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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05

the deaths on account of eensamp= ton were not far apart-1so in Bir- mingham and 157 in Mobile. but when we come to pneumonia h the tables we find that Birmingham lost 1so while Mobile lost but 51. Bright's disease killed ss In Mobile and only 22 in Birmingham. Accidents" is given as the cause of S4 deaths iE Mobile; of IT in Birmingham. Ty- phoid claimed 2s in Mobile--sS in Bir- mingham.
 In Montgomery is deaths are at tributed to consumption and 90 to pneumonia, 2s to heart disease. s7 to diarrhoea, 10 to malaria and to ty- phoid fever. Only deaths in Bir- mingham are attributed to malaria, but Mobile confesses to 26 on that account.
 But how did Montgomery with 31,- 500 population get along with 3s1 deaths when Birmingham had 1.ooS out of 41,O0O people? This is the question we would be glad to have Dr. sholl answer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
WHY THE DEAD SEA IS DEAD.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 Scientific observation justifes the esti- mate that daily average of 6,500,000 tons of water are received into the Dead Sea from the Jordan and other sources during the year. In the rainy season the amount Is very much greater; during the dry sea. son 1t is, of course. very much less, but this average will be maintained year af- ter year There is no outlet and the level is kept down by evaporation only, which is very rapid because of the intense winds which are constantly blowing down from the gorges between the mountains. This evaporation causes a haze to hang over l the lake at all times, and when it is more rapid than usual, heavy clouds form and thunder storms sometimes rage with great violence in the pocket between the cliffs. even in the dry season. A flood of rain often falls upon the surface of the sea when the sun is shining and the at- mosphere Is as dry as a bone half a mile from the shore. The mountains around the Dead Sea are rarely seen with dis tinctness because of this haze.
 The waters of Jordan, when they reach the sea- are as brown as the earth through which they fiow-a thick solution of mud-but the instant they mingie with the salt water of the lake to particles of soil are precipitated. and tey become as clear as crystals with an intensely green tint. Carrying so much soil and having so swift a current one would suppose that the sea would be discolored for considerable distance, but 1t is not so. The Jordan has quite delta at its mouth, breaking into number of streams and frequently changing its course because of the obstructions brought down by its own current.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
Don't Walk to the Left.

Don't walk to the left, and partic- ularly don't walk all over the side walk or store. This you may do with out inconveniencing any one in Jones' vile or Powderly, but not in the cen tral streets of this city. It is the be- lief of close observers that the num- Der of people in our central business streets is now double the number that walked in them four years ago. The number is annually and perceptibly increasing year by year, and the smaiI-town habit of walking where one listeth should be gwen up.
 It is easy for large numbers to get along comfortably in crowded places if they will but observe the rule keep to the right Always remember when in a multitude that all have common public rights, and that the convenience and comfort of all is best subserved by always keeping to the right. If all in a crowded store will keep to the right. no one will be dis comoded to any great extent. And so 1t is in the street, which is oftimes as crowded as a store or a theater.
 Those who walk to the left, and especially those who walk where they please, not only create discomfort for themselves, but they infringe the rights of others.
 After all the small-town habit oi walking to the left should be over come. It cannot be exactly sup pressed in an instant by the police It must come from experience, iron moral suasion, from close observa tion. A good many bumps may be necessary in order to bring it about and the bumps will be forthcoming in this town, and the sooner we be gin to walk to the right as a com munity the fewer bumps we will get
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
CENTS IN HONOLULU.
Little Copper Coin Making Its Way In
 Hawaii.

