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huntsulLIa connectIo1.

If some scheme can be worked TO get
direct railroad line from Huntsville to
Birmingham. as is now contemplated, it
will be great thing for the two cities
and for the intervening territory" said
a business man.
1t ought not to be such a difficult
proposition. The Louisville and Nashville
is already built as far as Altoona, and
the Nashville. Chattanooga and ST. Louis,
which is owned by the Louisville and
Nashville, extends south from Huntsville
to the Tennessee river. The only strip to
be actually built would be from Altoona
north to the river.
IF that cannot be accomplished, it
might be possible to get an extension of
the Nashville Chattanooga and st. Louis
built from Guntersvllle across the river
to connect with the spur of the same line
out of Huntsville That would give
Huntsville a route to Birmingham via
Alfalfa
The other route would be much bet
ter. however, because it would be shorter
1t would tap a valuable section Of the
state and would mean great things for
Birmingham"
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Iii blows the wind that profits nobody
-3 King Henry vi.
COntederate Records and Relics.

Mississippi and Alabama have estab-
lished departments of archives and his
tory, and the work they are doing was
highly commended at the reunion at
New Orleans, and they were held up
as examples that should be followed
In the other states of the south, for
very much of the duties of such de-
partments relate to the civil war. It
is believed the other states that Joined
the Confederacy will follow in the
footsteps of Alabama and Mississippi
in this respect.
But beyond and outside of state de-
partments the building of the Battle
Abbey at Richmond is now well as
sured. This building will be devoted
to the preservation of records and OBJ
jects OF interest relating to the great
Richmond was the capital of the Con-
federacy, and it is literally surrounded
by battlefields, and is clearly the best
location for the proposed shrine of the
Lost Cause.
General Evans read at the New Or
leans reunion the Battle Abbey report.
He showed that there is on hand or In
plain sight S204,471. OF this amount
$104,471 is in cash; $4,000 Is the re-
naming portion of the Rouss donation;
$4,000 has been donated by the city of
Richmond, and $4,000 by residents Of
Richmond. The committee therefor e
recommended that as 100000 had been
secured the time is at hand for the
commencement of the work And the
report was adopted. This means that
fine and enduring building will be
erected at Richmond into which will be
gathered all valuable memorials of the
civil war. This depository will be be-
gun very soon, and no doubt it will be
pushed to completion, and all further
funds needed either for the construc-
ton of the building or for its main
tenance will be forthcoming.
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said a literary man: "Of all the dis
eliminating comment on Ralph Waldo
Emerson, this extract from an exhaus-
tive article In the New York Tribune is
especially worth reading:
His reflection is spiritualized. his at
mosphere is rich in stimulus. and it is not
surprising that thousands have found
themselves In his debt for the publication
and the Strengthening of their ethical
standards But If Emerson Is often lum-
nous, 1t is with the luminosity that
passes into kind of golden vapor, and
this, as II Is shot through and through
with the play Of his vagrant imagina-
ton, Is apt to leave the dlspassionate
reader with sense Of too fantastic and
iridescent a phenomenon. In that en-
chanting but specious environment, many
an eager student has fallen on confusion,
and though Emerson has helped a great
body Of men and women, 1t is not too
much to say that he has peen respon-
sible, beyond the measure of any one Of
his contemporaries in literature. for loose,
flabby and appallingly affected thinking.
Like Browning, he has been terrible
lure to those who think that they think;
filling them with ambiguous generaliza-
lions and enfeebling them with obscure
ties, at the same time that he has I'M
Willingly tinged their characters with
foolish PRIDE =
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Good for BIRMINGHAM.

