad to speak to you and to know you are well. Yes, Mrs Schley is very we'll and then came crossfre of questions about every mem- ber of the family collectively and individ- ually, all the time the Admiral, with his hat off, smiling and lowing at every word.
 "When he finished he was greeted with wild applause. and for some minutes he failed to see the joke He felt 1t incum- bent, he said, to throw away his cigar and take off his hat even when talking through the phone to a lady. It ap- peared to the spectators the very essence of gallantry and on the same plane with the farmers daughter who was so modest that she had to leave the room to change her mind"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
Board of Trade Smoker.

''rhe committee appointed at the last meeting of the Birmingham Board Of Trade to arrange for the annual smoker which is to be held on July A. possibly at the Hillman hotel, is preparing Tor grand affair, and the occasion promises to. be a great success" said an OFFICIAL of that organization yesterday.
 Our last smoker, a year ago was most enjoyable, and this promises to be equally successful.
 "The newly elected president John L. Parker, will be formally inducted into office at this meeting. and the former president, Simon Klotz will deliver his farewell address and submit his annual report
 "rhe Board of Trade has been or great benefit to the business men or Birming- ham and promises to do much Tn the sutuo for the welfare of this city,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Politics is making others believe what you don't believe yourself
 There is no use getting mad just be- cause a girl thinks too much of your happiness to marry you.
 The way to make a woman think you love her is to get mad about gown she wears because she thinks other men will admire 1t.
 girl is awful smart when she goes to church to be able all at the same time to make her mother believe she is reading the service and some man that she IS looking at him.
 When man telephones his wife he mas to stay down town late with the presi- dent of his, company, it is a sign she knows he is going to lose lot Of money with his friends at poker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
LAFCADIO HEARN LOVED
 BY THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN

from the New Orleans Times Democrat. H1 HERE is no language that
 Wy love does not speak, and the
 love and admiration inspired by Lafeadio Hearn will live in the breasts of the people of Japan so long as there is lantern of purple light or a cherry tree with it's blossoms scents the air of Tokio,' said M. Yasubo. who registered at the St. Charles yesterday from Hous- ton and who speaks the English tongue almost without accent yet has been in this country little more than a year.
 You think that 1t is strange that I. who have spent so short a time within your nation, should be able to speak with out trouble. Your own countryman,, or perhaps I would say better, the man who lived and worked for a time in your city, is responsible.
 Prof. Hearn was a member of the fac ulty of college that I attended. l never knew what it was to gather knowledge from him, because he had risen above the ordinary class teacher before I reach ed him. But he had instructed those who taught me- and several times l had the infinite pleasure of meeting this man. I could not understand him, and 1 learn that no one ever did. But in asking about him I found out a great deal which would not have come to me in any other way. If I speak of his deformity no true friend will be offended, because they all know he was not a handsome man. And it seems that before he came to the State college at Tokio he suffered be- cause of this very appearance. Eventually he secured a place with what you would term here a suburban academy, and there his success and knowledge gained such reputation that he was asked to become a teacher at Tokio. and after a few short weeks was made professor of English classics.
 Last month Chinese classics, which until that time had been made a part of the course, was dicontinued. Instead, all pupils will now study English and Eu- ropean languages. The beauties of some Chinese philosophers are to be retained, but there will be no further attempt to teach the tongue except as a special course.
 MT. Hearn was most peculiar man" continued MT, Yasubo. Ut seems in- credible that during his association with my people he did not learn our language, yet his wife never heard him speak a word of Japanese tongue. She was unable to speak English, and that is what l meant when l said that love knows a language nobody speaks, but which every body understands, sooner or later. Their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
Story of a Dress Suit.

An old citizen of Eutaw county, on a visit to Birmingham, relates this anec- dote: MT. Sydenham Moore, a highly esteemed resident of this city, was form erly @ Eutaw man. For twenty years he was the only gentleman in our county who owned dress suit During all those years every man in Eutaw who got mar ried borrowed that suit for the wedding occasion. Finally 1t was borrowed for funeral. A dead man was laid out in 1t and that was the last of the one dress suit that played part In Eutaw's social life"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
IDYLLIc.

From the Cleveland Leader. A Summer Iydlll If I might, I'd pen so sweet a song, tonight. That all the laziness of June Would set each pulse in perfect tune A sensuous strain of soft delight. And I should sing, to do things right. Her praises, who, clothed all in white F'lirts with us, meath the waning moon
 A Summer Idol! And ere I ceased, should indite A couplet to that vision bright, That ever-longed-for. priceless boon Of every worker-all too soon Departed with the seasons flight
 A Summer Idle!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
IF RUSSIANS OF TODAY
 HAD THE SPIRIT OF 1872

amid the devastation of his Kingdom, till victory finally crowned him as Frederick the Great
 The Japanese have not reached Rus sian soil. There is Kirin to be taken, and Harbin, and Vladivostok, and back of them lie Irkutsk and Tomsk and the Ural Mountains on the west, four thou sand miles of Siberia to be won by hard fighting before old Russia be reached, and should it be reached after years of war what would be the condition of Japan? Six hundred millions of dollars already gone and 150,00O of the flower of her fighting men, after fifteen months of battling for a little more three hundred miles of advancel
 If war be- as Von Moltke put it, a matter of arithmetic, then the problem to be decided is how long Japan, with forty millions of people and limited re- sources can wage successful war against one hundred and fifty millions of people, having large means and whose capital city is alone of more value than the whole Island of Nippon. Suppose we were at war with Japan, and the Japanese had swept our slips from the Pacific and had landed an immense army and pushed our fighting line back to Salt Lake City? Would Theodore Roosevelt listen to coun- sels of peace?. With eighty millions of people behind him and unlimited means. would he listen to advice that said, Yield and Pay" Would he?. Would the Amer ican people?
 If the Russians possessed the spirit of 1872, they would cry for battle-ever for battle-till their hopes on land should be as dead as their hopes on the seal And their Tsar would lead them till obliged to admit that all was lost-save honor!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTH.
General Business Prosperous-Feel-
 Ina of Confidence in the Future.

