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ment in music here and the great audi ence which greeted the performances at- tested in the surest way the appreciation of the public. but the performances, how ever splendid and correct they may have been to the musical scholar, were. too heavy for the audience There was noth- Ing in the programme which excited tho enthusiasm of the mixed crowd of people. and left the Auditorium with sense of disappointment. I went to hear beautiful poems in English, and the gentleman gave splendid poems. but they were all in Greek
 It appeared to me that the absence of every day wisdom in giving an enter tainment was made too apparent to ba agreeable. and it further occurred to me that if the audience had been boiled. thA result would have proven that after all the popular taste should be in some measure consulted, that people, in their letters in music cannot be agreeabiv en- tertained with the severest classic music Great as the audiences were, no enthusi- asm was evoked and I can make no harsher criticism. Of course I do, not pretend to criticise the music, for this ""S SSASSSeoiy peyohu my ueptn. T.
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 Speaking of local affairs Mayor Dren- nen promises to give us a clean city this summer. He promises either to extend the work of the garbage contractors pay more and get a better service or else put this matter in the hands of the street commissioner of the city. He also prom ises much improvement in the streets.
 Commissioner McCartin has done good work up to date, and if the Aldermen will encourage him with sufficient aid heswin undoubtedly make Birmingham a model city within few years. He needs, how ever. to give somewhat more attention to the South Highland section. Hundreds of new residences have gone up in that section within the past few years, but very little work has been done on the streets and Highland avenue, particu- larly, Is In a bad condition. W
 An evidence of the growth of Birrning- ham which few have observed seriously has manifested itself In the several churches each Sunday for the past year or more in the number of those whose names are read as having moved to Bir- mingbam and having transferred mem bership from churches in other cities. In one church alone happen to have heard the names of several score read in recent weeks. And so it is in all the churches.
 While the Birmingham date line occurs often in outside newspapers above stories of crime-largely because of the fact that convicts from the mines are released here Birmingham. as of itself Is one of the best and most religious communities in America Where is there another city of like size with more church-going people7 In proportion to population, Atlanta. Nashville, Chattanooga, Memphis-indeed no other Southern city compares with it in church-going people in proportion to population.
 No city in the South has more church seating capacity compared to inhabitants none has better preachers-and none better filled churches. The more we all see of Birmingham the better we like it, The ninety and nine of us are content with 1t, and happy in 1t, and one of this ninety and nine happens to be =
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days are the newspapers. They are. how ever, at the mercy of the other trusts, notably thespaper trust.
 It would seem that Adolph Ochs who but a few years ago was printer. and by virtue of energy. industry and brains ac- quired the Chattanooga Times, has se- rious ideas of a newspaper trust. Having made success of the Chattanooga Times MT. Ochs branched out and secured con- trol of the New York Times which at that time was a tottering institution. Making a success of the New York Times he ex- tended himself upon Philadelphia and ac- quired the Philadelphia Times. He is making good paper out of it, and 1t may be that he will soon get down to Wash ington and acquire the Washington Times and then to Richmond and get the Rich mond Times and then scoop the Louisville Times and all kinds of Times newspaper properties all over the country.
 MT. Ochs ideas are undoubtedly good. He conducts a newspaper as a strictly business venture. He prints the news, seeks circulation and charges high prices for advertising. He does not attempt to mould public opinion, but prints the news as 1t occurs, with fair. and legiti- mate comment thereon. It Is said that by virtue of owning three newspapers MT Ochs can save from 10 to 20 per cent on the operation of each by exchanging news, buying paper and ink in large quantities, and printing machinery like- wise. a. -.... a#
 Within ten years from date we shall probably see Mir. Ochs the greatest mill lionaire newspaper proprietor in America or the world.
