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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
Well, we'll
IS WOMAN INFERIOR TO MAN2

Max O'Ren (Paul BloueD in the New
 York American.
 Many, many years ago a great council was held to discuss the question whether women had souls forgot the conclusion which that learned assembly arrived at; but what is certain is that now most men do believe that women have souls, although a great number of them are still of opinion that woman is a being inferior to man.
 They hold that man is the lord of crea- tion, the masterpiece. the last work of the Almighty.
 Now, Is this really the case? First, God made the earth, then light, after which he created fishes, birds and animals of all sorts Then He said: q will now create a being far above all the other animals"
 He took some mud-mark well. I say, some mud-and made Adam In His wis dom He thought that mud was not good enough to make woman out of, and for her creation He took matter that had already been purified by His divine breath, and He took part of Adam, and out of it made Eve.
 Now. surely. my dear fellow-men, you must own that either mud is better stun than yourself or you must confess that woman has a nobler origin than you You can't get out of 1t.
 Please notice the order of creations: Fish. birds. animals. man and woman. If men do not admit that the Creator began by the least and finished with the best, they will have to conclude that Holsters, cells, crocodiles, sharks, owls, vultures and mere sparrows are beings superior to them.
 If men do not recognize the superiority of these animals over them they will have to come to the conclusion that the work of creation is one of improvement every day.
 But man will say woman is not SO strong as we are. True enough; but horses are stronger than men; elephants by trampling on them can make marma- lade of them. Stags are swifter than men. Camels can carry a weight of 250O pounds on their backs. Birds can fly and men are only trying machines to help lllSiu uO It,
 Is man more intelligent than woman !? Certainly not. Who ate the apple? I know that Eve was the first to be dis obedient; but she had an idea, at all events, before Adam had one
 Had he ever the power of resistance? |? No. Did he ever try to shield woman af- ter the offense was committed? No, he didn't, the coward. He turned against her and accused her of being the cause of the whole evil done. Poor beginning, a poor show and sad lesson by which men have proflted, and to this day they turn against the woman they have de- ceived and often abandon her. Man is still true to his origin.
 My dear sirs the proof that God was satisfied that in creating woman, He had said the last word of Ills divine work is that He entrusted her with the most mo- ble of missions, that of bearing the fu- ture generations, of bringing children to the world, of guiding their first steps, of cultivating their minds and inculcating in them the love of what is good and right. In intending woman to be mother God proclaimed the superiority of womef, over the rest of the creation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
AT THE GATE.
George Meredith

By George Meredith. Outside the bpen gate a spirit stood. One called: Come in!' Then he: "Ah,
 if I could For there within 'tis light and glorious. But here all sold and darkness dwell with
 us."
 "Then." said the other. "come-the gate
 is widei" But he: T wait two angels who must
 guide. M .trs I cannot como unto Thee without these; Repentance first, and Faith Thy face that
 sees, t fsa weep and call; they do not hear my
 voice;
 I never shall within the gate rejoice" 70 hear unwiser' the voice did answer him, f-A e' T reigh OCT all the hosts of seraphim, Are not these angels also in my hand? If they come not to thee, tis my com
 mand.
 The darkness chills thee. tumut vexes
 thee;
 Are angels more than I? Come in to me- Then in the darkness and rcstlessncss
 and woe, That spirit rose and through the gate
 did go.
 Trembling because no angel walked be- Yet by the voice drawn onward evermore. So came he weeping where the glory
 shone,
 And fell down crying, Lord. I come
 aloneT rI And 1t was thee called" the voice
 replied: "Be welcome" Then Lose rose. mighty
 tide
 That swept all else away. Speech found
 no place s But silence, rapt. gazed up unto that
 face. z Nor saw two angels from the radiance
 glide, ss ss<+ x sAr.ss And take their place forever at his side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
From the Literary Dipes+


 ONE interesting and mysterious n1 points in the history of coal for
 - nation are discussed by pr. J.. F. Hoffman of Berlin in the Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Chemie Although au- thorities are agreed that coal is fossilized vegetation the details of the process by which 1t came to be what it is are by no means clear. Dr. Hoffman believes that spontaneous combustiol was an impor- tant factor. According to a contributor to London Engineering who discusses Dr. Hoffman's paper the popular view of the formation of coal may be summarized as follows: Certain plants or trees grow in morasses; they decay and sink; more plants grow on the first layer, and sink in their turn. The weighted down residue decompose through the influence of mi- crobes, with the generation of methane and oarbonic acid; and when the decom- posed mass is afterward exposed to high pressure we find, according to the age of the deposit, peat, Ignite, coal or an- thraeite. Graphite docs not appear to have the same genesis as coal. He goes on to say:
 "Some weak points of the popular view are pretty apparent. If time and pres sure be the main factors which decide the character of coal then we should find anthracite in the oldest geological formations and peat in the most recent. But Ignite occurs in the Devonian. and we know historically of the change of mine timber into Ignite, while we have no examples of peat passing into coal. Fugther, anthracite forming the bottom layer, should contain most ashes, and so far as actual experiments can teach us, the very highest pressure of 20,00O att mospheres do not cause vegetable fiber to become coal"
 Dr. Hoffman raises some other points. He would distinguish three periods in the formation of coal First period of mi crobe activity, of fermentation, so to say
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
IN HOTEL LoBBIBs.
Christmas Trade.

