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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
THE MIGHTY HUNTSMAN.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 It chanced one day that Col. Nimrod the huntsman, was out with his double barreled shotgun and nothing but bird shot for ammunition.
 While he was scanning the bushes for his feathered quarry, his ears were as- sailed by fierce, angry screams. Looking up, he beheld a tremendous eagle swoop- ing toward him.
 Instantly bethinking himself of his lack of suitable ammunition for coping with the eagle. he threw himself into posture of defense and awaited the onslaught The eagle was an immense bird. measur- ing ten or twelve feet from tip to tip, and with strength in proportion.
 It neared Col Nimrod, but he did not retreat. Instead, he concentrated all his mental power in the gaze of his fearless eyes, and by his silent, courageous atti- tude he made the eagle quail.
 Then he shot his quail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
GETTING OUT OF BED.
rom the Medical Talk.

From the Medical Talk
 Don't jump up the first thing your eyes are open Remember that while you sleep the vital organs are at rest. The vitality is lowered and the circulation not so strong. A sudden spring out of bed Is a shock to these organs especially to the heart as 1t starts to pumping the blood suddenly.
 Take your time in getting up. Yawn and stretch. Wake up slowly. Give the vital organs a chance to resume their work gradually.
 Notice how a baby wakes up It stretches its arms and legs, rubs its eyes and yawns and wakes up slowly. Watch a kitten wake up. First 1t stretches out one leg, then another, rubs its face. rolls over and stretches the whole body The birds do not wake up and fly as soon as their eyes are open; they shake out their wings and stretch their legs, walk ing up slowly. This is the natural way to wake up. Don't jump up suddenly. don't be in such hurry, but stretch and yawn and yawn and stretch. Stretch the arms and the legs; stretch the whole body. A good yawn and stretch is better even than cold bath. It will get you thoroughly awake, and then you will en- joy the bath all the more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
The VaarancY Law.

Many expressions of approval are heard upon the streets of the recently enacted vagrancy law by the state legislature Mayor Drennen said yesterday in com- menting on the matter:
 Tt will do more to lessen evil in Bir- mingham than any measure that has been enacted by the legislature In years. And 1t will not only be good for Birmingham but the whole state of Alabama will prof it by the measure. Negroes and vagrants of low order are not going to come to a state where the law is so stringent against them.
 This measure provides primarily that vagrancy is an offense against the state and warrants are issued against it just as in other criminal cases. When ne- gro knows that he is liable to be brought before the criminal court of the county and be sent to the mines for vagrancy he is going to be much more careful about how he passes his time. If negroes can just be kept at work crlme will be lessen- ed and when the law gets Into good work ing order such affairs as the killing of a brave policeman who is doing his duty will be much more infrequent.
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and it will safeguard twelve millions of deposit, and preserve the fair fame of the state.
 After all, the issue is between one hundred who wish to handle twelve millions of deposits "on the sly" and the rest of the people who desire to see banking donc in a sound way. Will the legislature listen to one hundred selfish bankers, or will 1t heed the voice of the people? Will it compel all who receive deposits to make plain their condition, or will it approve of banking on the wildcat plan?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
A staff Is quickly found to beat dog.
 -2 King Henry VI.
Court for Juvenile Offenders.

The report of the court for juvenile offenders in New York city, covering the year ended on September 1 last, has just been published. This court is presided. over in turn by the five judges of the Sessions court, a court for the trial of criminal cases in the great city But the juvenile court sits far away from the ordinary criminal courts, and there is no suggestion in it's rooms of a prison or of criminals, the object being to keep all such things in the background, and to keep the.yoRthful offenders from all contact with hardened, criminals.
 Tn the year covered by the report 7447 children were tried, and 1886 were convicted, but only 1527 were com mitted, the rest being placed on parole. These offenders consisted of mischiev- ous children, di5orderly children, those of distinctly criminal tendencies, and those who are misbehaving because neglected by unworthy parents. The judges discriminated carefully, and many children were thus kept from becoming professional criminals. Many are placed in city institution where they are taught useful trade. The problems of crime in children are carefully studied in the juvenile court, and the judgment of all intelligent per sons is that it should have been estab- lished long ago.
 A probation officer watches the chill dren placed on parole. About 15 per cent of them violate the terms of parole, and after they had been re- paroled the third time they are com mitted to the reformatory. Children C parole must report to the court once a week The rules in Chicago's chill dren's court do not agree with those of New York, bit the work in Chicago is equally satisfactory, and Judge Tut hill of the latter city is regarded as public benefactor.
 The need of a children's court in this town has long been deeply felt, and the legislature should not over look the pending bill. Such a court is greatly needed; tho bill contains no objectionable features; it involves no extra tax, and it should become a law
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
New Orleans Roustabouts.