 It was a few years ago when a great howl went up in this country because the Tom Reed Congress appropriated $500,0 ,000,- 900 for one years expenses of the gov ernment. This year. however. the ex- penses of the United States government have run up to s750,0oo,000 Though the war Is over our army is now costing us s1o. .ooo 900 a month and our navy s5,0oO,oo a month: and In addition to this we arc paying over s1O.oOo. 900 in pensions. In oth- CT words, our army and navy and pen sion list are costing us in the neighbor- hood of $500, GOO year - an amount greater than the total expenses of tho government few years ago
 Why is it Birmingham can't get m of flee building? Atlanta has tn recent years built six handsome ones. Yet Birming- ham doesn't seem to be able to get one. One of the Atlanta promoters of public buildings, who was successful over there, was here several weeks ago and he was enthusiastic over a great public building for Birmingham, He has, however, failed and returned to Atlanta. A Birmingham coterie Is now figuring upon a building. This coterie succeeding in making ar engagements to borrow $2O0, 900 for thirty years at per cent but 1t seem they have had trouble in getting the lot at a reason able price and negotiations are for the present at a standstill.' However, every one hopes that this new movement will be success, and 1t probably will be.
 I was talking with one of the large sub scribers to the Birmingham Musical Fes- tival yesterday. He was disappointed in the recent Musical Festival. In speaking about it, he said:
 MT. Guckenberger Is entitled to the highest credit for the success of his move
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There. shadows sometimes fall. but they fall upon light that fades shadows into joys.
 And all the trials and struggles and triumphs of every one of you are for the good of humanity and for some invidual you-blessed personal pronoun for ever beating in every human heart.
 ''All for you strong and true,
 No time the tie can sever,
 Till the angels doubt and the stars burn
 out
 I am yours. sweetheart. for ever"
 That Is true of every true iife--true as Holy Writ The object of devotion. the sweetheart, may not be this woman ar that man, 1t is the thing of faith: sinless maiden. wife. honest man. husband-Godl It is the other life of every of us-- tho "other life we long to meet, without which life our life is incomplete
 The man who lives without this has never kissed a woman and never wor- shiped God. The woman who has not3-- il may not be spoken
 Last night rhs old set of society gath erad at the bidding of the most ravered of them sil. She whom we all adored most in the dear days that are dead Ia wife and mother now. and we adore her the more As tu many a day before. she was the high priestess of a hospitality that may never be surpassed. Noble in her maidenhood as we all of us zwore by her. she is yet nobler as wife and mother. the appointed dastiny tor every good woman who is truly blessed by divine Providence. As we uncovered to her in the old days. so last night we in rever- enoe pended the knee to her in her added glorios of wifshood and motherhood.
 IL was a reunion of the old set, the sons and daughters of joy nf ten years s4o. and there never came together happier hearts. Every one had some old story to re-tell. every one some little incident to recall. It was living life over again; It was the gladness of a common friendship that survives aud shall survive as long as tho hearts that love shall beat.
 It was the most beautiful, the most gracious. the most frankly honest gather ing of faithful ones which society may know
 All of them who gathered there at the bidding of superlative1y beautiful woman hood were welded, save only less than a half-score of men who still look to the years to bring them into their own king doms All had approached the altar many times. either to say the words or to hear. the words spoken in the Holy Sacrament of the bridal. and so they had rejoiced together through the fieeting years Thus a wise and good woman, most adored of all that old set. brought all of them together once more to pass gloriously a divine hour!
 Through all the coming years just be glad, my beloved. It is your part in life. We cannot always have things as we wish them; we must take them as God sends them
 One glad day is spent and the night ts far gone. but in the deep of this night no shadow falls where the white-gray canopy of smoke weaves itself and wreaths it's folds above the briar-root pipe. blessed solace to him who reioices and murmurs of d world that is yours and his. my be- loved Tn the smoke many faces are framed; the faces of all who are good to
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me. They are your faces-assuredly, they number a million! Only smiles are there for me; for nobody has beeniun- kind. The good will of my beloved is ascendant. The world is mine.
 In the picture are the. faces of good women, beautiful women-all good wom- en that inhabit this earth are beautiful! They are there, Oh, radiant faces!s and there Is made the sign of the Cross to these evangels of light and life and sweetness and virtue.
 Behold, my beloved! Just be glad.
 THE MURMURER.
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A MAN WROTE THEM
m the Macon Telegraph.

