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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11

At the left of the chapel is seen a part of one of the great arches for the cathc- dral choir.
 Advent Lutheran church, of which w. A. Potter was the architect, is one of the most recent examples of comparatively inexpensive city church, built on a cor ner site, of brick and stone The pure Gothic style lends itself admirably to To- cation and size of building, and, although there is no spire the suggestion of corner towers adds to the churchliness of the structure. One excellent feature of the plan of this building is that it harmon izes with surrounding structures
 St. Edwards Roman Catholic church, Brooklyn, is the most recent structure for that religious body that has been com pleted in Greater New York. It is sit- uated on small square at the junction of three streets, so that there Is an ex- cellent approach to its front
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11
Lily White Vote in the senate.

The voting for MT. Smith may reach 20,000, but it IS exceedingly difficult to say how much of this vote should be credited to the lily whites. Fully one half of the vote was cast in ten coun- ties that have heretofore cast heavy populist votes-in counties like Chil- ton, DeKalb, Etowah, Shelby and St. Clair. If to these are added Marshall, Blohnt Clay, Walker and Geneva, we have fully one-half or the lily white vote. The rest of that vote cast in 55 counties will not average 200 votes to the county. In Russell but lily white votes were cast; in Sumter, 6; in Dal- las, T; in Wilcox, 8; and in Hale none. 1t is ridiculous to call such an organ ization one of the great state parties.
 The chances are that the 10000 lily white votes were made up of 10000 populists who will yet return to the democratic party; of 5000 discontented factionists who will also become after a while good democrats, and of 5000 lily whites, pure and simple. An ac- curate analysis is impossible, but the true blue lily white vote did not prob ably exceed 5000 in the state, and the stream of administration cold water now turned on it will soon scatter it altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11
A RICH MANS PRopIcALIrY.

From the Kansas City World.
 It isn't funny, this being rich. after all.
 Human beings are supposed to be free agents. They are not. Public sentiment is a censor, and mighty peculiar one at that. It loves to grumble and find fault.
 It calls Russell Sage a miser because he knows how to make money and doesn't know how to spend it. Many men laek the spending ability and are not misers from choice
 The phinanthropist Is hooted because his benefactors do not accord with the ideas of the masses
 And the spendthrift-well, glance at Schwab, the steel king In Europe the some quarters the feeling is that he Is stark, staring mad
 He hires special trains and doesn't haggle about the price. When he wants to ride on the water he hires a floating palace for his own use. He buys fast horses and faster automobiles and hits only the high places when he scoots dSAoSS lHc COunlIieS III europe.
 What of it?
 The rich man who spends his money can be ranked as public benefactor. He may not care hang for the public. His heart may not contain an atom of sympathy for poverty and misery. He may even put every dollar of his income into personal qualifications and selfish pleasure
 But he gets 1t into circulation. It doesn't go far before it is exchanged for honest toil becomes the spur for endeavor; the price for ambition.
 The idle dollar, locked up in a vault. represents greed and selfishness. The money that moves and travels; that never rest; that is in the rich mans pocket today and in the poor mans pay envelope tomorrow is the measure of prosperity.
 MT. Schwab may be wasting his fortune, so far as he is personally concerned, but the public is the gainer. The in- terests of the masses must always be of vastly greater moment than those of one or dozen millionaires.
 Let him plunge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11
THE FEDERATION OF LABOR.
It's History Shows What May Be Ex
 pected In Mine Troubles.

From Harper's Weekly.
 Some years ago the Knights of Labor numbered one million, but now their membership has fallen below two hun dred thousand. The American Federation of Labor is credited at the present time with S50,0O0 members. On more than one occasion this body has averted the paral- ysis of business which would follow a general strike. At Chicago, in 1894, for in- stance, when the American Railway un- ion demanded a general or sympathetic strike of all mechanics, the executive committee of the American Federation rejected the demand. Again, in 1901, when the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin workers asked for sympa- thetic strike, believing that with such as sistance they would be able to coerce the American Federation of Labor refused to comply with their request.
 These facts and figures indicate that, except in a few trades, American labor organizations have hitherto been too weak to dictate terms to their employers; and, secondly. that the dangerous power has been sparingly exercised. It is the prudent course to pursue by the Ameri- can Federation of Labor which has led many onlookers to hope, if not believe. that the United Mine Workers will keep : the promise made by Mir Mitchell in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11
TURKISH WoMAN'S HOLIDAY.

