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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
And there at Venice gave
Huge American Gifts

John D. Rockefeller's known bene-
factions total, says the New York
World, s119,SO4 ,662, and this state
ment is backed with a list of known
gifts. Large as this aggregate is 1t
is exceeded by Andrew Carnegie's gifts
to the present time, $199 100000. These
individual gifts outrank anything the
world has ever known. No approach
to these gifts is recorded in history.
Mr. Rockefellers gift to the general
education board stands unapproached
as a gift to a single institution. In
July, 1905, he gave the board SILL
900, 0O0 in February, 1907, he added
s32, 100000, and now he has handed
over a third sum, $10,000,000, MAX
ing $4,000, 900 all told. The income
of this vast sum is handled by board
and the object of the fund and the
boards work is to multiply and widen
educational facilities for American
boys and girls. Thus 1897 500 has
been distributed among colleges and
universities inducing them in that way
to secure supplemental sums. The es-
tablished colleges are aided because
they are capable of greater develop
n1ent, and in general way the hope
is expressed by the board and the
donor that at least one seat of higher
learning will be promoted in every
state
Mr.. Carnegie's benefactions go chief
ly to libraries and the gifts of the
two men promise to be felt in the gem
eral culture of people, soon to num-
Der 100,O00,O0O, to the end of the re-
public 1t is simply impossible to
measure in any satisfactory manner
their immense and unparalleled bene-
factions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Better Than Last Year.


My business this summer is fully as
brisk as 1 expected it to be-" said l..
Pizitz, the well-known merchant at the
corner of Second avenue and Nineteenth
street. ITO say, however that my trade
is as large as l would like to see it
would be another matter. 1t would be
something of an exaggeration, for l am
human and everybody knows that mer-
chants human nature impels him to want
more In fact a merchant would not
be worth the name if he did not strive
to expand his trade But as 1 have said,
my business is fully up to what I ex-
pected. 1t was 10 per cent larger the first
half of this year than ii was during the
same period of last year. And last year
was not a bad year with me. Indeed, If
I could count on every year being as
good as 1905 I would never have reason
to wear long face.
"All in all then, I am having fine sue
cess in my business. l started in Biz
mingham some years ago in small
way, and now that 1 have branched out
and am able to do things on big scale,
new customers are coming to me in large
numbers and included in those who shop
at my store are many women of taste.
fashion and social influence. My efforts
TO please the shopping public have GER
tainly been rewarded and l am CRATE
ful +"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
perSia's Revolution Triumphant

Mohammed Ali, once Shah Of Per-
STA, has gone the way of the unpop-
ular Sultan of Morocco and of Abdul
Hamid, who had dominated Turkey 80
years. The old Islamic rulers have
been deposed and in their places more
modern men have been placed.
The new ruler of Persia is but a
boy. He is the son of the deposed
Shah, and Azad vi Mulk, the head of
a leading Persian family, has been ap-
pointed regent.
Autocratic government is declining
everywhere except possibly in Russia.
1t is a question how far the Persians
are fitted for constitutional rule and
parliamentary government, but it Is
no longer a question as to their de-
,~sire to try something better than they
have had. Mohammed Ali has abdi-
Gated and the new government is in
full possession Of power apparently
with the consent of both Russia and
England.
The Persians belong to the Shiite
branch of the Mohammedan faith,
while the Ottoman Turks, Arabians
and northern Africans belong to the
Sunnite branch. The two branches
OF Islam are not one on religious Ques-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
Fee Reform and the Governors Call

Although a demand for reform OF
the fee system had come up from 81
counties and no negative voices free
from se1fishness had been heard, yet
the Governor of the state ignored this
sentiment altogether He did not even
suggest a repeal of section SO of the
constitution. widely considered the
rottenest thing in it.
The list of suggested bills AMI
amendments fills columns in the news
papers, and the refusal to name the
fee system movement in his call is
significant. 1t means that the con
centrated strength of the fee brigade
with headquarters in every courthouse
is considered more influential, more
powerful in vote-getting than a diff
fused sentiment which is unorganized.
1t means that the Governor is in ia
vor of the retention of the inhuman
and expensive fee system which the
Counties have outgrown.
Although the Governor of the state
has seen fit to line up with the fee
brigade the cause is not lost. The
reform is marching on. The legisla-
ture can take up the subject by a
two-thirds vote, and this should be
done. No pigeonholing in a commit
tee should be permitted. A record
two-thirds vote is needed in both
houses of the legislature and the
friends of fee reform can be trusted to
secure it despite adverse influences
from the executive office. He who Is
not for fee reform is against it, and
that is just where Governor Conner
stands today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
st. Yincent'S East Wing

