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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
Jamestown Literature.

"The illustrated literature sent out by the Jamestown exposition management is very attractive,' said a member of Bir- ingham's Virginia colony.
 Ut is, indeed, more interesting than While the exposition Is to be held just outside of Norfolk, Richmond and all tho other historic cities in Virginia are to be included in the Jamestown celebration scheme Richmond will welcome as many visitors this summer as Norfolk and few cities in the United States are more attractive to tourists. The capital Of the Old Dominion is city of elegant hotels, imposing public buildings and splendid monuments. And, of course, its landmarks are full Of interest for all Americans But regret to see that the old stone house on Main street is being advertised conspcuously as Washing tons headquarters General Washington never had headquarters in Richmond; was never so much as In the town as visitor until after the revolutionary war. The history of the fabrication, which sets forth the stone house as Washing tons headquarters, is very simple About fifteen years ago the resourceful negro hackmen, in order to entertain tourists and thereby increase their revenue, began to point out the stone house as the place from which the leader of the revolu- ton issued orders. Later on photog- raphers hit upon the idea of making sou venir pictures of the stone house. At first they did not presume to impose upon the innocent tourist by printing any legend on the photograph. By and by, however, they followed the story of the hackmen and stamped the picture as Washingt ons s headquarters. Today all the railroad d lit- erature and all the semi-official illustra- tions of Richmond contain the Washing ton headquarters fake The stone house is over a hundred years old. perhaps, but it has no historic association what ever. It is wrong to deceive people at anytime, but it is doutdy wrong to fake tourists on the occasion of a great his toric celebra ton. Mayor Mccarthy of Richmond should call off this perversion of colonial history"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17

there is no reason why there should not be $50OO,00 anti-Roosevelt fund, for one is as defensible, as patriotic and as sound as the other. Harriman's Alton jugglery does not outrank in rascality and grand larceny the ex- plotting of the many that the tariff-fed standpatters are permitted to carry on year in and year out.
 Let Rogers and Hartman and Har- vey go ahead. Their fund will not be apt to exceed the fund that the stand patters will make up, and not a dollar of it will bear a stronger and more offensive taint than will the dollars taken slyly and indirectly from the pockets of the many to stuff the en. gorged pockets of the Dingley bene- ficiaries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
Alabama at Jamestown

MT. Moretti, the sculptor, has done the state a service by sending to the Jamestown exposition excellent exhib- its of Alabama marble. The exhibits he has forwarded show not only mar ble as it comes from the quarry, but he has also sent examples of what it becomes when art and genius chisel in hand have manipulated it.
 Let Us hope the men who conduct our coal mines and furnaces and steel mills will do likewise. Our melters should also be heard from. We make sugar mills, and Birmingham sugar mill should be set up at the exposition.
 Our wood and clay workers should also be represented, and if they will get in communication with Superin- tendent Ward no doubt any reasonable request they may make will be grant ed. Cotton from the field to the fin- ished product will no doubt gain a showing, and our lesser industries should not be overlooked Alabama has been a little slow in getting at this piece of business, but the outcome may yet be satisfactory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
Cleaning the House Tops.

Birmingham is much more beautiful this week than two weeks ago said AL derman J. R. Copeland yesterday, when talking of city affairs. q was talking to the building inspector few minutes ago, and he stated that the campaign to- ward cleaning off the tops and rear ends of buildings within the fire limits Is pro- gressing nicely
 q had been making it q habit to look out of the windows of the skyscrapers in the city, which I had occasion to enter, and I was sickened by the black and dirty scene that presented itself. I found that the ash can was not the dumping place for trash, but the tops of the main build ings In town were covered with litter.
 Tn many places scaffolding was still hanging to the rear of buildings long completed. The city actually presented a disgusting view, from points where the visitor goes first to get an idea of the place.
 But since the ordinance was passed by the council I notice how busy the landlords and tenants have been put ting their housetops in order. and now find cleanliness and pleasant view in looking down from the high buildings.
 T believe that If few more of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Tobacco RaIsIna ln Perry.

