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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

Headland Post: oh, no; we can't lend
Secretary Taft to Russia, though he was
very successful in Cuba.
Tuskegee News: The republican CAM
paign in Alabama is more of a joke than
it has ever before appeared to be.
Dddeville Spot Cash: The negro who is
busy picking cotton or performing other
labor is not the one who will be bothered
by mobs.
Conecuh Record: Some mems lives are
a bid for bullets and the hand that places
them gets silent thanks for the delivery
of the goods.
Camp Hill Times: The democratic party
in Honolulu has endorsed both Mr.. Bryan
and Roosevelt. Evidently the Honolulu
democrats intend to land on their feet.
Mobile Herald: A man has been sent
to an Insane asylum in New York be-
cause he persists in thinking himself a
monkey Those who are really monkeys
never suspect it.
time 1t will be decided whether Hearst
or Hughes will be governor, and that de-
csion will throw a great light on the
politics Of the nation.
Montgomery Advertiser: The statement
that there is an epidemic of paralysis in
Kentucky leads to the narrowing sus-
picion that somebody has been monkeying
with the blue grass whisky.
Limestone Democrat: The gubernatorial
fight in Tennessee is waxing warm, with
the republicans more hopeful than they
have been in some years. There are many
democrats who are not warming up to the
support of Patterson as they should.
Franklin Times: Steps have been taken
looking to the holding Of the next meet
ing of the Southern Cotton association in
Birmingham instead of New Orleans, as
Birmingham is nearer the center of the
cotton belt and would make an ideal meet
ing point.
Clayton Record: An exchange seems to
be worrying over the question as to what
we shall do with our ex-Presidents. Well,
we dunno" what to advise as to those
who become "cxes'' after Teddy does. AS
for him. we gladly suggest that he finish
up the job of reform spelling. This is big
enough to keep him busy as long as he
cares to live.
Greenyille Living Truth: A large num-
Der of the mail order houses will it is re-
ported begin an active campaign for
southern business through advertisements
in the weekly press. That they will get
trade is unquestioned, and 1t would be
the part OF wisdom for the southern
merchant to forestall them. Home mer
chants should endeavor to hold the home
trade and advertising is the way to do 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28
Roseate Language.

Battles, holocausts and catyclysms
may be described correctly said a man
last night, but where is the language,
except in the mastodonic metaphors of
the press agent, that can adequately por-
tray the wonders of The Greatest Show
on Earth In the three rings aglow and
ablaze whirling and mystifying the be-
holder may see in three hours more
breath-taking, hair-curling events than
could ordinarily be crowded into three
cycles of time. The tent with its vast
space defying stretches of canvas pro-
vides hippodrome that for sheer OPP
ulence of splendor, in the language of the
press agent, would make the gorgeous
spectacles of the old Roman world look
like modern penny arcade.
Up in the dome of the tent perform
ers of both sexes fly back and forth like
big pink birds, albeit with scant plumage,
doing the incredible double and triple
twisting somersaults in mid air, while
below dashing horses are going at break
neck speed with fair and shapely riders
doing stunts on their backs. Then come
the two twrls of terror and the dip OF
death. The band clashes out the most
stirring music, you eat peanuts and are
happy"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28
One of the Strangest Experiences That
of Falling In Air.

A. w. RollSer is good reporter There
is no way of telling whether his article
on "Sky Sailing, the New Sport" in the
American Magazine for November is a
description OF his own experiences or of
the experiences of others, but this much
is certain-he tells you just how 1t feels
to go up in a balloon. What the new
sport is like what it costs, what it's
possibilities appear to be, and what the
stranfie sensations are that you meet
in cloudland, he explains.
After reporting no wyou feel as you
appreciate the terrifying smallness Of the
basket that you are invited to go up
in, Mr.. Rollxer describes the various SER
sations experienced as you ascend-how
1t seems, when the earth begins to sink,
no wthe world appears when see nfrom
on high. Then he tells about the effect
upon your ears, eyes and sprts-about
the various sounds on the earth that
reach your ears-about the appearance
of clouds at close range, and the wond-
ers of a thunderstorm as seen from
above.
One of the strange experiences is that
of falling into "a hole in the air." when
Mr. RollSer reports follows:
And SO you continue sailing, enjoying
the present with little thought of the
startling surprises that may be before
you. Ahead of you unseen, may be
what the balloonist calls hole In the
air resembling the vortex of a mael-
strom, and down this you may literal
ly fall at a rate which is terrifying until,
by sacrificing two or three bagfuls of
sand at once, your pilot checks your
downward flight But these holes are
scarce and as a rule the atmosphere is
of uniform carrying power"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28
Suburban Activity.

