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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-13
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Montgomery Times: Birmingham is catching the Atlanta self-advertsng spirit, and is finding a lots of ways to call attention to the city. The latest is crazy negro who writes insulting let ters to the President.
 Pensacola Journal: Birmingham is go- ing to take half holiday on the occa- sion of President Roosevelt's visit. The President will reniain there two hours and the other ten will probably be neces- sary to recover from the shock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-13

lA RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S tenta- NY tive efforts to debrutalize football suggest few rules for making the game harmless and ladylike. For in- stance. when six feet and 19O pounds of orawn in the shape of a halfback strikes you In the region of your stomach recover
 as quickly as possible. rise from the ground and exclaim in pleasant surprise Neil never! If a right guard should
 inadvertently swing his right arm in such manner that it comes in contact with your right jaw, don't for the world permit him to know that you know he is slug
 ging. Say, Why, the ideal" and if you
 are able, go on about your business. If
 the same player would repeat his of
 Tense freeze him with a look, exclaim.
 You horrid thing!" and tap him lightly
 on the wrist with the remark 'sThat for you? If something like three tons of
 human flesh falls on your chest in a
 scrimmage, remain still-you cannot very
 well do otherwise-until the boys get off.
 Then exclaim, "Oh, dear" and get into the
 game for all you are worth. At the con- clusion of the contest avow that the referee and umpires are Just too sweet for anything and "cut" for the gymnas- ium. After you have behaved in this man her Tor while the opposing teams will gradually repent of their rudeness and
 the game will be eventually put on a ping-pong basis.
 ISN'T IT STRANGE? | It's we'll established fact, Yet, it's rather funny That the chap without a fault Always takes the money. President McCurdy says that he consid- cred his raise in salary very high com
 pliment." We should remark! The sum
 of s150,oOo ought to be high enough for anybody.
 An accession of fruit stands to the street
 corners of Birmingham indicates that Christmas times are due about December 25. From now until that desolate day which follows Christmas our fruit mer- chants will do a flourishing business. | When the 18,0O0 ton warship comes into | general use war will make hell seem tame | in comparison.
 WOMAN AGAIN. Although sne knows a lot or things l She doesn't know, by far, l The modus operandi of Getting of a car.
 | Don't answer advertisements in matri- monial journals and the personal col umns of newspapers. They usually lead 1 to marriage and alimony or breach of
 promise suits. In any case they lead to l trouble.
 1 Miss Alice Roosevelt will set sail for home today from Yokohama, thus show l ing proper and commendable contempt | for the superstition which teaches that
 1t is unlucky to begin a journey on Fri | day.
 l THE MAGNATES. | Altho' they sing a lot of songs To victims on the string,
 Take Back Your Gold" you notice, Is
 A song they never sing.
 The yellow fever fight in New Orleans
 is drawing to close. The danger period 1 has been passed for some time, but the
 present cold wave clinches matters, as
 1t were, and the epidemic will coon go
 down in history along with other more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-13
ALABAMA PRESS

Cullman Democrat: pr. J. R. Rosson Of Cullman, is the only North Alabama man to offer for state office, but the black belt fellows don't appear willing to yield even one job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-13

Columbiana Sentinel: The Conner organs are getting uneasy or impatient because their idol fights shy of making any decla- ration as to his future intentions in re- lation to the governorship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-13

He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing in the fig ure of lamb the feats of lion.
 Much Ado About Nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-13

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post office as second-class matter under act of Congress March B. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-13

Montgomery Advertiser: "The dangers of great wealth." is a favorite subject with public speakers and writers, and yet It is danger that very few try to dodge, even if they should see 1t coming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-13

L. H. Russ and George D. Britain are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in it's cir culation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-13

Mobile Item: The hunting season in Maine opens auspiciously-for the hunted if not for the hunters. The record in one days news was four men shot. No cas- ualties among the deer were reported
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-13

No communication will be published without It's authors name. Rejected man. uscrfrts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-13

WOMAN AGAIN. Although she knows a lot of things She doesn't know, by far, The modus operandl of Getting of a car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-13

