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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21

location. is perhaps as central as coulc have been selected, and as soon as the building is erected experts will be Sent to 1t together with modern rescuing apparatus, and the work of instructing men at each mine to use that apparatus will be begun. As men are thus in- structed they will return to their homes where they will be expected to train their neighbors in the art of resculng tn cir stricken fellows In the home mine. In this way it Is hoped to qualify men in the entire district in a short time to do all possible rescuing when the hour of disaster comes. All mines are afflicted with dangerous gases and the government has brought together the best experience of all countries in rescue work.
 This district is largely indebted to Oscar Underwood for the extension to it of the work of the bureau of mines, and before another year has elapsed the work should here be put on the best and most modern basis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21
THE THINGS THAT USED TO BE

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21
Come what come may, Time nnd the hour runs through the toughest day. -Macbeth.
Modern Farming In the Corn Fields

Including Oklahoma the south has this year increased its corn production to the extent of 142.0o0.000 bushels. outside of Oklahoma the southern in- crease stands at 12oooo,ooo bushels. And yet the average yield in the south will probably not exceed 20 bushels an acre as against a national average of perhaps 27 bushels.
 When a southern farmer Is able to own three mules of 1900 pounds each in weight he can blow. deep enough to of a fine corn crop. Farmer Batts of North Carolina grew last year 145 bushels per acre. His land was not exceptionally fertile-his methods were however excellent and scientific. When the entire south gets on the Batts bandwag gon-well, the millennium will probably be at hand. But still there is
 
 hope. The Boys Corn clubs are at work: and so are the government dem onstrators. The farmers cannot say of the boys or of the demonstrators, "Oh, fudge, they do not know what they are talking about" That is what they say when editors urge them 10 blow deeper and to cultivate a crop better, but they cannot talk in that manner when the boys and the dem onstrators upset their ignorance with actual results on the spot.
 The average yield of corn in the south should be doubled, and if the boys and demonstrators will keep at work it will be. There is nothing like actual performance. It will overcome old habits and old methods when noth- ,ng else will. Let Tama Jim Wilson md the boys keep up the lick and the south may yet be weaned from shall low blowing and slovenly cultivation in its corn fields.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21
Cost and Income of Canal

Back in 1895 the estimated cost of the Panama canal stood at $7o,oOO.o0o. This sum was increased from time to time un- til today it is conceded the work will cost s4o0. .O0O, ,OoO-a sum deemed large enough 15 years ago to construct sea-level canal from one ocean to the other.
 The Suez canal is 90 miles long. or just about twice the length of the Panama waterway. It cost s1oo,Ooo,ooo. The isthmus ,s one of sand dunes with seas of identi- cal level at the two ends. Aided by ma chinery that canal could today be con- structed for one-quarter of its cost in De Lesseps' hands Instead of engineer ing difficulties De Lesseps had financial and political problems to overcome. No engineering of exceptional skill or novelty was called for. At Panama the engineer ing difficulties are gigantic and to most nations they would have been forbidding. The United States has, however. met them determinedly and will no doubt overcome them by or before January l. 1915.
 The question will arise, will the great 1 ..,.t xo,o rba prosidepf is qojn q to Panama to consider the toll sheet Its competitors from the start will be the suez canal and the Tehuantepec railroad which crosses Mexico where it is mar rowest. The railroad transfers freight at dollar ton. The toll charge on the suez canal is s1.4o a ton.
 It is estimated that the operating ex- penses of the Panama canal will be s4- Ooo 900 a year. and 21a per cent interest on it's cost would add slo,0o0,ooo more to the annual charge, bringing it up to S4- Ooo.o0o The Suez canal was operated more than 30 years before it's business aggregated 100000 tons. Possibly the Panama canal will at the end of 10 years be used to the extent of 75Oo,OC0 tons a year, and the toll certainly will not ex- ceed a dollar ton. In other words, the canal may in 10 years yield an income one-half short of interest and mainten- ance- This is the very best that the out Hook affords. It is doubtful indeed If the
 Panama canal ever does yield $14,00O, ,0Ol a year in tolls As a commercial enter prise it will not rank high, but as an en- gineering achievement and as a means of defense it will ever be the countrys pride and glory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21
Impressed By Visit

