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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
he details of port and harbor man

the details of port and harbor man. agement
 It was through the insistence of men of affairs in the mineral district that the proposed commission was so en- larged that the counties of Jefferson. Tuscaloosa and Walker will have rep resentation thereon, and that the title to the islands and the land under the harbor to the wharf line established by law has been preserved to the state.
 Mobiles progressive citizens have realized for sometime that the man. agement of the ports interests was something more than local matter. though the governing bodies of that city and port have consented with re- luctance to a surrender of any part of their power and authority to the state.
 Senator Hartwells bill is pending in the house and soon will be called un for passage. That it should become a law is seemingly the opinion of those who would subserve the interest of the entire state and who have not con- sidered the question from a local or provincial viewpoint.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
CHIGGERs
From the Shreveport Times.

From the Shreveport Times.
 The chigger is a little red bug which although it does not carry disease, is a great nuisance The chigger's bite, how ever is very irritating and the little bug burrows in through to pores of the skin and sets Up inflammation.
 The bites generally are very sore and the temptation to scratch the skin can hardly be resisted. Frequently. however. the scratch wounds become infected with pus germs.
 Ammonia water if used when the bite first begins to get sore will prevent a great deal of irritation later on. A solu- ton of soda water also is good and salted butter applied before the bugs have bur rowed very deep is excellent.
 Sometimes 1t is necessary to lift the little red bugs out of the skin with the point of a needle. To make this more sure magnifying glass can be used, but as a general rule this is not necessary
 If person has knowingly been in a chigger infested district 1t is a good pre- ventive plan to bathe the entire body in strong soap suds or a salt solution as soon as possible. Then go over the skin and remove the little red bugs that may be left.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
Profits in Farming

The haphazard way of farming, which leaves the matter of profit and loss largely to guesswork, is disappear ing before the application of more businesslike methods. The federal sur vey has established basis for study ing farmers success more effective ly than. ever before This is the labor income, obtained by subtracting the total expenses and interest on the average investment from the total receipts. In addition, the farmer has a house to live in and his family is part ly supported by products from the farm. According to the experts, he must earn 5 per cent clear of all ex- penses before he has made a business success.
 A writer who discusses the subject in the Country Gentleman cites the case of famer in Madison county, Indiana, whose success was strikingly shown by government survey made in 1913. The average labor income of sixty-four farms in this mans town ship was $516, while his labor income was $2S15. A summary made of the years business on his farm showed a total average invest ment of S53,99S, divided as fol- lows: Real estate, 263 acres at S175 per acre, $46,0 ,025; cattle, $2398; horses, $1O6O; hogs, $1095; poultry, $1e1; ma- chinery, 5000; hay and grain s2O5s; cash, $200. The years total receipts were $7549, and the total expenses were $2035, leaving an income for capital and labor of $5514, or an in- terest of slightly more than 10 per cent on the investment
 Here is an instance of the results that may be obtained by intelligent farming, by which is chiefly meant business acumen. The example given is fine object lesson to southern farmers who are at last beginning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

to realize the opportunities in soil and climate by which they are favored and the practical advantages of diversified crops. In this part of the country a farm of 263 acres is small compared to the huge cotton plantations with their thousands of acres, yet there is many cotton grower whose more ex- tensive acreage does not bring him yearly income of s5000 above all ex- penses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
A inghnm BO Oster

Say what you may, this is great town,' said Carl .Rettick, the new man. ager of the remodeled Majestic.
 T have been in every town of con- sequence in the United States in the past two years. and have been all over the south. If anyone is in position to judge a city I believe am After see- ing them all and having fair business in most of them, I can truthfully say that I am glad to be back in the Magic City of the south.
 A few weeks before arrived here I heard that every town in the south was almost on the verge of bankruptcy; that business was at rock bottom. and that no one had a chance to make good l can brand any such statement as ab- surd. The south at the present time Is as good, if not better, than most of the sections of the United States that have visited. I feel confident that my the atre will do a capacity business from the jump, not that l claim to be more capable than any other manager, but know what the Birmingham public wants and I am going to give it to them.
 T have engaged a big line of shows for the coming season and they are all of the type that will amuse the tired business man and rejuvenate the jaded brain of the chronic first nighters I am for Birmingham first, last and always, and am tickled to be back in this smoky city. I hope I will be here for sometime to come. It is certain I will be on the roll call when the boosters are called"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

