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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Then and Now.

"Pll wager there have not been as many cob pipes sold in Birmingham Tn the past fifteen years as welo sold here dur ing 1898, said an official.
 Tt is amusing to watch how economical people become during hard times. In 1883 l saw men who had always smoked iV- cent cigars buy cob p.pes and sack~o or tobacco and declare they were going to economize. I saw men who were large stockholders in the street car company walk in from South Highlands to save a niclIle. The contract between the way people acted then and the way they act now is very amusing, and it's only those of us that were here during the panic that can appreciate it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
OVER IN TEXAS.
T om the Washington Post

Fl 0m the WaSnlngton POSt.
 'All the fellows are telling of justice of the-peaoe stcries." observed Rcpresen- tative Clayton of Alabama. T nave some- thing in that line myself. told me by Bob Henry of Texas, under injunction of secrecy, which, you will notice. l am about to violate.
 Tt is on s. H. Cowan, a prominent law yer of the Lone Star state and a attorney for the National Cattlemens association They had judge in Texas, wnose name Bob told me but which I do not at this moment recall He was a terror to the lawyers. I reckon he was something like the late MT. Justice Miller, for he would go at the lawyers practicIng in his court and evidently try to bowl them off their feet by vigorous questioning.
 Well Cowan, then a young lawyer. was trying case before three judges, of whom the man have just mentioned was one. He went for Cowan severely and the lawyer was plainly nearly out of the ring at such a bombardment of questions from the bench.
 Now, don't be dsconcerted by my questions, MT. Cowan,' said this judge. Answer me just as you would the justice of the peace over in your county if you were trying a case before him.
 "At that Cowan was ready. quick as a fash.
 T always tell him, said he boldly, to keep his d-n mouth shut
 The other two judges could not refrain from laughter at that sort of rebuff.
 ' 'This judge remarked the chief jus tiee gravely, will now have to keep his mouth shut"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
SELF-DEPENDENcE.

By Matthew Arnold. Weary of myself, and sick of aslxinas What 1 am, and what I ought to he. At this vessels prov I stand. which
 bears me I Forward, forward, OCT the starlit sea. And look of passionate desire Der the sea and to the stars I send:5 "Ye who from my childhood up have
 calm'd me
 Calm me, ah, compose me to the end. "Ah! once more," cried. "ye stars iye
 waters eStx On my heart your mighty charm re-
 new;
 Still, still let me as gaze upon you Feel my soul becoming vast like youe' From the intense, clear, star-sown vault
 of heaven, sae7 K fsats Over the lit seas unuuiet way. In the rustling night air came the an-
 swer- i ''Wouldst thou be as these are? Live as they. sM s4s "Unaffrighted by the, silence round them, , Undistracted by the sights they see. a'i These demand not that the things with- Yield them love. amusement sympathy. And with Joy the stars perform their
 shining,
 And the sea it's long moon-silver'd roll; For self-poised they live, nor pine with
 nothing
 All the fever of some differing soul @ Rounded by themselves, and unregard-
 full
 In what state Gods other works may
 be.
 In their own tasks all their powers pour ing,
 These attain the mighty life we see" o air-born voice! long since. severely
 clear, cry like thine in mine own heart Resolve to be myself; and know that he Who finds himself loses his misery!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
knlnhts of Columbus.

Forty or fifty members of Birmingham Council of the Knights of Columbus will leave next Saturday for. Mobile and New Orleans to attend ceremonial sessions of the councils in those cities and to participate in Mardi Gras festivities Large classes of candidates will be in- itiated In the order both at Mobile and New Orleans. In the former city the knights and the candidates will attend mass in a body at the cathedral, when the Rev. Father Kerrigan of Birming- ham will deliver the sermon.
 In New Orleans the Birmingham team will confer the second degree and the Chicago team will confer the third.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