"In my experience with town build I ing, which has been very extensive have never seen the poor man anC | the man of moderate means so wei cared for as he Is at Corey," said J
 R. Kimball. prominent representative
 of the Chicago office of the banking
 house of J. S. and W. S. Kuhn. yes I terday.
 Tn consideration of the natural To-
 cation, the vast improvements, the san
 itation, and the general outlook, would not hesitate to say that Corey will be a better place to live thar
 most parts of Birmingham, for these will be no smoke at Corey due tc
 the fact that the plants will be oper.
 ated by electricity.
 Gary does not compare with Corey In natural beauty, because Gary Is
 nothing but sand hills. and I doubt | If trees and shrubbery can be made | to grow there successfully. while Corey
 has plenty of beautiful trees, shrub bery and all that man can do Is being added to this
 Corey will be an artistic city from
 the very beginning. and that is fea- ture overlooked in modern construc- tion. l am glad to see that the com pany is giving strict enforcement to the matter of building restrictions. In the future that fact will be appre- ciated by the persons living at Corey.
 T cannot help but see the great success of the undertaking. and I go | ta ri
 building. The people who conceived Corey and who are executing it de-
 serve great credit. They are pioneers in such work in the south and they
 have erected city that will be a credit to this country. t5 "The other matter that interests me
 most here is the farm site movement which has as its object bringing hund- reds of farmers to this district to cul-
 tivate the thousands of vacant acres
 around Birmingham. This will bring
 millions of dollars to this district and keep at home other millions spent for foodstuffs.
 "Of course, I am greatly interested
 in such a movement. for our company does a great deal of this class of de-
 velopment by irrigation. We are the
 largest water works company in the world and yearly develop great tracts
 of land by Irrigation
 'I might say that Birmingham is the toast of the nation. Census fig
 ures surprised us all. but I have not yet heard a suggestion of padding
 The world believes what it reads about
 Birmingham, for your bank clearings your postoffice receipts, your statistics of every kind go to bear out the cen
 sus report-and in parting I would say
 that there seems to be nothing that can keep Birmingham from being the financial and industrial center of the south, and probably the largest city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21
DICKENS POPULARITY

From the Strand.
 Dickens public passes beyond the bounds of the British empire. There is America-with its s5,o00,oo0 of peo- pie and its widespread, its fervent re- gard for Dickens. There is France, where Daudet could write Little Nell and Paul Dombey came to me as reve- lation of purity and innocence" Tn ere Is Germany, where, as Bunsen said Dickens compels tears and laughter among Germans as among his own peo- ple." There is Russia, where Tolstoy relates that he found the "Christmas Carol" in the cabins of the humblest serfs, and where "Oliver Twist" and Nick olas Nickelby' are read in seven different translations in the realms of the Czar.
 1t is futile to multiply evidences of the universaIity of the genius of Dick ons. Next to the Bible and Shakes peare his books enjoy the widest pop ularity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21
THEATRE MANNERS IMPROVING

