davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
The Typhoid Germs.

investigation has not yet solved the question as to whether the Colon bacillus and typhoid bacillus, which resemble each other, are any kin." said a physician of years of experience.
 investigations by eminent bacterologists have resulted In finding that certain microbes whose hemorhagic poisonings are grouped under the head of 'Posteurellases are very similar to coeco bacillus. which causes chicken cholera. The chicken cholera microbe is capable of affecting other animals when transmitted.
 "Messrs. Chamberlain and Chonan in the Paris Cosmos suggest that in view of the results obtained from their investigations covering a wide field of experiments that the 'pasteurella is very widely distributed in nature. That they come from single microbe, which easily acquires or loses virulence and that the character of af- lection Is governed by the animal en- tered. Perhaps this may lead to the tracing of the typhoid germ to it's point of origin. If this rule should also apply to the Colon bacillus the question of the origin of the typhoid microbe organism would be solved.
 "One thing Is solved, that is that this organism is not sporadic, but that 1t at tacks the intestines or other affected parts, destroying them. It is bacillus that can not be propagated in any other animal than man.
 Many person has had the typhoid germ in his system and has never de- veloped fever. It is probable that cer- tain benign on favorable conditions In the intestlnes is necessary to the development of the disease.
 Tt is an open question if diarrhoea has not in many cases prevented typhoid fever by elimination of the bacillus This was q marked characteristic in the investiga- tions made among the troops in the Spanlsh-Amercan war.
 'The percentage of deaths during cpl denies of mild types of typhoid are not so great as in many other diseases"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
SECRETARY TAFT's VACATION.

From the Washington Herald.
 You're no good at tennis, dad, but you're an awful lot of fun," Is re- Taft, Secretary of War, is said to have heard quite often in the last few weeks Up near the little story-and-a=half cabin, on the Canadian side of the St. Lawrence river, where the secretary and his fam fly are spending the summer, he yields as often as possible to the importunitles of his youngest son to play tennis. Golf suits the big Ohioan rather better than tennis, for obvious reasons and, under the circumstances, it is not altogether surprising that the observation quoted should be forthcoming from the younger Taft.
 Secretary Taft and two of his brothers have been going to Murray Bay prac- tically every summer for fifteen years. The place Is east of Montreal, and is accessible only by the steamboats which ply the St. Lawrence, which at this point is quite wide. Murray Bay retains much of the old-time quantness by French Canadians The summer home of the Secretary of War Is right in the middle of the town, and is reached by narrow board walk from the main street. There is a veritable colony of Tafts there, twenty-one members of the family hay ing spent one summer in the town. The secretary's favorite diversion Is golf, at which he is skillful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
PETTUs AND HIS BIBLE

From the Indianapolis Star
 The late Senator Pettus of Alabama was forty-niner," going overland to Cal l1ofnia In the early days and engaging in placer mining. He took with him on that long and tedious journey three books, the Bible, Shakespeare and Burns poems. He said of them at one time not long since.
 T read the Bible from cover to cover. read the side notes; l read the captions oI the chapters; l learned great parts or II by heart, and l haven't forgotten them yet. l learned many of Burns poems by heart and much of Shapespeare re In the same way, too" Such reading or these three books was an education In Itself. It Is not likely that many min CTS engaged In that search for wealth spent their leisure in as profitable a way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
WHITE STAYED IN KANSAS.
le Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 William Allen White the man who originated Whats the Matter With Kansas and immediately came into the lime light, had fiatterlng offer some time afterward to leave Emporia and go to New York and work on a metropolitan daily said Elmer. Dover, secretary Of the republican national committee, at the New Willard last night.- But before doing so he went to Ohio 10 talk the matter over with Mark Hanna. Mir. White is still out at Emporia, and he is doing better and making more money there than If he had accepted the post ton of the metropolis of America.
 MT. Hanna talked the question over with young White. and then gave him some fatherly advice Out In Kansas. MT. Hanna said to White you are more than big fish in a big puddle You are great man. In New York you wouldn f be even little fish in a little puddle pond. You go back to Kansas. stay with the Gazette, and just see if I'm wrong about my advice.' MT. White hasn't been in New York since"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
Hi do hate a proud man, as ] hate tho engenderns of toads.
 -TroIIus and Cresseda.
Inexpediency of a Railroad War


