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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
RIrmlnaham,s HospitaIs.

Among the many evidences of Bir- mlngham's growth is the marked increase in the number of patients in the hos pitals," said man who takes an active interest in St. vincents. "A few years ago when the Sisters of Charity establish ed themselves here they conducted hos- pital in the DeBardeleben mansion. That house seemed almost adequate. for years ago, but today every room and every ward in the spacious St. vincents is oc- cupied and If fifty more rooms were ad- ded they would be filled.
 "All the favorite sanitarirms here are now pretty we'll filled. The Hillman Hos pistal will soon be opened and I predict that before the end of the year 1t will be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
About Persens.

Robert Waugh of Bell Ellen Is at the Metropolitan.
 H. c. Collins of collinsville is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 F. B. Orr of New Decatur is registered at the Metropolitan.
 George E. Rutledge of Bessemer is at the Metropolitan.
 Isaac T. Hauser of Anniston is staying at the Metropolitan.
 Col. W. c. Tunstall of Greensboro is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 B. B. Holioman of Mobile Is at the Nor ris.
 E. S. Center of Nashville is registered at the Morris.
 Mrs. J. R. Tyson and children of Mont gomery are stopping at the Norris. John R. Jackson of Nashville Is at the Morris.
 Scott Maxwell of Cordova is stopping at the IIillman.
 T. IT. McEwen and wife of Nashville are at the IIillman. .
 s. B. Marks, Jr., and family of Mont gomery are stopping at the Hillman.
 
 F E. Glenn of Trussville Is registered at the Hiilman.
 eEr sSrpsSusrz- sss~~ ---at> IJ. E. Reese of Baltimore Is at the Hill man.
 Coleman Ward will leave tomorrow Tor pittsburg. where he has accepted a posi- ton as resident manager of a large iron concern in that city.
 The Rev. Father Giles, o. S. B., secreta- ry of St Bernard college, will preach at the last mass at 10:3O o'clock at St. PauPs church this morning.
 Frank V. Evans, editor of the Meridian Press, was in Birmingham yesterday w. J. Boles, formerly on the local stan of the Age-Herald, but now on the local staff of the Cincinnati Enquirer, is visit ing friends in this city. He has made an excellent reputation in Cincinnati and Is regarded as one of the best men connected with the Enquirer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
Many Historic Events.

q never hear the first frecracker on the Fourth that I am not for an instant carried back to my boyhood," said gray haired man yesterday. Those were the days when we had fun and it was all so different from what they call enjoy ment today.
 Now. all the world and his wife go to the theatre, or to see ball game or as spectators of some other form of set show.
 Tn the days of my youth, we boys be- gan at two or three o'clock in the morn- ing to ring bells, shoot off cannons and do other things calculated to prevent sleep on the part of patriotic persons. Then until the middle of the forenoon we kept up the racket to the best of our ability but about 1O:SO some local digni- tary read the declaration of Independence, and there was an orator of the occasion. At noon there was barbecue and in the afternoon there were races and contests of various kinds The whole thing was essentially community like in its nature. There were no performers on one side and audiences on the other. but all took part in whatever was doing.
 "There is another thing that always strikes me as curious, and that Is that to the average man the fourth of July means only the birth of our republic, and he seems to think that foreigners have no interest In 1t; but as mater of fact 1t Is day on which some of the great-s est events of the worlds history have oc- cured.
 "On the 4th of July, 1O97, three hundred and nlnety-five years before Columbus discovered America, the Moslems under Soman were routed by the Crusaders. and all fear of the Mohammedam con quest of Europe was ended.
 On July 4, 1215 the English barons com pelled King John to sign Magma Carta, which is an instrument of freedom, equalled only by our own beloved Decla- ration of Independence. On July 4 1853, the long parliament under Oliver Crom- we'll was convened.
 Coming down to our own history the adoption (not the signing) of the Declara- tion of Independence on July 1, 1776, so greatly overshadows all other historical events that they are mostly forgotten,
 
 On that day in ITS George Rogers Clark captured the British fort at Kaskaskia, in what Is now Illinois, one of the most daring and remarkable feats in the whole history of warfare. The construction of the Erie canal was begun on July f. 1Sl7 and the first rail of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad was laid on that day in 1928. In 1S45 we celebrated the day by the annexation of Texas. In 1s4S the treaty of peace with Mexico was our mode of celebration.
 Since then in the last half century so many things have happened that are fresh in the recollection of all that 1t would be useless to enumerate them. but one thing I am glad to see. and that is that, although our forms of celebration may have changed, there is no diminution in enthusiasm since I was boy.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

less indeed public sentiment and the governors of the several states rise up to put down tue evil In the remaining months of the year. The record thus far made up goes to show that mob violence is increasing. and the variety of cases treated by Judge Lynch goes to show that in some states at least the lynchers have pretty nearly sup planted the criminal statutes, having taken the law into their own hands in a great variety of cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
SPRING.

