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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23

! Philippines, and they endeavored to
teach these Bicols, which was the
name of the people who lived in the
trees, as much civilization as they
knew, and a more comfortable way OF
living as they knew it. Having this
fashion of civilization, they interpret
ed it peculiarly. Once a man bought
the wife of another, paying for The
woman 20 pesos ($1O American
money!, a contract of sale having
secretly passed between the parties.
The former pair duly separated ana
the woman went to the "vendee," to
use legal term, but after ten days
the woman returned to her former
husband. The man who had paid 20
pesos was aggrieved. He went to Orr
He stated the case to him. And now
he wanted at least 10 pesos back, as
he had purchased the woman for the
rest OF his life and she had been with
him only ten days.
What, mani" cried John Orr. care
We a-buying and selling women like
so much cattle? Yer moral conscience
tells We it's wrong, and I'll gle We bit
of drubbing."
AT another time a man wanted a H.
cense to buy another mans wife.
This was granted by local native JUS
tice of the peace who knew no better,
and Mr. Orr had to explain to this JUS
t;ce that he had exceeded his power.
Some joker sent this license to Spain,
where it was widely republished.
Filipino Labor.
The story of John Orr's life in the
Philippines would furnish material for
brochure enlightening to those vino
express grave doubts as to whether
the white man can get along salts
factorily with Filipino labor. In Ma
Mia everybody admits that American
firms have had great success in the
employment of Filipino workmen, and
some huge enterprises in the way of
dock building, marine engineering and
street railway construction have been
put through satisfactorily and prof J.
is argued, is in Manila, where the Fill.
pinos have been associated with Span
iards and Chinament for 800 years. He
has learned something from them: he
gets better food, and, of course he
works well; he Is stronger and more
intelligent than the native in the
provinces. Out in the provinces,
though, are hundreds of Spaniards.
Germans and Englishmen overseeing
or employing Filipino field hands.
Orr Rules Wisely.
John Orr rules his people wisely.
He knows the Filipinos and treats
them from their point of view rather
than from that of the white man.
When they are bad he treats them like
little children. If he knows that the
was committed with mischiev-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23
An Ounce of Prevention.

is worth a pound of cure There ars
many poor sufferers. Consuinptives
who are hopeless of getting well-whO
IL they had taken care of themselves
would now be we'll. A cough is the
foundation OF Consumption. Ballard S
Horehound Syrup will cure that cough
Mrs. s., Great Falls. Montana,
writes: 81 have used Billiards. Hore.
hound Syrup in nay family for years
nv children never suffer with coughs
For sale by all druggists.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23
CAN WE HAVE IT?

The months and again the ver
of the fall Now the time plan great things
for fall winter You have probably been entirely with
your grocer his goods his services generally you have al
ready probably thought of making a change.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-09-23
Orr Rules Wisely.

John Orr rules his people wisely
He knows the Filipinos and treats
them from their point Of view rather
than from that of the white man.
When they are bad he treats them like
little children. If he knows that the
offense was committed with mischiev.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06
President Roosevelt's Pet Bills.

President Roosevelt is playing the big game of national politics in hard luck. He started out with four pet measures. and three of them are as dead as Hector. The Philippine tariff bill died in the rooms of the Senate committee on the Philippines. By q vote of to the committee decided against reporting it to the Senate. It will not be heard from again, much to the joy of special Dingley interests Tn the mainland. The Santo Domingo treaty is abandoned, because two more White House democrats cannot be found Senators Patterson of Colorado and McEnery of Louisiana stand alone in that unenviable respect. The state- hood bill has been saddled with the Foraker amendment, which permits Arizona to determine Her own fate as to union with New Mexico in a new state. The Foraker amendment will command a good majority in the Sen ate, and the men who have been schem- ing to cheat the democrats out of four Senators dare not call up the bill.
 The railroad rate bill is the only proposition that President Roosevelt started out with that has any life left in It. It is being amended in the secret places of the House of Dollars almost daily, and time alone will disclose it's form and substance at the end. It may escape defeat by means of compromise, which has been described as true
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06

