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The Washington times., 1906-03-11
CHURCHLY BARKEEPS
CRAZE IN ENGL AND
Parson Carey Has His Eye
on Beer Garden.
PREACHERS I'M P00RHOUSE
Some of Them Are Doctors of Divinity
and Teachers Are as Badly
PAID.
PREACHERS IN P0oRHoUSE

LONDON. March lot looks as if
there is an epidemic among English
clergymen for combining the dispensing
OF spiritual food for the soul with the
dispensing of spirits.
Already we have one clergyman max,
ing a success Of his fish and eeIs'
tavern, and now comes another we'll
known rector. DR.. Tupper Carey. and
boldly announces that his one desire in
life is TO become the owner and manager
Of saloon.
Could Make it Pay.
II feel I could really do a very good
business and make IL pay if It were run
on different lines from the ordinary pub
lie houses, which caters for only a limit
ed section of the public" he said the
other day.
II can go into half Of the saloons in
my parish and always find some Of my
friends there, but ] cannot sit down and
enjoy myself"
DR.. Carey thinks that If beer gar
dens. as they are found all over Ger
many, where a man can take his wife
and children. could be made to take the
place of the saloon, as il is known only
in Great Britain and America, they
would tend more to decrease immoder-
ate drinking than all the reforms sug-
gested by total abstainers.
Preachers in PooThouSe.
The remarkable discovery has been
made that there are more than one
hundred clergymen. and among these
several doctors of divinity, in British
poorhouses. The Bishop OF Birmingham
the other day said IN a sermon that the
way the people Of England treated their
teachers and ministers was disgrace
to the nation.
There are. according 10 statistics,
more than 5000 ministers in England
alone whose annual salaries are less
than 81 .G00, and the situation of the
teachers is even worse.
When one considers the prosperity of
the average saloonkeeper. il is after all
not so strange that ministers are anX-
ious to run taveFns-
The Washington times., 1906-03-11

BERLIN. March 10.-As if 10 show the
United States how TO conduct the dig
ging of the Panama canal. the Kaiser
has personally laid down the rules for
the regulation of labor on the new
canals which are 20 be dug this spring.
and the total length OF which would
connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
although they do not present any engi-
neering difficulties.
Nearly fifty thousand men will be en-
pIoyed on the work. most of them Aus
trians and Italians, and for these the
The Washington times., 1906-03-11
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON
is DRIVEN FROM RUSSIA

PARIS. March 10--It is said that
Prince Louis Napoleon, who has just
visited his mother and sister in italy,
has decided to leave the Cars army
in which he holds the rank Of a general,
and that there is a tacit understanding
between him and Car Nicholas that he
viii not again return to Russia, where
be is anything but popular.
He viii probably take permanent resi-
dence in Italy and will, in that case,
enter the Italian army.
The Washington times., 1906-03-11
Kaiser Wilhelm Tries His
Hand at Canal Building
Reach From the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Fifty Thousand Men TO be Employed.

government has built barracks which, in
comfort, far surpass the average work
ingman's home.
Each man will have his own bedroom
and only fifty men will live together in
each house To pay for the maintenance
Of the libraries. gymnasiums. and read
ing rooms which each house contains, a
nominal charge of two cents a month
will be charged.
Only temperance canteens will be es-
tabiished in the camps and 10 alcohol
viii be permitted to be sold within a
mile of the works
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CUBA OPPOSING GAMBLING.

HAVANA. March 10.-The scheme Of a
weII-known New York syndicate Of gam
blers to open a magnificent race track
at Buenavista near Havana. is meeting
with the strongest opposition. and il is
asserted that a law will be passed by
congress forbidding betting. Should this
law be approved the race track business
will be doomed.
The Washington times., 1906-03-11

order. took part in the demonstrations
against the police, military. and fremen,
and offered resistance that should have
been a warning TO the ministry.
In some of the churches. the scenes
reminded the older residents strongly Of
the days of The commune The infantry
finally called out at ST Pierre had TO
force its way through an intricate bar
The Washington times., 1906-03-11
TRY 1T.

