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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
Art of Oratory.

Every one who listened to Mir. Shaf- fer, president of the Amalgamated Asso- citation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers in his address at St. Pauls hall must have been impressed with his natural eloquence and those who had been in the. habit of studying elocution or ora tory as an art were doubtless impressed with his we'll i-trained habit of clear enun- citation, as well as his choice of words, |" said a professional man.
 "Mr. Shaffer pronounced clearly and with effect the last word of every sem tence. In phrases like these Organized labor has rights, and it must defend them; it has responsibilities. and it must bear them the careless speaker would slur or vulgarize the final word and say: Organized labor has rights. and it must defend 'em.' MT. Shaffer would pause
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
COST OF CHANCE SEATS.

Special to New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 New York, September s.-A stock ex- change seat sold today at s79,OOO, and ad- vance of sa5OO over the last previous sale and within $1OOO of the highest on record, which was $SO,OOO about the end of last year.
 At that time there was an abnormal demand because of the dissolution of cer- tain firms and the desire of some of the members to obtain seats of their own.
 Since that time the price has dropped to the neighborhood of $67,OOO. but 1t re- covered rapidly, and few seats have been sold on the way up.
 It is understood that four more mem- berships are wanted at s79,O00 and it was thought that the price might touch $S0000 again at any moment and that it might go a little higher. Some of the members are predicting s1OO,OoO before the end of the year.
 One of the features of the exchange in seats which has recently been going on Is the considerable amount bought for the account of out-of-town men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
WHAT SAVED THE PRESIDENT.

From the Boston Herald.
 In the opinion of Governor Crane, &C., cording to the Springfield Republican, the lives of the President and the goyer- nor were saved only by tie circumstance that Detective Craig was thrown first from the carriage and under the wheels of the electric car, the speed of which was much checked by this obstacle. If this Is a correct opinion, the detective, although not by an act of will, really gave his life to save the President, as 1t would have been his duty to do under conditions where he could have deter mined deliberately his course, and as it is altogether probable he would have done without hesitation. When Cover nor Crane discovered the oncoming cleo trie car, 1t was, In his judgment, not more than 150 feet from the carriage. There was a tragedy at Lee on Saturday night, by which young woman's life was sacrificed and her mother terribly injured by trolley car "whizzlng' at a dangerous rate in place where the lia- bility to accident was great It is plain that the next legislature will be called upon for some drastic laws to prevent continuance of the horrible trolley car record of this year.
 From the Huntsville Tribune
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
STORIES OF GEORGE AIDE
 NOT WRITTEN IN SLANG

9ital expression of the mental and ma 'erial condition of society just as an ahthropologist would regard the manner or eating and the things eaten by a race or people. This sober statement is sus- tained by the insight into human nature ana motives which Mir ---e at all times displays. He is as sympathetic and Warm-hearted as woman, but on the oeher mana, he can be as keen and bit- terly playful as the most world-worn cFnics' His usual note, however is of good-natured raillery, as one who real izes the bitterness of things, but whose heart IS touched by it all, as he himself smiles ana compels you to smile.
 Pale and wrinkle-browed savants, who s-e in the birth of new word the mani festation of some sociologic or moral force, have discussed MT. Ade and his work and admitted that he Is lone of the events of the century"
 That he reflects its confident, love-free. unconventional spirit no one will gainsay who has been diverted and instructed by his creations-instru- ted, because, like Aesop, he places L. lesson in each of his
 
