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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
An Incident of Lincoln.

Thomas H. Tibbles in Success Magazine.
 When Lincoln was on his way to as- sume the office of President the train was delayed at Freedom, Pa, by an ac- cident to freight train that was a little way Ahead, and, while he was there, saw him again. Some things happened that I have never seen in print. He was accompanied by Major Sumner. whom knew as commander of the United States troops in Kansas in 1856, and Col. Elmer Ellsworth, of the celebrated regiment of zouaves. Neither Major Sumner nor Colonel Ellsworth was tall, and as they stood beside Lincoln on the rear plat form, while he made his address, they looked shorter than they really were. At the close of Lincoln s fshort speech a coal heayer called out. Abe. they say you are the tallest man in the United States but I don't believe you are any taller than an." Lincoln replied: Come UT, here and let us measure The coal heaver pressed his way through the crowd and climbed on the platform, where Lin coin and he stood back to back. Turning to Colonel Ellsworth, Lincoln said: (Which Is the taller?'
 Colonel Ellsworth, being so much short CT, could not tell, SO he climbed on the guard rail, and. putting his hand across said: 'I believe they are exactly the same height" Then Lincoln and the coal heaver turned around and faced each other. The crowd shouted loudly when Lincoln took the black. sooty hand of the coal heaver in his and gave a hearty handshake to the man who was lis euual-in height.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
REAL MEANING
Of Many of the Newspaper Phrases IF
 Use Today.

From the Washington Post. Pretty Girl-Any unmarried human fe- male under S5 years old who gets Into the news. Society Matron-Any unmarried woman, from a bartender's wife up the social grade. who gets into the news.
 Society Girl-synonymous with pretty girl" See above.
 Exclusive-Adjective applied to any club or social organization which excludes Indian not taxed. convicts and persons of more than one-half negro blood.
 Not Expected to Recover-Phrase ap- piled to the condition of all persons in- jured in course of news story.
 Prominent Yale Graduate-Any one wearing a boiled shirt. arrested for any thing above a misdemeanor.
 Multimillionaire-Perso possessed of property worth $50,0000 900 or over, or a relative of a person listed in the Social Register. Up to three years ago mil llonalre" was used in the same sense.
 Thirty-two Calibre, Pearl Handled Phrase which must always be attached to the noun revolver unless otherwise ordered.
 Tot-Any child under seven. In pathet- ic story the adjective ''tiny" must always be prefixed.
 Plucky Woman-,Any woman who did not scream.
 Heroine-Prncipal female character in any burglar story. Otherwise synonymous with ''piucky wonan." q. V. Prominent Clubman-Any bachelor leas- ing apartments at so a month and up- ward. Also members of the Paul Kelly and Timothy D. Sullivan associations who happen to be arrested while wearing dress suits.
 Fatally Injured-See Not expected to recover" above. Fashionable Apartment House-Any dwelling which has an elevator.
 Toddle-Verb applied to the walk of tiny tot. See under ''tot" for correct usage.
 Well Dressed-Phrase always applied to woman who, when arrested, is compara- lively clean. Must be used in a story about prominent clubman, q. V. above.
 Snug Sum-Money.
 Crisp F'iye-Dollar Bill-Five dollars.
 Cozy-Adjective always applied to home to which the remains are taken. Wuz-Synonymous with was" but in- dicates. dialect. Hurled-Motion of passengers. cars and cabs at the time of the accident.
 Faint-Course taken by all the women within six blocks of the accident.
 Scream-See faint" above.
 Wild Panic-lnevitable result of the acci- dent.
 Dash-Gait of the crowd at the time of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
FIGURES LOWER FOR
 PAST FISCAL YEAR
Decrease in Russian Trade Due
 to the War
TOTAL TRADE $20,8O0,OOO
Of This Amount stt,soo,ooo Repre- scented the Imports Into United States and st7,ooo,ooo Exports
 of United States to Russia.

