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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16
MIR. CARNEGIE AT TUsKEoEE,

From the Washington Star.
 There is good news probably for all who are interested in Booker Washington's s work in the announcement that Andrew Carnegie is soon to spend q day at Tus- kegee and inspect the institution. Sue cessful as Professor Washington has been in his labors, and generous as his col- leetions have been from many sources, he has yet not been able to carry out many of his plans for want of means. MT. Carnesie's visit, therefore, may result in lift" which will assist Professor Washington to realize some of his more ambitious views. MT. Carnegie sights no worthy object, and it is difficult to con ceive of a worthier one than that at Tuskegee, whose ends are practical, pa- triotic and helpful 10 everybody. Men and women trained in that school give a good account of themselves in the every day work of the world. As a rule, they are a credit to their race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16
ROOSEVELT AND HANNA
 IN A POLITICAL CHASE

comparison with the promise of a Hanna pension for himself or one of the family?
 "The people of the south have a right to be indignant at this trucking to the negroes by a brace of politicians whose ambition appears to have put their scru- pies sound asleep. No one who has any understanding of the conditions in the southern states, where there is a large African population, can refrain from actively sympathizing with that indigna- ton. Messrs. Roosevelt and Hanna are playing with fire, a fire which once started may devastate many southern communities. They are selfish and consciencelessly trifing with very grave matter-adding enormously to the difficulties of an already sufficiently bur densome race problem. Deliberately they are filling the heads of great masses of ignorant negroes with hopes of polit- ical preferment. social equality and ma terial advantages that can never be re- alized.
 President Roosevelt and Senator Han na are intelligent men. They know per- fectly well what must be the effects of their bids for negro popularity. They are engaged, for political purpose in stirring up the blacks against the whites of the south
 This is sinister business. Not only is it to the last degree discreditabie to the President and the senator as public mon. but it is highly dangerous so dan gerous that it becomes the duty of uatri. otie men throughout the nnion, regard n art fn fty,f, Ger a halt.
 ..'The south is a part of our common cerntry, and as such as well entitled 10 ntelnal peace as is any other part For outside politicians to disturb 'ts aueet a,u threaten it's safety in orI1i that they ray further their personal ends in a national convention, Is simply infamous If the Chinese on the Pacific coast were fit. times as numerous as tinv are, and haJ votes, and Roosevelt and Hanna. for the sake of delegates, should endeavor to rouse the yellow men against the whites there. that would be precise par al.el to what Roosevelt ard Hanna are Geing in the south.
 Every real friend of the negro. every eremy of race hatred, evety foe of sec tionalism, and every citizen who cares for the dignity of the presidential and sena- torial offices must deplore the courss of MT Roosevelt and MT. Hanna. Their rivalry as aspirants for the presidency has carried them beyond all permissible bounds. While they alarm and incense the south. they humiliate the United States by debasng our politics to A level that puts us to shame before the civil ized world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16
Entertaining and Instructive.

The sketches under the caption of some Recolections of Confederate Camp Life" by Judge W. R. Houghton of Bir- mingham, which appear in the Sunday issue of the Age-Herald are being widely read and are olic,ting most favorable comment. They are not only full of historic interest, but they are written in charming style. After the series is completed these sketches should be pub lished Tn book form. Many war narra- tives of far less merit have proved to be saleable books.
 In works made up of magazine papers or lectures we usually read on the title page. Revised and Edited by the Au- thor" The beauty of Judge Houghton s narratives is. they need no editing. When the copy reaches the editorial room of the Age Herald it is in such excellent shape that no improvement can be sug- gested.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

