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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
NEW ORLEANS GREAT FUTURE.

Frank Putnam in National Magazine for
 April.
 My speciality being prophecy, l wish here to record the prediction that within twenty-five years New Orleans will be a city of more than a million inhabitants, the gateway through which the Mississippi valleys enor- nous farm and factory products will seek their European and South Ameri- can markets; the seat of great and prosperous home industries; the finan- cial, intellectual and social capital of the mighty commonwealths bordering upon the Gulf of Mexico. This, not solely because of her unequaled posi- tion midway of the gulf coast and at the sea end of our mightiest inland waterways, but also. and mainly, be- cause of the character of her young men of affairs. Here is the material out of which cities are builded-im- agination, daring, energy, patriotism qualities which the young business men of New Orleans possess in a de- gree unsurpassed anywhere that I have wandered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
MT. GrunskY Provided For.

The appointment of MT. Grunsky as engineer of the irrigation and reclam- ation service will be approved, but the salary attached to the new office will certainly be criticized. No doubt Mr Grunsky, late of the Panama canal, commission, is a capable hydraulic engineer. He is a resident of Cali fornia. and for some reason he was deemed a misft at Panama. He will no doubt prove capable and efficient in the Far West, where dams are to be built and snow waters impounded.
 But unless the arid lands act eX- pressly authorizes the appointment of an engineer and also authorizes the President to pay him ten thousand dollars a year, criticism will surely follow. If no law covering the case exist-if the President can arbitrarily create new office and name the salary attached to it, then indeed the power of Congress over legislation and appropriations becomes a myth, and the republic has taken another plunge downward. The control of sup ply bills has been considered the chief task of the representatives sitting iii Congress of the people, but if offices and salaries can be created as in the case of MT. Grunsky then that task becomes visionary and questionable.
 The fact that there is 6 irrigation or reclamation fund does not Lelp ire President at all. Appropriations from that fund are to be made by Congress That fund consists of money belong ing to the United States, and it Is un- der the direct control of Congress. Congress can apply it to the building of battleships or to currers expenses. It is not fund that the President can draw on at pleasure, any more than other portions of the tre isu"y balance is.
 The subject is one that will come up in the next Congress, and it will be strange indeed if the action of the President is not at that time fully in vestigated and caustically discussed esty, but all doubt his obedience to No one doubts MT. Roosevelt's hon. and respect for law and custom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
Killing Babies by the Wholesale.

The National Association of State Dairy and Food Departments recently met in Chicago, and papers read be- fore it relative to the effects of the adulteration of foods went to show that 450,OO0 babies are each year killed by the millionaire concoctors of poisoned foods. Boric acid, forma- ! lin, salicylic acid and a dozen other poisons are employed in the factories that prepare canned and other foods, and the infant digestive organs are not equal to the tasks imposed upon them-imposed upon them for the sake of gain.
 It is not possible to state just what proportion of infant deaths in this country are due to adulterated food preparations, but it is known that 450,- 900 babies die each year on account of intestinal and stomach complaints. Be the number killed by adulterated foods more or less, it is due the public that no infant shall be murdered in all open manner in that way. In the countries of Europe the consumer is protected against hidden poisons in food preparations. The laws are strict, and they are enforced.
 We need pure food laws. Congress attempted to pass one at the last reg ular session, but the interests assailed readily defeated it. And yet the con- sumer in this country has a right to know when the canned tomatoes he buys are colored with aniline dyes when copper is used in his canned peas, when the milk he purchases for his babies use has been treated with trade runs all through the list oi foods, and 1t Is well nigh impossible in this country to buy pure foods. All the people ask is tbat the names and quantities of the poisons used be plainly printed on the package, but this is just what the manufacturers will not permit, because it might les sen their profits. They prefer to SC on killing 450,OOO babies a year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
Small Colleges in Favor.

Not only Dr. Pearsons and MT. Car negie are turning their purses to the help of the small colleges, but many others are of like mind. The great col lege filled with thousands of students who go hither and thither under the elective system, does not promote either close comradeship or high de- gree of college spirit. Some say that
 the rich, big college becomes In a sense indolent, while the small col lege, which can scarcely tide over the
 year without mourning debt, is alert, helpful and sympathetic. It seems to be . fact that the young man who leaves struggling. small college, re- calls it ever afterwards during his life as the student from big college does
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
LoNeEp TO BE REPORTER.

From the New York Globe.
 Princess Charles of Denmark was re- gently seen at a railway terminus bidding adieu to a distinguished guest. Looking around with a bored expression she saw a newspaper reporter scribbling away for dear life in his notebook. She, too, drew a tiny notebook from her pocket, wrote message upon a leaf, and folded 1t into tiny pellet. The reporter watched every motion with gllstening eye. Some important sit of news, he was sure, was about to be given him. Sure enough, the princess threw the pellet of paper directly at him, with an unusually good aim for woman. and immediately turned the other way absorbed in her hospitable task. The reporter straight ened out the crumpled leaf. On it were trese words: T wish I were a report
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
CIRCUS IN CLAYTON.
rom the Clanton Ranner.

