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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01
SENATOR DEPEW SAYS HE
 WILL TELL ALL HE KNOWS

From the New York Sun of Sunday. C ENATOR CIIAUNCEY M. DE- "S PEW, looking as young and
 O cheerful as ever, arrived last
 night on the steamship St Paul. Mrs.
 Depew was with him, and Senator Platt,
 whose wife was on the St. Paul. helped
 welcome him at the pier Half the re-
 porters in the world boarded the steamer
 with the revenue officers of waited on the
 pier.
 Now, now, I've nothing to say. Sorry,
 but l haven't" said MT. Depew. q am
 coming home because this is the storm
 center and I want to be in it. I know
 absolutely nothing about the affairs of
 the Equitable except what I have read
 In the papers. That is what is bringing
 me back. I saw that I couldn't fight this battle 5000 miles from home. I shall have not word to say about the Equitable until look over the papares In the case the official papers, I mean. Then I shall give out a statement in full regarding my connection with the Equitable company. and especially the loan to the Depew Improvement company. I had only a
 minor interest in that company and my
 name was used without my consent.
 have nothing further to say in any form or shape until issue my statement when the American public will know everything that I know up to the time that I issue that statement"
 All this time Senator Depew had been walking away from the gangplank, sur- rounded by a cloud of reporters and sketch men. His immediate family was vainly trying to act as interference. At this point of the interview some one noticed that the whole crowd was about to walk off the wharf into the river At that Mir. Depew broke Into smile, which turned into a hearty laugh when some one asked, as they all turned back. How about Pads and Fancies. ?" "Oh, that I subscribed to that four years ago. I can't remember the name of the man who came to me about it.
 but he was a nice fellow and he had a letter of introduction from Colonel Mann, l whom I know very well. I consider it an excellent work. and was glad to put up S1500 for my share. I have seen the proof sheets since. It is one of the prettest pieces of work I ever saw. Positively, there was no coercion of any kind. Oh, yes. I thought there might be something in it for the boys ; It costs me 5000 a year for the boys and similar publica- tions, you know"
 The next question was pointed.
 Do you think, Mir. Depew that if the Equitable affair had come out before your election you would have regained your seat in the Senate?'
 Senator Depew laughed again. Some prophets.' he said. '.are hind sighted rather than forecasters." q went to Aix-les-Bains for my rheu- Nmatism. as is my custom every year. I hidn't quite have time to shake it, so 1 have brought some of the water home with me" | ''Any new jokes abroad? Heard a thou+
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01
Must Win Pennant.

'I understand that Chief Joyner of the Atlanta fire department eontempates run ming for mayor of the Gate City" said a fireman who recently worked in the Atlanta fire department. "He can be mayor, according to the best authorities in Atlanta politics, provided his baseball team wins. the pennant or comes second in the race
 "If the Atlanta bunch can pull together with long pull. slide into second place and give New Orleans some sort of a race for the rag. then Cap Joyner can get anything in Atlanta that he wants. But if the Fireerackers finish no better than fourth or fifth, Chief Joyner had better not run for mayor.
 T do not believe there is more poph- lar man in Atlanta than Cap Joyner, but popularity does not go very far when he is at the head of baseball associa- tion that has losing team. I have heard the matter discussed recently in Atlanta, and the general opinion Is that the Chiefs polpolitical chances ebb and flow accord- ing to the standing of the team in the baseball column"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01
Ouarantines of All Sorts.

Mayor Martin Behrman of New Or leans rises to remark that New Or leans is suffering more from the rigid quarantine .nan from the yellow fever. He goes on to say that shotgun quar- antines are senseless as method to fight the fever because such method cannot prevent the spread of mosqui- toes. This he adds, lis fight wholly against the stegomyia fasciata n osquito."
 This is scarcely a statement of the entire case. Mayor Behrman's remarks are chiefly directed against the state of Mississippi, which has had the patriotism and good sense to place her quarantine service at her ports in inc hands of the marine hospital ser. vice. The people of Mississippi dis trust . quarantine conducted in the irtsrest of the banana trade. They distrust . city government that let's a dangerous disease infect whole blocks before iN presence is discovered. loI st,~.-t confessed. The srct""" ~'t~-
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New York Greatest.