By Alfred Tennyson.
 (F'rom In Memoriam.) Dip down upon the northern shore, o sweet new year, delaying long; Thou doest expectant Nature wrong; Delaying long, delay no more. What stays thee from the cloudy moons, Thy sweetness from its proper place? Can trouble live with April days, Or sadness in the summer moons? Bring orchids. bring the foxglove spire, The little speedwells darling blue Deep tulips dashed with fiery dew, Laburnums, drooping-wells of fire. Now fades the last long streak of snow Now bourgeons every maze of quick About the towering squares and thick Ly ashen roots the violets blow. Now rings the woodland long and loud. The distance takes a lovelier hue. And drowned In wonder living blue The lark becomes a sightless song. Now dance the lights on lawn and lea. The iocks are winter down the vale, And milkier every milky sail On winding stream or distant sea, Where now are ses-mew pipes. or dives [, In wonder greening gleam, and fly. The happy birds, that change their sky To build and brood, that live their lives sl From land to land and in my breast Spring wakens up; and my regret Becomes an April violet,
 And buds and blossoms like the reat s-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
t,laher Mathematics.

From the St. Louis dlobe-Democrat.
 The Democrats are carrying Indiana again. They do 1t on the eve of every im- portant canvass. Sometimes they used to carry the State on election days, but those times ended several years ago. Cleveland carried Indiana in 1892, but snce then 1t has been constantly Republi- can. and the chances are that 1t will be so in 1904 The old democratic combine tion of the solid South. with New York, New Jersey. Connecticut. and Indiana worked for a few years, but 1t Is no long CT feasible. Even If 1t should be made to work in 1904 1t would not carry the coun- try. The Democrat who can figure out nearer approach to victory Tor ms party in 1904 than it made in 1900 has a com mand over the resources of mathematics which might be of advantage to him If applied in some legitimate business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD
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coast, was pawned to Meckenburg- schwerin for 1.25sOoo reichthaler. The town was to have been redeemed at the end of one hundred years for the sum loaned plus 3 per cent interest. The time for redemption is now due, but the amount Is large. about s2s, 0o0, and Ger many would not be pleased for Sweden to take part of her territory. so Wismar will be turned over to Mecklenburg- schwerin. the duchy that has played the part of the pawnbroier.
 The British Catholics are making an effort to secure the Littlemore monastery for the purpose of converting 1t into a permanent memorial of Cardinal Newman and those associated with him under that historic roof" The monastery consists of "a row of little cottages which were built for workmen. The room in which Father Dominic received Newton and Stanton Into the Roman Catholic communion has been identified by means of drawings and papers.
 The introduction of the moving pictures into surgery opens vista of wonderful possibilities. In former days when a rare operation was performed those stu dents who could be present were consid- cred fortunate indeed, and all others had to depend on vague description from the lips of the instructor. Recent experiments at the St. Joseph hospital in Philadelphia have shown that it Is possi- ble to make good moving pictures in the uncertain light of the operating room which will throw every move of the sur geons on the screen for the instruction of medical students in all parts of the country. Now a class In California can witness every detail of a wonderful oper- ation performed in a New York hospital while seated comfortably at their desks. A much clearer idea will be given of the work and the results which will be achieved for the medical profession promise to be great and far reaching.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
Drinkinq Water.

Many families In large cities drink only mineral water during the summer. but the masses get along very well with hydrant water" said citizen who can afford to pay for the best of everything T have been drinking only hydrant water for five years past and have never been sick a day in that time. Our water is excellent. It tastes we'll and it suits the stomach well. People who complain of it are chronic kckers and would complain of common water no matter how pure 1t was"
 "The church-goe of Birmingham are fortunate in having their pastors with them the greater part of the summer" said a Presbyterian. 'In many large cities the pastors of rich congregations take a two-months' vacation. but in Bir- mingham most of our preachers fill their pulpits right through the heated term. Able sermons and good music will be heard in every church here this month, and in nearly every church in August"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

other. The News declares the Ledger has not tho circulation It claims and brings suit against the Ledger for ten thousand dollars for claiming more circulation than 1t has
 So the scrap Is on almost as hot as the old fight between the New York Jour nal and the New York World. Why not let each ono agree to give to charity a large sum if 1t has not more circulation than the other. Then appoint commlt- tee to decide. Thus the III wind will blow good to some one.
 It is very evident that Judge Allan B. Parker of New York is an avowed candi- date for the democratic Presidential nomination. and 1t appears that he Is to have strong following in Georgia. He is an able man and a strong judge sbut he has failed to cause any waver in the German following.
 Though Senator German is in Europsi for rest, he has friends in every state who believe him to be the practical man for the democrats to nominate next year. and the people at large are daily learning more about him and believing more in his practical availability.
 In my opinion 1t will be either German or westerner.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
EN thousand miners are idle in the
 Birmingham district. They are not working beeause the operators

