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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
THE BABY DIDN'T LIVE LONG.

From the New York Tribune.
 What the doctors of Bellevue hospital believed to be one of the smallest babies Ca girD ever born that had a chance to live was taken to the institution Thurs day. The baby, which was prematurely born, weighed ten ounces. She was a little less than eight inches long. and her head was not larger than ping pong ball. She was perfectly developed her head especially being well formed. and the features were as perfect as they were diminutive. She died in the after noon The baby was the daughter of Patrick and Frances Lombardi The mite was born at 3 a. m. Thursday.
 When Dr. Imperatori saw the size of the child he advised that it be taken to Bellevue, that being the only chance of saving it's life. Lombard wrapped the midget in cotton. and placing it in a macaroni box, took 1t to Bellevue. pr. Carter, who was on duty. was so sur prised that he called all the other phy- sicians in the hospital who were not ac- lively engaged to come and see the baby. All said that they had never heard of not to say seen. such a small baby that had a chance to live.
 It has not been necessary to use the incubator for infants at Bellevue for some time. so it was not in readiness to receive the little one. Hot water bags ard bottles were placed in such posi- ton that when the baby was placed among them it was in a temperature equal to that of an incubator, and work was begun to put the incubator in com mission.
 Dr. Harrington said that he believes death was due to pneumonia, brought on by the exposure as the father was bring ing the child to the hospital.
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face. I will say, however in expiation that I try very hard to make the opera tion painless by changing the direction of the fingers just as the blow Is about to land. On the opening night, I believe almost took Miss Dorr off her feet. They tell me that I handed out a staggerer of which Jeffries himself might have been proud, and that Miss Dorr never knew 1t until the curtain fell, by which time her face was badly swollen, and she had to make hot applications and apply soothing lotions all night. believe I gave her some more of the same sort the next evening and she bore 1t like an angel, for, like me, she was bound to make the scene go."
 pr. Daly triumphantly contrasts his blow with other stage blows. Othello choking Desdemona, Bill Sikes knocking out Nancy, the bridegroom in the The Moth and the Flame felling the woman who interrupts his wedding, these incl dents sink into insignificance when com pared with the real thing, the genuine article.
 But suppose that the actor in his effort after corroborative detail had actually knocked out the actress and permanently injured her, would he have been liable to arrest for assault? Would the fact that she agreed to suffer for the sake of the play have been a valid defenseP or would 1t have been no justification, as in the case of prize fights, where consent does not cover the man who strikes a blow which causes death?
 It is interesting to hear that people are going to the theatre to see and hear that slap, and that they want a good one. Does this mean that there has been dis- tinct decadence in the sensibilities or the public and its sense of decency since the first night of this particular drama?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
IN pEsr s1oo.Ooo FoR pREssEs.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 Interviewed in regard to Mile. Wanda de Bonezea's $1OO,eo0 debts for dresses, . celebrated Paris dressmalier remarked that, though this figure stupefed the bourgeoise, it was nothing very extraor- dinary for actresses. with whom there were constant difficulties
 The clientele of society ladies was pref erable, she said. Besides, true elegance was never seen on the stage, which needs a special showiness and special cuts. It was for ladies in society to give tone to artists. At present the contrary takes place, and that Is a sign of decadence.
 The lines of color in an artistic robe. she added. need to be in harmony. A well prepared salon has not the blaze of the footlights, in front of which a woman seems to say to the spectators Am I not chic, eh, in my new dress?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
A NEW FAD.
From the Kansas City World.
 Literary critics are predicting a ne' literary fad in this country.

From the Kansas City World.
 Literary critics are predicting a new literary fad in this country.
 The Bible is to be the next affection.
 Critics, writers and other literary per sons are beginning to speak very we'll of Moses" writes one cynic. His rugged style is approved, and there are admirers in the smoking rooms of the Chicago and New York clubs of the lucid reason ing of Paul and the textual beauty of the Psalms" H.t
 No doubt Moses and Paul and David are felielating themselves over this re- cent complir.i nt The spiritual uplift con tained in IL se Hebrew writings is unim- portant to these. literary loafers. They are concerned about the literary style.
 However it will do these people no hurt to read the Bible, and it may do them good.
 Questions of spirituality aside, the Bi- ble is a valuable book because it is the heritage of the Anglo-Saxon race. Its phraseology has gone Into our common speech and if you know the language of the Bible and of Shakespeare you will have no trouble to make yourself under stood.
 The Bible, Shakespeare, and diction- ary are better literary tools than Car negie library would be without them.
 Where will you find better imagery in the Old Testament? Where a greater tragedy than in Job? Where loftier thought or feeling than in Isaiah? Where greater dignity than in the Psalms !? Where better logic than in the Corin- thians? Where greater humanity than in the Sermon on the Mount?
 Reading the Bible is a good fad. It has not been Fashionable of late, So much the worse for the republic of ideas. And so much the worse for the generation that has neglected it.
 No man can read the Bible and be the same man.
 If he reads it as fad that is better than not to read it at all,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
An Old Prejudice.

