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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
Alabama Colleges

Many of the colleges of Alabama open this week for the fall term and by September 15 all of them will have resumed. The outlook for large en- rollment is promising. In number of cases the faculties have been strength ened and there is scarcely a college in the state whose teaching body does not embrace one or more educators of real distinction.
 In the south in years gone by few boys were sent to college except such as were to enter one of the learned professions; but that is all changed A college education is a good thing for eevry young man and in the world at large it is coming to be more and more valued. While mathematics and physics must always have high place in education the study of the ancient and modern languages, history, rhet- oric and philosophy should be made especially attractive for it is these studies after all that humanize youth and develop in broad and wholesome way his culture side.
 The southern institutions of higher learning are not so strongly equipped perhaps as those of the north, but there is this to be said in their favor: The boy who leaves home grounded in the Christian religion, will not have his faith unsettled or destroyed by any agnostic or athestic teaching. If the professors themselves are not firm be- lievers in Trinitarian doctrine, they will be careful not to air any new relig- ion :" or so-called New Thought, ideas which might undermine the faith of the student. The atmosphere of all southern colleges is distinctively Christian. It is not so with all of the northern colleges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
Remembering the Maine

It is scarcely probable that the Cuban government has authorized an Argentine firm to raise the Maine, a battleship belonging to this country, without consulting the authorities at Washington. The Maine was suddenly sunk in Havana harbor in the month of February, 1898. No one knows just what was the nature of the explosion that sent the vessel to the bottom Of the harbor, but all know that it's sink ing brought on a war with Spain in which that country lost her colonies.
 This country has never been anxious to raise the Maine, although a contract was once given to an American con- cern to do the work. Some work was done on the wreck, but the effort to raise the vessel was soon abandoned.
 This government will certainly have a finger in the pie when the Maine is AciAoCu. lHO hCSSSl DtlOUSS lO l1llo country, although Cuba no doubt would act reasonably if it desired it's removal from the harbor. No action will be taken by Cuba in relation to the vessel until the authorities at Washington have been consulted.
 The raising of the Maine would pre- sumably determine whether an ex- terior or interior explosion sank Cap tain Sigsbee's ship, and then possibly the guilty parties might be singled out. There is an impression that some young officers connected with General Weyler's command did it, but no def- nite proof has been forthcoming or has been possible. The wreck should be raised and the truth ascertained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
VERY BAD REPORT
 ON COTTON CROP

Memphis, September 5-In its summary of cotton crop conditions the Commer- cial-Appeal tomorrow will say:
 The cotton plant throughout the south is rapidly approaching a state of matur- ity. Picking will be general by Sep- tember 15
 Incident upon the hurried maturity caused by the extreme heat and drouth of August. shedding has been unusually severe.
 Except in Southern Georgia the out turn of early pickings has been dlsap- pointing. In Texas and Oklahoma it is variously estimated that four to ten acres Will be required to produce a bale of cotton.
 The general disposition among the farmers is to sell at prevailing prices.
 In many sections of Texas, where rains fell two weeks ago, and where showers have continued since, the cotton plant has been stimulated to renewed growth and is setting forms. With a late frost some of this late crop will mature as wesvil are not numerous
 In Mississippi valley states, where no rain of consequence has fallen in sov- eral weeks. moisture now would afford but partial relief. as new plant growth would not mature fruit.
 Outside of sections in Georgia and the Carolinas, where the crop is promising, the best estimates for yield are about 75 per cent of full crop and some are as low as 25 per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
On the High Grounds

