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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
MANIFOLD CHARMS OF GOLF
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe. 1HE golfing season is here and the \V golf courses in various parts of
 New England are filled daily with enthusiastic devotees of this fascinating pastime.
 The game of golf has increased steadily in popularity in this country during the past few years, until now thousands of men and women who are fond of all out door sports have added 1t to their other recreations.
 Any recreation that conduces to good health should be popular. Physicians de- clare that golfng is sure cure for many ills. They recommend it as being as healthful for women as for men.
 An American golfer visited England to learn how to develop proper golf course. After inspecting all of the best links and securing all the information possible from a Scotch greenkeeper-such as how to con struct and maintain an ideal putting green the best kind of bunkers and haz- ards-the visitor said to the Scotchman: There is still something you have here that we do not yet possess in America; can you guess what it is?' "O weel mon-ye maun wait about 900 years.' And so 1t is. Most of our American courses are not over ten or twelve years old, but they are being developed and perfected by time The most celebrated and beautiful links abroad have been cared for, in some cases, for centuries.
 This game has become a permanent one in America for a variety of reasons.
 It appeals to the school. boy from 10 years old up, to the athletic girl, to the trained athlete and to the man of 50 years and more.
 It can be played in our climate from April 1 to Thanksgiving day, and a year ago last winter many players indulged in it almost all winter, as there was scarcely any snow to prevent them
 It Is. a game like billiards In which the skill required, has never been entirely mastered by any one person. Its fasci- nations. therefore, are lasting.
 It is toNthe fair average player sport
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
STILL LIKE PIE IN MISSOURI.

From the Kansas City Times.
 Don't let people tell you that the Americans have quit eating pie or that they are gradually losing their fondness for that kind of pastry" said waiter in a downtown restaurant recently. Near ly every patron of this place eats pie at least once a day and many of them two or three times a day There's a man over there now eating his breakfast. He ordered soft boiled eggs and coffee and then wante a piece of mince pie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

period. But when the Woodstock proper ties were acquired by the present interests no time was lost in putting one of the furnaces in repair. This stack was light ed in few weeks and the company Is producing about t75 tons of pig metal daily. If todays prices continue into next year. and the chances are they will be higher, the Woodstock corporation will, before. 1909 make more than enough money to pay for all it's property"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 A loafer seems to think it's hard work doing even that.
 The date woman was born has noth- ing to do with her age afterward.
 woman Is mighty proud of her hus- band when he is invited to public dinner and pays sl0 for it.
 Some girls seem to think you are making love to them If you call to get their brother to go out for to a vaudeville show with you.
 One of the most natural things about women is how they keen up a sweet cor respondence with their bitterest enemies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

We hadn't any mince, so he's eating piece of pumpkin pie. The lunchers,
 the people who come in between Il o'clock and o'clock, almost invariably eat pie. They may eat sandwich, too, and drink a cup of coffee, but pie is their standby
 And people will grumble more over not getting the sort of pie they order than they will over the absence of any other dish or the bill of fare. Americans still like pie, or at least Kansas Cityans do."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
sMokEToWN's SEAL.
From the Chicago News.

FTOnl tHe OHICaBU NtWs
 They met on the rim of a golden cloud.
 "Get turned down7" queried the shade, who was on his way up.
 Yes" sighed the shade who was on h. way down. ''St. Peter found out I was from Pittsburg."
 And how in the world did he find that out?'
 ''why, I absent-mindedly offered him a stoQyr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
Good Investment.

Speaking of, the pschycological mo- ment, the new Woodstock Iron and Steel corporation hit it" said well known iron broker. 'The furnace plant at Anniston that J. M. Barr and associates pur- chased last fall had been idle for years and many people had come to think that it would remain idle for an indefinite
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
ELY THE OINTMENT

From the Chicago News.
 Weary walker-Dey say dat bread grows on trees in de tropercal countries. Wouldn't dat be a snap fer us?
 Tired Tatters-Oh, I dunno. Does de trees haf t be climbed?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
EXCUSE MAS GOOD.