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. -i21 O street, N. W.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-17

every kernel that does not grow; Will
also show strong growth OF the
strong kernels and a weak growth OF
the weak Kernels. A slow termination
will show precisely the same thing
To those inexperienced in testing corn
by our modern methods they would ma
turally inquire as TO what is a strong
or weak termination and what kernels
should be rejected as poor can only
state my rule. OF course, l throw out
all kennels showing no termination
Next discard as bad all kernels show
| ing root termination and not stalk
termination. | then examine care
| fully those kernels showing root ger
animation, and small or comparatively
small stalk termination. II a kernel
| shows a weak termination among 9TH
| er kernels that have a strong germin-
alton it is OF itself a suspicious cir
| cumstance and should be examined.
| 1t then depends as to the state of the
general termination. IL the genera
termination has advanced to a point
where strong kernels show a growth
| of an inch or more of the stalk AND
| two inches or more of the root, | dis
card all kernels that simply show q
stalk sprout or those that have ar
| inch and half of root with no more
than quarter inch of stalk. The
chances are that the weak examinations
above noted would rot under unfavor-
able circumstances in the weather al
planting time or under favorable cir
cumstances of weather they would
grow only to make a weak earess
ot pd1hhit1 rTtha onSna1
of seed corn has been presented sc
much th}.. all intelligent farmers ac-
knowledsa the great Importance OF
good se,l and | do not expect to add
anythir that has not been told, but
simply to give my experience as to
the dc all in working it out The lat
est news from the Iowa state college
at Ames report a large number OF
tests made this year. Tests are made
there for any farmer who will forward
them 100 kernels taken, one kernel
from 100 ears. So far nearly o.
900 tests made for as many farmers
show an average of not exceeding 10
per cent good. The Orange Judd Far
mer of the 18th reports the seed corn
from Nebraska excellent, but from
Missouri, Illinois and Indiana poor.
have tested so far corn of my own
raising, 2,22S ears, taking kernels
from each ear. The average shows 1t
to be little over 80 per cent good
After discarding all ears showing 3 OF
2 kernels bad or weak termination
the value stands about 95 per cent
good. l will be pleased to publish q
tabulated statement of each test when
/ have concluded my testing work
Very much can be said about the
method of selecting and curing of seed
corn. In my next / will give my ex-
perience the last four years under foul
different conditions.
MERRITT GREENE.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-17

Japan now contain forty-seven millions
of inhabitants. The country is noun
famous and rugged, with not more than
one sixth of it's area susceptible OF Gull
tivation. It's population Is rapidly in
creasnE. and. though every foot OF ar
able ground TILED like a garden, the
country can not support more than
fifty millions of people. Unless the
present war causes Il marked diminu-
ton In the rate sslcrease. this limit will
soon be reached.
The claim inst Korea is an indepen-
dent state may be regarded AS a polit-
ical fiction. For ages Japan and China
have exercised a dominating influence
over that country. sometimes the IN
fluence Of one being In the ascendancy.
and sometimes that of the other: and
many wars between China and Japan
have been the result The Japanese
Chinese war. Of 1894. in which. as Is
we'll known. japan was victorious,
was brought about by this same cause.
With the close of that war China prac-
ticaly relinquished her influence over
Korea; but Russia. q rival far more
dangerous to Japan's aspirations, i'm
mediately appeared. Under the Chin
to Russia In 1898. was included also the
right 10 build Il Russian railroad from
ro~t Arthur northward thru Man
churia. connecting with the great
Trans.sSiberian line. The building OF
this road necessitated the marching
Of a Russian army into Manchuria for
the roads protection. Upon the COM
pletioll of the road and as the peoples
opposition to ii subsidized these
We're to be gradually with
drawn. This, however. has not
been done; in fact, ever since it's
compilation Russia has been renching
out from the line of the road, taking
possession of the outlying towns and
villages along the route. The failure
of Russia to carry out the provisions
Of this treaty. and the consequent
menace to Japans interests in Korea.
brought on the present conflict.
If Russia is not ready to give up her
hopes of territorial acquisition in
Korea, the war must go on. Japan will
never again move from Port Arthur I'M
tn she is carried out feet foremost. But
Russia Is whipped in the field and torn
with the fear of revolution at home.
How can she continue the war when
Kuropatkin's army Is gone?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-17
EFFECT OF OLEO LAW.

Readers Of the Times-Repupllcan a.
the time OF the passage Of the oleo law
will remember that there was at least
one newspaper that dared looN
he,fer In the face without blushing and
fell her that she had no more right
IN the butter business than her broth
err the steer. 1t was then claimed IN
these columns that the law taxing oleo
ont of business was not only class Leg
lislation but that its effect would pc
to inture the farmer, who has cattle
to sell, just as much as 1t would aid
the farmer who has butter to sell and
that the laboring man who buys both
butter and meat would be deprived Of
the wholesome, low priced oleo with
out getting any compensating reduc-
ton in beef.
Now comes the federal inquiry Of
the beef trust with incidental testi-
mony buried away within the report
to the effect that the value of butter
fats declined about 40 per cent from
the last half of 1902 to the last half
of 1908, the fall being due, according
to the packers, to the federal tax on
oleomargarine. This decline would av-
erage s1.29 per head for the cattle kill
ed by the trust when the same report
finds that the whole profit of the beef
trust is only 81 per head. Instead of
the beef trust robbing the cattle grow
err coming and the consumer going, 1t
would seem that some fool congress-
men have hurt the cattle farmer worse
with their pretty orations of sentiment
about the heifer and her rights in the
butter business. Laws compelling oleo
to be sold as oleo IND preventing it's
being substituted for butker would
have been reasonable and just but
tax intended to ruin and destroy
legitimate food producing industry is
iniullitolls
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-17
TERMS:
ST. Patrick. Day, 1905.