From the London Telegraph.
 Friday is the only day on which Turk ish women enjoy a little liberty and re- lease from the dreadful seclusion in which they are always kept. and they are not slow to avail themselves of the chance. On Fridays every one goes to the Sweet Waters of Asia, which consist of a small river running about two miles inland with trees and meadows on each side. Hundreds of boats assemble and glide up and down the river. Every boat or caique has two or more Turkish ia- dies on board. The sight is very fine one, as each private caique Is most care fully gotten up, and the boatmen weal brilliant liveries to match the cushioH. and the long embroidered cloth which hangs over the stern and trails in the water. The Khedivah of Egypt Is one of the finest in crimson and gold, em- broidered with crowns and fishes. Be- sides the liveries the parasols make d wonderful show, and here may be seen all the latest Parisian creations The ladies must not speak to men, but the careful observer can frequently catch sight of veils lowered or other signals when a particular boat is passing, and habitual frequenters can point out boats which are sometimes close to each oth- CT. 1t is a very innocent diversion ana would not satisfy western ladies' An hour before sunset the police boats ap- pear and force all women to leave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11
BLACK EYES FOR LILLY wHlTEs.'

From the Washington Star, AdminiStra-
 tion Republican.
 The lilly whites of the south were soundly drubbed on Tuesday, and nobody who believes in fair play and straight forward dealing in politics will regret it. They deserved that fate, if men ever did in this world. Cheek may pe IooKed tor in the political game, and it sometimes wins, but just such a display of that article as was made by the men who or ganized and led the lilly white" move ment in the campaign just closed has sell dom been witnessed.
 Some had previously been democrats, but had come out of the democratic party, as they claimed because of faith in the republican national policies. They were sensitive on the subject of their as- sociatesy and stipulated that their local allies must all be white men. The benef- ciaries for years, as they frankly con fessed, of violence and fraud at the polls, they now stood forth as the champions of responsibility in politics, and mod estly offered themselves as leaders in in augurating a new order of things. A lit tie weary of the ballot box stuffing and the falsified tally sheets which had char terized local elections for so many years, and in the fruits of which they had will lingly shared, these superior spirits now demanded a change of parties for the south. But. of all things, it must be Ire spectable"
 Strangely enough, among those who re- sponded to this remarkable call were a few men who had all their IIves been re- publicans. had never apofogized for their affiliations had been active in the advo- cacy of their partys principles, and per sonally had prchted by their activity. | They had advised the negro-and often to his advantage and uplifting as a citizen | had accepted his support and attained | some distinction at home But now they were willing, in an effort to hold on to what the negro had helped to bestow upon them, to cut his political acquaint- ance unite for future work with his open and avowed enemy. They grasped the hands of men whom they had repeatedly denounced for all the crimes in the po- litical calendar, and by whom they had been in turn as roundly denounced. and soaped up and declared ostentatiously for responsibility"
 The whole thing, of course, got to be riotously absurd. The more that thought full people reflected upon it the less use they had for it, and what they did to it when election day rolled around is lumi- nously displayed in the returns from Vir- ginia, Alabama, Mississippi Louisiana and North Carolina, where the stupid lit- tie comedy was enacted. The southern problem is difficult and unfortunate. The best friends of the south may we'll wish for change down there But it is cer- tain never to be brought about dby an all lance between hypocrisy and ingratitude
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11
THE FIRST FOLIO SHAKESPEARE.

