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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-29
babies with fourteen months differ
ence in their ages that women are
preventing race suicide.

The normal temperature of the hui
man body is about 9S1a. That Of
Grand Forks politicians is about 1903.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
COME HON e, BOYS.

From tho Talladega Reporter.
We heartily endorse the suggestion OF
The Age Herald that Alabama have a
Home Coming week. and suggest the har-
vest moon in October as the week
Yes, a man might have to be persuaded
to go back to some states. but surely
not to Alabama. Here the birds still sing,
the magnolias bloom once a year. and
the honeysuckles continue to trail the
year round.
Not only this, the crops grow, the
wheels hum, hearts beat warm and true
and there is no good reason for a fellow
not wishing to come back, unless he is
afraid he'll run up with a job.
No, don't wait for the hundredth ami
versary of the state in 1919, but let's all
Join in and get the governor to call a
big Alabama meeting of homes and fire
sides in October next, and have love
fe2>. Slat beats q Methodist meeting!
Yes, boys. come home: your old mama
hasn't forgotten you; and when We say
boys, of course that means doubly the
female sisterin' who have been enticed
away from better homes In Alabama.
Come home The Reporter invites you,
whether anybody else does. or not
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
DIFFERENCE IN THEFTS.
Mother Who Beat Conductor Punished
Son for Taking Pennies.

From the New York Press.
where's Willie?" asked Mr.. Spratt.
arriving home from business the other
night.
"Oh, John" replied Mrs. Spratt with a
troubled countenance, something very,
very distressing happened today. | left
two cents lying on the dining room table
and Willie took 1t and went out to the
corner and bought candy with 1t. l taxed
him with the crime and he owned up. l
corrected him and sent him to bed. You
must have a serious talk with him in the
morning. OH / am so distressed about
Willie, l believe I should die, John really.
II the boy grew up dishonest" And Mrs.
spratt wiped tear out of her eye.
"Oh! l wouldn't worry" soothngly re-
piled the husband l will talk to the
little sinner in the morning. Willie is
only six years old. you know, and most
children of that age are apt to yield easily
to temptation. Their ideas of right and
wrong are not firmly fixed as yet. But
what have you been doing today, lover"
.'Oh, | have been shopping; and John,
the funniest thing happened. l rode all
the way up town in a surface car and 1t
didn't cost me a cent. The conductor
never once asked me for my fare"
And did you offer 1t to him?'
.Of course not, goosie. 1t was his bust
ness to ask me for It, wasn't it?'
do YOU think that was quite-er-er
honest?" ventured John
why. of course 1t was tartly replied
Mrs. Spratt. What is the conductor
paid for. l should like to know? 1t isn't
my business to make him collect his fares.
is it?'
well now. in Willies case" ventured
the amused husband.
why, John. how can you talk so silly?''
rejoined his wife. THE cases are entire
" different. You are absurd. Really
don't think men have their sense of right
and wrong any more firmly fixed than
children. If the conductor had asked me
for my fare should have given It to him,
of course"
"oh, yes, centainly. OF course, my
dear" replied John with queer look in
his eyes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
Facts from Yale CoIleue.

The Yale senior statistics show be.
yond successful contradiction that sue
cessful scholarship comes to those who
spend S731 a year. while those who
spend 1924 have to accept low stand
In scholarly attachments. The spender
may have high standing in football
or the like but in scholarship he is
below par. This is a matter Of aver
ages at Yale, and the inquiry naturally
arises. must the rich rank below the
poor intellectually throughout life?
They certainly do at Yale, and if the
college be a test and an indication of
afterlife the poor boy will get maxi
mum of culture while the son of the
rich will secure but minimum.
But after all, neither will receive at
Yale much real culture. That comes
later to the few who know what they
want and how to get it. The Young
man at Yale or any other college gets
social advantages, forms close friend
ships and maintains a connection that
helps him In various ways TO get on in
life. AS rule he soon sheds his col
lege learning.
This is when the boy who spends
at Yale $1244 year with his "low
stand catches up with the boy who
has high stand because he spent but
1871 a year. After all averages are
poor things to depend upon when the
truth is needed Individuality counts
for something out of college at any
rate, and the congratulations that
have been drawn from Yale senior
statistics are of little value. They sim
ply show that the young man at col.
lege who had little money felt impeled
to get the worth of it, while he who
had much became careless. 1t does
not follow that the difference will last
to the end of their respective days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
MORAN and Peiius.

