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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-16
About Ready.

1.-THE building will be ready for oc-
cupancy by October 1, in fact tenants
can move in about ten days from now.
This is the third steel frame construc-
ton l have superintended In Birming-
ham, and / expect to superintend the
erection of many more. The office build
ing of the future. whether 1t be ten or
fifteen stories. will be solid like this
one The catastrophe in San Francisco
has demonstrated the steel frames sta
bility under heavy strain and Its safety
In case of fire.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-16

There will be meeting of the South
eastern Mississippi Valley association and
the Southeastern Freight association In
New York September TYP at the Waldorf
Astoria hotel Among the railroad men
from Birmingham who will attend Is IN.
A. Chadwick, assistant general freight
agent of the Alabama Great Southern.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-16
IN THE BIRMINGHAM
REAL ESTATE MARKET

Trading In local real estate the past
week has been more regular than for
some time. Although most of the transact
lions closed involved property located in
the residence portions of the city condi-
lions in all sections of the city are said
to be excellent and prices very firm.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-08-25
Picturssq1ebut good Breeding place for Mosquitoes

a garden sprinlling pot, after the open
ings in the nozzle have been enlarged
somewhat One pint of oil to water
surface twenty feet in diameter is the ac-
cepted proportion. An application will
suffice for about two week1. when it
should be repeated
The method by which the oil destroys
the Larvae (wigglers) is not toxic, but me-
chanical A larva must come to the sur
face every minute or two for air. The
inland Larvae approaches the surface at
right angles and gets its air by sticking
its tail, equipped with an air tube, above
water. The anopheles larva lies parallel
to the water surface and secures air by
putting its head above water. In what
ever way 1arva obtains air the oil OBJ
structs its delicate respiratory apparatus
and rapid sufFocation results. An I'M
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-08-25
THE MOSQUITO A "HoME BODY"

THE MOSQUITO "HoME BODY"
The secret of success of individual or
communal warfare on the mosquito lies
in the scientifically proved fact that the
mosquito invariably lives, buzzes and
bites very near the place of its birth, IN
less, of course, it is carried away by a
strong wind. q should say, the place
of her birth, for only the female sucks
blood; the male is strict vegetarian
Therefore, IN order to wage a successful
war of determination on the mosquito,
it is necessary only to discover the breed
ing place or placss-always standing or
stagnant water-and to remove them en-
tirely either by draining and then filling
in the depressions, or, if that is impos-
sible, or impracticable, by coating the sur
face of the water with kerosene.
Right here let it be known that the
search for stagnant water must be thor
ough, if relief from mosquitoes IS to be
obtained. They breed in the most unsus-
pected places-in old tin cans, rain-6lled
hollows of trees we'll up from the ground,
crotches of trees and hollow stumps,
broken bottles, hidden by grass or top
ping stone walls as ornament; pitchers
of the pitcher plant, closed sewers, the
female entering and leaving through the
perforated traps; flower vases in which
the water is not changed daily, jars of
water insulating the legs of refrigerators,
roof leaders that are not properly graded.
Obvious breeding places are uncovered
rain-water barrels, open cisterns and
wells, the pits of outdoor water closets,
ground depressions, unused household
water receptacles, still water along the
edges of streams, pools formed by under
brush, pools fed by springs, water along
the edges of swamps and in the swamps,
watering troughs infrequently used, and
the pools formed underneath by drip
pings.
In brief, the varieties of mosquito that
give the greatest Misunderstanding the
salt water genus-will breed anywhere in
anything holding standing or stagnant
water. These varieties are the culex pun
gems, or inland mosquito, the most COM
mon of all the two hundred odd species !;
the stegomyia, or yellow fever bearing
mosquito, which is found pretty generally
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-08-25

broken oil film will bring death to all the
Larvae in given body of water in few
hours.
Care should be taken to keep the oil
film continuous. Kerosene tends to
collect around water grass, logs and
other foreign bodies in a pond, for ex-
ample. Thus spaces of water surface
more or less extensive are left without
an oil covering, and the breeding of mos
quitoes goes on apace; the time from egg
to winged mosquito varies from twelve to
twenty-five days, according to the species
By removing grasses and al other OBJ
structions from a body of water an I'M
broken oil film can be obtained. The
edges of streams, springs and ponds
should also be kept clean, as the presence
of logs and grass tends to standing wa
ter, in the shape of little pools, and in
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-08-25