The need of subscriptions for the
construction of the east wing of St.
Vincent's hospital should have the at
tention of the citizens and such of the
corporations of this district as have
not already contributed. That wing is
greatly needed 1t will cost $4,000.
AS soon as $4,000 is in sight in pop
ular subscriptions the Sisters Of Char
ity will secure $4,000 more from their
central organizations and the building
of the wing will be at once begun.
The unrequited work of the Sisters
of Charity should be taken into con-
sideration. They stand ready to serve
all, the rich and the poor alike, and
all the people in this district know how
efficient and helpful they are when
illness or accident overtakes a per-
son. This district needs the Sisters
of Charity and in order to give them
room for their works of love and mercy
another wing is needed. The Age
Eerald appeals to all who have the
good of this district at heart to con.
slider this matter About $4,000 more
is needed, and this sum should speed
lily be made up.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
German Carp Defended

The efforts at some fish ponds to
exterminate carp by the use of Wit
riol results in the killing of other fish
also in the ponds This has caused
Deputy Commissioner of Fisheries
Smith to defend the carp. He says:
It will suffice to say N that special
investigation has shown the carp does
exceedingly little harm to any other fish,
as any one would expect from its known
habits. (2) that the injury done to the
feeding grounds of wild fowl has been
grossly exaggerated; on one hand q
scarcity of ducks may occur entirely in
dependently of the presence of carp, and
on the other. a great abundance of cary
may be coexistent with an undiminished
growth of wild celery; and 80 that the
carp is a good fish Of very great i'm
portance, and to say anything to the
contrary is to ignore facts.
1t seems strange that the Germans
eat carp while the Americans will
not. The reason of the difference, no
doubt, is that the latter have wider
range of fish to choose from. In many
German households it is a choice be-
tween carp or no fish at all, and carp
is therefore readily marketed in that
country. Americans who can have
trout, shad, bluefish, salmon, black
bass, striped bass, red snapper, hal
ibut, mackerel and perhaps dozen
other kinds of fine fish, discard carp
very naturally, because it is inferior
to any other fish in the list.
Fresh carp should not, however, be
despised, and in 80 states it is reg
ularly marketed. The annual catch
in this country amounts to 100000
pounds, worth to the fisherman about
$500 900.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
THE PRICE OF A MENAeERIE.
What 1t Costs To Gather Wild AMI
mails for the Zoo.

From Hampton's Magazine.
The prices of wild animals naturally
f1uctuate with the demand. An excessive
supply of rhinoceri would soon reduce
the market value. Five for sale at any
time in the world would glut the market,
for one cannot sell a rhinoceros every
day. The maintenance of wild animals
is costly and they soon eat their value
in food; so that every day they are on
the hunters or dealers hands he is
losing money.
After the animals are captured they
have to be transported to the coast. De-
livered at Nairobi or Fort Florence, which
are inland and practically on the hunting
field, baby rhinoceros of the prehen-
sile Tipped species will bring from ELS
to f100 sterling a giraffe from ESQ to
f100 sterling; Glands and most of the
large antelope from e25 to R40 sterling;
balloons from to 20 shillings; monkeys
about tie same; crocodiles from to
% shillings; elephants from f75 to a175
erling; lions and leopards. with the ex-
ception of the black species of the lat
ter. from EGO to eS5 sterling, according
to size and condition. The gorilla and
the square-muzzled Cor so-called white)
rhinoceros can be sold at auction by tele-
graph. Their value might run from a100o
to $4,000, according to the bidding. The
square-muzzled rhinoceros is fast becom-
ing exterminated. owing to the fact that
it is a weld animal and feeds in the open
where it is easily seen and shot.
The above prices are doubled by the
time the animals reach the coast. Then
there is the cost of transport from Africa
to Antwerp, Hamburg or London, with
the cost of food and care added as well
as the additional expense of keeping the
animals until buyer appears on the
scene.
Prices in New York. of course, are nat
urally higher. William T. Hornaday,
head of the Bronx Geological park, gives
the following quotations.: Ordinary black
rhinoceros, $4,000; hippopotamus, one year
old, $3.50; elephants. two or three years,
$500; giraffe, two to three years. $1,000;
lion cub, $500; leopard, 800; zebra, $500
to $500; gorilla, type Of monkey, $500;
gnu, $500; antelope, from 800 to 500, ac-
cording to species camel, 5000; a python,
$40 per foot of length; crocodiles, So per
foot of length The longer the animals
are in America, the better acclimated
they become, the higher go their valua-
ton-from two to three times the above
figures.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
WESTON'S WALK.
m the New York Times