THEATRE MANNERS IMPROVING Louis V. DeFoe in November Delineator.
 Of late our manners in the theatre have improved In the east, except perhaps in some of the cheap melodrama houses, we TO longer hiss the villain when he ap- pears in front of the curtain to garner the rewards of his maleyolence. In the cne-night stands of the far west it is not now the custom for the audience to warn the unsuspecting heroine that her evil Nemesis is lying in wait behind the rocks along her path. We have learned, to outward appearances at least, to draw a line between the make-belleve and the real.
 But deep in our hearts do we always preserve the distinction between character as it is unfolded before us in the play and the actor who is behind its mask? Do we not often make the egregious blunder of confusing his own identity with the counterfeit he assumes? 'The villain still pursues herb
 Reduce drama to it's last analysis by all the arts and wiles of criticism, and it will be found to be ever thus. And OOtS iOl SOlHe OL tic dCtOi D plctcidcu vilainy still finger with him in the pop ular mind after the curtain has fallen and the lights are out, and he has stepped back into his own individuality? On founders night at the Players, many years ago, that great and gentle genius and noble man, Edwin Booth, sat at the head of the table in the famous club in Gramercy Park which his gener- osity had provided for his profession Among the guests on that occasion. was an elderly banker from Denver, who had been one of the great actors boy hood playmates. The banker was enter ! taining his neighbors at the table with
 "reminiscences of those childhood ex- ploits.
 "The last time I saw Booth act" he
 reflected, was as Iago. The villainy with which he saturated himself that night frightened me. You may charge | It up to my lack of imagination or to
 the weakness of my old age, just as you wish, but I confess I have never quite | trusted the man since then" | Here is an instance of a common ten dency to confuse the actors self with the | character with which. for few hours, | he clothes himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21
CoLoRs IN NEWSPAPERS

 Charles zubelin in Democracy and the Overman.' Employing descriptive terms, sug- gested by the popular use of yellow" the spectrum of typical daily papers of the United States, passed through the prism of truth, may be said to emerge as follows: White (clear and clean)--Spring- field Republican, Kansas City Star. Gray-(when in doubt, tell the truth h)-Indianapol News, New York Times. Colorless (anaemic) Philadelphia Ledger, Chicago Evening Post Yellow demon. touched with gold) |-Hearst's papers, New York World, Chicago Tribune.
 Green (never set anything on fire) St. Louis, Pittsburg. Cleveland, De- troit, Washington, Twin City papers.
 Indigo (blue-stocking temperament) New York Evening Post, Boston Transcript.
 "A Dash of Violet" Louisville Courier-Journal
 Red Unframed, not luminous,-New York Sun.
 Black (but not opaque)-Los Angeles Times. Cincinnati Enquirer.
 These typical instances represent every range of devotion to the truth from the serious endeavor to tell the truth all the time to the utterly un- scrupulous disregard of truth all the time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Regarding Spring Festivals

"Walter Damrosch, who has conducted number of music festivals in the south in the past four or five years, has been engaged for more of them in the spring of 1911 than ever before. said festival veteran. "The Jacksonville festival com mittee signed for Damrosch this week and if he is secured for the Birmingham festival-and music lovers hope he will be-his festival books will make new high record.
 ''The Damrosch dates open to this city are fin the second week of May, l under stand. The Birmingham Oratorio society is now working on Elijah with view of singing it at the next festival. Direc- tor Grambs took up this oratorio at the suggestion of MT. Damrosch when he was here last spring; and the members of the chorus-both old and young-lilSe 1t we'll It was last heard here at one of the Guckenberger festivals"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21
AUTUMN RHAPSODY

From the Ohio State Journal.
 There is a beautiful harmony between earth and sky these days. The air has been sweet and refreshing, full of sun light and soft breezes, and the blue sky has been chiding the leaves for falling so fast. It is delight to breathe, to go about, to feel the gentle hand of moth- CT nature tickling at you and batting you on the head Everything Is lovely these days. Bread and butter is better than fruit cake and cold, clear wa ter finer than champagne.
 These are the days when we sing the
 "Benedicte" ye big apples and golden pumpkins. Oh, ye juicy grapes and mealy sweet potatoes; Oh, ye sil- very turnips and big, bulging cabbage; Oh, ye Indian pudding lost in cream, ye solemn woods and rustling leaves, ye blinking fire of the evening home; ye sweet dreamy distances of landscape and sky, whither the soul floats and sings, Bless ye the Lord praise Him and magnify Him forever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21