at one time machinery for drying the leaves that cost s2O,OOO. The tea grown in South Carolina readily sells at 90 cents pound, being of the highest grade and quality.
 In order to obtain the desired flavor in tea a suitable soil must be found, and a great rainfall is also needed not less than 50 inches year, and twice as much is better still. And then comes in the labor of picking the leaves, which Is not unlike the pick ing of cotton. No machine can pick either, and the final phaze of the prob lem in this country will relate to the cost of labor at picking time. New York capitalists are, however, confl- dent that tea can be grown with profit in South Carolina, and they are buying the red soils known to be adapted to it's culture.
 At the instance of the department of agriculture a tea farm is to be es- tablished in Texas, with a view of as- certaining the extent of the soils in this country on which good tea can be grown, and grown, too, at a profit. It is believed that the fertile soils on the Colorado river in Texas will rival the famous tea gardens of Ceylon, and the government proposes to ascertain by actual tests what Texas soil is capable of in the way of tea growing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
TOBACCO USERS
Found to Be Slower Than Abstainers
 In Yale University Test.
From Worlds Work.

From Worlds Work
 Tobacco, like all elements which have an effect upon the nerves, differs widely in It's actions upon different individuals. and no sweeping statements can be made Upon most constitutions its action is de- leterious. It Is always injurious before the period of complete development and cannot be used before the age of twenty five without harm. Dr. Seaver, director of the physical laboratory at Yale, tab ulated the record of the students enter ing that university during nine years, when all the young men were examined and measured. The smokers averaged fifteen months olded than the non-smok- CTS. They were also shorter In stature. Nicotine interferes with growth, and it's effect in that regard is very measurable. At Yale during the four years course the non-users of tobacco, although taller when they enter, gain 24 per cent more In height and 2sE per cent more in girth of chest than do the habitual users Dr. Hitchcock of Amherst college found even greater differences. The difference in the lung capacity is very striking in the two classes, and has been noticed by all observers. As regards the effect of nicotine on the mental processes, 1t Is more difficult to interpret the meaning of statistics. Out of the highest scholar ship men at Yale only per cent use to- bacco. while of the men who do not get appointments, 50 per cent use 1t. It is not necessary to interpret this us mean ing that mental decrepitude follows the use of tobacco by young men, for there are other factors to be considered; but it Is certainly not conducive to the best vrarlk
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Tea Growing in the South.

Step by step the growing of tea in this country is advancing. From a ymall beginning made by Charles U. Shepard at Pinehurst, South Carolina, tea farm has been organized that low consists of sixty acres, and last
 rear there was grown on it 12,000 pounds of high grade tea. The govern nent is aiding MT. Shepard, importing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Woman's Way.

From Brooklyn Life
 He--I hope you don't believe what they said about me.
 She-I make it a point never to believe more than half l hear.
 He-But the trouble is you women gen. orally believe the wrong half.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press

run stht 4NtN Oih it"7'
 Handsome is as photography does.
 A thin wire carries the electric power to run great machinery, and mite of a woman plays with the men of her fam fly as if they were doll papers.
 After wife has sent her husband back to see If he closed the front door. she wants him to go back again and see if he forgot to put the key in his pocket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Another UntransIated Joke.

From London Punch.
 He-What is most like a hen stealing7 She-A cock robin. Note 1. Robin, robin or robbing under stood.
 Note ?. Robbing being arallel to word stealing.
 Note 3. Diagram upon application.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

The education committee in the sem ate and the committee on commerce and common carriers in the house have been sidetraeked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
About Persons.

Emmett Ledbetter of Anniston was registered at the Metropolitan yesterday.
 A party of Milwaukee aldermen and of ficials will arrive in Birmingham on Feb ruary 27. They will be on their annual outing trip on a special train. and will remain In the city from 3:so a. m. until D. m
 The Rev. Allen R. Moore of Lancaster, Pa, has accepted the call to the First Christian church of Birmingham. He will arrive early in March to fill the pulpit The Rev. pr. A. c. Henry of Woodlawn will occupy the pulpit of this church until the arrival of MT. Moore.
 O. F. Mooney. formerly connected with the old Auditorium and who has been in Cuba for some time. returned to Bir- mingham yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Governor Mickey of Nebraska has merry name, and yet he denounces dancing, card playing and theatre going. He is not living up to his name
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Senator-elect Shoot has raised both the polygamy and the color-line issue. He is accommodating trouble rapidly in allopathic doses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