From the Honolulu Star.
 The insidious penny has made a landing on these shores At present its actions are pretty well confined to the postoffice and its circulation limited to the different departments of that edifice, but pocket books that a year ago were never shamed by carrying any meaner metal than gold and silver often contain nowadays Q stray penny, the Cooper cent of com meree," little known and less valued this side of the Rockies, but dead to the heart of every New England housewife.
 Penny wise and pound foolish, has never been a Hawaiian motto. It has been Hook out for the nickels,' not the cents. Copper coinage Is not unknown, There have been several editions of pen nies of various sizes used for trade and advertising purposes. and sailors have brought the bulkier copper coinage of Europe into port. They have all been re- garded as more or less of a curiosity, however, and never seriously entertained as money.
 When the Kalakaua coinage was adopt ed the "nimble dine' the collection box coin," as some wit has dubbed It, was the lowest value considered. As in the days of Leadville and Deadwood, when nothing less than quarter was passed in currency or so recognized. nickels were introduced here from the outside world. In the western half of the United States the nickel has been usually recog- nized by the traveller as the equivalent in purchasing power of the English penny or the French 10-centime piece Street toys, cheap drinks and slot machines were operated or purchased with the nickel in one country. the penny in the l other.
 The thrifty Englishman split his penny l into four farthings and marked his goods at 1 shilling Il pence and farthings a yard or pound, as the case might be-, knowing well that 1t sounded and looked far less than ? shillings, and soon the equally thrifty merchant and citizen of the eastern states took up the same pro- cedure. Two dollars and 90 cents attract z ed two customers to one at $s, Marked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
Iron Facts and Flnuras.

Alabama had 25 iron and steel com panies in 1900, when the census was taken. as against 35 ten years before. but the % turned out products to the value of sir 1892, ,4S3, as against s12.- 544,227 by the B concerns of 1890. In the table Pennsylvania comes first, followed in order by Ohio. Illinois, New Jersey, Indiana and Alabama. We are therefore the sixth state in the value of iron and steel products. | but the fourth in the tonnage of pig l iron. There are but four states that make over million tons year, and these are Pennsylvania. Ohio, Illinois and Alabama. These four states con per cent of the country's total pro duction, and the percentage of the Big Four is rising in each decade. No other state promises soon to break into the million-ton class.
 In capital employed Alabama, is fifth, her capital in iron and steel making being $19,O5S, ,36S. She is out ranked by Pennsylvania. Ohio, Illinois and New Jersey.
 In the census year Jefferson county alone produced 1,061, ,540 tons of iron. being outranked only by Allegheny county, Pennsylvania; Cook county, Illinois, and Mahoning county, Ohio. These were the only counties that produced in the census year million tons of iron and steel
 The blast furnaces in this district employed in 1890 wage earners to the number of 5O34, paying them in that year $1 ,3S2017. These men took raw material to the value of $7,61O, ,270, and turned it into iron worth $13,487, ,769, producing 1,2O3,277 tons, worth $11.2t ton Of this production 3,208 tons were foundry iron, I'll ,29S gray forge. S9,746 basic iron, 56,561 of lower grades, and 2464 tons consisted of direct castings. Alabama stood first 1 in 1890 as producer of foundry iron exceealng even Pennsylvania by 26,736 tons. This district stands third as a manufacturer of basic iron.
 Out of 399 stacks in the country Alabama had in the census year 45. of which 37 were coke and charcoal, furnaces. Tn the number of stacks this district is outranked by Pennsyl- vania and Ohio alone. The tendency is towards fewer and larger stacks in all the states, even in Alabama, where lower grade ores prevail. The new Thomas furnace is good for 300 tons a day, and the ores used contain an average of not over 35 per cent of metallic iron. A furnace in Youngs- town, Ohio, turns out, however. 636 tons day, but it is filled with ores that contain perhaps 50 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
TERMINUs.

By Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is time to be old. To take in sail--
 The god of bounds,
 Who sets to seas shore. Came to me in his fatal rounds, And said: "No more
 No farther shoot
 Thy broad ambitious branches, and tiny
 root. Fancy departs; no more invent, Contract thy Armament
 To compass or a tent.
 There's not enough for this and that, Make thy opinion which of twoI Economize the failing river,
 Not the less revere the Giver, Leave thy many and hold the few, Timely wise accept the terms, Soften the fall with wary footj A little while
 Still plan and smile,
 and, fault of novel germs.
 Mature the unfallen fruit.
 Curse. if thou wilt. thy sires, Bad husbands of their fires
 Who. when they gave thee breath, Failed to bequeath The needful sinew stark as once, The BaresarlS marrow to thy bones, But left legacy of ebbing veins, Inconstant heat and nerveless rens-s Amid the Muses. left thee deaf and dumb, Amid the gladlators. halt and numb.1 As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to the storm of time, I man the rudder, reef the sail, Obey the voice at eve obeyed at primei "Lowly faithful. banish fear, Right onward. we'll worth the cruise, is near, And every weave is charmed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
The Classified Service.

