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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15

Husbands. sons, brothers and other foolish men, who have been known at various times to eritieise women for be- ing fiighty and unreasonable. should read the following sanscrit story of man and the Hindu god, Twashtri:
 In the beginning, when Twashtri came to the creation of woman, he found that he had exhausted his materials in tbe making of man. and that no solid ele- ments were left
 In this dilemma after profound medi- tation, he did as follows:
 He took the rotundidty of the moon. and the curves of creepers. and the cling Ing of tendrils. and the trembling. of grass, and the slenderness of the reed. and the bloom of the flower, and the hghtness of the leaves and the tapering of the elephants trunk and the glances of the deer, the clustering of rows of bees, and the joyous gayety of sunbeams, and the weeping of clouds, and the fcxle- ness of the winus. and the timidity of the hare, and the vanity of the peacock, and the softness of the parrots bosom. and the hardness of adamant, and the sweet ness of honey, and the cruelty of the tiger, and the warm glow of fire and the eoldness of snows, and the chatter ing of jays, and the cooing of the kokila, and the hypocrisy of the crane, and the fidelity of the chakarawka. and com pounding all these together he made woman and gave her to man.
 But after one week man came to him and said: Lord this creature that you have given me makes me miserable.
 She chatters necessarily and leases me beyond endurance. never leaving me alone; she requires incessant attention. and takes all my time up, and cries about nothing, and is always idle: and so I have come to give her back again, as I cannot live with her
 So Twashtri said: Very well; and took her back again.
 Then after another week. maa came again and said Lord find that my life Is very lonely since gave you back that creature. I remember how she used to dance and sing for me and look at me out of the corner of her eye. and play
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15

years before, and in comparing the un- usual conditions of long ago with the average of the present, they were de- ceived
 l have known intelligent and truthful men to declare publicly that they knew from personal recollection that the climate of their particular places of residence had changed since they were boys; that they had reliable landmarks to show that the streams were drying up; that the precipitation was growing less, and that the winters were becom- ing milder. notwithstanding the fact that carefully taken observations of tempera- ture and rainfall for each day for the previous hundred years at their place of residence showed no alteration of climate. Of course wide variations. sometimes extending over periods of sev- eral years. had occurred; but a deficit at one time was made up by an excess at another.
 To be true changes must have taken place during geologic periods, but these have been so slow that it is doubtful if man in his civilized state has occupied the earth long enough to discover an ap- preciable quantity. Quite accurate re- cords of the opening of navigation in Europe and of the time of vintages for five hundred years show no change in the average data of the first ten years as compared with the average of the last ten.
 The date palm, the vine, and the fig tree flourish as luXuriantly today in Palestine as they did in the days of Moses. Dried plants have been taken from the mummy cases of the Pharaohs exactly similar to those now growing in the soil once trod by those ancient mon archs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15
LUXURIOUS NEW YORK.

From the Cleveland Leader
 The most intelligible evidence of this extraordinary preeminence of New York in wealth and financial power Is not to be found in statistics which show that two- thirds of the bank clearings of the coun- try are made every week in that city, nor Is 1t furnished by such facts as the recent decision of the New York munich pal authorities to add about a billion dollars to the already enormous assessed valuation of real estate. Such figures rather daze than enlighten the average mind. But 1t Is easy to understand what New York's use of money must be when it Is learned that contractors are in the habit of building houses there to sell to and chance customer who is not particu- lar about designs of his own selection followed, at prices ranging as high as 900 or even $5O,OOO apiece, the lots seldom exceeding 100 feet fin depth or 25 to 30 feet in width
 Neither in Chicago nor in Boston or Philadelphia would any contractor dare to build houses for the general market hoping to sell them at $10O0OO or more apiece, and in New York the limit for that sort of business is as high as half a million. The whole scale of prices and expenditures in the metropolis is entirely unlike that of any other city in the western hemisphere Measured by money and luxury, extravagence and pomp of wealth, New York is altogether alone There only is there a market for apples at $2o or s25 a barrel, chocolates at s a pound. and other things in proporton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15
A MONTH OF INSPIRATION.