William Randolph Hearst, president of the National Association of Democratic Clubs and congressman-elect from New York, in the New York American of Feb ruary comes out in very strong edl- torial on the race between Roosevelt and Hanna for the negro votes of the south and it's effect.
 Mir. Hearst. from the time he entered the metropolitan field of journalism, has consistently taken the side of democracy and the masses upon every public ques- ton which has come up. His three papers are a power for straight democracy.
 The editorial follows
 President Roosevelts monopoly as a player to the colored gallery has been de- stroyed. Senator Hanna has bounded onto the stage and demanded his share of the Afro-American attention and applause. It Is fully understood by the whole white population of the country that either gen tlerIan is willing to make any sacrifice in return for southern delegates to the next national republican. convention
 The contest between the two for the favor of their fellow-citizens of African descent has it's comic aspect of course. but only the light minded will care to dwell on the ludicrous side of such a de- grading tug-of-war between the Presi- dent of the United States and the leading republican senator, his rival for the nom- ination in 1904.
 MT. Roosevelt protesting the very mo- blest motives the while. appoints negroes to office in the south and takes every oc- casion to rebuke southerners for not lik- ing too Intimate personal contact with a race whom they. In common with Mir. Roosevelt refuse to regard as their equals. This policy appeals to the pride of the blacks, and the President has cal culated that in exchange for recognition the negroes will flock to the polls in his behalf when the time for electing dele gates arrives
 But now comes Senator Hanna with bill providing for the pensioning of every ex-slaye; a measure that would take hundreds of millions from the treas- ury were 1t to become a law. Nobody better than Senator Hanna knows that there is not the remotest possibility of ms piii pecoiiihS law. mere IS not the least probability that it will ever be brought to vote in this or any other congress. But that does not concern MT. Hanna. What he is after is popu- larity on the plantations and in the back alleys of southern cities, where MT. Roosevelt of late has been having it all his own way. The poor black man may be grateful tG the President for givin O a collectorship and a postoffice or two to eolored citizens, but what is such recognition. however flattering in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16
Iron Making in January.

On February 1 there were 29S stacks in operation having a capacity of 343,111 tons. This was a decrease Of two stacks and loss of 10, ,689 tons in weekly capacity as compared with conditions on January l. Although pro. duction has been lessened, furnaces stocks were increased from 99, 1895 tons on January l to 119,641 tons on Feb ruary 1.
 In this dictrict two less stacks were in blast on February 1, and the weekly capacity of the dictrict fell from 33,- 763 tons on January 1 to 31,712 tons
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16
SCHEDULE AGREED ON,
Committee of Southern League Has
 Agreed on Programme.

Atlanta, Ga, February 15.-lt Is an- nounced that the schedule committee of the Southern Association of Baseball Clubs, composed of Abner Powell, Michael Finn and Newt Fisher, will submit the schedule for this seasons games at meeting of the board of directors or the association to be held in New Orleans on February 21.
 The schedule has been agreed upon by the committee but must be ratified by the officials of the association.
 Extensive improvements have been made in the ball park here. many new accommodations having been added to the grand stand.
 Manager Powell has announced that a majority of the local players have been signed and that the team will begin prac- tice the latter part of next month. The season will be opened the latter part of April
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16
War in Central America,

War has been declared between Guatemal.. on the one side and Salva- dor and Honduras on the other. The trouble arises over the election of Senor Bonilla to the presidency Of Honduras, but President Sierra re- fuses to relinquish the presidency, in- sisting that Senor Bonilla secured an apparent majority by means of fraudu- lent practices. Manuel Estrada Ger bera, president of Guatemala, says the president.elect of Honhuras should be seated, while General Zelaya. presi. dent of Nicaragua, ana General Regal do, president of Salvador, says he should not be. This makes the issue Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras are lined up against Guatemala, and Costa Rica is believed to be friendly to Qua temala, but she has not as yet taken up arms.
 Senor Bonilla has entrenched him self on ar island, and has raised a considerable force with which to main tain his claim to the presidency.
 A blockade of the island will be at. tempted by the de facto president of Honduras, and Salvador will doubtless assist in the movement. Nicaragua is moving also, possessing as she does a cruiser that can move against the island held by Senor Bonila. Martial law has been proclaimed in Honduras. Altogether the little republics of Cen tral America are preparing for a very lively squabble. Thus far no blood has been shed, but if warlike preparations go on there must soon be clashes between the opposing forces. If the trouble goes on Costa Rica and Guatemala will be lined up against honduras, Nicaragua and Salvador, and Honduras is house divided against itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16
PARENTHOOD A DUTY
 SAYS THE PRESIDENT