London Correspondence New York Amer
 ican.
 -HE cables have already announced the death of Tom Loates, the
 ! famous ex-jockey, and the fact that he left an imposing fortune of N'ooo'- 600. but these details, which did not go In the dispatches, are quite interesting;
 Never given to the extravaganza which characterizes so many jockeys, and earn ing large sums year after year Tor con siderable period, Loates probably wouio have left a good deal of money in any case But the secret of his immense 1or- tune lies in the fact that Leopoio ue Rothschild, who was for numper oi years his chief employer, good-natureoiy selected and looked after his investments.
 soeaking of him once to an acquaint- ance. MT. Leo' said: "Yes, Loates IS rich-rich," repeating the word with sis- nificant emphasis.
 Some time ago the knowledge Of what had been done for Loates led profes- sional packer and commissioner 10 pre- sume on the fiimsiest possible acquain'- ance with member of the house or Rothschild to approach him on the in- yestment of some winnings. He met "ien crushing rebuke. "Well, you know, said the great financier, there is the postoffice. It is quite safe"
 Loates lived until recently at Newmar- ket. unmarried, very quietly, and he con- mitted himself to few expenses. But his economy was not of the same rigid Kind
 ccfth porary. This jockey, so the story runs' though earning thousands of pounds a year. lived in apartments at an inclusive charge of 7 per week. After some time his landlady came to the conclusion that on these terms he was not exactly "paying" guest, and intmated as much to him. saving she must put the charge up to BIO. If you do," he replied, T shall leave"
 Tom Loates' brother Sam, who followed him into retirement so far as riding went, set LID as an owner-trainer at Newman ket and Is still so engaged happy mar ried man, living an active life; but Tom found no attraction either in matrimony or the training or owning of horses. About two years ago he had a long and severe illness, lying for many days on the brink of death. During this illness the little man, so neat and natty when in health and keeping clean-shaven some what round face. grew a beard as long as Rip Van Wrinkles was on returning from his mountain after his 20 years sleep.
 Once Loates narrowly escaped a violent death through a mare called Birch Rod, belonging to the late Lord Derby. falling on him in the race for the Liverpool Cup. and causing him severe injuries. Another time he was badly knocked about In a fall at Manchester. After his illness Loates married his nurse, and there is much speculation among racing people as to how he has dealt with the money Tho renowned Fred Archer left a for tune of about s350.00o He was a widower with one child, daughter. who inherited the whole of the money, which was looked after by trustees during her mil nority. Archer at one time boasted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21
Federal Rescue Station

The mines of this district are con stantly increasing in number and ca pacity. Some think the home coal pro- auction of 1910 will go to 15,O0O, ,00O tons To cut out of the earth's depths that quantity of coal calls for the services of great many miners, all of whom are exposed to the dangers of underground work.
 The government recognizes the i'm portance of mining in this district when it builds here rescue station. This station is to be built near West End, near railroad, and in touch with the various mines in this district. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21
Business in the South

Business conditions in the south are in good shape and the prospects for the next 12 months are very encouraging said Miss S. M. Conwell, assistant man ager of the Gulf States Bankers of New Orleans, who is spending a few days in Birmingham in the interest of that pub lcation.
 Big crops and better system among the farmers of the south are working miracles in the general prosperity of the people of this section. Banking interests, of course, are improved when the farmer is prosperous.
 "The large banks in the city are not only prospering but there is an excep- tionally healthy tone among the rural banks. The number of small but strong country banks is being rapidly increased"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21
WEALTH OF SOME JOCKEYS

greater riches than he left behind, but he was rather unfortunate in his betting in his last season. He backed his Cam bridgeshire mount in that year-St. Mirin-to win a large stake, and would have won 1t but for excessive wasting to ride as near as possible at the handi- cap weight. which wasting left him i'll and weak and precipitated his tragic end very soon after.
 In those days jockeys could gamble with impunity. Since then betting has been made an offense involving, if they are found out the sacrifice of their li- cense. Fordham. one of the greatest jockeys of all time, left only s1Oo,00O. but in his day the emoluments were on smaller scale than now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21
THE VERY THING
rom the Mobile Item.

