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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14
o, how full Of brlers Is this working
day worIdl
As You Like 1t.
Weeds in the Public Streets.

There are more weeds In Seventh
avenue today than there are In all Lon
don, which covers perhaps 400 square
miles. There are places in this city
where the weeds nearly meet and lap
over the narrow cement sidewalks.
These weeds give the entire city bu-
collie appearance, and strangers who
have heard much about the best adj
vertised city in the south wonder why
a little of the city's energy and enter
prise is not expended in the cutting of
dts vigorous and aggressive weeds. We
have more to the acre than alfalfa or
1ucerne ever equalled. We have them
by the ton In every street-we repeat,
Hn every street-and in some of our
streets the sidewalks will soon be rem
dered impossible.
The city government need not plead
poverty, for out of the thousand ar
rests made each month an abundance
of labor can be drawn for weed-cutting
purposes, and every street could be
freed from weeds In a weeks time. AS
things are going the weeds will soon
blockade the sidewalks, and the only
open way will be the middle of the
road. There will then be many Middle
of-the-Roaders nelens volens. They
may kick good deal, but kicking will
do no good.
These weeds are now unsightly, and
when they begin TO go to seed and to
decay they will become unsanitary,
and after while they will breed ma
laria. But they will not breed malaria
unfortunately in the city officials. for
they do not go near them. They do
not seem to be aware that there are
any weeds in the public streets. Where
ignorance is bliss it would inconven-
fence them to know too much.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
Complainant for prennen.


A recent issue of the New York Com
mercia1 contained thegfollowing reference
to Mayor ". NJ Drennen, of Birming-
ham:
"The election of officers for the League
Of Alabama municipalities at the meeting
held In Birmingham shows that the pr
ganization is proceeding along the proper
lines, and naming men who have the
vlgor to make the state body a. success.
Mayor W. NJ Drennen. of Birmingham,
who was honored by election as president,
is a gentleman whose interest in matters
pertaining to city government is so deep
that it is safe to argue that he will do
what he can to make the organization
even more influential than 1t is today.
1T may be said that the duties of office
in the organization are not burdensome,
yet 1t is within the power of each to do
something toward the advancement Of the
common object. In the transaction OF Of
fetal business in his own city Mr.. Dren-
men has displayed a slngleness of purpose
which has won him the respect Of the
great substantial element of the COM
munlty-whieh is more valuable than
cheap, passing popularity"
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COMMENTS CULLED FROM
PAPERS HERE AND THERE

cent, not to say blasphemous, utterance
that recently dishonored a pulpit in the
City of Churches The Eagle says that
the Rev. Dr. M. e. Harlan of the First
Church of the Disciples, in Brooklyn, said
in a sermon, which the Eagle lately re-
ported, and in which he referred to the
supersedure of od-fashioned music by
new tunes: 1.-THE house of God suffers
with the touch of traffic and longs to
hear as of yore, Nearer, My God, to
Thee but instead. its walls echo with
There Are No Files on Jesus
The title and profession of this offender
almost compel one to believe that he Is
a truly religious man. But we are glad
to say that we have never known re-
iligious man. or a gentleman. who could
have heard that expression from pulpit
without experiencing rude shock. And
we may say further that we are hopeful
that the time will never come when such
an alusion to the Saviour, to Him whom
most Christians revere as a divine being,
will be listened to with indulgent toler-
ance in a church or anywhere else. The
Eagle says it does not know how it is In
the Rev. Dr. Harlan's church, but sug-
gests that If he calls his church the
house of God" and If 'its walls
echo with such music as that,
there ought to be a change at
the organ end or at the pulpit end of
the edifice. and in no case" says the
Eagle, should he or any other preacher
use such fIippant, irreverent and almost
blasphemous language That rcproof Is
quite mild enough. 1t is, In fact, tenn
pered with truly Christian charity.
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NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE SERVIAN
ASSASSINATION AND OTHER MATTERS

