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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
A WONDERFUL OLD MAN.

From the New York World.
 If age be measured by the intensity of life as well as it's extent. Manuel Garcia. who died In London on Sunday at 10l. was one of the marvels of longevity. He did not live the simple life nor the sleepy one. He was travelling opera singer In wild places, a sailor before the mast. a teacher of slnging-and no work is more wearing to the nerves-an inventor.
 The Heading case" of longevity here abouts is that of Noah Raby, who spent his last of possibly 115 years at the Mid dlesex poor farm. New Jersey But his career was as quiet as a mill pond. To find parallels to Garcia one seeks such cases as Sir Moses Montefiore, who trav- eled much in danger and discomfort for his co-religionists, yet lived to be 100; or Titan, the painter, who died untimely by the plague when in nearly his full strength at 99; or Lord Lyndhurst, who made at 90 an excellent political speech; or the great Michael Angelo. who became architect of St. Peters at Il and served eighteen years under four Popes after the bitterest of lives and gigantic labors; or Chevreul the great physicist who wrote in his Tooth year scientific trea- tise
 Of long life among simple scenes no case is more remarkable than that of Khoat Beg, whom Sven Hedin found among the Kirghiz at III. Among his five gray old sons ''he sat his saddle with as firm seat and as proud bearing as any among them" But he had not an ar lists trials or temperament
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
ReIlalous Mans Hobby.

T have been reading with interest d sketch of the late Rev Dr. Thurman of Virginia. who achieved fame by aseer- taining the date of the millennium said 8 citizen
 pr. Thursman was at one time a Baptist minister. but in recent years he was Dunkard. He preached that the world would come to an end in 1875 When his prediction failed of fulfillment he ad- mitted that he had made a slip in his calculations He figured again and found that 1917 was to be the millenium year. Strange so many people attached impor- tance to pr. Thurman's prophecy All of us who have reached the age of 60 can recall various milisnium dates fixed by the millertes. When lad I was fright ened almost to death by the date fixed by one of these cranks. think it was in the early sixties l lasted and prayed until the awful date passed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
Theory and Practice.

Everyone who takes an interest in educational work in the south must observe with satisfaction the increas- ing efforts of college faculties to fit students for the practical affairs of life. Educators realize now more than ever the importance of combining theory with practice. Hence 1t is that many of the institutions of learning which in other years were academic merely have established technological depart ments so as to prepare young men for industrial and agricultural pursuits The demand for technically educated men is already great and 1t is con Aantly growing.
 Among the colleges doing far-reach- Ing service for good along practical lines is the Alabama Polytechnic In- stitute at Auburn. This institution has long been a center of helpful training In the mechanic arts and in recent years it has done valuable work in it's agricultural department. Its Farmers Summer School and Roundup Farm CTS Institute" is proving of incal- culable benefit to the agriculturalists of Alabama This summers course begins July 23 and, men eminent in ne various branches of agricultural
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
Georqia Home Coming.

Georgia, alawys quick to take the cue, has fallen Into line with homecoming Atlanta has invited everybody of Georgia kinship and everybody that ever lived in the state or ever passed through it to a homecoming during the state fair next October. There are said to be 100000 na- tive Georgians living In Alabama In 1900. Texas has the next largest number, 5000. They say there are now as many people of Georgia blood in that state as there are at home. It is estimated that there are 100000 people of Georgia lineage liv- ing other states, or twice Georgia's pres ent populatfon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
About Cities.

Tt is hardly necessary for Birmingham to have an organized body of boosters. like a certain Tennessee city, said vsl- tor from Montgomery yesterday.
 Every man, woman and child in the place is filled to the limit with its im- portance, and they don't fail to tell you about 1t. Each one is a self-eonstituted booster. To an outsider 1t sounds peri lously like boasting. But here in Birming- ham you seem to have the goods and you have, therefore, right to talk. The only thing Is I don't see why they can't go ahead boosting Birmingham without roasting Montgomery.
 "Now, Montgomery is all right, for all that you say about 1t. We have got some things there that you can never have. We have got-let me see-the capitol and the river. Then, too, we have an atmos- phere of quiet peacefulness that's all our own. We will be living when you people have worked yourselves to death. But notwithstanding the restfulness of Montgomery things haven't quite reached the point when Birmingham can speak of it as New York does of Brookyn-as Gotham's bedchamber. Although, by the way. We have got hotel that will hold good crowd of you. You have got lots of pig iron and that sort of thing but you needn't be so overproud about it. The Lord gave it to you. There's one thing certain, when you want to see boat you will have to come to Mont gomery. Or If you prefer. we can give you plenty of schooners cold and all sizes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
Anniston Elated.