Have you ever noticed line of roust- abouts unloading a boat suddenly quick en their trot when the sound of music begins?" asked a gentleman from New Orleans. "A remarkable change comes over them and they work just about twice as hard I have known cases where a designing mate purposely contrived to furnish a concert on the levee in order to make his 'niggers' work. The south ern negros fondness for music is pro- verbal and the roustabouts are no ex- ception. There is a certain lazy poetry in their movements while loading freight. The undulating line of ragged humanity preserves a trot in unbroken time and when they are rolling down barrels of flour 1t Is study In motion. Music is about the brightest part of the average roustabout's life. Absolutely reckless and abandoned singing and dancing con- stitute his most harmless amusements, and he is always happy when he can in- dulge in these respites from his drudg- cry"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
Bank Examinations and Reports.

Out of nearly two millions of peo- pie in this state about one hundred desire no examinations of state and private banks-no published reports, no visits on the part of the state. The opposition to the pending bill comes from, 1t is believed, not over one hun dred persons-practically from not over ten private bankers. The rest of the people, nearly two million strong, desire to see confidence restored Tn the state and private banks, which can through the customary reports and in spections that will verify such reports.
 Shall handful of private bankers be permitted to make Alabama wild cat banking state, thus hazarding twelve millions of deposits, and dis turbing entire communities as Besse- mer was disturbed by the Cornwell collapse? This is the question. The present legislature has shown it's in- dependence in other matters, and The Age-Herald has full faith it will rise above the influences of the handful of private bankers who desire to accept deposits and to handle them in wild cat manner-who at any rate are fight ing against publicity, which is the basis of confidence, and the sure sign of honest banking.
 The senate bill is very moderate measure. It is much too moderate to be wholly satisfactory. It calls for but two published statements year, when at least five should be published. It is not nearly so strenuous a bill as the state needs, but the friends of straightfor yard banking have accepted it as a compromise, thus granting to the ring of private bankers four years of semi-secrecy. While the bill is not wholly satisfactory, 1t is better than no bill at all, and it should be passed without a dissenting vote, It will harm no one but the CornwellsN of the state,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
THE AUTUMN OF LIFE.

N. D. Nesbit in Chicago Times. Some lives are like the autumn leaves
 That fiutter softly to and fro In every breeze that faintly grieves-
 The leaves gleam richest as they go. In one swift burst of regal hues
 They blaze with crimson and with gold And none of their perfection lose
 When, whitening, they drop their hold. The leaves, at last, when all Is done,
 Show us anew the days of June The golden glory of the sun
 And softened lustre of the moon. The red that riots in the dawn
 Is mingled with the restful brown. That tints the leaves ere they have gone, While they are slowly swaying down. Some lives are like the autumn leaves; The rose hued memory of youth In all their acts a pattern weaves
 With the most precious gold of truth; And they grow fair and fairer still
 Like autumn leaves their beauty glows With newer charm and grace. until
 These lives are perfect at the closa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
The Consumptives.

Tt is now about time for the consump- a Birmingham physician yesterday. "The winter season is opening at San Antonio, Denver Colorado Springs, Tuscon, Ariz., Los Angeles and other resorts for people with weak lungs. I have found the west ern states most In favor among those suffering with consumption, although there are eastern resorts that are much frequented. Personally I think no place is better adapted for restoring health to consumptive than the sandy plains of New Mexico and Arizona. If I were threatened with the dreaded white death I would lay in a good stock of Duffy's malt whiskey and go straight to one of these states. I would try to live on the plains as much as possible and would take regular doses of the liquor.
 "The glorious atmosphere on the west ern deserts is like tonic in the veins, provided it is inhaled before the sun dis pels the morning freshness Although l consider man who has a we'll developed case of consumption in a very bad fix, I believe this treatment will restore him if such d thing is possible.
 Ut will be a gay winter season in Los Angeles and San Antonio. Both these towns will be filled to overfiowing with tourists and health-seekers. As the ma jority are people of wealth, all kinds of expensive amusements will be in vogue. Theatres will do a rushing business and the curio merchants, who have been lan- gushing for the past four months. will take a new lease on life"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
PLEA MADE IN DEFENSE
 OF THE SIDEWHEELERS