over the south; and the anopheles, or
malaria bearing mosquito, whose habitat
is the greater part of America
It is the inland mosquito that gener-
ally breeds in or near house, and owing
to this trait, it is often called the house
mosquito. The more offensive the water
the more prolific this species. This IS also
true of the stegomyia. The anopheles
prefers to breed in small pools of uncon-
taminated water, but which are frequently
covered with green scum. The edges of
swamps, ground depressions and spring
fed pools are favored breeding places.
So, also, are unused receptacles about a
house; but, unlike the culex pungens, the
anopheles rarely enters house.
HOW TO APPLY KEROSENE
The best way to apply kerosene is with
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-08-25
LAD tidings Of great joy'' to the mos

~LAD tidings of great joy to the mos
quito-ridden household and COM
~ munity! Excepting the salt water
variety, every species of the buzzing, Bit
ing p<st can be exrerminated by indivi5-
ual or local effort, with comparatively
slight expense of time and money.
In the early days of mosquito study,
L. o. Howard, now Chief Entomologist
of the Federal Government, visited fam
lily summering in the CatsIill mountains.
Mosquitoes were so numerous as to make
life almost unbearable to any one ven
turing off the screened-in porch after
nightfall Under the porch Mr.. Howard
found a rain water tank from which wa
ter was drawn off, as required, by means
of spigot at the bottom. The tank lit
orally swarmed with mosquito Larvae or
"wigglers" Over the surface of the
water the entomologist poured a pint of
kerosene. This, forming in an unbroken
film, the wigglers were divorced from
their air supply and speedily died. There
was no other body of still water any
where near the house. The winged mos
quito will not go near kerosene, and so
the female no longer had place in which
to deposit her boat-shaped batch of eggs,
three to four hundred In number. Re
suit, before the year was a month older,
the mosquito had persisted practically
from off the face of the earth, as far as
this particular household was concerned.
It was in the summer of 1901 that the
question and methods of mosquito ex-
termination first came prominently before
the public The mayor of the little city
of Winchester, Va, at that time was n.
T. Barton. Mr.. Barton's fad was ento-
mology. About the time that he had be-
come deeply interested in the scientists
warfare on the mosquito the mayor was
visited by an out-of-town friend. The
latter complained loudly against the Win
chester mosquitoes and exhibited his son
as evidence of their bloodthirstiness. This
determined the mayor to wage alittle war
all his own on the mosquitoes, that the
fair name of Winchester would not be
sullied by strangers reports of the fero-
ciousness of the pest.
In the face of harsh newspaper crit
cism and sarcasm, he got the Council to
pass an ordinance authorizing the apph-
cation of kerosene in the city limits,
wherever stagnant water would be found.
Then he saw to it that the city was thor
oughly oiled The result was so unsatis-
factory-to the mosquitoes-that the
Council did not hesitate to amend the
original ordinance by providing pen
atty, to be imposed on any citizen who
failed to apply kerosene in the necessary
places on his property. An inspector was
also authorized for the enforcement of
the ordinance. Long before the summer
was over Winchester had been practically
freed from mosquitoes, and the citizens
had taken down their nets and screens,
a thing they had previously studiously
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-08-25

up, the larvae will die in a short time
as result of the commotion. Still or
stagnant water, from the moment the
eggs are laid until the winged insects
are at hand, is absolutely necessary to the
development of mosquitoes. Egg, larva,
pupa, then. in two or three days, winged
mosquito-these are the four stages of
mosquito development
The cost of mosquito determination is
trihing of itself; and it sinks into utter
insignihcance when compared with the
benefits resulting therefrom. Several
summers ago certain Maryland village
was laid low, almost to a man, with ma
laria. The following summer forty dol
lars was spent in draining the breeding
place of the anopheles, and only one case
of malaria was reported all summer. The
presence of mosquitoes has prevented
many region from developing as it
otherwise would probably have developed,
or at least given it an unsavory reputa-
ton; while, conversely, other sections
have prospered because OF, or are famed
for, freedom from the pest. What did
it mean to Havana, New Orleans, the
Panama Canal zone, when the stegomyia
was exterminated? Yellow fever disap-
peared. Less and less malaria is appear
ing among our canal diggers as the
breeding places of anopheles are becom-
ing fewer through the sanitary work of
Major Gorgas. And in one year goodly
portion of Staten Island, long notorious
for its mosquitoes, has secured the repu-
tation of being practically free of the
pest Who can prophecy what effect this
new state of things will have on the tens
of thousands of home buyers in Greater
New York?
Whatever the variety of mosquito, sci
cnce has pointed out a sure way to exter-
inmate it. And science says, and has
proved it, too, that the best way to be
rid of one hundred and ninety-nine va
rieties is for each individual and COM
munity to wage war on the mosquitoes
bothering him and it by draining, filling
in and oiling.
The mosquito-less age is dawning.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1906-08-25