When a man is in the right he can
afford to await his turn.-Chicago
News.
The Washington times., 1906-03-11

PARIS. March 10-The fall of the Rou-
Vier ministry has proved that the stiff
opposition put up BY the devout Catho-
lies of the country to the taking OF the
inventories of church valuables by the
police was a great deal more than the
last desperate effort of fanatics 10 the
inexorabIe law. The best in France,
among republicans. as well as the old
The Washington times., 1906-03-11

rier composed Of chairs. tables. pews,
and other furniture at the door of the
church
The current feeling is confidence that
the new ministry. whoever heads it, will
adopt measures more likely TO appease
the feelings of the clerical party toward
the sacredness of many Of the valuables
of the several parishes.
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Yellow Peril Nightmare.

The stern discipline to which the Jap
snese owed their successes in the field
was not attractive to the mandarins,
and moreover, in other than military
respects, japanese influence encountered
more obstcales in China than did that
of Europeans
Not only was there no cooperation
between China and Japan, but antagon-
ism between the views of the two peo-
Piles was very frequently manifested.
Chinese and japanese differed from
each other, moreover, as much as any
two European notions. They had their
racial preJudices and historical contro-
Versies. The yellow danger In the
sense Of combination of the yellow
against the white" races was little
more than a political nightmare.
The Washington times., 1906-03-11
Products of Necessity.

The now existing division of labor is
conditioned by necessity of the work
ers. A worker only agrees to live all
his life under ground, or to make the
one-hundredth part of an article all his
life because he VIII otherwise not have
the means to live
But it VIII only be by compulsion that
workman owning the means of pro-
duction and not suffering want can be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-06

months will be in vogue wherever tele- phones are used in rural districts. Not only this, but every schOolhouse will be connected and while the service is being transmitted recess will be had, after which the teacher will impart to her pupils the news of the forenoon. The farmers will have an added advantage, for they will get the news twice a day at noon and at o'clock in the evening" At first 1t was thought this would injure the circulation of newspapers, but the reverse is proving true. The appetite for news grows by what it feeds on, and as the telephone operator can give in q 20- minute talk only a mere bulletin of the news, the daily or weekly paper with the particulars Is eagerly waited for. The most notable result of the news service" says the manager of a rural telephone line, lis the increase in subscribers and our merchants note n corresponding in- crease in telephone orders for goods to be sent by the rural mail carrier, while the farmers visits to town have become less frequent and are now seldom made with his produce"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-06
AGRICULTURE.
PEAR BLIGHT,

From an Oklahoma Experiment Station
 Press Bulletin
 The pear blight is doing a great deal of damage in many orchards in Okla homa. This disease attacks the pear, ap- pie, crab and quince. It is a bacterial or germ disease and lives in the sap of the plant and works in the growing tis- sue. It is most prevalent in seasons of excessive or rapid growth The germs gain entrance to the sap of the plant through the nectar glands in the blos- sons and through the punctures in the bark of the young shoots may be made by hail or insects, such as plant lice, or by biting or chewing insects that bite through the tender bark.
 If the infection is through the flowers, the young fruits soon turn back and shrivel, but usually hang on the tree. The disease spreads rapidly to the ad- jacent green twigs and leaves, which in turn become dseolored and wither. The pear twigs and leaves turn back and the apple and crab twgs and leaves turn brown. The bark on the large limbs turns black and withers slightly. The ulSedSG SpitduS IdplulJ anu III ONtiN N'HS cases it has been known to kill trees in a few days.
 As this disease works in the plant and not on the surface, it cannot be checked or destroyed by spraying or any other similar treatment. The only thing that is left to do is to cut off the diseased wood and thus prevent the disease from spreading to all parts of the tree. In cutting off diseased branches, the cut should be made several inches below the lowest point of infection. The diseased branches should be removed and burned
 This disease is much worse some sea sons than others, and is also much worse on some varieties than on others. The Bartlett pear is especially susceptible to the blight. This quality of disease re- sistance is not well understood and there has been little information gathered ahOut IL.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-06
CURTIS GUILD IS
 UP FOR GOVERNOR
MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM URGES REDUCTION OF REPRESENTATION lN THE STATES SURPRISING VOTE.

