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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-18

C. p. Nunelley, the trestle contractor,
is open for engagement in trestle work
and heavy framing. Will accept best
proposition received up to Monday night,
July 81. Address C. P. Nunelley. Metro
politan Hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-18

ALDERMAN WHEELER MAYOR
Yesterday at noon Alderman Thomas
Wheeler of the first ward assumed the
duties Of chief executive at the city hall.
Mr.. Wheeler will occupy Mayor Dren-
mems chair during the temporary absence
of the mayor in Petersburg, Va, where
he is attending meeting of the home
committee of the Grand Lodge Of Elks.
Mayor bremen left the city Tuesciy and
during the first day of his absence AL
derman Moore was acting mayor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-18
FUNERAL NOTICE

The friends and acquaintances of the
family are invited to attend the funeral
services of Mary, the eldest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Griffin. from their
residence, No. 1929 Eleventh avenue,
South, at o'clock this afternoon. In
terment in Oak Hill cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-18

MARRIAGE LICENSES-The following
marriage licenses were issued yesterday
Leon Thaylor Coleman to Minnie Keeton;
Arch B. Casebrer to Lula Williams Blu
ford L. Self to Edna Holmes; Mack Hen
derson to Mollie Chamlin; d. ]. Owens
to Mrs. Nancy Dodd Robert w. Schrad-
er to Ildegerte Lawrence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-18

Hear Leah Russell sing
"Oh, What a Lovely Dream"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-18

CHARGED WITH LARCENY-Fou
cases of burglary and grand larceny have
been made against Archie Jones, VIII
Ross and Hight Bailey, three negroes by
Policemen Waldrop, Culpepper and Jor-
dan. 1t is claimed the negroes broke into
and robbed some cars in the Southern
railroad yards About 800 worth of prop
ed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-18
ED. E. WILLIAMS, MANAGER
THE KELLEY INSTITUTE
712 s. seth St., Birmingham, Ala.

Authorized by the Kelley Institute,
Dwight, ILL.,, for the cure of alcoholi--a,
morphinism, all drug addictions, the
tobacco habit and neurasthenia. The
only institute in Alabama. The treat.
ment is the same that is In use at
Dwight, and is safe. sure and perma-
nent. Our physician has had over
20 years experience. Correspondence
solicited.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-18
CITY ITEMS.

WILL MEET TODAY-The Birming-
ham Presbytery of the Cumberland Pres
byterian church will meet today at Rocky
Ridge.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-18

BUILDING PERMITS-The following
building permits were issued yesterday
w. w. Sanders, to erect a one room
servants house on Twenty-third street
between Eleventh and Twelfth avenues,
the same to cost $3.50. II. c. Brown to
erect addition to frame dwelling number
1913 Huntsville avenue at a cost of $500
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-18

D. Rich left last night for Cincinnati
to be gone for several days
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
A MENACE TO THE NATION.

A remark recently made by Rev. Thomas B. Gregory strikes us with great deal of force. "The divorce habit" Ife." This may seem a strong expres-
 sion. but we doubt if it is too strong. That there should be such a thing as a divorce habit' is almost a shame and q disgrace to the country, but that is just what 1t Is in some sections of the Union. It Is not creditable to us as people that the most sacred of all human obligations sits so lightly on us that divorce has become a habit, and the fault begins with the marriage itself. Young people enter into marriage contracts almost before they become acquainted the future. Then, when the hard reali- ties of fife dispel the romance dissatisfac- ton anl mutal repusnance follows and the divorce court comes next. Others marry for conveience. or to improve their circumstances, or to please relatives, or to elevate their social position. Then the convenience of the divorce habit' is shown.
 As one evidence of the thorough want of thought before marriage Mir. Gregory mentions as matter of record that at a summer resort on one of the great lakes twelve hundred marriages among excursionists had taken place dur, ing one season of about four months The young people met at this resort and after a slight acquaintance the marriage fol- lowed, and in many cases which the speaker had investigated divorces' came next, and with perhaps less time and ceremony than marked the marriage.
 There is a wide difference among both church people and the laity, as to what are just grounds for divorce, but there
 ought to be no doubt in the minds of any good people that our divorce laws are entirely too varied and too lax, and that in some portions of the Union the
 ease and celerlty with which divorce
 can be obtained is positively dsgraceful. Marriage is a sacred and solemn obiga-
 tion, not to be lightly entered into or lightly dissolved. Emerson's somewhat cynical remark-"Is not marriage ain open question, when 1t is alleged from the be- ginning of the world. that such as are in
 the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?" may not ap-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
THE CITY BONDS.

