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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

unfeeling individual but as a matter of fact it is emotion and not judgment that rules him. The "stolid," passive Chinese as he Is called, is really of an intensely emotional nature. His natural tempera- ment is excitable, but this is not ap- parent to the casual observer who falis to see through the thick coating of self control For generations the people of this country have cultivated self-control until it Is an inborn characteristic and has become second nature. The Chinese loves bold dashes of color, appreciates sarcasm or a joke, is extremely loyal to his friends, in whom he admits no faults; and his literature, If 1t were but known, teens with the highest sort of poetic ideals and feeling. The family is the backstay of the Chinese social existence. His love of family Is his pride, greater than his love of self He worships his father, his fathers father, and his fathers before him, and the graves of his ances- tors are always green.
 The Chinese is passive only by force of will, and when his passions are once aroused his fury knows no bounds. It is said that if there Is ever a serious revo- lution in China-and such Is not improb- able; there is material enough-it will be the most horrible conflict the world his ever known.
 "The awakening of China" Is a mis- lSdulIB pHTdSe. 0nlIld IS uOI dn uUClNll- iZed country, although her civilization is so different from that of the rest of the world that 1t is not understood. China has not been slumbering all these cen turies. Unfortunately, the written Ian guage is symbelis, and to obtain work ing knowledge of it is quite impossible un- less it Is made a life study. Consequently she outside world has been able to learn very little of the inner character of thess people. In fact. the written language is such that there are even few Chinese who know all the characters. The spoken language Is entirely different from the written one, which Is intended for the eye rather than the ear. If thing Is read aloud, the nearer falls to grasp the same ideas that he would were he to read him self. The language is rich in similes and expressions of high thought, an ideal poets tongue and 1t naturally follows that literature Is the pursuit of many.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
Veteran Senators

The venerable senator whose death Alabama mourns served in the Senate almost an entire generation. He was serving a sixth term when death came to him, and his entire service ex- ceeded thirty years by about three months. Two senators outrank him, however, in length of service. MT. Al lison has continuously served thirty four years and four months, and when MT. Merrill of Vermont died he had to his credit a continuous service of thirty-one years, nine months and twentyfour days. Thomas H. Benton lacked four months of a service of thirty years in the Senate. Senator Morgan was outranked in length of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
CHINESE CIGARETTE MAKING.

From the Hartford Courant.
 MT Pontius, of the Newchwang consul late, gives us this glimpse of a Chinese cigarette factory in that town: "The Te Fang employs about eighty worlzmen, the majority of whom are boys. The wages range from s1 to s1.65 a month for the boys and from $36O to s5.50 a month for the more experienced workmen. These wages include their food. which consists of two meals a day A boy on commence ing work receives s1 month; after three weeks he receives an increase. and at the expiration of three months, If prof. cient, he receives the limit of $3 a month. The men receive S3.6O at the start, and this sum Is gradually increased to the limit of $5.5O. The factory is conducted In a well regulated manner, and the sur roundings arc surprisingly clean. Tho cutting, drying and cooling machines are modern and are also of Japanese manu- facture. The entire success of the plant Is attributed to the Japanese oyerseers."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
BInck Creek Falls.

"The unveiling of Emma Sanson's mon ument brings to my mind some recol- lections of Noccalucca creek the Indian name for the stream" said a man famil- far with the locality.
 T was walking along the path that has been cut down the wall leading down to the lower level of the falls and all of sudden my companion yelled and jab- bed me in the back and realizing danger I jumped several feet missing large moccasion coiled in my path.
 Later in the evening we decided to take a bath under the smaller stream as the creek was at low tide. I gave a shout at the same time stepping onto one of the stones. Quick as a flash my feet flew from under me and when l recov- cred consciousness the blood was flowing from a deep gash over one of my eyes. l did not then know the deadly slipperi- ness of those stones We broke camp and drove many miles home.
 "Oh, l know Black creek all right and the ford and the beautiful falls, snakes, slippery stones and all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
1IemOIi,s Band.

T have been In Birmingham for seven teen years," said Phil Memoli, out at East Lake, between selections.
 My band as musical organization has been in existence twelve years. Only three or four of the originals are with me as musicians. In bands, like many another class, musicians come and go. We have only twelve pieces out here regularly; what we need is the full band of twenty five pieces to make high-elass music.
 That march we have Just played has much of the time of a two-step in 'Yan- kiana by Loftus comparatively new piece. The Golden Rod by Mabel Mo IXinley, an intermezzo, is also very pretty and popular.
 What musician of the very highest class have l had? Why, a clairionette player, Stelnhardt, from Liberatis great band, was with my band for a year. He was an artist, but the failing of many men had too strong hold on him. Yes. an Italian band had German musician.
 "The two largest funerals we have played for was Senator Morgan's and Father O'Relily's both of them very im- presslve occasions. You know this always affects a musician.
 "Oh, yes, Creatore was much influenced by his audiences; all musicians are more or less. remarkable thing about Crea- tore was that he committed a lot of his music to memory and directed without a score. This gave him. the passionate demonstrations that were the cause of ridicule by those who do not know"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
THY "STOLID" CHINESE.
Really an Intensely Emotional Race Exercising Wonderful Self Control.