From the Washington Herald.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald Is mad clear through because the principal city water main burst, the lights went out, and the street cars all stopped in that city last Tuesday night. It semes to take very little to rile The Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

missioner of Indian affairs. has issued an edict that all able-bodied Indians must go to work.
 Tell it to the whisp' ring forest Where his fathers fought and died, Tn their skill and wariike prowess Taking just and proper pride. | Tell the plain where once the tepee Sent it's smoke wreaths to the sky And the buffalo fled stricken At his bold. exultant cry. Let the news go like the lightning Till 1t spreads from shore to shore, That the brave must start to working And his loahng days are o'er. Who did dream in years forgotten That the redskin of the glade Would be forced to wield a shovel Or a pick, or else, a spade? Who could say when first Columbus Came in fourteen-ninety-two, That the future of the warrior Held so great a load of rue? None, alas. no one eer thought this Could be possibly in store That he'd ever have to labor And his loafng days be OCT. Sad. indeed, 1t is to see the Changes wrought by flight of time In the children of the forest Since the race was at It's prime Gone the glory and the grandeur, Gone the power and the fame And the Indian, once so warlike, Wears the yoke of utter shame. Uncle Sam says, You get busy!" 'Tls enough to make him sorel Lost his land and then his leisure, Now his loa1ng days are OCT. That Iowa basso profundo who wa stricken with paralysis and became high tenor will have to go to the othes end of the choir.
 What'n we do? Diamonds are still go- ing upl
 Is the blonde type dying out, or mere ly dyeing out?
 The real name of Maarten Martens Is J. ". M. Van Der Poorten Schwartz De zonheuvel. He would never get all that on the end of a dress suit case.
 NOTHING DOING, Altho we've strained our ears to hear
 Bill B. Nominate T. R. for President, we've nothing heard Up to date. Sure it's spring now.
 Good morning, Mayi
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" Is making good in London, although British theatre-goers had to be told what the Cabbage Patch" was before they could laugh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Wisconsin is as badly deadlocked as Rhode Island was, and the Senate may number but SS in December. Okla homa will, however, bring the number up to 90.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

It could hardly be said that the Jamestown exposition is in a nebulous state, but the show is far from being finished yet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

''The Jungle" has been dramatized, but let us hope some of it's incidents will not be reproduced on the southern circuit. It is too realistic, and too true.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Jamestowns tercentennial starts off we'll despite the fact that passes have been abolished, and that expositions are no longer popular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

The battleships at Jamestown are not cleared for action They are as peaceful as so many ducks after feed ing time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

While eating sugar is one of this country's leading characteristics, there is still marked acidity in business circles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

The size of John Wesley Gaines hat is creating quite lot of talk about the size of his head before and after be- coming famous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

The problem plays on the stage and the unwritten law in jury boxes are very confusing to the plain everyday citizen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

When Pocahontas saved the life of Capt. John Smith she builded better than she knew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Every man is now free to have his list of undesirable citizens, for un- official lists are not barred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

The rich mems conspiracy, capital ized at s5.000,0O0, is actively at work, although it refuses to come into the open.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

The expedition at Jamestown is a summer school of history and a boom for the Smith family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

The report is gaining ground that Jack Frost carried off the Fairbanks boom when he left the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

In the north they are fully convinced that the groundhog saw his shadow last winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

As soon as the railroads get their hand in they will ascertain they can carry passengers at even 2 cents a Dni1a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

The final word has been said, and people are jumping right out of their heavy underclothes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

A man who is said to let his dog select his cigars isn't taking any more chances than he would if he let his wife select them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Eugene Debs declines to be put in the Hartman class of citizens. He asks for a higher rating.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

MT. Bryan should fit the initiative and referendum to his government ownership proposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Cincinnati claims to be the true home of greatness-Taft, Foraker, George Cox. and Nick Longworth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

An undesirable citizens club in some towns would call for large and ex- pensive clubhouse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

The Baltimore Sun says we spend $5,5O0,000 a year for baseball. The money may be spent, but 1t is not kept out of circulation. It is money spent to keep people out of infrmaries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

The Jamestown exposition is arriv- ing daily, and it will soon be its full self.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

The President naturally took to the warpath at the Jamestown exposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

In spite of summers rapid advance, Raisuli shows no signs of that tired feeling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Fairbanks continues to steal like a March wind about the country in the hope of catching up with that 1irtatious nomi- nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Wall street would be all right if it could get it's nerve back.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Rhode Island has but one Senator, and New York h. Hone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Atlanta Journal: The Jamestown fair recalls Poeahontas. A reminder of the Smith family was not needed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Washington Post: The rules for the Tying machine races at Jamestown are now completed, and we hope they pro- hlbit the dropping of ginger ale bottles on the audience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Chattanooga Times: People would not care rap for the theatrical trust just completed, if 1t will only keep it's ''bum" shows in the metropolis. The time has arrived for the public Ifo form con spiracy against all regular priced barn. storming"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

something else, so what's the use of wor-
 rying?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

