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AN IMAGINARY FOE.

From the New York Times.
We do not like to think that the hero
of many hard-fought political San Juan,
such as Mr.. Roosevelt is. is consciously
combating a man of straw. But as
matter of cold fact there is no such
policy before the American public as
the one against which he argues. There
is a well defined demand for the removal
of such tariff duties as have bolstered eff
forts at monopoly and extortion 1t would
be met by putting on the free list articles
that are made at less cost in this country
than abroad. 1t would partly be met by
the removal of the tariff on articles that
are now exported by American manu-
facturers and sold lower than at home
If the President will address himself to
propositions of this practical sort he
might not make any better case than he
can make now for the policy of his party;
he would probably make a much worse
one; but he would present a much more
dignified and admirable appearance to
his countrymen.
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ENGLISH COAL IN DEMAND.
Britons Are Slow to Take Advantage
of the Situation In America.

London, September 25.-"The American
demand for anthracite coal continues
good, but up to date we have not made
much from 1t and the English consumer
has been getting ali the worst of the sit
uation.'
This statement has been made to rep
resentative of the Associated Press by
the most prominent anthracite operator
on the coal exchange.
What 1 may call the abnormal Ameri-
can demand has been felt for about
month past" he continued. 1.-THE abnor-
NAL shipments to date total about $4,000
tons We are slow. I confess, in taking
advantage of the American demand. The
people who are really suffering from the
boom are the English consumers, be-
cause the retailers sharply advance prices
coincident with the boom in the export
trade"
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instruction by Correspondence.

vanderbilt University has issued a
circular letter, revised by Chancellor ].
II. kirkland, which sets forth an inno-
walton in the method of educating the
clergy of the Methodist church, SOUTH"
said a minister.
This Innovation is of far-reaching I'M
portance and as it is made by authority
of the last general conference, will be
accepted as a good thing. 1t consists in
an elaborate and graduated course of
instruction by correspondence, covering
primarily. but not exclusively, the pre-
seribed Conference Course upon which
every candidate has to pass an approved
examination before being admitted to
orders. Hitherto candidates have mad to
study without assistance and with indf-
ferent and even superficial results. Now
they are to be supplied with competent
instruction by correspondence.
1.-THE work is in charge of Prof. ]. B.
Cunningham, who has developed the
plan and who will be aided in carrying
it out by the faculty of the Biblical de-
partment of Vanderbilt university. Cir
culars have been sent TO nearly 6OOO
preachers and candidates in the NJ. E.
church, south. Already applications for
enrolment are coming in and the move
ment is attracting the attention of other
denominations.
REV. p. L. Cobb, who has been for
four years secretary of the Young Peo-
pies Movement of the NJ. E. church,
south, has been appointed by the Mis-
sion board as pastor in charge of the
English speaking congr egaticn at Mon
terey Mexico, and has gene to his n,w
post"
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SUFFERING at Santa Marta.

Kingston, jamaica, September 25.-The
Atlas line steamer Adirondack (Which
sailed from Now York September for
Cape Haytien, Gonaives, etc) has ar
rived here direct from Santa Marta "a
seaport town of Colomba) and reports
continued fighting between the govern
ment forces and revolutionists in that
neighborhood. The latter occupy a strong
position in the rear of the town, having
completely destroyed the railroad line.
burned the bridges and sacked the ba-
mana districts No trains are running and
every means of communication with the
place has been cut off. The officers of the
Adirondack say there is terrible suffer-
ing at Santa Marta, as the insurgents
ere interccptlng the supplies. The town
is still at their mercy.
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CRITICISM Is NOT HELPFUL
TO AMBITIOUS WRITER'S