Washington. January 2S.--rrade of the United States with Russia, including tho Asiatie part, during the fiscal year 1905, as shown by the records of the bureau of statistics, department of commerce and labor. amounted to s2S,S00OO0, of which sl1.sOO,00O represented imports into the United States and $l7OOOOOO the ex- ports of the United States to Russia.
 These figures are somewhat lower than the figures for the preceding year. when the total trade figures were in excess of sSl3O0,0O0 (of which s11,9OO,OO0 were im- ports and s19, 100000 were exports). Tne shrinlage is due largely to the war and the unsettled condition of the country. These figures do not include the entire trade movement between the countries. great amount of goods shipped from this country and ultimately reaching Rus sia and vice versa are transported through other countries, particularly raw cotton, the largest item of American imports.
 Imports of American cotton into Rus sla during the five year period ending December 31, 1904, were 919, 534, GOO pounds, while our exports to that country during the five year period ending June 30, 1904, are stated in official reports of the Unit ed States bureau of statistics to have been 266,O00.000 pounds. or less than 90 per cent of the imports recorded by the Russian custom authorities. Allowing for these additional figures, it is stated that conservative estimate of the total value of the commerce, both direct and indirect, would place the value at n-~ less than fifty-five to sixty million doi- lars of which forty-five to fifty million dollars represent tIe value of gooda shipped to Russia from this country and about IO,0O0,0O0 the value of goods shipped from Russia to tho United States,
 The principal imports Into Russia from the United States for the calendar year 1903. the latest year for which complete returns for the entire empire are avail able, are row cotton valued at $24 33S,000, which includes the value of direct im- ports only; machinery, chiefly agrlcnl- tural machinery of the more complex type, which aggregated S2,5T4OOO in value; iron and steel. copper dyes, etc.
 The principal imports into United States form Russia are raw materials. prnci- pally raw wood and hides, and skins. whose combined value constitute nearly so per cent of the total imports credit ed to that country, as a whole.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
FIRE AT BELLEVUE.
Eight Hundred Patients Are Threat
 ened by the Flames.

New York, January 2S.-Eight hundred patients in Bellevue hospital were endan- gered by fire in the laundry building early today. yet through the quiet and efficient work of the hospital fire brigade and the regular firemen who reponded with muffed bells, only small number of some of the outlying pavilions were awakened. By prompt work the fire was confined to the laundry, with few thous- and dollars damage
 Spontaneous combustion is believed to have started the blaze, a remarkable fea- ture of which was that sheets of asbes- tos, supposedly fire proof burned like finder according to Steward Phillip Smith. chief of the hospital fire brigade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
SUBWAY FOR CHICAGO.
Company Wants Franchise for Under
 ground Railways for Passengers.

Chicago, January 2S.-Application will be made to the City Council tomorrow night by the Chicago Central Sub-Rail- way company for fifty year franchise for ten-mlle subway system for psssen- ger traffic under Chicagos downtown streets.
 The company was organized in 1894 with a capital of s15OOo,OOO and franchise was asked for at that time, but the coun- ell refused to grant 1t. It Is understood that the same people who are interested in the present subway, which is used for freight only. will construct the new sub way for passenger traffic, provided a franchise can be secured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
CHE THAT WORKS EASILY, WORKS SUCCESSFULLY" CLEAN HOUSE WITH
 APOLLO

the accident Rush is synonymous. Run" is not good usage. D-n-Damn.
 Heir-Child having $500 coming to him from life insurance policy.
 Ring Out-What shots always do.
 Hurtle-Verb used of motion of any fall ing object. especially a brick or a sui eide.
 Havoc-Good word to use almost any where.
 High-Adjective which must be prefixed to noun noon in the account of a fashionable wedding.
 Trust-Any money not owned by the proprietor.
 Slay-Synonymous with obsolete verb kill"
 Juggle-What is always done with the funds of a bank or trust company.
 Bandlt-Person guilty of crime against property for which the penalty is more than ten days in jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
Curious Place Names.
prom Leslie's Weekly

From LeSlle.S weekly.
 There has recently been published a re- port on the place names of the United states, from which a few interesting in- stances are given below. Chicago Is an Indian word. meaning wild onion or skunk weed; Chesapeake is also Indian, and is variously interpreted as highly salted wa ter, great waters or country on a great river Chautauqua Is also an Indian word, and has had several interpretations as a foggy place. bag tied in the mid dle (referring to the shape of the lake), a place where child was washed away, where the fish are taken out, place of easy death, or. finally. place where one was lost. Des Moines Is usually sup posed to refer only to lhe Trapplst monks, and it Is also corneeted with an Indian word meaning the road. Niagara is an Indian word signifying across the strait or at the neck. Shenandoah is Indian, and means the sprucy stream, or a river flowing alongside of high hills. Massachusetts means near the great hills. or the hill shaped like an arrowhead; or. again, the blue hills. Mississippi means great water, or gathering In or all the waters, or an almost endless river spread out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
Last RevoIter Gives Up.