From the London Daily News
 Book collectors are eagerly looking for ward to the forthcoming issue of the first folio edition of Shakespeare, in collotype facsimile. Relatively few persons are aware, however of an interesting circum- stance relating to the original folio, lent by the Duke of Devonshire for the pur- pose of being closely copied. The volume once belonged to the famous Duke of Roxburghe. at the sale of whose library in 1872 it realized the then extraordinarily high sum of 3100 Dr. Dibdin repeats a singular story about it's purcnase some years previously by the ouxe A rrfeno was bidding for him, and his grace re- tired to one end of the saleroom, quietly to view the issue of the contest. The bid dings rose rapidly to 20 guineas slip of paper was handed to the duke counsel ing him to continue the contest. With A coolness that would have done credit to Prince Eugene, he wrote on the same slip of paper, by way of reply:
 Lay on. Macduff, And d--d be he who first cries Hold,
 enoughi"
 Such spirit was irresistible. and bore down all opposition. The duke was, of course, declared the victor, and he marched off triumphantly with the vol ume under his arm. The price paid is said to have been 94 guineas, third of the amount for which the book sold in 1S12 Today really fine copy is worth s1S00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11
Anniston and the Mob.


 The Anniston Evening Star thus speaks of special dispatches in The Age-Herald:
 The headlines over a story from Annis. ton in the Birmingham Age-Herald this morning were misleading and untrue. The heading said. "Anniston Under Control of a Mob" Anniston has not been in the control of a mob, either last night or any other time. As a matter of fact, 95 per cent of the people of Anniston knew noth- ing of the trouble at the jail last night until this morning and many of them will learn of it this afternoon for the first time.
 The Star has doubtless discovered that The Age-Herald was none too alert It has further seen that a mob would have further disgraced its pros porous city had not the national guard promptly responded to the call of the governor of the state.
 Of all the mobs inflicted upon the state not one was more uncalled for than the one that gathered on Friday in Anniston. The crime committed was not the customary one. The pris- oner had not been identified. The peo- pie of Alexandria, where the crime was committed, had gone home Certain elements of Anniston wanted a lynch ing bee and a lynching bee might have taken place but for the arrival of the troops. An innocent negro per haps would have been lynched to make holiday for "the rougher element of Anniston, not of Alexandria, seven miles distant.
 The case Illustrates lynching admir-. ably. Lynching bees have become the pastime of the rougher element of a community. Aney seize upon each and every occasion for that purpose. Ex- citement is what they want-pastime, recreation. For such a state of things moral revolution is necessary. The better citizens of Anniston appealed to the mob in vain, and such scenes will occur until public sentiment is ere ated that will put them down. Gov ernor Jelks should ascertain who the leaders of that Anniston mob were, and efforts should be made to punish them, for out of mere wantonness and love of excitement they have dis graced the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11
The Water Supply.

J. B. Davis of Indianapolis is at the Hillman. He is a prominent engineer and contractor and has had long experience in the construction of water works. He Is now constructing water plants in several large cities. ed
 ''The most serious problem that con- fronts the Birmingham district is the question of water supply" said MT. Davis Birmingham being growing manufact- uring city, should have water supply capacity far beyond it's present needs.
 'The Birmingham of 10 years hence, or even of five years hence, will need more water than Cahaba will convenient ly supply. This district will have to draw upon the Warrior and artesian wells be- sides.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11
s1,ooo.ooo IN NEW CHURCHES.
Church Economist.