 1t with homely personal element which appeals alike to the brickiayer and the millionaire.
 And it takes more than, a mere humor- ist-philosopher to realize this pri. ciple of popularity which comprehends all men and conditions.
 He must be a student. or, better. a mas ter of human nature, to whom the whims foibles, fads and failings of his fellows are colors. the relative value of which ha knows to a certainty in shaping his pic- tres.
 Like all effective humorists, George Ade at bottom, Is a serious young man. Too well he knows what a sad comedy life is. and yet 1t is due 70 his quick. in- stinctive sympathy that he brightens 1t with smiles, lakes it flash with good natured sarcasm and presents it's lessons 10 all In homely garb. When he wrote ms first fable f. slang he had not the slightest conception that the expressive world-chidren of the race track. the prize-ring, the gaming table and lastly the stage would lead him to a permanent place among the humo-is.- of the day. So 1t was when he wrote ssThe Sultan of Sulu," his first play.
 It succeeded in spite of him, and now he Is under contract to write for the stage for the next five years, at terms which would have seemed fabulous to him thirteen years ago, when, as a gangls sort or youth, he went from Indiana tu Chicago and became reporter on ina Daily News, at which time Eugene Field illuminated the editorial page with. his consultations.
 MT. Ade's development as a treasurv Of slang was a gradual and subtle nro- cets, and in establishing the genesis h, Will probably recall the William Cornell. veteran police reporter, who had a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
Rlnhf of Way in Towns.

The coachman who claimed the right af way in Pittsfeld, Mass, because he was steering Caesar and his fortunes, and the motorman who presented as B legal proposition a like claim, has led to an extensive discussion of tlNe entire right-of-way question. Neither the coachman nor the motorman was correct in his proposition. Neither Caesar nor the trolley has the right oI way in American streets.
 The right of way belongs equally to alI-to the humbles foot traveller as well as to the President-to the milk cart as we'll as to the biggest troll ley car. Life, liberty and security are the equal heritage of all in American street The trolley franchise gives the car on wheels no rights over the milk cart also on wheels. The automobile has no superior rights to the foot trav- sler. It is the duty of each and all to glide along as best they can, en- dangering no ones person, property or liberty of action. Whoever does this, be he an automobile scorcher, a trolley speeder, a man afoot, or a country OK cart, is in the wrong, and may be hailed to court and required to answer in damages.
 In other words, the weak and humble and defenseless have rights in Ameri- can streets that the strong and daring and reckless should be taught to re. spect. Security to all is the standard anu whoever departs from that stand ard departs from the law. But let not the motorman be too speedily con demned. He may have employed al the caution and skill that is applicable to a car, and yet an accident may oc cur that shocks the community Th' task he has in hand is often one tha calls for the highest qualities, and thu motorman who makes time" and ye avoids accidents is indeed benefactol in our strecs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
Demand for Office Room.


 Few facts in the business situation of Birmingham are more encouraging than the increasing demand for office room" said an observant citizen.
 "All the rooms in the Woodward office building were spoken for long before the roof was on. The rooms in the Title Guarantee Loan and Trust company's building will be leased before the con tractors finish the job. One might have thought that the two steel frame struc- lures would about fill the present de- mand for new office buildings, but they have not. The ten-story building which Mr Woodward and. associates are to erect on the corner of Twentieth street and Second avenue. will be filled with tenants just as soon as 1t is ready for occupancy. The agents are now filing applications. Tn fact, the demand for new quarters is just as brisk as 1t was a year ago when the plans for the First avenue building were announced. The First National bank has leased a large part of the ground floor, and the build ing, as has already been stated, is to take the name of the bank.
 And a noteworthy thing about this rush for office quarters Is that the old buildings will not be deserted. Many of the present tenants will be lost of course. to the sky-scrapers. but others will take their places. With a little modernizing the old buildings will al- ways be desirable. Birmingham is growing town and all of the industrial corporations of the district must have their general offices here. There is no danger of the office building business be- ing overdone"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
Numberinq the Floors.

Tn all. or nearly all. of the old elevator buildings in Birmingham. the floors are numbered fro mthe first floor above, but in the new steel frame buildings the ground floor will be known as the first floor, the first floor above as the second floor and so on," said a well-known bus mess man.
 Architect William c. Weston, who Is supervising the construction of the sky scrapers. says that in all the large cities with which he is acquainted the ground floor is invariably called the first floor. That rule is the only proper one. It cer- tainly prevents confusion on the part of strangers and think 1t would be wise on the part of the owners of the old buildings to follow suit and rear range their floor numbers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
NOMINATE WINSTON SMITH.