The new 2-cent stamp is severely criticized. The New York Times says the face of Washington on it is 'smug and weakly amiable."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

The Rockefeller orders to the sen ate were not sent by the wireless route. They were real and they went to the spot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Secretary Root seems to be in doubt. He does not know whether the Ethiopean or the Caucasian is g degenerate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

The Hague court is acquiring a cal endar, having just taken over the per picking Acree case from Brazil and Bolivia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

The portrait of Grover Cleveland is to be placed in the Montana state house without reference to Colonel Watterson's feelings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

The allies marched up the hill and then they marched down again. Uncle Sam had his eagle eye on them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

The busy-day card is hung up every day at present in the legislature. A hot-day card will soon be needed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

The world do move-Elihu Root can impeach reconstruction without being called traitor at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
CALLS A NEGRO PREACHER.

Boston, February 14-The Rev. P. Thomas Stanford A. NJ, M. D.. D. D., LL D., Boston negro, has just received
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

The Kansas legislature is assisted beyond all the rest, giving employ ment to 300 men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Macedonia's wrongs do not include at present Miss Stone, who has be- come aHbacli number.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

The Standard Oil trust is making history rapidly. Its senatorial brand is very strenuous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
BIRMlNoHAM's POSITION,

From the Scottsboro Citizen.
 Birmingham is the industrial hub of the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

MT. Dowie evidently thinks he can outdo the police in New York in ac- quiring wealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

The rivers of the country are fret ting their banks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Independence is the keynote of the present legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Standard Oil telegrams are the won der of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

The unspeakable Turk is again up against Europe, and he stubbornly re- fuses to go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Hell Gate is to be bridged, but this will not help sinners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Senator Goldsby, who appointed that education committee, stood by the book trust in the final test vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Paris is pestered with absinthe, rats and cakewalks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Secretary Root has stirred the coun- try to the center by his lily white ut terances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Senator Goldsby, who appolnteu that education committee, stood by the book trust in the final test vote.
 
 Macedonia's wrongs do not include at present Miss Stone, who has be- come back number. The Kansas legislature is assisted beyond all the rest, giving employ ment to 300 men.
 - The Standard Oil trust is making history rapidly Its senatorial brand is very strenuous. MT. Dowle evidently thinks he can outdo the police in New York in ac- quiring wealth. The unspeakable Turk is again up against Europe, and he stubbornly re- fuses to go.
 --s--------- Secretary Root has stirred the coun- try to the center by his lily white ut terances.
 The country is beginning to wonder what blocks of stock Jim Hill wants.
 --.s--- Filipinos starye while congress de- bates their currency system.
 -----s--------- The Hague court should not ac- quire the pigeon-hole habit.
  Hell Gate is to be bridged, but this will not help sinners.
  Independence is the keynote of the present legislature. The rivers of the country are fret ting their banks.
 ----------~ Standard Oil telegrams are the won der of the world. Paris is pestered with absinthe, rats and cakewalks,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

The Hague court should not ac- quire the pigeon-hole habit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

The country is beginning to wonder what blocks of stock Jim Hill wants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Filipinos starve while congress de- bates their currency system.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22

