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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
ahels on Meat Products.

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is
the responsible officer to whom was
entrusted the execution of the new
meat inspection bill, and he has In
formed the big packers that the official
label must contain maximum of in
formation and minimum of adyer-
Using matter The label on canned
chicken, for example, must state what
goes to make up the contents within
the can and under the label. If a
nackage of sausage contains beef or
other ingredients than pork the pro-
portions of each must be stated in the
label.
The new labels are to have, in other
words, a real meaning. They are to
carry a real guarantee. The govern
ment's certificate is to stand for some
thing. and the packers are not to be
consulted as to its makeup. Whatever
they send out will be labelled up to its
merits, but not one inch beyond.
If Secretary Wilson will stand up to
his declarations-if he will shut out
from interstate shipment all packages
that are not truthfully and specifically
described in the official labels-he will
.o,,, roetora nonhdanca fn the meats
packed in this country even to those
nut up in Chicago. Heretofore the
label of the government has stood for
nothing, but hereafter 1t is to tell the
truth and nothing but the truth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
TEETOTALER KICKS.
English cold-Water FIend Says Drink
Ing Habits Hurt Business.

From the London Chronicle.
"All along l have been a strict tee
totaler, and that. of course, has greatly
stood in the way of my getting on" The
extract Is from letter which corre
spondent has received from a nard-work-
ing and honest young man who occupies
a position of trust in a great firm. He
writes to our correspondent in regard to
the possibilities of getting a job at more
than his present salary-f15o a year-and
In the passage following that which we
have quoted he emphasizes his conten-
ton that, but for his rigid abstention
from alcoholic liquors, he would today
occupy higher position than he does
II is an odd point-and one that Is not
dealt with at temperance meetings, The
conventional point of view Is that the
man who does not drink is bound TO get
the advantage of his colleague who In
dulges;" yet the belief prevails that in
certain callings-such, for example. as
that of the commercial traveler-the odds
against the success of teetotaler are
heavy 1t might be illuminative to have
the views of business men and of temper
ance agitators on the question, which Is
one of some Importance, especially to
young men.
II the teetotaler has a bad time In busi-
ness he does not have a good time when
he is playing. The happy English coun-
tryside Is no place for the teetotaler. II
he Is thirsty. Everybody who does not
wish to drink beer. cider or shandygaff,
knows the difficulty of getting anything
to quench his thirst when on bicycling
or walking tour in England. Milk and
soda may be at once ruled out for milk
is more difficult of acquisition in the
place where 1t comes from than any other
country product. except, perhaps, fruit.
Lemons from a hundred score miles away
may occasionally be found; and there are
mineral waters, which certainly include
stone bottle ginger beer; but whose thirst
has ever yet been quenched by this COM
pound of sweetness and effervescence?
Water-that Is to say, water of the very
best quality--is what the thirsty traveller
really wants. and water is what he cannot
get.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01

The alertness of Sheriff Powers of
Mobile county is deserving of praise
from all who put law above anarchy
and order above disorder. He stands
forth an example to all other sheriffs
in this or any other state.
He did not fold his arms while mob
was organizing to seize a prisoner en-
trusted to his keeping. He was wide
awake. He foresaw events, and when
the mob reached the Jail in Mobile the
prisoner they sought was far away in
all safety, thanks to the alertness Of
Sheriff Powers.
Sheriffs who fold their hands in mob
forming times are really accomplices
of the mob. They work in unison with
them. Every sheriff knows when his
Jail is threatened by the followers of
Judge Lynch. He does not need any
one to tell him, and If he is inclined to
do his duty he will put an endangered
prisoner beyond the reach of possible
mob. Sheriff Powers did his duty, and
he deserves praise He was not
caught mapping at his post. He is a
man that Mobile should honor and re-
ward hereafter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
BEARING Good Fruit.

