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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Cotton Stalks.

THE discovery that paper and other
products can be made from cotton stalks
will undoubtedly be of great value to the
south" said citizen yesterday. Il have
seen samples of the paper and it is GER
tainly of high quality. The first expert
mental plant will be built at Montgomery,
it being a section where fine specimens of
cotton stalk can be obtained in ample
quantities. However, It is only ques-
ton of time when one will be established
In Birmingham. There Is plenty of cotton
territory to drawn from for material For
that matter, the company could not go
far wrong in establishing plants in prac-
tically any section of the belt. Cotton
stalks is one thing the south Is never
short of. And the only thing they are
now used for is fertilizer. In bedding up
the land the old stalks are simply turn
ed under. It would be interesting to
know what price will be paid for them.
That cannot be determined, however, be-
fore the Cotton Stalks Product company
gets well under way, which evidently has
the backing to insure success. 1t is a
s15,0O0,0O0 corporation. The New York
Commercial says The cotton crop of the
United States-that is to say of the
south-this year VIII aggregate, to 1t IS
estimated, 100000 bales This means 3d.,
100000 acres planted, from which can be
gathered 10, 1000 tons of cotton stalks.
OF the latter 30 per cent is available for
the manufacture of paper, which means
3.640,000 tons of fiber"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-17

an ISSUE" but he is not going to admit
that the free coinage of silver at Is to
l would be wrong if the gold mines
should cease to turn out a yellow
stream. Practically speaking. Mr..
Bryan and the Register stand together,
but accidentally speaking they do not.
This is no time for mere theory
spinning. Victory is in the air, and
the Register can afford to let its eco
nomics of the past rest when no one
is assailing them Seated in the band
wagon, it will be best to let bygones
be bygones, and pull with might and
main for the overthrow of Dingleyism
and Privilege and Monopoly. These
are living issues. and Mr.. Bryan pre-
sents the subject compactly when he
says;
"On the new questions many will act
with us who were against us on the money
question, for notwithstanding the discus
sion of that question. millions did not I'M
derstand It and were frightened into OPP
position; but we cannot expect the sup
port of any one who is interested in TAX
ing advantage of the people. either
through trusts or any other illegitimate
form of business. Our efforts should be
to distinguish between those corporations
which are legitimate and those corpora
lions of wealth which are organized for
purposes of public plumber and to appeal
for the support of only those who are
willing to have the government protect
each person in the enjoyment of his own
earnings"
The Register can find in the issue of
Privilege plenty of economics. it can
and assuredly will endorse. and If It
looks ahead to 1908 instead of barking
back to 1896, it will be more comfort
able in the bandwagon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-17
SWIMMING AS A HEALTH
EXERCISE is PREEMINENT
Elliot Flint in the New York World.

Elliot Flint in the New York World.
NNF ALL exercises, swimming, from
W a health viewpoint stands pre-.
~ eminent. The various modes of
swimmng-on the stomach, on the back
and on either side-exert powerfully every
muscle In the body; they also strongly
exercise the lungs and heart and
through them, all the other organs. This is
the one athletic exercise that is general
and,s Furthermore, as 1t can be made
light, medium or heavy, according as one
swims slowly at moderate speed or fast
it is universal exercise that suits all
strengths. Because each swimmer can
thus suit his exertion to his strength he
may, by exertlng himself a little more
each day, finally increase his whole
strength to a great degree through this
one exercise. The like cannot be said Of
any other athletic sport. Wholly to appre-
ciate the benefits of swimming, the added
advantage of breathing large quantities
of pure, dust-free air needs to be only
mentioned.
Without this being full treatise on how
to swim, few hints to guide one in
the art may be of value First learn to
kick properly This is the pons asinorum
of swimming. Not more than one out of
ten swimmers kicks as he should. The
nine bend their legs at the knee and kick
the water back with their shins.
The would-be swimmer. supported by a
belt or by the hand of some person,
should lie fiat on his stomach with his
legs drawn up and sprawled out like those
of broiled chicken. At the beginning of
the stroke the feet are together; then in
making the stroke, the legs are kicked
strongly back, the soles of the feet push
ing squarey against the water; and, at
the end of the stroke, the thighs are
brought sharply together. the legs are
more slowly drawn up by bending at the
hips and knees, for a second stroke, and
so on.
the breast stroke with the arms is SIM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-17
SUMMER DRINKS IN CUBA.