Perry county is raising tobacco equal if not superior to the finest Cuban pro- duct" said Judge Andrew E. Coffee of Marion yesterday. q can't help being ex- tremely enthusiastic upon this subject as I smoke cigars made from my home tobacco and I consider myself a pretty good judge. am not alone in this opinion either, for I know leading smokers who render the same verdict upon the ques- ton.
 Interest in tobacco raising Is greatly increasing in Perry county and acreage is also increasing. Last year we pro- duced 1e.Oo0 pounds of tobacco which sold for s1975. This year we will raise 25.0OO to 30,OOO pounds, which will bring prices approximately. The crop Is divided up among many farmers, each raising from two to five acres. The whole crop is un- der the direction of Director Aver and his assistants of the United States. depart ment of agriculture and they supervise all the processes of planting, handling and curing, the planter receiving the profits from the crop.
 "The principal part of our crop is, of course, the filler, which is raised from seed imported from the Vuelta and Pinar del Rio districts, the richest tobacco sections of Cuba. We also raise a su- perior quality of wrapper which is grown under canvas and is equal to the best Sumatrs wrapper. The soil upon which this tobacco is grown is known as the Orangeburg clay, which is considered bet ter adapted for tobacco raising than any other variety.
 '"rhe great advantage and profit to be derived by the farmer from a tobacco crop is the fact that a few acres can be easily cultivated, will produce sure crop and one of large profit. Planting begins in March and the crop is matured in July and the planter does not have to wait until late fall to reap his har- vest. The average production of this tobacco is 800 pounds per acre which at 15 cents pound brings s75 an acre, which is equal to about a pale and a half of cotton.
 T have suggested to the government experts that the identity of Perry coun- ty tobacco should be preserved in the trade and this has been seconded by others who are interested in the matter and we hope that thus the name and fame of this tobacco may spread widely"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
Campaign Funds in Chicago

The assessment of policemen and firemen to swell campaign funds has been brought within the civil service law of Illinois, and it is hoped that the men who conducted it will reap the penalties of the law. The fine In each case cannot be less than $10,000, and a term in the penitentiary not exceeding six months is possible.
 The policemen were assessed to aid Mayor Dunne, but the evidence goes to show that whatever party has been in power has been in the habit of assessing policemen from time out of mind. Party managers have assessed in city elections, and even in state elections when no city candidates were on the ticket.
 The cases that have arisen in Chi cago should be prosecuted with view to the making of them an example to all the rest of the country. Some or inc states, including Alabama, may lack statutes that cover such assess ments, but the Chicago cases may call attention to all such deficiencies, and steps will perhaps be taken to elim- mate the evil.
 The levying of assessments upon offi- cials is disorganizing and disreputable, and it should be wholly broken up. No salary large uough to cover political assessments, and the practice should be eradicated root and branch The Chicago cases are evidences of the ris- ing tide of municipal reform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
That Penrose Conspiracy

The reports sent out almost continu- pusly from administration sources con corning $5,00O,000 anti-Roosevelt fund are becoming monotonous and boresome. AS matter of fact, Harri- man. Harvey, Penrose & Co. will need a s5,0oO,O00 fund, for it is plain that the Roosevelt machine will have in 1908 fund of at least equal size. The refusal to urge or to support the pass age of publicity bill is plain, positive evidence of an intention to raise next year a great slush fund.
 The grafters and stock waterers have as good a right to subscribe to a huge slush fund as have the stand patters and the magnates and corpora tions that look to the administration for protection to do likewise. The standpatters alone can be trusted in 1908 to roll up $5,Ooo,0O fund, and Bois Penrose knows 1t. So does Editor Harvey. So do Hartman, Rogers & O. We say, therefore, that if there is to be huge stancpat fund in 1908,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
WATTERsoN's PET COLUMN.