Birminghams first horse show is a
marked success. In many respects 1t
surpasses any horse show ever held in
the south. 1t reflects high credit on
Birmingham, and the management is
receiving great praise.
The foreign horses exhibited at this
show are exceptionally attractive, and
it is particularly gratifying to see that
the local horses show we'll in COMPARE
son. The local exhioIts are indeed a
revelation, and this fact is but one Of
t4e many evidences of Birmingham
prosperity and progressive taste.
A horse show like this is not only
diverting, but 1t is educational. 1t will
stimulate local pride, and good results
are sure to follow
The horse show will continue until
Friday night. AS large as the crowd
was last night, 1t should be still larger
tLis afternoon and this evening. II the
venture turns out proftably, as The
Age-Herald believes it will, the horse
snow will be placed on a permanent
basis and will be made Birmingham
most popular annual event.
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Mr.. Gibson, 1t win be noticed, does
not attempt to show how many new
houses have been constructed in the
county, much less in the district, dur
ing the year, for his table relates
wholly to Greater Birmingham. A
town that puts up 20S4 houses a year
is, to say the least, reasonably pros
porous, and it is entering upon another
year determined to make a new record.
AS to the county, it is safe to say the
new buildings of the year number fully
2500 for new roofs are continually CO.
ing up in all parts of 1t. The entire
district is prosperous.
In tho calendar year the coal pro-
duction of the district promises to ex-
coed 100000 tons; the coke produc-
tion may reach 100000 tons; the pig
iron production will certainly be l.
COO, 900 tons, and the number OF cars
handled may exceed 100000. The vast
tonnage of the district is attracting
thither every railroad In the southern
country. including even those west of
T.. big river.
And, best of all, this aggregated en-
ergy and prosperity is the fact that
one-third of ,Ae iron made In this dis
trict is now turned In this district into
merchantable goods, and the prospect
is that at an early day every pound of
it will go out in finished forms adapted
to the wants of the world. This stage
in the districts development will be
reached before the isthmian canal is
dug, or even the Warrior rendered
navigable from Birmingham to the sea.
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President Jackson,a Idea.

Il am glad TO see the interest the new
president Fred NJ. Jackson. is taking in
the work of the Commercial club" said
a member of that body.
"He believes that one of the NEST I'M
portant things for the club to do is TO
take up the matter of advertising Bir-
mingham more extensively To that end
his idea is to increase the membership so
as TO have more available funds fer the
purpose.
"He has had printed a lot of unique
application blanks which are bound in
convenient size and can be carried around
In the pocket by members.
when 1t Is considered that the Gin
cinnati party which visited Birmingham
carried one express car on their train
which contained nothing but literature
ard novelties to advertise their city. Biz
mingham can indeed be called slow in the
matter Of advertising herself
president jackson believes that we
now have the goods to advertise and
we should proceed to advertise them, and
the Commercial club is the best fitted to
take the initial action"
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DIR. LoRENz RETURNS IN JUNE.

From the New York World
DR.. Lorenz. Austria's great master OF
bloodless surgery, In whom America now
feels a warm personal interest, will be
back in New York In the early days of
June. 1t seems but yesterday that this
scientific great-h heart left u.s. A story else
where in today's World reminds us, how
ever, that it is nearly half year since
the doctor sailed away, and that thu
plaster-cast period for the little patients
he treated in this city and vicinity is
drawing to a close.
DR.. Shaffer of the Cornell Medical col
lege, says: "Of all the cases operated up
on by DR.. Lorenz In this city there is
not bad report from one" DIR. Fitzhugh
of the same institutions believes there will
be no failures in the cases in which he
has been particularly interested.
DIR. Shaffer points out the fact that
New Yorks orthopaedic surgeons are
practically unanimous in their indorse-
ment of DR.. Lorenz. The great surgeons
critics come chiefly from Chicago and
Philadelphia But critics all along the line
appear likely to be silenced when the
casts fall from half a hundred little
limbs
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Chicago end RIrmlnnham.

