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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09
LETTERS TO EDITOR.
Concealed Weapon Bill.

To the Editor of The Age-FIerald;
 There has been considerable discussion going on in the state press, and partlcu- larly in The Age-Herald, concerhing some feasible plan to prohibit or restrain the carrying of concealed weapons. One plan suggested and one that has been received favorably both by the press and public generally. is a bill Ito license the carry ing of concealed weapons Judge Feagin claims to be the author of this idea, and a bill prepared by him was recently pub lished in full in The Age-Herald.
 In justice to MT. George P. White of Uniontown, Perry county. I will ask you to publish the following facts:
 On the 5Oth day of January, 1s9s MT. White, who then represented Perry coun- legislature, introduced bill QH. 1016) en- titled "an act to license the carrying of concealed weapons. (See house journal of 1S92-9S. page eoO9 The bill was re- ferred to the judiciary committed, and on the 18th of February the pII1 was reported back adversely, and the committee as- signed as a reason for this unfayorable action the importance of the bill and the extremely limited time in which to con- sider it. The two bills differ in some de- tails. MT. Whites bill provided for the issuance of a license on the payment of a certain fee. and this license money was to be paid over to the public school fund. The names of the licensees were to be re- corded by the probate judge and pub lished in the county papers @ certain num- Der of times during the year. Any one convicted of carrying conoealed weapons without Q license was guilty of a felony
 l Go not want to rob Judge Feagin of any credit due him, but think it is only right that this statement should be pub iished in your paper. Respe ctfully,
 HENRY F. WHITE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09

for It's popular knowledge of the bookworm- Here in the south we are interested in his studies of the sub ject, because the poor whites in this section are afflicted with it. Dr. Stiles insists that the presence of the dis ease created by the bookworm has re- suited .fn the pitiable condition of the poor whites in many of the southern states He goes on to say that it's presence in succeeding generations has led to inferior physical development and mental powers. and is the real chief cause of the proverbial laziness of the poor whites. Dr. Stiles con- siders this laziness as an abnormal, not normal, condition; and he thinks that increased attention to the para site and it's disease would result in, not only improved conditions gener- ally, but in an increased percentage of work on the part of employees.
 Dr. Stiles has just returned from an extensive tour ln the south, where he has been seeking a remedy for the disease. He should at least show wherein it's symptoms differ from those that spring from malaria, so that the two sets of symptoms can be read fly differentiated. The disease is very prevalent in southern cotton mills. 1t can no doubt be cured by proper treatment but at present tho reme- dies for the malady have not been ascertained.
 In order to advance the work the department of agriculture will soon issue a pamphlet in which will be given all ascertained facts relative to the symptoms, causes and effects oi the disease. This pamphlet will be widely distributed in the sand dis tricts of the south, and if the physi- clans in those districts will study the pamphlet well and their patients after wards, perhaps some remedy will be found against the germ of laziness and physical inferiority among the poor whites of this section of the country. The eradication of the book worm altogether is important and de- sirable, and this task calls for the attention anu zeal of southern phys:- clans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09

No death has occurred among the po- litical leaders of this nation within the last twenty years that took from the arena an abler man, in his sphere, than Thomas Bracket Reed. who died on the morning of the 7th inst. at Washington.
 MT. Reed was a picturesque and spec tacular character He delighted in be- ing on parade at the head of the process sion and the observed of all observers. He cared but little for political obstacles in his way; if any means or ways were presented to overcome them, he would employ them, whatever their ethical de- ficiencies might be. Success, attainment of the end, was the controlling factor of his nature, when political ends were to be accomplished. Napoleonic in his purposes, if it cost ten thousand lives to capture a battery, he would order the charge if he was in command
 A successful political move must De had if a dozen political leaders-or all but himsclf--had toNgo down in defeat or destruction. Backed by a majority. he was n fit and accomplished executive off, ficer to improvise means to carry out any move, and to execute the fsme, whatever public opinion might say against his methods.
 As A majority leader in the house he was n success. Impatient of eontradic- lion criticism of his methods by his party was offensive to him. and never aid he fail to punish such critic when the opportunity was presented. He held his majority in obedience to him because or fear, not by persuasion or attachment to himself His record as the presiding of- fleer of the Fifty-first congress marks an epoch in the parliamentary history of this country. and makes him a pie turesque character, from that date, In American politics.
 AS n minority leader on the floor of the house ne was an absolute failure. Intoi- orant of differences of opinion, restless and listless when suggestions were made to him. he always went into battle with enouph of his followers sullSing in their rooms or slulklng in the corridors of the capitol as to give easy victory to his op- ponents.
 Whether as speaker, at the heao or the majority or on the floor as the minority leader. his methods never changed; ne must and would be the whole tragedy or comedy MT. Reed never wrestied win his friend or enemy to gain their support he always advised and wrestled with him- self, and if he possessed power he went crashing and crushing to his goal IL might be, over the blasted hopes ana overthrow of the ambition of friend or foe.
 With power and the majority backing him he was forceful, majestic, aggressive and successful.
 At the head of the minority he was hesi- tating slow in forming hls combinations and lines and waited the attack of the opposition with apparent depressed spir- it's He never aroused enthusiasm among his followers as minority leader. how ever picturesque and imperious he was as speaker.
 He made the closing speech for the re- publicans on the passage of the Wilson bill in the fifty-third congress. That
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09
Cost of Roses.

