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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
PROGRESS IN JAPAN.
the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
There could hardly be a more convinc-
ing assurance of Japan's advancement in
civilization than the fact that the nation
al election of members of the parliament
held early in the present month was de-
cided by the secret ballot. 1t has taken
the older nations of the earth a long
time to arrive at this stage. and, in fact,
the secret ballot, both in England and
America, is yet regarded somewhat as
an experiment. Not that there is any
serious purpose to do away with 1t, but
current exigencies are all the time sug-
costing notifications. These modifica-
lions. however, are commonly in the di-
rection of the perfection of the system.
instead of doing away with It, although
sometimes the attempt is to defeat its
aim That Japan, which fifty years ago
was almost an unknown nation, and had
not been touched by the spirit of west
ern civilization and progress that had
been more or less perfectly enjoyed by
other nations for centuries, has advanced
so rapidly as to be able to appreciate the
good points of the secret ballot in popu-
lar elections. is a new demonstration of
the wonderful aptness of that people to
appropriate whatever they discover to be
excellent in other nations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
Apartment Houses.

Birmingham is coming forward as a
city of sky scrapers. but no one has yet
started to build an apartment house, and
do not believe any investment would
pay better than the latter" said a
young business man.
Three or four apartment buildings for
families would be quickly occupied, and at
least one for bachelors would prove pop
uiar. l have made a calculation that a
six-story apartment house for young
men, with a bath room for every two
bed rooms, could be built for $4,000 My
plan calls for 70 apartments rooms and
bath-with two windows in each bed
room. If the apartments on the first and
second floors were rented for SIS a month,
those on the third and fourth for $3.50 a
month and those on the fourth and fifth
for $40, the gross income would be nearly
$1,000 a year. The elevator and janitor
service would not be very expensive.
The rent prices would be within reach
of clerks and other men on moderate
salaries, for two would occupy one apart
ment-a room for each with a bath room
for the two
Such a building as I have in mind
II 1t were well located, would never lack
for occupants. A desirable site could be
bought for $4,000 or less. With total in
vestment of $4,000 the owner would clear
between $1,000 and 5000 which would be a
handsome dividend indeed"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
INDIANS NOT ALLOWED
TO TORTURE THEMSELVES

halters made from silk or broadcloth
dress patterns. and their tails and manes
tied UP with the same expensive harness,
and select which of the visiting tribes
was to be honored. Chief White Eagle
would then advance. singing a crude
song, and at the suggestion of some Of
the dancers of the Ponca tribe single out
a buck or squaw as the case might be
from the visiting tribe and present the
gift
''Then the dance would proceed. There
are fully 1900 Indians attending the
dance, and they are the guests Of the
Poncas. who are going broke keeping
them and giving them presents. They
have sold their land and are just now
rolling in wealth. Merchants in Ponca
City and other towns adjoining the reser-
walton are getting rich on the sale of
material to the Poncas. White Eagle.
Stalking Elk and Watonga are the dis
pensing Chiefs and they seem to have
the dance in charge.
None of the dancers can keep uu
his work continuously all day. The
festival runs from sunup to shutdown,
but the dancers repair to tents at inter-
walls to refresh themselves with stew
narcotics. A part of the ceremony is
held the night before the dance begins.
and is secret. In the morning of the first
day the chief mounts a knoll and with
a large cross made of tree limbs tells
how the tribe has endure. Once he
said, the tribe had no black paint with
which to paint the cross, but we burned
prairie grass and mixed 1t with water
and made black paint Then he would
adorn the base of the cross with black
paint. The top is painted red to signify
blood. The black signifies war.
THE Indian who loses a member of his
family never mourns until the time of
the sun dance. He gives a certain day
during the dance to shed his tears and
relieve his soul, and he does it with
vengeance. Some of the worst noises
imaginable came from the tents where
the mourners were at work. During his
period of mourning he does not eat or
sleep. He drinks water and means.
The camera has no business at the
dance. The Indian police are vigorous
in seeking them out and breaking them
to pieces. A government representative
from the Smithsonian institute was on
hand to take pictures and he was I'M
molested as he had permits.
1.-THE dance was held near the famous
1O1 ranch of the Millers, and one of the
Miller boys was in the thick of the dance.
the Indians think a great deal of the
Milers, and this boy stripped off his
clothing and painted up to suit his lih-
ing and lent as much lung power to the
ceremony as any buck who was blear-
eyed from looking into the sum-"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
NURSES LIVES UNRoMANTic.