From the Huntsville Tribune.
 The republicans of Alabama have re- ceived another backset by the statement that MT. Bush would not accept the nomination as governor and would sup port Mir. Jellxs. Now, MT. Truman B. Aldrich, an excellent and hale man, Is mentioned. MT. Aldrich has not long been a resident of our state-he has that handicap peculiar to those gentlemen un- fortunate enough to have been born north of the Mason and Dixon line. While our position to comment is a delicate one, at the same time we must confess that we do not believe it would be wise to make our nominee out of a northern man. It would attach that idea of sec- tionalism to our party which has always clung to it. Indeed, in our judgment it would quicken the gait and prejudices of the democratic party and leave us far in the shade If we want a good man, a man of fine ability, high standing, a na- tive Alabanfian, why not tender the nom- nation to Winston Smith of Birming- ham. There is not an abler or better man in the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
TONS OF sNAILs.

From the Detroit News.
 Paris consumed last winter S00.o00 tons of snails. With Burgundy. the two de- partments of Savoy are the greatest sup pliers. From these sections, where they are bought at the rate of to 8 shillings thousand. those savory mollusks are at first sent to Auxerre in order to be re- sold at Paris as coming from the vine yards of Dijon and Macon. Some intel ligent spectators have certain manner of raising snails. They huddle them to- gether in pens built of smooth blanks coated with tar, in order that the mol lusk may not be able to climb the length of the wall. In the oden times, at Rome. there were raisers of snails who used de- grees of refinement of which the tradition is lost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11

the race. Never was literary Indiana in such a distracted condition. The tension Is becoming intense, especially in the gas belt and among the ginseng diggers on the Wabash. Oh, classic Wabashi thy name is as yet un- known, unhonored and unsung in Brasenose and Belial and Magdalen, but this oversight is to be met and overcome by young Indianians on the spot.
 Let us hope Alabama will not be- come so badly smitten by the Rhodes legacy as Indiana Is. The Greensboro lad is thus far the only known aspir- ant. The crop is not, however, quite ripe, and we may have as many can didates to the acre as Indiana has.
 The manner of selecting two boys from each state has not been dis closed, and until it is it would be well for Alabama boys to turn more to- wards home institutions than to OK ford. In the long run it may be seen that the former are good enough for all practical purposes, and that it is best, all things considered, to avoid both the blarsted Britishers in Oxford as well as the freak professors in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
IN THE NINTH DISTRICT.

From the New York Evening Post
 The preponderance of the democratic party in the south is well illustrated in an Alabama congressional district, where Representative Underwood has just been renominated in the party primary, in which he received 1Os4s votes. It Is now figured out that if all the voters who failed to attend or support Mir. Under wood in the primary should vote against him at the election, he would still have majority of 37S6 assuming that he receiv- ed the votes of those who upheld his cause at the primary. In point of fact, many of the coco who did not attend tho primary will undoubtedly vote for MT. Underwood if they vote at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
THE HEFLlN CASE.
Related Mareneo Returns Would Have
 Given Him Majority.
Demopolis, September 3, 1902.