From the Wall Street Journal.
 A New York business man who has just returned from an extended trip throughout the south states that he found business conditions generally in very satisfactory condition in that sec tion. The advance in the price of cotton has produced very salutary effect and the prevailing feeling is one of confi- dence in the future.
 Money is practically easy and general business in a prosperous condition. It Is stated that there is curtailment of cot ton acreage of about 12 per cent. Thu condition of the growing crop is highly satisfactory and the outlook most prom ising.
 The cotton mills are doing large and very satisfactory business. A novel trade development in this connection Is the fact that several of the southern mills have made speciality of studying the require ments of the orient. particularly Japan and China, with a view or conforming their products to the requirements of those countries. It is stated that one Of the large cotton mills has made feat ure of this trade, and its entire output for period of two years has been fully contracted for. The fact that the styles of cotton goods desired by the orient are not subject to the same changes ss in the United States renders this class of trade of very staple character.
 One cannot be otherwise than impressed with the elimination of the old sectional spirit under the guidance of the younger business element in the south. spirit of catholicity seems to prevail and ob- Iteration of the old lines of political demarcation. which are disappearing to
 ..-ootar or IaSS degree
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
REACHES PRETTY FAR.
le Duluth Herald.

From the Duluth Herald
 Somebody has figured out that if Rock efeller's money was in dollar bills laid end to end 1t would reach around the globe and have eight miles left over for a bowknot In the meantime It is not in dollar bills, but it is doing some all reaching in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
Teachers, Pay Too Low.

From the Opelil1a News.
 The schedule of teachers pay in towns and cities is entirely too low, yes, 50 per cent too low, but the amount rendered for teaching the children in the country schools is so much below what it should be that fair-minded and just people should unite and unanimously demand that this should be the first step taken toward securing better and more thorough edu cation for the children of the rural eom- munities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22

list of the tips that the average expe- rienced tourist pays at the end of the voyage:
 Stateroom steward ..................... $2.S0 Dining room steward .................. 2.50 Deck steward eff he has been of
 service) ......................... l.OV Library steward eff he has been
 used ..............-........... l.V Smoking room steward df the
 smoking room has been used)..... loo
 1otal .......'.s'''..-. ....'..--.'.'''' $o'o"
 Tt is possible to get through on s5 in tips and still be regarded as liberal" said the traveller. If you don't rent a deck chair ana many don't-and if you don't cone otherwise into contact with the deck steward, there will be no need to tip him. And the same thing may be said of the smoking room and of the librery steward.
 "The S5-haii to the bedroom and half to the dining room steward-is obliga- tory. Everybody pays it. The other tips are not obligatory.
 American tourists in the novice class make the mistake of tipping too much. The average tourist the one who travels at the minimum first cabin rate. is con- sidered by all to have done his full duty 1.-The gives the tips that I have named"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
Good Roads Needed.

From the Greenville Advocate
 The people all over the state, except in some Isolated counties, are discussing the question of good roads. It will not be q great while before Alabama will, like her sister states, have road that her citizens will not be ashamed or.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
so IT DOES.

From the Chicago Daily News. wages of sin?
 Pa-lt depends on what kind of an or flee the sinner is elected to, my son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
TIPS TO STEAMSHIP STEWARDS.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
 This is the season of foreign travel, and many will now be going abroad for the first time" said an old hand. The novices will worry about their steamer tips, and they will give too much"
 The speaker then made the following
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
Immigration.

From the Tuscaloosa Times Gazette.
 Immigration of the right kind will do Alabama more good than anything else at this time. Right now there is a scar city of labor, and good Norwegian, Swedish and German men and women would be a great help.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
DEFINE

From the Chicago Tribune
 As the approaching conference at Wash ington Is to be strictly Russo-Japanese affair, it may be referred to diplomatical- ly as the honorable peace pow-wowski
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
UNFIT

From the New York Herald.
 Lady managers of the St. Louis fair, who had siOoOOo to spend. returned s26,ooO. Now, let's hear no more about woman being equipped for politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22

want trance to assume that task, al- though it is plainly better for the world at large that France should be al- lowed to carry out her programme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22
ALABAMA PRESS
Mir. Conner.

From the Selma Times.
 The Times believes that Mir. Conner will be a candidate for governor. We do not believe he can resist the pressure that is being brought to bear on him not to run. And if he runs he will be elected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22

Yesterday was the first day of sum mer astronomically and in the matter of temperature. It was also the long est day of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22

A fifty-hour train between Chicago and San Francisco is now demanded. This would reduce the transcontinent- al time to sixty-eight hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22

King Oscar has long been a favor ite referee, and he now knows what an umpire gets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22

Do not, kind friend consider street box that is numbered a sub postofice, for matter can be put in 1t without the prepayment of postage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22

If Russia cannot pay big indem- nity she might send her grand dukes to work it out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22

MT. Cleveland may be able to hold the lid down, but he can't keep that pot from boiling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-22

A newspaper up in Maine put the headline News About Lobsters" over the column devoted to personals about prominent citizens.