relation to the employment OF children.
That the State and Federal govern
ments should provide machinery for the
making of Gpmpulsory investigation Of
difficulties, similar to the investigation
which this commission has made. The
Commission express the opinion that with
few notifications the Federal act OF
October, 1888, authorizing the Commits
sion to settle controversies between rail-
road corporations and other common car
riers could be made the basis on a law
for arbitration in the anthracite coal
mining business. The Commission, how
ever, take a decided position against
compulsory arbitration.
On the subject of the recognition of
the mine workers union the Commission
say that they do not consider that this
subject is within the scope of the juris-
diction conferred on them They say.
however, that 1.-The suggestion of work
ing agreement between employers and
employees embodying the doctrine Of col
lective bargaining is one which the com
mission believe contains many hopeful
elements for the adjustment of relation
in the miners region
Further on they say 1.-THE present
Constitution of the United Mine Work
ers of America does not present the most
inviting inducements to the operators to
enter into contratual relations with it
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22
COOL as A CUCUMBER.
Broadnax Seemed More Concerned About Bis
Clothes Than His Fate.
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Especial to News and Observer
Greensboro. N. c., March 21,-The fif-
teen year old negro murderer, Broadnax
who killed Sidney Blair near eRidsville
yesterday. and shot Miss Walker three
times, for the purpose of robbery, when
brought to Greensboro last night for safe
keeping, seemed really more concerned
about the appearance of his clothes.
neck tie, etc, than anything else. While
the sheriff of guilford county was teIe-
graphing the Governor of the report that
an armed body of men were said to be
coming from Reidsville to lynch the
brute and the wires were being kept hot
to protect him from swift justice. he, the
least concerned of ALL was calmly sleep
ing in his cell in the Jail here, apparent
ly not concerned al all. The reports of
lynching became so alarming Governor
Aycock ordered the prisoner taken to
Raeligh Jail, and he was awakened at
o'clock and carried on the regular night
train there In the meantime the Gate
City Guard had been called out for their
first official service, being in readiness
at their armory for anything that might
happen.
The negro never at any time seemed
alarmed of excited He showed impa-
thence only when the sheriff was hurry
ing him to dress quick to catch the
train. He talked freely about the crime
to anyone who asked him about 1t, say
ing he got only five dollars for committing
it. He has not british face, being ap-
parently intelligent and educated
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22
Leads all Carolina Daies Jews and Circulation

given by Cuba do not apply to American
tobacco imported into Cuba. There is
no force in this objection. We DO not
import leaf tobacco into Cuba, because
the Cuban duty on leaf tobacco is abso-
lutely prohibitory being IS per pound
We do not now export cigars and cigar
cites to Cuba because the Cuban duty
on cigars and cigarettes is $3.50 per
pound and 25 per cent. ad valorem in ad-
dition. These duties are prohibitory and
with a 20 or 40 per cent reduction would
still be prohibtory.
'The policy of Cuba has been to abso-
lutely exclude all foreign tobacco from
ten island, not to prevent competition,
but because it is claimed that the repu-
tation of Cuban tobacco throughout the
world (the high price of Cuban tobacco
depending largely upon its reputation
would be ruined by the suspicion that it
was adulterated by a mixture of lower
grades of tobacco. Cuba, therefore, con-
tended in the negotiation that a 20 or 40
per cent. reduction on our tobacco would
do us no good, while it might impair
the reputation Of her tobacco throughout
the world. The Cuban duty on plug TO-
DaCcO ana SuulL is not dDSOtulely pIOIiib~
tory being respectively 1912 and 12la
cents per pound, but the Cubans are not
chewers of tobacco and we only sold
that country last year about $4,000 worth
of pIub tobacco. and less than $4,000
worth of snuff. | believe, said the SEN
ator in conclusion, we will in few years
control the trade of Cuba almost as full
" as we now control our domestic trade. &"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22
A GREAT HOSPITAL
One to be Erected in Green's
boro 10 Cost $780,
000.
Especial to News and Observer