 The ouick and instantaneous pur- suit of right is not always expedient. Justice sometimes has to be secured deyiously, and this situation is exacuy what confronts the Southern railway Nh Alabama. No doubt 1t has, as legal methods have been going of late, right to tie up Alabama statutes while fl seeks constructions of them In the Federal courts. but is it best to resort to a tie-up in this state, especially when the opposite policy has been adopted by the Southern in Virginia and North Carolina? Consistency should rule in the affairs of great corporation dealing with the people.
 Alabama, too, desires fair treatment at the hands of the Southern for our messenger rate bill calls for 21a cents a mile. while that of North Carolina is based on PA cents, and Virginia has adopted fiat 2-cent rate. Ala bama has been more generous to the railroads than either North Carolina or Virginia, and the railroads should deal with her without unjust diffim- snation.
 The settlement in Virginia, as in North Carolina, does not deprive the railroads of any rights of appeal. They are, however, to get out of the district federal courts. They are to stay in the state courts until the state judicial remedies are exhausted and then they are to take an appeal to the federal court of last resort. But in the meanwhile there is to be no tie-up of the statutory policies of a sover- eign state. The railroads of Virginia say they have determined to live in peace with the people of the Old Do minion, and thy should and assuredly will extend their benificence and horse sense to Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
HOW THE cAP'N KEPT COOL.
The Hotter He Got the More Flannel
 Shirts He'd Wear.

From the Washington Post
 There used to be an old fellow down in Onancock, way down on the eastern shore of Virginia said a man who was born and lived the greater part of his life in the salt water region, "who knew how to keep cool In the very hottest weather. Yes, even when the mercury was boiling and tumbling about the cen tury mark, just as it has been doing up here this summer, old Capt'n Billy Will Hams was always cool as a cucum- Der. When everybody else in the county was stretched out in the shade some- where gaspng for air. Capt'n Billy would be moving about his truck farm and talk ing about the laziness of some people.
 No, sir; he didn't make any secret about his method of keeping cool. It was just the opposite. He was a kind-hearted man and wanted to see everybody com fortable. His plan was to wear always thick red flannel undershirt, and every time the weather became what you might call dlstressingly hot Capt'n Billy would put on an extra undershirt. He had an idea that 1t was lucky to wear red f1an- nel, and I have seen the capt'n working around the wharf (for he was the captain of a fine packet, well as truck farmer) with four red flannel undershirts on.
 "The old man didn't often get Tiled. for he was an eVen-tempered sort of fel- low. He did mix up things, though, when he did get mad, and if curses and anathe- mas would eonsign a man to eternal tor ment, when Capt'n Billy opened up on him, he was a doomed man. sure enough.
 Around about Onancock and the ad- iacent waters tributary to the Chesa- peake. about the time I am talking about, the folks never saw a steamboat, at least in that section of Virginia; but one day there came puffing and blowing up the river a concern with a smokestack and sending out smoke that was blacker than any thunder cloud that I ever saw. Some of the country people who had gathered in great numbers to see the stranger got as scared as Robinson Crusoe was when he saw that nigger foot in the sand They were afraid it might blow up and kill somebody
 ''Capt'n Billy didn't share this appre- hension. He had seen such boats In Bal timore. He got mad though, because he could see in It some mean Yankee trick to interfere with his packet trade The boat was called the Maria something, and as her hull was painted black, the packet captain named her the Black Maria and said so many things about her captain and mate and all the crew that some os the pious Methodists came very near to talking to him in the meeting house on the next Sunday.
 There wasn't an evil wish that the old man didn't wish for the strange boat but after he got through cussin', he went to work and gathered whole cargo of truck to carry to Baltimore. The steamboat man got busy himself and got lot also, promising to get it to market quicker than the sailboat could.
 'sThey sailed the same day on very hot morning. The newcomers captain was tortured with the heat and as nerv- ous and fidigety as a pea on a griddle. Captn Billy had on two extra red flannel undershirta and was as calm as any one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

could be. He took along two extra un- dershirts for luck. The steamer got away two hours ahead of the Onancock skip per, and the church members gathered and prayed that Captn Billy might be for given for his sins and win the race to Baltimore.
 In about ten days Capt'n Blllys boat loomed up in the distance. She was com ing up wing and wing" and before long she was tied up at the wharf.
 Where's the Black Maria?" was about the first question htat met the captain 1T beat her to Baltimore about eight hours, but she's coming back for another cargo he said, and he started out to give her another volley of bad wishes, but he saw the preacher in the crowd, and sheered off into mild language. But his i'll wishes came true. The steamboat stuck her nose into mud bank coming up the river. and she died there. So the old fellows male- dictions worked all right, and the red flannel undershirts gave him luck as was surely proven by his sailing packet beat ing the steamboat to Baltimore
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
In inc First Six Months

Alabama made in the first half of the present calendar year S61, ,771 tons of pig iron, as against S25,O9O tons in the first half of last year. There are now thirty-four furnaces in blast in this district, a gain of three since the beginning of the year.
 It is easy to multiply the produc. tion of the first six months by two, but we may do a little better than that for we made more iron In the second half of 1906 than we made in the first half A reasonable estimate of the years production may be said 10 be 1,750,000 tons. The production of this district has been, as follows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
Not Too Much