Birmingham suburban real estate has
never experienced a more active move
ment than at the present time" said T..
u. Walters of the Jemison Real Estate
and Insurance company yesterday.
Indeed, SO popular has become the
idea of securing homes in the suburban
districts that property in the city is ex-
periencing a temporary lull.
1.-THE increased efficiency of the street
car service and the building of new lines
has given an unusual impetus to subur-
ban development This development Is
not confined to one or few sections in
the district, but is pronounced in every
direction from East Lake to Ensley and
Bessemer.
Zone is not compelled to live in the city
limits of Birmingham now to get most
all the conveniences of the city. The tel
ephone and electric light systems have
extended their services to almost every
corner of the district. Gas lines are be-
ing extended and good streets and side
walks are being built in many outlying
places.
Suburban property prices are strong
and are gradually advancing. Prices all
over the district on suburban property
were raised this week, but that did not
check the demand. Demand for acreage
Is also quite strong. Great developments
are promised for the coming year in all
sections of the district.
After a brief lull in city property al
ways experienced at this time of year.
that market will take on new life, and
the entire district will continue the grand
march of progress that has been on for
some time, and which will not check I'M
til Birmingham is one of the greatest
cities in America"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

The crop of 1903 was barely in ex-
cess of 100000 bales; that of 1904
was a record breaker, while that of
last year was 100000 bales.
We need not stop to indulge in
guesses over the entire crop. No one
knows what the crop will prove to be.
The figures from the ginneries are not
thus far convincing, and we should
await the next report from the ginners
before we attempt to determine the
production. The consumption of Amer
lean cotton will be fully 12,500,000
bales, and that is about all we have
of a definite nature before us in rela-
ton to the new crop.
The Alabama figures from the gin
neries certainly do not point to an I'M
precedented crop in this state even If
we do admit that the crop is two N
three weeks late. All the states tast of
Mississippi show heavy dec, cases when
compared with last3tyears returns.
South Carolip, cnows a falling off OF
245 ,OUO bales; North Carolina, $4,000:
Georgia, $4,000, and Alabama, 10000
bales. Possibly these decreases will
be made good, but if they are picking
and ginning will have to be aided by
the best possible weather all the way
to Christmas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28
VINEGAR MADE FROM MoLAssEs.
New Use of Blackstrap Brings Mo-
lasses Schooners to Baltimore.
From the Baltimore News.

From the Baltimore News
Baltimore is getting back small por-
ton of her molasses trade, which quar-
ter of century ago was large item in
the commerce of the city. In those good
old days, before the trusts. molasses-
laden schooners were always to be seen
In the harbor, having brought their car
goes from Louisiana and Porto Rico.
With the forcing from business of the
small bakery by the big biscuit and cake
companies the demand for molasses in
large quantities dropped off until it be-
came a unique event when a molasses-
laden schooner made port.
While this bakery trade has never re-
turned, the use of the ordinary Porto
Rico blackstrap molasses for other pur-
poses has within the last year brought
about a resumption of the trade, and
during the last season no fewer than five
large cargoes of molasses have come to
port with more to follow.
The large four-masted schooner Robert
H McCurdy is now in port unloading a
big cargo from San Juan. Porto Rico
Her cargo consists of 3O0S barrels of
blackstrap. AS Is the custom, the bar
rels are rolled to Bowley's wharf and
placed on their sides. With her cargo
almost completely discharged, the Nc
Curdys molasses barrels cover little
more than an acre.
This molasses, great percentage of
which is alcohol, Is now used by two
Baltimore firms for the manufacture of
vinegar. 1t is not generally known that
the best table vinegar is not made any
more from hard cider. 1t is only in re-
cent years that blacksrrap molasses has
been used for this purpose. Well known
wholesale grocers are authority for the
tI4nt VIM Is 81 81
best quality. 1t is likely that from now
on the molasses schooners will be maxi
ing port every three weeks during the
season.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28
Dexter Fellows.

1T always makes the heart of the news
paper man glad when Dexter Fellows,
press agent for the Barnum & Bailey
circus, lands in the city day or two
ahead of the big show" said reporter
last night. I'VE fellows all know that
we are sure of a square deal, the best In
the shop, to use a pet term of Dexter's.
"a newspaper man who knows Fellows
always believes any statement that he
makes. They all know that Dexter will
not tell any hot air stories about his
show, and will be honest in regard to the
features.
Another pleasant feature in connection
with visit from Dexter is that he al
ways says that there is nothing in the
world too good for a newspaper man, and
he takes pains to see that they get the
best.
Dexter Fellows is called "a prince OF
good fellows by the newspaper men all
over the south, and the newspaper men
are always anxious to do everything they
can do for him."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28
HARVESTING FLORAL PERFUMES.
Glimpse of One of Worlds Most Inter
estnq Industries.