The Advertiser heartily commends the proposition sent in by Mayor Joseph to the Council last night. in reference to the bonded indebtedness of the city. From every point of view it would be ad- vantageous to those who hold the bonds and to the tax payers to secure legisla- ton that would result in refunding out standing bonds upon the lines proposed by the Mayor. It is not the rule to require State and county taxation for low rate city bonds and we believe that by proper presentation of the case to the coming legislature such legislation can be procured as will result in great good to thousands of the citizens of our State. We will have more to say on this sub feet at a future date.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
At the Teller's Window.

New York Times.
 John Legge sold ten acres of his farm to a Quarry syndicate for 5000, and re- ceived in payment a marked check on the bank for the amount" said the teller. He at once presented it for payment. When he came to the teller's wicket asked him 1.-The did not wish to leave the money on deposit.
 ' 'No,' he said, I want the cash
 If you ae not going to use 1t. you could leave it on deposit and get it when ever you wished. We will pay you 3>per cent. for the use of 1t.
 '' Give me the money
 !" As 1t Is a large amount. I suppose you Wal take 1t In fifty or one hundred dollar bills?
 What would do with hundred dollar bills? l could never get them changed. I'm going to use tho money. Give me them in f1ves. that's enough
 'As he was an ignorant man and very determined. l knew 1t would be useless to reason any longer with him. and pro- ceeded to count out $5,000 The lives are made up in packages of $500 hence piled up ten packages on the counter in front of him.
 Whats all this for? he said, staring at the pile.
 " It's for you--$5. o00.'
 All that! Well, say. give me 8 out of 1t to go and have a blowout, and keep the rest till 1 call for it. "
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
A Pin Hunt.

A quest for that elusive commodity. pin on a Chestnut Street car the other afternoon revealed some interesting statistics.
 The woman in the blue gown stepped on her skirt when climbing onto the plat form and ripped off about a yard of binding. Once inside the car, she tried to repair damages.
 Have you pin that you can spare?" she asked the woman on her right.
 The woman appealed to searched dili- gently, but no pin was forthcoming. and she passed the query on to her next neigh bor. with a like result.
 The car was well filled, yet not so un- comfortably crowded but that all could see the plight of the blue-gowned woman. and everybody, irrespective of sex, began to feel under the edges of waists and lapels for the temporary implements of mending. Tbe result of this voluntary taxation was nineteen pins. seventeen of which were contributed by men.
 One woman who had searched her own clothes in Nain for those first aids to the torn and tattered turned admiringly to the man who had found two pins tucked away in his coat lining.
 Why is it. she said. that men carry so many more pins than women when they are not nearly so apt to need them?"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
The Farmville (va.) Herald says:

We repeat that the finest type of man. hood and of womanhood this old world has yet seen has fiourished in the old South, and during the days of slavery, and now we go further and say without fear of successful contradiction. that neither freedom. nor free schools, nor liberal appropriations. nor all combined have as yet d@'eloped among the negroes of the Soutff Sr of the whole country character to compare in real worth to the typical carriage driver, body servant, but Ter or ladys maid ofAthe old South.
 We agree with The Herald, and we do 1t in no spirit of criticism or condemna- .son of Southern men and women of to- day. We yield to no one loyalty to our
 own people but 1t is not in any sense derogatory to them to assert that there has never been a better or grander citi- zenship on earth than was found among the slave holders of the old South. nor Is it possible, to find among the younger generation of negroes the honesty, devo- ton and unswerviffg fsithfulness which could be seen among the slaves of the olden time. Slavery had its bad features, beyond a doubt, but it gave to the world devoted servants and grand race of men and women.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02