T was raised in pious protestant fam fly and I recall the strong prejudice that existed against play houses and circuses when I was a boy" said a man connected with the Walter l.. Main show yesterday q was allowed to go to the circus once a year, but if 1t had not been for the excuse of seeing the menagerie that was always a part of the show. I do not think I could have got my fathers per mission to enter the tent. When l was young the circus was considered by min isters and elders as positively immoral. With the billing of a show the preachers would exclaim. Satan is coming to town1
 ''Since growing up and seeing some thing of life have pondered over the old prejudices and tried to account for-them, but there is no reasonable explanation that can find of how they got lodged with the good church people
 ''The circus was never immoral. l can see some ground for church deliverances against certain class of stage produc-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Hotel and Restaurant Business.

T can not give figures but I think it is safe to say that the hotel and restau- rant business of Birmingham is nearly double what it was year ago and 1t was good then" said a man about town.
 Not only are the leading hotels full Of guests every day in the week. but every restaurant and lunch house seems to be crowded at all hours of the day and night. All this goes to show that Birmingham has grown considerably within the past twelve months.
 "The people of this city work hard and eat heartily. and the large number of young unmarried men here accounts in a measure for the busy scenes in the restaurants.
 "The rush at the lunch counters and cafe tables is between the hours of 12 and l, of course, but in some of the eating places there is a brisk trade all the evening. and it often continues until after midnight"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
TIE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
AIabama's Cotton Crop.

So complex are our transportations, compress and ginning facilities that it Is always very difficult to say just what the crop of a state has been, and no one today knows what Ala bama's product of lint cotton in a given year exactly is. The census tabulators put the crop grown in the summer and fall of 1899 at 1,086, scr bales. This crop had been estimated by the New York Commercial and Fiji nancial Chronicle at 1,136,0O0 bales the difference between the two esti- mates being 49,333 bales. Splitting the difference, we have crop of l. 111,333 bales, which is no doubt the closest approximation to an actual count that has been made. An actual count would call for nice discrimina- tions in all fields on the long state lines of the state, stretching from the AChattahoochie to Tennessee, and all  along the Tennessee and Mississippi lines to the sea, distance of fully five hundred miles.
 For all practical purposes the state ments of the Financial Chronicle are satisfactory. It puts the Alabama crop that grew in the summer of 1900 at 1,078,000 bales, and the crop that blossomed and fruited in the summer of 1901 at 1.287OO0 bales.
 If the crop of this year be 20 per cent less than that of the previous year, the total yield of the state would still be 1929 500 bales, and it is possible that Alabama will after a season of excessive hot spells and droughts turn out a million bales which may be considered a minimum crop. A maximum crop in this state would exceed 100000 bales, and might rise to 1,5OO,0O0.
 1ueOuOIe Il. TIlCe, says however that this seasons crop in this state will be but S6S,O37 bales. How he as- certained the size of crop so pre- cisely is not known, but the chances are that he is guessing like all other estimators, and he is probably as far away from the truth as the rest of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
State Debts and Valuations.

Virginia has the largest bonded debt, "A millions, and Tennessee comes next, 16 millions. The two ten million states follow, New York and Louisiana. Alabama is the fifth name In the list, her debt being s9,35S, 500, The debt of New York is mere bag. Rtelle on account of her immense val nations, and the four debt-ridden states are in order Virginia, Tennes- see, Louisiana and Alabama.
 Nebraska, New Jersey and West Virginia owe no bonded debt. Oregon has but $12OO of bonds standing against her. Iowa owes but s10,937,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06

and Illinois but $1s.50O. Texas is all most without bonded indebtedness.
 The states that have assessed val uations exceeding a billion dollars are in order New York, Massachusetts Pennsylvania, Ohio. Wisconsin, h. diana, Michigan, California and Mis- souri, New York is the leader with 5,754 millions listed in her assessment rolls, and Missouri is at the foot of the billionaire class, having but 1,004 millions of taxable property. This manner of comparing wealth is how ever manifestly unfair, because Hi nois ranks below Indiana and Mis- souri in the list. Differences in tax laws rob the list of comparative sign. ificance.
 The valuations of Alabama property for taxation purposes are 0,172, ,5S0. as compared with 345 millions in Ten nessee, 222 millions in Mississippi. 456 millions in Georgia, 96 millions in Florida, and 9S2 millions in Texas. Texas is five times larger than Ala bama, but her assessed valuations are less than four times greater. Except in the amount of her bonded debt, Alabama's position in the lists is not an unfavorable one. She owes nearly as much as Mississippi and Georgia combined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
chrenio Kickers.

