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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
Mob Rule in Missouri.

Joplin Is a railroad town on the Frisco system, in the southwest cor ner of Missouri, not far from Spring field, Mo, or Pittsburg, Kan, and very near the lines of Kansas and the In- dian Territory. It is both a border town and a railroad town, and this fact may account for the lynching there of negro tramp, whose only offense was the carrying of gun.
 On the night previous a policeman had been shot in the railroad yards, where he had gone for the purpose of arresting some negroes, and the negro who was lynohed had been arrested Ion suspicion" and there was not a particle of evidence against him. As soon as he had been swung up an in- discriminate raid was started against the homes of negroes wherever found.
 The Joplin case illustrates anew the unreason, the frenzy, the utter ire sponsibility of mobs and mob action. Beyond doubt an innocent negro was hung at Joplin, the houses of other in- offensive negroes were burned, and many others were driven away.
 If Governor Cookery has any respect for the laws he has sworn to uphold, any desire to maintain their suprem- acy and to preserve order, he will see that the Joplin affair does not go un- punished. He will see that some, at least, of the mob are placed where their thirst for blood will find no in- offensive victims. He will see that a grand jury is put at work and kept at work until lesson and a warning and an example for all time are fully es- tablished. But he Is a politician, dyed in the wool, and he may do nothing at all. Politicians generally prefer to blink their oaths and their plain duty when such mobs arise.
 The Joplin affair stands wholly in- excusable-"a race outrage" com mitted in western, not a southern, state, in a county that went republican last fall It is a county that lies along the Kansas line, and is under Kansas influences. In the county, Jasper, ne- groes have been rapidly increasing, contrary to the general course of Mis- souri counties, and this fact doubtless had some relation to the recent riot and lynohing. Joplin did what Illinois, Indiana or Ohio towns had previously done. These towns have no patience with the negro problem, and yet they never fail to preach and teach the south what it should do under similar circumstances and under really much worse conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The meanest trick that a railroad can play on a girl Is to turn on a light just before the train goes through tunnel
 Women smoke the way boys swear without appreciatng how much fun they could get out of it if they knew how to do It.
 A woman can win man by making fine strawberry shorteake; to hold him she has got to know how to broil steak and bake bread.
 It is an indescribab,e instinct that leads a girl to put on her best pair of stockings in the morning when her skirt is going to get caught on a barbwire fence in the afternoon.
 When a woman makes an unexpected call on another it is sign that she has heard something disagreeable said about her and would like a chance to tell it to her as friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

dress will be based upon observations Of church architecture while abroad. He gave a lecture to the pupils of the high school not long since which was greatly enjoyed by all who heard 1t.
 Mayor w. M. Drennen is in Montgom- cry and during his absence Alderman P. H. Linnehan is acting mayor.
 James K Powers of Florence is stop ping at the Hillman.
 John W. Abercrombie is registered at the Morris.
 G. S. Brannon of Talladega is at the Metropolitan.
 o. B. Andrews of Philadelphia is at the Hillman.
 c. M. Peasants of New York is at the St. Nicholas.
 John W. Powell of Montgomery is stop ping at the Morris.
 W. c. Smith of Selma is registered at the Metropolitan
 Thomas H. Walters of Boston is at the St. Nicholas.
 :. w. Kenney of Chicago is at the Hill man.
 James Sloan of Chattanooga Is stopping at the Morris.
 John Maxwell of Fort Payne is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 Sam J. Hahn of Mobile is registered at the St. Nicholas.
 W. Hubbard of New York is stopping at the Morris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
Pia Iron Market.

j. F. Fletcher of Shook & Fletcher said yesterday of the local pig iron trade for the past week:
 "rhe market has been quiet. Only few sales for small lots have been made to be taken as the consumer needs it. The recent lowering of the price has caused a feeling to arise among consum- CTS that the price may go still lower The supply for the first six months of the year has been sold and consumers don't care to buy for future delivery.
 "The market is good for all finished products, and pig iron seems to be the only weak spot"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Anonymous Communications.