From the Clanton Banner
 Why Is Clanton better town than Bir- mingham? That's easy. Because we do get circus here occasionally, and Birming- ham is deprived of that pleasure. Sparks show brought pretty good crowd to town last Friday and a lively time was had generally. The elephant put his foot through a bridge and got mad, giving the keepers a tussle before they could get him quiet again. The lions roared louder than ever, and the monkeys played more tricks than before. Dr. Hopkins horse got scared at the band and tried to get into the Upchurch drug store-want- ed some soothing syrup I suppose. pr. Campeles horse ran away down the street, and if it had not been for Joe Cox the Doctors two lhtle children would have been run over, but Joe lifted them over the fence into Patrick Smith s yard, and then lifted himself out of harms way. Lorenzo Popwell made the quickest time on record getting over the fence. Sure, the circus made things lively.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
Active Lumber Business.

"rhe lumber business in Birmingham and the state Is the largest that l have ever known said A. J. Krebs, a prom inent lumber dealer yesterday. q have never seen the business as large as it is now, and the indications are that 1t will improve right along now.
 T do not know what the cause of this immense business Is except the general prosperity in the south All over the state the demand for lumber is large, and there is some difficulty in supplying it. The demand seems very general and not confined to any one portion of the state
 Tn Birmingham the lumber trade is very active and is increasing all the time. The building in the city is ever increas- ing. and the indications are that this summer it will surpass anything in the previous history of the city.
 "The conditions throughout Alabama and the entire south are most favorable. .,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
From Pearson's s Weekly.
From Pearsons s Weekly. H HE manner in which monarehs IVY are paid their salaries varies con
 cidaro obIt

H HE manner in which monarehs IVY are paid their salaries varies con
 siderably.
 The Emperor of Russia for instance is the only European sovereign who is en- titled to draw on the revenues of the country over which he rules whenever he pleases, and to almost an unlimited ex- tent
 All the vast sums accruing from various forms of taxation in Russia are banked to the credit of two officials named the imperial treasurers. who discharge all the liabilities of the Russian government.
 The Czar however has the first call upon the money paid into it whenever he wishes, by simply directing the treasury officials to lodge so much money to his private account, giving them vouche for the amount
 Under the Russian constitution the Czar is entitled to receive 6 seventh share of the revenue of the country, and though he, as a matter of fact, never draws upon the treasury to this extent the Elm percr of Russia is yet by far the best paid and wealthiest of European monarchs.
 The Emperor of Germany Is in receipt of a salary of e1OO0OO per annum from the state but his imperial majesty has, of course many other ways of supplementing this pay, which would be a very poor one for the sovereign of a great power.
 The Emperor also receives military and naval allowance, which amounts to a big sum, and the expenses in connection with the maintenance of the royal house. hold at Potsdam are paid quarterly by the state treasury.
 King Edward receives quarterly cheque from the paymaster general for his salary as monarch; the cheque is what Is known as a negotiable receipt, and Is sent to the keeper of the privy purse, by whom it Is signed on behalf of the King. majesty's private banking account.
 The Emperor of Austria is put to some personal inconvenience before he can ob- tain his salary, owing to the love of main- taining ancient customs and ceremonies that prevail In the Austrian court.
 On the 1st of June and the 1st of De- cember the Austrial monarch pays visit to the office of the state treasury, where he is received by three important of ficials.
 One of these officials then reads out a document to the monarch, reminding him of the many duties he owes to the state, and exhorting him to the faithful per formance of same.
 The document concludes with a mention of the amount of money that the Emperor is entitled to receive from the state to maintain him in a position of such great dignity becomingly.
 The Emperor is then asked if the amount is sufficient. and on his replying to the question in the affirmative. is given receipt to sign for the money, which is. in due course. lodged to the credit of the imperial account
 The King of Portugal's salary is rever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

of centreville' is stopping at the Metro politan.
 c. E. Gulledge of verbena is at the Morris.
 W. A. Horne of Calumet Is stopping at the Morris.
 Dr. T. NJ Barnett of verbena is at the Morris.
 W. L. Gutherie of corinth, Miss, Is at the Colonial
 Thomas w Martin of Montgomery is at the Colonial
 William Mann of Louisville is at the St. Nicholas.
 N. Scott of New York is at the St. Nicholas.
 H. W. Parish, Jr of Montgomery is at the Hillman.
 Hogan Jackson of Albertville is at the Hillman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
A SONG OF LOST LOVES.

