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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02
WHEN THE WEST WAS UNKNOWN

From the Putnam's Monthly.
 Between the Missouri and the Pacific" said member of Congress, save a strip of culturable prairie not above two or three hundred miles wide, the region is waste and sterile. no better than the desert of Sahara and quite as dangerous to cross" The author of these words was Edward Bates of Missouri. whom Horace Greeley long afterward boomed for the presidency in the New York Tribune and in the Chicago Republican convention of 1s6O and who became attorney general in Lincoln's cabinet
 This was in the session of Congress of 1929 As late as 1S43 McDuffie of South Carolina in a speech in the Senate which was applauded by many persons in and out of that chamber, declared that for agricultural purposes, he would mot give a pinch of snuff for the whole territory" west of the Rocky mountains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02
Control of Sixtieih Conuress.

After all. the control of the chief executive office of New York state, or of the good county of Jefferson in Ala bama, ranks below the control of the next Congress. We do not hear much about the probable political complex ion of the Sixtieth Congress, but that is a matter that in importance out ranks all else. It is vastly more vital than the gubernatorial race in New York despite it's chatter and betting and whirlwind stumpspeaking, and it even exceeds in far-reaching effects the shrievalty contest in Jefferson county this state.
 If the Fifty-ninth Congress had been left to carry out it's own inclinations, there would today be no doubt as to a sweeping democratic victory that would hand over to the democrats the control of the House of Representative Pres ident Roosevelt, however, intervened, and, aided by the democrats, he did succeed in forcing from the trust dominated houses some valuable re- form measures. History will say the President and the democrats made the passage of those measures possible The republicans. however, claim all the credit and they may deceive many voters.
 Still, Mr. Griggs, the chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee is hopeful. The republi- can majority in the present House is IA, and the democrats must there fore gain 57 seats in order to control the House. MT. Griggs thinks they will gain more than 67. He says dis affection and discontent in the east and the desire for tariff revision in the west, are adding voters to the demo- cratic cause. We give his statement of gains in full, as follows:
 "The claim of a gain of ten in New York is safe. Hearst is sure of election, l think, likely by 100000. The claims of one gain each in Massachusetts, North Carolina, Kentucky, Montana, Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Idaho and Vir ginia are all good, but we will not gain six in Pennsylvania. We will gain more than that number. Similarly the claim of democratic gain of six in Illinois is too conservative We will gain eight in Missouri Concessions of five or six are made in Ohio, but we know better Iowa. Nebraska and California can be counted on for gains, and the computation that puts us down to gain only three in h. diana is in error Colorado has been claimed for a gain of one, but will do bet ter than that. New Jersey is helplessly torn up, and is to be counted on for at least threea
 Campaign managers remain hopeful to the latest moment, and MT. Griggs may be unduly optimistic. The most experienced observers think he is. They concede republican losses, but they do not think those losses win be so heavy as to wipe out a republican plurality of IA. They are inclined to predict a republican majority in the Sixtieth Congress of about thirty The south will do it's part, but some repub- lican districts will be apt to think they sffould stand by the radical course of the President, and this sentiment may prevent complete overturn in the House of Representative
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02
Tulane Will Withdraw,

New Orleans. November 1-Because of alleged discrimination by President Dud- ley of the Southern Collegiate Ath- letic association, it is announced that Tu- lane university will withdraw from the association at the end of the present football season. Tulane men also are dis satisfied with the conduct of sports by Vanderbilt and the Agricultural and Me- chanical college of Mississippi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A woman will always pretend she be- lieves you love her unless she knows you do.
 It takes an awful lot of truth to seem to make point for you the way single lie will.
 How ip the world did women ever get an idea >that those white. fluffy things are clothes?
 After a man saves a fortune 10 be able 10 build home he has to save another to be able to live in it.
 When a man looks specially foolish either he is just engaged or somebody has named new baby after him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02
Pathetic Scenes-