From the Macon Telegraph
 It turns ont that An Englishwomans S Love Letters" which were supposed to be genuine and were so full of tragic devo ton. which have been so much discussed and amazed so many women. were writ ten by man. one Laurence Housmans an English writer of short stories. It seems that the cheap advertising scheme of .pre- tended genuineness gained for the book a worldwide, reputation that otherwise would have been wanting
The age-herald., 1901-05-12
TINE ONLY DAILY atwssAptR IN ALABAMA
End of the Craze.

The Northern Pacific corner of last
 Thursday has done it's worst, and a period of sanity will probably follow.
 Thursdays panic was brought on by the strife between two opposing inter-. ests both fighting forimote Community Of interest" for themselves or their
 clients. Taking advantage of the strife
 speculators and gamblers-synonym ous words-sold shares they did not possess. The squeezing of these shorts by the two opposing "community-o interest" antagonists did the smashing and the wrecking and the crippling that went on unchecked to the close or the days market. Now that the shorts have settled with the men who ere ated the corner for combination pnr- poses there is peace and prices have reacted. and all is serene again on the surface at least. But the lambs are shorn and they will not reappear. Big investors have picked up some bar gains in securities, but the absence of the lambs will not permit them to un- load them at boom prices, Thursdays lesson. will abide with the lambs at least throughout one summer.
 But this smash is not even fly on a wheel to the real legitimate indus tries of the country. Stock gambling is not an industry at all. It is but an. other form of the gold brick trade. The country at large pays no attention to 1t. The country at large goesspn build ing and conducting mills, farms, rail- roads, mines. irrigation Fditches and the like, and Thursdays events will not check its energies iu the least. No general panic is possible. If events In Wall street have any effect upon the industries of the country, that effect will be helpful, for capital will now be driven from the craze of carrying
 
 stocks in gambling ventures to invest ments in legitimate, lawful and desir- able enterprises. There will be money now for pipe lines, branch railroads to new mines, new factories In indus tries that command the trade of the world, and new buildings in which hon. est people may live or do business.
 The investor will now take the place of the gambler, and the change will be of benefit to this section, because this section of the country is now regarded as the best field that development can find. The South lost nothing on Thurs day. Cotton is higher, and the prices of iron are steadily maintained, 1.um- Der is in good demand If any South ern fugers were pipched on Thursday, it was because they were kept where : fingers are periodically pinched, and all should now turn to the natural re- sources of the South and give all their time. energies and capital to their de- velopment. if they must manipulate something, let them handle Southern cotton goods, Southern oil, Southern pig iron, Southern pine or Southern naval stores. The field is wide and ample, and wholly legitimate. honor Fable and promising.
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RULES FOR WOMEN WHO WHEEL.

From the American Mother for May
 l. Have an easy riding wheel.
 2. Sit perfectly upright having handle bar and saddle adjusted to this position.
 B. Have loosely-fitting clothing, with no corsets, stays, or bands to obstruct the freest movement, and do not use gar ters to support the stockings
 l. Never ride longer than twenty or thirty minutes without getting off and resting a few minutes.
 B. Never ride long enough to become exhausted.
 6. Never climb hills.
 r Never engage in fast riding or racing.
 g. On returning home take cup of bouillon or glass of milk with a cracker, .tos, replace expended .foroe; and if. not very strong lie down and rest for half an hour.
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THE MURMUR. OF THE WORLD.