From the Washington Herald.
 Reporters in Washington who have worked on "Marse" Henry Wattersons s Kentucky's great editor when at home watches more carefully the work of the reporter assigned to the hotel column" than that of any other member of the staff. Contrary to popular belief, "Marse Henry pays very little attention to the work of his editorial writer's Just so they follow the policies he sets, he seems to care nothing for the subjects they choose or their treatment of them. He leaves to his managing editors judgment news printed each day. He never inter fers with the work of other of his chiefs of departments. But woe betide the as- piring young journalist who is assigned to the "hotel column" This "Marse Henry"
 scans with critical eye every morning. It is his pet column In the paper. If q single misstatement of fact creeps into
 one of its paragraphs and Mir Waiter son finds it out the reporter responsible is forthwith called Ion the carpet" by the Star-eyed Goddess protector and raked as never he was before. Other mis-
 takes he will excuse, just so they are not in his ''hotel column" But after he has finished his roast of the luckless re- porter. 'tMarse Henry usually takes him out and buys him a good funch, warning him that if he again make blunder he
 must look for job elsewhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
The plague of Greece upon thee, thou monqreI beef-witted lcrdl
 -Troilus and Cressida.
cnrn. Cation and Peaches

The cool wave that eliminated on Sunday morning was chiefly damaging in the southeast. But even in Texas the weather has been cool and dry, md the progress of both young corn and cotton has been checked and de- layed. and in view of the coming of the boil weevil this is matter involv- ing actual loss.
 The prospect of an early and ex- tremely favorable start in corn and cotton has been lost throughout the cotton belt. The two crops will not be unusually early, and in the southeast considerable replanting has become necessary. The frosts of Sunday morn- ing were severely felt to a line extend ing through Jackson, Miss; Montgom- cry and Macon, and above that line all young corn, cotton and vegetables were hurt beyond recovery. The sea- son is, however, young ana all iosses can be made good by extra endeayor.
 Peaches, strawberries and grapes were seriously damaged in all districts north of the Macon-Montgomery line, and the damage south of that line to peaches may prove to be heavy. Geor- gia expected to ship this year 9Ooo cars of peaches, and if the crop has been killed the commercial loss reaches into the millions. There is still hope that the shipments from Georgia will reach 5000 cars, and from Alabama perhaps 1000 cars more, but this hope has little evidence at pres ent behind it. The truth of the peach situation cannot be ascertained before the closing days of the present week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
AT LAST.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
 Well" said Charon to the spirit of the man who had all his life lived in | great city, you seem to be rather en- toying your ride
 q am the spirit answered, leaning back in his seat 'and carelessly putting his feet upon the gunwale. This is one Of the most pleasant experiences I have, ever had
 'As rule. replied the shadowy oars man. my passengers are disposed to be gloomy. It is seldom that one of them has a cheerful word to say to me Might l without seeming to be impertinent. ask why you find 1t so pleasant to make this tripe Of course you have no means of knowing what may await you on the other side. No spirit is ever permitted to learn that before the shore is reached For that reason my passengers are gem erallys filled with apprehension. I don't believe I ever took another across who was as cheerful as you seem to be-"
 "I should think many of them would be just as cheerful as l am. Certainly they would he if they were philosophical enough to appreciate good thing when they had it.
 Do you regard this as a good thing O.
 ''Sure. They can't beat fl. I've at last, got aboard something in which l don't have to hang to a strap"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
Clean City

One of the best features of Mayor Wards administration has been the annual cleaning up" proclamation. Each summer Mayor Ward has called upon householders to give their prem- ises thorough cleaning. The street commissioner has always been quick to cooperate with the Mayor, and the result has been that clean streets, clean alleys and clean back yards have given Birmingham a model ap- pearance, at least once year. Last summer it looked as if every nook and corner had been swept with a broom.
 In view of the many conventions to be held here next month, large num- Der of strangers will see Birmingham either for the first time or the first time in many years. It might be well, therefore, for the Mayor to call upon the people to anticipate the summer and give their back yards thorough cleaning on the first of May. Visitors rarely fail to be impressed favorably with Birmingham. Let a special eff fort be made to show the men and women who attend the May meetings the cleanest city in all the land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
HAREM OF SHAH IS SACRED