Washington, January 2S.-From naval sources the state department has beepa vised of the collapse of the last remnant of the insurrection in Santo Domingo. Only one of the Morales adherents has been in the field for the past week hold ing out at Sanchez, on the north coast. Word now comes that this general has surrendered to the Caceres forces, thus restoring tranquility to the entire re- public, placing the government in posses sion of all the customs houses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
MAGooN ARRIVES.
Says Work Is Progressing Rapidly on
 the Cannal.

New York, January 2S.-Among the pas sengers who arrived tocay on the steam CT Finance from Colon was Charles D. Magoon. governor of the Panama canal zone. When seen at quarantine this morn ing he said there had not been a case of yellow fever in Panama in seventy-four days The health of the canal zone was excellent and work on the canal was pro- gressing rapidly and satisfactorily He said also that he would go at once to Washington.
 On board the Finance was the body of Thomas Mast, former American consul, who died at Guayaqul
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
Steel eirders Crash Downward.

New York, January 2S.-Nine tons of steel girders fell from above the seventh floor of the new Altman building, in pro- cess of erection in Fifth avenue, yester- day, through several floors of steel beams on their way downward and crushed a workman, Edward Stelnman, to death. and seriously injured five other workmen who were employed on the building. X derrick was hoisting the girders to the upper part of the building when cable broke. The foreman in charge of the trick was arrested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
MEMBERS TO GET PAY.
German Government at Last Yields to
 Suggestions of Reichstag.

Berlin, January 2S.-Aceording to the Cologne Gazette the imperial government has at last decided to meet the long stand ing desire of the Relchstag to pay mem bers per diem for actual attendance. The proposition has been discussed numerous dimes. the Rechstag each time passing a resolution asking for the government $ acquiescence but the latter has steadily ignored the request.
 It is understood that the governments decision to yield is due to the visible ir- ritation manifested by the Reichstag to- ward the government for ignoring it's various votes in favor of compensation to members.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
Commission at Llmon,

San Jose Costa Rica, January ss,-A sanitary commission from New Orleans arrived at Port Liman today. The com missionors, who were cordially received by the authorities, made 8 tour of the city of Limon. the sanitary conditions of which they considered to be highly satisfactory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
laorrote Chief Dies.

New Orleans La., January 2S-chief Puo-Aa-Un, feudal lord of the lgorrotes, died here of heart disease. The body will be kept until the tribe, now fin winter quarters here. returns to the Philippines where the funeral will be completed in the presence of his family, which re- maned behind in their native land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
Is in Kentucky.

Columbus. Ga. January 2S.-(Special)- It is learned that the father of the child deserted in Columbus last Tuesday morn ing is in Kentucky. He went from Bir mngham to Frankfort a day or two ago. The mother is still at JaclSson's Gap. Ala She is i'll and is not yet in condi- ton to return for her child.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
Will Not Abandon Project.

Mexico City, January 2s.-John Alexan- der Dowie's followers here say that the project for new Zion City in the state of Tamaulipas will not be abandoned They expect Dowie to leave Jamaica early in the spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
Agent Resians.

Huntsville, January Special )-Roh- ert c. Bibb, agent for the Southern rail- road in this city, has offered his resigna- lion to the company and will leave when his successor takes charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
laFollette at White House.

Washington, January 2s.-Senator la toilette of Wisconsin was at the White House far some time tonight in confer ence with President Roosevelt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
Pastor Resigns.

Mexico City, January ss.-The Rev IT.. A. Bassett pastor of the Trinity Meth odst Episcopal church of this city, has resigned He has been stationed here nine years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
Flint Appointed.