while George B. Cortelyuu+ the Topu- lar secretary to the President rose to his present important position from the efas- eined service. the notion prevails that cases of advancement from the classified clerkships to high office are few and Tar between" said a Washington man, but I could cite several instances of men hold ing offices of promfaence who started in department as clerk or messenger.
 '.William B. Howell, who was assistant secretary of the treasury from 1897 un- til 1899. began to work for the govern ment in 1882 His first service was in the humble position of messenger.
 'He was born in Freehold, N. J, July 5, 1865, and received his education in the private schools of New Jersey and at the spencerian Business college in Wash ington, from which latter institution he was graduated in 1882 Upon leaving school he sought a position in the treas ury department, where he was appointed a messenger.
 Young Howell had no idea of continu- ing to use mp shoe leather as a messen- ger, consequently in 1883 he entered the first competitive examination held under the civil service law of 1883 and, having received a high rating, he was appointed In January 1884. to q s900 clerlship in the department He was a skilled stenogra- pher and, as his services were in de- mand in the several bureaus and divis- ions. he became peculiarly familiar with the different complicated branches of the department service.
 While serving as a clerk in the de- partment MT Howell studied law at the Columbian University at Washington and took the degree of L. L. M. from that in- stltutlon in 1889. Two years later he was admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia
 Promotion through the several grades of the treasury department followed, un- til in April, 1897. President Mckinley, who was casting about for suitable assist ant secretary of the treasury, offered the place to MT. Howell. As assistant secre- tary in charge of customs MT. Howell s administration was eminently satlsfaeto- ry to his immediate superior. Secretary Gage, and also to the President. His sue cess was due in no small part to his hay ing been for ten years the confidential assistant to the assistant secretaries of the treasury in charge of customs
 Tn March. 1899. President Mckinley appointed Assistant Secretary Howell a member of the board of United States general appraisers, which position he holds at the present time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
Eirminaham's Death Rate.

The September bulletin of the de- partment of labor contains many sta tistics concerning this town, some of which are not at all dattering. For example, Birmingham's annual death rate per 1000 population is 24.59. whereas in Atlanta tho rate is 20.54; in Nashville. 1s.52; in Memphis, 17.52. and in Montgomery 1210. In Mobile 1t is 23.s7. Now, why should Mont gomery, on the Alabama river, in the Black Belt, have lower death rate than this city, located in hill coun- try that as a rule will not grow cot. ton or anything else? This is ques- tion that the doctors should be called on to answer. Los Angeles presents a death rate of 9.41, and Lincoln Neb., one of 9.55. Out of 137 cities each containing 30,000 or more peo pie, only presents higher death rate than Birmingham. and this one is Sa vannah. which has death rate oi 26.54. The death rate in Birmingham needs explanation.
 The populations of Mobile and Bir- r-inaham are very nearly alike. pnA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
BUILDING FLEET OF BAReEs.
Southern Car and Foundry Co. Has . Large Force at Work.

Gadsden, October 4.-(Special) 1.-The Southern Car and Foundry company has force of men at work on fleet of barges to haul timber to their charcoal furnace here. There will be twelve barges thirty-flve feet wide by ninety feet long, and they are being built as rapidly as possible. The furnace will be placed in blast in a few days and will make seven ty-five tons of iron daily.
 Gadsden Is to have another saw mill operated by Burlington & Wagnon, who will saw some 25 900 feet per day of the very best long leaf yellow pine timber. This gives Gadsden three saw mills in the corporate limits and some eight or ten in the nearby country, and all doing {. n excalsz~s business and running full
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
Church Music Today.

Birmingham has long been noted for its excellent church choirs," said music lover, "and with the installation of the grand Kip1ball organ at St. Johns Metho- eist church, the music at that house of worship will be exceptionally attractive.
 'eThere are at least a half-dozen churches here that have choirs which will compare favorably with those of the leading churches in Cincinnati, Louisville and Chicago. Music of a high order will be heard Sunday at the Church of the advent, St Mary 's-on-the-Highlands, St. Pauls the First Methodist. St. Johns s Methodist, the Cumberland Presbyterian. the First Baptist, the Southside Baptist and the First Presbyterian"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
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RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WAR.