John Kendrick Bangs in the Washington
Times.
rs CRITICISM helpful to the am
bilious writer? Possibly It has been
n and perhaps it may be. At present
there is no such thing as literary erit-
eism within the reach of those who are
in a position to be helped by a serious
consideration of their product. The de-
partments Of so-called literary criticism,
in our newspapers and other periodicals,
rejecting the mood or the fad, or the
cleverness of the critic. rather than in
dexing the virtues or the shortcomings of
the books discussed.
The consideration of a book as a thing
in itself Is something we rarely get, unless
it happens to be the production of an
author already so confirmed In his weak
nesses as to be beyond the reach of criti-
cism The little chap who is just begin
ming, and who is full of enthusiasm and
ideals. is told either that he is the new
Dickens or a second Thackeray. or that
he would better become motorman or a
chauffeur.
The first spoils him. II ne is weak
enough to place any reliance upon the
kindly comment of Mr.. Puff; the second
wounds him without correcting any Of
his faults. The small spark of genius
that he may possess, well-nigh suffocated
perhaps by his errors. is not at all con-
served by the notice he receives from
the all-powerful scribe in the editorial
rooms. but is either blown up by the
bellows of appreciation to a point that
exhausts 1t or is imperiled by the warp
ing influence of undeserved and unlocked
for abuse.
Few of our so-called critics seem to be-
lieve, nowadays, in a writer's honesty to
himself; and, presupposlng that a man
deliberately does his worst, find that
either good enough or worthy of sweeping
generalized condemnation.
AS a matter Of fact, with few excep-
lions, the authors of today in their pro-
ductive hours are as honest toward their
work and as solicitous that 1t shall be
all 1t ought to be as any true standard
of sincerity requires. In all my acquaint-
ance among writer's of today 1 know of
none who is not as honest with his work
as he would be in the direction of his
sons character, If he be fortunate enough
to have this added responsibility. So
when Mr.. Critic enters upon the scene
and in his flip way dismisses with con-
temptuous allusion, either in praise or in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26
About Persona.

John A. Davis of Macon is at the Metro
politan.
r. C. Conner of Gadsden is at the
Metropolitan.
S. f. Hardy of New York is at the
Morris.
]. X. Pearson of Dadeville is at the
Metropolitan.
]. c. Adams of Montgomery is at the
Metropolitan.
D. S. Boyd Of New Orleans is at the
Morris.
A. NJ. Tunstall of Greensboro is at the
Metropolitan.
William T. Wear of Opelika is at the
Metropolitan.
]. NJ. Simpson of Hartselle is at the
Metropolitan.
II. A. Stern of New York is at the
Metropolitan.
o. e. Robinson of Baltimore is at the
Morris.
]. W. Hill of Nashville is at tha Norris
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26
A POSSIBLE GOVERNORS FLAT.

From the New York World.
Abiram Chamberlain of Meriden, who
was on Wednesday nominated to head
the state republican ticket, is the first
gubernatorial nominee Of Connecticut
whose home is in a fiat. And, though it
is fiat, 1t is a nice and comfortable fat
Mr.. Chamberlain has been banker prac-
tieally all his life. He is now the presi-
dent of the Home National bank of Meri-
den, which position he has held since
1881. 1t is over this bank on the one side
and clothing store on the other that
Mr.. Chamberlain resides.
From the outside the home of this man
who has been honored with the highest
state nomination within the gift of his
party looks rather plain and unsightIy,
but within exactly the reverse is true.
Mr.. Chamberlain is a plain man in
clothes, speech and manner
Mrs. Chamberlain is an active woman.
with silvery gray hair and eyes as blue
as the azure of the sky. Since marriage
Mrs. Chamberlain has been the helpmate
of her husband, and it is to her, as Mr.
Chamberlain graciously admits, that his
success in life is due as much as to his
own efforts.
The congress of Connecticut mothers
entered into this campaign somewhat,
and for some rather strange reasons in
dorsed the candidacy of Livingston W.
Cleaveland, the bachelor judge OF pro-
bate of New Haven, although Mr.. Cham
berlain of Meriden is the father of two
promising sons. Mrs. Chamberlain thought
that this Endorsement of her husbands
rival for the gubernatorial nomination
was rather queer, and she has ideas of
her own as to the entrance of women into
politics. She said:
mo, I am not believer in woman.s
rights as is ordinarily understood by that
term The place for woman is the home.
She is not a success and never will be In
the whirl of public life. Nature never in
tended or fitted us to take up such life .
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dispraise, the work of many anxious.
honest hours. he is not only not helpful
but a positive impediment to success.
OF course we have literary critics A
day that boasts of Hamilton W. Mabie
George E. Woodbury. and Harry Thurs
ton Peck, and such periodicals as the
"Bookmau7 and the Critic is pretty
well off in this respect. But Mr.. Mabie
concerns himself more often with the
genus Shakespeare tnan with the histori-
cal suburbanites of Mr.. Charles Major:
Prof. Woodberry ambles gently and
eharmingly through all sorts of beauti-
full and hazy abstranctions from CHANGER
to Poe, pausing not a moment to assure
Miss Mary MacLane that, while she
Individually has genius of a certain sort
concealed somewhere in her makeup, it
is so deeply enmeshed IN Grass vulgarity
that she must needs have a care for her
future; Prof. Peck devotes his unusually
keen mind to the cultivation of literary
cleverness in SO many directions as to be
deep in none, and therefore is not at all
helpful to the beginner, who can only
pront indirectly from his example; and
the Critic" and the "Bookman," what
ever their mission. and despite their ac-
knowledged charms, are after all not
guides to literary success, but compedia.
of literary causerie, news and notices.
So the beginner begins, and pushes his
pan from preface to fms; left to detect
his errors for himself; practically a wan
derer through deep, a difficult and un-
known forest, until by sheer persistence
fame-obllvion having failed him-comes
his way. Then, confirmed by usage in his
mannerisms. his faults. as well as in
his strength and individual charm; then
beyond the reach of the critic, the critic
tries to reach him and to tell him how
he ought to have done. Hindsight rushes
to his rescue when it Is too late; fore
sight has retired from the literary bus
mess and gone into Wall street
No. Literary criticism in these DAYS is
not helpful to the beginner, because there
is none to help him-and perhaps, after
all, 1t Is for the best. If a man fall over
board and can swim ashore, he Is better
off in the end, surer of himself, fuller of
strength for the mere exercise of it, than
he would be If some longshoreman on the
dock. who could swim not at all, were to
throw him rope or to read him a chap
ter from Swimming in Ten Easy Les
sons while he struggled with the tide,
the current, and the surging waters
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26
A New York Tempest.