Harriet Quimby in Lesies Weekly.
Cafes are found everywhere in Havana.
as they are in Paris. and while the tables
are not on the sidewalk, as In the lat
ter place, the cafes all open to the street.
the sides of the buildings literally rolling
up like curtains or folding like screens
The counters in these refreshment places
are piled high with fresh fruit of every
description and also green cocoanuts
Many drinks are made with the native
and the anona or sweet sop, and the
sopotas or star apples. These fruits are
also made into ice creams, which are
very good and quite unlike anything IN
in Cuba is invariably favored with cin-
namon. and the addition is pleasing
one to the average taste. Tamarind paste
dissolved in water Is also new to Ameri-
cans, although the paste can be purchased
in any grocers in America One of the
most popular drinks in Cuba is one called
panal, which is made from a mixture
of sugar and white of egg dried in rolls
about six inches long, The panal or rolls,
which are quite brittle and as white as
snow, are served with glass of Ice
water or water favored with tamarind
or lemon. These egg rolls are made in
large quantities, and they are stacked up
on the counters like the fruit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-17
About Beer.

'1f man has the drinking habit beer
is the safest beverage for him." said a
citizen who used to go all the gaits, but
who has been a total abstainer for six
years. Beer consumed in anything
like moderation is not only not injurious,
but 1t is positively beneficial to health.
ut is an interesting fact to observe
the Improvement in the quality of do
nestle beer. 1t used to be remarked
that with few exceptions good brews
could not be produced In the United
States. Now first rate article of beer
is made I am told. in every city Of any
size in this country. From all accounts,
Birmingham breweres turn out an ex-
cellent product. The fact that domestic
beer is of such fine quality accounts for
the small demand for imported beer. 1t
used to be that many high-class saloons
kept on sale imported malt goods, but
doubt if one can buy at retail in Blrming-
ham today foreign beer
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-17
BECAUSE SHE WAS PRETTY.

From the New York Sun.
OF the thousands of teachers who have
been in the service of the Chicago schools
only one, Miss Jane zabriske. can turn
over the pages of the minutes of the
school board and ind recorded in them
that she is pretty.
The election of Jane Zabriskie to the
chair of household arts at the training
college for teachers, says the Chicago
Tribune, followed bitter factonal dis
turbance.
William Wesley Black head critic of
the school, had been tried on a charge
of not being in sympathy with the teach
ers whose work he was employed to
criticise.
Charges against Black simmered down
to the single accusation that he did not
know how to smile, but went his rounds
with stern face which sent the chills
running along the spines of the peevlsh
schoolma'ams
When the name of Miss Zabriskie came
up before the school board some one op-
posed her election because she was not a
resident of Chicago.
But" pleaded Mrs Sherman. one of
the board Miss zabriskie was a resident
Oh Chicago for two years, and-and she
is extremely good looking"
1T seems to me-" said Trustee Gala
CHER, that $1,000 jobs are given away I'M
tremendously nowadays"
But this woman is pretty" interposed
Trustee Joseph Downey.
Yes, yes" shouted a dozen trustees.
HAS she pretty smile?" demanded
Trustee Edwin Rowland "A radiant
smile is needed at the normal"
''Sit down, Tom. Mrs. Sherman says
the young woman is pretty. That ought
to be enough for you" declared Mr.. Har-
ris.
Tom Gallagher sat down. Somebody
moved the election of Miss Zabriskie.
Somebody else seconded the motion. 1t
was carried without a Dissenting vote
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-17
Money TO Move Crops.