Greensboro, N. c., March 21.-Grecns-
boro, is soon to have 500, 900 hospital,
under the control and management of The
Sisters of Charity, directed by a local
board, composed of citizens, without re-
gard to UNCONVENTIONAL connection. Yes
terday Father Lennon, of Baskerville,
Maryland, who is the financial advisor
and business manager of the Sisters Of
Charity organization, arrived here, and
driven over the city to view the different
sites for building. He selected a beau
tiful grove on Summit Avenue. near the
palatial residence of Mr.. Caesar Cone.
between Franklin street and Pearson
Avenue, as the most desirable location.
1t has a frontage OF 500 feet, and is 80
feet deep, valued at ten thousand dollars.
Citizens Of Greensboro have subscribed
$4,000 for the purchase of lot. and
Father Lennon was so well pleased at
this, he did not hesitate to select the
$4,000 lot, saying that the difference
would be paid by the Sisters of Charity.
An option for the lot was this morning
taken and the necessary papers for the
transfer OF the property will be completed
in a few days. Plans will at once 90
drawn and specifications made for the
construction and equipment OF splendid
hospital, to cost 100000, equipped with
all modern surgical appliances.
/. In connection with the hospital will be
a first-class department for training
nurses The hospital will accommodate
one hundred patients, who will be re-
ceived free. The hospital, while in
charge Of the Sisters of Charity, built
and sustained by them. will be entirely
pom political and non-sectarian in its
character, and will be a great blessing
to suffering humanity
1t is said that work will be begun early
in the summer on the building. and that
when completed, it will be the best equip
ped hospital between Washington and
Atlanta
The Sunday school building of the
First Presbyterian church, will be ready
for occupancy the first Sunday in June
1t will be the best building of its kind
in the South. The cost will be s3O. 900
and besides a splendid auditorium. and
second story gallery, is sub-divided Into
twenty eight different class rooms.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22
Drunken Deputy and Insane Woman
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Especial to News and Observer
Wilmington, ~ c., March Civ. b.
McGill, deputy sheriff of BIaden coun-
ty arrived here yesterday with an insane
colored woman whom he was conveying
to the Eastern Hospital at Goldsboro
He lodged the patient In the station house
and at once set in to drinking. and when
he and his patieN were driven to the
railroad station, the officer had to be
helped on the car by the negro driver
The conductor of the train discovered
the disgraceful plight of the deputy and
had him removed. The woman was dan
gerously insane and was bound around
the wrists by a rope, The deputy was
arrested and locked up at the police sta
ton. The woman was taken in custody
by Wilmington officers and arrangements
were made for the completion of her trip
to the asylum today. The officer was ar
raigned before the mayor, sharply cen
sured for his conduct and fined.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22
TALK OF A $50, 900 HOTEL.
The Blind Tiger Act is Filling up the Chain
Gang.
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Especial to News and Observer
Monroe, N. c., March 21.-It is rumored
that Monroe is to have a $4,000 hotel in
the near future.
The Southern Bell Telephone Company
has just completed a long distance con-
nection to this point.
Will McCaskill, colored, shot and
slightly injured a negress of bad rcpute
yesterday afternoon, making his escape
but the county bloodhounds that made
themselves famous in running down the
safe crackers some time ago, soon looked
him up, and he was today given a hear
ing before Judge O. Fl. Allen. who is
holding Superior court here this week
and received twelve months in which to
improve the roads. Union county has re-
ceived about twenty live recruits for the
chain gang from Judge Aliens court this
week.
The blind tiger" act passed at the last
session is somewhat responsible for this
large number Of road hands.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22
THE FIRST TRAIN
Completion of Oxford Exten-
sion Connecting With
the D. and N.
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oxford, N. c., March 21-The first
train on the oxford Extension connect
ing with the Durham and Eastern Rail-
road at Dickerson, comes into Oxford to-
day at II o'clock. The completion of
this road, which has been in the course
of construction for some time is a source
of much qualification to the people of
our town. A commodious depot is near
ing completion. To-day Mr., j. A. Taylor
received the appointment as agent for
this line.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-22
The Professor is Sticking it Out,
Especial to News and observcr)

Asheville, N. c., March PIT. A.
Weaver, a prominent citizen of Buncombe
county and professor in Weaverville Col
lege, who, this week was sent to jail and
ordered to pay fine of $25 for refusal to
be vaccinated. has received a letter of
sympathy from DR.. S. J. D. Meade, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, in the course of which
that physician says: stick it out Vacci-
nation is all a fraud and a dirty habit. Ii
does no good Prof. Weaver is sticking
it out but he is doing it in Buncombe
county Jail