From the New York Mail and Express.
 S THERE a conspiracy to cry down
 the fastest and gamest of American | horses, and bear their market value? Here is a writer in the September Cen tury' declaring that Pacing is gait which no gentleman could care for it suits barkeepers, butchers and other flash and vulgar persons" Equally severe is the language of our esteemed neighbors the Tribune and the Times" Says the "Tribune:" Let the pacer waddle as fast as he likes he is a mlsft after all." The Times" is less oracular, but is sure that the pace is absurd and awkward" is mildly of opinion that 1t is shared by mo other quadruped,' and is content, after some further discussion to follow the example of the breeders themselves and allow the pacer to "shamble along in shamelessness"
 This, we submit, is the pure unreason of naive prejudice and equally naive ig- dism which has warped American breed | ing standards from the start that leads men now to decry the pace. The gait n- wolves a certain swaying motion. to be sure. but to realize this it must be view | ed from dead ahead; the average driver of a mixed-gaited beast has to look at | its feet rather than it's back to be sure whether it is trotting or pacing If the ultimate test of merit is to be applied to | the two gaits-the reduction of friction l to a mnimum-the preference must be 1 given to the pace That it is nearer fric- | tionless every man who rides a pacer, and then puts his saddle across a trotter's back, will tell you; so will many trot- ter itself by shifting to pace when hard 1 pushed; so the harness records-always | from three to five seconds faster for the sidewheel than for the diagonal gait aver.
 The only sound objection to the pacer | is that he travels low" his feet clear | the ground by so few inches that on a l rough road he is apt to stumble on clods and stones, and go to his knees; he is not sure-footed. That, we suppose. is why he Is barred from our cavalry. But the talk of the intrinsic awkwardness of this gait is mere prejudice; no animal at full speed Is awkwarder than a COW, and she trots. As a mattersof fact there are many gaits possible to the quadruped that are
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not possible to the biped, it is strictly the formers own affair to combine its steps in the way that seems best to 1t. It is undisputed that the horse. if left alone. will usually pace rather than trot; the former is a natural, the latter an acqllir- ed pace.
 As General Tracy pointed out two years ago, the majority of "standard-bred trotters" now pace. Some horses have attained distinction at both gaits. Jay. Eye-See, after trotting in 2:10, rested eight years and came out and paced five seconds faster Nancy Hanks had a sidewalk tendency, and many another good trotter when logged the wrong way of the track, rests up by pacing. If this gait is bad, then all our breeding methods are wrong, for they tend more and more, despite themselves. to pro duce the pacer from the union of trotting sires and dams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
ingenious Gaming Device.

"The ways of the confidence man are devious," remarked a gentleman who has seen the world. "One of the smoothest devices I ever saw for swindling unso- phisticated persons was a fortune wheel in second-rate gambling hall in St. Louis I stood by and watched several young fellows trying their luck. Once in a while one of them would get few dollars ahead, but his little pile would soon melt away and all of them finished losers. In spite of idle curiosity, I kept an eye on the wheel for perhaps an hour to see how much the house was win ming After figuring up the results, I found that where one man got away with $10 or s15, another lost s25 to s3O The game was thus kept moving, and the house won steadily. Not very long after saw one of these wheels at police headquarters and had its mechanism ex- plained to me by one of the officers who raided the gambling hall.
 Numbers were painted on the top of smooth black box of rectangular shape A reedie was poised on an innocent-look- ing pivot. Beneath the wheel was a cash drawer. By very ingenious me- chansm the knob on the drawer con- troled the movement of the needle. A sharper standing carelessly behind the table kept his hand on the knob Of his cash drawer, as was perfectly natural By gentle pressure he could make the needle stop on any desired huber. so that lAi, -t, ,1x robbed of his money. The drawer could be drawn fully open and the trick could not be discovered. The system of wires and little springs was cleverly concealed and was a marvel of ingenuity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
About Persons.

About Persons. Senator J. A. Hurst stopped at, the Metropolitan last night en route to Mont gomery from his home at Walnut Grove. The senator is a prominent physician of Etowah county and enjoys the distinction of being the only populist member of the senate.
 S. P. Rumph of woodford, is registered at the St. Nicholas.
 Thomas w. Spence, one of Ft. Paines distinguished citizens is In the city.
 
 Howard Lamar of Jasper is in the city. E. S. Loeb. a prominent business m an of Montgomery Is in the city
 
 Dr. H c. Greedy of Vinegar Bend Is stopping at the Metropolitan. John Caine, one of Wetumpka's most prominent citizens is stopping at the Hill- man.
 George Fields was one of the Hillmans late arrivals last night.
 State Senator C. c. NeSmith leaves this morning for Montgomery after spending two or three days here looking after legal business.
 | IT. Barrett of Natchez Is stopping at the Hillman.
 W. c. Dickinson of Lock Haven, Penn, is registered at the St. Nicholas. II. c. Mayes, a prominent citizen of Culman is in the city
 E. J. Smith, a prominent merchant and cotton buyer of Sylacauga, Is in the city. c. F. Hay of New Decatur is in the city.
 L. c. Steel one of Annlstons baseball players Is stopping at the Hillman. Hon. Edward deGraffenried. ex-mem- ber of the constitutional convention, and one of Greensboros most prominent citi- zens, stopped in Birmingham last night en route to Montgomery. L.. P. Routt of New York is at the Hill man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
IN HOTEL LO8BIES.
Prosperity In Rlrminnhan1.