In 1904 the George boys organized to
fight their way out of Turkish rule in
servia. A George boy, surnamed Kara,
fought vigorously up to 1913 to whip the
Turks. and falling ned to Austria. George
had his nerve with him. and returned
in 1877 to try his hand again. But while
he was away organizing band to fight
with him, one Milosh Obrenovich figured
upon leadership In servia, and being poll
itically ambitious had George quietly
murdered upon his return. Milosh then
became leader Miosh was tool of Tur-
key. He became prince with Turkeys
consent, but his habits were coarse. and
in 1889 he was compelled to abdlcate in
favor of his son, Milan who died in one
year, and his brother Michael came in.
But Michael got out In 1912 to save him
self from the George boys who put in
Alexander, the son of Tsrni George This
George lasted seventeen years. He ruled
until 1858. when poor Milosh was sent for
in his old age and put on the throne
again; but he died year later and his
son Michael succeeded again. Michael
proceeded to do the best he could, but
the George boys didn't like him, and on
the 10th day OF June, 1858, they found
him walking in the park and shot him
to DEATH But Michael had a second
cousin who succeeded him And SO on it
has gone. The Milosh people have con-
trolled the Servians up to the past week.
when the army friends of the George
boys got powder and balls. and used the
same upon the reignlng dynasty They
promised gold lace galore to the army,
did murder and the George boys now be-
came a family of distinguished Kara
georgevitchs. Peter Karageorgevltch
gets the throne.
In the meantime the murderer of Mar
cum, in Kentucky, Is on the way to the
gallows.
That reminds me that former Governor
Taylor of Kentucky, who, 1t has been
proven, was certainly party to the muir
der of Governor-elect Geobel, is yet in
Indiana, under the protection of the gov
ernor of Indiana, who declines to honor a
requisition for him. This is an indication
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14
THE CAUSE OF THE SOUTH.

BY Father Ryan.
The fallen cause still waits
Its bard has not come yet,
His song-through one Of tomorrow'a
gates
Shall shine-but never set.
But when he comes-he'll sweep
harp with tears all strinsed,
And the very notes he strikes will weep.
AS they come, from his hand. woe
winged
All grand shall be his strain.
And his songs shall fill all clipnes,
And the rebels shall rise and march again
Down the lines Of his glorious rhymes.
And through his verse shall CLEAN
The swords that flashed In vain,
And the men who wore the gray shall
To be marshalling again,
But hush! between his words
Peer faces sad and pale,
And you hear the sound Of broken chords
Beat through the poets wall.
Through his verse the orphans cry
The terrible undertonei
And the fathers curse and the mothers
And the aesolate young wifes moan.
l sing, with voice too low
To be heard beyond today,
In minor keys Of my peoples woe;
And my songs pass away
Tomorrow hears them not
Tomorrow belongs to fame;
My songs-like the birds'-will be forget,
And forgotten shall be my name.
And yet who knowsl betimes
The grandest songs depart,
While the gentle humble and iow-toned
rhymes
VIII echo from heart to heart
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The Public Library.

ut seems to me that Birmingham
should have public library commen-
surate with Its size and Importance" said
a gentleman yesterday. THE books that
are already In circulation are well chosen
as a rule, but there are not enough OF
them 1 would be ashamed to take an
fastener into our library rooms at the
city hall. The rooms are small and the
scant array of volumes around the walls
is a reflection on the literary culture of
the town.
For the population resident in the Biz
mingham district the public library should
contain at least ten or fifteen thousand
volumes. All the standard works and
books of reference should at least be in
cuded. If we can't do any better 1t would
be good plan to call on Carnegie for as
sistance although 1 don't think much of
his library schemes"
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that politics plays its part here as well
as in servia. Indeed politics seems to be
in all things. It robs the penitentaries
and sometimes the gallows of legitimate
fruits.
Now, to get nearer home, there has
been a Bessemer bank steal Cornwall.
the president of this Bessemer bank, hold
ing the savings deposits of the widow and
the worklngman, speculates and loses,s and
like a thief in the night goes away with
all the money left after his speculations.
The poor deposltor loses his all. Yet this
man had the confidence of everyone. He
was a jolly good fellow outwardly. He
had other peoples money in trust to hold.
and he used it to fathom the fatuous
fields of futures. Cornwall stood to win
but he didn't. Had he won the winnings
would have been his. Having lost, the
women and workingmen, whose savings,
thought to be safe, have vanished, must
stand the loss. and Cornwall has taken
the small coin remaining from his specu-
iations and chased for foreign fields.
The burglar takes his life in his hands
He braces bullets. The man who uses his
friends to inspire confidence in his integ-
rity and honesty-who accepts the mite
Of the widow and the wages of the work
ingman for safe keeping, and then
CANDLES 1t away is deserving of pun
ishment A good fellow he may have
been-the face would indicate it--but no
punishment would be too severe.
The man who burglarlzes a safe Is
hunted to the end of the earth-a reward
is offered for his arrest, and he goes be-
hind prison bar Why not the same for
the gentleman burglar? The gallows is
none too severe for the galvanized gem
tleman who gets the gold of the good peo-
pie who have faith in the simple name
Savings Bank.
have respect for the courage of the
highwayman or the burglar. but none for
the man who deliberately picks the pocket
of the poor. The face of the earth should
be secured for the man who inspires trust
and embezzles.
2aeJ t3,rsze,-
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Obedience After MarrIaas.