Shanghai Cor. New York Evening Post.
 One of the things that are responsible for the anti-foreign feeling is the insolent rudeness of the foreigners resident in China Shanghai belongs to the powers by right of treaty, it is an international city, but the stranger is at once struck with the fact that the everyday foreign CTS here are overbearing in their treat ment of the natives. They seem to for
 get that Shanghai is an integral part of China after all and that the Chinese have some rights. A Chinese, perhaps a wealthy, respectable one, will be loiter- ing along a narrow sidewalk, totally mat
 tentive to his surroundings, a poetic theme perhaps running through his brain,
 when along comes a foreigner with don t-disturb-me, Tam of the favored races air, and abruptly pushes the Chi nese off the walk without a word The Chinese does not say a word, but he looks, and maybe another recruit is added
 to one of the many "anti-foreign' so- cietles. Such occurrences may be noted dozens of times a day on Shanghais S streets. The foreigner would lose nothing were he to gently touch the shoulder of the Chinese, who would quickly remove himself from the way and bow low and profoundly in recognition of the courtesy If one is respectful to a Chinese he soon shows his appreciation. He will readily acquiesce to something that he knows that he does not want, perhaps to his loss, if addressed and persuaded in a pleasing manner. To do business with a Chinese, one must be ever patient, ever polite, ever conslderate. He must not be rough and quick, he must not urge his business at oncea but must talk about entirely different things, and approach his point gradually and pleasingly. A Chi nese will often turn from the good ad- vice of one he knows to be his friend to trust a scheming adventurer who has understanding enough to be suave and polite in dealing with him.
 It seems to be the 21rular western be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
From Tit-Bits.

From Tit-Bits.
 1 HERE is probably not a cigar \C smoker in the land who has not
 wondered. at one time or anoth- CT, how much of what he pays for his smoke goes into the box, and the litho- graphed labels, and the gilt bands and the like. A box which holds fifty cigars costs from f to s cents, according to what it is made of, and this is without count Ing the labels and bands, or anything but the wood and nails. The cost of these boxes used in the United States alone foots up to $6,0O0,0OO every year. Some of them go to Havana, but they come back with cigars in them.
 Perhaps the most interesting and least known fact about this industry is that, while some cigar boxes are made of cedar, a great number are made of popuar, ve- neered on one side with cedar, while still others are made of poplar without any veneer In the latter case the wood Is printed in imitation of cedar by the use of ink of the proper color and machine which carries a printing roller on which are the lines to resemble the graining of cedar wood The bottom and top of a cigar box of standard grade are 5-S2 inch in thickness, while the ends are 7-32 inch. Despite the very small amount of wood needed, it is cheaper, however, to use the veneered poplar than the cedar, and stlll cheaper to print the poplar. Solid cedar boxes to hold 100 cigars now cost about 10 cents, and the half boxes, those for fifty cigars, about 8 cents. The corre- spending prices for veneer are about l cent less, while for the printed poplar the prices are to 4 cents.
 Such prices are only made possible py the use of intricate machinery and sub division of labor, and 1t is also important to waste as little of the material as pos sible. To this end the wood of the proper thickness is not sawed from the log, but sliced or split by a special machine. The immense. pressure used in yeneering wood for the manufacture of furniture is not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
Chaperons for Girls.

q regret to see so many young girls visiting all kinds of amusement places, cafes. skating rinks and parks without chaperones," said a kindly disposed wo- man.
 T don't think it wise for them to be allowed to fall in with the chance-made acquaintances of many of these places. You know Satan finds some mischief for idle men to do. 1 wonder If one mother dreams of an incident that came under my observation the other day that may give her. if not an undesirable spn-in-law a lot of trouble. I do not know the mother, l wish l did as l think she should be advised
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Music cat East Lake.