Before the New York state republi-
can convention met it had been pub
lished widely that George R. Sheldon
would be nominated for lieutenant
governor. Senator Platt, who conducts
rs boss his party In his state stated
with the utmost emphasis that Mr..
Sheldon would be the nomiSee. He
was not nominated, but instead Mr..
Higgins, an ex-lumberman of western
New York, was put up for lieutenant
governor.
Thereby hangs a tale that is very
significant. Governor Odell led the
bolt against Mr.. Sheldon, and he more
than any one else caused the with.
drawal of Mr. Sheldon's name. Shell
don was withdrawn because he is a
millionaire promoter of trusts in New
York city, having been connected with
the whisky trust among others. No
other charge stands against him, and
the raid made against him shows how
the tide is running even in New York
state. The ruling boss was compelled
to pull out his man because he had
been and is connected with trusts-a
promoter Of them. The power of the
party boss was crossed, and trust pro-
motors stand tabooed. Governor OdeIl
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in HOTEL LoBBIEs.
Money by Mall.

"All letters containing money sent
through the mail should be registered
said an official of the Birmingham post
office.
1T costs very little to register a let
ter and the sender has the satisfaction
Of knowing that it will reach the adj
dressee promptly. While a great percent
ago of money sent unregistered is deliv-
cred, many money letters do go astray.
quite large sum of money goes to the
dead letter office every year, and is never
returned to the sender because the let
ters enclosing the various amounts con-
tain no signature other than Mother or
Father If such letters were registered
the postoffice would have a complete rec
ord and would return the money to the
persons who mailed it."
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100000 for Relief of Beers.

London, September Pa dispatch from
The Hague confirms the report that the
donor of the 500, 900 sent to Botha for the
relief of destitute Beers was Henry
Phipps, an American, and not ARTHUR
White" as announced by the general In
Rotterdam Monday. The money, however.
was sent through Arnold White. Mr..
Phipps sailed for New York today from
Southampton on the steamer Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse. Henry Phipps of New
York is a director of the Carnegie Steel
company and Of other concerns.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26
JUDGE FEAeIN's EXAMPLE.
the Roanoke Leader.

From the Roanoke Leader.
Judge Feagin, of the Birmingham city
court, has set the other judicial officers
of the land good example, and 1t re-
mains to be seen whether they will come
up to the standard he has set. He has
given 1t out that after the first of Oc-
tober he will not only fine every man
convicted before him for carrying con-
cealed weapons, but that he will also add
term in the chain gang, regardless of
the mans standing This may seem
little harsh, but it is safe to say that If
this punishment were enforced all over
the country the number of homicides
would rapidly decrease.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Two ankles don't make figure.
Alimony is better than no money.
We could all resist temptation If it was
to do right.
DO unto yourself as the Bible says to
do unto others.
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A PARALLEL.
From the Kansas city Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
The Kansas man who rose at funeral
and announced that If no person had
anything TO say abou- the departed he
would like to make a few remarks about
the free coinage of silver must have been
related in some way to the Rev. DR..
Washburn, who took occasion yesterday
at the Mckinley memorial services at
Oyster Bay to eulogze President Roose-
welt for his attitude in relation to the
trusts.
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Germania Park.

1.-THE German-Americans will dedicate
German park on German day. October 6,
and the occasion will be one of rare en-
joyment," said a worthy member of the
German colony here.
This park is just what has long been
needed here. 1t is a shady quiet place
and will be the scene of many happy
family outings during the afternoons and
moonlight nights of next summer"
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Hall for the kninhts.