Alabama has noble rivers of great length and beauty, but her mountains are not the tallest. The best one she has is Che-aw-ha, which is not far from Mentone in the Lookout range. Che-aw-ha is 2407 feet above the sea level. The top of Red mountain is about 900 feet above the sea level, and about 300 feet above Jones valley.
 These are small heights when placed along Mount Mckinley, Arizona, which is credited with height of 20,300 feet above the sea level. It is supposed to be the highest spot of terra firma in the United States. Californias Mount Whitney comes next, 14,501 feet, and Colorado's Mount Ebert is a good third, 14,436 feet. Mount Ranier, in Washington, has height of 14,363 feet.
 Some states have no mountains at all. There is Mississippi, whose great est height is but 602 feet. It is located near Holly Springs. Floridas most towering spot is but 301 feet above sea level, and Delaware has to be con- tent with two summits near Brandy wine that are 440 feet high Louisi- ana has no hill more than 400 feet high. Alabama's Che-aw-ha mountain would be great in such states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
FORECAST OF NEWS FOR CURRENT WEEK

Much as Dr. Frederick A. Cook has told of his unrvalled trip to the north pole and much as has been printed of the report of his discovery. of the top of the world, there appears to be little likeli- hood Of this topic yielding pre-eminence to any other in the news this week.
 Licnized in Copenhagen, the first city to greet him on his return from the Arctic region, many European capitals have sought to entertain the man of the hour. but 1t seems he will not tarry long on the other side, and even may return to his home in Brooklyn in time to be well comed, dined and otherwise honored in conjunction with the Hudson Fulton an- nlVersary festivities the end of this month. City, state and nation are ex- pected to determine during the week on the plans to receive him.
 Two other Americans doubtless will attract great attention abroad this week and win more credit for their country
 Orville Wright in Berlin will occupy the entire week with experimental and exhibi- tion flights in his aeroplane, while Glenn H. Curtiss, the winner of the chief prize in the Rheims aviation tournament, will compete in the speed races at Brescia.
 Monday Labor Day, will be observed as a holiday in all the states and terri tories with the exception of North Da- kota. It will inaugurate number of an- nual conventions in various parts of the country and will be filled everywhere with athletic activities of every kind, as we'll as celebrations of worlSingmens organ izations.
 The American Humorists' seventh an- nual convention will open in Buffalo on Monday.
 The annual reunion of the survivors of tHe battle of Fort Fisher in Utica, N Y., will bring together veterans of the civil war of both the northern and south ern armies. Governor Hughes will ad- dress them on Tuesday.
 Following last weeks conference of progressive democrats" in Albany, N Y., there will be held in Saratoga on Thursday and Friday conference of other democrats of the Empire state which doubtless will command widespread interest.
 President Tafts week in Beverly will comprise many conferences with cabinet officers and others. For the first time during his vacation in the little Massa- chusetts town he will take part in a pub lio affair." on Saturday reviewing the pa- rade of the grand army veterans residing in the county, which includes Beverly
 The Mikado's grandson, Prince Kinyoshi Kuni, who is coming to this country to represent Japan at the Hudson-Fulton celebration, is expected to arrive in New York on Tuesday. He will be received by President Taft in Beverly on Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
TubereuIosls Cases.

T have never been to Denver, but an eminent physician of that city remarked to Judge J. J. Banks, formerly of Bir- mingham, but now member of the Dem yer bar, that Birmingham sent larger percentage of tuberculosis cases to Colo rado than any other city, said lay man.
 "A campaign against tuberculosis was started here for the purpose of prevent ing or checking the disease but little progress seems to have been made. Dr. J. H. Phillips, superintendent of the public schools, has done much to arouse interest in the methods devised to check tubercu- loss, but he says he cannot accomplish the practical results desired without CO., operation on the part of citizens gener- ally. Fresh steps should be taken to push the anti-tuberculosis movement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
Governor Hughes Third Popular Campaign

The machine legislature of New York voted down direct primary re- form, and Governor Hughes is now en- gagged in going from one county fair to another preparing the public mind of the state for another contest over the great issue. Governor Hughes is easily the leader of his party in his state, although Senator Root has be- come a factor in it also. The goyer- nor is popular in his party. He se- cured the regulation of corporations through two public service commits sion. He next stopped race track gambling, and now he is endeavoring to overcome the Barnes Woodruff ma chine for the purpose of establishing direct primary methods.
 The direct primary has come as remedy to the confessed evils of the convention system. An advocate of it in New York thus presents the case:
 Tt is said that the direct primary would upset representative government, but the people will go on choosing rep resentatives under the new system only they hope to choose better ones. It is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
crop Around Decatur.