It is the rule of every well conducted newspaper not to print communications or items of news sent to the editor unless the name of the sender Is known. In other words anonymous communications no matter how innocent they are, are invariably rejected.
 The necessity of enforcing this rule Is obvious. Yet notwithstanding it's reiter- alton hardly a day passes that The Age Herald is not in receipt of several news items-most1y personal-intended for the social page, without any signature to in dicate who sent them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

without 1t. In order to win MT. Roose- welt must have 239 votes, and his friends claim that he will have 322 electoral votes, leaving New York and Nevada out of the calculation. They insist that Maryland will go republi- can, and the far west, and they insist of course, that there will be defecture in the central west. This renders the coming election in Ohio doubly inter- esting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

From the DiXie MlIIer
 Brown breads are inferior to white bread because they contain much less available nutriment, weight for weight, than the latter Textbooks and medical men religiously reiterate the statement, disproved years ago. that the best part of the wheat grain is milled out and thrown away in the bran. There is abso- lutely no foundation for the wild claims made by the whole wheat crank.
 It is true that whole wheat contains more protein than white flour, but then, i've live not by what we eat but by what we digest" We can eat hay. but not digest it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
ATTACK FLAeLER DIVORCE BILL

Tallahassee Telegram to the New York
 Herald.
 There Is universal feeling among the representatives here that the Flagler di- vorce bill must be repealed. The country clergy have preached against the measure and created a strong sentiment through out the state.
 Several bills have been introduced in both houses and are in the hands of com mittees now. There Is strong lobby here to fight against any repeal, and when brought in the battle will be bitter.
 Public sentiment throughout the state is strongly in favor of repeal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
2eJ07oea~

without ideals except those which are vulgar and sordid, betrays an inability to see things as they really are and put them in their proper setting. The eyes that cannot see it all are bereft of vision. From the very beginning the loftiest ideals that ever animated people have had their home and theatre of action amongst us, and they are on their con- quering march the world over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
LEARNING NEW YORK STREETS

New York Telegram to the Cleveland
 Plain Dealer.
 After 25O years of municipal life the city of New York is finally getting the street names on the corners. For the first time since the elevated roads were con- structed passengers can sit at the win dows of the trains and learn the names of the streets they have been passing over. Said one citizen: Some of these thoroughfares have grown very familiar as I have passed them for twenty years and now for the first time l know what their names are"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
CHANGES.
By Adela,de Procter.

By Adelaide Procter. Mourn. o. rejoicing hearti The hours are flying; Each one some treasure takes, Each enc some blossom breaks And leaves it dying. The chill dark night draws near, Thy sun will soon depart, And leave thee signing, Then mourn. rejoicing heart. The hours are flying. Rejoice, O, grieving hearti The hours fly fast; With each some sorrow dies, With each some shadow flies, Until at last
 The red dawn in the east Bids weary night depart, And pain is past.
 Rejoice then, grieving heart, The hours fly fast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
About Persons.

Abe Ullman of Birmingham will deliver an address at the Annston chautauqua Thursday night on the subject, "A Ca thedral Study Mir. Ullman spent several months in Europe last year. and his ad-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

The menu of the Vanderbilt we'd Glng breakfast was printed in French, except the word ham" Most of the guests fell back on the American hog as something they understood and had confidence in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

The Goebel case can give Tenny sons brook points in the game ant still win.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

The Burdicl-Pennellc case is as ten acious and long winded and mysterious as the Gobel case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

The Balkan war awaits the arrival of Richard Harding Davis, when twill be started off with a Diff and and a bang.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

The unruly young boys of the state will soon be safely lodged or cared for at East Lake. They builded better than they knew.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

The baseball season is about to be opened and now Is the time to ac- cumulate patience and forgiving spirit towards the umpire, who is but human.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

Mlssourians begin to think Pat Grove Is loose in their state on ac- count of the numerous $1 900 bills dis covered in circulation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

The world beaters to date are Sham rock III and Reliance. Next fall it will be different.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