says: The present primary conven- ton plan is not perfect and is open to objections, but after having been be- fore the party as long IS it has and after those who disapproved it have become reconeiled and made up their minds to make the best of it. there can be little good accomplished by having a fight preeipitated at the called meet ing of the committee. If Inc commit tee can meet. have roll call. adopt an amendment providing for the nom nation of a chief justice, along with the associate justices, and then ad- journ and all catch the next trains home. we believe they will do the best thing for the party"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06
Confederate Conqressmen.

Sydney Herbert, a staff correspond ent of the Savannah News, discusses the Tibbs incident in Georgia at length and no doubt with nearly all the facts before him. He admits that all the Confederate Senators are dead, the deaths of Maxwell of Florida and Vest of Missouri closing the list.
 But MT Tibbs, formerly of Tennes- see, has four surviving colleagues in his old state-A. S. Colyar of the sec ond Congress: ]. D. C. Atkins of all three of the Congresses; ]. H. Thomas of the first Congress, and John V gfesses. MT. Herbert goes on to say:
 The Atlanta Constitution, which printed Mr Tibbs' picture ought not to have been "faked" as it should know-if it does not-that Col Hiram P Bell of Cumming, Ga, who was a member of the Second Confederate Congress, is still alive, and of recent years has been in the Georgia legislature. Col. John M. Martin of Oeala, Fla. was in the First Congress, and his honored son. Council man E. w. Martin. resides in Atlanta. Judge J. A. P. Campbell of Mississippi, and Rev. Dr. S II. Ford of Kentucky, are also alive. Then Alabama has three living survivors, I think. ex-United States Senator James l. Pugh of Washington, n ~ To, leI Jones. Virginia has two survivors, Judge (Gen) Roger A. Pryor of New York city and John Goode Capt. S. B. Callahan of Muskogee, l. T., was a delegate to the Second Congress from the Creek and Sem mole nations He was born in South Ala bama. his father being a white man and his mother a half-breed Creek Indian. During the Confederate war he also com handed d company of Creek Indians.
 Texas and Arkansas have not been heard from, and it is probable that fully twenty members of the lower house of the Confederate Congresses are living, but no Senator of those Congresses remains in the world. The Georgia incident has served at any rate to bring out the names of the sur yiving members of the historic Con gresses that sat in Montgomery and in Richmond The Confederacy was or ganized on February 1, 1861, and on March the provisional Congress sit ting in Montgomery. authorized the raising of an army 100000 strong, and commissioners were sent from Mont gomery to Washington to negotiate q peaceful adjustment. War was form ally declared on May IT. The first Con gress met in Montgomery on April 20, and on May 21 it adjourned to meet in Richmond on July 20-
 It would be interesting to know who the survivors are of those that sat in Montgomery and possibly Colonel Owen and MT. DuBose of the depart ment of archives and history could fur nish the information.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06

spirit of Alabama democrats in this good year 1906i During all the twenty odd years of our newspaper experience and observation of public affairs we do not remember a time when the allure ments of public office were so power less to charm Neither are we prepared 10 offer a satisfactory explanation of this most unusual condition Time was, and in the not distant past. when the first rumblings of an approaching polit- ical campaign became the signal for countless flock to cast themselves upon the altar as willing sacrifices to be dis posed of as the fickle whim of popular favor might decree; when announce ment fees rained down into the edi- torial exchequer like autumn leaves before the winters blast. In this good year, when one, or mayhap two, brave knights enter the lists, others remain content to watch the contest, encour- age their champion and congratulate the victor Not only is this seeming indifference manifest in state, but also in local affairs Only two candidates aspire 10 office of governor, an equal number for Acknowledgements and in but three of the nine congressional districts have incumbent members op- position. In local affairs. hele and there a solitary announcement appears for state senator, member of the legis- lature or sheriff, and these sometimes in an apologetic tone."
 After all, this condition of affairs is better than the opposite. It simply shows that the people have business of their own to attend to. It shows that the primary system is working satis- faetorily by wedding out all but prime fayorites. The democratic voter will perhaps be asked to be more intelli- gent in making his selections, more careful in picking honest as well as capable men. While there is no de- preciation in quality, the lack of num- bers is not material.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06
MIcRoBE OF BALDNESs.