Decatur. September 5.-(Special.)-A line rain fell Saturday afternoon and Sat urday night. greatly benebtlng the cotton late corn and gardens in this section of the state and replenishing the stock wa ter which had become to be most seri- ous matter in many of the neighborhoods of this part of the state.
 The drouth had rageo in this portion of the state for the past month or more and as a result cotton was especially suffering for rain. The dry weather had caused much of the fruit and leaves to shed off of the cotton plant and on this account the crop will be much less than it would have been had 1t not been for the continued long hot and dry weather. The farmers belive now, however, that the rains of Saturday and Saturday night will greatly revive the cotton and cause 1t to quit shedding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
OF BLESSED MEMORY.

By Eugene Field. I often wonder mother loves to creep Up to the garret where a cupboard
 stands, And sit upon the musty floor and weep, Holding babys dresses in her
 hands. ofter wonder grandma loves to sit Alone where hangs a picture on the wall--- A handsome face, across whose features
 fit
 The phantoms of love she would
 recall. I wonder. too. that sister, pale and sad, Waits at the gate, and waiting seems The footballs of the brave, heroic lad Who never more may woo her wait
 ing there.
 ENVOY. The little lips in voiceless death are
 sealed. The naughty squire seeks now a
 lasting sleep; The lovers bones bleach on 8 battle And broken hearted women live to
 weep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
MAN WHO BACKED DRTOOKg
From tho Chicago Trihnne.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 OHN R. BRADLEY. the friend IO1l and financial packer of Dr. Cook,
 - the Arctic explorer, is a great sportsman and has hunted wild game in almost every nook of the world. It was one of these expeditions that developed Dr. Cooks dash to the north pole.
 Photographs of a hunting trip made by Bradley through the African jungles show a caravan, each man carrying from 80 to 100 pounds on his head. The men were picked from various tribes and were un- der the guidance of native experts from the country of the Mad Mullah. By playing one faction against another Brad ley was able to preserve peace and orderl
 Of this African hunt Bradley has writ ten as follows
 q have been a sportsman all my life, not hunter. hunter is a professional who goes into the jungle for ivory and skins for the market. The sportsman hunts for the trophies only I selected Africa, near the equator, to hunt and bury myself-becoming practically dead to the world.
 When I left New York took along a friend who had shot with me in the Rocky Mountains, a man who was equal to any emergency. In making up hunt ing expedition it is best to have men of several tribes. I had a hundred porters, ten policemen carrying Snider rifles, and eight gunbearers, with personal servants
 "1 had 30 tents, accommodating five men each. We carried 10000 rounds of ammunition. with guns revolvers, knives and everything necessary for a complete African hunting expedition.
 We hunted from in the morning until 10 o'clock, the hour for luncheon and rest. From 10 to 1 we stayed In camp then shot again from until 6. The days were intensely hot under the equator, but among the highlands the nights were cool
 Tt Is curious that I never found na- tive who really knew now to hunt game The Massi tribe knows nothing of stalk ing wild animals which roam in thou sands around their villages. Many na- tives are killed by lions, leopards and especially by the rhinoceros. I consider this animal the most dangerous of all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
IN HOIEL LOBBlES
Work on New Car Line.

"A number of people got the impress sion from this mornings paper" said Steve Smith. president of the Birming- ham, Edgewood Electric railway, that the work on the line through the noun tain only began Saturday.
 ''The fact is that a gang was at work on both sides of the mountain at least a week before the formal opening, and we have had from 125 to 15O men work ing on the grade on both sides of the mountain for the past week.
 At this rate we hope to have the cut out long before contract time, and within a very few months the street car line will be running into the valley"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
Cotton Is Losinu Ground.