By Charles J. Bayne. Trinita. Crucita Anta Through the gathering mist of the years. With the infinite graces of dimpled brown
 faces How each of you rougishly peers. Have I not said Get thee behind me!' And long since forgotten the roll Trinta-Cructa-Anita Of the liquids that captured my soul?. Trinta, Crucita Anita, Why, the day of our passion is dead. My thoughts must not waver from themes
 that are graver, Than busied my idle young head; Yet there, like Il trio of dryads. Half hid in a trellis you smile Trinta. Crucita, Anita With lips that were made to beguile. Now, know you not truant Trinta- Soft sylph whose delight Is to love, Where the warm Caribbean sings ever
 paeon, As you mount on the crest of a wave, That time has brought Marys and sarahs And many more homelilze in sound Than Trinita. Cructa. Anita, However the liquids abound? And know you not, cruel Crucita, Who quicSened my heart to a flame. Like some sulphurous crater beneath tho
 Equator In far Ecuador, whence you came, That the years on their wings have
 brought healing Spelled Helen. perchance, who is fair, Trinita, Crucita, Anita With not a dark strand in her hair? Arc you so much earlier and sweeter That your name I enmask in my rhymes. You know that love varies. though to-
 wards the Canaries, once worshipped vespers and chimes: No more of that wreathing with roses Those glossy black ringlets. for thine, CWith those of Trnita, Crucita,) Have sprinkled the silver in mine Trfnita Crucita, Anita! Even now grow weak in my will: Wsre all of your crices, whose kissex
 were curses. Know I should welcome you still; For under your languorous lasEes. And nfevery dimple's soft mold Trinita. Crucita. Anita The dreams of my youth behold
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
ALABAMA PRESS
Joy of a Long Neck.

From the Montgomery Advertiser
 We rather like that Chicago professor dictum that a long neck adds to the pleasure of eating and drinking. The man who swallows and enjoys a julep, for example, naturally wishes he had the the neck of giraffe, provided the good taste would go all the length of It, and if the Chicago man Is correct in his theory those persons who complain of their long necks really have some con- solation for what they consider a disfig- urement Cant he propose some way to cause the human neck to elongate itself so that we can get more good tastes as we pass along?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
BASEBALL OUTLOOK BRIGHT.

From the Southern Aegis.
 The Age-Herald does full justice to the ball knocxer Its issue of the second de- votes an editorial to baseball in the south from which we learn, and are gratihed to announce that Manager Vaughan of Birmingham team; and The Age Herald is jubiitating over the fact that there is the promise of rare sport for the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
Carneqie Libraries,

''The success of Ensley in securing a gift of $10.000 from Andrew Carnegie to erect a library building has caused a number of other towns and cities of Ala bama to take up the question of secur- ing library" said a well-known edu- cator last night.
 This is a movement which should co commend itself to every town and com munity in the state, and there is no special reason why every town in Ala bama should not have one of these li- braries. They can be secured for the asking. providing the city authorities will agree to maintain the library
 Tn donating a library to towns and cities. MT. Carnegie bases the amount of the donation on the population, as shown by the 1900 census. The only provisions he makes are that the people must agree to support the institution and furnish the site. He does not hamper the cities by selecting the site. He fixes the amount of the yearly appropriation by the other at one tenth of the amount of the dona- tfon.
 "l understand that at least four of the towns of the Birmingham district are after a library, and l hope that they will also be successful"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
Fertilizer Question.

From the Gadsden Journal.
 Alabama farmers have purchased more fertilizer this year than in BOA. Will they use it to raise more cotton or will it be used in diversification of crops? Only time can tell. If 1t Is to be used for cotton crop only kind providence car protect them by making unfavorable weather conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
 There are many more ways of being wrong than right.
 Nobody ever has to put on glasses to see the faults of his friends.
 An early spring is sign that there will be big crop for the fool-killer.
 Tact is keeping the other fellow from knowing what you really think about him
 It's awful nice the way girls lips car get in the way of her hands when you are trying to kiss them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
Eggs Are Booming.

From the Sumpter Sun.
 L. H. Goodwin shipped from Albert vile this week a solid car load of eggs to New York city. The chicken and egg business on Sand Mountain has recently grown into enormous proportions, one firm at Boaz doing an annual business close to Sl5,ooo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS.

From the Kansas City Star.
 The foundations for the future aristoc- racy of America are now being laid by the scions of the money oligarchy in the east, and the chorus girls who lend peroxide tint to the musical comedies of Messrs. Klaw and Erlanger. And now is the time to subscribe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
GOOD CARTOON.

