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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27
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Jennys there, a-waitin, like lily in
the lane.
For the teller thatll take her to the
grindin 'of the cane;
Jenny, with the gold
In her rippled hair unrolled,
An all of bluest heaven that the eyes OF
her can hold!
Jenny's there a-waitin'-an she'll never
wait in vain
For one that comes a-singln' to- the
grindin Of the cane;
Jenny, with the eyes
Where you see the stars arise
With red lips made for laughter and never
known to signs.
Jenny's there, a-waitin'-an' who is com
ing, dear,
To kiss you for the white rose in the
moonlight of your hair?
Your lover, tried an true,
Who knows no love but you.
And your heart is beating "Heaven!
and your lips are honeydew!
F l.. Stanton.
Through the fragrant fields of June,
In the sweet, enchanted weather
When the earth is all in tune;
Secrets in our hearts unspoken;
Over US the blue unbroken
Save where, like a lovers token,
Hung the slender, crescent moon.
Love and Hope were mine to guide me
In the scented atmosphere,
And with Beauty close beside me
Paradise itself was near;
Love was in the air. l knew it;
Leaves, they hsped it; breezes blew it;
And upon the grass in dew it
Mingled in the moonlight clear.
White she was-a moonlit lily
Were not lovelier to see
In its garden3 boudoir Silly!
Farer than a flower was shel
Music was her voice; her laughter
Sped, as 'twere a lyric shaft her
Lips let go, and Echo after
Followed us with melody.
Echo followed-so did Cupid
Whispering along the way;
/ could hear them murmur, Stupid
Why not kiss her when you may?
Why not tell her in the twilight
While the stars and moon on high light
All the world with loves own, shy light?"
Hear" my heart said, land obey"
So l took my hearts suggestion,
And, when next l heard sigh,
All OF love went in a question
And returned in her reply;
Then came one brief, blissful minute
With a first-kiss tangled in it..
Think what luck it was to win it,
With horseshoe in the sky!
Felix Carmen in Life
Mrs. DR.. Paul C. Hutton and little
daughter are in the city, where they viii
make their home during the absence Of
! DR.. Hutton in China, on army duty, as
noted in the Argus some weeks ago. II
is a pleasure to Mrs. Hutton's many
| friends here to have her with them again
| Goldsboro Argus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-13
HE ONIY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Court Building in Bessemer.

Bessemer needs a new court build ing. The city court was established many years ago, but it has never been properly housed, and Bessemer now desires the erection of court building by the county. This request Is wholly reasonable, and the rich and prosper ous county can well afford to put up the building asked for.
 In fact, the board of revenue would act at once if there were no legal doubts in the way. The county attor- ney advises the board that it does not possess the right either to order an election on the question of issuing bonds for the purpose in question, or of providing means with which to pro- cure new building, and the Bessemer Weekly thinks the county attorneys view of the law is correct. By general consent the matter goes over to the Septeml CT meeting of the legislature, from which du authority will be asked. from which due authority will be asked. good citizens will support Bessemer's movement. The Age-Herald will insist that a court building be erected in Bessemer, where 1t is much needed It would not only add to the convent ence of the citizens of Bessemer, but it would lessen the pressure upon the o lercrow ded court house of tho county. In whatever aspect the subject is viewed, it appears to be good policy to grant Bessemer's request.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-13
ARTHUR PUB GoRMAN.

From the Washington Post
 There Is already considerable talk in southern states about securing delega- tions for Senator German. The view that MT. Cleveland can not seriously hope for another nomination Is very strong in that section and the recession of the Parker boom is becoming more and more apparent to observing politicians below Mason and Dixon's line where from the start, it was welcomed with greatest enthusiasm.
 Letters received here from Texas and Alabama within a few days indicate that prominent party workers there are con- templating an advance in behalf of MT. German, and it is predicted that the Cor man boom will thrive greatly thereabouts in the coming twelve months. It has been encouraged by friendly hints from New York state of late, showing that the Marylander is regarded in a most friend ly light over that way and would be more acceptable In some quarters of the Empire state than any candidate from within its own confines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-13
THE soMALl.
Prom the London Daily Express.

Prom the London Daily Express.
 A military correspondent gives a good description of the Somali who as fighting man is not first class, though he is fond of drill and proud of his uni form. But he is by nature decidedly effeminate his toilet is a constant source of anxiety to himself and the pains he will take to curl his crisp black hair by the application of various substances to his head Is incredible. He Is fond of finery, of luxurious and indolent habits, and keeps up an incessant fire of chat ter. He is grasping, and in the matter of food is greedy. Timid in the presence of the European. he Is easily excited and quickly loses his head. Dancing Is one of his chief pastimes, accompanied by the loud clapping of hands and a continuous and monotonous wall, which no doubt does duty for a song. Somali women never dance, and scarcely even smile; they are completely cowed by the men, who treat them in most cases unkind- ly If not actually cruelty. The Somali is most punctilious in the performance of his religious rites; but he seems hypo- critical to degree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-13
Card Tricks.