Demopolis, September B, 1902. Editor The Montgomery Advertiser:
 Prompted by the spirit of fairness and not as a partisan to either of the candl- dates for secretary of state. I enclose you clipping from the Linden Reporter, which said paper is owned and published by the chairman of the democratic ex- ecutive committee of Marengo county.
 You will observe that the vote of Ho- boken Ca remote beat was not included In the count sent up from this county, and which was practically solid for Messrs. Heflin and Wilson.
 As I understand the situation Hefiin was declared to have a majority of 70 over both of his opponents, including the erroneous 100 from Coneeuh The com mittee is charged with being too techni- cal in it's action and has thereby provok ed some criticism and raised some ques- tion over Hehin's title, though his op- ponents have accepted the result most gracefully. Upon the face of the returns Hehin was nominated, butt had the com mittee have deferred action, and rectihed the Conecuh matter, Hefiin would have been thirty short of a majority. Then if the matter was to be settled on the mer- its of the case rather than the face of the returns Heflin got in Hoboken beat 55 votes to against him, leaving major ity of 52. which would have more than overcome his shortage.
 If the case Is to be rested on a techni- cal canvass of the returns, Hefiin was nominated. On the other hand if the committee did not do the proper thing, and had they have corrected the Conecuh mistake in order to do complete justice, would it not be just as proper for them to include this vote. which was left off of the Marengo returns, only by a delay, and as to the bona fides of which there cannot be the slightest doubt?
 Respectfully,
 JOHN c. ANDERSON.
 Here is the clipping to which Judge Anderson refers:
 "The returns from Hoboken precinct reached Linden last Tuesday-five days after the executive committee had can vassed the returns of the county. Fol lowing is the vote of that precinct:
 "Jelks 31, Johnston 31, Cunningham 30, Waller 32, Heflln 55, Julian 2, Tanner 1, Smith 60, Sowell 5S. Garber 1. Wilson e1, Cory 6, Harris 54, Hill ?. Poole 5S, Carter 60, Douglas 3. Kimbrough 51, Kyser 1, Stevens '. Watkins 5S, Taylor 57. Elmore 59, Lochlin 59. Goldsby 59, Jackson 24 Hecker S7. Quinney S4, Woolf 23, Doyle 23, Minge 27, Slade 2 Williams 4S, Thomas 62, A. H. Grayson 4s J. A.. HaStY 12
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
Reconstruction of RepubIIcanlsm.

Editor Lane not only calls aloud for .he exclusion of all negroes from the republican state convention to be held next week. but he also asserts that Foreigners" must be excluded from the ticket. Put none but Alabamians born on guard. he says, and he ex- poets to be the chief guardsman.
 As to the negro he says he must get out, and get clear out to stay" There must, adds Editor Lane, be no equivocation, no dodging, no evasion. This will be a rude shock to the Massachusetts saint who deals out equality doctrines with one hand and grabs Dingley duties with the other. He will be painfully surprised when he reads the ultimatum of Candidate Lane. True, his equality business is fot use one thousand miles away, but he has talked it so long he really be- lieves in 1t himself-a long ways off.
 But Editor Lane is especially heart less when he tells his brother repub- licans that no Foreigners" need apply that natives to the manner born" only are wanted when candidates are to be named. He gives the foreigners good character" but he sternly says they must not be put on the state ticket. To do so, he adds, would but "enragep Alabama and he is op- posed to engagement on principle. There is taffy, but not nominations for the foreigners, whom Editor Lane describes as all ''born north of Mason and Dixon's line"
 Having discussed the foreigner, the esteemed Tribune returns to the negro to give him parting cuff in what he calls a Caucasian ultimatum. Let, he says, "only white delegates vote and when it is seen there are negroes on a delegation, divide their vote among the whites, and kindly ask the negroes to retire" This blow will nearly kill, not the negro in question, but the Massachusetts equality seek. CTS, and when Editor Lanes name ap- pears at the head of the republican ticket, the comment in Massachusetts will be piquant and peculiar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
TREASURY "DEFlclT" NO MORE.