kCp Birmingham district. They are
 not working because the operators and the United Mine Workers have failed to reach an agreement upon a scale of wages. It Is not improper to call t strike It Is, however, the best natured strike have ever known of. The miners are apparently glad they are not working and the operators seem to be glad that their mines are idle The fur mace people claim they have many weeks supply of coke on hand, and the commer- cial mine operators say that they are finding little demand for coal right now. The railroads have several months supply of coal in their bins. and as the miners seem to have saved up, no one appears to be uispleased over the situation.
 It strikes me that everybody is appa- rently satisfied to be idle for a time. Per haps everybody wants rest and 1t seems that they will continue to rest for a week or two. when the wheels of commerce will again begin to revolve.
 I look for no serious difficulty and no prolonged cessation of work.
 There Is no Use in kicking about the verdict in the Havis trial. The jury dis agreed on the punishment. and I under stand that each juror wrote on a piece of paper the number of years he thought
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
Lynchlnqs Are increasing.

In the first six months of the calen- dar year forty-nine lynchings have oc- cured, as follows: Alabama, 1; Arkan- sas. 8; Delaware, 1; Florida, 5; Geor- gia, g; Illinois, 2; Louisiana, 5; Missis- sippi, Il; Missouri, 4; Montana, 1; Tennessee, 1; Texas, {; West Virginia, l, and Wyoming, 1. In May and June over half of the years lynchings oc- cured.
 Nineteen persons were lynched in the month of June, and in five cases only did "the usual crime" have part. The other fourteen victims of mob rule in June were charged with mur- der or complicity in murder. This sim ply illustrates anew the rapidly ex- tending scope of Judge Lynch's juris- diction.
 appears in the list of lynching states. Larkinsville did it, and Larkinsville will soon be called upon to tell why 1t dragged the states name and fame into the company of Illinois and Della ware.
 Unless mob violence can be checked, particularly in Georgia and Mississippi, the years full record will be a sorry one. The record of 1902 promises to be increased at least 50 per cent. un-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 No matter how pretty girl is 1t never tastes as nice to kiss her the second time.
 Maybe they call it the honeymoon be- cause 1t is sure to go behind a cloud be- fore 1t is over.
 Women are pretty sure that all married men would make love to her if they did moi know that she was the soul of honor.
 When a woman dresses so as to be a credit to her husband the account for 1t is A debit for him to somebody else.
 When a girl asks man to guess her age he doesn't deserve her confidence unless he guesses lower than her youngest sis ter's.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
Judge speer and Georgia Peonaae.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 Judge Emory Speer of the federal dis trict court at Macon, takingf example by similar proceedings in South Carolina, Florida and Alabama, Is enduiring into the operations of the Georgia contract la- bor laws. He is of the opinion that in Georgia, also, there are abuses of the law that amount to peonage service by some classes of debtors.
 The action taken by Judge Speer is Justihable. If peonage, or service slavery, in violation of the law, exists in Georgia 1t should be hunted out and rooted out. The interests of the state demand that her laws made for justice and humanity should not be perverted or abused.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
SiqnaI Service Station.

The weather is to be officially at tended to in this town hereafter by two trained men, assisted by all the apparatus that goes with any signal station. Representative Underwood secured an appropriation last winter for the establishment of full weather service in Birmingham--a service as full as any In the country
 Birmingham, Montgomery and Mo bile will hereafter be the signal sta tions in Alabama. Birmingham will collect and distribute information in northern Alabama; Montgomery in central Alabama, and Mobile in south ern Alabama. The addition of Blr- mingham to the list renders the serv- ice in this state fairly comprehensive, aLd will enable 1t to serve every sec ton advantageously. MT. Underwood deserves the thanks of the city, dis trict and state for this handsome con tribution to our official equipment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
Coal and Iron.

while the majority of coal operators did not count on a strike" said small commercial operator. "the suspension of work at the mines will strengthen the coal market. think 1t will help the iron mar ket, too. The Sloss- Sheffield has accumu- lated 5O.OOO tons of pig Iron on it's yards and other companies have been accumu- lating stocks. If the stoppage of work continues all the corporations will be able to get rid of their iron at fairly good pricesn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

filled. Birmingham Is now large enough to demand both St. Vincents and the Hillman. Within the next year or two St. yincent's will have to have wing added and within the next five years a. third hospital with charity feature like St Vincent and the Hillman will be built. There will be room enough for all and with three great hospitals in operation in addition to the private infirmarles Bir- mingham will be known as the leading hospital city in the whole sonth."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