From Country Life in America.
 Behold September! Tripping from the hills she comes, and lol the mystic spell of Augusts weaving breaks at her touch. Indolence fees to the mistress who has gone before. and the languor and lassi- tude and lazy contentment of midsum- mer gives way to quickening of vital forces and the inspiration of endeavor. Fair September Not the wealth of floral tribute of her sister months doth she bring, but of the fullest of the har-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15
The Columbian colIIery Go.

Dr. c. F. z. Caracristi, C. E., who was ago, when asked if it were true that the Colombian Colliery company of which he is managing director was about to sell it's coal and petroleum properties near the Panama canal as reported from London said:
 'I have not heard from the London di- rectors for some time, and the report may be true as far as the minority in- terest is concerned, but as I own a130,000 of the shares and there are only 920O, GOO in all I can not see how the goods can be delivered. My directory is essentially American and while We have had many offers for our million or more acres of coal lands on the Carribean sea coast and only 200 miles by all water route from the Panama canal. I fell in no hur- ry to dispose of our holding. rumors to the contrary notwithstanding. There has been some inside speculation in our stock but so far as the property is con- cerned I shall oppose it's sale at any price until the canal issue is settled. In fact, I have about decided to hold it in- definitely If 1t Is of value at all it is worth as much to me as to any one else It controls the oil and fuel supply of the Isthmian canal and should be a good patrimony to my son.
 Any statement that this property Is on the market or has been sold is wholly without foundation or fact.
 My iron mines in the department of Santa Marta, Colombia. however, are now under option and probably the Lon don dispatch referred to my iron in place of my coal and oil interests"
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vest doth she scatter on every side. Sere and yellow leaves futter from the trees; they are her pledges in gold that there Is no death. and April shall redeem them The hills robe themselves in pur- pie in the twilight hour and the air Is vibrant with the plaint that Katy didn and "Katy didn't" Once more the feathered hosts fill eopse and grove and garden shrubbery. and if there be a new note. a minor chord, not present in their songs of the spring, therein is the prom ise that they go but for a little while. The clear air has in 1t a tonic which sets the rich blood to racing gloriously and fills with the desire of accomplishment the vigor which seeks expression in the worlds work It is the month of in- spiration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15
MRS. M'kINLEWs SAD ROUTINE.

Canton (Ohio) Letter to the Philadelphia
 Press.
 To every visitor who stops in this little city the Mckinley home continues to be the one place that must be visited. If the stranger were to arrive about 1O;SO in the morning he would see the family car riage waiting for Mrs, Mckinley and her attendant. Invariably Mrs Mckinley is garbed in somber black, with closely drawn veil and cloak. Even in warm weather she retains the cloak and heavy veil.
 To those who know the personality of the silent woman in black the spectacle presented is that of profoundest sadness on the part of Mrs Mckinley, so deep in fact that the beholder is awe-stricken. With unfagging fidelity she daily. in spite of indictment weather, goes to lay a floral offering on the casket that contains the body of her husband. There is scarce ly less regularity in her visits to the graves of her two girls near the tomb of the late President.
 In Westlawn cemetery are all her hopes. yet the woman whom the world thought could not live one week after the death of William Mckinley, is today pronounced by her physician to be in strong physical and mental condition.
 Every day Mrs. Mckinley takes a brisk promenade about the veranda, between the hours of and in the evening. She then throws veil and wraps aside, and with the arm of her faithful attendan; and companion for support, takes this period for exercise. Her carriage is but little less erect than it was a year ago, but her hair is silvered much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15
ALABAMA EDITORS.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 Dealers in photograph materials will i do well to examine the goods before purchasing. A newspaper report is to the effect that Mrs Nation has spoken an original poem into a photograph re- eeiver, and some unsuspecting purchaser is likely to get one of the plates and spoil a performance.
 From the Centreville Press.
 The action of Charles E. Waller after his defeat for lieutenant governor, has made him many new friends. His race with ex-Governor Johnston was a sur prise to his friends but his patriotic ut terances after his defeat was no surprise to those who know the gentleman well. From the Opelika Industrial News
 When men like Colonel Bush decline to affiliate with the republican party, es- pecIally when they offer him the gover- norship 1t looks like the feat that those democrats of the Bryan pursuasion will ever control the party again has about vanished. If Colonel Bush had to make choice between Bryan and Mir Jelks no
 