prompr effect that the delighted Princes. would have no other doctor from that dav forward.
 All these women seemed to live in a perpetual anticipation of the iude-ment or Paris. It was who should be the most beautiful; who should possess the most fascinating wardrobe. Jewels and prec- ious stones excited the greatest covetous-i ness. The Shah distributed them prod igally, and on his birthday and at the new year he gave away turquoises, sao- phires. pearls, rubies, emeralds, even dia- monds, by handfuls.
 This did not hinder them from buying Jewels on their own account from the merchant women who came into the ha- rem. They desired to eclipse their rivals by the richness of the fabrics which they wore. Silks of Resht velvets of Kashan, shawls of Kirman could not be too expensive, and fabrics from Europe were not less popular. Worth, the great Parisian dressmaker. sells off in Teheran his special silks when they are left on his hands long enough to be out of fashion. He has very clever lady there to represent him who is adored by all of tne ldlf or Ieheran.
 They have much more tendency to do this now. for several times a woman. jealous of the admiration which a. rival had won with a costume of new material. would buy some of the same material and have costume made of it for one of her slaves and then invite the dear friend to tea served by that slave. The rivals qualification can be imagined.
 Interruptions doctors and dervishes freely exploit the credulity accentuated in these grown-up children by the pas sion for maternity. The most extrava- gant medicine and charms are often tried. purchased at their weight in gold. If wolf's gall does not succeed the wife will try the swallowing of little of the sa- cred earth from Kerbela. One wife with whom all these attempts had been un successful was advised as last resort to grate every day piece of a brick which was supposed to have been brought from the tomb of holy Imam and to take It internally after early morning prayer. She took this prescription SO scrupuleusly that after while she died of it.
 Among the most highly esteemed taIis mans are the fried skin of a hyena, mon keys liver lyn's hair and the backbone or an cwi-not to mention the.most arl1az- inG decoctions and broths, and of course, transcribed prayers, which are inclosed in leather for hanging around the neck and waist of invocations and sacred or cabalistic names written on parchment, which is washed in a cup of hot water for the ink to dissolve. The water is then regarded as impregnated with the virtue of the words and drunk as potion when making wish. If one adds pinch of the powdered muzzle of a monkey which IS made by charring it, the effect is much heightcned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
ee Got the Correct Time.

"A good story is told of one of the stu dents of the Ninth District Agricultural school at Blountsvlle during the late presidency of Dr. J. A. B. Lovett," said an old student of that institution last night.
 "Blountsville is located twelve miles from railroad or telegraph station and suffered many disadvantages thereby.
 One of these is the difficulty in securing correct time.
 "Dr. Lovett, desiring the correct rail road time asked one of his students who was preparing to make trip to the
 railway station to secure the correct time. On the following morning at the opening service in the chapel, Dr. Lovett remembered the request and asked the young man if he had remembered to get the corerct time at Garden City. " Yes. doctor. here 1t is, and rawing from his pocket 9 slip of paper stepped forward and presented it to the president. On the slip of paper was carefully writ ten the time at which he had made the inquiry at the railroad station the day before-1.23 Y"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
THE cHILD-MUSIcIAN.

By Austin Dobson.
 He had played for his lordships levee, He had played for her ladyship's whim, Till the poor little head was heavy,
 And the poor little brain would swim. And the face grew peaked and eerie.
 And the large eyes strange and bright, And they said-too late-'He is weary! -Ae shall rest for, at least, tonighfr' But at dawn, when the birds were walkinf As they watched in the silent room. With the sound of strained cord break-
 ing, a A something snapped in the gloom. J Twas a string of his violoncello,s~
 And they heard him stir in his Make room for tired little feile H' Kind God,p-was the last that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
AGE-HERALD IN BESSEMER.