all this calamity in sensitive noses?
 IS an individual disease to begin wit
 and the individualization often extsn
 to the particular kind of pollen which
 each sufferers pet antipathy.
 Some are set off by the sweet pollen the meadow grasses, and to them Il
 delicious fragrance of the new-mown hi
 is like a reek from the bottomless p
 Others start sneezing at the first whi
 or any heavy, sweet-scented flower, suj
 as lilies, tubsroses, sweet peas, mirno| l cite; and then the lovely rose is so fr|
 quent cause of trouble as to have | mild form of the disease named after rose cold" A rose by any other nar
 would "sneese" just as hard to thel most unpoetic unfortunates. But great majority of sensitive owe their agonies to one of two great q
 lenders against the olfactory peace of tI community-rag weed or golden rod. Tj
 moro oddly assorted criminals 1t wo,1
 be hard to imagine The. rag weed,
 dusty. seedy. disreputable hobo as ev|
 bordered the roadside or filled the stubt|
 fields; the golden rod. the shining slo|
 of our pastures and river bottoms. A campaign of extermination should begun against 1t at once with scythe a} hoe, particularly in suburbs. near parl| or vacant city lots. or about picr| grounds or pleasure resorts. The reason why some hay-fever suff( CTS begin to sheexe with the rsgulari of the almanac. in . certain week. even upon certain day. in August eve| year. is due to the fact that this is tI blossoming week of their favor flower"
 Their only safety lies in fight-up the mountains. down to the seashors. d to sandy islands. even to the cities-au where-everywhsrs that hay, rag we and golden rod never bloom.
 All three gre chiefly novers of tho, VI ley and the plain. are less frequent 1( feet above the seq level. and usually sent above 200 to 4o0o feet. Hence tI necessity to flee as a bird to the mou tains.''
 The first two which cause three-fourtI of the disease. are fowars of civilisstid and need cultivated feids and fairly ro| soil to grow in. 70 that barren beaches and sand dunes. rocky distrid generally. are fairly free from tho Civilization, however, provides its oj vases for the pollen snessers. and t central areas of great cities. where flowers bloom except pavsmAnts . skyscrapers. oftsn afford than compld relief.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
BROAD MINDED

From the Pittsburg Post
 The first impulse on hearing of that newest fashion for women, hand painted pigeon to be carried on the wrist, may be to fly into another trade on the frivolousness of the fair sex. We must confess that we see nothing in this latest fad to promote the sanity of the world, but what difference does it make If 1t satisfies the minds of the wearers? Be- sides, who will say that there may not be in his mind at this very moment some- thing that would appear equally foolish to these women and possibly amount to 9 danger to society if given expression whereas in the wearing of the pigeons there is only the qualification of a child ish whim that harms no one? If one were to start to rid the world of foollshness there are a great many things that would better be attacked first.
 When 1t comes to the final test of wis dom who would not be willing to take his chance with a painted pigeon on his wrist with some of the learned and aus tere statesmen of Europe who let differ- ence that might have been settled by diplomacy so into a war costing millions of lives and billions of money? Who will look more foolish in the presence of ultimate truth, the wearer of one of these pigeons or the authors of some of our ponderous theories in philosophy? At the conclusion of the drama of fife, when we are stripped of the robes that we think make the differences between man and man. who, as has been asked in many forms, will be disclosed as the buff foon and who as the emperor? In addi- ton to this is the thought that fin the course of one revolving moon the same individual may appear as 'chymist fid- dler, statesman and buffoon.''
 Let women wear what they will as long as it keeps them contented-and is not too expensive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
Tribute to a Colored Man