I do not know whether I most pity or most despise the foolish and selfish man or woman who does not understand that the only thing really worth having in life are those the requirement. of which nor mally means cost and effort. If a man or woman. through no fault of his or hers goes through life denied those high est of all joys which spring only from home life, from the having and bringing up of many healthy children, 1 feel for them deep and respectful sSmpathy-the sympathy one extends to the gallant fel- low killed at the beginning of cam paign, or the man who tolls hard and is brought to ruin by the fault of oth- CTS.
 But the man or woman who deliberate ly avoids marriage and has a heart so cold as to know no passion and a brain so shallow and selfish as to dislike haV- ing children, is in effect a criminal against the race and should be an object of contemptuous abhorrence by all healthy people.
 Of course no one quality makes good citizen, and no one quality will save a nation. But there are certain great quail ities for the lack of which no amount of intellectual brillianey, or of material prosperity, or of easness of life, can atone, and which show decadence and corruption in the nation, just as much as if they are produced by selfshness and coldness and ease-living laziness among comparatively poor people, as if they are produced by vicious or friyol- ous luxury in the rich.
 If the men of the nation are not anx- ious to work in many different ways with all their might and strength, and ready and able to fight at need and anxious to be fathers of families, and if the women do not recognize that the greatest thing for any woman is to be a good wife and mother why that nation has cause to be alarmed about it's future.
 There is no physical trouble among Americans. The trouble with the situa- tion you set forth is one of character, and therefore we can conquer 1t if we only will. Very sincerely yours,
 THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

New York. February i5.-President Roosevelt Is an emphatic believer in the Biblical precept Increase and multiply Himself the father of six children he looks with alarm upon the tendency among American men and women to shirk the duties of marriage and espe- cially of parenthood. He has issued an earnest protest against this tendency. It takes the form of a letter to Mrs John Van Worst, joint author with Miss Marie Van Worst of "The Woman Who Tolls. Il is used as a preface to the book.
 The paragraph which especially att tracted the Presidents attention was one in which Mrs. Van Worst deplored the voluntary sterility of the American-bo born women of this country. She declares that the fecundity among them is less than in any other nation of the world, unless it be France, whose anxiety re- garding depopulation we would share in full measure were it not for the foreign immigration to the United States. Imme- diately upon reading it President Roose- velt wrote the following letter:
 White House, Washington, D. C., Octo- 1 must write you a line to say how much l have appreciated your article "The Woman Who Tolls" But to me there is most melancholy side to it, when you touch upon what Is fundamentally in finitely more important than any other question in this country. That is the question of race suicide. complete or partial.
 An easy. good-natured kindliness and a desire to be independent that is, to live ones life purely according to ones own desires--are in no sense substitutes for the fundamental virtues, for the prac- tice of the strong racial qualities without which there can be no strong races-the qualities of courage and resolution in both man and woman, of scorn of what is mean, base and selfish. of eager de- sire to work or fight or suffer. as the case may be, provided the end to be at- tained is great enough and the contempt uous putting aside of mere ease, mere yapid pleasures, mere avoidance of toll and worry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
The Late ar. l, L, M. ourrN