From the Centreville Press.
 The Age-Herald's cartoon of Conner. Cunningham and Hobson caused a good deal of amusement. The expression on the face of the ex-governor portrayed the tall ents of the artist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
ouoht to Be a Kanean.

From the Ozark Southern Star
 It is stated that a Wisconsin man is in jail for having stolen sloo,ooo from the Standard Oil trust. It is a great misfor tune to this man that he did not live in Kansas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
Lo, the Blackberry!

From the Greenville Living Truth.
 There's prospects ahead for splendid blackberry crop and country editors are getting ready to stake out a reservation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
KNOWS THE REAR.
P Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 Back to the people!' shouts Colonel Bryan to the party leaders The Colonel has been back twice and wants chance at tho front now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

Wheat will this year try to cnlGo cotton, but the fertilizer returns from Alabama indicate that King Cotton will continue to reign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

A carload of greyhounds are to as- sist the President In his hunts for big game in the Far West.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

Between his bum councillors and his bomb people, Czar Nicholas has stir ring time of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

The soliloquy of Colorado grizzly just now must be painful and appre- hensive affair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

The Standard Oil company through Mr. Doobs has countered on Dr. Glad den.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

By Mrs. Stanford's death the Leland Stanford university will get $3,875, ,0O0. Colleges are like men-the more they have the more they get
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

The New York World seems to think democrats should consider 1912 rather than 1908
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

The charges hurled back and tolth in the Equitable camp come from in- siders, and may all be true.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

The money earned in attacking Rockefeller may also be tainted, for in a row both contestants generally come out a good deal mixed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

Well, there is some consolation in the knowledge that the musical com edy nuisance will soon be abated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

Russia Is now menaced by cholera. Sorrows come not single spies, but in battalions."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

Emperor William shows a disposi- tion to walk on French grass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

The merchant marines are moving again. They are the Dingley stand. patters in a new play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

Russian newspapers are printing some weird accounts of public dishon- esty in this country. They don't dare say anything about the corruption at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

The stay which has been granted Mrs. Chadwick is not one that will add to the symmetry of her figure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

The grave of Paul Jones Is now said to be in Scotland. Jean Paul was not popular there, and he was called the Black Pirate"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

MT. Shonts considers himself a $100,000 man, but he accepted s35,G00 to please the President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

The Rockefeller gift hes passed it's newspaper stage, and Is Gow iue a discussion in the magazines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

The Equitable squabble has sub sided for the time being, but Jimmy Hyde will continue in the public eye.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

Chicago is trying to ascertain Just what the word Immediate" means when applied to municipal ownership
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

The wholesale store of Governor Cobb of Maine was raided and twenty four cases of alcoholic liquors seized. Must have been a mistake in the or ders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

The merger is emerging, and Vnl- can will soon be a-posing on Red Mountain It is a close race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

Snow fell in Jacksonville, Fla, but it fell on no young peaches. The peach crop is still in our midst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

Hinky Dink was reelected in Chi cago, where statesmen are duly hon ored.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

Secretary Loeb has the task of his life when he attempts to follow the President on horseback.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

The septic tanks and the sewers themselves are coming, slowly, it is true, but let us hope surely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

Missouri is trying to establish it's claims to one of Hoch's wives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

The tapeworm cure for consumption of- fering choice of two evils, we prefer the lesser and vote for tuberculosis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
About Persons.

T. S. oliver of Troy is stopping at the Morris.
 ". W. Lavender, a prominent attorney
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

Big game in the Far West will no longer lead the Simple Life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

Lawyer Dodd should try again. He pany, but not the Standard Oil crowd, of which John D. Rockefeller is the king bee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

JOY TWO MONTHS HENCE. Of all the pleasure granted us Within the pale of law. What equals pumping mint julep Up through paper straw?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08
WOMAN,S FIGuRE

We've heard of woman's figure made
 Of pads and hoops and wire, But her favorite figure looks like this And awakens masculine ire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

It is rumored that Secretary Taft much prefers holding down the lid at Washing ton to side-stepping grizzly bears in Colo rado.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

THE PRICE WAS RAISED. Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet
 Eating her curds and whey, But a trust came along It was very strong And now Miss Muffet eats hay. With Dr. Hadley and Mrs Wilcox ir Alabama at one and the same time the state may be pardoned for assuming a marked intellectual atmosphere
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

Now the question before the public is. Did Harry Thaw marry Evelyn Nesbit once or twice?' Ye godsl It were time to dig up new morsel for the cloyed tongue of Dame Gossip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

Lawyer Dodd has simply shifted the trouble from Rockefeller to the Stand ard oil crowd. The difference between the two is the difference between tweedledum and tweedledee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-08

The Kaiser Is simply endea' bring 10 attract the worlds a.tenti,,1 to bim. self again. He will do nothing in Morocco. He can do nothing there against France and England.