Few colored men have had such a large number of friends among prominent white citizens as Walter Perry. for many years employed in a responsible position at the Country club, and whose death oc- cured Monday night said Robert B. Mcdowell, secretary of the Southern club.
 Some years ago while was secretary of the Country club I hired Walter and he was there until he died. Always de- pendable, always faithful. no one could have given better service Everybody who knew him liked him, and I among hundreds learned of his death with sim cere regret.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
ALABAMA PRESS

Centreville Press: Ex-Senator Hugh Morrow of Birmingham was prominent visiting attorney here last week in at tendance on circuit court. For a number of years he has been attending court in this county and his friends are always glad to see him. He is a successful law yer, but if he should ever decide to re-en- ter politics. his Bibb county friends would be behind him to a man.
 Montgomery Daily Times: Since Bir- mingham has the Warrior backing up to her back door by the completion of Lock r, Atlanta is getting jealous and wants to lock and dam the Chattahoochee, so she can claim river navigation, too. Strange how big cities get jealous of one another Go 1t, Atlanta. Dig you big ditch right into the heart of your city and let the waters of the Chattahoochee bring barges and ship them out right in sight of your big passenger depot
 Carrollton West Alabamian: Before the Alabama legislature adjourns, they should appoint a standing committee to interpret and explain quite number of the laws passed by them this session.
 Evergreen Courant: The Pratt Consol- dated company of Birmingham is to spend s72,200 constructing boats to float coal down the Warrior. They propose to make the best possible use of the fact that they can get coal to the gulf cheaply.
 Albertville Banner: No other city in the country attempts such extensive annual entertainments for any people as does Birmingham for the retail merchants of Alabama, and as result much of the trade that has been going to trade cen ters outside the state is being turned to the Magic City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
ABOUT SNEEZING
From the Pittsburg Post.

From the Pittsburs Post
 A SNEEZE Is always a sign for &C., A tion, call to arms. In spite of ~ its unmanageableness It's mecha h. ism is of alphabetic simplicity. It's ,lain- est causatfon may be seen when a puff of irritating dust or a whiff of pungent vapor is blown into the face. Our out ragged and insulted nasal mucous mem- brsne wires its indignant kick" to the respiratory center wires back to the dia- pnrasm and chest muscles, Big breath; all together! One, two-let Rov, and Ichoo! comes a cyclone of air up through the nose to fire the invader out bodily. f
 But the commonest and most trouble some form of sneezing is due to inside causes instead of outside ones. and hence does not give much relief. This Is the familiar sneexing in the first stage of a cold In the head" which is caused by the cold bugs" having multiplied suf- ficisntly and produced enough of their toxin or poison, in the nose and throat to set up a peppery. burning irritation there. The stupid but well-meaning old respiratory center mistakes their com paint of this for the common and we'll known dust disturbance and tries to blow 1t out with a sneexe blast. but of course, with no result.
 You are literally full of cold' before you begin to snesxe. If you slip a ther- memeter under your tongue it will prob ably register 100 or 1o2 degrees. and the draught that you have Just been sitting in. or your change of underwear that morning, or sudden change in the weather. have had nothing whatever to do with your trouble.
 But there is another kind of sneesing which gives no relief and which depends in peculiar way upon the sneeser.
 This is the famous and much threaded hay fever, or hay asthma. Though 1t consists chiefly of a months-long tornado of sneexing, 1t is by no means to be sneexed at or otherwise treated with dis respect by those who are unhappy enough to harbor 1t. er 2
 It's popular name Is really a misnomer Indeed. double one-as there is little or no rise of temperature or true fever. and nine-tenths of it in this country has noth- ing to do with hay.
 In sense, unkind as 1t may sound. the chief cause of the calamity ts the victim. him or herself. That is to say, that 1t Is due to a peculiar susceptibility on his part to the pollens of certain plants which are absolutely harmless, not even mildly irritating, to the rest of the com munity. Pollen Is the male element of flowers, and its business Is to blow and float about in the air until 1t can reach and fertilizs the female element. or pistil (stigma). In the course of its wanderinss some of 1t Is snuffed up by hay-fever- ite. and then trouble begins.
 How comparatively rare this unlucky sensitiveness ~is may be judged from a curious source--by the estimated number of its victims. They are q most cheer- full and phtlosophically minded group in spite of their tortures, and have actually organized at one of the mott famous of their cities of refuge. Bethlehem. N. H.. In the White mountains.
 What are the pollen pests .whieh cauaa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
THE BLIND MAN OF CUsHENDAI