The best lover of all the lovers in this life Is he who loves most of us, my be- loved.
 It was spoken long ago, and repeated here, that He prayeth best who loveth best all things, both great and smalli for the dear God who made him, both made and loveth all"
 And so to paraphrase the sweetest song of the best of lovers, let US love one an other, men and women, and little child ren, and through all the coming years just be gladl
 70 heart of mine, we shouldn't
 Worry sol
 What we have missed of calm
 We couldn't have you know.
 What we've met of stormy pain.
 And of sorrows driving rain,
 We can better meet again,
 If 1t blow.
 We have erred in that dark hour,
 We have known
 When our tears fell with the shower,
 All alone
 Were not shine and sorrow bient
 As our Gracious Master meantf
 Let us temper our content
 With His own.
 For we know, not every morrow
 Can be sad;
 So, forgetting all the sorrow
 We have had
 Let us fold away our fears.
 And put by our foolish tears.
 And through all the coming years
 Just be glad
 Just be glad my belovedl
 There is no mere jingling of words. no idle phrase mongering in that splendid speech of the sweetest of all ouI singers and our lovers. It is profound philoso- phy. 1t is the creed of the Holy Church. the law of God--Be Glad!
 To every brave man ana trp. woman upon this round old globe rolling in the eternity there cometh fears and tears. badges of true nobility of svui. and 1t is for all such men and womsI. .e tolc away their fears and brush by thsn tcar., and look ahead-look to Truth. Kiss the foot of the Cross, and just he xladt
 In that Is found the hisbest wis5or In your ambition and mine. cofuing now maybe to the fullest fruit1on there is nothing but the ashes of apples of Sodom if the Truth be not accepted and &C., knowledged upon the pended knee and with the proud face of Faith, looking ahead--for ever looking ahead.
 Believe this-not me-believe this, my beloved. It Is not preaching, it is not sermonizing. it is Truth!
 . =. #t's o heart of mine. we shouldn't worry Just be glad.
 That is the essence. the spirit of all earthly wisdom, for it is the phrasing of the law of the Most High. None Of us mortals dare disobey the admonition.
 You know how it5is yourself. my be- loved. You know. every one of you. the heart-breakings and the heart-bleedings of the common everyday life of the faith ful. for 1t is you who are most faithful that suffer most, who are given the most exquisite pain and the most exquisite joyi
 It is yours to suffer. yours to be strong, yours to be-just glad. It is yours to for give. to forget, and to love. This is the appointed way of the faithful. and along sthat way the flowers bloom. love loiters, and tho splendid glory of human com munion shines in undimmed radiance.
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The Suffrage Clause.
From the Moulton Advertiser.

From the Moulton Advertiser.
 The delegates to. the constitutional con- vention will assemble in the hall of the House of Representatives in the city of Montgomery on Tuesday, the Hst instant, to enter upon the duties of framing new constitution for Alabama. Much specula- ton is being indulged in by the press of the State as to the scope and extent of the suffrage clause of that instrument. There Is no doubt in our mind as to what the convention will do along this line. The delegates will carry out their pledges to the people. and we all know what that means, Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty" and if white supremacy and the purity of the ballot are to be perpetuated the negro must be forever divorced from the politics of, the country.
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pEPEw's LAURELs IN DANGER.

From the Saturday Evening Post.
 A great deal is said about the Chinese situation. but the situation of at least one Chinaman. so far as this country Is concerned, seems to be all that he could ask Minister Wu threatens the after dinner and commencement pre-eminence of even Senator Depew. He has become one of the stars in the function. firma- ment. And his gorgeous costume lends an adventtious charm which Senator. De. pew..s plain dress suit can never give At Buffalo he told an audience. composed largely of ladies. that he did not come ''a-Wu-ing." and one of his questions to young women In Chicago was, How old are you?" All thls passed as allowable wit from the Oriental. Senator Depew could never have said such things safely. In fact. considering the odds. 1t would be only fair in any contest between the two, orators to place heavy hahdicap on MT. Wu.
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pear to have anything to rest upon. No new evidence is at hand, no theory even that was not presented and duly considered at the trial.
 a If good grounds exist for interference with the course of law. an appeal yet lies to the pardon board and Governor Sanford; and unless his appeal be taken, there is no occasion for senti- mental action in this case. The appeals afforded by the law are ample in capi- tai punishment cases, and only those who are opposed to capital punishment altogether would ask for more.
 No lives should be more carefully hedged about than those of the men who have in their keeping the lives and property of their fellow-men, espe-. cially in the hours of darkness. Two brave men, engaged in public duty, were shot down by somebody. They did not commit suicide, and they did not die from a stroke of nature. They were shot to their death by men whose mission here was to rob and to escape with booty even at the expense of life. Two valuable lives were sacrificed. A gang of criminals. from other States did 1t. Or this there can be no ques- tion. Nor can question be raised as to Miller's relations with this gang. He was one of them. This far all are agreed. The jury before whom his case was brought say ne fired one of the fatal shots, This decision has been. affirmed by the Supreme Court, and until it is reversed by Governor Sam ford and the board of pardon there is. very little to found a sentimental move. ment in the prisoners behalf upon.
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Brass Band and Music.