From the Chicago Post Rep)
 A month ago certain treasury experts were anonymously warning the country against agitation for tariff revision. Rev enues were declining. deficit was con- fronting the government. and reduction of duties was not to be thought of In the alarming circumstances. The absurdits of this argument was exposed at the time, for reference to the records or the treasury showed that in July, the first month of the fiscal year, a deficit Is the rule rather than the exception. Ex- penditures are exceptionally large at that time, and business Is dull.
 The first part of August worked no im- provement Even as late as the 18th the official statement recorded a deficit of S7,0OO,O O00 The "experts' were disappoint- ed and inclined to reiterate their warn ings" Turn now to the figures given out on the first day of September. the third month of the fiscal year. There Is hardly a trace of that disturbing "de- ficit." For the month of August the re- ceipts of the government exceeded the disbursements by s6.0O0OOO. There was a remarkable increase in customs duties which more than offset the JOSS on inter- nal revenue.
 Of course, this loss from the latter source was the result of the repeal of the war tax legislation. For two months >of the new year the reduction thus caused amounted to upward of $1i, GOO. OOO. But the customs receipts for the same period show an increase of ss, 2S6.00o. while the miscellaneous sources yielded s3.000 900 more than last year. The aggregate re- ceipts for the two months are s197,000 in excess of the total for the correspondinh period of the previous fiscal year. The treasury officials are again surprised, bu, the emotion is of different kind.
 As trade is certain to be good, the abun- dant crops insuring another year of pros- perity, and. consequently, large imports in exchange for our agricultural exports and the surplus of manufactures, 1t is reasonable to expect a very supstantiai surplus for the year. At present the available cash balance stands at over $2OS. I'll. .OOO-an increase of $6,5OO,OOO for Au- gust Apparently the "practical' argu- ment against touching the tariff has van ished into the thin air It may be added that the other anti-revision considerations are no more weighty or serious than the one that has so quickly been eliminassd by the facts and figures of the treasury statements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
A Remarkable Horse.

This advertisement appeared in recent number of German army journal: T offer for sale my handsome, gentle, r. year-old horse, with which I have been experimenting for the purpose of ascer- taining to what extent the intellect can be developed in animals. He can distin- guish ten colors, he can read, he knows the four points of the compass, and he can count from one up to ten" The own CT of this wonderful animal is a Berlin gentleman of large means. who for years has spent most of his time training horses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
poTHAN,s NEW couNrY.

From the Dothan Siftings.
 If we're going to name the new coun- tyss for some prominent citizen. the sift- ings suggests 'tJelks" county. And why not name It for the son of destiny-not an accident but a providential son. upon whose worthy shoulders fell the mantle of the lamented Sanford.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
Lhe Huntsville Tribune.
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
 It is a great shock to have a man re- turn money that he has borrowed
 When a woman Las on her best clothes she wants admiration; all the rest of the time love.
 Women will weep for man and love him the more; when they must blush for him it closes their hearts against him.
 The average woman thinks of queen as having stately shoulders and flashing eyes; the genuine article is fat. fiabby and fshy.
 some women who would drop from ex- haustion if they nau to sweep a square yard of carpet can shop all day and come out of it with an appetite for an all-night dance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11
About Persons.

Mir. Rutherford Lapsley of Anniston was in the city yesterday MT. Lapsley has recently resigned from the office of referee in bankruptcy in the Anniston district and will give his attention to the practice of law in Anniston. It Is not known who will be appointed referee by Judge Jones.
 Joseph F. Fltts of Mobile is in the city.
 Chairman Robert J. Lowe has returned to the city.
 Among the late arrivals at the Hillman last night were Chairman Hanson and President Eagan of the Central of Geor- gia railroad.
 M w Mcguire. acting general manager of the Alabama Great Southern railroad, Is in the city. He came rom Cincinnau Tuesday and will extend his trip to Me ridian
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11

The republican politicians of Penn sylvania are working double shift to settle the hard coal strike, which will cook their goose if it is not settled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11

King Alfonso is said to be in the market looking for an American girl well loaded up with ducats. There is a deficiency of ducats in Spain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11

The men who are posing as republi- can candidates for congress from Ala bama are men who seek notoriety at the gold bricks mouth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11

The Colombian and Venezuelan wars are even more complicated and vari- ous than the St. Vrain incident.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11

Taffy and morals were dealt out by President Roosevelt in his southern swing, rather than politics and strenu- osity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11

The duchess goes back accompanied by MT. and Mrs. o. P. H. Belmont. Where does "the old man" come in?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11

Stromboli and Vesuvius are also be- coming strenuous. What is the trouble down below, anyway?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11

Henry Watterson is trying to avert a repetition of the fate of Rome in this country. Luxury and vice are born twins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11

The Shah of Persia is reformer. He has but 65 wives, whereas his father had 1920.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11

His name is Tom L. Johnson-not Thomas. This will never do; 1t is not dignifed enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-11

Tom Johnson is trying to catch in a red devil the octopus. It is an in- teresting race.