 one can doubt how he would choose. As between Bryan and Mckinley he read fly made choice of the latter in 1S96 From the Anniston Hot Blast.
 The ball-bearing wheelbarrow will prob ably be followed by the automatic blow, and the self-chopping hoe. Then" says an optomistlc exchange, the farmer will have nothing to do but cut watermelons. '' From the Anniston Star.
 The people around Evergreen are said to be making much money by the ship ment of smilax. Last year, it is said, over Se0.OOO worth of artistic southern vine went out of Conecur swamps through the Evergreen station. The vine grows rapid ly, and 1t is said the supply does not diminish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Matrimony seems to skim lot off the top of love.
 Sometimes the merest escape from de- feat is the greatest victory
 A fat woman will train off flesh till she gets afraid her nice new clothes won't fit ner.
 A girl who is too innocent to talk about her beaux is not innocent enough not to have any.
 When a reasonable cook gets used to the failings of her mistress. she cuts down her notices that she is going to leave from eix to five a day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15
THE RIGHT OF WAY.

From the Boston Post.
 'I had the right of way" Is the answer which, according to report, the motor- man of the colliding electric car made to the hot question of Mir. Roosevelt after the Pittsfield disaster What did he mean by it? Probably the man was fius- tered, as well he might be, and did not say exactly what he meant. The more reasonable interpretation is that he in tended to say that he saw the road clear before him and could not anticipate the action of the driver of the President S carriage in turning his team across it. This may be construed as a right o1 way" so far as he could foresee.
 But there Is the further consideration, applicable to all electric roads on public highways, of the assumption that the public car has any right of way over private vehicles. If such an idea pre- vails, it must be set aside at once The people own their highways and have the right of way in their use over any cor poration. The fact that an electric rail- way has received from the people the privilege of laying its tracks and run ming it's cars upon the highway gives that corporation no rights superior to ose which any individual possesses in the use of the road. The individual must not obstruct the passage of the electric car, any more than he would obstruct the passage of a load of hay or a milk wagon. But tie former and the milk man have as clearly the right of way' as the trolly, and to the same extent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
People Returning.

"The large congregations at the churches this morning would indicate that all the people who were away for the summer have returned" said 8 church member last night.
 T heard from several prominent churches and all of them were well filled. Bii mingham Is a ehureh-going town, and even on the hot Sundays the attendance at the various places of worship was very good"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15
About Persons.

c. c. Grove of Marion Is at the Metro- politan.
 Joseph c. Manning of Alexander City is at the Metropolitan.
 J. B. Finer of Boston is at the Metro. poIitan.
 J. NJ. Spencer of Montgomery is at the Metropolitan.
 L. Brown of Anriston is at the Metro politan.
 Edward F. West of Chicago is at the Nor is.
 J. A. Garrard of Philadelphia is at the Morris.
 W. C.. Mcclellan of Nashville is at the Morris
 Thomas Bender of Selma i. at the Nor. ris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15
NEWPORT UNDER FIRE.

From the Hartford Post.
 Newport didn't succumb to the at tacks of the fleet, and 1t is now trying to survive Henry attersons 13-inch ad- iectiVes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15
TWO EXTREMISTS.

From the Nashville News.
 Neither David B. Hill nor Richmond P. Hobson hold office. Moral: Beware of extremes in the matter of kissing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15
NO. NOT ONEI

From the Boston Journal.
 However, 1t is worthy of note that Gov ernor Watterson has never breatned a whisper against MT. Cleveland's capabil- ities as a fisherman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15
FOOT BALL TO THE FRONT.