Along the misty streets today,
They march with heads held high
Murphy, DAILY Flynn. O'Toole,
Duffy and HaGgerty;
The Connaught men are stepping free
To the music of the band,
And Irish hearts and voices cry:
GOD Save Old Ireland"
Mike Healy casts aside his brief,
And Pat filings down his spade;
they muster at the tuck of drum
To form in the parade;
there's Haverty and Haggerty.
Shea, Burke. O'Houlihan--
sStrike up The Weartn' of the Green
God Save Old Oirelan.'
God bless old Ireland turf and sky
From Cork to Donegal.
Mayo and Meath and Carlow men,
God keep and bless them all;
Glare Kerry, Wicklow. Limerick
Armagh and Monaghan,
Munster and Wexford. Louth anu
Down,
God Save Old Ireland.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-17
Coal Ashes in the Garden.

Now and then some one recommends
coal ashes as a fertilizer IL such peo-
ple would look up the analysis OIL coa'
she's. or even stop to reflect they
would claim little for them. The chlef
element in coal is carbon. what IS LETT
of If after the coal has gone thru
the fire is little indeed, and even that
10 If small value, since plants OBTAIN
their supply mainly from the atmos-s
nhere AS for other ingredients they
are Of small value indeed, unless
considerable amount of wood was
burned with the coal when the value
would he that of the wood ashes con-
tanned.
But coal ashes have q. value for some
kinds of land. They improve the tex
ture of heavy, adhesive soils Stiff
claws are not good for a garden, but
can be made quite serviceable by this
means, the ashes making them warm
er and more easily worked.
Coal ashes are recommended for
mulching currant and gooseberry
bushes. They keep the ground cool and
moist, which is important for these
fruits, and prevent the growth of
weeds. Insects are discouraged from
pupating or alternating in the ground
about the bushes.
Many uses can be found for them.
They make good walks and keep the
ground free from grass and weeds
along fences and walls when cultiva-
ton is impracticable, also destroying
| the breeding places of insects. Trees,
| too, such as are in the garden or
yard, may be benefited by mulch Of
| this kind
| Sandy soils are made more adhesive
by the addition of coal ashes, but the
value is less than for clays. All things
considered. the waste from the coal
stove need not be thrown away.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-17
Care of the Beef Herd.

Here are some of the things which
Mr.. L. ii. Hertick said in. his address
before the members of the Illinois
roundup institute:
There is no better place than the
open pasture.sin proper season. for the
calf to be born. The pasture should
be sufficiently large to accommodate
not more than about twenty mothers.
This is as many cows as ought to be
running together and having calves.
You will not be able to see over or
get over large pasture often enough,
or to see and care for a large mum
Der of cows bringing calves, as often
as you should.
1t will be well if your pasture can
be located near your home or the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-17
An Enormous Umbrella.

An umbrella big enough To cover n
dozen persons belongs to the Church
of st. Peter, Mancroft, Norwich, Eng
land. 1t is used on wet days for we'd
ding parties so that the guests may
not get their smart dresses spoiled
when walking from the church door to
the carriages. 1T Is also used by the
clergy at funerals. when the service
has to be held by the grave side In
pouring rain. That 1t is useful, is OBJ
vious, and it is rather remarkable that
many other churches do not possess
such an article as n part of the ordi-
nary church furniture
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-17