From the New York Times
San Francisco is not Seattle, of course,
nor is los days 100. but when man in
his seventy-f1rst year walks from New
York even to the nearer of the two cities
and in the longer of the two times the
difference between purposes and achieve
ment constitutes only technical failure,
and Edward Payson Weston can console
himself with the thought that he is the
object of about as much wonder as he
would have been had he reached his orig
inally chosen destination on the date
fixed by his hopes. That he did not do
so seems to have been due In no degree
to diminution of his pedestrian powers
as result of age. On the contrary, he
reaches the coast in condition apparent
ly as good as that he was in when he
started, and his delays were caused by
obstacles-storms, excessive heat, failure
Of supplies and the like-that were unfore-
soon accidents OF the journey and would
have kept back a younger ms9n, or WEES
ton himself in his prime, to the same
extent
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
Former Vote on Amendment.

II always preserve election figures for
reference" said a man interested in poll
tics, land 1 suppose there will be some
interest at this time in knowing the re-
suits in the elections last November when
the three constitutional amendments were
voted upon. The interest will be especi-
ally keen since two of the three amend
ments are to be submitted to the voters
of the state again if the plans of the gov
ernor are carried out
my figures show that the biennial ses-
sions amendment failed last November by
a majority of 9436. There were 1881
votes cast against it and 27,915 in favor
of it.
THE new county amendment was beaten
by even a smaller majority. The vote
against new counties was 1921, and in
favor of it 1895, making the majority
adversely 1896.
1.-THE vote on the good roads amend
ment was As, 1914 for and 24,s06 against. MAX
ing majority in favor of the amendment
of 20,9SS."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
THE PRIVATE OF THE BLUFF.

BY Sir Francis Hastings Doyle.
Last night, among his fellow roughs,
He TESTED, quaffed and swore;
A drunken private of the Bluffs,
Who never looked before.
Today, beneath the foeman's frown
He stands in Elgfn's place,
Ambassador from England's crown.
And type of all her race.
Poor, reckless, rude, Tow-born, untaught.
Bewildered and alone,
A heart with English instinct fraught,
He yet can cali his own.
Aye, tear his body limb from limb.
Bring cord OF ak or fame;
He only knows that not through him
Shall England come to shame.
Far Kentish hop fields round him seemed
Like dreams to come and go;
Bright leagues of cherry blossom CLEANED
One sheet of living snow;
The smoke above his fathers door
In gray soft eddyings hung;
Must he then watch 1t rise no more,
Doomed by himself, so young?
Yes. honor calls! With stength like steal
He put the vision by;
Let dusky Indians whine and kneei--
An English lad must die.
And thus with eyes that would no
shrink,
with knee to man unbent,
Unfaltering on its dreadful brink,
To his red grave he went.
Vain mightiest fleets OF iron framed,
Vain those all-shattering guns
Unless proud England keep untamed
The strong heart Of her sons
So let his name through Europe ring
A man of mean estate,
Who died as firm as Spxrta's king,
Because his soul was great
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT GOVERNOR
COMERS MESSAGE AND OTHER THINGS