From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
 Now that the mimic maneuvers on the Atlantic coast have terminated. the peo- pie can begin their preparations for the horrible realities of foot ball.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15

Judge Pennypacker is lying low and saying nothing about the hard coal strike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15

The American army has discarded the blue and even the brown, and ac- cepted the olive-mix.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15

The Panther believes in the water cure treatment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15

The Monroe doctrine is the only plank held in common by all parties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15

A republican loss of II per cent in Maine shows Lat the state did not after all go as it did in the days of Governor Kent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15

The mimic war should be followed by mimic courtmartials and a mimic history.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15

President Roosevelt did not refer to the pistol toters when he said that a man ought to learn to shoot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15

The campaign of the second primary consists of cards"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-15

Uncle Sam has sE74,OOO,0OO worth of gold on hand at present, and the high price of coal will not embarrass him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-31

will not forsake his people, even altho 1t
often appears so, and acquiesce In the
will of the Lord, knowing he will not
allow an afflicted people to perish. The
Lord hath all hearts in his hand and
he turneth them whithersoever he will
The memoirs are q sketchy summary
of past events with Mr. Kruger's per-
sonal comments thereon.
The installment of the memoirs pub-
lished by the Times contains some In
teresting lights concerning Mr.. Krug-
er's opinion OF various men prominent
In south African history. The express
ident was once invited to meet Sir Bar
tie Frere. He replied he would be quite
willing to do so II he were told which
Frere 1t was. He declared he knew
four Freres, and explained this remark
by describing different aspects Of Sir
Bartle Frere's character. as presented
blue books. etc, saying some Of his
characteristics were friendly, while
Others were inimical to the Beers.
Mr.. Kruger describes the 'Jesuitical'
Cecil Rhodes as the curse OF south Az
rica. He says: NO matter how base
or contemplate, be it lying, bribery Or
treachery, all and every means We're
welcome to him."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-31

the crime for which Assia was held
was committed outside Of the jurisdtc-
tion of this country. he could not be
held to the federal courts here.
The court holds that the clauses re-
lied upon by the government in the
opinion in the Neely case in the su-
preme court are so modified by the re-
suit OF the decision that, altho he feels
that the case is one of extreme diM-
Guilty, in justice to the defendant he ts
constrained to hold that the United
States courts have no jurisdiction.
In the Nicely case the main point
of contention was the right Of this
government to send him back to Ha-
vana for trial on the charge Of ems
bezzling the funds of the Havana post
Office. Congress met the difficulty BY
passing the act recognizing Cuba under
the United States military control ar
la foreign country.
Pending the arrival Of requisition pa
pers from Cuba, Assia is held here.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-31
ROYAL CIRCLE OFFICERS.
National Convention at Springfiel
Choose New Officers.

National Convention at Springfield
chooss New Officers.
& Springfield, Ill, Oct. 3l.-The nation
al convention OF the Royal Circle. which
has been IN session here the past three
days, today elected the following ofn-
GERS: President, F. D. Rugg, Oak Park,
nj; secretary, James Walsh. Spring
field, ILL.,: treasurer. A. F. Diekin,
Springfield; supreme medical director.
DR.. Boyle Vance. Springfield; supreme
directors, J. A. Agee, Chicago. Henry
Dawson, Jr.. Auburn. nl., r. ]. Dunn.
Springfield. w. p. Martindale. Quincy.
III. II. d. Cowan. Grand Rapids. Mich: !:
supreme marshal, E. F. Cleveland. Lou
isville, KY: sur.eme sentry, Mrs. Rena
Taplin, Wisconsin; supreme adviser.
Mrs. Della Pond. Macomb. Ill; supreme
chaplain, Rev. NJ. b. Spayd. Chicago;
supreme warden. e. w. Puffer. Dallas
city, ILL.,; supreme guard. S. p. Man
ming, Granville, Mo-: supreme messen-
ger. Mary F. Lochead, Grand Rapids,
Mich; supreme auditors. Jess N. OFT.
Petersburg, I'LL. Alvin McReynolds'
Newport, KY, ID. NJ Wheeler. Cedar
Rapids. Iowa; committees on constitu-
ton and by-laws. Hon. James NJ. Gra-
nam, Springfield. ILL.,. John NJ. Speed,
Anarda. Ill, N. d. Graham, Carlinville,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-31

state taking orders and these were fill
ed in every town and railroad st9
in the state by the express comve9 4
and collections made then ant e
The decision OF the court wae 9 un-
expected. The Iowa court a. little
patience with the "origin' .ckage'
idea anyway and only fol- ne Unit
ed States supreme cor ,ecause 1t
be useless to do other In a nota-
BILE case involving = question ren-
dered during the year ae court dis
tinctly stated that the law as laid down
was because the supreme court of the
United States had taken the lead and
not because the Iowa court was con-
vinced of dts correctness. In other
words the Iowa court accepts the de-
cisions of the United States supreme
court with a mental reservation as to
their correctness, in some cases.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-31
cusA HELD FOREIGN SOIL.
New York Judge Declines to Hear Man
slaughter Case.