The merger decision has not changed the real or earning value of any security-it simply knocked the wind out of the indigestible stocks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

No billionaire has done so much for education and the solution of great problems as Booker T. Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

Four-story streets are now under consideration in New York, bound in as it is by two great imperious rivers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

The north winds are politely re- Quested to form no more mergers in this section this spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

President Loubet is in Algiers where once tarried "a soldier of thu legion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

The merger victory, like the battle of Blenhem, was at any rate very famous victory for somebody, but no one knows just what it was all about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

THE newspapers are full of the lSN pistol habit these days. Murders
 and shooting scrapes continue in Birmingham. Almost every day the news papers of this city chronicle fight with pistols. There are evidently good marks men here because in almost every case somebody is killed. Shootings occur in street cars, in hotels, In the streets, and about generally. Indeed the pistol habit Is so in vogue in Birmingham that we rarely hear of a fist fight. Men who see fit to quarrel draw weapons and pump bullets Into one another upon the slight est provocation. The fist is no longer a weapon of defense. Instead men go out for blood when temper Is aroused
 It is all due to the pistol habit. I hope Judge Feagin will continue his crusade against the pistol toters." He knows many of them and the policemen know practically all of them. The police will make no mistake in seeking them out and arresting them before they get into personal difficulties.
 If the rougher element f deprived of the pistol, the better element will soon cease to own them even as articles of defense
 The prosperity of a town depends much upon its order, and l hope the "pistol toters' will be punished severely every time they are caught, and they should be caught whenever they bear arms
 Birmingham is no longer dependent upon pig iron production. During the past two years it has branehed out phenomenally in smaller manufactures. There are more little diversified industries in Birmingham today than in any other southern town of like population. Pig iron may go down but Birmingham will continue to prosper because of the fact we are now manufac- turing all sorts of finished material here.
 I was surprised to learn yesterday that there Is one of the largest baking powder manufactories in the United States To cated here in Birmingham-manage and controlled by the Alabama Grocery com pany. This concern makes as fine q bak- ing powder as there is on the market. It also manufactures rolled oats and oat- meal In tremendous quantities, shipping
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA

So Is the forehead of married man more honorable than the brow of a bachelor.
 As You Like It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

A bad beginning in the case Of Shamrock III may make good end ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

Washington Bureau Age-Herald. 1421 c Street. N. ".
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
THE PHILOSOPHY OF FOOD.

W. Hubbard of New York is stopping the Morris.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-26

In New Caledonia sea serpents are
frequently seen and sometimes cap.
tured- They are curious creatures. the
head being very small and scarcely
distinguishable from the body and the
tail being formed like an oar. In length
they are generally between three and
four feet.
In the Jaw there are tiny glands con
tanning poison; but as the mouth is
very small, it is difficult for them to
bite and the natives handle them fear
lessly.
NJ Kermogant, a European traveller
witnessed an experiment at Noumea
which shows that under certain condi-
tions the sea serpent can do deadly
work. A rat was caught in a trap.
and its tongue was grasped by a pair
OF pinchers and placed in the mouth Of
a sen serpent The serpent immedi-
ately bit it, and the rat died in four
minutes
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-26
chnrncter In the Hnr..

Though there may be counteractine
features and signs upon the face, ears
that are disproportionately large, Fat
and red oespeak a coarseness Of ma.
ture- sometimes sensuality and disslpa-
ton.
Ears that stand out from the head
Ike haps are often seen on religious
men, but parsimony is apt to go with
them.
A long shaped but omall ear lying
close to the head denotes refinement,
deiicacy or perception. but also timidity
and sensitiveness. A thin, transparent
looking ear shows deiicacy and poetic
feeling; n thick ear, the reverse An
cor set rather low on the head denotes
good brain capacity; set high or on a
level with the eye, a limited mental ca
pacity Is denoted. American Queen
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-26