'Nhen a man is arrested and put in jail, and is unable to make bond his condition is pretty bad one, said a lawyer, but the condition of his wife and family is infinitely worse.
 "If you go to the court house any day during visiting hours you will wit ness scenes that are almost heart-rend- ing. You will see poor women come there with little baskets of food and any little daintes their poor circumstances will permit them purchasing to give their husbands. Some of these women bring their baby children to see their father, and nothing could be more pathetic than 10 see these men feast their eyes upon these little children. and long to take them in their arms.
 "One day l saw a woman come there with a babe not more than month old. It had been born since the father was put in jail, and it was the first time he saw his child. I do not know what of
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known that they have frequently met since in the east, where Miss Stevenson has spent much of her time.
 A few weeks ago Miss Stevenson went to Hot Springs, Va, for a short visit and from there proceeded to Atlantic City, where she now is, and from which place she wrote the letters announcing her engagement
 The letters state that the marriage will take place in a few weeks at some point in the east, not yet decided upon.
 The bride-to-be is tall, graceful woman about 50 years old, with a face more intellectual than pretty and her blonde hair is freely sprinxled with gray. She is a daughter of the Hon. John Stew enson, formerly a congressman from Ohio and for many years a prominent politi- elan in that state. Her mother was a sister of Lloyd and Joshua Tevis, multi millionaires of California, and several years ago the Tevis brothers made liberal financial arrangements for their sister. This fortune, which is estamited at about $2oo,ooo was inherited by Miss Steven son, but at her death reverts, 1t is said, to the direct heirs of Lloyd Tevis, Miss Stevenson relieving only the income during her life. Miss Stevenson has no brothers or sisters but her father now lives in Grant county, Kentucky, where he owns large landed estate. Her only near relatives in the vicinity of Lexing- ton are Mrs. R. T. H. Hart and Mrs. J. N. Camden, Jr, of Versailles. She comes from the Shelby county branch of the Tevis family, of which there are many representatives in that and Boyles coun- ties.
 MT. Cable is 62 years old and is wid- over with several children, all of whom are about grown. One of his daughters has already achieved fame as an author. He lives in Northampton Mass. where he and his wife will make their home.
 As an author he is best known as hay ing written the novels "Old Creole Days," "Dr. Sevier,' Madame Dephine and similar stories of southern life.
 new issues of capital in the past seven
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Horses that show up well on the drive or in ring are given stimulants. A dose is easily administered by any coachman, and III effects rarely follow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

William Jennings Bryan has come out fiat-footed for Hearst, and Presi- dent Roosevelt shows his teeth when he smiles over Hughes. But all this does not seem to settle it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Count Boni de Castellane stands in true colors at last. He was rapacious, brutal and licentious to a degree, and the daughter of Jay Gould is wholly vindicated. She should have let him starve long ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

All the Indians in the Shoshone sec tion seem to be disaffected, and the army will not be able to surround them quickly or readily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02
Monthly coinaae Statement.

Washington, November 1.-The monthly coinage statement shows that the coinage circulated at the hints of the United states during October amounted to $9,172. ST. as follows: Gold, s5,900O00; silver S3 17GO77: minor coins, S96,2iO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

The Australian ballot in Chicago takes the cake for size. It is 26 inches long and 20 inches wide, and bears the names of 334 candidates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

The yellow newspapers of Japan are no doubt exhausting their headline re. sources in presenting the San Fran cisco incident.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Some think little steal of $8,000,00G will have no effect on the voters. of Pennsylvania in the coming election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

The Washington Times says the south will never be satisfied until it has an immigration of whites and an emigration of blacks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Mrs. Sage does not give away much, but what she does give carries no Rockefeller or Carnegie burden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Neither bets nor estimates are de- cisive. It is the returns that are needed and we will get them next Fri day night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

MT. Gompers has just about come to the conclusion that he cannot defeat MT and Mrs. Mich. Longworth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Charges of fraud are freely hurled back and forth, thus showing that the campaign is in it's closing stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

On next Tuesday "X' will be the most powerful character that can be put on paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Instead of guarding against the auto heart most men are kept busy guard ing themselves against the auto itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Nebraska cries aloud for husky men who will husk corn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

The betting odds still run in favor of Hughes, but the confidence of the Hearst men is still above par.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

The hot spots in the country are New York state and the good county of lief ferson in Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Japan's mistake consists in consider ing San Francisco the whole of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

A new poll shows eight newspaper men out of twelve in the new French cabinet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Atlanta often serves as a way station of the route to Tuskegee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Secretary Taft stands alone in the administration in desiring the revision of the tariff
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Young women decline to assist in gathering the corn crop of Kansas be- cause there are no red ears in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Winston Churchill is convinced that votes cannot be gained by mixture of politics and fiction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

To this fact.
 When a magazine editor feels that he needs another outlet for his energy he starts new magazine and names it any thing
 The biggest mistake in the world is to run to somebody else for comfort when you are down and out The man who rises on the waves of diversity Is the man who makes his own sunshine.
 HER POCKETBOOK. This my lady's pocketbook, While she's shopping take a look Scraps of paper-recpes, Beauty hints, a pair of keys, Memoranda-hear her sigh!- or some things she'll never buy; shirtwafst patterns, sat of gum, Fine lace samples pins and some Tools that make a toilette kit When she'd furbish up a bit Then, let's see, now what Is this? Crumpled document I wis Oh. of course a matinee Bill-she dearly loves the play. Money in the books contents? Sure, the sum of 30 cents. Often times the man who weeps to see the woes of his fellows can't be induced to shed any dollars for charity.
 A CAMPAIGN. At first you say you're in the race, And then you form a ring, And then you hunt your rival up And call him anything.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Vermont is afflicted with diseased cattle and unsound politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