Since cutting out cards and dice and
dominoes from the saloons, especially from
those where negroes assemble" said Judge
Feagin, there has been great falling
off in the number of arrests for fighting
and cutting
1T was Just such offenses as are com
mitted by half drunken negroes that
swelled the list of our criminal records
fully fifty per cent. Any one who knows
the negro nature knows that the crap
game appeals to him more than work,
and so long as he can find comfortable
place to sit down with few of his own
sort there he will remain day and night.
l look forward to still more improvement
when pool and billiards in saloons are
stopped
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
EnsIey,s Library.

1.-THE public library at Ensley is a credit
to the town and its people,. said Bir-
mingham man last night The inhaol-
tants of that progressive burg at least
were not too stuck up to accept the offer
of Mr.. Carnegie for assistance in estab-
fishing this great institution which is now
recognized as essential to the proper bal
ancing of life in any settled community.
From an architectural viewpoint, the
edifce is beautful-built in gray brick
after a quiet but tasteful design. The
general effect on the eye is one of cultured
simplicity and unpretentious art. The in
terror is finished up simply with a pleasing
color scheme and the furniture is of gold
en- oak. The rooms are lofty and spacious.
As to the books and periodicals, the list
is at present somewhat limited, but they
seem to be we'll selected and arranged.
The cataloguing is so gotten up that it IS
possible to find a book by any of several
different routes-by heads, by authors, by
titles.
1.-THE presiding genius of the not inap-
proprately termed temple of learning Is
Miss Louise Thompson, one Of the most
popular and best known young women of
Ensley. She is we'll qualified for the posi-
ton which she holds. having taken a
course in the library training college at
Atlanta, and having besides a natural
turn for literary subjects. Everybody
in the town who pretends anything of
culture is proud of the mountaineering
of the courteous librarian
"A talk with Miss Thompson is an object
lesson for the man who doubts the value
of the library as an educator or a deter
rent of idle or worse than idle evenings.
The Ensley library remains open In the
evening and 1t has among its comparative
ly small collection of books a goodly shelf
or so of carefully selected technical works
dealing with the progressive stages of
those vast Industries upon which tho
greatness of our district is founded-and
others. Miss Thompson says that a large
number of young men come to the library
after the close of the work hour to read
and to study these books. When you
have got the prospective citizens and
young people of a strenuous money-mak-
ing town to this stage OF alertness, It is
easy to swallow the most roseate prophesy
of the industrial supremacy of the Biz
mingham district"
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bama Monday last the people voted not
only for governor and other state officers
but also for alternate United States SEN
ators." The office of alternate senator"
which is honorary and carries no salary
or functions, is an Alabama contribution
to governmental machinery and a result
of unique local conditions.
The state has two grand old men In the
Senate. Morgan is in his SD year and
Pettus in his seth. Neither thinks Of put
ting off the harness. but as the Alabama
legislature meets only once in four years.
and the term of each expires In the in
terval between sessions, it was deemed
wise to pledge the legislature and the next
executive with reference to successors of
the present senators, should In the course
of human events vacancies be created in
the Alabama representation in the up
per house. of Congress.
Morgan and Pettus, however, were cam
didates for another term, and there was
no opposition to them. Apparently the
democrats of Alabama regard them as
senators during life." There was a
lively contest over the alternateshps no
fewer than seven candidates having en-
tered the race. All of them were men of
prominence and distinction-ex-g governors,
ex-congressmen, an ex-attorney general
and SO on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
Again the Old Story.