post her eggs.
Among the very few bodies of water
about house that can not conveniently
be treated with kerosene are cisterns
These, however. as well as open wells,
can be screened, and in this way kept
from the mosquito. If you are averse to
putting oil on the water in rain water
barrels, fit them with tight covers. with
screened holes in the center for air, and
draw out the water from the bottom by
means of spigot.
There is no need to put oil in wa
tering trough in daily use The animals
noses, if nothing else, keep the water well
stirred up, and it is an entomologicaIly
proved fact that if standing water, in
which there are mosquito Larvae, is stirred
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-22
LIMITATION OF FORTUNES

The best criticism that we have seen
upon President Roosevelts proposal for
the limitation OF fortunes swollen beyond
all healthy limits Is that the remedy pro-
posed is ex post facto In its nature,
mere palllation rather than cure OF evil
OF which complaint Is made. In this crit
icism We freely and heartily concur. II
we would lay the axe at the foot of the
tree here we must go further back and
do something lore than merely 10 impose
taxes of any sort or name upon fortunes
which have already been made, or are
now in process OF making. We must see
10 apply the ounce OF prevention rather
than the pound OF cure To break up and
scatter a great fortune through some
method OF taxation is about as unsatis-
factory and superficial n way OF solving
the problem I'm view. and overcoming the
hostility 10 the accumulators and the ac-
cumulatlons OF undue wealth, as IL Is to
dispose OF these same fortunes through
charities and benefactions. Neither Is re-
concilabe with an economic or industrial
system In which Justice and equity for all
men are cardinal principles. The thing
10 he sought for s such a readjustment
Of oln industrial system, the establish
ment OF such relations between capital
and labor that the latter shall receive a
more Just and equitable share than II
does now OF the product Of toll.
The introduction OF the principle Of CO.
operation. or proit-sharing, wherever pos
sible will do more. In our judgment. to
settle our Industrial troubles and keep
fortunes within healthy limits than any
system OF taxation which can be devised.
-I,eslie's Weekly
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-22
INGRATITUDE ON
THE HIGH SEAS

Drain your glasses. mates. and listen TO
this highly thrilling tale:
once Jasper Noggin, second mate, was
swallowed by whale.
Within that monster Jasper found most
commodious room.
Where incandescent lights dispelled the
suboceanic gloom:
Upon the great cetacean's ribs there hung
telephone:
A siphon and a whiskey jug stood on an
other bone;
hammock. too, was swinging from two
rusty lengths OF chain:
But Jasper neither drank nor slept-he
merely sighed for Maine
Gayly' pour the potent grog In!
Drink a health TO Jasper Noggin.
Pride and boast OF Androscoggin,
In the Commonwealth OF Maine.
In spite OF all the comforts in that we'll
appointed fish.
A sight OF terra flrma was the occupants
sole wish:
In spite of all the luxury of modern hotel
life,
All Jasper did was grumble for a glimpse
OF home and wife
In vain the whale, I'm anger, telephoned
Just look around!
You're treading on historically celebrated
ground.
Read the notable inscription that is
carved upon my spine
"a bit beyond the chandelier)-'H. Jonah,
Palestine
Gayly pour your grog in.
Drink a bumper, Jasper Noggin.
Pride and boast OF Androscoggin,
TO ~. Jonah. Palestine"
But Jasper phoned: Forget it," and the
whale i'm fury cried:
with modernest improvements l have
fitted my inside;
Artistic whale oil paintings all the walls
within me line.
The Garnet is OF really unlmpeacheble de-
sign. I'D
And yet my parlor boarders soon grow
violent or sad
bhis ones IA cross as Jonah! Hang the
terra firma fad!'
And he sobbed I'm fishy sorrow, and he
sighed In fishy pain,
And he landed Jasper Noggin on the fur
thest coast OF Spain
Gayly pour the potent grog In
Drink health TO Jasper Noggln.
Pride and boast OF Androscoggin,
Stranded on the coast OF Spain
Thomas II. Ybarra, IN the New York
Times.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-22
ACTION BY CONGRESS NEEDED