From the New York Herald.
 Badness is a malady intimately con nected with a skin disease which is very common, above all in youth. The skin contains glands charged with secreting precipitation and glands which give forth the oily matter designed to lubricate the skin. The exaggeration of the functions of these glands produces the malady called seborrhea. If you press between the nails a sufficiently diseased point of skin you will force from all the sebaceous pores several large ampullary cylinders with black heads. which one calls black heads, together with innumerable vermi- form filaments with yellow heads. EX- anime this fatty filament with the micro scope, crush the oily matter between two plates of glass, wash with ether color and look at it. In the midst of the debris of epidermis, or globules ot fat, one will see millions of small bacilli extending In masses. in clouds and in fine dust. They are legion, and are the prolific micro bacilli which are the causes of seborrhea. The transmission of the bacilli and the resulting contagion are produced by thousand hazards, perhaps more than one thinks, by barber shops where the brushes and combs pass from one head to another.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06
Prosperous Alabama.

The people of this state are busy and prosperous-too busy and prosperous to stop to run for office, or perhaps even to become qualified electors. The indifference. or at least the calm condi- ton. of this state is in marked contrast to the state of public sentiment in Georgia, or in Tennessee, and it is largely due to the desire to make cot ton. to market lumber, and to push e3ery mine and furnace to their ut most capacity. Prices are high, and Alabamians are getting rich. Listen to the Monroe Journal, which respectfully says:
 What change has come over the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06
Meeting of the State Committee

Chairman Mallory. in view of the fact that Chief Justice Weakley's term will expire in January, has summoned the democratic state executive commit tee to meet in Montgomery on March 13. This call has aroused the anti Whitsonites here and there in the state, and they are demanding at the hands of the committee all sorts of absurd things. not one of which woul conduce to party harmony They de sire to see things undone for the pur- pose of shaping them anew to suit their own particular plans.
 The committee will doubtless prefer peace in the party to factional strife, and they will be sure to let well enough alone. They will it is believed, stand by plan that the party through out the state has accepted and is going along quietly under to the day of the primary in August.
 The Selma Journal voices the senti- ments of the average democrat who is not g professional politician when 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06
SENATOR BEvERiDGE TRAPPED.

From the San Francisco Chronicle
 One day when Senator Beveridge was in one of his most eloquent flights. old Senator Pettus of Alabama. got up and asked leave to interrupt. Does the Sen ator From Indiana yield to the Senator from Alabama?" thundered the vice. president. "Nothing,' replied Beveridge, affords or can ever afford the Senator from Indiana more pleasure than to yield to the distinguished and able Senator from Alabama, who never makes a speech himself or interrupts the speech or another senator without adorning it with a brillance radiance" Pettus stood there with his jaws wagging with the in- evitable cud of tobacco until Beveridge had finished the sentence. and then said: MT. President. I move we adjourn" And they adjourned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06
POLITICS IN LEE.
HeHln Calls Congressional Committee
 Meeting on March 6.