The New York banks are not in
condition to furnish money with which
to move the great crops of the coun-
try. The Wall Street Journal reminds
them of the situation in these plain
words:
cit is fair to assume that in the coming
August. September, october and Novem-
Der the New York clearing house banks
will suffer a net loss of currency to the
west and south of from $25,0OO,000 to $780,
100000, and perhaps more. Yet the banks
have now, only five to seven weeks before
the crop movement begins, surplus of
only S. 49, 600 which is less than in any
corresponding week since 1899. 1t is need
less TO say that that surplus is altogether
insufficient to satisfy the interior demand,
and that either there must be reduc-
ton in loans or else a supply of new re-
serve obtained"
The crops are to be large and the
New York banks will either have TO
borrow gold from Europe, or beg for
help from the Secretary of the Treas
ury. The latter plan would yield them
the larger profits, and it is probably
the plan they will adopt. What they
should do is to reduce their loans to
stock jobbers and get ready for a drain
that they know is as sure to come as
the seasons. But they will simply drift
along, trusting that high money and a
semi-panic will compel the political
Shaw to hand over to them larger de-
posits of government money.
The banks of New York are carrying
heavy load. Besides the $30,000,000
more or less needed in moving the
crops, they are floating a $S0,00O,000
Panama canal loan, and are surrender
Ing $10,000,000 of special deposits to
the government. The outflow of cur
rency for crop-moving purposes is not
begun until the second week in Au
gust, and it is not completed until No
vember. But about $20,00O,0O0 of the
money sent to San Francisco has not
been returned, and altogether the
banks have about all the demands in
sight that they can care to hear from.
Some steps have been taken to in
duee the national banks to issue more
SIS bills. there being at harvest time a
scarcity of small bills, but the all-suf-
ficient and satisfactory silver dollar
will meet all wants of the cotton pick
ers, and gold can be used to satisfy the
cotton producer. 1t is the original
source of money that is not ready
namely, the New York banks, but they
know the situation, and they have am
pie time in which to get ready.
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Stock Market Conditions.

"There seems to be a mysterious force
at work in Wall street., said a broker
last night. Even the Oldest heads are
dent bulls admit that the condition is
anonymous. Wall street is depressed; It
is Enthusiastically low-spirited. Yet, with
out apparent reason.
1.-The government reports indicate bump
er crops at fancy prices. Prosperity
seems in no way to be on the wane But
the fact cannot be denied that as rule
a case of blues. like the one into which
the financial center of the country has
fallen, Is but the forerunner of more
serious maady. Some of the symptoms
of the real trouble may have been al
ready diagnosed by the shrewd ones Or,
maybe, as is sometimes the case, they
have direct inside information. That is
what happened Just prior to the Spanish
American war. Shares were dumped on
the market In big blocks long before the
crowd knew what was going on.
There is nothing as sensitive as Wall
street. 1t scents danger from afar. 1t
Is Ine barometer, WHICH lilulcdlSS slOiHi
long before the clouds appear.
by the tired look of the stock mar
ket there is undoubtedly heavy selling
from some quarter now. OF course, it
Is entirely within the range of proba-
bilties that 1t just some big longs liqui-
dating and in the readjustment, the tone
may be all the healthier. But be this
as It may, there is something suspicious
about 1t all certainly wouldn't care
to be long on the market until the at
mosphere Clears
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-17
HOW TO THE SINGER COMES THE
SONG.

BY Richard Watson Glider.
How to the singer comes the song?
At times of joy. alone:
A wordless tone
Caught from the crystal CLEAN of Ice
bound trees;
Or from the violet-perfumed breeze:
Or the salt smell of seas
In sunlight weitering many an emerald
mile;
Thus to the singer comes the song.
Gazing at crimson skies
Whete burns and dies
On days wide hearth the calm, celestial
fire,
The poet with wild desire
Strikes the imprisoned Tyre
Takes into tuned sound the flaming
sight.
And ushers with new song the ancient
night.
How to the singer comes the song?
Bowed down by i'll and sorrow
On every morrow,
The unworded pain breaks forth in heav-
emily singing;
Not all too late sharp solace bringing
To broken spirits wingng
Through mortal anguish to the unknown
rest
lyric balm for every wounded breast.
How to the singer comes the song?
How to the summer fields
Come flowers? How yields
Darkness to happy NORM How doth
the night
Bring stars? oh, how do love and light
Leap at the sound and sight
OF her who makes this dark world seem
less wrong
Life of my life, and soul Of all my sonss
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-17
FRANCES GREAT cARlcATuRlsT.