Tt is amusing to see how some people will kick at the hotels and restaurants and the railroads" said a travelling man last night
 Yesterday morning in the dining room of the Calhoun at Anniston-an excellent hotel-a man sat opposite me and made great deal of fuss about the coffee being so weak: said he did not order hot water, and that 1t was strange to him that the people down here could not make a de- cent cup of coffee. Just behind me sat man complaining because the coffee was too strong and said he would be glad when the people down south learned to make decent cup of coffee; said the stuff was as dark as a 'hobo's' future and strong enough to stand alone.
 Now if these men had been thinking a little they would have remembered that both cups were drawn from the same urn and that weak coffee won't suit the man who likes strong coffee and visa versa and would not have required an ex- planation as to why the people down here could not make decent coffee. On leaving for the train the porter and bus went down twenty-five minutes be- fore train time The man with seven trunks complained that he would not have time to check the man with no trunks at all complained that he would have to stand around that old depot all that time.
 Today here In Birmingham. man on learning that his train was late, asked why is it the Southern railway can't run on time never stopping to think of the long mileage the Southern oper- ates, and how good he would feel to have travelled several hundred miles and on arriving at town four hours late to find his train waiting for him, but if he happens to be waiting at way staton for that late train, then 1t Is he can't understand why the Southern can't run on time People should expect all these little troubles and not worry their lives away about such things. I dislike to meet these chronic kickers."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
Shoes at Home and Abroad.

Senator Harris of Kansas has just returned from Europe, and he has stirred up the sacred tariff animals again by declaring that he bought American shoes of identical make in London 20 per cent below home prices. We are selling shoes to the value of $5,500,OO0 year to England, Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, and Belgium. We sell shoes in all the shoe making countries in their own markets, and the inference is plain that we can undersell the manu- facturers in those countries although freight and insurance and other sell ing charges are added.
 And yet there is duty of 25 per cent on foreign made shoes Does any one believe that foreign made shoes would be imported if there were no duties on shoes? The duty is not hSpl III InC bcll III tO hCOP Out oAOCot but to enable the shoe manufacturer to advance the home price to the tariff limit. This is the long and short of it, and it is but one example gath cred from 4OOO that the tariff em- braces.
 The republicans are very angry at Senator Harris because he has come home to expose the shoe trade. of the country When American shoes are sold at 20 per cent less in London than they are at home, this means that the American price of shoes has been fully advanced to the tariff limit This IS what the tariff is for. This is what it is maintained for to the point of sacredness. This is what Senator Mark Hanna stands pat on. This is what produces campaign sub scriptions, the home consumer paying the whole thing in the last analysis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
Stock Market convulslons.

''The stock market is just as nervous now adays as 1t ever was, and is affected by all sorts of happenings and conditions and surmises, but there are fewer false reports started in Wall street now than was the case years ago." said Birming- ham fnancier just returned from New York But on Friday last a yarn was put in circulation which reminded me of old times A report came over the wire that there was a clash between the comptroller of the currency and Secre- tary Shaw, and that Comptroller Ridge ley had overruled the decision of the secretary authorizing the national banks to release the 25 per cent cash reserve they have heretofore been required to hold against government deposits, and 1t caused a great fiuerry. Traders jumped at the conclusion that this meant that the efforts of the secretary of the treas ury to relieve the stringent money mar ket had been knocked into cooked hat, and they rushed to sell stocks. Stop loss orders were uncovered in all direc- tions and there was veritable slaughter of prices.
 "It was just before 2:SO o'clock when one of the Wall street news bureaus sent out the first dispatch alleging that the comptroller had overruled the secre- tary. The other news agency followed. a few minutes later, with a dispatch on similar lines Those stock exchange houses with private wires to Washing ton worked them at once for particulars, but it was about a quarter of an hour before positive denials were received. These stated that Comptroller Ridgely said that there was no truth in the re- ports that he had overruled Secretary Shaw's action as to the reserve of the national banks. In the meantime the news agencies had printed other dis patches from Washington, which seem ingly backed up the statements in the original story.
 "One news agency went so far as to say that 'Comptroler Ridgely will issue public statement on his position which will be in accord with despatch sent This was just before : o'clock but the effect of the dcnials coming to the houses with private wii es, mention of which was made in a bslated bulletin by the other news agency had already caused re- versal in stock market conditions prices rallying about as fast as they had gone down.
 Ut was one of the most sensational ex- hibltions of stock market athletics that nas been witnessed this year. The Etten- tion of Wall street had been centred up- on Washington because of the coal strike conference with the President, and wien prices started tumbling many per sons at first thought early news that the strike was to e ntinue had arrived
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06