From the New York Times.
1t is generally supposed that there Is
good deal OF romance about the life of a
professional nurse and that large hos
pitfalls are matrimonial bureaus where
men and women fall in love with inces-
SAINT regularity. Exactly the opposite is
true. Nurses. as a rule. do not marry
men whom they have nursed as patients,
nor do they select as husbands the phys-
clans with whom they come IN contact in
a professional way
In the last year and half but one en-
gagement among the nurses of the Chica-
go hospital has been announced and the
incident was go unusual that it created
no end of comment. The affair was, in
fact, AN extreme novelty, although the
female attaches of the institution are I'M
usually good looking.
'"rhis proves the nurses do not lead the
romantic lives that they are credits with
by the outside world said a physician.
IT have frequently heard 1t said that men
who have been seriously Ill often mar
rled the trained nurses who had taken
care of them. This is nonsense. I have
employed hundreds Of these nurses in
the course of my practice, and have yet
to near of n match resulting from one
of them AS a general thing the patient
takes an aversion to the nurse who has
cared for him, and the better she has
looked after him and the more strictly she
has enforced the doctors instructions
the less he has cared for her.
Physicians sometimes fall In love with
the nurses they meet In their practice.
hfYf ~ Of
mon are rare. If any girl enters The pro-
fession with the idea of capturing a hus-
band she is apt to find herself sadly
sold"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

Wellington, Kan, August s1.-Dr. L. A.
Mayhem and wife have returned from
the Indian sun dance at White Eagle.
THE government has decreed that the
Indians shall never hold another sun
dance" said DR.. Mayhem
Even this year the government denied
the Indians the right to torture them
selves. In former times they slashed
themselves with knives and gouged out
pieces of flesh with blunt stones, etc.
The result was that the Indians were led
into the greatest excitement. Often out
breaks among the Indians have been at
tributed to these sun dances. If an In
dian can dance all day in the rays of the
sun looking all the time into Its face
without firing showing signs of ex-
haustion, he has conquered the sun.
Such achievement allows him privileges
in the tribe that make him great man.
THE dance is, of course, the outcome
of a supersticious belief, yet an Indian
never becomes too old or too educated
to forego this belief In the mob of 70
or 80 bucks and squaws who took part
in the Ponca sun dance this year were
several graduates of Haskell, Carlisle,
and Cilicocco Indian schools. Their
paint and equippage were just as bright
and gaudy as those worn by the most
ignorant of the tribe. In the mob were
Otoes, Tonkawas, Omahas from Ne
hraska, and sacs and Foxes
THE sun dance Is a religious function
and is not done for the mere sport Of
the thing. or for the benefit of the white
spectators. The Indian believes just as
much in the tiresorne ordeal as the white
man does in joining the Masons or airy
secret order. And part of the business
of the dance Is done in secret, not even
the Indians who are not eligible to BE-.
come dancers being permitted to know
what is going forward. Some kind of herr,
is stewed and eaten. some kind of mar
cotic is burned and inhaled from long
pipes.
When the dancer appears for the day
he is adorned with paint, feathers.
blanket or whatever 1t is his office to
wesr. just as his degree betokens.
'The Indians have many ideas that con-
troi the dance, one being the giving of
expensive, presents Only the dancers
have the privilege of selecting to whom,
the presents be given. Everything from
money to ochre goes. Some of the lucky
Indians received money and some silk and
broadcloth dress patterns, ponies, tents
and even sewing machines. The custom
is for the squaw to appeal with roll of
money that would choke q COW, some
horses many Of which were led with
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
Uncle Sans Cook Book.