Robert Kennedy Duncan in Harper's for
November.
The methods by which the Grassois ex
tract from the flowers their subtle and
delicate perfumes show them to be well
aware of the rivalrous times in which
they live; they are unresting in their eff
forts to realize the highest ideals of their
art.
Rosemary, thyme, lavender, geranium,
roses and orange-howers they distil with
steam in alembics that range in contain
ing power from 800 to 6O000 quarts. The
steam and extracted oil subsequently re-
assume the liquid form in suitable con-
densers, whence the oil is readily drawn
off. The water distillate from the flow
ers is conserved in huge receivers, for it
is of course saturated with the valuable
essence: it is either used over and over
again in the alembics, or, in the eXtrac-
ton of certain flowers. it is sold as dis
titled waters" There is rose-water, there
is jasminewater, and there is orange
flower water literally sufficient to float a
frlgate. All told, about 100000 quarts of
distilled waters" are salable at Grasse
at the rate of five cents a pound.
For the extraction of delicate and fugi-
tive flowers, such as the jasmine, the
tuberose and the jonquil, the method par
excellence is that of cold enleuage by
which the flowers are placed upon the
purest of pure cold lard held upon glass
plates in wooden frames. Every day
fresh flowers are laid upon the lard, until
1t becomes a saturated 'pomade" of es-
sence. This solution of perfume in lard
is then extracted with cold alcohol con-
tinuously padded into agitation; the al
cohol is then evaporated and the concen-
trated extract is obtained as the "quint-
essense" of the flower. A somewhat SIM
liar method is that of hot maceraton, iii
accordance with which the flowers are
immersed in, and continually padded In,
lard that is melted and hot The per-
fumed lard Is afterward separated from
the exhausted flowers by filtration and
pressure. In this way is obtained the
'quintessence' of roses, orange-fowers
cassie. and yiolets. Finally. there is the
process. entirely modern, employing vo-
lathe solvents, by which, in a closed ex-
traction apparatus, light petroleum spirit
dissolves the essences, and after evapora-
ton in a vacuum leaves them in a solid
form as the parfums solides-a process
good for all flowers alike.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28
THE LIFE OF LOVE.

BY Henry Timrod.
Most men know love but as part of life;
They hide 1t in some corner of the breast
Even from themselves; and only when
they rest
In the brief pauses of that daily strife
Wherewith the world might else be not
so rife,
They draw it forth (as one draws forth
a toy
To soothe some ardent. kiss-exacting boyd
And hold it up to sister, child or wife.
All, me, why may not life or love be one?
Why walk we thus alone, when by our
side
Love, like a visible god, might be our
guide?
How would the marts grow noble, and
the street,
Worn like dungeon floor by weary feet,
Seem then a golden courtway Of the SUM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28
TOO MUCH PRESS AGENT.
mn the louisville Courier-Journal.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
A satirical writer in the Kansas City
Star thus takes OFF, the exploit of an
advertising agent who in Philadelphia
a few days ago organized a negro mob
as a way to attract attention to his
shoddy show:
New York, October 24-The press agent
for the play Clusters Last Charge
showing at the Burwick theatre here, in
cited a riot that involved the massacre of
1923 people and started a conhagration
that destroyed half the business district
of Manhattan. To advertise the play the
press agent turned loose on Broadway
band of 1000 Comanche, Sioux and Pluto
Indians with instructions to scalp and
murder all persons passing during the
afternoon. The police were unable to stop
the riot.
salt Lake City, October 24.-To adver-
tise the play, The Great Red Gulch Train
Robbery, billed for the Clarion opera
house here tonight, the press agent for
the show hired safe blowers and train
robbers to dynamite the Union depot, the
Federal building and the great Mormon
tabernacle. The losses aggregate S1sOOo,-
900. Advance sales of tickets to the snow
beat all previous records.
Sacramento Cal, October 24.-To ad-
vertise the White Rider play dealing
with the Johnstown flood, which opens
weeks engagement at the Metropolitan
opera house here tonight, the press agent
for the show cut the levee of the Ameri-
can river above the city and flooded the
town. The entire business district from
Twenty fourth street to Chinese slough Is
under water. The losses are estimated at
sS,O0O,0OO. 1t is expected that the play will
have a most successful rum"
This is humor, but unless something is
done to head off the brood of crack
Drained and INSCRIPTIONS publicity pro-
moters who follow the Philadelphia style,
1t may read later on like slightly exag-
f,erated statement of facts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28
SAN FRANCISCO IN ARMS