'Anniston is very much elated over the prospect of securing a branch of the Sea- board" said w. T. Edmondson of that city. who was in Birmingham last night.
 The new line will certainly be built, in fact contracts for part of the con- struction have already been let The line will open up some very valuable mineral and agricultural territory that has as yet been undeveloped.
 "Of course our section of the state will give John B. Knox a large majority for alternate senator and ex-Governor Johnston seems to be running close with him. Fitts and Clarke will also get a good following in Calhoun county for the same place"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
ROBERT J. LOW E.
,e Huntsville Mercury.

From the Huntsville Mercury.
 Tn another column of today's isue of the Mercury will be found the announce ment of Hon. Robert J. Lowe for asso- ciate railroad commissioner. MT. Lowe needs no introduction to the democratic voters of Madison. He Is to the manor born, although the greatest portion of his time has been spent in Birmingham since attaining his majority. He has served the democratic party well and faithfully. He was chairman of the State democratic committee at time when it required the skill and judgment of a strong. trained and able mind to weather the breakers, and the party in the state will remember his services. He Is man of strong personal magnetism and his en- trance in the contest for associate com missioner will add new interest to the race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
SCARED OFF.

A poet 1 would like to be-
 certain fellow said, who had two dreamy optics and
 Long hair upon his head. Il madiy woo the errant muse And write a lot of verse. The spirit moves me strangely now. Methinks l shall rehearse.' He struck an attitude forthwith. But ere he made start, He looked about to see If some One else did play the part. Beneath hedge poet sang,
 His voice was shrill to hear, While other poets, good and bad. Did wartSs far and near. Sleek city bards and rural bards Of high and low degree All struck their harps with emphasis To swell the melody. The woods, the fields, the crowded
 streets
 Seemed teeming with their kind. One couldn't walk, they were so thick, Nor keep them out of mind They perched upon the curbing and They climbed into the trees, They frolicked in the tall grass which Was tickled by breeze. The wooded dells were full of them. Likewise the placid lakes. The leafy coverts here and there The bogs and gloomy brakes. One sang of this, another that, The din was awful, too. Nobody semed to think, in fact, They ever would get through. They kept so great a racket up That pandemonium reigned And while some people stopped their
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
CREDIT TO WHOM CREDIT IS DUE.

From the New York Sun.
 Sending the Hon. Albert Jeremiah Bev- eridge the pen with which the meat in- spection amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill was signed. MT. Roose- welt makes necessary a readjustment of the facts of recent chapter of Ameri- can history. You were the man." MT. Roosevelt writes, who first called my attention to the abuses in the packing houses" MT Beveridge himself would never have let the world know that 1t is indebted to him for the purification of American canned meat. Now Com missioner Neill and the Hon. James Bron- son Reynolds are seen to be but the agents and sociological tools of that re- sistless intelligence Even the supposed priority of the bashful Jersey youth who has read more than 5000 novels pales and fades. The ferret eye and the construc- tive mind of Mir. Beveridge were first in this great work.
 You were the legislator" continues Mir. Roosevelt, "who drafted the bill, which in its substance now appears in the amendment to the agricultural bill and which will enable us to put com- plete stop to the evils complained of" Some of the substance has dropped out. thanks to the malignity of the House. but who can doubt that any wrong-doing which MT. Beveridge sets out to stop will be stopped at once?
 Henceforth no American can see a sheep, a calf or a steer without thinking of the fruitful intellect and the feeling heart of the senior senator from Indiana. Nor is his fame confined to his country. Renowned already abroad by his travels and his penetrating views of world poli- tics. MT. Beveridge will be honored and blessed for ages by whole classes that have never heard of his literary or mere- ly political achievements. Tommy Atkins will remember him as the ''preserver' of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
REFLECTIONS BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Some boys are able to earn their livings In spite of their college education.
 man has to give up a lot of other bad habits to be able to afford the auto- mobile one.
 If a girl is dressed in pink, it's sign she isn't going somewhere with red headed man.
 Living in the suburbs is a sort of train ing for the place you may have to live in the next world.
 If man absent-mindedly calls his wife by somebody else's name, he'd better get n high fever to account for It right on the spot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
The Humane Society.