The failure of an old and trusted
bank in Philadelphia, involving mil
lions, induces the Philadelphia In
uuirer to say:
Another bank run by one man to
suit his own speculative faneies.
Another sudden death of a bank
president and another great army of
deluded depositors.
Another list of highly respectable
directors horror-stricken because they
were duped.
quite the old, old storyi"
If the Inquirer had written columns
It could not have covered the ground
more thoroughly. The bank was a
state bank, but yet examiners and au-
ditors went through it frequently and
they never found anything of disturb
ing nature. All was apparently sound
and regular. To directors who do not
direct are now added examiners who
do not examine and auditors who do
not audit.
The president of the bank had
loaned millions to a promoter upon the
securities OF a steel mill that has never
made pound of steel, of sugar mill
that has not turned out a pound of
sugar, of an apartment house that is
innocent of dividends. Possibly in the
long run those securities may prove
good. but cash cannot be gotten from
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
Hearst was there, too.
NEWS FROM KENTUCKY.

From the Hogwallow Kentuckian.
An entertainment was given by the Dog
Hill church last night. They took in a
dollar and cents and 20 people.
Yam Sims Is always trying to attract
attention. He has now whitewashed his
buggy so that 1t will run light.
Columbus Allsop taken his COW over to
Hog Ford Thursday to water her. but
she refused to drink as the congregation
of the Hog Ford church had held foot
washing ceremonies there the day be-
fore
II has been discovered that the Wild
Onion school house is situated in such
way that II is directly under the sun at
noon, and Sap Spradlen, the teacher, has
become overhet. The school house ought
to be moved from under the suns fierce
glare,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
Political Coincidence.

ut is an interesting coincidence that
Alabama's nominee for governor and NOM
inee for lieutenant governor-B. B. Conner
and Henry B. Gray-not only live in the
same city, but vote in the same precinct"
remarked a member OF Birmingham's Vir-
ginia colony. They are in fact close neigh
bors, living within stones throw of
each other. Birmingham is fertile polit-
ical field and can always be counted on
to get good share of official honors.
Here is another coincidence. Alabama s
two venerable senator's. John T. Morgan
and E. w. Pettus, have the same postof-
flee address-Selma.
I'm Virginia the old rule Of distributing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
suLTAN's DOCTOR.

From the London Evening Standard.
The task of European doctor at the
court of Abdul Hamid is always a diff
cult one. Poison and the knife have dis
posed of so many members of the royal
house that the most unimpeachable record
will not free a medical attendant from
suspicion.
1t is the fate of the heir apparent to be
kept in complete Ignorance OF the doings
of the world--that is the penalty of his po-
sition. When. therefore, doctor is to see
him he must submit to be searched like
pickpocket. so that he may not sur
reptitiously carry to the prisoner aught
which would enlighten him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
cullman Potatoes.

"Cullman is shipping about $50 bushels
of sweet potatoes to Birmingham every
day besides large quantities to the north
and various southern Cities" said Walter
White, sales manager for an association
of Cullman farmers, last night.
I'VE are managing our shipments so as
not to crowd the market and keep prices
at a living figure. We have no trouble in
finding a ready market for all our prod
ucts and the prices are holding up we'll
We ship to Montgomery Mobile and sew
eral of the large cities in the middle west
1.-The crop of potatoes at Cullman this
year is very fine and the producers will
net good profits on their labors. I believe
the value of this years crop will easily,
reach 81 SO, ooo''
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st. Petersburg Cor. Chicago Record-Her-

st. Petersburg Cor. Chicago Record-Her-
aid.
M URIoUs stories are told about the
W. whims and peculiarities of the
- Emperor of Russia, which would
be amusing IL they did not involve the
happiness and welfare of lao, 100000 of peo-
pie. He is a mystic: all mysteries appeal
to him. He believes In miracles and all
sorts Of occult things. He is a spiritual
ist he believes in clairvoyance, amulets
and various other superstitions. For ex-
ample he carries a coin in his pocket,
which he believes is necessary for the
protection of his life and will go nowhere
without 1t. He is confident of Its powers
as a talisman
Three years ago or so Bernhard Tut
nauer, Jewish shoemaker at Radautz,
Austria, gave supper and lodging to
mysterious wandering rabbi from the
Orient. In the morning the departing
guest handed his host two antique coins,
saying that they were all he had to give
in payment for his entertainment, but
they had much greater value than modern
currency, because they possessed the pow
CT VI piOlcSliii6 pCOpAS VIM Shii9 tiASihi
from unseen dangers.
The shoemaker put the coins away with
other trinkets and forgot all about them
until about a year ago he had dream
in which Alexander H., the late Gar APP
peared at his bedside and besought him
to send the coins to his son. Nicholas H.,
in order that he might have the benefit of
their protection against the terrorists and
other perils to which he is exposed Rad
autz is nearer to Vienna than to st. Pet
ersbury. Hence Tutnauer sent the coins
to the Russian ambassador at the Aus
TRAN capital with a detailed account of
their history, which was written for him
by the Jewish schoolmaster of the town.
The ambassador forwarded them to Count
Lamsdorf, then minister of foreign affairs
at st. Petersburg, and the latter, after
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
POWER OF PEACE.