It is not exactly complimentary to the esteemed critics and reviewers that they barely outranll the books ap- 'pearance, and are below the confiden- tial friend who may not know the first element of criticism, but no doubt the critic has been set down about right. The bookseller, even though 1t be an unlettered girl in a department store, far outranks the critic, and he or she sells nearly twice as many books as the advertisements of it do. Title, H. lustrations and appearance are cred ited with IT per cent, and this percent age is second to the bookseller only. To judge of book apart from It's text is scarcely ideal, but after all the wo- men who buy popular books have the right to consider appearances, and be- tween appearances and the bookseller about half of the sales were made. These two causes are credited with 43 per cent of the sales, leaving 57 per cent that are credited to the authors reputation, to recommendations of friends, to advertising, to reviews, and to "other reasons The busy friend who reads book and spends his en- thusiasm upon others only sells four teen books out of every hundred fall ins below the books own appearance as cause of sales.
 But the sales of the one book are scarcely a guide as to all books. At most the schedule of causes is but ap- proximate, and canvass of another "500" might change the percentages of notoriety whose concrete form is sales. In order to sell a book it must be talked about, and some claim that an unfavorable criticism is as effective for that purpose as a favorable one. It Is at any rate certain that in some way the book must be talked about be- fore it will sell largely, and this is why books that were first published in serial form have a great advantage over those that were not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
United Mine Workers.

"The failure of the miners and operators to sign scale for the twelve months be- ginning July 1 throws damper over trade In Ensley and Pratt City," said an Ensley man. %The merchants of Birming- ham do not seem to feel the stoppage. One of the leading merchants of Birming- ham said that if he thought there was going to be a prolonged strike he would be blue over the situation, but he felt confident that a scale would be signed before the 18th of the month. And he said that when the miners did return to work trade would be more active than ever"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

General Bristow's star chamber pro ceedings will never turn in the truth and turn out the rascals. Public busi- ness should be transacted in public way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

The esteemed Montgomery corre- spondent of the Indianapolis Morning Star has vivid imaginative powers. He should remove himself bodily to In diana, which Is literary and imagina- tive center.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

Ohio Is now free from debt, and she can now give her entire attention to the growing of crops of policies and Presidential candidates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

Postmaster General Payne is going to the Catskills, where in the Rip Van Wrinkle retreats he hopes to es- cape the grafters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
The Ratio In Georgia.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
 Down in Georgia the crop is abundant to the extent of the ration of sixteen melons to one darky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

The mosquito is not easily baffled He turns from window screens to open work stockings with but little loss of time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

Pope Leo rode an hour and half last week In the vatican gardens, and the death rumors were called in for revision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

The British and the Abyssinians are now engaged in fighting the Mad Null lah of Samoliland, and both may be able to whip him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

Mir. Schwab will hereafter attend to the vacation branch of his office, and his assistant will do the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

New Orleans has the cotton, and Wall street must accept the figures that New Orleans sees fit to mark up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

Don't think about the heat. Accept it as a necessary condition for tho good of the crops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

When young man stops smoking cigars and begins to smoke a pipe it Is sign that he will soon be married.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

Vicar Fillingham is afioat where he cannot poster the good Bishop Potter unless he sends Marconigram.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

J. P. Morgan has just paid s100.000 for single book, but that book is still outranked by his check book
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

Schwab has passed the denial stage ol resignation rumors. He now denies rumors of the bounce sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

The Mad Mullah says he can whip the British, but he cannot stand up against both British and Abyssinians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

As long as reports of his death are prevalent the pope will live right along.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

The Iowa idea has disappeared in Q maze of Allisonism. It is in a puzzle maze.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Every subjects duty Is the klns's, but every subjects soul is his own.
 A King Henry V.
Why Books Are Popular.

The publishers of a popular book that had been sold freely became cu- rious to know what led to the books sales, knowing full well its merits were not great In order to satisfy their curiosity they procured list without distinction of any kind of 500 individ- ua1 purchasers of the book-of that number who had purchased the book for the purpose of reading it. All Of the "50O' were seen and all were asked, Why did you buy the book?9 Here are the causes summed up in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-05

Perhaps some of the hard-pressed gen. tlemen "rounders" of this country would be glad of an opportunity to soak a city, but this Is a pleasure allowed only to the nobility. who in early days traded their little municipalities about with de- lightful informality. In the year 1903 the town of wismar. on the German Baltic