Mexico City. January 2s.-D. w. Flint has been appointed general freight and passenger agent of the Pan-American railroad and will assume his duties on February l.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
If Travelina in Japan

Or any civilized country. you can procure Laxative Bromo Quinine from any drug gist. All nations use it, l.. w. Groves Signature on box.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-29
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES

Itching, Blind. Bleeding, ProtrIldlne Piles. Druggists are authorized u re- fund money If Pazo Ointment fals to kure i1 c to Y
The Rice belt journal., 1906-07-27

competent a corps of teachers as are
employed in any town in the State.
The schools of our city should not be
made training school in which the
inexperienced aspirant for the teach
inc profession, shall determine their
ability. or lack of ability, to teach, at
the expense of the mental develop
ment of the youth OF The community.
Neither should they be permitted to be
used as stepping stone by some i'm
pecunious college student, laudable
through his ambitions are to finish
his course in law, medicine or some
other calling. Nor should it be taken
for granted that because man is q
college graduate, he is teacher, if
he has not taken a course Of profess
siOnal training, any more than IT
should be assumed that he is doctor
or lawyer. Teaching is a profession
in which it requires years OF profess
sional study and practice to gain pro-
fisciency. a.profession that is so broad
and extensive that itnever is mastered.
A man. is no more fitted to practise
upon the delicate, mental mechanism
of child's brain without thorough
training than he is to grasp the sur
geon's knife and perform a delicate
surgical operation, and the blnnders
of the one are just as sure to occur,
and are just as disasterous to the ends
sought to be gained, as are those OF
the other. The only difference being.
the one is Immediately apparent, while
the other becomes clearly discernabie
only in after years when the victims
hopes and ambitions are narred and
The Rice belt journal., 1906-07-27
Who Are to BE Our Teachers?

"Who are to be our teacherS?' is
question which is being asked, alike
by pupil and parent. While we are
unable to answer this question, it is
nevertheless, one of most vital I'M
pOrtance to every parent and pupil IN
this vicinity, and one that furnishes
ground for serious thought along the
line of what may riGhtfulIy be eXpec-
ted to be the qualifications of our
school teachers.
Welsh has one of lhe best arranged,
best equipped and,most commodiOus
school buildings to be found in this
part of the state. a building of which,
in every respect, any town in Louis
lana might Justly be proud. The mu-
nicipal government of Welsh has DEM
OnStrated that it has the cause of edu-
cation seriously at heart and has not
been niggardly in providing those
things necessary for the advancement
of the school. This district shows it
sell to be thoroughly alive to the
needs OF good system Of public
schools, 10y being one Of the few dis
tricts in Calcasieu parish which has
provided a special school tax, for
school purposes. Better than all
this, We have bright capable lot Of
! boys and girls who are ready and
anxious to learn: and an intelligent
parentage who are exceedingly anX-
iOus that their children should have
the best possible opportunities for an
education. The wages paid here, eX-
cept in the case of the principal, are:
when comparative costs of living are
considered: equal to those paid IN
Jennings. Lake Charles or other Lou
iSiana cities.
These things being true, the people
of Welsh have right to demand as
The Rice belt journal., 1906-07-27
ssred, because OF defective training

blasted because OF defective training
in youth.
We believe that the people of Welsh
are entitled to thoroughly expert
enced school-man for principal. We
believe that it is their right that every
teacher employed in the:schools should
have demonstrated her ability, not in
ability. to teach successfully in grad
ed schools. We believe that as much
care should be used in selecting the
teachers of the public school as is
used in choosing lawyer for an i'm
portant legal case, or in choosing
physician for the care of the family.
There are in Wei sh now number
OF young people who, if we have a
competent schOol-man at the head OF
our schools, will be in the eighth,
ninth and tenth grades, but who, If
they cannot get the necessary instruc-
tion here, will go elsewhere or drop
out of school altogether, serious
catastrophy both for them, and the
community of which they shall be-
come a part. :,
Again from Il financial point Of
view: There is no one thing that will
do more to draw d desirable class OF
immigrants to our town than thor
oughiy alive, up-to-date public school.
Men of means, men of ,energy aud en-
terpfise, are not going to move into a
town where the public schools are So
riously defective.
In the name OF the boys and the
girls of onr community and the genet
al welfare and prosperity of the city
itself we plead for the exercise OF
wisdom in the choice OF our teachers.
Give to US teachers who have wisdom,
intelligence, professional training, ex-
perience, culture, morality and above
all the desire and ability TO inculcate
these qualities in the minds of the pu-
pills Then watch our public school
develop into gan institution of which
we shall all be proud.
The Rice belt journal., 1906-07-27
The Following frcm the New Orleans
Item, Presents the nice Situation
as Seen from the New Orleans
View Point and will be Of
Interest TO Rice Plant.
erS in q, naral.
erS in Gnarai.