ihs hats BFt n Lt mt Safis
 II was disappointed at first that the re- maihs ef Dr. J, l., Al, Curry were not brought te Alabama for sepulture, belns the state ef his greatest actlvlties' but after aih lt Ia fttins that the body ef tho distinguished orator, HtateFman and educator iiea et rent in company with the illuHtrious dead of the south, in beautiful Hollywood nt Richmond remarked e man who knew and admired the departed'
 'I have read with sympathetic interest many newspaper sketches of pr. Curry, and tributes to his patriotism and hls scholarship but I have not scen any ace- quate account of his oratory.
 Curry was a great orator-one in thousand As a preacher he was equaled by few men of his denomination - the Baptist-and surpassed In my day by only the late pr. John A Broadus. lie had the scriptures at his tongues end. He was intensely earnest and he was fluent master of the homiletic art. In legislative bodies he was quick and force full in debate. and on the hustngsa he was witty and impassioned by turns. But as public speaker he reached the height of his powers, perhaps, before college classes and educational bodies. Scholarly and luminous. he could hold any intelligent audience for an hour and q half without tiring it. In short, Dr. Curry might have been taken as a model for all young men aspiring to achievements in oratory.
 'Dr. Curry was particularly fond of hove ao1 nd ra4 limo met him, in 1897. he was as young in his feelings as he was when l first knew him at Richmond college in 1S73."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

But Turkey is near Macedonia, and history shows that u..e Turk inspired by fanaticism will fight the Christians bitterly and even desperately. The 1,500, 900 Turks who can be put in the field are well armed and drilled. The regular army of Turkey is 700,0 ,0O0 strong, including reserves, and they are armed with Mauser rifles, and they have been well drilled and or ganized by talent drawn from Ger many. Let no one therefore think that war between Russia and Turkey would be short or light affair, for 1t would .-ot be if history is to be trust. ed, despite the bankrupt condition of the Turkish treasury All authorities agree that there are no better fight ing men in Europe than the Turks and the Asiatic Turks are perhaps better than the Turks of Europe. It is the Asiatic Turks that must fight the battles of the Sublime Porte if war comes with Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16
Attractions That Would Pay.

Birmingham shonld have. by all means. the great festival concert combination, which includes Nordica de Reszke and Duss' orchestra of seventy performers" said a music lover This will be the greatest attraction en tour next May It is booked for Atlanta and Manager Wells, who is considering Manager Kromberg's proposition. should not hesi- tate to secure 1t for the Bijou. It would draw 5000 house or better.
 'Nordica alone would be able to at tract three of four thousand dollar house. With de Reszke and the famous orchestra added 1t would be safe to figure on much larger receipts.
 Birmingham has proved itself to be a theatre-gong town of high rank and with such eminent artists as Nordica and de Reszke on the bill a concert company ex- cites general interest"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

on February 1, Nearly ali other dls. trieta show like decreases.
 The tone of the market. continues to be geod, and engagements of fege eign Iron are still a feature of the trade, thus showing that all expect consumption to outrun production throughout the present year. Buyers and sellers are, however, still apart, but all indications are that they will soon get together, and that prices will remain suostantIally at present levels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16
kocian Tonight.

"Kocian, the young Bohemian vlolinist who will be heard at the Jefferson Mon day night. is the greatest vlrtuoso that will appear in Birmingham this season, and no music lover can afford to miss his concert" said prominent musician.
 There are only four or five vioinists in the world today who can compare with him. He is indeed marvel. Certain it is, no young European musician who has come to this country has made such a furore in New York as Kocian has done.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 One pair of legs don't make a chorus.
 It's the impatient people who get mar ried and the patient people who stay married
 Eve made such a record with no clothes that ever since all women have been try ing to strike an average with nothing but clothes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16
LOOKING TO oARlToL PARK

From tho Greensboro Watchman,
 The legislature of Alabama ought not to spend s25oOOo, or any other amount, towards enlurglng the capitol grounds, as Birmingham Is the logical plaee for the capital of the state, and has the ground ready and waiting upon which to erect a modern and up-to-date state house. The present inadequate equip ments at Montgomery will answer all purposes until the removal to Birming- ham
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

formed company and seld half the stock te f.endeher for ei5oo,"
 'Y.yeu dld7" sasped tho old han, turn- Ing white. 'Ill bet I'm the enc who bought it.
 Exactly se," oeelly observed the Seung man, ae he eresaed hls ess and asked hla father whose turn lt waa new,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16
NOT SUCH A FOOL,