' have never seen the streets of Bir- mlngham so crowded at any season of the year as they have been within the past ten days said an old citizen. And the best of 1t Is everybody seemed to be shop ping. In the north prosperity may be going a little slow, but 1t Is certainly in marked evidence here. No able-bodied man Is idle and wages were never bet ter; perhaps never so good"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
Southern Thrift.

Twas greatly impressed with one devel- opment of the south.'' remarked New York man who has recently travelled through Virginia. the Carolinas. Georgia and Alabama.
 "I used to spend a good deal of time in the south, but it had been about ten years since l had been south of the Potomac. I marvelled on this trip at the improve ment of conditions. Population has mul tiplied to such an extent that I could hardly realize that was in the south. In the seventies and down to ten years ago the cars were never filled. Now they are often uncomfortably crowded and do not remember to have been. on a train
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
OUR ExPoRTABLE SURPLUS.

From the New York Tribune.
 By one of those little errors which it is so much easier to see than to avoid we stated yesterday morning that our exportable surplus of wheat, corn and cotton, judging by recent years, should this year amount to 5000 O0O, instead of $500, ,Oo0 0O0
 The actual figures, as given by the Bu- reau of Statistics, are as follows: Corn... S2527, ,9S3 s 16,1S5,673 5 40, ,540, ,637
 1901. 1902. 19O3
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
AN EXCHANGE OF BAReARlTlEs

From the New York Sun.
 The manifestation of sympathy for the burdened and oppressed is most com mendable but the American people should be careful not to allow their sympathies to be narrowed by an exchange of bar barities between people whose claims to any genuine civilization are about equal, whether they are called Christians or Mo hammedans. It is rather a case for call ing "a plague on both your houses"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
MT. German and MT. Cleveland.

The Montgomery Journal thus ex- plains the action of MT. German in inducing the senate to modify the Will son bill:
 MT. German wanted certain provisions of the bill modified, particularly that pro vision that let in coal and iron ore prac- ticallv free. Mir. German led this fight at the instance of members of congress from this state, and at least one of the Ala bama senators, MT. Morgan It Is not known, but it is believed, that MT. Pugh then the junior senator from Alabama also earnestly requested German to lead the light for a modification of the Will son tariff bill MT. German was success full in this effort made at the instance of Alabama representatives and senators and 1t will be recalled that after the bill was amended, and as amended passed MT. Cleveland denounced it as party perfidy and dishonor." This was intended as a direct thrust at German, and was so understood at the time, but the Ala bama delegation in congress were very IarBelyi IT not WnoliS' ieSPohoipiS ioA A' Germans action, and the Alabama deie- gation was looking after the interest of Alabama at the time.
 MT. German also favored higher duty on sugar, and he has been bitterly assailed for this action on his part, but every democratic senator and repre- sentative who voted for the Wilson tariff bill knows that MT. German was apprehensive of a deficiency in the treasury if the bill as it passed the house became a law, and he was fight ing to protect the party and the reve- nue-tariff principle from such a ca- lamity. Scarcely any public man as suffered so much from downright mis- representation as MT. German has, but the fact that he retains the unbounded confidence of those who know him the best and who know, too, the inside of government measures, shows Mat not one of the interpretations has any thing to rest upon. The Montgomery Advertiser would have Alabama be- lieve that Messrs. Whitney, Lamont and Cleveland compass all the virtues, while MT. German is filled with all the vices of the times, but the Jour nal warns the Advertiser that this line of argument can be carried too far. If pushed much further some very damaging facts will be brought out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29

Mark Hanna's inability to meet John II. Clarke on the stump cannot be ex- plained away by the esteemed Mr. Dick Let Mark speak for himself He is not bit bashful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29

The phrase sweetness and light" has been elucidated, so to speak. It means the government lighthouses in charge of women
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
Total :. s5e2, 4s2, 465 s4s5, ,s74, ,6SS s51s, 272

Total :. s562 4S2, ,465 s4s5, 5,S74,6SS s51S272,574
 This Is an average for the three years of little over $52O, 100000 a year. There is every reason to suppose that the ex- staples will fully equal the average of the last three years, a fact that does not seem necessarily discouragng-outside of Wall street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29

President Roosevelt has long been in the fighting class, but he is now a heavyweight, tipping the scales at 22O pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29

Captain Mahan, who writes books on sea questions, has the problem of his life before him in the shape of fight for aldermanic honors in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29

The Turks propose to secure peace by first beheading all their adversaries. They are wading through blood to silence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-29
PROTECTION sPELLHINpINc,
Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta Const1tutiOn.
 Joe Chamberlain can find lot of pro- tectionist spellbnders in this country who win be glad to hire to him and guarantee to pull of his tariff trick ali right-all right!