The newspapers of the country are
extending fluctuations to Senator John
7. Morgan, who recently passed the
eighty-second milestone In his journey
of life. All are unanimous in their
expressions of goodwill, Joined with
the wish that he may continue in
health and spirits for a number Of
years to come. This tribute of the
press is a striking testimonial to the
esteem in which Senator Morgan is
held.
While in some parts of the country
Senator Morgan's gallant fight for the
Nicaragua canal and his unceasing
vigilance in the interest of all that per
tains to the south may be dubbed ex-
tremism. and while some of his views
may not meet with endorsement in
those quarters where antagonistic
opinions prevail, the truth remains
that no man In public life today is
more generally popular than Senator
John T. Morgan. He shares along with
his distinguished colleague, Senator e.
w. Pettus, an affectionate regard that
Is not limited to national boundary
lines.
Senator Pettus has been slightly in
disposed for several days and has beer
unable to attend to his duties in the
Senate, but no fears are entertained
by his physician, it is said, and he will
probably resume his seat in a short
while
Alabama has produced no greater
men than John Tyler Morgan and Ed
mund Winston Pettus.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
BIRMINGHAM SHOULD HELP.

From the Florence Times.
In another article In The Times this
week We refer to the necessity for bet
ter railway facilities between Florence,
Tuscumbia and Sheffield and the city of
Birmingham. The trouble we point out
lies nearly altogether in the Arrangement
of the schedules. We should be able to
visit Birmingham, spend several hours
and return the same evening. AS it Is now.
a trip to Birmingham, if only a few
hours of the day be needed there, means
two nights and the better part of three
days out If the Northern Alabama road
is used; or If the trip should be by De-
catur, it is wore on account of night
travel. We have hung on this question too
long. Let the cities get together and make
a pull altogether and let Birmingham
come to our assistance. We suggest that
cour city officials and business leagues
take the matter up at once.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
Alabama Home Coming.

Alabama Is to have a homecoming
week, and if hearty invitations, official
and semi-offlcial, are accorded the re-
Spouse they are likely to meet with,
October 1920, the time set, will be
memorable in the states history. Bir-
mingham is to receive the wanderers
with fitting exercises and thousands
of Alabamians now living in other
states will come and find a joyful well
come.
Several weeks ago The Age-Herald
suggested movement looking to an
Alabama homecoming. Yesterday the
directors of the Commercial club of
this city acted with great unanimity
in giving the matter definite shape.
The invitation from the club to Ala
bamians wheresoever dispersed to come
and pay the old state a visit was both
spontaneous and cordial. And quickly
following the action of the club the
Mayor issued a ringing proclamation in
behalf of the city for home coming
reunion at Birmingham. The Governor
has been asked to issue similar proc.
lamation in behalf of the state.
Birmingham is the natural center
for the home corners, and this city will
put on its best gala dress for the occa.
sion. Since the wonderful success OF
the Kentucky home coming, Virginia
and many other states have fallen in
line in issuing invitations to their dis
tant sons and daughters.
The Alabama State Fair will be held
here in October, and the week for the
homecoming celebration will be dur.
ing the progress of the fair. Every
returning Alabamians will find rev
citation in the phenomenal development
of the Birmingham district. He will
be glad to see the young city's growth
and will catch the spirit and progress
animating this community. And despite
tolls and hustle, the citizens of Biz
mingham will demonstrate their hos
pitality as never before. Let every
Albanian outside the boundary keer
the homecoming date in mind and be
ready to move on to Birmingham when
the time comes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24