Seven hundred papers use this serv-
ice. Melville II. stone, the vice presi-
dent and manager of the Associated
Press. has written of the organization,
aims. aud workings of the association:
and the story will be run thru several
issues OF The Century The April NUM-
her will tell of it's operations in Eur
WAS brought about The present satis-
factory conditions abroad were gained
only thru considerable diplomacy and
thru Nh. Stones personal presentation
of the matter to the pope, the prcsi-
dent of France. the emperm' of Ger
many and the king or Italy.
A new dam is being built within two
years In Salt River Valley. Ai'iz.. at an
expense Of 81 100000. which will create
a huge storehouse OF water. This dam.
which is to bear the name of the presi-
dent of the United States. will be 30
feet in height, with q base line OF 200
feet from front to rear The water
stored up will overflow more than three
hundred and forty thousand acres OF
land and will supply power for "A large
number of prosperous settlements. The
development of the west in the building
of irrigation dams is assuming enor-
nous proportions.
Ayad A. Ghazui, an Egyptian en-
gagged In the work of the medical de-
partment of the University of Cincin-
natl. has applied to the Harper's for
permission to translate General Wal
lace's BEN Hur'' into Arabic. Mr..
Ghazul states his belief that there is
need for just such a book in the
Egyptian church" of which he is II
member. Mr.. Ghazuli has translated
a number OF works, includin Spencer's
History of Philosophy
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-17
WILL the WAR END?

Kuropatkin has taken to the noun
tains. Circled by his foes like a volt
at bay, fighting off attack from every
direction, the great army that Russia
sent into Manchuria turns despalring
to the hills, seeking an opportunity to
break thru or the place for last des-
perate stand. From the press reports
the destruction or capture Of Kuropat-
ikn's army may reasonably be fore
casted, and despite Count Cassinis'
bold assertion that Russia will assem-
Bile another and greater army and fight
the war until Russian prestige has
been re-established, the end of the
war seems logically in sight. Russia
Is whipped. The war has been in pro-
gress more than thirteen months, with
one Japanese victory following closely
upon the heels of another. In all that
time and with all the desperate fight
ing on sea and land Russia has not a
solitary instance OF true success to
which she may point.
In the event that the Japanese sue
eesses Of the past weeks should close
The war, Japan's peace terms would
certainly include Russian withdrawal
from Korea and Manchuria. They
would be likely to ask. Russia to give
up her port Of vladivostok Japan has
fought the war because she feared
Russia and because she needs Korea
for purposes of colonization. These
are the real causes of the war. These
fears We're undoubtedly we'll founded.
Russia is land acquiring nation. and
for years her policy in the far east
has been the gradual acquisition of
territory. When, in 1860, Russia OBJ
tanned a cession from China which
brought her province Of Siberia down
to the Pacific and gave her the impor-
tant harbor Of Vladivostok, Japan's APP
prehensions were aroused; and later
on, in 1898. when Russia secured from
China a further cession of the ports
of Dalny and Port Arthur in southern
Manchuria, opening upon the Yellow
Sea. the apprehension of Japan began
to be confirmed. Korea is an inert ma
ton. seemingly without ambition, and
apparently awaiting to be absorbed by
one of her neighbors who can bring
it about. Both Russia and Japan look
upon her with envious eyes. The VIC
tors in the present war will surely
dominate both Manchuria and Korea.
Russia wants both of these countries
for the extension of political power in
Asia. Japan is overcrowded with pew
pie and needs Korea to colonize he
surplus population. The islands o.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-17
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In fact, upon every occasion 1t
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Marshall County
City
Hon. obed caswell, Judge district
court.
Hon. ]. L. Carney. attorney.
C. III. E. Boardman, attorney.
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w. E. Smelling, attorney.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-17
GREENE ON SEED CORN,
Further Explains Test and Reasons
For Holden lest.

Further Explains Test and Reasons
For Holden Test.
Farm Editor: In former eomnlu-
nication to your "Strawpile."
gave description of an
apparatus for testing seed corn that
regarded as simple method ana
available to every falmer. IT does not
differ in principle from other methods
but eliminates some of the difficulties
heretofore presented, aud will he
found by those trying it entirely sat
isfactory. In fact, there Is nothing
new about it unless 1t be the method
of convenience. MIR. Packard thinks
eubtecting seed corn to test of from
S. to 10 degrees is too warm and
suggests testing 1t In the ground. \
use the temperatures suggested by
Professor Holden. He has determined
the question of temperature by long
time OF experiments and found that
tefnperat,lres of from 65 to 20 are tho
most practical OF course, IL makes
but little difference how rapidly ger
miuation is made. An examination of
the germs will under any circum-
stances show the weak from the
strong A rapid termination will show
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-17

"a big share of the common meal and
the best part of the common bed
Consequently they make rapid pro-
gress and soon outstrip the rest of the
family in growth and vigor. Tho
coarse growth may be objected to the
vigor which accompanies it usually
overbalances many objections
The brood SOW Should be chosen
from n large litter, uniform in size
color and general conformation. The
animal that comes from 81 litter hav-
ing these qualifications may be expect
ed to reproduce them In her own pro-
geny
A good heart girth. plenty of bone
to support heavy flesh and II reason-
able thickness of nose and err are safe
indications of stamina.