Upon 1462 counts for relating the Standard Oil concern has been found by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis S.. ,240, ,O00 No doubt the judge would have increased the fine If the law had permitted, because he believes, no doubt, in making the punishment fit the crime.
 The crime consisted in using the Alton railroad in way that drove other shippers out of market. By means of rebates 1t crushed competi- tors, leading the way in that respect, and leading the way in organizing an overwhelming and gigantic monopoly If Judge Landis had made the fine one dollar less the punishment would not have fitted the offense, which was, in its general public bearings, very grave.
 Nor would a minimum have been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

A gain of 76,000 tons Is possible in these times of high prices, for the gain in the first half of the year over the corresponding production last year was 36,6S1 tons. A gain of less than 40,0o0 tons In the last six months of the year will carry us to a total production of 1,750,o00 tons in the calendar year. This would con stitute a new and satisfactory record. The road to two million tons Is tire some one, but it will be traversed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
STRICTLY BUSINESS.

From Our Country.
 The man in the faded derby hat in sisted 1t was his time to tell story. Said he: Speaking of hard luck. I am reminded of the time when I was caught nearly broke down in West Virginia I was down to 25 cents and went to q small hotel, kept by an old Jew.
 How much for a bed for the night 9 I asked.
 Twendy-flve cends for the night he answered.
 "The next morning, just about dawn, l felt someone shaking me by the arm. and when I awakened. my Hebrew friend was standing over me.
 What do you want?' I asked.
 ." I want annudder twenty-five cends. said he.
 But paid you for my bed last night and want to sleep
 Yes, my friendt, but you rented the bed for the night time. an I haf to charge you extra for de day time. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
AWFUL BLUNDER,

From the Chicago News.
 Yes" remarked Amber Pete, as he took another chew. The left town rather suddenly'~
 What was the cause of the sudden departure?' asked the agent for the ore crusher
 We'll you see, he received an an- nouncement from Bad Bill that the latter had married old Pete Binks fighting widder. An hour later he sent a message in reply"
 And was that why he left town?''
 You bet. He scribbled off, Accept my congratulation in the hour of glory but the chap in the telegraph office was half asleep and he deciphered it to be, Accept my condolence in the hour of grief Don't t you think it was time to make tracks, stranger?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
From the New York Mail.

From the New York Mail.
 XLN ORRY. like poverty. is something ~ we have always with us. For
 w those who are uncomfortable in it's possession-or observance-our advice is only that conveyed in an apochryphal saying of the President anent long speech es "Cut it out" Not every man can abolish his own poverty, but every man can abolish his own worry, even if at times and in certain instances the task seems as difficult as to lift himself by his own bootstraps.
 Something ought to be said, however, to meet the case of those who worry about worry What they should learn Is that worry does not injure them as much as they worry themselves Into fearing It does. Indeed, some worry-that is, some sense of responsibility, some care as to future contingencies-is necessary to the development of mind and character. Any alienist will tell you that. If you are free from these feelings you ought to be eat- ing cocoanuts on the banks of the Congo, and even there the minions of a monarch who takes some thought of the morrow may catch you and subject you to what is called the forced labor tax"
 As matter of fact, we are all of us
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

hat are among the burning questions. Those who are unused to the elegance of Pullman should remember that on a railroad "a man removes his hat in parlor car, but not on a day coach." In elevators. when women are present, the hat should be removed "A woman's bow should be dignihed-a faint smile and gentle inclination of the head" She is at liberty to pass a man by in scorn; indeed almost too much power is given to her in these little encounters, for if the man stands with his hat In his hand, "she may request him to replace it."
 It is surprising that so little advice should be given about eating. In the Dictionary" to be sure, few rules are laid down. The stalks of asparagus may be taken between the finger and the thumb; bread should be transferred with the fingers to the mouth;" cake should be
 'broke into pieces the size of a mouth ful;' and corn on the cob must be eaten
 with the fingers" Fish is to be taken
 with a fork and held In the right hand" and in removing bones from the mouth great deicacy should be used" Oranges are cut into suitable portions" At after ! noon calls. when taking refreshments, man should put his napkin on his knee and hold the plate in his hand. At din- ner parties, "as soon as possible man | should seek the woman assigned to him,
 and inform her thaSHhe will be pleased l to act as her escort disgusting any per- 1 sonal prefernce he may have otherwise" l No one should ever ask for a second help ing, although "of course, this does not apply to a second glass of water" Mrs. Learned's book Is much moro aphoristie and epigrammatic than the
 Dictionary" For example. she affirms
 A girls parents are her best advisers
 The custom of giving in marriage is neither a faishion nor a fad.
 What is termed sitting out is not good | form.
 | Gloves are removed when playing cards. l There are, nevertheless serious omis- sions in these excellent works. The eti- quette of conversation is passed by with scarcely a remark. There should have been inserted, for example, one thousand analysed topics for the dinner table, sixty outlines of short talks at teas. ten selected witticisms for coaching parades, yacht | races, and tennis tournaments. One should be told whether to call the baby brought
 down to be admired, Tt; whether. in d public conveyance. lighted cigar should be held in the right or the left hand, and | particularly whether a dictionary of eti- l quette may be carried about open in the hand, like a Baedeker, or should be put | in some undiscoverable place like a. l Family Bible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
An August Sunday.