From London Tit-Blts.
 A young man who had returned home from South Africa, where he had been for his health, narrated his adventures to his father, and told him among other things he had bought a silver mine for e1OO0.
 T knew they'd swindle you.' exclaimed the old man. So you were fool enough to buy humbug mine?
 Yes; but I didn't lose anything. I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

Bank building on Twentieth street gives D decided impetus to hlsh.eiass eonstrue- tive enterprise, and In fact 10 business generally, Whenever a7oo,0o0 goes Into one building here, everybody gets TO- hewed confidence In tho stability Of tho city,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16
A Decided Impetus.

'"rhe building trade promises to be brisk in the Birmingham district this year" said a wholesale dealer in lumber and builders supplies.
 "The erection of the First National
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

MT Grou prefers Patti concerts to grand opera, and next winter New York will have to get along with yau- deville and the Floradora output.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

Breakfast foods are less cruel than the water cure treatment, and our brown fellow citizens in the Philip pines should call for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

The senate is expected to secure MT. Rockefeller's O. k. before it passes an antitrust bill. Senates are built that way nowadays.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

Always remember that the man who is to blame for high prices is the man who is caught getting them up to the tariff limit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

General Miles lets nothing escape him. He attended a cakewalk in Paris and Buffalo Bills wild aggrega- tion in London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is also re- ported to be a loser in Wall street. He may have sent those telegrams in a fit of desperation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16
Russia and turkey.

In case war comes again between Russia and Turkey, the former will at the outset make on paper the better showing, as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

The Root resignation and the Schwab health bulletin are neck and neck in the news columns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

Dr. Parkhurst will get news for his ideal newspaper over the wireless, which does not carry hot stuff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

The Littlefed bill, says the New York Sun, made the sculpins off the Maine coast laugh loud.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

Some painstaking statistican has ascer- tained the fact that the children of this state pay annually s25o,O0O for the privi- lege or each and every teacher in the state to change his -xt books according to his or her whim, regardless of wei fare of the children At first sight this may not appear very large sum when distributed among 700,000 children who are called on to pay it annually. but when 1t is remembered that there Is not but four times this sum paid out annu- ally to teachers in the state it looms up as of considerable importance. Let us have the uniform system of text books and give it a fair trial. we have tricG the present methods long enough. MY MINDE TO ME A KINGDOM IS. By Sir Edward Dyer.
 My minde to me a kingdom is. Such perfect joy therein I fnde As farre exceeds all earthly blisse
 That God or nature hath assignde: Though much l want that most woul0
 have.
 Yet still my minde forbids to crave. Content I live; this is my stay
 I seek no more than may suffice. I presse to beare no haughtie sway; Look. what I lack my mind supplies. Loei thus I triumph like a king. Content with that my minde doth bring. !. The court ne cart I like ne loath-
 Extreamcs are counted worst of all The golden meane betwixt them both
 Doth surest sit. and feares no fall; This is my choice: for why. I finde No wealth is like a quiet mnde. My wealth is health and perfect. ease; My conscience ciere my chief defenco: I never seeke by bribes to please Nor by desert to breed offence. Thus do I live. thus will I die
 Would all did so we'll 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

MT Grau prefers Patti concerts to Captain Hobson will marry and settle deyille and the Florodora output.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

President Eliot ana President Roose- welt seem to be headed toward a com pulsory marriage bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16
HE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER II AlAslaA

Two mighty monarchs, whose high upreared ana abuttna fronts the per lous narrow ocean parts asunder.
 king Henry V.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

Mr Bowen is no novice in diplomat ic affairs, and the allies could not hoodwink him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

The bridge over Hell Gate is not for the accommodation of any especial lot of passengers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-16

Speaker Henderson will soon join Captain Hobson outside the fold.