LoMAx SHARP SHOOTERS.
 Company G, Third Regiment, Alabama
 Infantry-composed of Men From
 Lowndes and Montgomery Counties
 Original Muster Roll.
 Bonham, M. F., captain; May, W. H., first lieutenant Cook. J. J., second lieutenant; Ledyard. John, second lieut- enant; Owen, L. J. P, first sergeant Powell, J. W, second sergeant; Nit chell, P. F., third sergeant. Ruff, N. M, fourth sergeant; Townsend, P. A., fifth sergeant; Reid, P. F., first corporal; Gum, F. L., second corporal; 6protts, "Pinb.o third corporal; Westcott, w D., fourth corporal; Adams, R. IL; Beers, G. w; Brown, H. "; Bagley, J, G.; Bowden, J. B.; Bowden, ". J.; Bledsoe, w. L. B.; Bledsoe, w. L. B. .;taoinA,,U w. L. B.; Bledsoe. J. B.: Bledsoe, J. R, G.; Cowling, M. M; Grimm, c. O.; Grimm, W. W: Craig, H. C.; Cubberiy, w C.: DeBardleben, John; Dejnrnette, A. NJ; Fitzpatrick, A. M. M.;xFETRPbO A. M; Fitzpatrick. Berry; Fairchtld, J. R.; Fox, Joseph; Garrett. J. s.; Gabner, oIeorge; Gabner, Payton: Grrn, W. G., Hardy, H. A; Harwell, c. H.; Haa, A. K. Hart, E. H.; Hargrove, w, O.; Hawks, c. L.; Howard, N. NJ; Howard, A. J.; Harrison. J. K; Hagerty, J. P; Harrison, J. O.; Kelley, T. B., Knight, J. V; Killough, A.. B.; Lundy. T.. M, Logan. w. s.; Mitchell, J. A.; Moore, M L.; Miles, W. A.; +Iay, J. A; Me- Garry. Hugh; Murphy J. T.; Metcalf, W, V; Johnson, A. J.; Powell J. w.; Ran- som, T. P; Robinson, J. w; Robinson, Dudley; Robertson, K. J.; Rice, J, Al Richards, Julius; Stewart, J. e. Stew art Charles; Stewart, F. L.; Eaddler, P. H.; Sturgis. c. M; Stubbs, J, D., Sanford, G. M; Shirley, D. L. 6hiffmanI Taylor, G. L.; Wiggins, P. R.; Walker, A. B.; Walker, Talbot; Weeden, William, Wreford. Samuel; Williams, B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
OSCAR w. UNDERWOOD.
Marion Standard.

From the Marion Standard.
 MT. Underwood will get all tho votes in Perry that can be gotten to the polls, He is not only universally popular, but his constituents appreciate the fact that he stands in rank at the head of the Alabama delegation in congress. He was rules to succeed General Wheeler by republican speaker purely as reeegni- tion of his ability, one of the highest posi- tions in that body. It would he almost as hard to beat Underwood for congress- as to beat either Morgan or Fettus for the senate.
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mingham. 1t strikes me. would be unSor- tunate at this lime.
 & t <
 By the way. am glad to learn of the nomination of William R. Hearst for congress by the democrats of the Tenth congressional district of New York.
 Hearst is the son of the late United State Senator Hearst of California. He inherited a great fortune from his father, including the San Francisco Examiner, the greatest newspaper on the Pacific coast
 Young Hearst. after his fathers death established the New York Journal and re. gently the Chicago American, both of which he has made Into great newspapers and profitable from a business point of view. Like his father, he Is a consistent democrat He is full Of Ideas; of progress. He has made mistakes, of course. but he has likewise accomplished A good work.
 He will. without doubt, bo elected to Congress, as he has been nominated in an overwhelming democratic district Whether he will ba as successful Tn con- gress as statesman as he has been in AAAs AS6ofaPSA NSAtAditSB TGlna11a t1a be seen. It is certain. however. that he ia one of the brightest young fellows in America. and he has the nerve to back his judgment He never hesitates to but that which he thinks in print and sign hts name to it.
 Speaking of newspaper men, Adolph ochs. formerly of the Chattanooya Times. has made wonderful success in northern journalism. He took the New York Times when 1t was bankrupt. am told that this paper is now making net profit of something like one million dol- lars a year under Ochs's management. and that he is likewise wonderfully buo- cessful in his management of the Phila- delphia Times.
 Ochs went 10 New York with but iittlo money. There were those, however, who had confidence in his newspaper ability, and he has had all the money he desired rendered him for use in his newspaper ventures. In every instance he has made a success; and would not be surprised in few years to learn that Adolph Ochs could draw his check for aa large an amount as that which we all know James Gordon Bennett possesses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
IN HOTEL LoBBIRs.
The Canadian Party