BY John Boyle O'Reilly.
There is peace in power; the men who
speak
with the loudest tongues do least;
And the surest signs of a mind that Is
weak
Is its want of power to rest.
It is only the lighter water that flies
From the sea on a windy day;
And the deep blue ocean never replies
To the sibilant voice of the spray
Though it lash the shadows that line the
beach,
Altar from the great sea deeps
There is never storm whose might can
reach
Where the vast Leviathan sleeps.
Like mighty thought in quiet mind,
In the clear, cold depths he swims;
Whilst above him the pettiest form of his
kind
With dash Ger the surface skimA
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
Mr.. Byan's Homecoming Address

Aften an absence Of ten months from
the country, engaged in study of the
world, Mr.. Bryan came home to meet
with reception that, in numbers,
warmth and significance, has had no
equal In the countrys history. But the
size and cordially of the greeting did
not and will not upset Mr. Bryan's
poise. He i'll remain always calm. He
went away almost unnoticed, and ne
has not forgotten the campaigns In
which he encountered defeat only. He
is veteran and philosopher. He has
been in the national limelight fully
fourteen years, and in that time he
has come to see clearly and to fathom
public movements and manifestations.
He must, however see that he comes
back the hope of his party not so
much a party idol or hero as party
savior. His adroitly phrased speech
in Madison Square Garden on Thurs
day night shows that he recognizes and
appreciates the place thai time and cir
cumstances have placed him in. He
spoke as a leader who commands the
confidence of vast numbers of men
who lack faith In the republican party
and who fear Hearst. True, Mr..
Roosevelt has adopted and utilized
some democratic reform measures, but
the public is not ready to trust a party
that built up Privilege to an unprece-
dented extent and that stands by the
Dingley tariff. The country turns to
William Jennings Bryan as the best
hope of advanced reform and better
politics. The whirligig of time brings
its changes, and Mr.. Bryan is emphat-
ically Times greatest beneficiary in
the land today.
Some readers of his New York
speech may disagree with him as to
the eight-hour law, or government by
Injunction, or his discussion of Is to 1,
or the Drago doctrine, or the settle
ment of strikes, but no democrat will
stand out against his three chief prop
ositions, namely
1. Abolition of private monopoly
until there are equal rights to all and
special privileges to none.
2. Tariff revision all along the line
until it ceases to breed monopoly.
3. Campaign contributions must be
reformed to the point of complete pub
licity.
Practically speaking Mr. Bryan in
sentences of strength and eloquent ex-
preston put forward these three prop
ositions in answer to the demand of
the people for a leader in 1908, and
they are propositions that may sweep
the country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
Water Better Than Lead.