THE BLIND MAN OF CUSHENDAL By Edward Wilbur Mason The Blind Man of Cushendal he walked along the street. He sang when there was sunshine, he sang whom there was sleet; However chill the wind was, he never felt It's smart, For spring was in his nature and summer in his heart. The sharer of his cheerfulness shape of mystery. A gaunt dog led him by string, chum was he. And so. in spite of 50 years. his wares abroad he cried; Behold. who'll buy a statue now of Christ the Crucifed?
 wEWlH God save you, little children all! The world is bright today; The sun is like a fireplace warm where all the angels play!" The children on their way to school they answered him in kind, And envfed in the Apri! mist the weather of the blind. The Blind Man of Cushendal he had the largest sight. There were no shadows in his world but always glorious light: He saw. beyond the autumn and the -,ir,- tsrs chilling frown, ..... The endless June of heaven, with tho roaes raining down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
UNwELCoME LIBERTY.

T see where another well-known base. ball player has been given his uneondi- tional release" remarked MT. Twobble glancing up from his paper.
 I've read that baseball players are nothing more than slaves" said Mrs. i"oooie. This one must be glad he's free"
 Oh, yes," replied MT. Twobble. in sar- castic tones. T dare say he's as happy as d ne er-do-well who's just been di- vorced by his wife who earns 5000 a week or a practical politician who has been Ioiciply separated from the public cr,b ,.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

John Wesly Harper, the last survivor
 Of the famous publishing house of liar.
 per & Bros, died recently at Biddeford
 Fool Me, at the age of s4 Mir Harper
 became president of the firm in 1897. He
 was son of John Harper, who with his brother, James Harper, founded the busi- ness Tn lSl7. Probably no other publish Ing house in America has had such long
 and illustrious career The names of many or the most famous authors and ar tists Of the past and present are connected with 1t and so great was the firms pres- tige that when it was in financial difficu,- ties in 1899 the late J. Pierpont Morgan wrote, The downfall of the house of Harper Bros. would be. a. national ca iamity. Among the men distinguished Tn art and letters whose names are asso- ciated with the Harper publications are George Ripley. Lewis Gaylord Clark. Charles Dudley Warner, William Dean Howells Henry M. Alden, Edwin Abbey. HoWard Pyle and A. B. Frost Harper's & New Monthly Magazine was founded in 1850. Harper's Weekly followed in 1857 and stnl later Harper's Bazaar and the Round Table, which was discontinued in the sos. The old Harper building. which was erected after the firm had been burned out in 1853, fronted on Pearl street New York. in the shadow of the Brooklyn bridge, and was said to have been the first steel structure in America. It was considered one of the sights of the city in those days and was visited by many tour ists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
SHAMEFUL.

"Jibway is what call mean man. He isn't fit to be a parent"
 What on earth has Jibway done?'
 He wears a pedometer when he walks the floor at night with his twins, and the next morning he faunts the figures in the face of his wife"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
A VAIN WISH.