Boston, October 5.-The state republican convention today nominated the follow ing ticket by acclamation
 Governor-Curtis Guild. Jr Lieutenant Gcvernor-Eben S. Draper.
 Secretary of State William M. Olia.
 Auditor-lIenIy E. Turner.
 Treasurer and Receiver-Gen. Arthur 5. Chapin.
 Attorney General-Dana Malone.
 In nominating Henry F, Turner for state auditor, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge characterized the coming elections in New York and Massachusetts as the Aus terlitz of American politics. Tt is no exaggeration 10 say" he continued, that the elections will decide whether the governor of these two states for the next year shall be American or Cossack. They will determine whether these states shall move along the well tried paths of order and liberty and free representative gov ernment, or become the prey of eomenters of class Fatred anu of the outlaws and nomads of politics. The effect of repub- liean defeat this year in these two great states would be felt throughout the coun- try and would shake business stability and confidence in the future to their very foundations"
 The platform after praising the ad- mlnistraticn of Governor Guild, says.
 We record again ou, confidence in the courage. wisdom. honesty and states manship of President Roosevelt. Presi- dent of the United States.
 ''Wa congratulate the country on the completion of the mission of the seere- tary of state in whose signal tact and eloquence has made manifest the friend , ship of our people for the people of our sister republics of the South American continent, and our desire for larger so- oia ani commercial relations with tham."
 The resolutions further declare adher- enee in the policy of projections; the tariff to be revised when the interests of the country reqlire it. and urge that rerresents ton in Congress be reduced in states where there is q suppression of the vote The rule of the mob and the atrocous crime which frequently pro- volles it. are condemned The resolu- lions continue:
 We place on record our sincerest sym pathy with the suffering and outraged Jews in Pollard and Russia, although with q sense of profound humiliation that our own garments are not free from the innocent blood of Americans of Afri- can descent"
 The platform comments "the efforts of Pr sidelr Roosevelt to devise a just and effective nnethod for building up a strong merchant marine"
 Opposition is expressed to the owner ship of railroads by state or nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-06
BRIDE AND GROOM
 GROSS LABRADOR
SEND BACK WORD THAT THEY RAN SHORT OF MEAT AND HAD TO USE DOGS AS FOOD TO sus. TAIN THEM.

Philadelphia, October 5-"Crossed north ern Labrador with wife from Hudson bay. All well.''
 This telegram from Stephen P. M. Tasker, dated Domino via Cape Race, N. F., October f. was the first informa- tion of the whereabouts the sender and his young bride since last June, when they departed on their honeymoon. The mes sage addressed to the Philadelphia office of the Associated Press conveys the intel ligence in addition to the fact that MT, and Mrs. Tasker are safe and well. that they have also performed the almost im- possible feat of crossing the wastes of Labrador at Hudson Bay.
 Tasker is 31 years of age. He is a ma- rine engineer in the United States navy, detailed at Cramps shipyard. He secured a six-months' furlough and with his bride undertook the expedition as a bridal tour
 Starting from this city four months ago, the Taskers went to the Hudson Bay a pack train with dogs, sleds and pro- visions, began their journey. After trav- cling many days they lost their way and their food supplies ran short. For sus- tenance they were obliged to kill their sled dogs. After their last dog had been eaten they reached a small settlement, where they were cared for by the natives. This information was furnished by a mes- senger who forwarded the aboYequoted telegram from Domino.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-06
BERMUDA ON CLAY LAND.
From the Southern Farm Magazine.
 A Tenneese farn1ar writes.