FROM Figaro.
Caran d'Ache the famous French carl
caturist, gives this account of his first
caricature One day while serving in
the army as young man he called on
NJ. Detaille. the famous military painter,
''Detaille," he says, received me kindly,
and advised me to go on. But before
| give you q definite decision. go back
to barracks and draw me something
fresh, said he, and bring it to me next
week." Caran d'Ache went back to
barracks and attempted to draw the
regimental scullion. Impossible! As long
as the idiot stood there looking at me
with his mouth wide open I could make
nothing of him. so, with absolute in
justice, l gave him two days cells for
being such fool. and gave 1t up. Next
day, on piece of writing paper / drew
my scullion from memory" And so
Caran d'Aches first great caricature was
made
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VII hL1 AAA1AA " OAAh
XOF all the historic sites in ireland
kSJ there Is no other that can at all
approach the Hill of Tara, either
in antiquity. in historic interest, or in
the variety and suggestive significance or
It's ancient monuments, says Bishop
Healy. of Clonfort. If we are to ac-
cept. even in substance, the truth of
the bardic history of Ireland, there was
royal residence on the Hill Of Tara be-
fore Rome was founded before Athena's
earliest shrine crowned the Acropolis of
Athens; about the time, perhaps, that
sacred Ilum first saw the hostile stand
ards of the kings OF Hellas. But before
sketching the history of the Royal Hill,
we must first say something of its physi-
cal features, which alone have remain
ed, through all the changeful centuries
unchanged and Interchangeable
Tara Is not a high hill, its elevation
above the sea being only about five
hundred feet. Tt is rather broad and
fiat-topped with gently sloping de-
cllvities. Still it commands a far
reaching prospect of surprising beauty.
a wider view of the swelling plains be-
yond; but on every other side the pros
peet from Tara, of fine summers day,
is one of enchanting loneliness. Near
ly the whole of the great limestone
plain of Ireland lies in view, with all
its variey scenery of grassy plain. and
deep empowering woods, and noble man
sions peeping through their sheltering
foliage. Then there are the towers of
Tim. and the silvery windings of the
Boyne, stealing serpent-like through sun
lit meadows, with glimpses of the hoary
walls of Beehive and Columcille's ancient
tolled across the fertile fields and pop
ulous villages, where herds of cattle
now roam in what is almost primi-
tive. though still rich and grassy
wilderness.
Then, far away to the southeast. the
Wicklow mountains rise up like giant
ramparts against the blue of the sun
lit sky. The smoke of Dublin shrouds
its spires in the distance. Beyond
ancient home are distinctly visible. To
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-17
NERVE OF EVELYN WALSH.
Daughter of Colorado Millionaire a
Darling Chauffeur.

Denver Special in the New York World.
Probably the most daring woman chauf-
feur in Colorado is Miss Evelyn Walsh,
daughter of Thomas F. Walsh, who is
at WoIhurst. the country place of the
late Senator Wolcott, which Mr. Walsh
has rented and will probably buy. Miss
Walsh came to Colorado cripple as the
result OF an automobile accident, which
happened at Newport last summer, and
in which her brother. Vincent, was killed.
She narrowly escaped death.
It was thought at first that the young
lady would be crippled for life as we'll as
nervous wreck from the shock of the ac-
cident. but the bracing air of Colorado Is
fast aiding her in reganing health, and
though she cannot walk far or engage
In any violent exercise, she Is able to be
about in society and able to ride in her au-
tomobile, of which recreation she is as
fond as ever despite her tragic expert
ence.
Not only did the accident fail to make
her fear automobiling. but 1t did not
even make her take the sport with eau
ton. Dashing over the Colorado roads be-
tween Wolhurst and Denver, Miss Walsh
will speed her big touring car to the
limit and has made the fifteen-mile trip
in twenty minutes. Friends of Miss Walsh
say that she is reckless in speeding-is
even more so than was her brother.
Although Mr.. and Mrs. Walsh are
anxious that their daughter shall find
diversion. they are urging her to go about
In society But society with her is second
TO the motor car. and she would willing
" turn from the most eligible of her
many admirers for a spin In her new au-
tomobile.
Am I afraid? said Miss Walsh today
when questioned mo, l am not afraid. 1
know that many people think l should
be. but as soon as 1 could I went right
hack TO the car. have no fear of another
accident
DO you enjoy speeding" she was
asked.
why, naturally that is the sport of
the chauffeur" she said. When you get
splendid roads like those to be found
in Colorado. who could resist the tempta-
ton of flying over them? The expert
chauffeur is no more afraid of running
over people than an engineer on fast
mail. When large touring car comes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-17
LANDSCAPE
SEEN FROM TARA HILL