Birmingham has many features of a
smaller Chicago, but there is great diff
ference In street car etiquette in the two
places" said man who has lived IL
the Windy City.
Since l have been in Birmingham
have never seen lady have to stand up
In the cars. Men may be tired and worn
out after working hard all day, but they
never seem to be too tired to be gallant.
Most of the ladies thank the gentlemen
for giving them a seat although a few
take 1t as matter Of course. and this is
dangerous thing to do. too, for a man
likes to have his courtesy appreciated
I'm Chicago the general rule is that
the man or woman who gets to seat
first keeps 1t. l have seen ladies' swing
ing to the straps for miles when NOR,
than half of the seats in the car were
occupied by men busily reading the even
ing paper
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lieved the crop of next year will rise
to 1our million boxes, thus equalllng
the orange product Of the state be-
fore the freeze.
Besides the oranges the banana prod
uct of the state is rapidly increasing,
and the shipments of pineapples are
nearly equal to the shipments Of or
anges. Two million boxes Of pine.
apples have already been sent away
this year, bringing to the growers
about three dollars a box. The pinto
or japanese peach is also to be grown
largely, and altogether the plucky state
is looking up, not bit discouraged
any longer by the disasters of 1895 and
1896.
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Florida Oranges and Bananas.

Before the great freeze of 1896 Flor.
ida produced about 1900, 900 boxes Of
oranges a year. That great disaster
left desolate the orange groves of the
state, but ever since that time the in
domitable energy of Floridians has
been at work, and today new groves
started in the neighborhood of Tampa
and in the extreme southerly counties
of the peninsula promise to almost
make good this season the crop that
was turned off for export before the
disastrous cold wave visited the state.
The crop of the present year will ex-
coed two million boxes, and it is be-
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DUST OF GREAT MEN.

From the Norfolk Virginian-Post.
Henry shall be removed to Richmond.
We see no sound reason for disturbing
the dust of the great men who made
great state. Almost to a man they liked
their own acres, and had no love or lil-
ing for cities They were neighborhood
men. They were close to the soil and the
people and had local attachments as the
men OF today have not. To our way OF
thinking, there was a certain dignity
about the way these men played their
part in affairs of state. and then returned
to their own people to live and die and
oe buried that we may well respect even
to this day.
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of the Big Four, returned yester-
day from "trip covering several days.
W. H. Murphy, Jr.. Of Greensboro reg
istered at the Metropolitan last night.
D. H. Riddle Of Goodwater is at the
Morris.
49,
H. E. Stafford of Boston is registered
at the Hillman.
R. H, wilhoyte of Sheffield is at the
Morris.
A S. Jetmore. claim agent of the Fris-
CO. with headquarters in Memphis, was
in Birmingham yesterday
H. L. Evans, travelling passenger agent
of the Frisco, with headquarters in Mem
phis. was here yesterday
+. F. G. Kinney has arrived in Liverpool.
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OhIo's Biz Battle.

Both sides in the republican party
of Ohio are lining up for a battle to
the death. All pretense of friendship
between Mr. Foraker and MI Hanna,
or between Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.
Hanna are cast to the winds. Such
friendship was but pretense, anyway,
and it has been put aside In order to
enable the two sides to fight a pitched
battle in the approaching republican
convention for the control of the party
in that state. If Mr.. Foraker wins the
fight, Mr.. Roosevelt's candidacy of
next year will be fully endorsed, and
Mr.. Foraker will "hog" the patronage
allotted to the state. Mr. Hanna did
the hog" act while Mr., Mckinley was
President, and the time has come at
last when he must be able to control
the delegates to the next convention
or lose his place as Ohio's big boss,
ehu poihoPo MS PioSo AZ INC ocHdtc,
although he may be allowed to hold
the latter in consideration of past serv-
ices to the party.
Mr.. Hanna says the convention shall
not endorse Mr.. Roosevelt's candidacy,
and Mr.. Foraker says it must either
reject or accept an endorsement reso-
luton, and Mr.. Roosevelt said on Mon
day in Walla Walla, 81 have not asked
any man for his support. l have had
nothing whatever to do with raising
the issue as to my endorsement.
Sooner or later 1t is bound to arise,
and inasmuch as it has now arisen, of
course those who FAVOR my administra-
ton and nomination will endorse
them
This settles it. The battle is on.
Mr. McKinley's home county has in
structed heavily in Mr.. Roosevelts ia
vor, and no doubt he will be endorsed
by the Ohio convention. Mr.. Hanna IS
doomed to be defeated The pie coun-
ter is stronger than the Mckinley sen.
timent or even Mr.. Hanna's practical
politics. The New ork World sounded
the republican state chairmen, and il
found only two opposed to Mr.. Roose.
velt's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Ala
bama, and Alabamas chairman is the
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THE WARRIOR CANAL.

