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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
President and the Vatican.

'The Methodist conference of Wiscon- sin adopted resolutions calling upon President Roosevelt to refute the rumor that he had intimated to the pope his de . sire to have Archbishop Ireland created a cardinal but the President has not re- piled and probably will not said student of afails.
 Some of ;he newspapers and leaders Of the Methodist chul oh have assumed that the rumor is only q silly story with out foundation. Of course no intelligent person imagines that President Roose- welt made anything like an official or formal request that Monsignor Ireland be raised to the cardinalate But 1t is easy to imagine the President saying to some Catholic eeclesiastic of prominence that if new cardinals hat were coming to the United States he would be glad to see 1t bestowed upon his friend, Arch bishop Ireland, who had been of great service to him in dealing with the friars question, and especially in arranging for the reception O. the Taft commission at the vaticsn. Ard if the President did ex- press himself in that unofficial way. what can be done about it? Nothing. At the same time remark or hint from Roose- welt in favor of Ireland being halted would doubtless have weight ana assure the early advancement of one of the most American and brilliant prelates of the church."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
cuitivatina Musical Talent.

"One of the most fertile fields of musi- cal endeavor is the Peoples Choral union of New York" remarked a music lover. Tt is under the direction of Frank Dam rosch, who has carried on the work since 1892 The union announces that sixteen classes for the study of sight singing and the practice of large chorus compositions will be opened this fall to the people of New York and vicinity.
 MT. Damrosch exercises general musi- cal supervision of the movement and per- sonally conducts the chorus of gradu- ates composing the choral union on Sun day afternoons at the Cooper institute, while the teachers who instruct the other classes are selected by him. The object of the movement is to promote the love and culture of good music, particularly among those working men and women wlo. for want of means and leisure, can- not elsewhere pursue the serious study of music under qualified teachers. At the same time 1t Is not a charitable move- ment in the sense of being endowed by patrons, but is an independent and self sustaining organization in which musi- clans cooperate with music-loving peo- ple."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
CONTROL OF THE L. & N.
1o Nashville Banner.

From the Nashville Banner.
 In the New York stock market report. published in the Banner of yesterday, it was shown that Louisville and Nash vile stock advanced from 149. the clos ing quotation of Thursday, to 155 during yesterday, from which point it receded' closing at i53. The dispatches indicated that this upward movement was based unon reports settling the question of con trol of the Louisville and Nashville rail- road.
 There has been published in the Banner at different times within the past three weeks dispatches from New York to the affect that negotiations were pending ,oo,,,,a to the turning over" of the louisville and Nashville system to the Att ,,nt,c Coast Line by the Morgan syndi- cate. and it may be that these statements have reached the roirt of confirmation. Inst what the terms are under which tba Louisville and Nashville system Is to he .o.turned over" has not been given to the public. It has been repeatedly stated and published that MT. Morgan had declared it his purpose to put the stock of the Louisville and Nashville road on a permanent per cent dividend-pay- ing basis, and that large sum, aggregat- ing several million of dollars, would be set apart as a guarantee fund for that purpose.
 It is safe to assume that no part of this guarantee fund will be drawn from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
N. V ENDORSES ROOSEVELT

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean, Rep.
 The New York republican state con- vention on Wednesday gave unreserved- ly to President Roosevelt and his admin istration the "heartiest approval and most cordial support"
 It pledged the New York republicans to the support of the President for nomina- tion and election in 1904, and specifically approved his policy as to reciprocity and the trusts.
 It declared the maintenance of pros perity to be the greatest national issue insisted that the integrity of the pro- tective principle must be preserved, and condemned "all combinations and mo- nopolies, in whatever form, having for their purpose the destruction of competi- tion In legitimate enterprise, the limita- tion of production in any field of labor or the increase of cost to the consumer of the necessaries of life"
 The resolutions cover the whole case They show that the New York republi- cans stand four square against all those assailing the President for his past ad- ministrative acts or his present policies. Most particularly do they indicate that the Presidents views on trusts are ap- proved by the republicans of the Elm pire state, where the greatest trust makers have their abode.
 Under the circumstances the declara- ton of the New York republicans Is the most significant made by a republican convention this year. The city and state of New York are eminently conserva- tive and more than ordinarily sensitive regarding movements and policies that may disturb business or unsettle finan- cial conditions.
 The heart of our financial and com mercial system beats in New York city, and If any measure or policy threatens ever so remotely the business interests of the country, New York is the first to fly the danger signal.
 The New York republicans however, see no danger in what the President has said or done about the trusts, or the tariff, or reciprocity. They see danger in the machinations of Mir. Morgan and his associates, as they showed plainly in making up their ticket, but for Theo- dore Roosevelt they have confidence, ap- proved, and abiding faith.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
Lancashire is Alarmed