Birmingham is to have a census jubi-, lee. Tn other words. 1t is proposed by the commercial and other bodies of that city to have great fan-fan in celebra- tion of the remarkable showing made by the enumerators of the census. As a matter of fact, the citizens of Bir- mingham have reason to be proud of the, wonderful growth of the metropolis, which but little over half century ago was an old field and which has passed successfully through plague and finan- oial depressions. All Alabama is proud of the Magic City. r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21
The Woman Did It

q have heard and read a good deal re- gently about the high cost of living, even people owning automobiles are join- ing in the outcry, but know one family that Is living better and cheaper today suburban resident, "and the credit for this Is due to the mother and children.
 "The family consists of the husband and wife and two children, the girl aged and the boy about '. They own their own home, built on a lot 50x19o feet, and fenced in. The house and plot in front occupies 70 feet leaving lot 50x120 be- hind the house. Up to a couple of years ago the ground behind the house was a patch of weeds with an occasional old box or barrel or some such truck scat tered about The man earned $60 a month in the city and the woman sat on the porch In rocking chair, dressed in an old kimona, and the children played among the weeds ''rhe high cost of living set this man and woman thinking. They looked and saw the weeds growing luxuriantly and they concluded to try to grow something besides weeds. I will not attempt to tell | the amount nor variety of vegetables that woman and children raised on that little patch behind the house. She bought a coop of half-starved chickens for 15 cents each and fattened them on the scraps that formerly went in the trash can. She exchanged her surplus tomatoes and beans and peppers with the grocer for lard and sugar and coffee. She cut down her household expense to less than 1t ever was, but she does not sit on the porch and the children play with hoe and rake.
 Cost of living is high, due to economic conditions. but the energetic housewife knows how to meet these conditions There's enough idle ground behind the houses in Birmingham to supply the en. tire population with vegetables There is enough waste in every family to fatter three chickens every week. There's enough talk about domestic expenses te make a man scared to get married. Tlt remedy for all this Hes just outside the | back door,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-21

He was accompanied by A. D. Lightner, general agent; J. T. Hutchinson. general superintendent; J. H. Jackson, superin- tendent and several other officers. MT. Gray has been over a greater part of the Frisco system and will return to his headquarters in St. Louis from Birming- ham, He will visit the Thomas yards this morning and will leave this after noon for ihs home.
 Upon his arrival in Birmingham last night Mir. Gray. being unable to forget when he was once a boy, went to the circus grounds, where he and his official family took in all'' the side shows and later he attended the main offering in the big tent, not forgetting the 'concert im- mediately after the main performance.
 In talking about the Birmingham dis trict and business generally, MT. Gray said the recent jubilant figures given out by the federal census takers were suffi- cient to make any town or city rejoice, and that he was glad a celebration was planned in commemoration of Birming- ham becoming the fourth largest city in the south.
 Birmingham, to my mind, has just started" said MT. Gray "The natural resources are here, you have railroad fla cilties unequalled by many larger cities, and you have other valuable advantages which should push this city forward as no other in the country. In view of the fact that our lines come here and that we are very much interested in Birming- ham. our company was very much pleased over the showing of Birming- ham.
 During the summer business has been good" continued MT. Gray we have been rushed to keep the great stream or freight going west However, we would like to see even this grow. The rail roads stand in dire need of money, and every car assists that much. The rail- roads in the country do not fear any bad season this year We will have immense crops to move and this means stream of gold of equal proportion to the ton nages.
 "Our roads going into Thomas with the Central of Georgia and the Illinois Gen. tral will enable us to handle greater traf- 6c than ever before. It also assists in solving some grade crossing dangers which were said to be acute down Ninth avenue, North.
 Tn regard to the viaduct on First ave- nue MT. Gray said he could not make any comment, as the matter is in the hands of the committee composed of all the railroad executives.