"I am a firm believer in New York and It's greatness" said M. M. Richey as- sistant general superintendent of the Southern recently" and there is no other city like it in this country.
 ''When I went to New York some years ago with one of the big railroad systems, I thought, like all Chicagoans. that there was not much difference between the two cities. When got to txamping around over New York and studying it, soon realized that there was almost as much difference between New York and Chi cago as there is between Chicago and Louisville or Baltimore.
 ''I noticed recently that the bank clear ings of New York were greater by almost two to one than the combined bank clear ings of all the other large cities of the United States and Canada. That is simply marvellous when one considers what 1t means"
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 It will be noticed that England, Ire land and Scotland are sending us more immigrants, as well as Hungary, Rus sia and Italy. As long as all immi- gents come here to get work, and as long as work is abundant, no grounds for increased restrictions exist The olstribution of the new arrivals needs more attention than the volume of i'm igration. and Congress should give t,. former problem consideration, let ting the latter take care Of itself. We should all remember that the twenty t,.ree million immigrants which have come to us since 1920 have largely as sisted in making America what she is. Without the aid of the twenty three millions we could not have be- come a worlds power-we would stiii be in the formative process dictated to by the big nations of the world. We have become great, and twenty-three 'llion immigrants helped us in a thousand ways to reach our present greatness and development. Let us not forget the past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Bananas caueed Trouble.

"All the bananas that New Orleans lih- ported" said a Morris avenue mefehahe yesterday. did not foot up to three mil lion dollars year. and the mosquaeo fever crept in on account of a lax qaaf- antine manipulated in the interest of the banana importers. One fruit steamer eias came up the river in July was detalheo a' quarantine but forty-hve minutes
 New Orleans" he added, has aoop'eo a rule stopping steamers until SIX oas have elapsed from the departure port anu Mobile. in order to gain more fruit traoe' has adopted a five-day rule. Such joekes- ing with the public health is abominaple' It Is disreputable. The next legislature should turn the entire quarantine nnsi- ness over to the marine hospital service bananas or no bananas"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01
Peace SpeculatiOns.

The chief Russian plenipotentiary, Serguis Witte, will arrive in New York this week. and then all the peace makers will tread the soil of this coun- try. But the ceremonies connected with the occasion will probably post none the actual sessions of the confer ence to the last days of next week.
 It is believed that Japan, which is opposed to an armistice, will place be- fore the conference certain indispen- sable conditions of peace, and that these will be laid befc9e the confer ence at the outset. If these are ac- cepted by Russia as a basis of peace negotiations all may go well, but if they are rejected then Japan will go no farther. She did not desire peace conference, and she stands ready to carry the war to conclusion.
 The peace enyoys are excellent and capable men, and neither can gain from the other any under advantages. They alone must shoulder the great responsibility No outside influence will be felt at Portsmouth. In the trance- German war no outside help was permitted in the final peace nego- tiations. In the Chino-J Japanese war negotiations were conducted directly between the two countries involved, Int Rnrsin. IFrance and Germans com.
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tell any new ones of my own, either. AL most my only public appearance was last Thursday, at the concert in the first cabin In aid of the seamen's institutions. There l spoke in praise of President Roosevelt's part in bringing about the peace con- ference"
 Here MT. Depew managed to struggle himself loose, and with one apprehensive backward glance he seized the arm of Mrs. Depew and went to take care of the baggage.
 The senator was met at Quarantine by the New York Central tug c. M. Depews with New York Central officials aboard.
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are better able to invest in iuxuries than they were ten years ago. and a greater number of girls acquire musical know ledge now than formerly
 1T can remember when only about one house in fifty was furnished with mus ioa1 instrument. Today every family oi responsibility possesses piano or organ Music certainly makes for culture and the progress of the plano business, there fore Is a cheering sign"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01
Miatake l. Dates.

"In my article in today's Age-Heraid, said Perry Clark yesterday T made slip-up as to dates. I should have said 1900 instead of 1890 as the year in which Dr Reed and others made the discovery that the stegomyia Is the dispenser oi yellow fever. I would like to emphasize that typhoid fever is not carried by the biting of mosquitoes, but may be carried by flies and mosquitoes and deposited on food in milk or water. Only through the mouth can typhoid fever find Judgement in the individual"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A woman can save a lot of money Tor a man by not marrying him.
 All girl has to know in this world IS how to manage men, and she doesn't have to learn that. because 1t comes natural to her.
 If women liked to go fishing in an old straw hat and drink warm beer out Of a tin dipper. men might be able to under stand them.
 The average man thinks he Is havine fun if he Is only doing something that costs him so much he won't have any money left over for the next SIX montns'
 When a man comes home tired ana ms wife makes him take her out for the evening because Vt will rest him he has fool idea he rrH, h's fau,iiv affsirs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01
No croakers.

When business is dull one is not sur- prised to find croakers galore" remarked a citizen. Even when trade is good a croaker will be in evidence now and then. But this summer I have not seen man in Birmingham who has complained Of the times
 T think 1t is safe to say that business in Birmingham has been better this year than in any previous period. It is indeed record making year. Everybody feeis 1t and everybody is buoyant."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01
Justification of Street Cars.