almost as radical as the states general,
and 1t has the courage of It's convie-
lions. 1t is, In fact, remarkable
body.
The difference between today IA
Russia and 1880 In France is not great
except in the respect of the army. The
army in France went over TO the peo-
pie, deserving the unfortunate French
King In the outset Of the struggle for
liberty, The army drawn from the
masses will do likewise, but it will not
do so as readily and as speedily as the
French army did, If It should, the
struggle between the bureaucracy and
the people In Russia would soon be de-
cided. But Russia Is a vast country
and the army hesitates, and no doubt
a good deal of time viii be consumed
in transferring power from the bureau.
Gratis to the people. The work will be
accomplished, but the duma will not
do It. The duma is simply a step-a
course-ln the education Of the Rus
sian people, and as such 1t Is certainly
acting excellently and wisely. As u
revolutionary body 1t Is filling RUSSIA
with ideas. 1t Is getting the country
ready for revolution. AS legislative
body 1t will. however, accomplish little
or nothing.
All the bureaucrats are not blind.
some see clearly, and the few that do
are selling all they possess and are
getting out of the country. The ma
jority, however, will remain and they
will be engulfed In the revolution
which Is now about as certain as any.
thing In this world can be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
IN HOTEL LogBIHs
Landslide for Gray,

The reports + hear throughout the
state are to the effect that there will
be landslide for Henry B, Gray for
lieutenant governor said Bradley j.
Saunders last evening, TT have been out
In the state during the past two weeks
and I have number Of travelling men
who report that the sentiment In every
county they have visited Is oyerwhe shining
for Gray,
AS a matter Of fact Gray Is one of the
ablest men In Alabama, He has made a
success Of his own affairs and would
make a success OF the states affairs. am
Tor Gray, and ! believe the great ma
Jority of the people Of the state are for
Gray, believe In the man who has done
something for himself Such man will
be a. credit to the state and will be the
choice Of the people"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
Revolution in Russia.

Russia seems to be drifting straight
weak and vascillating. He stands be-
tween the bureaucracy which appears
Incapable of seeing the things it does
not want to see, and the people repre-
scented by an infeXible and stalwart
duma. The duma can wiring nothing
more from the mobiles and the bureauc-
racy in general, but it hopes to hold
mer adjournment, and in the mean
while it is educating the masses and
filling the minds of the peasants with
dreams of lands and the like. 1t is
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
About Meats.

1.-THE number Of people that have given
up the eating of meat since the recent
disclosure Is surprising" said a travel
ing man yesterday. Meeting as l do
dozens of men in hotels throughout the
state. | have had an admirable oppor-
tunity to notice the number that order
everything on the bill save meat. l at
first attributed this to the warm weather,
but upon investigation learned that they
were actually in mortal dread of the
meat served. unless they knew 1t was
home killed and cured.
For about a week in Hobbies. cars din
ing rooms and smokers the government
meat Investigation was the topic of con-
versation. This abstinence is not prompted
by illiterate superstition, because the ma
jority of travelling men are men of the
world and well educated. They simply
think enough of their health to accept
the various statements published for what
they are worth, and let meats of every
description alone.
II was talking recently to man that
travels for large packing concern and
he told me his sales had fallen off 20 per
cent.
II know of one hotel in Montgomery
that prints on its menus the name of the
packer supplying the meats used on the
tables.
Personally, / have not eaten a pound
of beef since the disclosures were made
public, nor has my wife. We are content
to wait a while. This may be foolishness,
but we would rather forego the pleas
ura Of IA tiup 1naat than To fnagi every
time we finished a meal that incipient
dyspepsia or some other malady had
commenced.
There is no use denying it, the press
of today has become powerful factor in
the world at large. If you don't believe
1t ask the packers"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
MUST DO BETTER NOW.