ply to a majority. but it does apply in too many cases. It may be, as' Burton tells us, that marriage and hanging go by, destiny" but people generally have themselves to blame in either case. whether destiny has anything to do with it or not.
 And so we come back to Mir. Gregory's intimation that the variety and laxity of our marriages and divorces are really "a menace to the nation.'' A man who would hazard his life rather than violate of disregard a business obligation will go into court and have his marital obliga- ton set aside without apparent thought that he is guilty of any wrong. Not only Is marriage hardly considered binding in some States but divorce can be obtained about as easily as the license was pro- cured, and. to make the situation still more deplorable. almost every State has it's own divorce laws. In many cases it Is only necessary for one or both parties to cross State line in order to be free. Dr. Gregory is right. and this menace to the nation" should attract the atten- ton of good people everywhere and of all creeds and beliefs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
oRaANIsr MADE A BREAK. !"
When he Played "The Last Rose of
 Summer at the Wedding.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 This story has been told me of hu- morous happening in one of the big churches of the city. The one responsi- ble is an organist of much culture ana all the share of gallantry ascribed to men of the Southland, from whence he comes.
 It was at a wedding where 1t would have required a conscience more elastic than even a newspaper reporters to write of the bride as "girlish." Never theless, this charming woman might cas- fly have been described as still handsome, if not youthful.
 To the strains of a wedding march the bride and groom had wended their way to the altar. And then the organist' 6 fingers strayed over the ivory keys in soft harmonies while the ceremony was In progress. At first 1t was evident that he was improvising, as is the frequent way of skilled musicians. And then--oh. hor- TOT of horrors--it was unmistakable that the strains of "'Tis the Last Rose of Summer were being waited over transept and nave!
 A hand grasped the organists wrist. For goodness sake, Professor Blank," " whispered d voice somewhere from out the shadows of the organ loft. play Promise Me, or anything but that which you are playing.
 But "the Last Rose of Summer" con- tinued to float out necessarily. while the organist, never pausing, glanced up and asked deliberately, "Why?'
 Never mind" said the voice, excit- edly. "I'll tell you afterward.'
 Promptly therefore, but reluctantly, the player glided into the Flower Song.
 The voice in the loft belonged to a friend of the organist, who. realizing what the absent-minded player was do- ing, slipped up the stairs to stop the or ganist. "OTd fellow" he explained after ward, "the shoe might have fitted, you know"
 T don't catch your meaning" said the organist
 Well" said the friend, read the words of the song when you get home. I'll bel you never have" And so the organisr did and found: I'll not leave thee to languish | And perish alona. All thy lovely companions Are withered and gone. The gallant professor drew his hand across nis brow and dropped into the nearest chair.
 T would not have done that for the world!' he calculated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
Little Inns of France.

New York Tribune.
 This talk about the decadence of those delightful French and English inns is all nonsense" said a man who recently re- turned from a European trip. "The ad- vent of the automobile was a godsend to them. and their patronde De has been great ly increased since people took to riding along those beautiful roads instead of whizzing along on dirty, sooty trains.
 And what charming old places those hotels are. Their immaculate antique fur nishings, monsieur with his cheery smile. the black-eyed waiting maid. the awk- ward chore boy; there is a delightful quaintness about the place not to be found elsewhere. And after the evening meal what a pleasure 1t is to sit on one of those cosy porches overlooking the queer little town nestled at the foot of the great chateau.
 Others may pass their time abroad in the palatial hotels to be found in the great cities. but as for me. give me one of the snug little inns hidden away Tn the interior of France"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Some Interesting Notes Those Promi- nent in the Public Eye.