In peelng potatoes ii Is often OBJ.
served that the outer flesh Of the tuber
contains brown sllvers extending from
the surface inward to the depth Of
about one-slghth Of an inch. These sliv-
ers 10 no harm except TO slightly injure
the appearance Of the cooked potato.
Usually their location is indicated ex-
ternally by a minute puncture in the
skin IN some cases each silver is sur,
mountcd by pronounced elevation,
and tubers so affected are called PIN
ply potatoes
The siivers and accompa wing PIN
pies nre caused by minute white
worns, the larem OF the common flea
beetle. which bore into the tubers while
they are growing Naturally sliyers
are most common In potatoes In locali.
ties where nea beetles are most abun-
dant It is likewise plain that to pre-
vent the appearance Of slivers in the
tubers ii "a necessary to prevent 6ea
beetles fre.n attacking the toms. This 10
best accomplished by spraying the
plants very thoroughly with bordeaux
mixture containing paris green nj the
rate OF about twelve ounces to fifty gal
Ions of bordeaux. The same treatment
prevents blight and the ravages Of pO-
tato bugs n c. Stewart in American
Agriculturist.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-26

Keeping accounts, simple in form,
plain, clear and easily understood,
showing amounts due TO or from 9th
ers, entering correctly the dates on
which money is paid out or received, is
the best plan TO avoid disputes about
money matters and relieves the memo
ry of many unnecessary burdens. A
written record Of a money transaction
has greater legal value in case of con
troversy in court than any verbal state
ment
The habit OF keeping accounts III
duces economy IN expenditure and in
spires the habit Of saving up, besi,les
showing nj all times correct financial
condition. Housekeepers, mechanics
and all who handle money ia the man
agcment Of their personal affairs will
find it nest profitable 70 form the hah
II Of keeping accounts
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-26

The Geary Gazette is quite vigorous
In It's opposition to mayor-police judge
bill. It says We are opposed to the
proposed bill to make mayors Of cities
OF the first class police judges We
know from observation that when this
sort of law is in effect, it keeps the
best men from running for Office or
even accepting the office OF mayor No
Business man wants to sit as a Judge
IN such cases as come before a mayor
erd none that hsve very much respect
FOR their sense Of honor will take the
Office Of mayor under any circuin-
atances.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-26

To the woman who must buy her
husbands crayats / want to say a word
by way Of adYice-don't do It. SAYS a
writer IN the lIaberdashor II you
really must buy your husbands era
watts, do not try TO get a cravat so warm
that 1t win feel like a mustard plaster
on his chest That might be good for
his bronchial tubes. but it might en-
danger his chances Of ultimate redemp-
tion. 1t would perhaps stave of throat
trouble but it would be apt to produce
family trouble. which is a good deal
worse
Let him pick out his own cravats.
and then he alone viii be TO blame for
them. He may not know much about
the harmony Of colors but he is not
likely nevertheless, to pick out a era.
vat tnat will hurt the eyes OF the spec
tators Ike limelight at a champion.
ship glove contest. He may not know
what he wants, but he knows what he
does not want. and ten to one If you
have seen something at the cravat
counter that you think IS perfectly love
ly. that is It.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-26

British census returns are more in
formative than diverting, but the same
cannot be said OF the Indian The Pun
jab returns include professional crick-
eters under the hcading OF Clowns
and Tumblers, regarding them appar-
entity in the same light as Mr.. Kipling.
The Chenab has forty-six male, seven
female and uixty-seyen dependent"
piano tuners. and the inland state OF
Nahan re1oices in the possession Of 205
shipowners. In the schedule also ap-
pear III receivers OF stolen goods"
and l26 witches, wizards, COW poison
ers, etc" There is a frankness about
these returns which is very engaging
London Express.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-26

A southern judge who had fine lot
of hogs one day met a colored man no
torious FOR stealing and said TO him.
Uncle Jack. TN tell you what III do
You pick out two of those hogs you Ike
best and I'll give them to you, proyid-
ed you won't steal any Of the others"
The negro pondered awhile and final
ly said. ledge. you've always been
good nelghbor, an | likes yuh, an |
wants to do right by yuh an so accepts
Dc offer yuh makes, but wants yuh to
know dat I'll lose meat by it."-Phila-
delphia Telegraph.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-26
value OF cap,,nI.