England is not a rapid country, and it's cotton mill owners have just dis covered that cotton manufacturing in the southern states of this country is fast becoming an international factor in the industry. Lancashire begins to see that it's monopoly is to be broken. Fall River aseertained as much long ago, but English mills have not con- sidered the southern mills as real ri- vals until recently.
 The exclusive Chinese market has been broken into and southern mills are pouring in goods, and freight rates are lower than they are from Lanca- shire. Says the secretary of the Mas ter Cotton Spinners' Federation of Manchester:
 Lancashire is deeply concerned in the important development of the cotton in- dustry in the United States, upon which country we have been accustomed to look merely as a source of raw material. A recent tour of inspection by a committee of English weavers confirmed our im- pression that American cotton manufact- i uring Is a factor with which we shall be compelled to reckon seriously"
 It is the old story again. It will be the survival of the Attest. It means that there will be struggle, but that struggle will not be a difficult one be- cause the mills and the cotton fields have important advantages, and when the Panama canal is opened freights will certainly be in favor of southern mills so far as the trade in China is concerned. Ten years from now the mills in the south will be doubled, and the Panama canal will then be open. The strife will go on in the mean while, but the opening of the isthmian canal will settle it, and Lancashire will see that the south intends to spin its own cotton. It will cease then to be a mere source of raw material" as Lancashire has been accustomed to regard 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
GAVE GOD NO GLORY.
Booker Washington the Golden Calf,
 Says Colored Divine.

From the Savannah News.
 Because Booker Washington was made the god of the hour, and God himself was left out of the performance, Is the req son assigned by the Rev. T. M. William son for the recent disaster at the colored Baptist convention in Birmingham. The Rev Williamson, who was delegate to the convention, addressed his congrega- tion last night at the First African Bap- tist church on the cause of the calamity.
 ''It is my unalterable conviction" said he in the course of his remarks, that had they sung some hymn, offered some prayer or participated in some kind of devotional service before hearing from MT. Washington. this horrible disaster would never have occurred. But, no. Booker Washington had been made the god of the hour, and God in heaven had been left out. Then Gods anger burst and seventy-eight souls were landed in eternity.
 Apart from the matter of Gods ven- geance, if that woman had kept her mouth shut. the stampede would not have occurred" he said further. 'The men on the platform stopped the fight and harmony could have been obtained. But she hollered like the day of judg- ment was at hand. She screamed fight as loud as her lungs would let her, and the people thought she yelled fire.
 The Rev. Williamson said that he was forced to differ from the colored educa- tor on another point. Washington had said that the negro race seemed to be a race that was always preparing to die. This remark was occasioned by the num- Der of colored secret societies, whose primary aim was to bury the dead.
 But scarcely had he rested well from his speech, in which he repudiated the position of the negro race in making preparation to die, when the undertakers had plenty to do,' said the Rev. Will tamSOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Apartment Buildings.

"Now that Birmingham Is being deVel- oped rapidly on metropolitan lines l am surprised that some enterprising capital ist does not put up a large apartment house, said a man who Is familiar with recent architecture in many cities.
 T read in the Age-Herald not long ago an interview with some one in which calculation was made that a good six story apartment building could be erect ed in Birmingham for about forty thous- and dollars. Such a solid and modern structure as Birmingham should start off with could not be built at this time of high prices for anything like that sum, but s75OOO would probably cover the cost of a substantial and well finished five or six-story apartment house Who ever undertakes the enterprise, however, had better start with at least $l25,O00 for the building and put up a seven or eight story structure. Cincinnati has some beautiful apartment house that cost about S125.00O apiece.
 "An architect has made sketches for an apartment sly-scraper. but he figures the cost at SSOO0OO. His idea is that an apartment house, of all others, should be fire proof, and fire proof structures re- quire big money. This architect points out that while the Woodward building is fire proof and cost only little more than a quarter of a million the extra plumbing required for flats would cost twenty or twenty-five thousand dollars. Any reasonable amount invested in an apartment house. would certainly pay"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
North Pole Explorers.
The record of the north pole search BITS stands to date as follows:

After leaving Greenland there are no known islands, at least none of considerable size, and there is no open polar sea. Life is not all impossible in the highest latitude, even at the pole itself, nor is it impossible to traverse the distance in sledges, although Peary found the ridges full of difficult ties. The real obstacle to be over come is a food supply. A depot must be established at the extremest point of land, either on the extremest north erly point of Greenland, or better still perhaps of Francis Joseph land, which lies north of Siberia. It would then be possible to reach the north pole, but food must be furnished for the trip. This is all that is left of the problem. The nature of the uppermost part of Greenland is now well defined, Rs is that of Francis Joseph land, from which probably a dash to the pole will yet be made. There is a possibil- ity that smoother travelling may be found from Francis Joseph land than rest until the north pole is reached, al- though the world will not be the bet ter or worser from the fulhllment of the task.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29

from off the face of the earth" There were no tanks in the ark, according to the best known designs. therefore, the aquarium existed not There is no re- cord of the price of beef; therefore we are permitted to draw an inference. Beef was higher then than 1t has been since, for 1t was on a par with the game, and game was higher than the highest moun- tains of earth. Therefore fish. God did not tell Noak to take fish into the ark. He must have thought that fish could take care of themselves. But all flesh and creeping things were destroyed. The chances are that Noah and the boys wet a few lines during the forty days and nights of water. but they may have used nets. The first mention that we have of fshhooks is about 7s7 B. O. whereas Noah and the boys were catching iound- CTS and "weaks' in 2s49 B. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29

harmless as lamb. Poison oak will harm no one that remembers it's leaves are in lives, and there is no occasion for a raid against 1t. It is picturesque, and 1t adds no little to the beauty of our brooks and woods. It Is part and parcel of our landscape outfit, and all that one need do is to look upon it's beauty while care is taken not to handle it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
TO DANCE OR NOT TO DANCE.
Since Four Values Equal a Two-Mile Walk, Why Not Take the Exercise.

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
 Is it to be a dancing winter? From various signs of the times the natural conclusion is that things in the dance line will look up as they have not done for several seasons. There are two or three reasons which may be discovered for this if one cares to know them, but the most interesting seems to be found in the general favor that is bestowed upon all exercises favorable to physical culture. That dancing, if indulged in temperately, sets the blood to circulating healthfully there Is no doubt and since every man, woman and child nowadays does daily perform certain stunts recom- mended for that purpose, as a duty or as a pleasure. it Is quite to be expect ed that in the list of benencial exercises dandng will have a place
 Looking at the recreation in this way it is easy to see how men and women who have hestated tos join in dancing because of certain maturity ot years and of figure will throw aside all fear of what young persons may say of their attempts to renew their youth, and go on with the dance on the plea that they need the exercise, and forget those troublesome reminders of the passing of time called birthdays" This attitude, then coming to be generally accepted, we shall ex- pect 10 see all klilu5 OI dIIdlTS ending with a dance or two. Meetings of wo- mems clubs at which men will be ad- mitted will be more frequent; indeed the ''annual gentleman's night which all clubs observe may be changed to read the "fortnightly gentleman's night" and mems clubs institute a more generous sprinkling of 1adies nights" in order that dancing may be frequent joy perhaps
 On every card that one receives then | to function or affair there will proba- | bly be the legend 'it is to dance" To | those who would know something about l the amount of exercise included in an e<ening, or a part of an evening, de- voted to dancing it may be said that four waltzes equal just about two miles of | good brisk walking in their ability to stir the blood ana clear the mind of wor- rying thoughts. Perhaps, if dancing is
 really taken up seriously as a phase of | physical culture we shall see put down | on every dance card the estimated equiv alent of each dance in smart walking on | a smooth road
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
MURPHY THINKS HE IS IT.

N. Y. Letter to Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Now will everybody please stop talking about Croker-"Dick9 Croker. Boss" Croker, Squire Croker. MT. croker and Richard Croker? New York has a new ringmaster to direct the performances of the Tammany tiger. He is MT. Charles F. Murphy, familiarly called Sport, ' and he modestly acknowledges that he is the whole thing. "I am my own man, he said today, "and l will not be a dunn my for Croker or anyone. Mir. Croker has no more to do with the leadership of Tammany than man in China"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
Learned In Wall Street.

From 1Jlle.
 Papa, you didn't know I had been down to Wall street, did your"
 "Why, no. Whom did you go with ?"
 With Uncle Jake. And you have no idea how much I learned. Uncle Jake told me all about it."
 Did he? We'll, what did you learn What is trust, for instance?" "A trust Is hold-up of the many .y the few" What is a merger?"
 "A merger is where you change water into rocks"
 My boy, your Uncle Jake has been giving you some valuable information. Now, what is a corner?'
 "A corner is hololng on to something that belongs to your neighbor long enough to make him pay about four times what it is worth" And what is a deal?"
 "A deal is doing others according to law"
 What is the difference between a trust anu syndicate?"
 Generally speaking, if you are a syndicate you rob only in one state, bu. if trust you rob everywhere"
 What is prosperity"
 Its time when the necessaries of life are all going up, and salaries arc standing very still
 What is a tlcker?"
 "An instrument to torture lambs with" And where is Wall street located?" "Oh, it's halfway station between the Statue of Liberty and the house of representatives. Papa, am l bright boy?"
 "Phenomenally so. my son."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
PET cRoNJE.