The Knights of Columbus will soon
fit up and occupy hall as their regular
meeting place, but it will be only uues-
ton of time when they will build hall
Of their own.
The knights are numerically strong In
all large cities and the council of the
order in Birmingham numbers about 15O
and it is not yet year old.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

The esteemed Mr.. Hanna and the
almost equally esteemed Messrs. Plat
and Quay now concede that the trust
question is not fully settled.
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From the Philadelphia Press.
I'm ashamed of you'll Can't you ever
tell when you've had enough to drink?'
sure, but trouble ish l c. never tell
till shome time after rye had it,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

The big red Ben Davis apple is
again misleading lovers of that sort of
fruit.
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From the Roanoke Leader.

From the Roanoke Leader.
The press o. Alabama has begun a
more vigorous and united crusade
against the deadly, cowardly habit of
carrying concealed weapons. The Leader
joins hand and heart in the effort to rid
our land of this blight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26
ALABAMA EDITORS.

From the Greenville Advocate.
The Tom L. Johnson presidential boom
is not very likely to thrive much The
people are tired of freaks
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

The leading citizens in the Danish
West Indies are in a hurry to be
assimilated by this country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

The trust question has run the Phil
ippine question out of politics.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

The governments coal bin is empty,
and passengers must hereafter walk
up the Washington monument.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26
From the Troy Messenger.

Mark Hanna is between Roosevelt,
Tom Johnson-the devil and the deep
blue sea-" says the Age Herald. Mark
has had rough time for the past year
in political life. But you Mark Hanna
will come out all right
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

Grand Duke Boris now claims he
had not seen Mr.. Watterson's warning
against the monkey diners.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

The attention. of the immigration
officials is called to the intention of
King Leopold to visit this country.
This moral leper should be turned
back promptly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

Speaker Henderson is not comfort
able outside the fold
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

The lily whites put on guard men
only who part Their names IN the mid
die. ]. Carter Cooke is their manager;
J. Winston Smith their candidate for
governor, and J. Clyde Millar their
candidate for congressman.
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From the Northport Breeze.

Alabama republicans declare them
selves in sympathy with the American
soldier and denounce the democratic
party as being against our soldiers. Ala
bama democrats are not friendly to tho
men who make up our army, but Ala
bama democrats have furnished their
full quota of that soldiery. Democrats
are not only friends to the army but
democrats belong to the army
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

Full coal bins in the effete east are
now supplied with burglar alarms.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

Delaware is not SO slow. It's auto
mobile scorchers are sent to the whip
ping post.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26
INDIAN SUNNI Err.

BY John Greenleaf Whittier.
From gold to gray
Our mild, sweet day
OF Indian summer fades too soon;
But tenderly
Above the sea
Hangs, white and calm, the hunter
moon.
In it's pale fire
The village spire
Shows like the zodiacs spectral lance;
The painted walls
Whereupon it falls
TRANSPORTED stand in marble trancet
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

The Springfield Republican says the
tariff may be but the wet nurse of the
trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

Turkey is displeased at Secretary
Hays diplomatic protest concerning
the Roumanian Jews. She has not for
gotten the collection Of that little bill.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

If the coal strike lasts oil winter, as
John Mitchell says it may, the north
pole will be at home in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

The smart set claims 1t is a little
better morally speaking than King
Leopold.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

The Duke of Marlborough has be-
come a deep-seated enemy of the
United States, and the hope is he will
remain So
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

President Roosevelt cannot shoot
the trusts out as he did mountain
lions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

The press agents of actresses are
beginning to utilize automobile acct
dents.
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The republican federal office holder
that is not for Teddy in 1904 will find his
days short and full of trouble.
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Coal in the east is indeed dusly dia-
monds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-26

The Henderson incident has not
been equalled since Roscoe Conkling
and ME Too" Plat left the senate in
a huff.
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From the Huntsville Evening Tribune
The report that Gen. Joe Wheeler will
yet get a seat in the Presidents cabinet
may have little more foundation than
the late one mentioning him as a prob
able republican candidate for governor
in Alabama but we doubt it,
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From the Huntsville Mercury.

7 IUIII tiIt IIuIIlsNIIIc mercury.
A negro preached at Birmingham when
welcoming the delegates to the National
Negro Baptist convention, advised them
to quit fussing about "Jim Crow" cars
and go to work. He said they could
soon own railroads and street cars and
could travel as they pleased. The advice
is good and should be accepted.
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From the Brewton Pine Belt News.
Newspapers don't mind little things
like cost. They all have big bank ac-
counts. The fine and costly automobiles
of the editors all go to show this.-Mont-
gomery Journal But why are so many
still wearing that hungry look?