at the criminal element directly, but at
the power that fosters and winks at the
WORK of the criminals.
This decision of the citizens to carry
the war against crime into the cham
bers of municipal government finds ex-
preston in the editorials of all the news
papers and is sanctioned by every sound
business man in San Francisco. 1t is to
be a fight against the gang, headed by
Boss Abe Ruef, that made solid its
position before the fire and has fattened
off the period of municipal disorder and
civic chaos that has existed since the
disaster. An uncorrupted grand jury is
the weapon that the citizens committee
hopes to have in it's hand for the cleansing
of office and the rehabilitation of law
and order
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
The man who is willing to pay all his
taxes hasn't any to pay.
woman needs fur opera cloak
whether there is any opera or not
When a woman buys hat she seems
to be afraid it might look like one.
It's pretty discouraging to get engaged
when that wasn't what you meant.
When man gets down the whole world
turns it's back on him, unless it's
woman.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28
Feeding a Thousand.

Il witnessed the novelty of seeing 1860
people eating breakfast together this
morning out at the circus grounds" said
a gentleman yesterday.
THE scene was one of striking interest
and was made more remarkable by the
complete system in the manner of feeding
so many people There was not hitch
or a bobble anywhere.
Every man secures meal ticket
which acts as a check in serving the
meals and keeps account of the number
of men served"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28
Alabama Cotton.

Commissioner of Agriculture Poole
and many other experienced observers
have not hesitated to predict q small
crop in Alabama this year, and the
ginners' reports to October Is do not
falsify their predictions. The compar-
alive table Of cotton glnned to Octo-
Der Is in this state reads as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

Four million campaign documents
have been sent out from Washington
this fall, but four million votes have
not been changed, according to any
information that has come to hand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28
THE SMILE CURE,

Feeling droopy?
Sort'er stoopy?
Try the smile cure.
Pussy? funny?
Spirits gloomy?
Try the smile cure.
Take it morning, noon and night.
Sets you up and puts you right,
Makes your heavy troubles light
Try the smile cure.
Sad and weepy?
Cross and sleepy?
Try the smile cure,
outlook dreary?
Sick and weary?
Try the smile cure.
If you do you won't repent,
Doctors fail with good intent,
Take it now-'twon't cost a cent.
Try the smile cure.
The shortest day in the year is pay
day.
Many a man gets a reputation for wis.
dom because he doesn't know how to
talk.
At it again-our signature.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

State Fair in Birmingham. He reports
coming very near winning a prize, but
forgot to mention what cage he was in
we suppose it was 2S.-University of Ala
bama Crimson White
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

The country is now furnishing a
daily bank embezzler, and we have
also Hartman, who picks up a rail-
road daily when he feels well.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

When Santos-Dumont perfects his
aeroplane the birds will have to learn
to dodge as human beings now do on
earth among the autos.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

The Carnegie hero commission has
found up to the present time forty
seven heroes In eighty millions of pee
ple-one to every two million.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

The Palma administration was hon
est enough to leave twelve million dol
lars in the Cuban treasury, and that
is leaving some.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

The Dreyfusads are in power in
France. General Picquart is Secretary
of War, and Clemenceau, Premier. The
whirllgigs of time are active in France.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

The reformed football rules are as
deadly as the old rules, and football is
therefore very popular.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

There was no freak spelling in the
Presidents Thanksgiving proclama
ton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

No peanuts were sold during the per.
Torrance of the Barnum & Bailey
show, and cireusgoers nearly starved
to death.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

The Chicago tourist who killed HIM
self in a hotel ought to have COM
planned to the clerk, if the accommoda-
lions were bad.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

General Picquart completes the vic
tory of Captain Dreyfus. His friends
are on top like himself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

The press agent who is employing
racial prejudice in his business should
be squelched. He is a nuisance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

The straw hat has been supplanted
by the straw ballot, and even that is
not popular among the lethargic.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

Spain's Queen is 10 years old, and
everybody knows it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

When Japan grumbles other nations
listen and proceed to negotiate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

If Uncle Joe Cannon has on his
wooden underwear he won't mind tell
ing you so.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

Mr. Bryan never wrote historical
work, but still he has been warmly
welcomed to Indiana.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28
WHY?


Why is this and
Why is that2
Some men lean and
Others fat?
Some so rich and
Many poor,
Some behind and
Some before2
Why are others
Fools, while we
Do all things so
Cleverly?
: Why do wicked
Men attract,
While the good are
Shy on tact?
Why are lovers
Held to blame.
Till we love and
Do the same?
Why are neighbors
Such a tax
On us when we
Would relax?
Why don't we have
What we crave,
Stead of saying.
Got to saver"
Why?-The reasons
Plain to see.
What's mapped out is
Bound to be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

No one will forget to vote in Jeffer-
son county next month.