Then it is up to the people to decide by
majority vote what amendments to the
constitution shall be made-whether We
shall have biennial sessions of the Legis-
lature, a constitutional prohibition pro-
vision and other things.
Matters after all will be submitted to
the people and it is up to the people to
approve or disapprove of the present adj
ministration of the affairs of the State OF
Alabama.
But whatever is done Birmingham is
going ahead. 7 was told yesterday that
options had been secured on the property
one hundred and fifty by one hundred and
forty feet on the northeast corner of
Twentieth street and Fourth avenue and
that the people who secured the option
propose to erect twelve-story hotel build
ing. The people who are to operate the
hotel are the same ones who operate the
sinton in Cincinnati and the Seelsbach in
Louisville.
This is one thing that Birmingham has
badly needed and that the people here
have talked about for long time. 1 am
not sure about It, but it looks like the
deal is a successful one.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
Absence of Candidates.

st enjoyed the meeting and barbecue
under the auspices of the Alabama Coal
Operators association held at East Lake"
said citizen who was present by spe-
cal invitation.
"a thousand or more men were in at
tendance and the gathering was made
up chiefly of mine physicians, mine SUI
perintendents and mine bosses. In look
ing over the crowd I was struck with
the absence of candidates for office. There
was not a single candidate on hand and
consequently no electioneering. The
meeting lost nothing in interest by the
offce-seeking absentees, but Gould not
help wondering how such prominent
assemblage could take place without a
candidate joining in, SO to speak. AS
the large percentage of the mine men at
tending the meeting live in Jefferson,
there was many a vote for the next sher-
iff of this county,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
A PoLYeAMIsTs CONFESSION.

From the New York Evening Post.
Another tradition is scattered to the
winds by the published record of our
latest experimenter in wholesale matri-
mony OF the II women whom Christian
c. johnson of San Francisco can remem-
Der leading to the altar. only two
were spinsters. The rest presumably were
widows.
Johnson, who practiced polygamy for
revenue only, and who, in fact, never
married a woman If he could make off
with her money in any other way, like
the burglar who never Stays unless he
is absolutely compelled to, lays it down
as a general proposition that the con-
quest of woman is easy. Treat her a
little harsh, and be a little distant, and
she will come to you" OF women, in
general the thing has been said before.
But the present instance, as we have
pointed out, for women we must read
widows" What, then, becomes of our
the widow as a menace to man? Her
guile has been pictured as infinite; her
patience as inexhaustible; her will as of
adamant; her eye as unfiinching; her hand
as sure. The ancient world thought of
Artemis and ATLANTA as maidens; but il
you believe the cynics, the true huntress
was a widow. The world was her game
preserve Young and old wise and
foolish, those who did not know enough
and those who should have known bet
ter, she ran down with equal ease.
So much for the legend The fact, OF
course, is quite the opposite. Far from
being mans implacable foe, the widow
now stands forth soft, sentimental, gull
lible-her own worst enemy.
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tons, but they are nearly one in op-
posing political reactionaries and auto
Gratis.
The Orient is advancing all the way
from Constantinople to Pel1in, and the
revolution in Persia furnishes ground
for the hope that Persias sovereignty
will be preserved-that constitutional
government will gain. there a good
foothold and that both Russia and
England will be asked to lessen their
supervisory powers over their respect
I've spheres of influence in Persia.
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to represent them in the United States
Senate in place of Senator Bankhead it is
well and good that he should place him
self in position under the law ana with the
approval of the people of the state to
make the race.
1t will undoubtedly be a race that will
excite as much interest as anything That
has ever occurred in the political history
of Alabama.
In his call for an extra session of the
Legislature the Governor has proposed
three amendments to the constitution of
Alabama, which constitution was adopted
only few years ago. These amendments
to be passed by the Legislature and sub
mitted to the people require a three-fifths
vote of both the House and Senate. If such
three-ffths vote is secured in both Houses
of the state Legislature then the amend
ments are to be submitted TO a vote of the
people at the next general election or at
an election to be called upon proclama-
ton of the Governor. To adopt these
amendments to the constitution only re-
quires a majority vote of. the people.
So 1t will be seen if the extra session
Of the Legislature is as thoroughly DOM
mated by the Governor as was the last
session, all of his suggestions will be
adopted and submitted to the people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
J. A. Lusk in Town.