Union Springs. September 5.-(Special.)- Crops in this section continue to deteri- crate on account of the hot dry weather and have lost considerably since last report a week ago. Only one light shower has fallen in this section in the past three weeks, and in consequence cot ton bolls are opening prematurely. thus making the short crop at first expected even still shorter Judging from the re- ports from other sections of the state and the south no section seems to have been so hard hit by the unfavorable weather conditions throughout the entire crop growing season as the black belt of Ala bama, unless 1t is some portions of West Texas, where the thermometer ranged as high as 105 to no for several weeks in succession. Across the state line east of us our Georgia neighbors are boast ing of bumper crops of both corn and cotton and unusual prosperity the knowledge of which has a tendency to intensity the adverse conditions sur rounding us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06

Chicago, September 5.-Golfers who Will compete in the national amateur golf championship tournament. which starts over the links of the Chicago Golf club at Wheaton tomorrow, found the course in much better condition today than It has been all week and many good scores were made in the practice games. The best score of the day was made by Mason Phelps of Midlothian. who in four-bal match made the IS holes in 72 strokes, 3S out and 34 in. This is 10 under bogey for the course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
Picayune's Crop Summary.

New Orleans, September 5.-A summary of cotton crop conditions in Louisiana and Mississippi as compiled by the Pica- yune tonight from reports of correspond ents in these states is not optimistic. It is stated that with reduced acreage, un- favorable seasons and boil weevil ravages the crop now being rapidly harvested in Ionisiana will show greatly reduced y's,d In the boil weevil infested regions fhs top crop In nearly every case has been practically destroyed, it is said. Mississippi has had favorable weather during the week for harvesting. Com plaints are made of shedding and consid- erable damage has been caused by the boil weevil in the southwestern portion of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
Tools of EscuIapius,

Many of the instruments of surgery are thousands of years old" said a phy- sician.
 Excavations made in Pompeii and Herculanenun and in Egpyt show that the surgeons knife, saws and fauceps and other instruments were used by an- cient doctors not then called surgeons. Plaster casts for setting broken limbs were used.
 And by the way, that is a pretty fable about Esculapius who was charged with fetishism and drawing upon the super natural. It Is related that he had tame snake of a very large but harmless species which he adorned with human mask over its head. Then by the use of the powers of a ventriloquist he was enabled to make the snake seem to talk and among many 1t was regarded aA an oracle. Old Esculapius was as clever as some latter day doctors who give patients capsules filled with sugar, chalk or flour when they are afflicted will illusions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
Report of TImes-Democrat.

New Orleans, September 5.-In summar- izing the reports of Its correspondents on the cotton crop for the month of Au- gust the Times-Democrat will tomorrow say:
 Sharp deterioration has been the rule and the loss has. in many districts, amounted to a disaster.
 Excessively high temperatures and parching winds have forced the bolls to open permaturely and caused the plant to she'd
 There are complaints of damage by boil weeyils in some sections, but the ab- normal heat has, of course, minimized the ravages of all insects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06