'The October pay rolls which will scat ter money in Birmingham this month will be large, as a matter of course but the November pay rolls. which will put Christ mas money in circulation will be the lar gest in the history of the district" said a financier.
 Tn October the miners strike was felt, but this month everybody is at work and everybody is earning big wages. The Christmas trade in Birmingham will be congested two or three weeks in advance and persons who find 1t as convenient to shop at one time as another. would do well to begin making their holiday pur- ehases now
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

convicts in such a questionable manner. But the concensus of opinion is that the governor was moved by some high motive and that that motive is patriotic and for the good, as he deems it. of the state
 Perhaps at the meeting Saturday called to consider this matter, to which all those who desire to bid for conyicts the coming year are invited, the motive of the gov ernor in proposing to make this radical change in the convict system, anticipating the action of the coming legislature, will develop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

ther in the reservation of a great national park in the highlands of Tennessee and North Carolina
 The bill providing for this great park went through the senate last year by a handsome majority. We may hope that even in the stress of the short session 1t may now go through the house with out serious opposition. In the highlands which will thus become national proper ty, are the headwaters of the rivers which water Maryland and Virvinla both Carolinas, Kentucky, Tennessee and the Gulf states south of them. We now knc that for regular water supply you must retain the forests, which arrest the moist ure of the passing clouds and feed with 1t the headwaters of the rivers below.
 This is the proper time for all the citi- zens of New England and New York to see to it that. their Alpine highlands also are taken into the great National Park system The Alpine regions of the United States are not extensive One could wish they were more extensive than they are. Some summits in the Caroinas. Mt. Mar cy and the other high summits of New
 
 York, the White Mountains in New Hampshire and Mt. Katahdin. in Maine, are the only four Alpine systems on the Atlantic side of the Rocky Mountains. That is, here are the only mountains which rise above the Tree Line.
 The care and oversight of the forests in all of these regions belong to the national government. They must not be left to lumbermen or pulp men or mill owners. The water which flows from these summits is the water of the nation the forests which clothe them at their bases must be maintained for centuries to come; and this necessity can be com manded only by such perpetual and sys- tematic care of the nation. We are glad to see public movements in this direction in the centres of opinion in the states most interested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
A SOARING AMBITION.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 My airship is completed. Nothing is left save to cast off the restraining ca bles and go up. Am I daunted?
 This is the hour of my triumph. They have ridieuled and reviled melt is my turn now. My success does not surprise me. I knew it was assured from the very moment the principle dawned upon me. Today I visit St. Petersburg, Paris, Lisbon-where you will Tomorrow my name will be in all mems mouths.
 Why do I finger? Why not cast off these hampering cords and rise without gaping multitude? I am sure to be sur feited with adultation. Happy thought. I will ascend with an audience of but one. That one is myself
 There-a quick slash of this knife and I am off. Ha! What freedoml What a glorious sensation. I am swimming through the duslky ether. The twinl1ling lights of the receding earth drop away beneath me- I am alone with the gilt tering stars!
 Up and up, higher and yet higher. The airship parts hither and thither. It obeys my lightest touch. It whirls in merry circles I am playing tag with the Pleiades.
 But what is thls2 My airy steed leaps and trembles, It filings me from side to side. I clutch at the aurora, I snatch at the sparkling dipper. The gas-the gas is escapingi I smell itl The oscilating continues. the odor grows stronger. I am gasping.
 Eh! What's that? Who? Me? Who are you? The bell boy? What are you doing, bell boy? Trying to wake me up2 Why, what's wrong?
 Eh! What's that you say? Better not go to sleep again after blowing out the gas?
 Well, we'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
alshop Thompson Retlres,

Jackson, Miss, November 12.-Right Rev. Hugh Miller Thompson, Episcopal bishop. of the diocese of Mississippi, who is believed to be hopelessly afflicted with cancer of the throat yesterday constituted the standing Episcopal committee the su- preme authority of the diocese. The bishop transferred all questions of ad- fninistration to the committee, which will meet in Jackson January 20. to select a bishop coadjutor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
Echoes of the PIano Contest.