"It is a strange thing that some very
valuable suggestions pass unheeded, and
1 have seen many in Hotel Lobbies,' '
said a man who claims to be a constant
reader.
Take the case in Mobile. for instance;
negro is arrested for most serious
crime, is carried to jail and crowd
asseph1.s5 TO drag him out to lynch him.
4 sheriff does not like to take the lives
of good citizens by shooting them, but ii
he had hose and hydrants and turned on
a good strong head of water 1t would have
more effect than lead, without the fatal
consequences. Every jail should be fitted
up with such means of repelllng an at
tack"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
ALABAMA PRESS

Sumter Sun: Down with the bucket
shops, the next legislature Will drive them
from Alabama.
Franklin Times: The open gambling
house or bucket shop, must take It's de-
parture from Alabama.
Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette: The bomb
business ought to be getting a
little terrifying In Russia along about this
time. Violence of this character is not
likely to aid the revolutionists. however,
and will take from them much sympathy.
Ozark Southern Star: AS the republican
leaders are only asking for a dollar from
their active supporters for campaign pur-
poses they must have determined TO re-
duce the price for votes in the close dis
tricts to about the same figure. Rather
a tumble-down, though, from the usual
price.
Prattville Progress: Some of the pessi-
mists are prophesying that cotton will sell
for less than cents per pound before the
next season is over. These same prophets
not more than year ago stated that
cotton would never bring less than 10
cents again The fact is, they know moth
ing about It and speak only as the pulse
moves them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
PRESS POINTS

Atlanta Constitutions: Walter wellman
got far enough north to get cold feet
Rome Tribune: The remnants of the
Georgia crow crop have been shipped
to Alabama
Florida Times Union; BARRIERS are al
ready feeling the near approach of the
football season.
Savannah Press: The baseball players
are getting ready to go back to the brew
cries and the street cars.
washington Post: A roll call of the
Douma in Siberia would disclose the pres
ence of more than a quorum.
Louisville Courier-Journal: The Jam Of
Navanagar is to be succeeded by Mr..
Ranjitsinjhi, whose name seems to be
pied.
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them in a hurry. Immense loans to
a promoter on slow and even doubtful
collateral caused the banks downfall
and the suicide of its president.
AS the Inquirer truly says: "Quite
the old, old story"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

~ HARACTER in sex? Certainly.
w The man who invariably wears
- black sox will be found a per-
son of some weight and dignity. He is
courageous but not intrusive and a man
of settled habits. He is not easily thrown
off his guard, you will observe, and has
a definite end in life which he very often
attains. The man who wears white sox
is either a person of scrupulous neatness
or else has little regard for the feelings
of others. You will not find a great deal
of mentality in the man who wears white
sox As for most solid colors, they de-
note lack of individuality and In certain
shades, as for instance, pale blue, pink.
drab and green, lies the preference of the
chap who does little thinking for him
self and follows closely in the herd Black
sox with dash of red will be found on
the man who has had his little fling In
life and has settled down. He remembers
what he learned in his youthful days and
Is still awake to what is going on arond
him. Checked and striped sox, being an
abomination in the land, we shall not
discuss. Red sox are kin to the devil
and are invariably worn by a person
whose habits match his hosiery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
Quiet Election.

1.-THE people of Jefferson county are to
be commended for the orderly and gentle
manly manner in which the recent politi-
cal campaign and the primary were con-
ducted, said ]. B. Arid, chairman of the
county campaign committee, yesterday.
Though there were several close con-
tests and feeling at times reached fever
heat the candidates deported themselves
as gentlemen and their friends all over
the county were considerate of others
rights and opinions.
ION election day the polls in every pre-
cnct were conducted in good order and
so far as I have been able to learn there
were no disturbances of ny kind:
political campaigning is more dignitied
than In former years and l think the peo-
pie should be commended for the marked
advancement in this respect
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
A girl seems to have natural aversion
TO marrying the sort of man that could
make her happy.
It's better TO have married and been
henpecked than never to have had ideals
at all.
A woman could admire a hat that
looked like mans pair of overshoes If
it cost lot of money.
A man thinks he's mighty generous to
give his wife an allowance, even IL he al
ways owes 1t to her.
It's all wrong that 1t is better to be
right than President, because II you are
President everybody will tell you you are
right