II has become evident that congress take action
to improve the fesaving service II will gradually
become wholly inefficient where II is about half
Reports from Atlantic Pacific and Lake stations show
that they struggling along with only about 80
OF the required OF while officer the service
existing conditions possible.
To induce strong, brave and intelligent to enter
the saving service the government must more
than s65 eight months in the year This is
marvelously country and IL is enjoying the
prosperity whole history the ptisent time
Men fitted for the lifesaving service better
livelihood other much less hazardous
Almost without exception they heroic fellows
be expected TO make SACRIFICES forever
Two for the upbuiding OF the service
substantial increase in salaries; tho other
establish retirement The FIRST appears to be
promising. since the benefits will be immediate
Then too open objection that civil pen
sion list Is in process of creation.
This is a subject that is to the members OF
congress a bill to the efficiency
the reported favorably by the
commerce. but IL held up in the
senate by Senator Maine.
Such action o the part OF senator representing
large shipping interests was really surprising
since that he would be heartily
designed TO enhance the efficiency
Of a 70 valuable
the house the measure was opposed by Representa-
fresh water state that has no IN
terest whatever the coast However. In spite OF
opposition must be brought tc
recognize the of passing relief bill
II service its credit deeds OF bravery
and great utility st 10 maintain degree OF
efficiency that will be creditable to the nation.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-22
COMPROMISE IN
MARRIED LIFE

II marriage meant the wedding OF a
saint and an angel there would be no
problems 10 solve. no perfection 10 at
why there are no marriages In heaven.
On earth II is different; husband and wife
are strongly human 20 matter how
lovingly united or how sweet their ac-
cord, they never have the same tempera
ments. tendencies or tastes Their needs
are different. their manner OF looking at
things is not identical. and in varying
ways their individuallties assert them
selves. At any critical moment II both
express at the same time a desire TO de-
FER 70 rhe uttTeris taste, the result is fore
ordained for happiness This makes
matrlmony not merely union. bu,
unison and unity. The spirit OF COM
promise does not mean continuous per-
formance in the way OF self-surrender
and self-sacrifice: II does not mean ceas-
Ing 10 be a voice and becoming an echo
it does not imply or Justify the loss Of in
dividuality; II means simply the instinct
i've recognition of the best way out OF a
difficulty the quickest tacking 10 avoid
a collision. the kindly view of tolerance
in the presence Of weakness and errors
OF another. the courage 10 meet an ex-
PLANTATION half way. the generosity TO be
first 20 apologize for a discord, the large
ness OF mind that does not fear a sacri-
flee OF dignity in surrendering In the
interests Of the highest harmony OF the
two rather than the personal vanity of
one-The Delineator
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-22
THE PRETTY NECK.

a good thing in a woman is shapely
neck Some have one. naturally. the
majority acquire 1t with patience. good
bringing up and a careful we'll trained
carriage. There Is always the fear that
starting with this great advantage as far
as a good appearance Is concerned that
we may not be able TO maintain II. un-
that IL demands. There Is no doubt that
energetic life women lead now, demands
the use OF cream. or skin food. as nee
essity: and then. many skins, too, need
an astringent lotion and careful massage.
To assure themselves that the neck
and bust be well developed women have
TO learn to sit and stand properly. so that
the spine Is erect. the shoulders well
thrown back. the lungs well filled. A
few most elementary exercises In the
morning will secure this, always provided
they are begun soon enough Stand erect.
pass the hands over the head so that the
arms are well thrown back above IL. and
so TO the side, then up again and down
at the back. Dignity OF carriage is so
essential that no pains should be spared
to secure IT, Not only Is an erect car
riage great personal Improvement, but
1t Is health giving. for in throwing back
the shoulders we insure full play 10 the
lungs
We are apt TO ignore one important ele-
ment In a good carriage and stately
bearing. viz. nerves. The nervous sys-
tenn should always be under control and
well cared for and looked after.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-22
PROVERBS OF ASSAM.