The time-honored words of the mar
riage service, "love, honor and obey,
till death do us part" are in great
danger in the shifting from the old to
the new The general synod of the
Reformed church In America-"the
Dutch Reform"-has stricken the
words "and obey" from its marriage
service, and public sentiment seems to
demand similar changes in other
churches.
Where two agree to live together it
is plain that If the one does not obey
the other when differences arise, the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
A maximum of talk is a sign of min
fmum of thought.
When a young man gets rid of the idea
that he can write poetry he has bad at
tack of going in for public career.
The man who keeps on good terms with
his butcher and grocer is saved from
being on bad terms with his bank.
The reason woman can nearly always
do better than man in a stock market
gamble is that she doesn't do 1t on judg-
ment.
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Chief Wler,a Crusade.

Il am very glad to hear that Chief Wier
Is taking steps to clear the 'sawdust
Johnnes' off the streets" said a promi-
nent lawyer yesterday. For years the
Florence hotel corner has been a rendez-
vous for them and their removal would
greatly improve the landscape in that
vicinity.
II have no doubt that the announce
ment of Chief Wier was hailed with de-
light by the ladies of Birmingham. who
have so long endured the impudent stares
of the sports who congregate at the inter-
sections of the principal streets and loll
about with cigarettes stuck between their
lips. These gentlemen Of leisure are
neither useful nor ornamental and the
public will breathe sigh of relief when
they take their departure"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14
GOOD USES FOR RATS.
Some of the Benefits Derived From the
So-called Pests.

FROM the Pail Mall Gazette.
That the devil is not so black as he is
painted" applies even to rats. perhaps the
vermin A striking proof of this has
been given by the residential rats on
board a hospital ship at Southampton
giving timely warning Of an outbreak OF
fire by excitedly "scnrrying about" A
wild Interpretation is generally given to
the popular saying Rats always desert
a doomed ship They invariably do so,
If the can with safety but 1t Is not be-
cause OF any president gifts, although as
a matter of fact, there are few animals
with a larger share Of the gray matter,
or thinking portion, of the brain than the
rat-that is, In proportion to the size Of
the animal-and they show this In many
of their habits. When rats find a ship
getting waterlogged they will desert it
ito a man" at the first port of call: II
right and tight, and food available, they
will stick to 1t with unequaled fidelity.
The capacity of rats for discovering
fresh stores of food Is astounding, and
often leads to those united migratory
movements that periodically create alarm
and are described as plaques OF rats"
These great movements are undoubtedly
initiated and personally conducted" by
old and experienced rats, the aldermen Of
the colony, at once a proof Of highly de-
veloped intelligence and unselfshness.
Rats IN large centers of industry II not
present In commercial plague form, do a
great deal Of good as consumers Of garb-
age that would otherwise become per-
ilous nuisance. 1t Is also a popular delu-
sion that a rat bite is unusually danger
Gus from this fact of sewer garbage eat
ing Au contraire. rats cut as clean as
new lancet.
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Asbestos Mines In siberia.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The st. Petersburg Official Messenger
states that rich mines of asbestos have
been discovered in the Irkutsk district in
Siberia, one and one-half miles from the
Kitoy river. and a company mas been or
ganized to develop them. Preliminary
tests are said to show that at depth Of
one foot the asbestos Is equal in quality
to the Canadian and superior to the AL
pine product.
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on the street, went about enxiously seam
ming the ground to see II there were any
more windfalls.
Dogs have the same faculty Of gather
ing at fires that people have. Whenever
blaze is In progress, and a number OF
people are congregated, there also will
one discover plethora of CANNES truly
astounding. Recently a fire occurred at
which there was an unusually large
gathering of people and the usual accom-
paniment of dogs While the blaze was
in progress. and the attention of every
one was conferred on the firemen, two dogs
got into a fight in which they were soon
Joined by the rest of the CANNES on the
sctre, until fully 100 dogs II not more,
were mixed up in one yelping, snarling,
barking mass. The fight attracted so
much attention that the crowd forgot all
about The blaze; every dog-owner trying
his best to extricate his own canine from
the snarling coil, and doing what he could
to kick the other mans 'dorg." The re-
suit of 1t all was that the dog fight led to
high words and alterations between
members of the throng that had gathered
to see the fire, which was. Of course.
promptly suppressed by the police. In
short by the time the blaze was over. the
people had forgotten why they came.
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About Persons.

w. L. Stewart of Montgomery is at the
Hillman.
Henry Moog of Montgomery is register
ed at the St. Nicholas
Sim Ashley of st. Louis is stopping at
the Morris
w. w Wilson of Chicago Is at the
Metropolitan.
w. H. Young of Louisville is stopping
at the Hillman.
John f. Schroeder of Baltimore Ia reg
istered at the Morris.
w. C. Tunstall, Jr,, of Admission is at the
Metropolitan.
A. H. Sheppard of Admission is at the
Hillman.
Charles P. Smith OF Gadsden is regis
tered at the Morris.
]. e. Mitchell of Keokuk is at the
Metropolitan.
Henry Ullman of Cincinnati is registered
at the Morris.
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At the Musicale.