From the Southern Farm Magazine.
 A Tenneese farmer writes:
 "I have clay field of six or eight acres which is a hillside facing the south that I wish to set in Bermuda. How is the best way to prepare the land and when should 1t be sown? How much should be sown per acre. and what will 1t cost per bushel?"
 Bermuda grass will not give as good satisfaction at your elevation as it will farther south in sections where orchard grass, tall oat grass and blue grass can not be used to advantage. You under stand that Bermuda grass Is difficult to eradicate, and can only be depended on for pasture In your section for a com paratively short season, say from five to six months. I think it well to have you understand these facts before you seed the grass as you might be disappointed In it. and, moreover, you should thor oughly understand the difficulty of eradi- eating it before putting it on your land. At the same time, 1t will make an excel lent pasture for part of the grazing season, withstands drought and tramp ing well. and if your land is properly prepared it will cover up your hillside and effectually prevent further erosion. Of course, this Is an important consld- like yours. The seed may be sown from the 1st of May to the 1st of July, though probably the earlier seeding Is preferable If the season is warm and favorable. The land should be carefully prepared by blowing so as to obtain a fine seed bed, and you might seed just a little oats along with the grass In order to have a cover crop on the ground and prevent washing until the grass develops
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-06
STRAWBERRY GROWN BOXER.

From the Inland Farmer.
 This the most troublesome of all the insect enemies of the strawberry. It IS a small brown beetle when adult, not very different from the plum curcullo, but smooth. The egg seems to be laid close to the bases of the leaves, ana the young footless grub bores down Into the interior of the thick stem, completing its growth there and coming out as an adult in August and September.
 Once a bed has become infested with this insect it's destruction is only ques- ton of time. If the number of beetles present is small 1t may be possible to get very good crops from the bed before the insect takes complete possession. but beds planted near by are endangered and in course of time place becomes so badly infested that strawberries cannot be grown with profit on 1t.
 It is especially important for the nur- seryman to keep his plant beds free so that he may not be the means of dissemi- hating the pest. I am sorry to say that inspectors show that some of our nur- serymen have not been sufficiently care full in this respect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-06
SHEEP IN TENNESSEE.

sheep-raising Is attracting wide atten- ton in the neighborhood of Shelbyville. Tenn, especially with farmers and stock men owning hill lands, according to q dispatch from that place to the Nash vile American, which further says;
 "It Is realized that there Is big money in sheep, and many farmers are to try breeding and raising them on pretty large scale, and are securing ewes from all quarters. D. W. Alexander left here today for the mountainous region of North Alabama, where It Is said thou sands of sheep are grazing, and it Is his purpose to buy several hundred ewes and bring them to his farm in this county. He thinks the cross between them and thoroughbred bucks will be precisely the sheep wanted for wool and mutton pur- poses. Others are also engaged In the business and 1t Is believed that in a few years Bedford will rank as the best county in the state for sheep. The hill country of the county, with it's rich and diversified soil, is said to be splendidly adapted to sheep-raislng and farmers hold that they can do no better with 1t than to cover 1t with sheep"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-06
SOUTHERN SWEET POTATOES.

From the Southern Field.
 In recent years there has been a de- cided increase in the acreage devoted to the culture of sweet potatoes in the south Tributary to the lines of the Southern railway are thousands of square miles of sandy. porous soil especially we'll suited to sweet poptato production, and while the south is far in the lead of other sec tfons of the country in the production of the crop the fact remains that a much larger crop could be disposed of if its producers devoted themselves seriously to the work of educating the consuming markets of the country to accept the fine yarities which produce so politically in the south.
 Something like 175 varieties of sweet potatoes may be produced in the south, but for practical considerations there are only half dozen or less that are com- mercially important. These are divided into two distinct classes: First, the sorts held in favor in the north, which must be yellow, dry, mealy, small to medium in size. and, in the opinion of the south ern grower. the less good quality they possess the better they are appreciated; second the varieties desired by southern consumers. which may be yellow, red or white, medium or large in size, but must he moist sueary and of rich fiavor-qual- ities directly opposite to those demanded in northern markets. Of the sorts for northern markets, the Jerseys and Nan semonds are the most desirable. These produce from 75 to 400 bushels to the acre, and can be raised to great advantage In hundreds of localities along the South ern railway.
 The old pumpkin or yellow yam, the vineless yam and the Red Providence are conisdered the best for southern trade. These are good. whether boiled or fried. and when baked they come from the oven covered with Drowned, sugary coating which has resulted from the exudation of the overabundance of sugar with which the potato is loaded. They make pies and nuddings which are superior to those made from pumpkins or squashes.
 People are governed by habit even in eating. and the northern consumers hav- ing fimly fixed in mind the ideal for the Irish potato-that is, dry, mealy potato Is disnosed to sacrifice quality to make the sweet potato conform to this standard.
 While this is true, 1t Is also a fact that northern visitors to the south. many of whom have never had an opportunity to buv in their home markets the varieties SO highly esteemed in the south, are quick to appreciate their merits when served
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-06
SMITH TALKS TO MORMONS.
Urges Parents Not to Send Children
 to Berlin to Study.