A meeting of the Birmingham Hu- mane society has been called to take place in Judge Feagin's office in the city hall tomorrow night in order to revive interest in a most commendable organization. It is hoped that the at tendance will be large and that 1t may result in much good for the society. Birmingham is large enough to support a humane society handsomely, while the need of such body here is read fly apparent. In other southern cities the humane societies accomplish good work and are deemed indispensable. Ours should be held in equal regard
 The work of Secretary l.. A. Bennie has been done in the face of great ob- stacles, chief of which was a lack of financial support. No organization that is conducted in a haphazard fashion and Is dependent upon uncertain revenue can hope to flourish. The good people of Birmingham. and espe- cially the women. should unite to estab- fish the society on a firm foundation.
 Conditions as they exist here will be presented at the meeting Friday night, when it is hoped that there will be large increase in the society's active membership. Members who are mere figureheads are not worth while. Live workers are needed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
From the Washington Post.

ioiil tHt WdSHlIBlOD GOSl.
 NN ORE than eight years have IVl passed since the War Investi- gating Commission" over which Gen. Granville NJ. Dodge presided, com pleted its labors and handed in the detail- ed report thereof to President Mckinley. That tremendous document covered the results of five months of impartial, intel ligent, and conscientious inquiry conduct ed by as high-minded and honorable men as were ever associated together for a similar purpose It set forth all the &C., cusations against the war department in connection with its conduct of the affair with Spain; showed that every one of them had been craefully investigated, and produced the sworn testimony of witnesses to prove their absolute groundlessness at every point.
 Why that document was suppressed on the very morning on which the presses of the public printing office were to have begun converting 1t into imperishable his- tory, who shall say? How and through what sinister influence MT. Mckinley, the kndest, gentlest, and most sympathetic soul of his time, was persuaded to sanc- ton an injustice so terrible, no one, per haps, will ever surely know. The thing was done, however. The presses were ar rested by order from some high quarter and the informant ton that had been promis- ed to the American people was effectually and permanently withheld. The country was left no alternative save that of ac- cepting as gospel truth the wicked and cruel islanders which the commission had been summoned to investigate, and which Its inquiries had exposed as wanton, false. and infamous. Scandals based on nothing but ignorance and malice went uncontradcted. Truth and justice perish- ed miserably.
 Ever since, the old lies have fiourished and multiplied apace. Time has not check ed nor custom stalled their infinite, malign
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

"tinned' meats Wherever there is an army or picnic there will be grateful thoughts of MT. Beveridge. His name will be strewn along the Nile; it will camp on the Himalayas; 1t will climb the roof of the world; Hottentots will be happy in it, and the Pigmies will rest in its giant shade.
 Mr. Beveridge is in his forty-fourth year. In his short but splendid and crowded life he has done two things that cannot be forgotten while memory holds her seat. He is the father of fed- eral meat inspection and the discoverer of the ship railroad" across the Isth- mus of Panama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
Sane Fourth of July.

Better order prevailed in Birmingham on this Fourth of July than usual" said member of the police force. Tn fact, l do not recall holiday when there was less rowdyness in the streets. The small boy and the grown boy enjoyed his pop crackers and his torpedoes, but there was far less noise than on the Fourth of July a year ago.
 As for drunkenness, we find more of 1t on the average Saturday than was in evidence on this glorious Fourth"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
 1.-THE CRIME OF 18oo"

activity. Only yesterday, the Philade!- phia Telegraph, newspaper of wide circulation and excellent repute, had this to say-no doubt in perfect faith:
 Tn the final struggle to carry the neat inspection bill through the House of Rep resentatives the beef trust has succeeded in forcing the defendants of the measure to sacrifice the disputed points in order to save the bill as whole. One of the most important of these contested pro- visions is that requiring the branding of each package of canned goods with the date of It's production in manner so unalterable that no subsequent artifice can be employed to obliterate or to ob- scure the mark. That requirement is for the protection of consumers: and it has been strenuously opposed by the packers Tor the sole reason that it estops the sale of old goods. No consumer would buy a can of beef in 1906 if the date 1896 were struck with a die in the metal If the Alger beeef rations had been indelibly marked with date showing the packages to be ten years old. even the secretary ot war could hardly have forced them on the army against the protest of General Miles,
 General Alger left Washington some weeks ago, exhausted by his official labors as senator, added to advanced age and failing health. He has announced his purpose of retiring from public life and spending what years may be vouch- safed him in the peaceful refuge of his home, among the friends who honor and ! esteem him. in the heart of a community not one member of which has ever doubt ed his integrity. He might have been spared, in the gathering autumn of his days-days given always to kindness and to helpful charity-such cruel blows as this. es. and he would have been spared them had the simple truth been published. But the facts are as we have shown, and the crime of 1899 stands unavenged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
sonnets from the Portuquese-xLItl.