, No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
HIS FINISH

Breakfast food advertisers ars cheer ful lot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Washington Bureau Age-Herald 1421 c street, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Chattanooga Star: The railroads are all right: it's some of the railroaders who have gone wrong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Francis E. Leup, United States conn missioner of Indian affairs, has issued an ediet that all able-bodied Indians must go to work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

For there was never yet philosopher, That could endure the toothache
 nafienfIv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
PRESS POINTS

Columbia state We hope the frost did not in any way injure tue June bride crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald. .. $500 Daily and Sunday. per month";. 10 Sunday Age-Herald, per annum. zoo Weekly Age-Herald, per annum.. bO
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoflee as second-class matter under act Of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

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The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-26
Diagram Of the Hotbed.

hotbed. c is the true bottom, maze
of wood. and distance about six inches
from the sheet iron bottom; D and E
are small boxes. each big enough to
hold one-wick oil stove. A two
wick oil stove will make the soil too
hot just above the flame. Each box
is fitted with a door in which are
bored few holes to admit air. The
dirt is placed on the sheet iron bot
tom to depth of six inches, the warm
air circulates between the wooden bot
tom and the sheet iron one. but no
fumes from the oil stove ever reach
the interior of the hotbed proper.
The woodwork at the under side of
the hotbed should not be too tight; a
few small cracks should be left, or
there will be no circulation of air Tor
the lamps. and they will smoke.
once showed hotbeds made like this
to an Englishman, the private gard
ener to a rich man. This gardener
makes his hotbeds by the help OF ma
nure. told him after got the hang
of my oil stove hotbeds never hal a
failure. He said: You are, then,
ahead of me, for with all my care my
manure beds are not always sue
cess, and it Is some work to make
them"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-26
NEWSPAPERS FAST EATING
UP OUR SPRUCE FORESTS

r HE rapidity with which the news.
i paper Is eating up the American
spruce forests has caused some alarm
among officials Of the government,
who have been looking into the thing.
The conversion Of spruce timber into
paper is going on at the rate OF 1.76b.-
900 feet for every working day In the
year. And most of this timber is cut
in the United States, although few
wood pulp logs are imported from
Canada
During 1905 the newspaper demand
alone consumed 100000 tons Of manu-
featured white paper. This was one
third of the output of all the paper
mills In the country. To make it re-
CURED an army Of $4,000 men, who
drew 100000 in wages. The mills
used raw material amounting to 1.300,-
900 cords, representing the cut of
about 100000 acres.
The present tariff on lumber causes
this enormous drain to fall almost en-
tirely upon the forests of the United
States. 1t has been suggested that
it would be-a wise political and Geo.
AioNC " LILO
duty. and let the paper mills begin to
eat into the almost limitless forests of
Canada.
incidentally the price of paper
would drop some. and the paper trust
would not have quite the monopoly on
affairs which 1t has to-day.
Increased size Of newspapers and
magazines is laid by government ex-
perts to the Introduction of the type
setting machine. In 1890 newspapers
and periodicals averaged 81 pages
each, on basis of weight, and In
1900 6.6 pages; 1905 they came to S.5
pages.
During the rs years from 1880 to
1905 the number of newspapers and
periodicals of all classes in the United
States practically doubled. During
that time 10000 publications were
added. During the last decade the
number of morning newspapers in
creased II per cent, while the num-
Der of evening newspapers increased
lib per cent.
During the last 20 years the evening
newspapers have increased more rap
idly than morning newspapers. A
hundred years ago there were 359
newspapers in the United States, hav:
ing an aggregate circulation of a.
321.7O0 copies per annum.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-26
GOVERNMENT TO SUPPRESS
TRAFFIC IN GIRL SLAVES

A SYSTEMATIC effort is to be
IA made by the bureau of immigra-
ton to put an end to what Is popularity
known as "the white slave traffic."
which, it is asserted, has been con-
Quoted, especially in cities on the
Atlantic seaboard, for a long time.
On recommendation of Robert
Watchorn, immigration commissioner
at Ellis Island, New York, Miss Helen
NJ. Bulls has been appointed an i'm
migration inspector for the particular
purpose of developing information re-
garding this traffic. Miss Bulls re-
sently has been connected with the
Travellers Aid Society, and has done
much work along philanthropic and
sociological lines
Commissioner Watchorn says that
despite the scrutiny with which Inn
migrants are examined as to. their
right to enter the United States many
women OF. non-English speaking races
are being imported for immoral pur-
poses. The method by which this is
accomplished is SO well devised that
the victims of the importers nearly
always avoid detection by reason of
the thorough coaching they receive
prior to their embarkation for this
country.
Mr.. watchorn suggests that Miss
Bulls Is in position to furnish the
department conclusive proof OF the
existence of the traffic. This would
enable the immigration officials not
only to deport those who have been
brought unlawfully into the country.
but also to punish those who are re-
sponsible for this sort of immigra-
ton,
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-26