The secretary of the navy is about
to issue a cook book which will in
clude recipes for every article served
on a table including desert Fully one
half of the volume is devoted to re-
cipes. 1t contains a recipe from Bos-
ton showing how beans are cooked in
that town, and the recipes from New
York relate to omelets, steaks and the
like. So far as advance notices of
the new cook book show no recipes
from the south are contained in it.
This is a distinct oversight, for no
other section knows how to cook sweet
potatoes, hoecake, or for that matter,
how to fry chickens. A southern
chapter should be added in It's second
edition.
The book is entitled General Mess
Manual and Cook Book, United States
Navy. Some of its rules are very rev.
olutionary. For example, all tips on
board ship are prohibited, and no cook
can strike or resign under penalty Of
being sent to prison. There are many
who will envy the officers of the navy.
On the larger vessels Of the navy there
are to be three cooks, one for meats.
another for vegetables, and a third to
make tea and coffee alone. There are
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
EXCITING BICYCLE RACES.
Several Hair Raising Finishes at the
Meet on Vallsburg Track.

Newark, N J., August d.-Exciting
finishes were the rule at the bicycle
races at the vailburg track today. The
attendance was $500 and the sport was
good throughout The best race Of the
day came in the ten mile professional
handicap There were thirty-seven
starters in all with eight of the number
on scratch. the largest of the season.
The scratch men were slow to get under
way with the result that the men placed
on the $50 yard mark caught up to the
back mark men early in the struggle
The final sprint was between Bardgett
and Ambruster, the former winning by a
length.
In the one mile consolation the strug-
gle was good one throughout with John
Bedell winning by a few inches from
Kinible There were two amateur races.
One mile consolation, professional, won
by John Bedell. Lynnbrook, l. l.; o. s.
Kimble Louisville, second; ]. B. Bowl
er. Chicago, third. Time, 2:90 As.
Ten mile handicap, professional, won
by Walter Bardgett, Buffalo; Edward
Ambruster, Brooklyn. second; Plugger
Hill Martin, Lower. third. Time, 22:10 40.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
Tanner on the Primary.