From the Church Economist
 Of new churches in tnAs city the ag- gregate cost is fully million dollars, so that it is obvious that some of our "prosperity' is being invested in tenn ples of worship. The range of faith rep resented by the group is also an inter- esting feature.
 The West Farms Presbyterian church, to be built as a memorial to Mrs. Jean- nette Beck by a bequest of her son, Chas. B. Beck, is to be the finest church edifice in the borough of the Bronx, New York.
 St. Nicholas Russian church is of different architectural type from any other in New York. Its plans were drawn by John Bergesen, who has provided a design purely eastern, with lots of color and ornamenta tion. The auditorium is very high, the large central dome giving a feeling of 1oftiness.
 The First Church of Christ, Scientist is building from plans by Messrs. Car rere & Hastings. It also differs from any other New York church. The materaI is white marble, and the interior is to be finished on a finer scale, so it is said, than any church in the country.
 St. Ignatius' church is one of the Rit- ualistic Episcopal churches of the. coun- try, and the architect, c. c. Haight, ap- propriately chose the early English Gothic as the architectural style. The building which has just been completed, is very beautiful both outside and in, the interior especially, with it's elabo rate altars, being impressive and church. ly A small parish house adjoins the church, and contains apartments for the rector.
 The Belmont chapel of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine Is the first part of that great structure to show, in stone, the architectural style of the cathedral. It is one of seven chapels which will ultimately surround the choir, and will very soon be completed, so that services may be held in 1t. The cathedral architects are Messrs. Heins & Lafarge. When the walls of the chapel began to rise 1t was possible to see for the first time the exterior stone of the cathedral. | It is a granite of warm, almost yellow ] ish tone, which is said to be very hard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11

Alabama and Kentucky. The demand from the Carolinas may not be large enough to advance prices in Alabama but 1t will be an assurance that every car which can be loaded at our mines will be needed at good prices. There will be no rest in either the coal mines of Alabama or Tennessee until warm weather comes again.
 Coal is such a necessity that slack work at the mines is no longer prob able, and the chances are very good that Alabama will this year cross the ten-million-ton line, a consummation long looked forward to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11
IMMUNE FROM TYPHOID.
Arabs Are Practically Free From This
 Disease.

From Medical Talk.
 per before the Paris Society of Biology recently which makes the statement that Arabs are practically immune from ty- phoid fever-that is to say an Arab can bear any kind of exposure to typhoid fever without taking 1t. They account for this peculiar bodily condition of the Arab from the fact that ever since his early infancy he has been reared on im- pure drinking water, which, in the coun- tries where the Arabs Abound, is nota- bly, bad It is saturated with all sorts of contamination.
 This has had the effect of wedding out the weaker ones and leaving only those to live who can stand typhoid fever germs. The grown Arab, therefore, Is able to bear exposure that would give a European typhoid fever at once. This, however, is not intended as any argu- ment for the use of impure drinking water. It only shows that the human system is capable of adjusting itself to unfavorable conditions.
 But while the Arab is immune from ty- phoid fever, he is especially susceptible to consumption. This fact is accounted for by the reason that he has been ac- customed to the very pure air of the mountains and when exposed to the cli- mate of Europe he quickly succumbs to consumption He can stand our drinking water. but he cannot stand our climate.
 The whole subject of national suscep- tibility and unsusceptibility to disease Is a very interesting one. It may be after all that our climate, which is so peculiarly provocative of catarrh, will at last pro- duce race of people that will be prac- tically immune from catarrh. We hope so, at least. At present 1t is national disease and nearly everyone has 1t.
 The very best authorities on chronic catarrh state that there is such a thing as immunity from this disease. The cold bath every morning, gargling the throat with cold water, splashing the neck and chest with cold water--if this is practiced thoroughly every morning it will practi- eally render anyone immune from ca tarrh.
 Padding the feet every evening in cold water might also be added to this regi- men. This practically hardens the ner- vous systems against the vicissitudes or the weather, and will soon produce a condition of the system in which the subject need have no fear of catarrh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11
\ EW YORK, November 1o.-fspe- 8
 cial)-some of the most thought | fuI southerners in New York are a