 Salt Lake City, Utah, October 5.-A long address by President Joseph F. Smith was the principal event at the seventhy seventh sem-annual conference of the Mormon church today. President Smith talked of his recent trip to Flu rope. He advised Mormon parents to dis continue the practice of sending their children to Berlin to study, saying that many of the Mormon young people there held themselves aloof from the church meetings in the German capital. He made no direct allusion to his own indictment for unlawful cohabitation with his five wives, but he said:
 Let every man live such an exemplary life that there can be nothing said against him. Let him be true to his principles let him be true to Zion and pure in his way and the one God will uphold him. whether he is deprived of his liberty, or in prison cell'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-06
TROOPS AT NEWPORT NEWS.
More Than 20oo Men Are Awaiting
 Transports to Cuba.

Newport News, Va, October 5.-More than 2OO0 troops are now encamped above this city waiting transports to take them to Cuba. The first transport, the Tampa, arrived here tonight, and is expected to sail tomorrow morning with the Wash ington hospital corps and other troops. Several other ships are due tomorrow
 The treasury department today sent here by express $27OO0 in gold to be used in paying off the men. The troops arriving here today are the headquarters band and two battalions of the, Seventeenth Infantry from Ft. McPherson, Ga, on two special trains; the headquarters band and two battalions of the Twenty eighth in- fantry from Ft. Smelling, Minn.; and a detachment of thirty men and one officer of the signal corps from Ft Wood, N. Y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-06
on the table at southern hotels and in

on the table at southern hotels and in southern homes.
 This has convinced many growers and handlers of sweet potatoes that some adequate movement should be inaugu- rated to educate the public at large to the merits and good value of the south ern type of sweet potato.
 As the Southern Field has frequently pointed out, there are many profitable openings in this section where Irish and sweet potatoes can be raised profitably in combination that is, a crop of Irish pota- toes and a crop of sweet potatoes can be produced on the same ground the same year. the one serving in a measure to prepare the soil for the other, and each being quite as profitable as the single crop of Irish potatoes grown in the north.
 The crop of Irish potatoes produced by the southern states Is yearly becoming more valuable and in recent years some attention has been paid to the raising of late varieties as well as those for early markets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-06
POSTMASTERS ADJOURN.
Will Seek to Get Postal Rates for Less
 Than Dollar Authorized.

St. Louis, October 5.-The annual con- vention of the postmasters of offices of the first class adjourned today after elect ing the following officers:
 E. R. Munfort, Cincinnati, president; J. l.. Waite. Burlington, vice president; F.. A. Freer. Galesburg, H., second vice pres ident H. B. Lun. Jr, Savannah, third vice president; P. J. Sours, Denver fourth vice president and Gen. T. B. Lawler of Rockford, H., treasurer.
 The convention adopted a resolution asking the department to take some steps to obtain postal note for sums under s1. The next meeting will be held at El<e Pa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-06
DOTY IS ARRESTED.
New Orleans Man Is Charged With
 SelIinu Illinois CentraI's Grain.

New Orleans. October 5,-Thomas F. Doty, former secretary of the Central Elevator and Warehouse company, was arrested today charged with having ap- propriated 25,669 bushels of corn last Jan uary and with having sold it for '$11, ,037. The arrest was made following an in- vestigation by Illinois Central railroad officials
 The connection between the railroad and the Central company was not stated today Doty was released on s10,OW bond and said that he had right to sell the corn in question,