From the Scottsboro Progressive Age.
 We learn that a brass band Is organiz- ing in Scottsboro. There Is a subscription paper in circulation with a good sum al- ready put down. The promoters are in correspondence with dealers in New York for new instruments. The Age wishes the effort complete success, and hopes to hear sweet strains ere the summer is over in the court house park.
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Premature Eiaurlna.
From the Leighton News.

From the Leighton News.
 Somebody has been indulging in the old sport of ciphering out when the pension roll will be extinguished by the deaths of the pensioners As the roll still shows net increase every year, although 1t has been some thirty-five years since the war closed. 1t seems rather premature to fig ure on a possible decrease.
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Penalty for Buying Votes.

From the Abbeville Times.
 While we are making laws to disfran- chise the negro we should also have law that when white man is caught either buying a vote or in any unlawful manner tampering with an election to put him in the penitentiary for at least five years and dlsfranchise him for life.
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MADE $s5,ooo IN 15 MINUTES.

N. Y. Correspondence Pittsburg Post.
 Otto Loeb, a weli-known trader bo,,pb, 6ooo shares of Union Pacific on wednes- day morning. It kept going up and up by seconds. and in fifteen minutes 1t had reached point where he concluded to let go. He sold. and in just one-quarter of an hour he had made clean profit of $35, ,OO0
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WITH THE EDITORS OF
 THE STATE PRESS
Nothing for Court to Do.

From the Clayton Record.
 A singular thing happened at this court. The juries were not called upon to try a single case, Every case tried either had no dispute of facts and hence went or on legal point or they were settled by the parties without the intervention of the court or jury.
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Editor Forced to Leave Town.

From the Florence Times.
 An editor stated in his paper recently that he had been kissed by one of the most beautiful married women in town, and promised to tell her name in the first issue of his paper in the next month. In the two weeks following his circulation doubled, but when he named his wife l.' had to leave town
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WHAT OF TIT

VT UT @ By Lawson A. Fields. What of the day 9 When joys away, <. And the heart is sad and iloneiyf What of life When the soul is rife, Breeding of i'll things -onlyf What of 1t all s. When shadows fall, ss' No Interval of sunshine. never9 What of the years There's nothing hut tears-- sss When there's notRlng but stesrs fo
 ever?
 Attalla, Ala, May 10. 1901.
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Too Many Elections.

From the Florence Times.
 The village of Birmingham held its mu- nicipal election Tuesday and 261 votes were cast. On the same day the village of Montgomery held its election and 2s4 votes were cast. The people are too busy to think of politics. and we have too many elections. We call these facts to the attention of the Constitutional Con- vention. f=f
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Those who were hit in Wall street do not know who hit them, and they are not trying to find out publicly.
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Fusion is to be maintained in Ne braska, and while it is the Republicans have no grip upon the State.
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The McLaurin Republican party, has secured another recruit in. the person of Senator McEnery's son, who has been appointed assistant postmaster of New Orleans. Sehator McEnery is inclined to be high-tariffite, for su- gar's sake.
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James J. Hill called the Northern Pacific antics ghost dancing" Some scalps were taken, however.
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Northern Pacific's earnings did not jump on Thursday in accordance with the price of it's stock. But earnings and Wall street prices are not even third cousins
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The Italians are coming to America at this moment fully 10000 strong, but fortunately for us all most of them do not bring hand organs.
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The bears went to the bat in Wall street on Thursday. They had their batting clothes on, and they drove the bulls all over the lot.