From the Bessemer Weekly.
 Hr c. P. Winstead of The Age-Herald staff has been assigned to permanent duty in Bessemer on behalf of that paper as local correspondent and business repre- sentative.
 MT. Winstead is a thorough and cap able newspaper man. of wide experience, and will without doubt render acceptable and efficient service to both The Age Herald and to the people of this city and vicinity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
NorfoIk,s Growth.


 Norfolk has been growing rapidly for the past three or four years. and now on the eve of the Jamestown exposition 1t IS going ahead at a wonderful clip" said Capt. Jack W. Johnson, district passenger agent of the seaboard Air Line, who has just returned from a business trip to Virginia.
 Up to ten years ago Norfolk was very conservative city. Its citizens were noted for their integrity and hospitality, but they seemed to think that the old town was quite large enough, and there fore did not make any effort to push It. But few years since Norfolk walked up and today it is nearly as large as Richmond, if not larger. It is certainly growing at faster rate than any city in the south, unless it is Birmingham. At least a dozen tall structures, apartment houses, hotels, office buildings and the like, have been started since l was in Norfolk last fall And as for dwellings, they seem to be going up by the thou sands"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
REFLECTIONS o "A BACHELOR.
rom the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 The less she means it the more naturally girl can smile. ,fy
 Gambling is a very useful thing to teach you way you can't make money.
 They've been married only little while when he calls her Jane in 'one of voice to sound like dearie.
 A man would have to be in jail long time to be glad to see himself out and cleaning up the furnace after hard winter
 A woman seems to be afraid that un- less she rushes out and does shopping the minute she gets any money she might spend part of it on something useful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
PLAGUE cATERPILLARs.

From the London Daily Mail
 Travellers in the Wodonga and Barna- wartha districts find it difficult twrites our Melbourne correspondent to get their horses to face the caterpilars that swarm the country roads. They are de- nudifis vegetation. and it is feared the vineyards will be devastated,
 An excursion train, when seven miles from Penshurst, was brought to a stand still through dense masses of the insects blocking the rails. The wheels, crushing them to death skidded from the rails.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17

When the dedication exercises of the Carnegie institute at Pittsburg were end- ed a silk garter with a gold monogram buckle was found. The institute superin- tendent thinks he knows who owns the garter-guessing from the monogram-but is at loss for some way to return it without giving offense. We suggest that he lay the garter on the young woman g doorstep, ring the door bell and run like sixty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-17
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

I peerless one, who drops from his lips honeyed words of eloquence and adorns with his pen the editorial page of the AL lanta Georgian (and News). but never. never have we known this '"J. T. Graves .s. l PUBLICITY PAYS. l A man there was in our town | Who kept himself in view, 1 No matter what he did, forsooth, l The public always knew. 1 His name was in the papers once, Or maybe, twice a day, 1 In all assemblies he was one Who had the most to say. | He hurried here and hurried there, As busy as could be- | At banquets and in long parades He showed his dignity. Twas thus he lived for many years And when he came to die The city all in mourning stood, A tear in every eye. A marble shaft proclaimed his worth And people called him great, A man who started low in life But rose to high estate. And yet. he simply played a game simple game. twas, too. No matter what he did, forsooth, The public always knew. An eastern paper calls this an era of giving "Giving up," is probably meant.
 No doubt you have found it much easier to borrow trouble than it is to borrow money.
 Now that George M. Conan is to wed again and his divorced wife has already married another man, there is not cloud in the sky.
 CONSCIENCE. That still. small voice we can't escape.
 No matter where we go. It follows all up and down.
 In places high and low. Insistently 1t whispers in
 Our ears what we should do, And when we've made mistakes it adds
 Unto our load of rue. And woe to him who tries to lull
 That still, small voice to sleep. Without it mans depravity
 Would make the angels weep,
 William Jennings Bryan says that schools and colleges are the greatest as- set of this country. There is a man in the White House who seems to think that he is the countrys greatest asset,
 A Chicago man says he neved kissed his wife. Can he prove that no other man ever did?
 Speaking of tricks, April is full OF them.
 Is Napoleon Delmas down and out?
 The straw hat crop will be late in ma turing this year. PAUL COOK.