From the Bessemer Weekly.
In speaking of the revival of this pro-
ject In our last issue we omitted mention
ing that the operating committee appoint
ed by Protector Van Hoose had organized
and had chartered the Warrior Canal
Improvement company, under the laws of
this state for the purpose of securing
rights of way and getting matters in
shape for speedy government action.
The principal object of this latter move
by the Birmingham people is not so much
to secure navigation into this district
just at this time as 1t. is to secure an
inflow of water for municipal and man
ufacturing purposes. 1t is wise move.
The water supply of this district instead
of being increased to meet the Increased
demand is being diminished, AS is natural
in growing. country, the natural sources
of supply increase in their capacity as
the county becomes settled and popula-
ton increases. The country is denuded
of its trees and forests. making the soil
much less retentive of moisture enabling
the rainfall to run more rapidly off. and
diminishing the natural flow of the
streams Not only that but the running
water becomes charged with unhealthy
drainage.
The water of this Immediate section.
Birmingham and suburbs and this city
and suburbs, must be reinforced. Prob
ably the most feasible method is to tap
the Little Warrior at Swansea. But the
most permanent and substantial step
would be to tap the Tennessee at or near
Guntarsville The water would flow here
by gravity and it would be comparatively
pure water, the Tennessee having its
headwaters in the Great Smoky Range
and drawing it's main supply from high
unsettled and mountainous country. Its
water would not only be comparatively
pure but always in the greatest abundance
so that the volume TO be detected from
1t would cut no figure in navigation.
OF course it would be big undertaking
to build a canal seventy-five miles long
from the Tennessee river to Bessemer,
but it is feasible. There would be no
heavy cutting, and it may be absolutely
necessary some day.
1t is we'll enough to keep the subject
alive The time may come when we will
have to have the water for manufacturing
and municipal purposes.
There never will be any difficulty about
a good supply of domestic water, but for
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STUDYING
SOUTHERN CONDITIONS

II don't suppose the American people
know much about Rodesia," continued
Mr.. Weissenborn, who was In the Boer
war of 1881, but is not In sympathy with
the Beers. "Rhodesia is situated about
1000 miles north of Cape Town, about on
a parallel with Pretoria Falls, and is a
great country, as is the whole of South
Africa. Rhodesia was established, as Is
well known. by Cecil Rhodes for the Brit
ish government, and consists of about
10000 square miles. / believe the policy
of the government as laid down by
Joseph Chamberlain, will bear fruit, and
that the next few years will see great
progress in agriculture in the state. 1
formerly lived in the Transvaal, but left
that state several years ago. and while 1
am not in sympathy with the Beers.
will state that the reports of the way
they treat the native negroes are exag-
gerated'
MY mission" said Mr. Odlum, lis to
study tobacco, rice and cane culture in
Louisiana. and this will take me pretty
well all over the state. come as the
special representative of the Rhodesian
government, and will make my final re-
port when / return home, which will be
some time yet, as 1 have a great deal of
work to do When I have made my re-
port, then the government will make a
series of experiments on small scale to
ascertain the most suitable methods of
cultivating these crops The object of
the government is to reduce the cost of
living. as we have vast fields of unten-
anted lands that should become very pro-
ductive with irrigation, and we want to
produce foodstuffs. Corn is always in
good demand there, but the price is high.
Rice can, l believe, be grown there as
well as in Louisiana. We have a season
of heavy rainfall during the summer, and
this water could be stored for irrigation
during the winter. The government is
offering special inducements to Americans
to locate there, and each man who will
take up a residence there is given a title
to 5000 acres Of land Special rates are
being arranged for Americans who will
locate there, and those persons who go
will secure great reduction from New
York The American is recognized as a
producer and developer, and that is why
special inducements are held out to him."
= %~~~>A%~Ss-e<>~-
Industrial purposes we are liable TO come
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EPIeRAMs from EMERSON.