For years there has not been pre-
sented SO anamOlous condition as
that of the rice industry this season.
when, owing to the extreme shOrtness
of the crop of 1905, tle trade must 90
into the coming crop with no stocks
carried over. 1t may be stated on
good authority that the total amount
of stocks on hand July /, in both Lou
isiana and Texas, was aOt more than
10000 bags of rough and cleaned
rice. Of this quantity, fully 10000
is TO be found in New Orleans ware
houses. In the natural course of busi-
ness during the month, about 2f0, ,6G0
sacks will he distributed. reducing the
stocks on hard to about 100000, with
which To 70 into tne new crop. Porto
Rico will continue to demand about
10000 sacks II month, So that the in
Significance Uf the quantity of the ce-
real Is fehuHf seen and there is no
difficulty in understanding why the
millers are trying 10 buy rice in the
fields. an unpreceG Hnted proceeding.
AID to make matters still more in
teresting it is pre:ty generally con-
c, ( d that the new crop will be no
ia"- "r Than 100000 bags. The
trul,h oI 10 days in The rice belt has
played havoc with the planting and
only SiXty-6ve per cent Of "a crop is
expected from that quarter.
The river will come 10 with some
400, 900 bags Of Honduras, which VIII
begin to arrive about October !. From
Southwest Louisiana and Texas, we'll
informed rice men expect J,6OO'GOO
bags, largely Japan. Figuerlng the
Porto Rican consumption at between
$50, 900 aud 9OO,0 bags year, rice
men argue there will not be enough OF
} the white grain to go around.
The Rice belt journal., 1906-07-27

Capt. j. p. Slattery of this city,
special agent of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, who recently
completed trip over the Texas rice
belt, gave out the following statement
to the Beaumont Journal:
"t'rOm the best statistics that | am
able to procure at this time, | place
the increase in acreage planted in Tex
as this season at Fl, 900 acres, an in
crease of twenty per cent. over the
acreage planted in this state last sea-
son. However, owing to the poor
stands IL many localities and the
drouthS in others, the increase in pro-
ductiOn can hardly be based on the
Increase in acreage. In Louisiana,
from the best information | have been
able to procure from that state, | can
not see how the increase in that state
can possibly exceed five per cent.
! Lhlo 10 NuS W GIC SAlSuuSu vi Ioulh
that prevailed over the Louisiana rice
belt during the planting season when
rain was most needed.
Recent rains have been generalOv-
er almost the entire gulf coast rice
belt. Had it not been for the
drouth in the rice belt, there is no
doubt in my mind but there would
have been a large increase in both
states. But weather conditions have
interfered in such a manner as to make
it impossible for rice farmers of the
two states to raise anything like what
they originally intended to plant.
This seasons crop will be very eX-
penSive crop-perhaps the most en-
pensive crop ever raised by rice farm
ers of the gulf coast. This fact is at.
tributable to the heavy fuel bills that
were incurred during the irrigation
season when the drouth made it neces
sary to supply such an abundan
amount OF water that necessarily haC
to be pumped. But there is no doub
in my mind but that the farmers vii
all come out we'll on their crops. as
notice the grade OF rice that will bt
raised this season is superior to tina
of many seasons past But it is wei
that Mr.. Rice Farmer should give tht
utmost attention to his crop during
the harvest. When the cice is head
ing he should turn the water Off ant
let his rice dry. By so doing he willIge
rid of the rice maggot. Let him als(
run his water low on his late rice ant
it will stool much better.
81 look for very good prices thi
season, owing to the fact that the crol
will not he a large one and also be
cause a good grade of rice is beins
raised. All that remains for the farm
ers of Texas to raise splendid grad
of rice this season, is to pay particu
lar attention to drainage just prior tt
harvest.
Sin Texas this past season a grea
amount of the rice was planted on fer
tilted GROUND. | have taken consid
cradle pains in noting the result o
this experiment and find that it has re
suited in the farmers that used it get
ting splendid stands of heavy rice
From what can learn from among
the farmers of Texas, a great amour
of fertilizer will be used next season
! T, axe Charles Press,