"There are about 15 z nor.ed game in Eastern z;etisz. find punches of from 1000 ls =z7=ss fs0oehead of game. the giraffe. zsafz. g ,,ar. ga- zelle and hartebeest. hszzIHz .oaether. The leopard Is probably nzzks dangerous than the tiger or lion. hezk E khe rhi- inoceros the most formidahIz < ail ami mals"
 Bradley's expedition into Asia was even more thrilling. He was able to make the hunt through the courtesy of the Russian government, but he met with consider able trouble with the secret police. Ffnal- ly he was given what was said to have been the strongest credentials ever is- sued to a traveller in those parts.
 'I shot through the, mountains in Juna July and August" he wrote in reference to this expedition. Tt was the mildest part of the year, yet the storms were ter rife and the cold almost uncomfortable. Even in those summer months the bliz- zards ragged, and I had to sit in my tent, wrapped in furs all day long, with noth- ing to do but just smoke and recall the scenes of my recent trip under the burn ing skies of equatorial Africa.
 "The Atlai mountain sheep is the high est liver known. To get one of these animals requires a lot of dangerous climbing in a country so stupendous that you could drop Switzerland and a dozen Yosemite Valleys into it and miss them.
 Hardly a day passed that did not see from 60 to 100 sheep, but I could not get near enough to fire shot There were plenty of ibex, Mongolian gazelles, big gray wolves, bear and deer, but it was the sheep that I was after. They are considered the hardest of game to stalk.
 T found the ibex like the Rocky Moun- tain goat, to be stupid animal, always looking down instead of up. So if the hunter gets above them he can lie in wait beyond the rocks until the animals are feeding on the moss below and then bring down the game"
 Bradley's studio is filled with specimens of his hunting trips, and the skill with which they have been mounted by Paris experts is said to form so vivid a con- trast to the ordinary stuffed animals seen in museums, that they appear as if still breathing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06

litical ism and it never minces matters. It criticises all persons regardless of po- sition or profession who lay themselves open to criticism and it's moral, Christian tone is sound to the core.
 The News Leader had fine. vigorous article recently on the Rev. Dr. w. F. Evans sermon on the parson in politics. It commended warmly his position, which was against politics in the pulpit, and condemned certain ministers in Virginia who took issue with the reverend doctor
 Virginia was about to be submerged by the prohibition wave, but there is now no danger. The turning of the tide was caused largely by the effective articles which have appeared \ in the News Leader"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06

The vote in November on the amendment to the constitution of Ala bama will be large and the majority against the amendment will not be small. At least it looks that way now. A considerable majority of the news papers are against the amendment and the "old guard' is against it. There is no good reason for putting prohibi- ton in ahe constitution but there are many reasons why it should not be there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A woman's way of making large ankles slim is not to let anybody see them.
 The more a man tells a woman he loves her the more he will have to do 1t over again.
 A man can even want you to ad- mire him for the kind of colors he wears in his suspenders.
 The only thing for which a man can blame his relatives more than visiting him is his visiting them
 Generally you can get a man to make fool of himself doing something by telling him nobody else Is smart enough to do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
Cruiser Squadron on the Move.

the New York, gshrdluetaoshrdlueueu ermored cruiser squadron. consisting of the New York. the North Carolina and the Montana, came into Hampton Roads tonight from the southern drill grounds, together with the battleships Minnesota and Kansas. The cruiser squadron has been ordered to New Orleans for the pur- pose of being at that place on the ar rival there of President Taft and his party on October 30, next.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
Bank President Suicides.

oDwood, Mich, September 5.-For- mer President Herman F. Jam of the First National Bank of Ironwood, con- mitted suicide this afternoon by shoot ing himself through the heart. The bank failed in June, and the president and other officials were to have been tried in the federal court at Marquette
 next week on criminal charges
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
Music at the Fair.

.The Alabama State Fair. held annually at Birmingham, has come to be recognized as an institution" said a music lover and music is among its most attractive features.
 "A fine concert band of 33 pieces fur nished the music last year and the year before. but next month larger and finer band will be heard The Ma Vassar Ladies' band of 40 artists has been engaged and it is said to be one of the best musical organizations in this country. It received a great ovation in San Francisco early in the summer, and it opens an engage ment at the New York Hippodrome Oc- tober 21, just after leaving Birmingham. A specimen programme includes standard overtures. selections from opera and popular solos,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-06
lonn Cruise is Reaun.

San Francisco, September 1.-The eight armored cruisers of the United States Pacific fleet weighed anchor this after noon and through a heavy fog steamed slowly out of the Golden Gate for long cruise in Asiatic waters The fleet will go direct to Honolulu and thence to the orient where 1t will be joined by the Asiatic squadron. The enlarged feet will then engage in battle practice iR Philip pine waters