From the Kansas City World.
 "I am prepared not only to forgive. but, so far as God has given me the power, to forget. I believe the British and Dutch races should and will work amicably together for the development of the country"
 The utterance is that of old, white haired Gen. Piet. Cronje, arrived at Cape Town from St. Helena.
 Waterloo sent Napoleon to the same island to which Cronje was carried after the fight at Modder river.
 History tells how the Corsican fumed and fretted on that island self-centered and miseraDle. But no word has come from grizzled Piet Cronje as he has walk ed in the paths that Napoleon disdained. no word, though almost every mail told of sons or daughters or grandchildren fallen in the pathetic struggle.
 God has not given him the power to forget. but he has given him the power to forgive, and forgiveness Is In his big and noble heart.
 Since Cromwells Ironsides we have not seen such men as these Boer leaders.
 And we shall not look upon their like again.
 Erratic lop-sided. fanatical-call them what you will. they were Christ-like in ability to lay down their lives TOT a prin- ciple and God-like in their ability to for give.
 Small men cherish resentments in de- feat. Their hearts are filled with bitter ness.
 Cronje is greater than Napoleon in this that he has mastered his own self. For Greater is he that ruleth his own spirit than he that taketh a city.
 eee ta Diat Cron{a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
MR. SCHWAB BUYS FAMOUS
 EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH ART

of 6s years He was an artist who paint ed much that is worthy Of admiration and a great deal more that is not. Very cratic, he started many canvases that were never finished. Others were so bad ly planned that piecing was required to give them proper form. Among the peo- pie of his time he fills an interesting place, because of a romantic marriage, and the fact that he was a rival of Sir Joshua Reynolds. He never exhibited at the Royal Academy nor did he ever as- pire to be an academician on that ac- count His chief works are portraits and groups. characterized by refinement, in- dividuality and truth of form. His most noted paintings are the portraits of the famous Lady Hamilton. ''The Parsons Daughter" and the groups known as Newton Showing the Effects of the Prison" Milton Debating to His Daugh- ters" and the Infant Shakespeare Sur rounded by His Passions"
 John Hoppner was born In the very shadow of the English court, and from the day he took the Royal Academy's gold medal in 17s2, through historical canvas called "King Lear," was always favored and fashionable As George Romney was the rival of Reynolds, so was Hoppner the rival of Sir Thomas Lawrence. At one time he painted a number of landscapes of unqualified value. but when he became famous as the painter of society he gave up almost everything but portraits. His best paint ings were pictures of beautiful women, notably the Countess of Oxford How ever, one of his most famous works is a portrait of William Pitt, from whom this city gets It's name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
Dur One Poisonous Vine.

The wanderers afield in these de- lightful autumn days should not for get that there is vine to be avoided. We call it poison oak" but in many parts of the country it is called "pois- on ivy" All the states have 1t, and there is no vine more beautiful, espec- ially in the autumn.
 It closely resembles the woodbine or Virginia creeper, but poison oak be- longs to the cashew family, while the harmless Virginia creeper belongs to the vitaceae family. While they re- semble each other in appearance, yet they can readily be differentiated, be- cause the creeper's leaves grow in threes, while those of poison oak are in fives. Don't forget this simple rule. There are other differences, but this one is quite enough for defensive pur- poses.
 Poison oak grows to great height in the Pacific states, but in the At lantic states it rarely attains to a considerable vine growth, being in that respect far inferior to its proto- type, the Virginia creeper. Given every facility of growth, the latter will chamber over walls, up trees, and along the bluffs of streams. Some times the two grow side by side, good friends. but one is not friend to the hunnan race. while the other is as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-09-29
The Atlantic Coast Line.

Two of the most famous railway sys- tems in the United States started at Richmond-the Southern. which was formally the Richmond and Danville, and the Atlantic Coast Line,' said a railroad man.
 T remember when the Atlantic Coast Line was merely the popular route name for a string of little roads between Rich mond and Charleston. Now the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad comrany takes in a system of thousanGs of miles exclusive of the Louisville and Nashville. Such a merging of the Morgan roads as is now going into effect would have been un- thinkable five years ago. But in these days of great combinations the railroad map changes rapidly and no one ex- presses surprise at what happens"