From tho Brewton Standard.
Since our honored friend, Erwin Craig
head, of the Register, has had bestowed
upon him the title of LII. D., he must
no longer speak or write of standard
of value In all discussions of the money
In mind the fact that value is a mental
concept; that values vary In accordance
with Individual estimations. and that there
can, therefore, be no standard by which
values can be measured. Messrs. Waiter
son and Screws are respectfully reminded
that they, too, have been guilty of
making the same mistake as to a stand
ard of value
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
THE OLD SEXTON.

By Park Benjamin.
Nigh to a grave that was newly made
Leaned a sexton old. on his earth-worn
spade;
His work was done and he passed to wait
The funeral train at the open gate.
A relic of by-gone days was he'
And his locks were gray as the foamy
sea-
And these words came from MS lips 20
thin:
at gather them in-I gather them in
Gather-gather-I gather them in.
II gather them in; for man and boy,
Year after year of grief and joy,
I've builded the houses that lie around
In every nook OF this battle-ground.
Mother and daughter, father and son.
Come to my solitude, one by one;
But come they stranger, or come they
kin, : T. ~
I gather them in-I gather them in.
Many are with me, yet I'm alone;
I'm king OF the dead. and l make my
throne
On a monument slab of marble cold
My sceptre of rule is tho spade 1 hold.
Come they from cottage. or come they
from hall,
Mankind are my subjects, all. an. ALL
May they loiter in pleasure or toilfully
spin,
l gather them in-I gather them In.
II gather them in. and their final rest
Is here, down here. in the earth's dark
breast"
And the sexton ceased as the funeral
train
Wound mutely over that solemn plaE;
And | said to myself, ''iNheH time Is
told,
A mightier voice than tina, sectors old
viii be heard 'er the -ast trumps dread
full din;
| gather them in-I gather them In
Gather-gat them ~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
Hottest Day.

This has been the hottest day we have
had this year, or rather the public in
general has suffered more from the heat
today than any other day this year,
said the man behind the counter of a
soda water establishment last night
II have served more soft drinks today
! believe than on any other day in many
months, and hundreds of people have coma
here and begged for Just a glass of wa
ter
The more people suffer from the heat
the greater the amount of water and
soda water they want, and today has
been a record breaker. If 1t is not cooler
Sunday | believe that we Will again do a
record breaking business. The amount Of
soda water sold is an excellent thermome-
ter to Indicate the heat
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT POLITICAL AFFAIRS
AND OTHER MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST

who gets twenty cents q mile from the
United States treasury for his tickets to
and from Washington. who pockets the
same and rides on a free pass, will be
prevented from doing 50 In future. So
will the state county and city officials,
and others who have really never been
entitled TO ride free.
The pure food bill debate In Congress
has taught US al something In food as
In circuses 1t would seem that the Ameri-
can people want to be humbugged. For
many years past all sorts of chemical
conoocdons have been imposed upon the
people. to the serious detriment of health.
As many of the states will not protect
their people 1t Is we'll for the national
government to do 3d.
Though there are candidates galore for
all the offices In Alabama, which are to
be filled this fall, the people are taking
less interest In politics than ever before
In the history of the state OF Alabama
The candidates for governor are both on
the same platform practically, and appar-
emily the public cares little who is elect
ed
There Is one interest however which
both candidates should be forced by the
people to support. 1t is the question of
the state itself taking up the matter of
immigration. The labor problem is indeed
a serious one and there is ten times as
much uncultivated land in Alabama as
there should be-
What we need in Alabama lis more intel
hgent labor and a greater number of
intelligent farmers. The negro Is not a
farmer. He is merely farm laborer
The railroads are doing their part to-
ward bringing intelligent farmers and la
borers into the state but the state gov
eminent itself must take up the matter
of establishing bureau of immigration
as 1t has an agricultural bureau. Ala
'bama Is going ahead in manufacturing
and mineral production but 1t is standing
almost still in am agricultural way. Prac-
tically every food product consumed with
in the limits of the state should be raised
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New y ork Press.
There is mighty little fun in paying for
It after you have had 1t.
A girl is terribly reckless to wear pink
when she is getting sunburned.
It's mighty mean man that won't
lie to child so as to help 1t to be happy
over its belief in fairies.
The aueerest thing is how many places
a rocking chair can be an a dark room
At once to scrape your shins.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
Many Brick Daily,