Practically all the street car manu- featuring plants have been consoli- dated in a trust possessing a capital of S56.O00 ,000. Eighteen plants all told have been combined and nearly all valuable pa snts relating to the modern electrical or steam car are now held by the new combine.
 The consolidated company holds out all sorts of inducements to prospec- tive buyers of rect cars-lower cost of production, better cars, and in creased facilities for meeting the in- creasing demands from every city for street cars, including of course sprink- Ter cars. Each succeeding trust holds out similar advantages, and the chances are the eighteen plants have been combined, not so much for the good of all the people, as for the good of those that have joined the combina- ticn.
 Trusts often mean higher prices to the consumer. In other words. each and all of them tend to increase the cost of living. But all evils are apt to cure themselves, and perhaps the more trusts we have in the present time the sooner we will reach solu- tion of the problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01
GOOD REAsooNs WHY.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 Why doesn't MT. Loomis vindicate his character in a court of law?" asks the Chattanooga Times. Surely the Times knows that some vindications are much worse than the original charges. If MT. Loomis is wise he will rest content with the liberal coat of whitewash laid on him by the President. It might all come out before an impartial court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01
PROVIDENCE.
By William cowper.

By William Cowper.
 Sometimes a light surprises The Christian while he sings It is the Lord. who rises With healing in his wings, When comforts are declining. He grants the soul again A season of clear shining To cheer it after rain. In holy contemplation,
 We sweetly then pursue The theme of Gods salvation' And find it ever new. Set free from present sorrow We cheerfully can say, Let the unknown tomorrow Bring with 1t what 1t may. It can bring with 1t nothing But he will bear us through; Who gives the lilies clothing Will clothe His people. too. Beneath the spreading heavens No creature but is fed; And he who feeds the ravens Will give his children bread
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

M) REAT Is the Sunday newspaperi M Yet, it would be difficult to Ind
 more disgusting assortment of slush, buncomb md senseless twaddle than is served up once q week in the magazine supplements of many newspa- pers. Women whose names are signed in box car letters across q full page, write on 'The Choice of Husbands" How to Combine Domesticity and Aestheticism." How to Be Happy With Ideals.e How to Be Beautiful and Remain so," How to Make Home Attractive to Married Men," ''The TemperamentaI Incompati- bility of Two Souls" Realizing Ones Af- finity" and dozens of other subjects equally as absurd and as vacuously treat ed. The perusal of any one of these dis play essays" will reveal the fact that they are little more than a tumble of words, expressing opinions that are not worth controverting and containing neth- CT information nor philosophy. Passing over the Beauty Hints" the department conducted by Aunt Alice" for unsophis- ticated girls. the endless array of recipes for creating beauty and prolonging life, words of warning on fresh air and the value of hygiene. the slangy stories, the vulgar sketches of city and high life and the monstrous works of pseudo artists, we come to accounts of divorcees who are infamous, pictures of shapely young women in diving suits who perform aquatic wonders, noted murderers and criminals whose careers are sensational. lat nd ha4I1 nf known society people, why Count de Blanc can't pay his debts, how a beau- tiful woman won $50,000 at roulette and the history of a society queen who won notoriety by running away with her fa- ther's coachman. Such stuff constitutes what Is known as live" Sunday news paper and the people scramble for it. They are to blame, not the newspapers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01

In the list of 152 daily and weekly news- papers published in the state of Alabama 1t is interesting to note that there is marked originality in the choice of their names. Although there are seventeen ''Newses" twelve "Heralds," six Ban ners,' three Stars and five Journals, in the number, majority of the Alabama newspapers are uniquely named. Of course the popular names, those already mentioned and such others as the Stan dard," the Record and the Post" are found at the masthead of many state pa- pers but there are other weeklies with names not usually found in the newspa- per field. For instance the Atmore Spec trum. the Whistler Whistler, the Annis- ton Hot Blast, the Greenvil1e Living Truth, the Talladega Our Mountain Home, the Dadevllle Spot Cash, the Hanceville Hustler. the Bessemer Rust Ter, the Eutaw whig and Observer and the Jasper Mountain Eagle are at least not commonplace
 'It is not surprising that Treasure Is- land', in a new biographical edition of Robert Louis stevenson's works is having a remarkable sale. Incomparable tale of adventure and romance! Its power to charm and entrall is as great today as 1t ever was and will be as great tomorrow. How easy to forget for the moment ones own cares in following the career of Long John Silver and his villanous crew. It now appears that there are few sub4 scribers to "America's Foremost Fam ilies,' volume of snobbery which the New Yorker promised to issue. Verify. the end is not yet in sight.
 PATTI. COOI< fF
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01
STILL IN THE FUTURE.