the north and northwest the peaks of
Cavan and Monaghan are well de-
fined against the sky. while 10 the
south and southwest the isolated hills
of the great plain rise in solitary gran
deur, with the immense range of Sieve
Bloom on the southern horizon. which
the men of old regarded as natures bar
rier between the Hy-Niall and the war;
riors of Leagh Mogha. It Is difficult to
get anywhere else in Ireland. except, per-
haps. from the Hill of Usnaeh. in West
meath and that is somewhat similar, a
prospect to equal the view from Tara
Hill in extent. in variety. in picturesque
beauty and historic interest. You may
get grander> and wilder scenes, but Moth
ing more attractive to the eye, or more
suggestive to the mind that the match
less landscape revealed from the summit
of Tara Hill.
1t is no wonder, then, that the fer
tiity of the soil, and the beauty of the
prospect from Tara Hill, attracted the at
tention of even the earliest colonists in
Ireland. Those ancient men of barbarous
tines in one thing at least, showed far
more taste and judgment than the cul-
tured people OF this nineteenth century.
They chose for their dwellings and strong
holds the breezy submits of fertile hills,
which at once gave them health and Sc
curity, and above all a far-reaching vision
of picturesque grandeur. No doubt 1t was
necessary for them to see the country far
around them, so as TO be able 10 notice
the approach of the foe, and take meas
ures for their own defense in unsettled
times. But there was something else in
their minds besides this idea of self-de-
Tense. They appreciated, in their own
simple way, the manifold beauties of their
island home; they loved to see them and
enjoy them; and the vision gave them
loftier thoughts and holder hearts They
would not dream of building their duns
in swampy plain or secluded valley.
They built their homes on the windy
crests of the swelling uplands, where
they could see their wide domains. their
flocks and herds, the approach of the foe.
and the gathering of the warriors to de-
fend their hearths and homes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-17
A woMAN,s INVENTION.
How the Wife of an English Manufae-
turer Discovered Blue Paper.

From the St Louis Democrat.
"A woman" said paper maker, in
vented blue paper. 1t was by accident
that she did it, though. Before her time
all paper was white.
She was the wife OF William Eastes.
one of the leading paper makers of Eng
land in the eighteenth century. In pass
ing through the paper plant one day she
dropped big blue bag into a vat OF
pulp. tastes was stern chap. and so.
since one had seen the accident Mrs
Eastes decided to say nothing about It.
The paper in the vat, which should
have been white, came out blue. The
workmen were mystifed, Eastes enraged.
while Mrs. Eastes kept quiet. The up
shot was that the paper was sent to
London, marked damaged" to be sold
for whatever it would bring.
THE selling agent in London was
shrewd. He saw that this blue tinted
paper was attractive. He declared 1t to
sold it off like hot cakes at double the
white papers price.
'Eastes soon received an order for
more of the blue paper-an order that
he and his men wasted several days try
ing vainly to fill.
Then Mrs. Eastes came forward and
told the story of the blue cloth bag.
There was no difficulty after that in MAX
ing the blue paper. This papers price
remained very high. Eastes having q
monopoly in making it,"
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Democrats Should Get Together.

The Mobile Register sits uneasily in
the bandwagon. although it says Mr..
Bryan has apparently better position
for the race of 1908 than any other
man. The Register thinks he is able,
honest, personally popular, and a great
campaigner, but it fears his economics
are not sound The Register desires
him, it is plain, to come to confession
on the silver issue. This, it seems, he
will never do He does say that an
Increased gold production has "for the
present removed the silver question as
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THE kAiSER's NEW FAD.


From the London Bystander
Kaiser Wilhelm has new fad. 1t is
collecting picture postcards, and he has
thrown himself into it with chara cteristic
energy. Every country in the world in
which Germany possesses official repre-
sentatives of any kind whatever is laid
under contribution. Inc kaiser causes his
secretary to write a picture postcard
to the official selected. and this is in
closed in a state envelope, or Endorsed
Business of State" This is then sent by
mail. and on reaching its destination,
often in the middle of the night. the ad-
dresse is at once reused from slumber
to receive the document. which merely
conveys the imperial greeting and COM
mands reply by picture postcard, rep
resenting some local subject by re-
turn"