Opelika, March .-(speciaL)-John lief lin. chairman of the democratic executive committee of the Fifth congressional dis trict has called meeting for Tuesday March 6, at the courthouse in this city.
 The democratic committee for Lee coun- " met at the courthouse in this city Saturday morning with ten beats repre- sented. The seeretary's office made va cant by the death of the late R. W Cor man, was filled by the election of John k. Watkins. Judge John B. Lyons was elect cd member of the central committee, Paul Hoffman was elected committeeman for Beat l. Paul K. Herman elected for Beat s. and J. H. Moore elected for Beat 1e These places on the committee had been made vacant by removal Of former members from the several beats. April e6 was selected for the congress sional primary and August 27 as the date for a primary to nominate candidates for the legislature, a county sheriff, county commissioners for Districts and 4, and for all state officers.
 John F. Burton, a plumber for many years in this city, has gone into voluntary Dankfuplcy, sdld petllloh De'he " the office of the United States court at Montgomery by R. C. Smith, attorney. His liabilities amount 10 a,136.SS. The value of his property amounts to Sl,54l.9l.
 The Teachers Institute held interesting sessions at the courthouse Friday and Saturday. Each session was enjoyable and instructive. Among the speakers to fill the programme were Dr. c. C. Thach and Prof. J. F. Duggar of the A. P l. al Auburn Prof. P. AT McNeal of Pratt city Prof. J. P. Jeff of IaFayette. l. w. Hill. state superintendent of edueation' and Prof. J. B. Chapman of this city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06
From the New York Herald.


 0I AYES STEPHEN HI Hoae, ,at',.,tt of pie O sonality, was born on ranch near Rusk, Texas, on March 24 1851. His father, of Irish ancestry, was Brigadier General Joseph L. Hogg, of the Confed crate army, who fell while leading his command at Corinth
 During his boyhood he worked on a farm owned by a widow. After the days toll was ended she taught him to spell and read. At the age of fourteen years he became a clerk in a store in Tyler, but, that not being to his taste, he learned to be a compositor and soon an editor. Before he was twenty years old he began to take an interest i'll politics, and the year he became of age he was elected road overseer. Then he was elected justice of the peace in an eastern county in Texas. He was then elected to the legislature, and after his term was out there he was elected district attorney of Smith, his native county. Meanwhile he had been admitted to the bar.
 The county was overrun with lawless characters, who boasted that they were not afraid of the courts. The shotgun and rifle were the arbitrators of disputes more often than the courts. Hogg, on being elected district attorney, expressed his intention of cleaning out the gang, and he soon had a dozen of the most reckless characters in the penitentiary, and the rest had fled the state. His suc- cess made him well known, and in 1SS6 and again in 1888, he was reelected on an anti-railroad and anti-monopoly platform as attorney general.
 His principal successes while attorney general were in prosecuting the interna- tional and Great Northern railroad for violation of the law and restoring to the public domain thousands of acres of land. It was then that he made his famous proclamation that he would purge Texas of lawlessness and crime or bankrupt the state treasury. He gave force to this sentiment by sending to the penitentiary a man who had committed no less than sixteen murders and boasted that the state of Texas was not powerful enough to arrest his lawless career. This case became the cause celebre which elected hlm governor Tn lS9V DS one huhufed ana fifty thousand majority.
 He was chosen for a second term in the face of tremendous opposition. Prac- tically every financial power in the state turned it's guns on him. and Texas was invaded by emissaries of railroads, banks trust companies, manufacturing institu- tions, mortgage bondholdlng companies and others to fight against him. His name was made the butt of all kinds and sorts of ribald and inhuman jokes, and he was stigmatized as boor, an lgnoramuS and an illiterate fool His enemies spoke of his first term as governor with sneer and called it the ''Hogg blight The names of his children were dragged into the mud and he was lied about in the most malicious and malignant manner
 The opposition to him crystallized in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06
Hotel Trust.

Hotel keeping has been one of the few lines of business which has been practically untouched by the trust-creat- ing spirit of the age, says the Wall Street Journal.
 Concentration of capital has gone on in almost every other department of com merce. There have been consultations of railroads and industrial organizations there have been chains of banks and or department stores and theatres estab- lished, and business generally has been conducted upon such a large scale that the small capitalist has cut little figure in it. But he has had an opportunity in the hotel business.
 Now, however, 1t would appear that there Is to be ar $1OO 100000 syndicate to operate hotels in all parts of Europe and the United States, with the stock of the company listed on the Stock Exchange Thus we are to have a hotel trust. This has been inevitable The wonder is that it was not done long ago."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06
HIS PARTING SHOT.