Benjamin Kidd, the economist who has just made a tour of the new British South Africa, says he believes the coun- try to be richer than the United States west of the Mississippi and believes that its future is assured.
 Prof.. A. E. Dolbear of Tufts College has just celebrated his sixty-fifth birth day. For over twenty-eight years he has been a professor at Tufts. He was born in the same house in which Benedict Ar mold was born.
 Apropos of Lord Kelvin's assertion that in 400 years the coal of the world Will De used up M. Cartleux, chief engineer Of the Northern Railway of France. says that in ten years, between petroleum ana alcohol, coal mining will not pay.
 Peter De Villa, the discoverer of gold in the Klondike region and once fabu- lously rich, is now earning livelihood by mailing boxes at the Bent Lemont winerp at Santa Cruz, Cal. He has a suit pending for the recovery of one of the richest mines in the Nome region, but has no means with which to prosecute 1t. and the case is likely to go against him. by default.
 E. W. and Clarence H. Clark, two physicians of Philadelphia, have given M lO0OO to the University of Pennsylva- mia for the purpose of founding a chair In assyriology> in that institution. For many years the uonors have been inter ested in the work of pr. H. V. Hil- precht in the far East and it was Hil- pretchts success that prompted them to found the chair in assyriology.
 Abdul Hamid Sultan of Turkey, has just celebrated his sixtieth birthday. Thirty-four Othmans have reigned in Turkey and the longest reign was less than fifty years, Solyman I having sat upon the throne from 1520 to 1855. Only one Sultan in the nineteenth century, only one in the eighteenth and only one in the seventeenth ruled longer than Ab- dul. the most of his predecessors have been slain or put in chains before thelr friends were able to wish them many hap py returns of their sixtieth birthday.
 Senator German of Maryland will not keep house in Washington the coming winter having decided to close his man. sion at Laurel because of recent expe- rience with dishonest servants. Some half dozen persons n his employ joined In a conspiracy to steal money, sllverWare, bedclothes and other articles. the agree ment among them being that the plunder should go toward furnishing house for one of the number. One of the }servants became alared when $450 in cash. some silver and a quanti y of other things had been purloined. Confession was made to the Senator, who refused to prosecute. Instead he closed his home and took looms in an apartment house.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
An Epidemic of Prodigality.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
 It seems to cost a great deal more to live nowadays. Most persons notice it, es- pecially persons who are hard put to find money to pay their bills. The statis- ticians report that commodities in gem eral use cost on an average about 10 per cent more than they did last year. The rise in the price of meats contributes good deal to this advance. though breadstuffs have been high, too. Articles of luxury like good clothes and country houses, have grown dearer in proportion than most articles of necessity. Rents are higher, houses cost more. servants get higher wages, board is higher at resort hotels The living expenses of any given family are very much affected by the eX- penses of other families on their acquaint- ance and the scale of hving of other families' seems just now to have be- come inconveniently liberal. Prodigality is so conspicuously prevalent that it has become more or less epidemic. O
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
The Size of Atoms.
London Times. Q

EOnuOn 1lneS
 MT. H. V. Ridout recently read pa per before the Physical Society of Lon don, on The Size of Atoms. This in quiry, which dates back to the time of the ancient Greeks, has in recent times received increasing attention; and for advanced physical research the size of the atom as the ultimate unit of matter is becoming of as much importance as standardizing the unit of length once was, and as the units of electrical meas urenent were quite recently. in this country. the problem has been attacked by Professor Clerk Maxwell, Lord Kel- win. and others, and on the Continent among others by Loschmidt, Nernst. Ost- wald, and Van der Waals. From the methods employed it would seem that they reached only the penultimate state of matter. Mir. Ridout, in his paper last week. started from the Association of electroIysis of Professor Arrhenius, Of Stockholm. and by a series of simple ge- ometrical operations and the application of established electrical formulse found as a result that the ion of electrified atom, as constituting the smallest quan'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
Dewey Again on Deck.