" claE)-SOme of the most thought
 ful southerners in New York are declaring today that the greatest political opportunity is now open to the south that she has had since the civil war. They say that the only possible restoration of the democratic party 10 power and use fitness Is through "the solid south," and that this "consummation devoutly to be wished" must be achieved by the souths leadership in denouncing all false theories and reviving the principles and doctrines of Jefferson and Tilden.
 They Insist that without the undivided support of the southern states the dem oeratie party cannot possibly regain It's old time prestige and glory, and that since the responsibility of redemption rests in the south, leadership in directing the policy of the party belongs to the south.
 Therefore. 1t benoves the south to speak as with one voice in the next national democratic convention and to insist then and there upon abandonment of all issues and return to the teachings of the fathers.
 Patrick Calhoun sounded this clarion note in his speech delivered recently be- fore the Young Mems Democratic League at Atlanta, Ga.
 Thomas F. Ryan. a native of Virginia and one of the most prominent southern CTS in New York, whose loyalty to the south's every interest is answering, in discussing this subject today. expressed himself as follows
 'The remarkable vitality of the demo- cratic party IS shown by the recovery on Tuesday of so much ground which was lest by departing from the principles of Jefferson and Tilden in favor of state so- cialism and other wild heresies. Where
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11
THE RAGE FOR RISK.
From Leslie,s.


 A list made up by us at random from newspaper accounts, and without any thought of completeness, of the number or persons who have lost their lives through this passion for risk, the love of hazard, during the past few months makes a total of several hundred. This includes some forty-five persons who have lost their lives in automobiles, seventeen who have missed their footing in balloon exhibitions, nine who have been ushered out of existence by means of the bicycle and its allied contrivances, two who have climbed steeples for the last time, three bridge Jumpers, seventeen Alpine climb CTS, five long distance swimmers, seven who have been plotted out of existence in efforts to break athletic records and scores of others who have gone to a bet ter, and, it is to be hoped. safer land by various other agencies or methods de- signed ostensibly to promote the joys of this present life. If to this list we should ada the 200 mountain climbers who, is is said. have lost their lives in the Alps dur ing the past ten years, the total sacrifice of human life to the rage for risk would indeed assume formidable proportions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11
CANNON BELLIcosuM.

By Guy H. McMaster. In their ragged regimentals Stood the old Continentals,
 Yielding not, When the grenadiers were lunging. And like hail fell the plunging
 Cannon-shot;
 When the files
 Of the isles, From the smoky night encampment Bore the banner of the rampant
 Unicorn, And grummer, grummer grummer Rolled the roll of the drummer,
 Through the morn! Then with eyes to the front all, And with guns horizontal,
 Stood our sires; And the balls whistled deadly, And in streams flashing redly
 Blazed the fires;
 As the roar
 On the shore, Swept the strong battle-breakers o'er the green-sodded acres
 Of the plain; And louder, louder cracked the black gunpowder,
 Cracking amainl Now like smiths at their forges Worked the red St.. Georges
 Cannoniers And the 'villianous saltpetre' Rang a fierce, discordant metre
 Around their ears;
 As the swift
 Storm drift With a hot sweeping anger, came the horseguards clangor
 On our Hanks. Then higher higher. higher. burned tne old-fashioned fire
 Through the ranks! Then the old-fashioned coionei Galloped through the white lh1ernai
 Powder-cloud; And his broad sword was swinging And his brazen throat was wringing
 Trumpet loud
 Then the blue
 Bullets flew, And the trooper-jackets redden at the touch of the leaden
 Rife-breath; And rounder rounder, rounder roared the iron six-pounder.
 Hurling death!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11
oNE-cENT POSTAGE.

From the New York Tribune
 sThe revenues of the postal department are increasing so rapidly that predictions of one-cent stamps for letters are heard in many quarters. It cannot be doubted that the halving of the present rate would be popular and would bring about huge additions to the total of letters sent through the mails. Penny postage iong ago was hailed with jubilation in Great Britain as it well might be. The English penny is worth about two of our Yankee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-11
Car Supply.

"This district has suffered from a shortage of cars for year or more. but we are promised relief in the near flu ture." said coal operator yesterday.
 Alabama Is not the only state that has experienced car shortage, but I believe it has been worse here in the last month or two than it has been in other districts. If we were supplied with cars the profits of Alabama coal companies would be much large this year than they are"