Oh. this life may be a gamble And wild, unseemly scramble. In which the weak are trampled by the
 strong; But the world has sunny byways, Afar from crowded highways, Where life still flows as sweetly as a
 song. No wealth is found, nor fame there, And men are much the same there All hearts are welded in true brother
 hood. Not mine the fate to go there And sweet contentment know there. But I'd like to live and die there-if
 I could!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
HOTEL LOBRIES
Business in Alabama improving

visited Pike and Bullock this week and found the merchants in those counties buoyant over the business outlook" said Hugh M. Brown. the well known shoe man. Troy and Luverne are looking very prosperous and the leading mer- chants are prepared to lay in large stocks.
 T hear some talk about 15-cent cotton before Christmas. I do not expect it to go that high this year, but think the farmers will get 10 cents, and that will give them a good profit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
Learning is but an adjunct to ourself.
 Loves Labor Lost.
BEGINNING

BEGINNING THE DAY My Father, dignify fin my eyes the grace of fidelity. Q, make me faith full through the long succession of small days. Make me faithful in the part that never will he seen. Make me faithful among the men who can- not bring me to judgment. Make me fnithful as Thou art faithful, and for Thy names snke. Amen.- H. M. k.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
AUTUMN WOOING
From Puck

From Puck.
 They-the two-were sitting on the rus tic seat in the arbor. He had been won- dering if he dared. Even the moon had begun to pay attention. Just then the young enamored edged up closer
 Be careful. MT. Jones'" said the foot ball girl. T will have to penalize you three feet for holdinG"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

It is now possible to buy an automobile for the price of good horse and buggy, but 1t isn't the kind of car that makes much of a hit with daughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
Will Be a Beautiful Lake

We are about to turn the water into the lake at the Birmingham Motor and Country club" said Secretary Julian c. Wright.
 We will. have a beautiful body or water and our club will be one of the most attractive in this section. We are prepared to give exceptionally fine serv-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

young man arrested the other day for speeding said he was a newspaper re- porter. The fact that he had about @ cents in his pocket bore out his statement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
RoUGHING IT DE LUXE

From the Pittsburg Sun.
 It is reported that Mrs. Potter Palm is "roughing'' 1t in Wyoming. The Id cd information is imparted that shs h but two servants. which gives sons su gestion of Mrs. P. P.'s idea of . roa@ time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

A race track king" who died recently left a paltry s45O, 900. but everybody knows that the sport of kings is not what it used to be in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

Citizens of Warsaw who refuse to pat ronize German business men will be given dose of "kultur" guaranteed to purge them of such unbrotherly sentiments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

In reviewing the stage version of "Pollyanna," 1t is customary for the high browed critic to confess that he has never read the book
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

M Pegoud, who is reported to have lost his life in the service of his country. probably did more to bring the law of gravity into disrepute than any other aviator who ever lived
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

Christmas means nothing to the Turks, but they probably intend to hold out until that day, if not longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

New York Is just now endeavoring to give visitors who flock there at this time of year run for their money"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

Snow has already begun to fly in Rus- sia. The Kaiser should remember what happened to Napoleon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

Judging from some recent remarks of hers, Mime. Schumann-Heink is doubly hyphenated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

It will be difficult for Colonel House to become a plain citizen again, after hav- ing been 8 man of mystery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

Frederick Palmer says England is inst beginning to fight. The Russians, it ap- pears, are just quitting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

London newspaper declares that President Wilson will not be made cat's- paw for Germany. Rare prescience,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
SUBSTANTIATED.


 "How's the hotel you stopped at , Spottsville?" asked the first drummer. T could be arrested for saying what think of that hotel" answered the secor drummer. ''Nonsense!' Nothing of the sort In fact, one vol led to another. and the landlord had n arrested for that very thing" DEFINED. "Pa, what Is jingo in officer "A jingo in office, my son. is usual Ia master hand. at keeping fenoes in If pair, who wouldn't volunteer to dig trench" A LONG FELT WANT. T want distinctive horn for my ca "Yes?"
 Something out of the ordinary or won't do." We have just what you are loolsir| for. We are reformers. sir, and belle, the public ear has been too long al sailed by raucous sounds. The horn Fl are selling has 50 sweet note that ev pedestrians like to hear it."
 A QUICK DECLINE. T can remember when the Gadsb were glad enough to have pork chops dinner"
 That must have been about five yea ago." Aze ass. is fesl,. "Yes. And now Miss Gadsby has attack of acute indigestion when she din without champagne
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

While essentially a man of peace, ldr. Bryan occasionally drops the role to swat T. R.