New York World. .
 The country is glad that Uncle George, Dewey Is once more in his element-and upon it. As commandant of the ships collected in Hampton Roads for the West Indian war game" the Admiral rules the most powerful fleet that ever hoisted the Stars and Stripes; but the honor and the responsibility are none too great to match the. fame, the prowess and the ability of the greatest and best beloved of living sailors.
 The American people were not over-in-- clined to take last summers war game seriously. No such potent means of in surfing their interest and respect for problem No. 3" could have been taken as simply to send Dewey to sea again. Now. everybody knows that when the quiet, low-voiced neat little gray-haired man gets his ships under way there will be something doin.'' We are all glad that the something is only practice, but certain that it will be good practice.
 Certain. too, that when the watch chants at night. "Alls well. alls-wellr' df in these "tinkettle' days they will do So poetic a thing) all will indeed be very well with our great admiral of the fleet again "on deck"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
ruEaDAY, DDcEMBER 9, 1909.
noU1LE- GOLDEN SYMBOL.

ThA American Newspaper Directory uses csr- eain signs to denote the relative standing and mssit es the whole Asid of newspaperdom which comes under it's notice. and one of these sirns is the mystic symbol r0l esnoting -..pidsu.4 vhicA stands for high quality. and is thus explained:
 Advertisers value this paper more for the class and quality of its circulation than for the mere number ue copies printed"
 such papers are credited with single sym Dol: but there is c higher grade. according to this standard authority. which have BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY. and require ths DOUBLE GOLDEN SYMBOL O0I to describe adequately their standing.
 The Advertiser has been accorded this double golden symbol 0Ol and is the only vaper 90 distinguished in this section 0f tho aouth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
GETS THINGS DONE.

Len1uel Eli Quigg, who ia a sort of echo of Senator Tom Platt, an echo of an echo, in fact, uses two columns and @ half of The New York Post to disprove the charge that his boss has ever been wuilty of the corrupt use of money in siis political enterprises. And he also sptersperses numerous arguments. as he considers them, to prove that the said Uhemas is a very great man. and that he 6 smAneAtly fitted to represent New York fn the Senate of the United States. One of his sentences is expressive. 'It is the capital gift of Senator Platt," says ouiss ls'to get things done."
 ! We are oS the opinion that no one will deny this statement. for all well-informed people know 1t to be true. That is just ,zpaaat Rs charged against him-that he s,sets things done." It is his method of setting them done that causes so much talk, for it Is the general under atanding that when he wants anything dome he is not at all squeamish about how Gk is accomplished, or what means are used. What he wants is to suocesd, even if he has to blindfold himself so as not fo see how 1t is done.
 IA man who Stgets things done~ ta naturally very popular with certain peo- ple. They, like MT. ouigg regard that as a patent of greatness and an element of fitness. That is just what makes Quay @ power, and a corrupt power, in nAAnnevfvasfia politics, It is one of the secrets of Mark Hanna's success, and it
 is what has enabled Addicks to hold Delaware by the throat for years. All of them know how to ''get things done" and all of them, profit by that knowledge. It is one of their strongest assets and they Ell is right about Platt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-02
Managing Men

In a factory where 1,500 men work. their labor union made an unreasonable demand of the owner The next day. says the World 6 Work a number of old men went to him and said: We are sorry that the union did this. and we want you to know that we were not at the meeting,
 The owner replied "Then you are to blame for it. You belong to the union properly: and 1t is your duty to attend its metfngs If all the best men had attended the meeting. the action of the union would have been wiser. Any demand that all the men in the shop make after careful deliberation is likely to be q reasonable demandt
 Then he went on; Labor unions sometimes have bad government for the same reason that cities have it--the best men do not vote. To be of use the union should comprise the best men, and they should all attend its meet inEs and direct it's conduct.
 Such an incident as this tells it's own story and carries its own moral. The more you think of 1t the wiser the owners conduct saema He has never had a strike.