Crops are very fine in north Ala
bama, but l do not find them so good
in some sections of middle and south Ala
bama," said Railroad Commissioner John
A. Lusk, who was in the city last night.
Il will spend Sunday in Birmingham
and go to Montgomery for meeting Of
the railroad commission Monday. After
Monday the commissioners will go to west
Alabama on a tour of county visitations.
These visits of the commissioners to
the different counties Of the state to con-
fer with the people on railroad matters, /
find, are very valuable. While I did
not appreciate the importance of this
work at first, 1 have found that it is as
good service as the commission can
give -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
SOUTH AMERICAN PROVERBS.

From 1.-The Andean Land" by Chase s.
Osborn.
AS the abbot chants the monk responds
With money you will not know yourself;
without it others will not know you.
There is no cure for a fool
The leanest pig eats the latest acorns
A friar who asks aims for Gods sake,
asks for two
Enjoy your little while the fool seeks
more.
Some would steal a pig and give the
feet for Gods service.
A fool knows more in his own house
than a wise man does in strangers.
A blush on the cheek is better than a
stain on tbe heart.
The priest does not remember when he
was sacristan.
He who would get rich in a year will
be hanged In six months
He that hath no honey in his jar had
better have some in his mouth.
If you would live healthy, be old be-
times
Owe nothing to a rich man; promise
nothing to a poor one.
Make of yourself honey and the flies
will eat you
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
seaboard Officials Leave.

The Seaboard Air Line officials includ-
ing Receiver R. l.. Williams of Balti-
more; Receivers Agent L. G. Haas, with
headquarters at Portsmouth, Va; and w.
L. Seldom of Portsmouth. chief engineer,
who arrived in Birmingham Friday night
left yesterday afternoon at $40 o'clock
for Florida by the way of Montgomery.
The party is on a tour of inspection and
most of It's travelling is done by daylight.
The visiting officials called on a num-
Der of prominent citizens and every one
they met spoke In hearty commentator
of the Seaboard's service.
Birmingham has made marked prog
ress in the matter Of large construction
since I was here last fall" said Mr..
Williams. ut is a handsome, as we'll
as a busy, city and on every visit Biz
mingham gains stronger hold on me-
Mr.. Haas. as agent for the receivers. is
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18
COMMON SENSE IN SUMMER
2eNG|,~:,e

ing. the failure - dress according to the
chahge IN temperature produced by the
unexpected occurrence of one of those
comparatively cold days which are char
acteristic of our unsettled climate: the
rash manner in which so many of us
leap from tennis court or the golf
links into an open trolley car or a speed
ing automobile-all of these things nav
their respective tolls to death
Nevertheless, the evil of a hot weather
cold is a minor one compared with its
sister ills. The fact Island 1t is a fact
seldom realized-that almost all the July
and August diseases of the bowels are
que to bacteria, and qSte 95 per cent
or the diseases which we are now consid-
ering have their origin in the eating of
contaminated fruit
BY this do not necessarily mean fruit
which is so far rotted that its decomposi-
ton is evident to the senses 1t is true.
L believe, that In many cheap eating
places, and in some that are not CHEAP
contaminated fruit is frequently served
as fruit salad, or in some highly seasoned
or skillfully prepared form. But the far
more frequent source Of distress is in
fruit which our senses could not at ali de-
tect as decayed. and which, if pointed
out to us, we should describe as lust
on the turn" Such decay is due to
the presence of bacteria, and fits result is
most frequently plain, old fashioned
cholera morbus, which may be avoided by
avoiding contaminated food
Plain, old fashioned, yes; but a laugh
ing matter. no. Out of my professional
experience, on the contrary, l would say
that symptomatically, cholera morbus is
often quite as deadly as Asiatic cholera.
1t has certainly been far more deadly in
America and | know of but one general
rule against ft-when it doubt. cpolx the
fruit