Compiled from the Houghton, Miffin &
| Co. Centenary Edition
Go with mean people and you think
life is mean. Then read Plutareh. and
the world is proud place, peopled with
men of positive quality, with heroes and
demigods standing around us, who will
not let US sleep-Books.
1t makes a great difference to the force
of any sentence whether there be a man
behind it or no.-Representative Men.
The secret of genius is to suffer no fic-
ton to exist for us; to realize all that we
know; In the high refinement Of modern
life, in arts and sciences, in books, in
men, to exact good faith, reality, and a
purpose; and first last, midst, and with
out end. to honor every truth by use
Representative Men.
Life is not SO short but that there is al
ways time enough for courtesy.-Social
! Aims.
Every act of the man inscribes itself
in the memories of his fellows and in
his own manners and face.-Representa-
tive Men.
Nature paints the best part Of the pic
ture, carYes the pest part VI tue seo1"e'
builds the best part of the house. and
speaks the best part of the oration.--
Art.
And what is originality? It is being.
being ones self, and reporting accudately
what we see and are. Genius is, in the
first instance, sensibilty, the capacity of
receiving just impressions from the ex-
ternal world, and the power of co-ordina-
ting these after the laws Of thought.-Quo-
tation and Originality.
The less government we have the bet
ter--the fewer laws, and the less confided
power. The antidote TO this abuse of
formal government is the influence of pri-
vate character, the growth Of the indi-
vidual-Politics
"A friend may well be reckoned the mas
terpiece of nature.-Friendship
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EVENTS TO BE RECALLED
BY N. US 25OTH BIRTHDAY

authentic; the former is approximate
and doubtful
First Clergyman. the Dominic Bogar-
dus, for the first regular church built
on the island. 1888. First schoolmaster.
the same year, also the first graveyard.
First whipping post set up in 1886. the
year which-no connection of events-saw
the establishment of the first artist, Dick
Hermans.
First regular physician in practice, 1885.
First ferry to Long Island, landing near
Peck slip, 1887.
First murderer sentenced to be hanged,
16A. The condemned man was a negro.
First building lot sold. 1912. A plot 30
feet by no. where Bridge street runs
now price. $780, Try how much land
you can buy there today for the same
money
First poet Jacob Steedman. known from
1863.
First merchants exchange, 1870.
First letter-carrier, 1878, with a dubious
route. extending to Boston by way OF
Hartford
First dock 1877.
First undertaken. 1888
First printing press. william Bradford's.
1894.
First poor house, 1898.
First public money appropriated for
cleaning the streets, 1896.
First lighting of streets, 1887. A lam
tern was hung on a pole at every seventh
house. and the expense Of keeping up the
lights was divided among the household
ers in blocks of SEVEN
The first newspaper, the Gazette. was
published in 1725; the first public library
was opened in 1929, and Kings college,
which has expanded into Columbia uni
versity, was erected in 1850.
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A RAZOR 1850 YEARS OLD.

From the Chicago Journal.
Charles Morton of Bardstown Ky. is
the proud possessor of a razor that is
something over $50 years old but it is in a
splendid state of preservation, and is far
superior to the razors of modern times.
The razor was formerly owned by Judge
Venehle. of the colony of Virginia who
was a prominent patriot. Judge Veneble
was appointed judge of Kentucky county
by Patrick Henry, governor OF Virginia.
kentucky then being a county of that
commonwealth. The razor was made at
Sheffield, England, in the year 17ji, and
is very heavy. the blade being extremely
thick and broad, with large woode n
handle.