People who buy American beauty roses this Christmas will pay good price for them," said a florist yesterday. These roses are selling now at Sl0 dozen, and there is no telling what will be asked for them at Christmas. I am putting in my orders now with the wholesalers, without even asking the price, for roses are so scarce that to got them at all you have to order carly and say nothing about the price. American beauties are a fine decorative and ef- fective flower, but I really do not see why people should prefer them to others, unless indeed it is simply because they cost more.
 'There is, know, large class of peo- pie who value an article simply because it is expensive. Not long ago I was in a curio shop where man had for sale a little vase worth about five dollars, which he had marked for sale at ten. It had been fin the window long time, as could tell from it's appearance. asked him why he had not sold 1t. He said he supposed the price was too high. Not at all,' l replied; the trouble is the price is not high enough. Mark the vase at $40, and I'll guarantee you can sell it for $40 within two days He looked at me increduiously, but decided to follow my advice. The next day I went by his shop, and sure enough the vase was missing from the window I went in and asked him about it, and found that he had sold it that morning for S45. I felt that I was entitled to at least half of it by way of advice, but I said nothing. I merely mention this to show that the price of American beauties this winter will be away up."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09
A Southern Parasite.

At the sanitary conference of the American republics, held in Washing ton last week, Dr. Charles Waddell Stiles, zoologist of the bureau of ami nal industry, discussed in an inter- esting paper a parasite commonly known as the bookworm. It is known among scientists as the creator of uncinariasis, a disease not greatly unlike malaria in its symptoms and effects.
 This parasite was discovered last May, and the nature of it and of the disease it produces is therefore new and to some extent unknown. Dr. Stiles may be said to be the first man who has made this parasite known to he masses, and to him more than to my one else is the world indebted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09
Trom the Broalllvn rimes.

From the Brooklyn Times
 A HE following address was made at (SD the monthly dinner of the Sphinx
 Club at the Waldorf Astoria by Herbert F. Gunuison;
 I take it that the question we are con sidering is the comparative value of qual- ity and quantity in newspaper circulation as relating to newspaper advertising. The advertising man as rule is a pretty shrewd individual and if he has had ex- perlenee Is generally able judge cor rectly those mediums which produce the best results As it is very difficult to trace direct results from advertising in any particular paper it is of the utmost importance that advertisers should be able to know what papers reach the class of readers who are most apt to become interested in the Announcements which they make
 l would not make ligi1 of papers hay ing large circulations but quantity alone counts for very little. There are mer- chants who seek to get into the homes by having inserted into reputable news papers their advertisements printed on separate sheets and while large numbers of these inserts are thus circulated, 1t is doubtful whether thct kind of circulation is of much value. The advertiser is seek ing the individual buyer, not merely the individual reader;; but the man who, reading the paper, has the means to be- come a purchaser, If persuaded that he desires the article offered for sale. Five thousand Indians on the western plains might read an advertisement of the steinway piano and not one would be sold as a result of the publicity. Ten yet not single ticket would be purchas- ed with the attractive announcement of Brother Daniels Chicago limited train. yet not a single ticket would purchas- ed by them. Lord Timothy Dexter took a cargo of warming pans to the West In- dies. He could not sell them. He had taken them to the wrong place. He did, however remove the covers and sold them as sugar scoops. 1t is of the ut- most importance to reach the people who can buy. In most cases the papers hay ing the largest circulation are those which sell for the lowest price. It is but fair to assume that the people who buy paper because it is cheap, in the majority of instances. are these who are limited in their means. fhey are people who must have the necessaries of life and not the luxuries. The bulk of ad- vertising Is for the sale of luxuries and not necessities.
 Newspapers are made for the public. They must cater to the requirements of every reader If they do not, they are without readers. The editors and pub fishers who can best understand the puo- lie wants and meet them are conductors of the most successful 5ournalss but no one newspaper can meet the require ments of an entire community any more than one religion would suit all classes of people or one political party enroll all voters under its banner. Different classes of Individuals require different kinds of newspapers. As the expert fish erman knows the kind of bait to use for the particular kind of fish he is an- gling for so the publisher must know the kind and quality of paper to make for the constituency he is seeking. It is natural that every publisher should
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09
THE DREAMER.