THE most important feature that OBJ
served in the recent primary election.
said James L. Tanner, who made a can
vass for the nomination Of secretary of
state, was the total absence of broils
and difficulties These results are trace
able alone to the elimination of the ne
gro voter.
For the past thirty-f1ve years we have
been wrangling over his vote at the polls,
which produced bad feeling perween the
controllers of the negro labor vote and
the INSCRIPTIONS manipulators of this
vote at the polls.
Whisky would be used, as well as
money, TO influence the negroes, and
these two influences In operation on the
day Of election tended to excite the pas
sions of men and serious difficulties fire.
quently followed. 1t has been demonstrate
ed beyond question that a white mans
vote Is not to be Influenced either by the
use of money or by the giving away Of
intoxieants, and we are to feel grateful
that the time mas come when such in
ffuences as money and whisky have taken
back seats.
THE election. in my opinion, was not
only fair. but was conducted honestly.
There has been complaint that a great
many white men were not allowed to
vote. but this complaint has never yet
been made by a white democrat, and 1t Is
well known that we were holding white
democratic primary, not a white repub-
lican or populist primary. And If thos,
who offered to vote and were refused be-
cause they would not subscribe 10 the
rules of the democratic party, they can
not lay the fault to me party, because
the party has never yet left the people,
while IT is known fact that some of
the people have left the party, and the
day Is with us now when they not onlv
will but are coming back, to aid us in
maintaining white mans government
by law. instead of by fraud
THE fortune that came to me in this
election to be defeated is, and will be-
cheerfully borne, for I made a clean
fair, conscientious fight, and for nv
two opponents. 1 shall ever cherish and
feel the same warm personal regards
And as to the people of Alabama 1 will
truly maintain for them the kindest con-
sideration.''
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parliament passed acts against high
wages, and great lords and other landed
aristocrats pillaged iaborers at every
turn, and when the courts ordered a man
to be bored through the ear for stealing
trifie and hanged for stealing a sheep n
Carroll D. Wright.
Political economy, in order to attract
the attention and hold the interest of
the producers of society, must consider
the great principles of the science on al
broader basis. 1t must teach that the
interest of employers and employees are
reciprocal and not Identical; that the
great questions of ethics and economies
underlie the practice of strikes, the cost
of living. the adjustment of scales of
wages and the methods of settlement of
difficulties, or, more properly, how to
avoid them entirely"
Frank p. Sargent.
Let those in whose interest this day
is set apart as a national holiday receive
an inspiration for a more jealous work
in the future. May each be impressed
with the toiler as citizens of the repub-
lie and as co-workers for the nations
success. May a better understanding of
the value of organized effort in promot-
ing the welfare of Industrial forces as
well as the elevation of humanity result,
and Labor Day of 1902 herald brighter
and more hopeful future for all the peo-
pie of America"
p. J. Mcclure.
Of lab
their hosannahs
From thousand groves and hillsides,
by ripping brooks and gurgling streams,
comes the glad acclaim.
mo festival Of martial glory or war
rior's renown is this; no pageant pomp
of warlike conquest no glory or fratrici-
dial strife attends this day
ut Is dedicated to peace, civilization
and the triumphs of industry
1T is a demonstration of fraternity
and the harbinger of a better age-a more
chivalrous time, when iapor shall be
best honored and well rewarded.
Pagan feasts and Christian observ-
ances have come down to us through
the long ages. Bu- 1t was reserved for
this century and for the American peo-
pie, to give. birth to Labor Day. In this
they honor the toilers of the EARTH and
pay homage to those who from rude ma
ture have delved and carved all the COM
fort and grandeur we behold"
Max S. Hayes.
"Eeader. man of toll, at early morn
of the first day of September, ascend TO
the highest mountain peak and lot your
eyes sweep down through the rich fertlls
valleys and carr etcd plains of this mighty
nation.
Your gaze is attracted by myriads Of
moving figures. by flying flags and with
the faint sounds of beating drums and
bands of music and shouts and huzzas Of
exultation.
What means this sign of action of
strenuous life, among the multitude?
rs 1t foreign foe threatening inva-
sion? Is an army forming to carry devas-
tatlon and destruction to the lands of
hesthens and bsrbarians?
Nay, Ills Labor Day.
'"rhe grand army of labor-the army
OF peace, the army of construction-is on
the march,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

There were some appropriations in
the other general appropriation bills,
but these were we'll distributed, and
the relative rank of the getting
states is not changed by them Out
of the three first named bills the
Times-Union shows that Florida got
for each man, woman and child of
her population $3.50; Louisiana, $3.50;
Texas, s1.0S: Alabama, SLOT; Georgia,
90c; South Carolina, 45c: North Caro-
lima, soc; and Mississippi, 1Sc; or. in
proportion to population, Florida got
nearly three times as much as Louis
lana, over six times as much as
Texas and Alabama, nearly seven
times as much as Georgia, over four
teen times as much as South Carolina,
twenty-five times as much as North
Carolina, and thirty-six times as much
as Mississippi-all. in spite of the
fact that Florida's delegation is the
smallest of the states named"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
From the Eutaw Democrat.
MANY PEOPLE ACCEPT TIPS.

From the Philadelphia Record
Am l." said the waiter 1.-The only man
who takes tips? No, not at ALL
You, for instance, tell your tobacco
mist that in few days Smith, the mil
honaire. will be in 70 see him-that Smith
IVES looking for a good dealer, and you
recommended him to go there. Well,
Smith goes there and leaves a heavy or
der. Hence you are not surprised when
you receive a little later box of fine
cigars, but il those cigars are not a tip.
what are they?
Brown is a buyer for a big manufac-
tory. The firm he patronizes is sending
him every week or two boxes of toilet
soaps, cases of perfumery dozens of COLE
balls, and barrels of CLAIMS. Those are
Browns tips-the gratuities he gets for
his patronage.
Robinson sends a rich friend TO his
tailor with note of introduction, ara the
rich friend buys four suits Isn't Robinson
oeing tipped when the tailor. the week
following, makes him a present of a set
of English fiannelsr"
The waiter made a disdainful gesture
and calculated:
"Pish! Tipping, they say, is un-Ameri-
can, and a waiter OF proper pride nd in
dependence would scorn to accept a QUAR-
ter or nalf in return for the serving of
meal But I say that tipping runs clean
through our social system. from top to
bottom, and all of us, excepting only the
elevator man. are taking tips Of one sort
or another all our lives"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01