From Judge. E3.t
He (enthusiastically)-H true to life
Miss MARBLE sang that coon song!
She (acridly)-Well, should say sol
Why, she was black in the face
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

The horns of the bulls begin to ap-
pear in Wall street again, and 1t is no
longer bear garden, at least not all
of the time.
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HIS servian affair reminds one
of a Kentucky mountainous feud.
"a IL -l. ~.

IT HIS servian affair reminds one
W of Kentucky mountainous fend.
It Is a family matter. The
Smiths or the Jones' must control. II
there be rivalry-political or otherwise
the successful faction must do the other
to death. 1t matters not whether the as
sassin do his deed in the court house or
the royal palace
The king of servia had the satisfaction
of maintaining his honor IN doing one
military man to death before he and his
queen fell Had he been Texan cow
boy, with full knowledge Of firearms Of
the present day, verify believe he could
have winged and flushed the entire covey
of servian officers who marched upon
him and his queen in their bedchamber
after the midnight hour. Alexander SIM
ply lacked the knowledge Of fighting
from ambush. Had he gotten behind the
great bed post with couple Of six-shoot-
ers and box OF cartridges he could
have killed and captured all the gold-lace
and epaulettes OF servia.
Yet this servian matter is twentieth
century civilization. It is like unto the
recent Kishineff massacre in Russia.
XIII that which you are Jealous Of. or
don't want. The Russian. being Jealous
Of the Jew in his midst who s frugal
and economical, would murder him
wholesale because of his virtues. The
servian army officers who have drawn
salary from the government till to draw
beer and wine from the dealer and
plaudits from the populace for dress par
ade appearance, would murder the rulers
of empire for criticism of their dress
paradelsm
That Is all there is to It, The servian
army has been a dress parade set of
parior soldiers. who have champagned
and played poker, and talked heroism.
The king called them down and they as
sassinated him.
1t Is the history of the country. The
Milosh boy of Turkish ancestry and the
George boys Of Servian stock have been
fighting and numbering one another for
generations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14
Three Women to Swim the English
Channel

Vienna Cablegram to New York Sun.
Die zeit says the Princess Obownsh,
Princess Lubowicski and Baroness Isac-
escu have decided to make an attempt to
swim the English channel
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

Mr.. Chamberlain had an eye single
to a preference tariff, and he came to
grief. A man needs two eyes in this
world and no monocle.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

Hetty Green is ready to swear before
tax official that her $12,5OO automo-
bile is not worth over 80 cents.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

Newport girls now go bareheaded
with their hair hanging down in a long
braid. They are lighting off the
Rockefeller stray hair or SO.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

Royal assassinations are as popular
in the twentieth century as they we're
in the nineteenth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

Rises and falls in Wall street relate
to water, not to actual values.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

OF Mr.. Roosevelt's 265 speeches on
tour the statisticians do not state how
many were marked duplicate"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

St. Louis is getting up an exhibit Of
high water marks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

A bank failure is more devastating
than flood or a fire. Nature is more
kind than man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

The Bessemer defalcation belonged
to the get-rich-quick-class.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

Breathitt county, Kentucky, has
been indicated by the Servians.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

Fourth of July will this year in this
town begin on June 16, at the State
fair grounds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

The Grover Cleveland boom has
been placed in cold storage again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

One dynasty in servia descended
from swineherd, has been succeeded
by another of like sort. The swine
herds are majority in barbaric
Servi.a.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

When baseball games in northern
states have to be postponed on ac-
count of cold weather the weather af-
fairs of the republic are becoming
tangled.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

]. P. Morgan is an expert in rail-
way shares, but not in pictures or brio
a-brac.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

The Bessemer depositors would well
come a dividend even in undigested Sc
curities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

The world is now looking for an
electrical scientist who knows what
an ampere really is. Less talk and
more knowledge in relation to an am.
pere is in order.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14
With Us.

From the Helena Record.
The open season for graduates is now
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Servia is laboring under a misap-
prehension. This is not the fifteenth
century.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-14

Private cabmen are new York's lat
est robber feature.
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Senator Hanna is not going abroad.
He prefers to stay where he can watch
the advances of the Hon. Matthew
Stanley Quay, who proposes to seek
the craftsmanship of the national exec
utiye committee instead of tarpon.
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b. R. Waitthorne. Jr., and A d. Glass
are the only authorized travelling repre-
sentatives OF The Age-Hersld in its cir
culation department.
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that politics plays its part here as well
as in servia. Indeed politics seems to be
in all things. It robs the penitentiaries
and sometimes the gallows of legitimate
fruits