From the Kansas City Star.
 That physiological moment" spoken of by District Attorney Jerome of New York when all of the reformers lie down and, for some reason. fail to make good, still seems to be in the future so far as Gov ernor Folk is concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01

The Birmingham News of yesterday was great boomer for this district. It was made up of forty pages and on every page cheering facts about Bir- mingham's industrial life were setforth in an exceptionally attractive form. 1t was prosperity paper through and through and was well styled "10 for 1" edition, suggested by the prophetic remark of prominent man of affairs that every dollar invested in property in the Birmingham district today will yield $1O in less than ten years. This "10 for 1" issue will have wide cir culation and will help along Birming- hams great forward movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01
The Piano Trade.

''The demand for pianos and organs increases steadily remarked a man who has been connected with the piano trade for quarter of century. Here in Birmingham business in our line has more than doubled in ten years. This is due to two facts: The people of the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01

The distressing news comes from Ne braska that a woman nearly killed her husband with pitchfork because he re- fused to buy her a new hat. Of course, a woman who has nothing to wear'' is apt to feel hurt when a request for new raiment is quashed but the eircum- stances seldom justify the use of a pitch- fork. Before applying a pitchfork to her recalcitrant spouse the wife should have first learned whether he refused to buy her the hat out of inherent meanness or because he did not have the price There are two sides of every question and every conjugal clawing match.
 The Selma Times tells of a faithf,,l oIi
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pelled Japan to modify the terms con eeded by China. If treaty be made at Portsmouth, 1t will stand. for Eng land Is Japan's ally. and she will see to it that the repeal of the treaty of shemonoseki is not repeated. The Japan of 1905 is not the Japan of ten years ago. and Russia is no longer the bully of the world.
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The United States geological survey is preparing an exhibit to show where the Hudson once ran. Any old map Of the far east will show where Kuropat- kin once ran.
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The London Lancent says the road to health lies in the chewing of all food thirty times. This means that the quick-lunch counter should be abolished
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The real live sports in Madrid are betting on King Alfonso's choice of a spouse. He can help the bookmakers by wedding a girl who is not at pres ent among the candidates"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01

President Roosevelt has presented Governor Folk with an autograph copy of 'aThe Strenuous Life" Joe Folk knows thing or two about the strenu- ous life without having to read the Presidents book.
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Eleven Prisoners Escape.

Lumber, N. C., July 31.-Eleven negro prisoners under sentence to the chain gang for various terms, escaped from jain here at o'clock tonight. They used a saw which they had secured by some unknown means.
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Undoubtedly the very latest and most improved system of graft is that sad to have existed among the Chat tanooga quarantine inspectors.
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The courtesies of peace conference are critical and even burdensome, but they will be worked off in some man. ner and the world will breathe freer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01

Dr. Osler has spoken again. He says now the freckled girl makes. a good wife. There is nothing that man does not know.
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All America hopes Japan backed by the best sentiment of the world will demand from Russia all that is due from her.
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TIME FOR A HOWL.

From the Washington Post. The cashier of the big bank which failed
 at Kansas City says he has nothing to give out" Looks bad for the depositors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01

Over 1000 arrests have been made
 by the police of Louisville during the
 past month. Colonel Watterson's ser vices are needed at home.
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James Hagen Hyde is the most popu- lar visitor Newport has had in long time. He is having regular bender"
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The feminine presence will be lack ,ng at Portsmouth while the plenipo- tentiaries discuss peace terms.
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William Jennings Bryan will stay abroad for two years but he will come back in time to take a hand Tn the next democratic national convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-01

Quinine candy is said to be novelty that the children cry for. What we need now is a pill that doesn't have to he swallowed.
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Even the president of a glue com many could not stick to his place. Il is filled by a new man.
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The Cecil Rhodes students at Oxford are rendering baseball popular in Eng land. It has cricket beaten block.
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Simeon Ford's chauffer ran away away with his automobile. The joke is on Simeon but he doesn't see any material for a funny story.
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Japan will probably demand all the indemnity she thinks Russia can pay. The conquered in this world pays the freight.
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The editor of Town Topics has been
 requested to lose the combination to the safe that is stuffed with scandal.
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When the C2ar and the Kaiser met they may have drank beer, and then
 again it may have been vodka. Per haps 1t was both.
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The New Orleans people should go to quiet corner and sit down and ask themselves: Does a fruit-trade quarantine pay?"
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Because many people believe that John Hay wrote it, "The Breadwin- ners" is enjoying a remarkable revival of popularity.
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Baron Komura needs a straw hat and a negligee shirt before he can negotiate with success in the Ameri- can climate.
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Until life insurance premiums are reduced the people will not gain any thing substantial from insurance scan dals.
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Father Gapon says that the Czar and his ministers are robbers of the peo- p,s but he says 1t in Vienna.
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New Orleans isolation is the penaits of general slovenliness and a frui' trade quarantine.
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nounces that there are forty-six thousand more men in that state than women. That ought to be a good place for a man to have his way.