This is a delightful August Sunday Tn Birmingham" remarked a travelling man from the north, who was vending nis way to church yesterday.
 Most of the protestant churches close their doors in the great northern cities during the month of August on account of warm weather, but if this is a specimen of your August weather your preachers need no rest and the people cannot eX- cuse themselves from attendance upon divine service with the too hot excuse.
 "And by the way I find Birmingham possesses many fine church buildings, and the attendance indicate a religious com munity. Your string business bustle and the excellent moral and religious atmos- phere here seem to work well for the upbuilding of a great city,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
A Dangerous Crossing.

'rrhere will be a terrible accident to some one or more persons yet who drive out Twenty-first street on the Southslde at the Belt railroad crossing" said a citizen of that neighborhood.
 ''There is no light there nor Is there any danger signs or flagman. l have seen more than one horse fall when sud- denly reigned up there to avoid a run over. If the street paving is damp the danger of throwing horse by sudden pulling up Is increased. This place should have a bright light at night and flag man during the day, as hundreds of ve- hices cross the Belt here to and from the Twenty first street bridge"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
The Doq Nuisance.

"I wish The Age-Herald would get the authorities to look after the dog nui- sance little more carefully" said lady who has been annoyed nightly by a dog serenade.
 "On the Southside between Twentieth and Twenty-frst streets on Avenue E Is a bulldog that the license has been paid on, but It is very dangerous prop osition for passersby. Every time anyone passes with block of ice (the factory is nearby) this dog attacks them. l don't think anyone should be allowed to keep such a dangerous brute, license or no license"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Self-made men need lot of expert tinkering afterward
 It's awful bad manners to have a wife that you quarrel with.
 Colleges can teach a boy almost any thing except how to support himself.
 Farmers make so much money in tho government reports, it's wonder they don't insist on having some of it.
 A woman calls 1t being cross when you don't think it's smart of the baby to put your watch to soak in ths hath tnh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

A London paper says Germany will grab Brazil as soon as our ships get fairly around the Horn. With Ger many assailing our Monroe doctrine in the Atlantic and Japan talking sassy in the Pacific. we are in a pickle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

The new beer tablet enables the user to quaff the foaming goblet and yet to say to himself that he is on the water wagon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

Texas Is now trying to ascertain what are trust-made goods, and what are not. The line Is not easily and definitely drawn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

Theodore Roosevelt and Elizabeth Fairfax Ayres are about to get tan gled up, and no one can foresee the outcome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

Clarence Darrow declined to be- come a permanent jury lawyer in Boise. He has returned to dear old smoky Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

The republican papers come up slowly and lamely to the defense of centralization against the Glenn raid fin favor of states rights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

The late Leslie NJ. Shaw is attend ing strictly to banking business, let ting public affairs hump along as best they can.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

The Pacific coast has had TOO earth quake shocks in ten years, and our battleships should touch there gin gerly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

Sehmitzs appointees are clinging to their present jobs, lacking faith in appointments made by jailed mayors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

Carrie Nation certainly has the courage of her convictions, for she proposes to reform Pittsburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

Papyrus of 300 B. c. should not be made in Connecticut. It isn't right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

Philander Knox has opened canl- paign headquarters. He takes his own boom seriously, at least.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

Thaw begins to thinks he should have a bunch of lawyers equal to those In the Haywood case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

North Carolina people do not con- slider federal judges infallible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

The real trouble seems to consist in making prohibition prohibit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

The presidential office may be seek ing the man, but it does not have to go far to find several of him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

That day Is counted best which does not give birth to fresh favorite son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

Foraker is inclined to consider tar. If revisionists undesirable citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

Caleb Powers is a veteran defend ant, and he bids fair to go on in that line indefinitely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

Andrew Carnegie Is boomed at The Hague but peace is not one of it's ben eficiaries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

The Chautauqua circuit is acquiring a tinge of yellow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-05

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postoffice as second-class matter uhoer act of Congress March 3, 1879.