Miss Keiser of Selma, who won the prize piano at the state fair by her ex- cellent playing and sight reading" re- marked J. A. Mcknight, ''has received theh instrument from the E. E. Forbes company, with ali freight and drayage charges prepaid. The offer of the eompa- ny to donate one-half the value of any plano in its establishment to Miss Ada Gates of Birmingham, the contestant who tied with Miss Keiser, has not yet been acted upon.
 MT. Holcomb vice-president and man ager of the Forbes company, says that the offer holds good and Mims B. Stone has set on foot movement to secure the purchase of a fine grand piano for Miss Gates. There should be no difficulty in raising a sufficient fund for this pur- pose.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
The EIks.

There will be a minstrel performance at Library hall, Bessemer, on Monday night, December l, for the benefit of the Bessemer lodge of Elks. Birmingham and Bessemer talent will be seen at its best and the entertainment will be well att tended
 The show will be managed by w. C.. Cooper while Walter Gardener will be the interlocutor. A number of the antlered tribe of this city will be in the audience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Need of a Library.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 We are newcomers here and deplore the lack of library facilities, hence were much interested in the recent editorial on that subject in The Age-Heraid.
 Now. if a stranger may offer a sugges- tion, why doesn't Birmingham try for a Carnegie library. and couldn't you. through the columns of your excellent and widely-read paper, inform the read ing public in regard to and interest them in the Book Lovers Club" so that in time we might have one here2
 I find on inquiry that some of the best people here don't know what the Book Lovers Club" is. Very truly,
 MYRTELLA W. SMELL Birmingham, November 12.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
.TUscALoosA's AMBITION.

From the Tuscaloosa Times.
 What Tuscaloosa needs is a steel mill. a place which can load the finished pro- duct directly from the mill into a sea- going barge can secure the best freight rates on earth. The promoters of fur naces at Holton recognize the advantages of cheap freights. They are willing to risk millions of dollars on the Warrior river,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
Growth of Birmingham.

Superintendent Starks of the Louis. vile and Nashville railroad shows that the railroad crossings of both Twentieth and Eighteenth streets are becoming sadly congested. and Presi- dent Jemison or the light and power company states that his company will soon be ready to supply the business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
Mascaani.

"One of the few strong musical attrac- tions booked for Birmingham this season was Mascagni, with his Italian opera company. but that is now cancelled" re- marked music lover.
 ''The arrest of the composer in Boston and the collapse of his campaign in the United States will naturally excite much sympathy. Many resented the musicians s careless and arrogant conduct in deal ing with the public and those individuals who sought to do him honor. But no one can forge that he is a great musical ge- nius and his compositions have given pleasure and profit to millions of people.
 "The public as rule Is disposed to be lenient with genius, and the composer of La Cavalleria Rusticana' and L'Amico Fritz has earned the gratitude of all lovers of music. It is often the case that geniuses are extremely indifferent busi- ness men and women, and the prlma donna is usually very difficult proposi- ton for her managers. Mascagni came to grief about his business affairs. He fail- ed to keep engagements, the business fail ed and now the manager is suing him for money advanced. The arrest was to pre- vent the musician from moving his prop erty out of the state of Massachusetts pending the suit That this indignity up- on a great musician should have taken place in Boston, the fountain of music, poetry and art, may be regarded as the irony of fate. Perhaps Mascagni may be ahle to show that the failure of the en- terprise was partly due to the manage ment. There was general outcry aganst the prces charged"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 All is not song that twitters. the very thought of man who wears a wig.
 The girl who never gets married can never have any one to blame for her being cross with the servants.
 After woman decides what she thinks about the gowns worn in a play she is ready to consider its morality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
OUR NATIONAL VICE.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 President Eliot of Harvard Is the na- tions grand old pedagogue, and when he hits a national weakness he hits 1t hard. He has just called gambling vice of savages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

There are some who attribute the republican gains in rural New York to Senator Depews ancient jokes, which he distributed in the last weeks of the campaign in many towns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

Gen. Lew Wallace says the republl- can ticket of 1904 should be Roosevelt and Mitchell But the John Mitchell part of it may be but another bit of the Wallace fiction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

Notwithstanding the sleepiness of The Age Herald (see Montgomery Ad- vertiser), the Advertiser prints from day to day The Age-Herald's table of official returns without adding the GUS tomary line of credit. This, of course, was not news"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

Every third man is expected by the surgeons to have appendicitis, and the surgeons take precious good care that tho proportion is maintained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

Steam heat is the next new wrinkle in this town, to be sold by the cubic foot, but one cannot carry home a bundle of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

David B. Hill has not yet explained the causes of the collapse, but per haps the author of that coal plank thinks there is nothing to say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

Deacon Baers refusal to recognize the union does not count so long as he must obey the findings of the strike commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
UP SALT RIVER.