"A very nice place to spend these hot afternoons is at East Lake" said one who frequently goes there.
 T think there should be more regard for the feelings of those who go there to en- Joy change from the citys heat and noise. I allude to the megaphonic ma chine right at the gate which bombards the pavilion with those old chestnut tunes of the so-called musical ragtime class. This battery keeps up an incessant fire even when the band is playing. It enfil- ades the music of the dancing pavilion and only the roar of the skates inside of the skating pavilion keeps it from racking the ear drums of helpless person seek ing little rest from this class of noise which greets one in every block in the business part of Birmingham sweet toned orchestra would be in better keep ing with the surroundings out near the lake, under the trees."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
WORK,

The comforter of sorrow and of care; The shortener of way prolonged and
 rude; The lightner of burden hard to bear; The best companion mid the solitude; The draft that soothes the mind and
 calms the brain; The miracle that lifts despair's thick
 murk; When other friends would solace bring,
 in vain, Thank God for work, That boon for which the prince in
 splendor signs But which attends the humble peasants
 lot; Without which, castles but as prisons
 rise,
 And with which, prisons crush but
 strangle not, The measure of employer as of clerk: The true nobilitys investure- Vh,s7's God for workl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
MAKING CIGAR BOXES

used, and the veneered slabs, which are pretty well warped and twisted at first, are strengthened out and dried simply oy passing through rollers.
 Then the slabs are taken to the saving table, where they are ripped and cross sawed-from five to ten in one cut-into pieces of proper dimensions for the single boxes which are being made. Thence the pieces are sent to the inspector, who, be- sides examining each and sorting out those which are imperfect, makes sepa- rate piles, containing the same number In each, of ends, sides, bottoms and tops.
 The ends and sides are nailed together into frame by one machine. and the bot toms and tops are nailed on by another. These machines are fed With nails by an automatic arrangement, which presents the required number of them at each stroke. One stroke does the business of mailing at each corner, and one strike also suffices for the bottoms and tops, the nails being pushed in rather than driven. One of these machines will frame 5000 boxes in day, and two machines, working together, will turn out 10000 boxes except for the labels.
 The lid of the cigar box is held in place by mailing only along the front edge, and generally by one nail The hinge at the back is made by one strip of cheescloth glued upon the outside and subsequently, covered by the labels and paper trim mings. When the hinge is dry the pasting of the labels is begun. Tiny metal hinges are sometimes put upon cigar boxes. but these are comparatively rare So are dovetailed boxes, which can, however, be had on order.
 Generally speaking. the entire interior surface of the box is lined with paper and paper flaps, and in large factories the label printing and sometimes even the de- signing of the labels, constitute an impor- tant branch of the work. Such printing is of an unusually varied character, requir- ing several kinds of presses, including those for embossing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
wHIzzlNG THINGS TO MARKET.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Sending his butter and eggs to market at a speed of twenty-five miles an hour without moving further than his front gate is the scheme which an ingenious in- of the farmer.
 All the farmer will need to do in case this automatic delivery device becomes a reality will be to pack his produce in a basket, telephone for small delivery car, if one Is not already without his gate, deposit his package when one arrives, and collect the receipts at the end of the day.
 The butter, eggs, green stuff or what ever the basket contains is whizzed through the air at a speed of from twen- ty to twenty-five miles an hour and de- posted In the central office of tho de- livery company, where some one con- veys it to the market. When the selling hour are over the agent returns to the farmer by the same means of trans portaton the cash returns and any stock left over.
 The delivery Is made by means of a carrier which travels on light rails about twelve feet from the ground. The carriers deposit while en route mall or packages at any or all of the stations on the line and at the same time collect mail or merchandise deposited by the farmer. One man, 1t is claimed, can operate at least twelve of these lines. To make the sys- tenn still more perfect, the inventors will install a telephone In each house in or der that the central office may be mo- tified when a car Is required. One is tn be installed near Pittshmrg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
 REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
 A girl would even like to have big feet If it was called romantic.
 A good way to get large family is not to be able to support 1t.
 A sure thing about politics Is you have a chance to be popular unless you are in it.
 The more times girls refuse to marry a man the smarter he thinks he is to have enough money to live on.
 A nice thing about gambling is you don't ever need to keep on wondering if you will get your money back the way Hou do when you invest it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
The Partinu Jest.

From the Chicago News.
 The horse and coach dog had been friends for years, but were about to part.
 Well, goodbye, old chum," said the horse. Tt may be ages ere we meet again.
 "Saus-ages?" queried the dog, with an onen-faced grin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
TREES AS CROPS.