While tho Canadian capitalists who are to visit this district have not fixed the exact date of their trip. it is understood that they will probably reach here about the 14th or 15th.
 The party will comprise some of the weaithiest men of the dominion, and Es they have been giving especial attention to Birmingham as rich field for iavest- ment their coming will be sin- gnlariy significant. It is significant too. that they come on their own motion. The party may be assured of warm well cone on the part Of representative eiti vana
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05

Birminghams postal receipts are large enough tc establish her pre-em- hence in business in this state, but If Greater Birmingham were turned from theory into fact and free deliy- cry established where local postoffices exist. the gross receipts of this town would be over $200,o0o, and its rank among southern towns be indisputa- ble. We suffer by division in every table that is published.
 There is only one other thing that is equal to postal receipts in showing the volume of business transacted, and that other thing is bank clear ings. The annual amount of Birming- hams bank clearings Is constantly rising, and the annual sum total will soon exceed s5O,000,00O. We will be near that mark at the end of the present year. The weekly clearings are now in excess of a million dol lars, and they will stay above tha' comfortable and round figure through out the remainder of this year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
Vloe-President Hines.

W. D Hines, first vice president of the Louisville and Nashville, arrived in Bir- mingham last night and will remain in the Birmingham district until tonight. He is registered at the Hillman.
 He will go over the Birmingham Min eral road this morning on a tour of in- spection. MT. Hines is a comparatively young man. He is a lawyer by profession, but ranking next to President Milton II. Smith, he has a good all-round knowledge of rairoading.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press,
 Grass widows are not so green as their name.
 It is better to be made a fool of by women than to be ignored oy them.
 The woman who smokes does it as naturally as the man who bathes the baby.
 In trade either you are afraid that the other fellow will cheat you or that you won't cheat him.
 Generally the old man with the long, flowing whiskers and benevolent mien t having a desperate filtration with som slin of girl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
NOT KNOWN IN PERRY.
a IrniontoMn Herald.

From ths Uniontown Herald.
 J. Clyde Millnr Is nominated by the republicans to make the fight against MT. Underwood. He has been in the revenue service under Collector Bingham. Little is known here of him. We suppose he is just running to ses how 1t feels to be a candidate. This district will surely go democratic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
JUDGE FEAeIN ENDORSED.

From the Anniston Star.
 Judge Feagin has made pistol toting in Birmingham so expensive that it is rapid ly going out of style in that town There should be a Judge Feagin in every town in the south, and stringent laws against pistol toting for them to enforce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05

with Early in the valley and Maryland, lost heavily at Winchester and Cedar Hill and on April 2. 1865. seven days before the surrender, I was on picket at Peters, burg, and returning to the main line, found it occupied by the enemy. and I was a prisoner
 I was paroled July 3, and reached home August 2, 1865. There were 1851 names entered on the rolls of the Third Ala bama. of these 26o were killed in battle. 119 died in service, and many were dis charged by reason of wounds and other disabilities. Only forty laid down their arms at Appomattox.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
Pcsioifices and Banks.

Alabama has forty-nine presidential postoffices, but at only six of them do the gross annual receipts exceed BIO .000. as follows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05
About Persons.

Congressman John H. Bankhead arrived .n Birmingham yesterday afternoon and is at the Metropolitan hotel. He will leave for his home in Fayette at noon today. Frank Martineau. Arthur Gibson, Harry Gilfoil and A. Lachaume of New York are at the Hillman.
 N. J. Mason of New York is at the Hill man.
 The Rev. Father Giles, O. S. B., secre- tary of St. Bernard's college. is in Bir- mingham, and will remain for several days He reports St. Bernard's in four ishing condition
 Charles F. Knox of New York is at the Norris
 R. W. Kittrell of Houston is at the EIillman. E c. D. Robertson of Plant City, Fla, is at the Morris.
 II. B. Howry of New York is at the Morris
 J. T. Rogan and wife of Memphis are at the Morris
 Otto Marx has returned from New York, where he had been for a week or ten days on business. He says he never