ward end of the machinery space and
after the dynamo room, partial ath.
wartship bulkheads Of 40 pounds
nickel steel are fitted, of the same
depth as the adjoining side protection.
Nickel-steel protection is fitted in
wake Of the steering engine.
The battery consists of two five-inch
and six 3-inch rapid-fire guns and two
21-inch submerged torpedo tubes.
Two submerged torpedo tubs of the
side-loading type with all necessary
accessories, including air compressors
and accumulators, are installed in the
torpedo room forward, one on each
side. -Four torpedoes will be carried
for each tube.
The magazines have been SO arrang-
ed that about half the total supply Of
ammunition will be carried at each
end of the vessel, and four ammuni-
ton hoists driven by constant speed
motors will deliver ammunition to
the guns. Battle order and range indi-
Gators will be fitted In accordance
with the usual naval practice.
The engines are Curtis marine tur-
bines, 100 inches diameter, seven-stage
reversible, located in separate COM
partments, of combined brake horse
power Of 10000. arranged for out.
board turning propellers when going
ahead. The steam pressure at throttle
valve is $50 pounds. and maximum
revolutions at full power about $50
per minute. The necessary auxiliaries
and accessories will be provided in &C.
cordance with the practice of the Bu-
reau of Steam Engineering.
There are IL watertube boilers of
the Fore River Express" type, placed
in three watertight compartments.
with a total heating surface of $1,000
square feet. The working pressure is
275 pounds per square inch. Tho
steaming capacity will be such that all
the steam machinery can be run at
full power with an average air pres
sure In the flrerooms of five inches of
water. The Salem" carries four
smokepipes, each rs feet high above
the base.
The arrangement of the quarters
provides accommodation for a COM
manding officer, 12 wardroom officers,
five warrant officers, and $40 men.
The quarters for the officers are locat-
ed in the after portion of the vessel.
with the usual staterooms, messrooms,
ETC., as customary in the naval service.
The amidship and forward portions Of
the vessel are given up to the crew,
with the usual lavatories, dispensary.
sick bay, etc. Quarters for the petty
officers are provided on the orlop deck
forward.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-26
OIL STOVES IN HorsEos.
A Suggestion Which Will Provo vaIu.
able Next Spring.

For years. says a writer in Rural
New Yorker. 1 had hotbed Is or 1S
feet long to start tomato plants. 1t
was heated by two one-wick oil
stoves, and was a perfect success
after I found how to manage 1t. I
will try to tell how one can have an
oil stove hotbed to grow pepper, to-
mato plants. egg plants and the like
to perfection. The hotbed must be
elevated on blocks OF wood high
enough 30 that person can get under
1t to care for the lamps; 1t should be
sheltered from the winds. but not
near enough to any building to cause
danger II the hotbed should get on
fire. In the accompanying diagram A
represents the glass area. B Ia . false
bottom made of sheet-iron and rest
ing on iron rods run crossways OF the
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1907-09-26

in the season as is practicable. to OBJ
tain stocks of suitable size. The height
at which buds are inserted varies
with the operator. In general, the
nearer the ground the better.
To bud plant, make cut for the
reception of the bud in the shape of
a letter T as shown at a. Usually
the crosscut is not quite at right
angles with the body of the tree and
the stem to the T starts at the cross
cut and extends toward the root for
an inch or more. Loosen the flaps
Of bark caused by the intersection of
the two cuts as seen at b, with the
ivory heel of the budding knife.
Grasp the bud by the leaf stem as
q handle, insert 1t under the flaps and
push 1t firmly in place until its cut
surface is entirely in contact with the
peeled body of the stocks as shown at
a. Tie tightly above and below the bud,
as indicated at b, to hold it in place
until a union shall be formed Raffia
or wrapping cotton (ordinary cotton
string) about ten to ~ inches long,
makes a most convenient tying ma
terial As soon as the buds have
united with the stock the ligature
should be cut, to prevent girdling the
stock. This done, the operation is com.
plete until the following spring. Trees
In which the buds have taken should
have the top cut on just above the bud
as seen at Q.