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning. How do I love thee? Let me count the
 way. I love thee to the depth and breadth and
 height My soul can reach, when feeling out of
 sight For the ends of Being and Ideal Grace. l love thee to the level of every-day's Most quiet need, by sun and candielight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely. as they burn from
 Praise: I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood .
 faith; I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints-I love thee with the
 breath, Smiles, tears. of all my life!-and, if God
 choose, l shau love thee better after death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
ALABAMA PRESS

Mobile Herald: Congressman Longworth abundantly realizes that all the applause over his wedding journey is for the missus.
 Alabama Courier: Chicago packers would like very much to have Upton Sim clair appointed an inspector and station ed near an open lard vat.
 Mobile Register: The esteemed Con- gressional Record has lost most of It's contributors, but will continue to be pub lished for some weeks at the old stand.
 Montgomery Advertiser: Now they are telling us that iced drinks, including plain water are injurious to the teeth. If that is true those who have no teeth are best off in hot weather.
 Gadsden Times-News: The Age Herald says that Uncle Sam ought to carry love letters free during the spring and summer months Just as though the post office deficit was not already altogether too large
 Selma Journal: Hon. Jesse Stallings proposes the ticket for the next demo- cratic campaign as follows: Bryan and Mitchell. There can be no doubt that such a ticket would be a winner, as or ganized labor would doubtless vote solid- ly for ticket bearing the name of John Mitchell. The possibility and probability of such ticket is another matter.
 Montgomery Journal: The Baltimore Sun says that when a southerner gets | big appointment from the federal gov ernment. we often find that he is northern man who has moved down there and carried his carpetbag with hiln. That was about 1t under former republican administrations. Now it is different. The President has adopted the plan of prose- lytng southern democrats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
CLEVELAND AND BRYAN,
e Louisville Herald

From the Louisville Herald
 Grover Cleveland had to seek each one of his three presidential nominations. VII liam Jennings Bryan looked for neither of his first two, and the third is com ing on a rainbow held up at one end by Henry Watterson and at the other by Tom l.. Johnson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE TIMES

NN UR prosperous townspeople turned k/Iout en masse yesterday to cele-
 brate the glorious Fourth and hon or our distinguished fellow citizen and monitor. the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. President of the United States Col Roosevelt having as previously an nounced in these columns, but re- gently come down from Washing ton for a vacation spell. was in fine fettle yesterday and his address, while strictly informal, was a treat to the ear. Locust Grove was a beehive of humanity, conspicuous among which was Secretary Loeb A great number of pie mics were had subsequent to the presi- dental address, and excursion parties from other points lent Oyster Bay an air of cosnopolitanism sometimes lacking. The decorations were handsome and re- fiected credit on our enterprlsing citizens who put them up out of their own pock- cts, as it were. The town council ap- propriated $25o for extra police protec- tion, so that the dove of peace hovered near practically all day. It was a glori- ous Fourth for Oyster Bay and d season of great enjoyment for the editor, who took part-Oyster Bay Sentinel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

Secretary Wilson says that we are going to have no more bad meats. Now's the time to cut out the break fast food.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05
IT'S SPREADING.
Pensacola Journal.

From the Pensacola Journal.
 The homecoming fever is spreading. Alabama Is now suffering from 1t and Birmingham seems to be one center of the epidemic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

From the Florida Times Union
 Now Alabama is talking of having a home-e omnlg week. What we need in Florida is a home-staynig year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

The Charleston News and Courier wants to know why Congress didn't in- clude a section in the rate bill to reg ulate peek-a-boos. According to con tents, they are not common carriers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

If all the muck rakers were given picks and put to work in Panama we would soon have canal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

Senator LaFollette will keep on talk ing on the lecture platform, Just as if he were in Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

It will be hard for Nicholas Long worth to get down on terra firma again when he returns home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

MT. Bryan takes a cavalier view of his chances for the nomination. but deep down in his heart he knows that 1t is not light affair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

Rental day in Birmingham is now April 1, instead of October 1, and the change will meet with favor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

Colonel Watterson is the man to make Colonel Bryan think that he is really back home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

Now we may look forward to Thanks giving Day. That's a fine day and pretty safe, too.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

Count Boni has been turned down by the Chamber of Deputies. Rainy days for Boni.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

Mr. Mcclellan escaped the Salisbury wreck and was spared to make matters warm for Murphy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

We are growing old" remarks a contemporary. Do it gracefully and keep your heart young.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

The situation in Russia is much like that when the fuse of cannon cracker is sputtering.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

The Czar is being Carrie Nationized so much these days that he doesn't know which way to turn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

Life, MT. Perkins is deemed immacu- late.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

', A crop af amateur journalists is be- ing harvested from the recent crop of graduates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

Admiral Rojestvensky confesses that he did what everybody knew he did.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

Count Witte not only got 1t in the neck, but in several other places as we'll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

Maybe 1t was the picnic meats that caused some of the fatalities yester- day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

If Chairman Taggart needs the lid it should be put on him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-05

A Birmingham firm of money lend CTS were fined $500. Soak 'em again!