There are about 10000 brick manu-
featured In Birmingham daily" said AL
derman Simms yesterday. "of that num-
Der about $4,000 are common brick and
the remainder are pressed brick, paving
brick and the white sand brick.
Birmingham now equals any southern
city In the number of brick manufac-
tured. We make more than Memphis,
more than Columbus, as many as Chatta-
nooga and as many as Augusta Birming-
ham Is therefore In the forefront and
the number of brick manufactured daily
Is increasing.
No pressed brick were made In Bir-
mingham until recently, but now between
5000 and $1,000 are turned out daily"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24

within the state. Yet as 1t Is now a very
large percentage OF food products are
imported from western states; and these
products from the western states are
produced largely, or almost entirely. by
whites, a large percentage of whom ara
Of foreign origin.
Any one travelling over the state of
Alabama, who has travelled in the north
or west, can readily see the difference.
Our lands are uncultiva and there ia
many times as much waste land as there
should be.
In the Birmingham district of course Ii
Is different. This is a manufacturing dis
trfot There is steady growth and pro-
gress here. Yet there is a great scarcjtv
OF labor even right here where wages
are higher than at any other point in
the entire south.
Just now the Tennessee Coal. Iron and
Railroad company directors are maIdng
large appropriations for new plants and
improvements to be made on the old
plants In this district I am reliably In
formed that they are to spend something
like ten to fifteen million dollars here.
OF course such expenditure will make
things hum in this district, so to speak.
With the Birmingham district going
ahead as 1T is, the people not only of
Birmingham, but of this state. should
take steps to bring about full state de-
velopment in every line equalling that of
the Birmingham district.
l am glad to know that Mayor Ward
and some members of the Board of Alder
men are taking active steps to provide
for Birmingham a genuine park I am
informed that a deal has been made for
something like 100 acres of land adiodn-
ing the city to be converted into a beau
tiful park. 1 believe that every one in
Birmingham will approve the Mayors
action In this matter and will earnestly
assist him In his work of providing an
attractive park and playground for the
people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
Coal Mininu.-

THE Corona Coal and Iron company has
taken on new life, and is showing it by
their increased output, when they have
the coal cars to put it in" said a Walker
county man.
"On Thursday. June q, Patton mine
tipped 1903 tons, which was the best day s
work ever done at that place. Coal Val
ley. heretofore, has been the banner mine,
but j. S. Freeman the superintendent at
Patton, says he is going to be in the lead
hereafter When you consider that this
coal was hauled more than a mile in tram
cars by mules, you will understand what
a big days work it was.
Engineers have been surveying re-
Gently for the purpose of installing new
electric haulage plants. When these are
completed 1t will be an easy matter to
double the output.
1.-The most satisfactory feature of this
coal business is that everybody seems to
want Corona coal. 1t seems almost i'm
possible to get out enough to supply the
natural wants of the people.
"rhe West Corona Coal company seems
to have increased its output also and 1t
has a considerable camp"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
ST. Johns Day.

June "a is known as the festival of ST.
John the Baptist" remarked an old Ma
son. I'm the nturgical churches it is OBJ
served and in many sections of the coun-
try 1t is celebrated by the Masons. In
some Masonic jurisdictions the worshipful
master and the other blue lodge officers
are installed on the oath of June"