Cnce upon a time two utter bank
rupts were considering ways and
means Of getting needed money.
II know how we can make So" said
one.
"HowY' asked the o,her
"Raise a dollar note to ten by placing
a cipher after the oner
"Where viii we raise the dollarY'
Then the scheme failed for want OF
capital
Moral-The great financial difficulty
Is in raising the first dollar-New Yor.,
Herald.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-26

Two ladies at a tea party got quar-
Yelling about their respective ages. At
hst, to end the dispute, one Of them
said I'm conciliatory tone of voice:
Don't let us quarrel over the matter
any mFe, dear 1, at least. have not
the heart TO do IT, | never knew who
my mother was. for she deserted me
when | was n baby. and who knows
but that You may have been that heart
less parent|- Pearson's Weekly.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-26
THE GERMAN CAPITAL.


Kent cities In Europe
According 20 consular reports. Bor-
lin. although busy manufacturing
city. is one OF the cleanest and best
kept In Europe. The smokoless condi-
tion OF the Berlin atmosphere Is as
cribed to three facts -the preponderant
use OF coke and briquettes. which are
practically smokeless. the skiliful sci
entinc construction OF boiler furnaces
and chimneys and. finally, the high
standard Of skin that Is taught and
enforced among fremeD who stoke fur.
nacos with coal for steam and manu-
featuring purposes Before a man can
assume such a charge he must be
taught the theory and practice OF eco
nomical scientific firing. by which the
coal is distributed I'm such q manner
and quantity over the CRATE surface as
to secure the most perfect combustion
OF its volatile elements. The Sneslan
coal used in Berlin In most large steam
plants and factories Is rich in bitumen.
but would rank below many of the
bitumlnous Goals of the United States,
and yet the long. dense. trailing clouds
OF smoke from mill and factory chim-
neys which are so familiar sight to
many American cities are rarely seen
In that section Of Germany. where the
indiscrlminate shoveling Of raw bitu-
minous coal into the steam and other
furnaces Is considered an ignorant and
wastoful proceeding.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-26
RIcKETY CHILDREN.

Loose joints, bow legs big
head, and soft bones-mean
rickets. 1t is a atypical disease
for the best workings Of SCOTS
Emulsion.
For the weak bones SCOTS
L m ulsion supplies those
powerful tonics the hypophos-
phites. For the loss of flesh
SCOTS Emulsion provides the
nourishing cod-liver oil.
SCOTS Emulsion corrects
the effects OF Imperfect nour.
ishment and brings rapid I'M
proyement in every way 10
rickety children.
Send tor Free sampl,
SCOTT BOVINE Chemists ,os P,an ST. Ny
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-26

Mr. Quay has demonstrated that a
majority Of the senate is favorable to
the passage of the omnibus statehood
bill, and be is Justified. considering
the dictatorial methods by which the
senate ring ran things before he se-
cured control on this measure. in
standing out for his advantage. says
the Kansas City Star. If legislation
Is blocked, the fault viii lie with tho
Republican wing opposed to the state
hood Bill, and more especially with
the few senators who absolutely con
trol the action Of that wing. While
some Eastern papers are denouncing
Quay and his organization. the fact
remains that the sentiment Of the
country is overwhelmingly in favor of
the admission OF the territories. and
the people are taking a good deal OF
satisfaction, irrespective Of the legis,
iation involved, in the embarrassment
Of The old senate ring.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-01-26
The sairide Prul,Ie1n.

The prevalent belief that suicide is &
product of the higher civilization is
contradicted by the fact that in India
suicides 10y opium are committed by
the natives for the most trivial rea-
sons, even children destroying them.
selves after being scolded and wives
because husbands complain Of their
dinners. There are no regulations for
the sale Of poison, and anybody can 20
into a bazaar and buy as much as he
wants.