From the Lumberman's Review
 Perhaps the most important claim made today by professional foresters is that tree growth may be properly treated as crop to be planted. developed and har- vested, much as other crops are grown. though under rules which apply specifi- cally to tree growth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

Senator Foraker's Boxer uprising has dwindled away until it resembles the opposition to MT. Bankhead's cleo tion as senator in pursuance of lost years primary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

The Griggs law in Texas goes into effect July 12, and then sheets must be nine feet long. Alabama hotel keepers should begin at once to add foot and a half to their sheets, for the issue is spreading rapidly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

The biggest and most influential re- publican is MT. Standpat because he carries fat and obliging purse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

John D., alas, does not know much about the oil business. He knows a great deal about pig iron, but very little about oil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

Governor Jonhson of Minnesota may not be a candidate for President, but he Is certainly in a receptive state of mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

Harvesters command in Kansas two dallars day, and the hoboes are keep ing out of that state. They desire to avoid temptation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

Let us hope John D. will not at tempt to have his new school teach New York mothers how to make their children expert process dodgers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

The soul has been weighed, and 1t Is to be photographed. These steps will break up the novelists' trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

The Cortelyou boom is small and backward, but it may come on rapidly. It resembles the cotton plant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

John D. had to skip few games of golf in order to appear before Judge Landis, who desired to meet him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

San Francisco should be permitted to declare war against Japan and to fight out the issue itself/
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
Fiscal Year

Surplus 5. .. ..S 86945,542 : 261SS 900
 What shall be done with this sur plus? Besides the $86,000,00o of sur plus the government has s171, 100000 on deposit in national banks drawing no interest And yet Secretary Cortel- you refunds considerable part of the maturing per cents, when he should have redeemed the last one of them.
 The interest-bearing debt has been reduced to $9OO,O0O,OOo, and the sur plus flowing from large receipts, espe cially of customs, makes it wholly feasible to dig the Panama canal with out increasing the bonded indebted ness. That, together with liberal rivers and harbors expenditures, would keep the surplus within reasonable propor- tions But still it would invite con gressional extravaganza and pork barrel schemes. The true policy con sists In an immediate reduction of the tariff, but the standpatters are In the saddle and they say there shall be no revision of the well-nigh sacred instru- ment until the long session of the Sixty-first Congress is convened In the last days of 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

The Rockefeller coons came down reluctantly but gracefully. They brought little information.
 Only those who never asked any body to take cocktail have right to cast a stone at Fairbanks.
 Juries that decide cases on the un- written law set small store by their official oaths.
 The cocktail with cherries in it-and ice of course-is fast becoming a na- tional issue.
  It's the surplus in the ice box, not the bank, that interests people this month.
 The railroads should respect su- preme court decisions even in lumber cases.
 The coupon-clipping brigade is still at work shears in hand.
 All the photographers welcomed Rockefeller to Chicago.
 The Pacific ocean should not hold belligerent ships.
 Dementia Americana rages chiefly in Virginia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

Juries that decide cases on the un- written law set small store by their official oaths.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
Sprinkle the Chr Lines.

express any inner feeling of the singer is indeed blank verse"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

Only those who never asked any body to take a cocktail have a right to cast a stone at Fairbanks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

The Rockefeller coons came down reluctantly but gracefully. They brought little information.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

The cocktail with cherries in it-and ice of course-is fast becoming a na- tional issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

All the photographers welcomed Rockefeller to Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

The Pacific ocean should not hold belligerent ships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

The coupon-clipping brigade is still at work shears in hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

Dementia Americana rages chiefly in Virginia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

The railroads should respect su- preme court decisions even in lumber cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08
Our Federal Surplus

The republicans are in trouble. Money is accommodating in the United States treasury, and yet the standpat- ters, led by Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, say the tariff should not be changed until December, 1909. In order to show how money is rolling in we give the figures for two years, as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

Washington Bureau Age-Herald l42l c street, N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-08

It's the surplus in the ice box, not the bank, that interests people this month.
The Coconino sun., 1907-01-12
Dynamite Exploded

The Bisbee Review hasthe follow ing particulars of the explosion at the Denn-Arizona properties. brief mention of which was made in dis patches of the 5th inst:
 With a roar that was heard at Douglas, thirty miles distant, and a force that tore hole into the earth below for sixty feet, 8,709 pounds of dynamite exploded in the magazine at the Denn-Arizona property yesterday afternoon, wrecking all the buildings on the property, breaking every plate glass window in Lowell, and shaking the earth around Bisbee. Yet not one man was seriously injured.
 The most miraculous escape of all seemed to be the men who were working in the blacksmith shop, which was situated within 75 feet of the magazine. The force of the explosion demolished the building, but all of the men crawled from underneath with no injuries of a serious nature.
 The buildings were wrecked and the damage will probably amount to $6, 900 or $7,000 but the working of the mine will not be affected.
 An investigation at Lowell last night revealed the fact that almost every plate glass window had been blown from it's position and smash ed. The damage around Lowell it is estimated. will reach a couple of thousand dollars.
 It was learned last evening that the explosion had been felt at Douglas, and the electric power plant at that point was put out of working order. Residents of the Shelter City thought it was an earthquake.