SlAuQhter Case.
New York, Oct. 31.-Judge Edward
|B. Thomas, sitting in the United States
Circuit court, Brooklyn, today, In rem
dering q decision In the case of Jose
Assia, who is charged with manslaugh-
ter, ruled that Cuba since it was freed
from Spanish domination is q foreign
state, thus establishing precedent
deemed to be important in all matters
affecting that country and this. The
Judge says that all crimes committed
in Cuba during the military rule of the
United States in that island are sub
ject to the jurisdiction Of the Cuban
courts.
Assia Is native OF Spain. He killed
La Russian named John Oriin on board
the ship Paloma while it was cruising
lin Haytian waters last July. The Pa
Iona was owned by an American citi.
zen and carried the American colors,
but sailed under a register granted by
the Cuban provisional government DUR
ing the regime of Gen. Wood, and car
ried papers from him.
The question arose whether the Pa.
Iona at the time was an American or
Ia Cuban, ship, and to the courts of
which country the criminal was amen
able. The ship was considered as an
extension OF the soil to which 1t be-
Ilonged, and the next question. was
whether the crime was committed on
Cuban or American soil.
The Judge decides that the Paloma
was not an American vessel, since Its
charter was granted by g country Other
than the United States and that since
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-31
SOUTH MANlToU ISLAND SINKS.
Enuineers Believe Il Will Suddenly
Disappear In Lake Michigan.

Enoineers Believe Il Will Suddenly
Disappear In Lake Michigan.
South Haven. Mich, Oct 3l.-A let
ter received from Robert Smith, a
member Of the life saving station at
Sleeping Bear Point. Mich, says there
is considerable anxiety felt in South
Manitou Island over the fact that 1t is
thought the island may suddenly dis
appear in the lake.
A few days ago the members built a
small boathouse near the station. At
ter it had been completed short time
the ground about the building began
to sink, and suddenly the entire build
ing dropped out OF sight.
Captain Lafberg, In charge Of the
life-saving station at Sleeping Bear
Point, made careful soundings and
found that where there had previously
been but three feet OF water it now
registers over thirty. He has made
careful soundings in and about the is
land, which he has forwarded to Wash.
ington, giving 1t as his opinion that
soon the entire island will disappear.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-31
Control Of the Crazy Doukho'
Doors by Peaceful Methods
No Longer Possible
AN OUTBREAK Is NOW FEARED
celonixation Agent Wires Ottawa Au.
4horitiss That Situation ls Beyond
HE Power 10 Cope Will Exhaust.
lsn, Hunger and Loss Of slssp Have
aade Fanatics UnaccountabIs.

81 Yortown, N. w. T.. Oct. SIT think
q d beyond power or reason to parley
with the Doukhobcra any longer. Ex-
I sAausfion, hunger and sleeplessness have
Ianasred their condition such they can
1D longer be reasoned with. have
syirsd the authorities at Ottawa to give
4hD question OF their condition the most
ssi1ous consideration. It Is impossible
q oDrsdict the outcome. It seems TO me
1ofce now ID necessary, 40 reason and
4 Kindness have failed. r q disaster 10
Is be prevented the frenzied Russians
/ saslst at once be induced to abandon
their mad march
fhis statement of Coiinixation Agent
0peers this morning - 9 summary Of
IL sttuakion. Two Of the women are
NoWs hopeless lunatics. The men slept
Z ln ditcheS and on the railway tracks
/ lnst night end trains had to be run with
saxe Ia the district where the Doukto-
SogS Axo on the march