By Mary Ware.
 The dreamer! Never scoff at him, Tho vague his faneies sometimes seem The heart to nature most allied Is tender, faithful, rrilo and tried; With less of earth and more of heaven Hes human natures precious 1eaven. The dreamer, in his wanderings, Has borrowed Fancy's golden wings, And far above earth's much and nire. Like the lone skylark, scars higher; And like that bird of matchless ming
 He lives to soar, and scars to sing. Yes, let the dreamer dream at will, And life's lone vacuum sweetly fill With perfume from a fairer cline, Untarnished by the toucn Of time. Where fancy folds his restless flight
 Mong rosy realms of endless light
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09
The Kindergarten Movement.

People who desire to hear good music, said a prominent Birmingham woman yesterday, should attend the reception Wednesday afternoon from 8 to to be given at the residence of MT. James Bowron on South Twentieth street by the ladies of the board of directors Of the Free Kindergarten association.
 'The public is invited to this reception and it is hoped that the men as well as the women who are interested in kinder garten work will attend. There Is no charity in the city, 1t seems to me, which should appeal to fathers and mothers more than the Kindergarten schools which daily take care of over two hun dred children, thus enabling their moth CTS to do much domestic work which they could not do if they had to take care of their children all the time.
 "The Kindergarten association is sup ported entirely by free contributions and its object is to teach and amuse the children at the same time. For instance. they are put at tables and given squares and cubes to play with and in this way they become familiar with geometrical figures. They are given pictures of houses and wagons and are taught to cut up pieces of pastooard and make little wagons and dog houses. The children are taught also to weave little baskets which they ornament with bright col ored cherries cut out of paper, all of which work they do themselves and are highly amused in the making. The chill dren are put in a circle and entertained and at the same time without their real izing it they are taught good manners.
 ssrhe other day I visited the home, or rather place of abode of one of the poor est families in the city. There was ab- solutoly nothing but sordidness every where not a thing of beauty or bit of color to be seen except one little basket filled with paper cherries which their child had made at the kindergarten. 'Efne made that at the kindorgarten,' said the mother proudly, as I noticed it. I knew this before she told me but it was one little evidence to me of the good work of the kindergarten, Some of the as bare of any color or brightness as this one, except for the kindergarten, have their walls decorated with stripes Of col orod chains and garlands which their children weave or make at the school. and which if it does nothing else teaches them color. form, symmetry outline and shape"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09
TIE STOVE AS A SAFE.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 It may be true, as some students of hu- man nature maintain. that woman can't keep a secret. but 1t is not always profit able to accept that doctrine with blind faith. as MT. w. T. Cater of East Tren- ten N. J.. has sadly found out. Mir. Ga- ter is engaged in the profitable and not altogether laborlous business of running a saloon. A few evenings ago he carried home the days reeeipts-several hundred dollars in currency-and placed them in a stove in his bedroom for safe keeping.
 Now, it Is well known among enlight- ened people that stove, while it may be useful in its way has it's faults as safe. But perhaps 1t would be too much to ex- peet a saloonkeeper to be also a logician. It ehanced that MT. Cater had gone home late. Business had been geod. and having the saloonIieeper's well-known aversion to the causing of suffering, he was unwilling to deprive any who ehanced to be thirsty of the joy of remaining until the last cent was gone. He therefore slept late on the following morning. and his wife exercis- ing that watchful care over her husbands comfort that all good wives should ex- hibit. started fire in the sleeping saloon- keepers room so that 1t might be nice and comfortable when he awoke.
 Of course, she failed to notice the big roll of bills that had been hidden in the stove. They always overlook those things. Hence the money was burned up. and MT. Cater awoke, not to praise his wife for her thoughtfulness, but to bewail his loss and upbraid her for the disaster that she had brought to pass.
 There is only one moral to be drawn from this sad case-close the saloon early enough to put the money away before the banks close
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09
rho greatest speaker is dead.
scHool BooKs.

From the Edwardsyille Standard=News.
 School books cost entirely too much in this state and the legislature should pass q uniform text book law which would both help the schools and laill the book trust that is preying so heavily on the
 financial resources of the poor-in fact
 forcing them to keep their children out of school and retarding education in Ala barna This should be done and if the American Book eompany dies. let her die
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
Christmas.

Christmas falls this year on Thursday and not on Saturday as merchant stated in the lohby.
 When the great Christian festival falls on Saturday, overworlSed merchants and clerks enjoy two holidays together, and when it falls on Thursday, as it does in this year. 1902 they have practically four days of holiday. All business will be sus- pended on Christmas day, of course and on the Friday and Saturday following little CT nothing will be "doing' as the saving goes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 The way to succeed Is not to fail.
 Some men seem to forget that their wives walk on the same things that other women do.
 woman can forgive the woman she calls her best friend most anything ex- cept she begins to dress better than she does.
 woman feels quite as important when she is going shopping as a man when he is going to a board of directors meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09
Somewhat of a pampener.