In the coming election New York really feels it is the whole thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

James Hamilton Lewis rejoices be cause whiskers are coming back into style.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Bourke Cochran and William Travers Jerome were lost in the New York shuffle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

An iron famine exists despite Red Mountains inexhaustible deposits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Postmaster General Cortelyou is a man of destiny and campaign subscrip' tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Pine Knot, Va. has put Oyster Bay, N. Y., out of business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Nothing helps one like great speed. Big or little be the deed, So get wise and pay some heed
 To this fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

The ballot has to be large because is Australian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02
ADR1FT WITH THE TIMES
HE English "sufragette" Is a strenuous person who has to be handled with force. In fact, she

H@ s5..naos. nos.p s'TSs'i ~ss ns. ,o |, be
 handled with force. In fact she is so obstreperous that it requires the stout arm of the police to keep her within bounds. What comfort it is to reflect that the female suffragist of this country has a bark that is far more terrifying than her bite The American advocate for womans rights may be scornful. she may be full of huge threats and brimming with words; argumentative, masculine and self-willed, but she is not disorder ly. It would be a great day for yellow journalism if a swarm of female reform CTS should storm Congress in session at Washington, as sufragettes did the Eng hsh House of Commons
 FEW WORDS. If tale of woe you'd tell
 Cut 1t short. If you'd like to rest a spell,
 Cut 1t short. In these days and times youll find When you're slow the world won't mind. Twill just leave you far behind
 In the ruck. If you have a plaint to make,
 Cut it short. If you have nap to take,
 Cut it short Everybodys on the jump, If you win you'll have to hump, Keep awake and when things slump
 Stand from under. When you're called on for a talk
 Cut 1t short. Should depression make you balk
 Cut 1t short.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

new issues of capital in the past seven years were s4,136, 525, 900, against s4623 175,- GOO in England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-02

Washington Bureau Age-Herald 1421 c street. N. w.
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Entered at the Birmingham. Ala, post office as second class matter under act of Congress March 8, 1879.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-12-04
HINTS FOR FARMERS
TAe cotaxold sheer.


The Cotswolds are large hardy and
prolific sheep. and the ewes are good
mothers. they furnish 4 valuable
~ wool al2N lie average Of
ileeces is from seven to eight pounds.
Selected Jocks produce considerably
more wool
The wethers. fattened at fourteen
months old, in England weigh from
fifteen to twenty-four pounds per quar-
ter and at two years old from twenty
to thirty pounds per quarter, They
very frequently are made to weigh con-
siderably more in this country.
Their mutton is superior to that Of
the Leicesters. the fat. being less album
dant and better mixed with lean meat.
They are much used in crossing other
breeds and varieties,
They impart more hardness with
stronger constitutions and better quail
tiles as breeders to the Leicesters and
thicken them in the hind quarters.
They give size, longer wool and more
wool to some of the short wool fam
HES. They are decidedly favored sheep
with the breeders Of the United States.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-12-04
General Purpose Horse.

The general purpose farm horse is
one that can be well utilized in ordi-
nary farm work of all kinds and can
also do the limited amount of road
work needed in connection with the
working of the medium sized or small
farm, says a correspondent of Farm
Progress A horse called chunk In
market, standing fifteen to sixteen
hands high, weighing from LOO to
1,4O0 pounds, compactIy built, with
good feet and legs, a tractable, lively
disposition, good, clean. rapid way
Of going at walk or trot, is. in brief,
the kind of horse that would call a
general purpose horse This kind Of
horse has place on farms and, We
may say, is the most valuable class so
far as farm work is concerned. You
win note that he partakes of the quail
ties of both the draft and coach or
heavy roadster types in both his con
formation and disposition.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-12-04
Ruild 3 TooI House.

Every farmer needs a good tool house.
1t should be SO convenient Of access
that there need be no excuse for leav-
Ing farm implements exposed to the
weather when not in use. Properly
cared for, many implements that now
last only few years ought to be serv-
iceable as long as the farmer lives to
need them Besides. tool that has not
been rusted, warped and cracked by
exposure will work as well the second
and third year Of use as the first. On
many farms the tools are SO much in
jured by being left out Of doors that
after Tho 6rs+ season they cost more
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-12-04
for repairs than they save in labor.