Here are some rather clever proverbs
OF Assam: "The best crops grow on 9TH
"A bird is a little thing. but II builds its
nest on a lofty hulung tree" Buy land
which slopes to the middle. and marry
n girl who has good mother" THE
biggest jack fruit always hides under the
leaves" 'If a man slips down II is all
ways his eldest wifes fault. but If his
youngest wife makes a mistake he says
he will see about it," "A hasty cook. n
hasty broom, and the husband goes fast
ing; n slow cook. a slow broom, and the
husband eats three meals a day"
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-22
BANK FAILURES.

With COCO national banks, to say moth
Ing OF state banks and trust companies.
we are bound 10 have numerous cases OF
embarrassment. Any number whatever
is too many. but tho real Significance de-
pends upon the proportion OF embarrass-
ments 20 the number Of banks, and upon
the incidents Of each case.
1t cannot be said that the proportion is
excessive, or that the incidents are such
us to cause general anxiety. But IL Is
we'll 10 note the causes OF failure as mat
ter OF future precaution. Thus we are
told from Chelsea that the cause OF the
bank failure there was due 10 excessive
loans to directors. The local explana-
tion r. that too much money was tied up
In real estate loans.
IL Is noteworthy that bills 20 relax the
lawful limits in both these respects were
offered at the last session OF congress.
Doubtless the relaxation regarding loans
TO borrowers Of large amounts would be
salutary I'm cities and equally doubtless
easier loans upon real estate would be
cultural regions. But what would be per-
missble I'm the East IL Objectionable I'm
the West. and vice versa
Any relaxation which must be extend
ed TO all OF 5000 banks or withheld from
all. can only be granted grudgingly. The
Chelsea case suggests that the Western
borrowers should be sent TO dealers In
mortgage money for their supplies. and
that the new law extending the ioaning
limits OF national banks has gone far
enough. IL Is necessary TO condemn these
faults OF putting too many eggs In one
basket, or OF loading up n commercial
bank with non-lquid assets but there is
no present reason OF jumping 20 the CON
clusion that there is anything like an epi-
demic Of bad banking.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-08-22
THE CUBAN OUTBREAK

Recent reports from Havana declaring that a con-
spiracy to assassnate President Palma dis
covered have been followed by others tending show
that armed revolution designed 70 over
throw the present
Whether not II seriously proposed TO destroy
the life OF the able quiet and conservative president OF the
island republic there is certainly evidence
very much disturbed and threatening condition affairs
Bands calling themselves revolutionists seized
where. while yesterday insurgents seized the
'iunes only twenty miles south OF Havana, capital
OF the republic
President Palma 5 dealing with the revolutionary
movement with vigor and sternness lie has imprisoned
two Of General Garcia, whose
cause or Cuban liberty is well known America, and
several other Liberal leaders the consprng
TO assassnate him.
The existing danger is much increased by the fact
that OF the ablest and violent alleged
consprators, Loynaz del Castillo. escape
has probably Joined the bands
in Pinar Rio
At this distance it looks very much like the be-
ginning OF civil but IT forgotten
opposition in Cuba fears much American Intervention
and the leaders therefore permit the revolution be
suppressed before II has gained much headway.
Jose Miguel Gomez allowed himself be suppressed
less than year because he believed II he resisted the
Platt amendment would begin that IL could
have but effect to sodify and prolong the OF
President Palma.
1t is obvious therefore something po-
enal than the authority OF President Palma and the
strength OF the rural that Liberals
II is certainly TO be hoped the Liberal leaders will have
prudence enough not to precpitae general
revoluton but there is In Cuba element that
takes to the woods on slight povocation provoca
tion a all
Thousands OF young reared insurrectos
and 1t is possible they becoming homesck for the life
Of the bush There is desire purpose President
Palmas part TO be either tyrant dictator but
In Cuba pushing him
ed city council OF Havana with OF his choosing
Elections in Cuba have degenerated into farce and
thing is dictated hX the goYernment.
Were II for the looming shadow OF Uncle Sam the
whole island would be overrun with rebels