From the New York times.
 Mrs. Jimpson--Just see what mother has sent us-a lovely big turkey for our Thanksgiving dinner. It came by ex- press this morning.
 Jimpson doyfully)-Bless her heartl That's just like her!
 Mrs. Jimpson-And she sent note saying she would be here to help us eat it.
 Jimpson (not quite so joyfully)-The dickens, That's just like her. tool
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09

Nast's fame as a cartoonist should have saved him from the necessity of serving in a yellow fever port in South America, but it did not, and he lies buried among strangers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09

French deuls excite no one. They are scarcely equal in point of danger to a scrap in the house of deputies, where they throw missiles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09

MT. Carnegie will soon resume the giving away of libraries at his old American stand, for his foot treads again his adopted heather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09

The watchword in New England is, Watch your cow" The foot and mouth disease still fingers in New England's midst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09

New Hampshire has the largest leg islative body in the country, and the coming constitutional convention pro poses to unload it in good part.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09

the question is where to draw the line. By Christian science I simply mean the curing or healing of tho sick hy telling them their ailments are imaginary. Me al know the rowe= aud effect of sugges- tien and how a sick man may aften be cured by telling iiim he is we'll. I. won t do. of course. to treat a really sick person in this way, but I can recall many in stances when a child wh gre ceased cry ing when hurt simply because some one told ne it didn't hurt I would stop to find out about 1t. ana would really be often surprised to fird that 1t did not hurt half as much as I had supposed.
 .'There are some doctors whom it is a ce:nfert to have aeomc in the sick room simply because they are cheerful and seem so certain Of curing the patient that the job is really hallway done, In many instances simply iss telling the pa- tent he is not half as sick as he sup poses There is hari,e. who gets all of ny trade just heeapse he tells me I am not growing bald. know that l am, but every time I get in his chair I always ask him how my hair looks. Is 1t ang thin ner?' I ask hi;n Not bit he replies with such a hearty tone of conviction that it is a real comfort to me to hear him. believe when I have not a hair left in my head that this same lying bar Ger will swear that I need hair cut when my pate really needs but a shine."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09

Captain Hobson is as anxious to gel out of the navy as he once was to get into it. Ills retirement bill will be pressed at this session. President Castro Is also one of the worlds free advertisers. He never gets wholly out of the range of the lime light.
 MT. Quay is rallying his friends to the support of the bill that lets New Mexico and Arizona in.
  Monkeys, says Professor Garner, talk. but their nouns and verbs do not agree.
 The publicity bill will not even scratch, much less scotch, the trusts.
  Was Booth Tarkington elected. or was he not? This is the question.
 ---.s-------- General DeWett's book is practically jab in the ribs of the bad Boers.
 =.s.------- Speaker Joo Cannon it will be, but not President Joe Cannon.
 -.s.- The weather is very blizzardous in the northern states. The color line is drawn and redrawn in North Carolina. Savannah settles her alleged duels by arbitration.
 There arc only kind words for Tom Reed now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09
The Birmingham cabmen.

''It requires q mighty shrcwd fellow to get ahead of Inc average Birmingham cab driver" said travelling man at the Metropolitan. As n rule they are quick 10 take advantage of an unirformed pas senger. I saw this clearly demonstrated yesterday. Two travelling men, wholly strangers in Birmingham. approached hackman at the union station and asEed to be driven 10 the Metropolitan hotel which. by the way Is only across the street. The polite 'cahhy almost showed them into his cab and made a quick squirt 10 the hotel One dollar please he re- duested of his passengers. You may well imagine their anger, but it was no use. The law seems to have been on the side of the driver. and the dollar was paid ever with a kick.
 "But there Is another instance when well-knewn politician was caught in tho sem me msnner that shows iaueh greater shrewdness on the part of the driver. It was during inc recent campaign for the nomination of a democratic ticket that enc of the most prominent men of Eufalda e me to Birmingham to speak at the closing Jelks rally. His wife accompanied him. Al the station the distinguished gen. tleman from Barbour, not knowing the location of the hotel. asked to be driven to the Metropolitan. The driver had lis passengers seated and he proceeded from the station down Morris avenue for about three blocks. thence north two tloclSs, end turning into Twentieth street drove up in front of the hotel. The usual charge of one dollar was assessed and it was very promptly raid.
 Ut was a few moments later when the clell was called to the room occupied by the newcomers. and after looking after their wants the Barbour man asked: Is not that the union station just across the street.? An affirmative reply was given. and so good WAS the joke that tue clerk was quickly put next ;"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09

Oklahoma is ready to step into the national bandwagon, and If politics would take a vacation New Mexico and Arizona would come in also, mak- ing forty-eight states all told.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09

William C. Whitney prefers horse racing to politics, because it is cleaner