tlons Many of the most brilliantly writ ten dramas have plots that are question: able. from a moral view point, while a few are decidedly immoral But the cir GUS, as far back as I can remember, has been free from an immoral side, and to- day all we'll regulated circuses are not only unobjectinable, morally considered, but they are educational as well as diverting. I am glad to know that the church has advanced beyond the old ideas It has been many day, sup pose. since a church official drew the line against a circus.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Wonder how solomon's wives got along with his cooks?
 The best of uncertainty is worse than the worst of actuality.
 Women with big feet don't always keep on that way all the way up.
 The average man can love a woman as long as she can keep him from finding her out.
 The devil gets in most of his fine work convincing people that it isn't wrong for them when in trouble to do what 1t would of course be wrong for them to do if they weren't in trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
THE DEATH BED.

By Thomas Hood. We watched her sleeping through the
 night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave Of life Kept surging to and fro.
 So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about
 As we had lent her half our powers To eke her being out. Our very hopes beled our fears, Our fears our, hopes belied, We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died.
 For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers
 Her quiet eye1ids closed, she had Another morn than ours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
sAME AeouT nukEs. RoRIs.

From the Boston Herald
 Tn short I found in the United States, says Grand Duke Boris, some of the best newspapers yet made. and beside them some of the very worst and most mischievous ones in the world" It's the same way with respect to dukes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
from the" Greensboro watchman.

From the Greensboro watchman.
 Judge Feaein of the Birmingham city court. announced some time ago that be- ginning on October 1, he would make war on the pistol "toterss who were hauled up before him for trial. His fine will be S10O and six months on the street He will make no distinction. The public will watch the proceedings with great inter- est. If the judge succeeds fin breaking up this pernicious habit in the Magic City, he will prove a public benefactor, and will have set an example that should be followed by every trial judge in the state. It is a senseless, dangerous and cowardly habit, and a stop needs to be put to it
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As return compliment it is propos- ed in Pennsylvania that King Edward be appointed a colonel in the militia and called out for service in the hard coal regions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06

Deacon Baer believes in the divine right of presidents, for he considered a mere invitation to drop in at the White House a command.
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General Apathy will not be present in the eastern states on election day if the coal strike is not settled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
Le Providence Innrnnl-

From the Providence Journal
 'rhe situation looks brighter than it did says President Baer of the Reading railroad, who probably has plenty of coal in his cellar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06

General Miles finds some consola- tion for Alger's promotion in the fact that Elihu Root is about to leave the cabinet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06

In the absence of external fuel New Workers are using too much of the in- ternal sort for their own good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06

Telephones are proportionately more numerous in Sweden than in any other country, and the Swedes are swarming into this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06

MT. Hanna's advice ''to stand pat" is not generally understood outside of official circles. He should have used more familiar metaphors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06

A dinosaurian with tail IA feet long has been discovered in Montana where Mary MacLane once lived. This is indeed a remarkable age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06

MT. Henderson talks politics with all the disinterestedness and imper- sonalism of the man in the moon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06

The man in the east who asks, "Got any coal?" is considered a de- gree worse than the man who offered remarks about last summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
ABOUT COAL.

From the Atlanta Journal
 Is it possible that President Baer will allow a mere President of the United States to make suggestions to trustee of providenee?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06

From the Camp HiH Times.
 The coming state fair will be conduct ed upon high moral plane. The gates are to be closed on Sunday and the gam bier with his vices and devices is to be ruled out 1
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New Orleans is also storm center, all on account of the desire for an eight-hour day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06

To think that sore shin should in- capacitate a strenuous president and lion killer!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06

All who have big bank accounts may hope to be politically resurrect- ed, so they think in Michigan
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Admiral Evans is wanted in New York, where the fuel situation calls for emphasis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
mn the Washington Times,

From the Washington Times.
 Coal operators and miners alike may listen with advantage to the voice of an American President who urges a settle ment of their differences for the good of the whole country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06

Sir Thomas Lipton will hereafter sail the air instead of the seas. He is looking for an element he can win in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06

From the Anniston Star.
 The strike of Alabama coal miners will prove much more interesting to Alabam- fans than the tie-up in Pennsylvania. The nearer to home you bring a thing of this kind the more thrilling it becomes for all. As matter of fact, however Ala pama is doubtless willing by large ma jority to let the Pennsylvania strike suf- fee for the whole country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-06
D the I.ittle. Rock Gazette.

From the Little Rock Gazette.
 If there should be no coal to heat the capitol with this winter, Speaker Hen derson will not be the only man who will have to wear blanket when he en- ters the house.