From the Bessemer Herald-Journal.
 Where Is that man Millar who parts his name in the middle?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

Congressman Cannon proposes to be the big gun of congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

New York is the greatest democratic city in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

There is an epidemic of street fairs in this state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
About Persons.

P. A. Rhodes of Rhode Island is at the Hillman.
 c. F. A. Weydig of Berlin is at the Nor ris.
 John D. Moseley of Selma is at the Metropolitan.
 H. B. Howry of New York is at the Metropolitan.
 c. w. Aldrach of Salt Lake City is at the Metropolitan.
 B. F. ouarles and c. G. Quarles of Blocton are at the Morris.
 J. A. MacKnight, who came from Shell by county to fill the position of general manager of the state fair, has decided to locate here permanently. This will be good news to his many friends in Bir- mingham. He has been appointed spe- cial agent of the Mutual Benefit Life of Newark, N. J., and will look after the company's business in this section.
 
 MT. and Mrs. T. G. Ewing of Gadsden are at the Morris.
 Otto Marx, banker and broker, has re- turned from New York. He says the sharp decline in the stock market is due to an active bear movement and not to any trouble in the financial world. Gen eral trade continues to flourish and the banking situation is satisfactory
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

Count Boni seems to be posing as the Bill Devery of France.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13
REVISION MUST COME.

From the Buffalo News.
 The republican party must revise or be itself revised
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

The speakership and the campaign of 1904 are both trying to crowd up to the center of the stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

Wall street is in the dumps, and lambs are becoming very scarce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

Up in Massachusetts the voters are so cultured they remove thelr hats when they enter the polling booths.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

The elections in Alabama and Mis- sissippi went by practically without opposition, especially in Hale county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

Grover Cleveland is silent while he searches the dictionary for more polly syllables.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

The faction war is on in earnest when Leader Vaughn of the lily whites pronounces the President a fanatic.
 The republican victories made the blue stock market still bluer What is the matter with the prosperity party?
 The elections in Alabama and Mis- sissippi went by practically without opposition, especially in Hale county. Up in Massachusetts the voters are so cultured they remove their hats when they enter the polling booths.  The speakership and the campaign of 1904 are both trying to crowd up to the center of the stage. Grover Cleveland is silent while he searches the dictionary for more polly syllables.
  Addicks is trying to make the ad- ministrafion pull his senatorial car to tho goal.
 The Washington Star thinks the re- publicans of New York skated on very thin ice.
  General Castro is either coming on well, or else he has an expert press agent.
 
 Dr. Garvin of Rhode Island is at least vice presidential possibility.
 
 Wall street is in the dumps, and lambs are becoming very scarce. Count Boni seems to be posing as the Bill Devery of France. Congressman Cannon proposes to be the big gun of congress. New York is the greatest democratic city in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

Dr. Garvin of Rhode Island is at least vice presidential possibility.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

General Castro is either coming on well, or else he has an expert press agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

The republican victories made the blue stock market still bluer What is the matter with the prosperity party?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

Addicks is trying to make the ad- ministrafion pull his senatorial car to tho goal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

The Washington Star thinks the re- publicans of New York skated on very thin ice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-13

The faction war Is on in earnest when Leader Vaughn of the lily whites pronounces the President a fanatic.
The Florida star., 1902-06-20
VfruIent Cancer Cured.

Startling proof of wonderful advance
in medicine is given by druggist q. w.
Roberts, of Elizabeth, w. Va. An old
man there had long suffered with what
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Ger. They believed his case hopeless till
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The Florida star., 1902-06-20
Saved From An Awful Fate.

Everybody said had consumption, -
writes Mrs. 4. VI. Shields, OF Chambers
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of severe sickness, caused by hay fever
and asthma, that few thought could get
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The Florida star., 1902-06-20
Like the Good Indian.

City EditOr-See here. in your Obitu'
ary of this prominent clubwoman you
say she sis a good wife" You mean
"was" of course.
Reporter / mean ''is." Mr.. Hen
peck, her husband. told me If wanted
to be absolutely truthful that was tha
way to put it--Philadelphia Press.
The Florida star., 1902-06-20
Filthy Temples In India.

Sacred cows often deile Indian tenn
piles, but worse yet is body that's pollu-
ted by constipation. non't permit it.
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The Florida star., 1902-06-20
Wafer PeddIers.

In northern China hot water peddlers
go about with a whistling kettle, the
whistle announcing that the water is at
3 boiling point. When they hear the
whistle. the people run with their tea
pots and buy enough hot water for
their days tea.
The Florida star., 1902-06-20

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