From the Washington Post.
 ''When I was younger than I am now" says a lawyer who is still somewhat this side of middle age. ''I had position in the office of a man who has big repu- tation. Naturally I felt my responsibility. It was plain to me that the head of the firm had outlived his usefulness, and I used to feel sorry to think what would happen to him If I ever left him. Sheer magnanimity made me overlook lot of things.
 T wasn't treated in that office with all the difference due me, but I stood it till one day somebody went too far. Then I marched into the old mans private of- flee and laid down the law to him. I told him I wasn't going to endure such treat ment another day. I was going to quit that was what I was going to do. and was going to quit right then and there. I unburdened my mind freely, and then stopped to give him a chance to apologize and beg me not to ruin him by leaving. 1Ie didn't look up from his desk. He just said to me, in a polite kind of way:
 '' Please don't slam the door when you go out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06
Too Many Loafers.

Our crowded streets" said an official of large furnace, indicate Birmng- hams thriving condition, but q eonsid- erable percentage of the men seen on the sidewalks are loafers. This is not as it should be. The employers of labor are much perpleXed on account of the scarcity of men. Every idle man on the streets could earn good wages if he would only go to work. l can readily under stand how idle negro men exist. Their wives or daughters or other female rela- tiVes are in service and support the loaf CTS of the strong sex. But white men, as rule, are not supported by women. Every idle man in times like these. when there is such demand for workmen, should be arrested on the charge of vagrancy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06
PATS LOGIC.
Delighted Crowd, Who Watched Evou-
 ton of Labor Problem.

From the New York World.
 Irish logic solved a problem yesterday near the corner of Broadway and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street to the huge delight of small. group of on- lockers.
 Two carts, used in excavatng a build ing lot filled with dirt, were ready to pull out when a fore wheel of the first broke and rolled off. The driver and the boss left together to get another wheel nearby, and as he went the boss called out to the remaining driver:
 "Pat, youse can take that dirt away indicating the disabled cart.
 For some minutes Pat weighed the mat ter carefully. How 10 take away the dirt in cart which had only three wheels was plainly poser. As he scratched his head dublously light broke in upon him. Then Pat proceeded calmly to dump the dirt from his own sound cart and with infinite labor to reload it with the dirt from the disabled cart Then this Napo- leon of labor mounted and drove off in triumph.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06
AN APPEAL.

From the Enterprise Democrat. z
 There are just few who have per mitted their subscriptions to lag behind. Don't do it. You will die one of these fine davs and your family will want column obituary published free, and then -your daughter is soon to be married and you will expect your home paper to give her an Alice Roosevelt wrlte-up and all free. It always pays to be prompt in paying vonr subscription 10 the local paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06
RAILROAD GROWTH.

From the Chattanooga Times.
 Ninety-six railroads of the United States in the Financial Chronicles summary of reports for December show increases in gross earnings of 12.3 per cent; an in- crease of operating expenses of s.6 per cent In dollars the gross earnings for December, 1905. were $l33,775,020 an in- crease of s14, ,072 over the same month of 1904 The increase of cost of opera tion was only S.6 while the increase of net earnings was 20 per cent. The railroads have, therefore. just grounds for satsfac- tion oyer the continued prosperity of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-06
Great City.

T have lived in Birmingham nearly all my life,' said a young married man yes terday but my domestic cares keep me at home most of the time. This morn ing, however, had occasion to go to the Union passenger station. The business district was a revelation to me. The streets were crowded with people and everybody seemed to be in a rush. For the first time the fact was impressed on my mind that Birmingham was no longer q provincial town, but a great city