Salt IS cheap Give them an album
dant supply BY keeping it in boxes in
some convenient place where they can
have free access to it. By adding a
small portion Of finely powdered sui
plate Of iron with the salt the flock
will be benefited as regards health and
warding off disease. Let the sheep
have an abundant supply Of pure wa
ter at all times, for nothing is more
beneficial when they are housed and
being fed on dry feed. BY a lack of
1t the whole flock is often infected by
disease and heavy loss the result.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-12-04

hlco should be met from the federal
treasury
Hawaii.
The needs OF Hawaii are peculiar
Every aid should be given the islands
and our efforts should be unceasing to
develop them along the lines Of COM
munity Of small freehoiders. not Of
great planters with cody titled es-
tates
I Alaska's needs have been partially
met but there must be complete re-
4 organization Of the governmental sys
tenn, as | have before indicated to you.
ask your especial attention to this
Our fellow citizens who dwell on the
shores of Puget sound with character
stic energy are arranging to hold in
Seattle the Alaska YukQp Pacific ex-
position This exposition in its pur-
poses and scope should appeal not only
to the people of the Pacific slope. but
to the people Of the United States at
large.
Rights of Aliens.
Not only must we treat all nations
fairly, but we must treat with justice
and good will all immigrants who come
here under the law Whether they are
Catholic or Protestant Jew or gentle,
whether they come from England or
Germany. Russia, Japan or Italy. mat
tiers nothing. All we have right to
4 question Is the mans conduct If he
Is honest and upright in his dealings
with his neighbor and with the state.
then he is entitled to respect and good
treatment Especially do we need to
remember our duty to the stranger
within our gates 1t is the sure mark
of low civilization, low morality, to
abuse or discriminate against or In any
way humiliate such stranger who has
come here lawfully and who Is CON
Quoting himself properly. To remem-
Der this Is incumbent on every Amer
lean citizen. and it is of course peculs
Iarly incumbent on every government
official. whether of the nation or of
the several states.
j am prompted to say this by the
attitude OF hostility here and there as
sumed toward the Japanese in this
country. This hostility is sporadic and
is limited to very few places. Never
4 theless 1t is most discreditable to us
as a people. and it may be fraught
with the gravest consequences to the
nation.
4 ask fair treatment for the Japanese
as would ask fair treatment for Ger.
mans or Englishmen, Frenchmen, Rus
SLAMS or Italians. ask 1t as due to
humanity and civilization. ask it as
due to ourselves because we must aci
uprlghtly toward all men, recon-
mend to the congress that an act be
passed specifically providing for the
naturalization Of Japanese who come
here intending to become American cit.
liens. One Of the great embarrass.
ments attending the performance Of
our international obligations Is the
fact that the statutes Of the United
States are entirely inadequate. They
fail to give to the national government
sufficiently ample power, through Unit
ed States courts and by the use Of the
army and navy, to protect aliens In tht
rights secured to them under solemn
treaties which are the law Of the land
therefore earnestly recommend thai
the criminal and civil statutes OF ths
United States be so amended and add
ed to as to enable the president. acting
for the United States government
which Is responsible III our interna
tionai relations. to enforce the right
Of aliens under treaties
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-12-04

Feed influences the size Of the litter
Variety in feed, and especially plenty
of forage, or green stuff. win increase
its size. An oyerration of dry food
VIII make 1t smaller and weak.
A pile of cobs burned and then sprin-
killed. with salt makes a nice appetizer
for hogs.
Pigs may try to become little too
familiar but that is a good failing. 1t
is better to have them too tame than
so wild they cannot be handled.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-12-04
caro- b. sheep bal winner.

No feed is better for sheep than
sheaf oats and turnips, says Missouri
farmer in the st. Louis Republic. They
seem to fill all the requirements of the
animal, SO far as roughness, grain
and vegetables are concerned. But
whether fed on grain or vegetables the
floors and troughs should be kept clean,
and all hay, straw or fodder should be
fed In hangers or racks, as feeding 1t
on the ground is extravagant, wasteful
and filthy.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-12-04

Pumpkins are good feed for lambs
in early winter, especially when they
are troubled with paper skin, caused
by worms in the intestines. They will
eat them If they are sliced or cut and
sprinkled with salt, but 1t is better to
provide fat bottomed troughs with
compartments, each being large enough
to receive the half Of pumpkin cut in
such fashion as to have the pieces lie
flAt, with the inside uppermost.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-12-04
Advnntaees 81 Dairying.

While dairying has its disadvantages,
1t has this great advantage that it en-
ables the farmer to utilize to an un-
usual extent the cheaper labor on the
farm and to make the most possible
out Of small tract of land
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-12-04
$4,000 FOR $n8.45

+. S., q photographer Of West Hoboken,
m j., took out a Twenty-Paynen Life
Policy lin The Prudential two and one
half years ago for $1,000. He was then
A years of age, and being healthy,
had every prospectof living for years.
However, he developed an internal dis
ease, and died in july this year. The
Prudential paid his widow $1,000
The Company had received only $118.-
rs in premiums.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-12-04
s,,Itsn L,onors American Women.

ConstantInople Dec A. The sultan
has bestowed the Chefakat order upon
Mrs. and Miss Jackson. wife and
daughter Of the American minister to
Greece, Montenegro and Servia.