also to be two takers, one Of whom
shall study the quality of the flour.
Under the new COOK book the sail
ors are looking forward to better mess
in the future. Heretofore the lands
men, ordinary seamen and able sea-
men ate by themselves In messes,
each having its own steward, and buy
ing to some extent It's own food, the
men themselves furnishing the money
for extras. This plan led to COM
plants, and congress thereupon de-
creed that all enlisted men should
fare alike. and the new cook book
grew out of the new order of things
in mess matters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
Drink Boiled Water.

Washington is suffering from an
epidemic of typhoid fever, aud the
authorities OF that city have nearly
reached the conclusion, after careful
investigation and study, that the wa
ter supply does not contain the germs
of the disease. They are now con-
WINGED that the first cases arose from
the drinking of milk from cans that
had been washed with impure well or
spring water, and that the common
house flies carried the germs after
wards from house to house. The dis
trict health authorities have gathered
no little evidence to sustain the theory
of germs distribution by flies. AS a
rule a fly does not travel more than
two blocks, but so numerous have the
cases become that even this distance
is sufficient to spread the disease.
1t is absolutely established that the
mosquito carries yellow fever germs,
and there is no reason why the feet
of the fly should not pick up the
germs of typhoid fever and place them
in food to be eaten by new victims.
But the extreme probability of this
theory is no reason why water should
not be boiled as a matter of precau-
tion in other towns Inan Washington.
The public water supply of Washing
ton is taken from the Potomac miles
above the city, and it is doubtless free
from typhoid germs, but in this town,
as DR.. Sholl advises, all water should
be boiled until the publication plants
are installed. The drinking of unboil-
ed water in Chicago is considered a
kind of Irritation with death, and it is
our duty in this town to look upon it
likewise until November at least. Gull
tivate taste for water that has been
boiled and take no other.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Summer Weather.

while hot summer weather such as we
have had In the south this year, is some
what uncomfortable It is far healthier
than unreasonable summer weather.
such as has prevailed in the north" said
an old contented citizen.
THE health of Birmingham Is usually
good In July and August There has
been typhoid fever this summer. but no
more in proportion to the population
than Is found in every city. Take the
health of Birmingham on the whole and
It has been uncommonly sound.
Every southerner who visited the
north during our heated term returned
home with 'frightful cold. Wraps had
to be worn In New York and then one
could scarcely keep warm. Give me hot
weather in summer and a plenty of 1t
and I am well and happy"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
RomaIne Boyd Explains.

Speaking of political spiders" said
Romano Boyd of Ensley, II was stung
by this kind Of an insect in the primary.
and the county outside of Birmingham
failed TO secure representation on the
legislative ticket.
This resulted from the fractional fight
at Ensley when the other crowd put out
the report that 1 favored a division of
Jefferson county, and I failed to realize
the extent Of the spider until too late
TO Kill 1t In the papers. There is no
doubt that this cost me over 500 votes
and the nomination, but in leading the
other man In the county our crowd won
about enough to defray campaign ex-
penses and we got the blue ribbon at
Ensley"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-01
TO soMRARD CITY.
Venezuelan General With Three Gun
boats and 500 Men Ready.

Port of Spain, Trinidad. August a.
News reached here from Carupano, Ven
ezuela this morning that the government
General Velutini would leave Carupano
today with three gunboats and 800 men
to lombard a second time Cuidad Boil
var, which is still in the hands of the
Venezuelan revolutionists.
Cuidad Bolivar, capital of the state of
Bolivar, was bombarded by the Venezu-
elan gunboats Bolivar and Restaurador
last week and many persons were killed
or wounded About six hundred shells
were fired into the city.
British subjects at Cuidad Bolivar have
requested that a warship of Great Brit
ain be sent for their protection.