You may talk about Herman and other great magicians." said man at the Morris last night, "but l saw a man walk up into a crowd today take out a deck of cards and perform some tricks that would do credit to any of the masters of the art.
 Ills name is E. S. Kellner of Fort Worth, Tex. He is an expert at palming cards, making parts of the deck disappear and taking them from all sort of unheard of places. He lets a spectator take a card from the deck, tells him what 1t Is, lets him replace the card in the deck and take the pack to shuffle. While the spec tator is shuffling them MT. Kellner takes the card drawn from his own coat pocket.
 ''One of the most skillful thing he does though is to throw a card out into the air ten or fifteen feet which returns to him boomerang fashion and he defty catches 1t between thumb and forefnger as 1t re- turns.
 These tricks might be simple If done on the stage away from his audience, but MT. Kellner gets right in among his spec tators and still they can't tell how 1t is done"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-13
Extension of the Rock Island.

The completion of the Rock Island Frisco deal not only extends the Rock Island and Pacific company to Calves ton and Sabine Pass on the Gulf of Mexico, but it makes Birmingham its extreme eastern, or at least southeast ern, terminal, and 1t raises the ques- tion, how and when will the system be carried to the Atlantic coast? It now possesses abundant gulf terminals, but it may desire a South Atlantic termi- nal It surely will, and that terminal may be sought all the way from Bruns- wick to Norfolk.
 But even If the great system be per mitted to end here, it will give this district the amplest and best facilities of transportation to the southwest. In other words, 1t gives us a system that has lines all the way from the gulf to North Dakota. It's lines extend to El Paso and Denver in the far west, to Galveston and Sabine Pass in the south, to Minneapolis and North Da- kota in the north, and to Chicago and Birmingham in the east. Kansas City may be said to be- it's central point. The mileage of the system before the Frisco was taken in stood at 1880 miles. The addition of the Frisco sys- tenn carries the total mileage up to 12,355 miles, and makes it, if not the greatest, one of the greatest systems in the country.
 To make it absolutely the greatest an extension of the road to the Pacific from El Paso, and to the Atlantic from Birmingham, Is all that is needed, and no doubt both of these extensions are contemplated and will be carried into fact in the course of a year or two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-13
Car CoupIer Law.
two.

The April number of the Railroad Trainmen's Journal, published in Cleve- land, O., contains an admirable article on the new coupler and power brake law passed at the last session of con gress. The original measure was passed in 1893, but it has fallen into misuse through the decisions obtained in the courts by the railroads One decision declared that an engine tender was not a car, and another that an unloaded car was not engaged in interstate com merce, and still other decisions com bined to render the law of 1893 use- less.
 At length the trainmen appealed to congress for relief, and the Trainmen's s Journal says their victory in securing a new and effective law that the courts cannot whlttle away l. due to Senator Foraker, and MT. Underwood and Mir Ryan of the house, ''who," it adds, "gaye us every attention both in com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-13
VIOLIN VARNISH.
Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 The violin dealer was talking about the mystery of the old violin varnishes. "The wonderful tone of the old violins," he said, depended on the varnish a great deal. The secret has been lost. We don't know today how the old varnlshes were made. Charles Reade, who went into this subject deeply claimed that oil with gum an solution, and color evaporated in spirit, were the bases of the best var nish. But whether he was right or wrong no one knows A violin consists of from 30 to 70 pieces We make violins today just as they were made in the past. but we don't yarnish them the same. Some varnishes contained ground amber. Re- gently, to the ruin of a priceless Guar nerius, It's varnish was scraped off and analysed, and an abundance of amber powder was found"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-13

plains; here, seven years later, 800 In- dians came from far off QuiVirato to ask aid In their war with the Axtaos. From here, In 1618, Vicente de Salivar set forth to the Moqui country, only to be turned back by rumors of the giants to be en- countered; and from here Penalosa and his brilliant troop started on the 9th of March, 1662 on their perilous expedition to the Missouri. In one of the strong rooms the commissary general of the in- qusltion was imprisoned a few years later by the same Penalosa. Within it's walls, fortified as if for a siege, the brav- est Of the Spaniards were massed in the revolution of 1880. Here, on the 18th of August of that year, was given the order to execute forty-eight Pueblo prisoners in the plaza which faces the building. Here, but day later, was the sad war council held which determined on the evacuation of the city. Here was the scene of the triumph of the Pueblo chief tains as they ordered the destruction of the Spanish archives and the church or naments in one grand conflagration. Here De Vargas, on September 14 1892, after the eleven-hour combat of the pre- ceding day, gave thanks to the Virgin Mary, to whose aid he attributed his tri- umphant capture of the city Here, more than a century later on March 8, 1907, Lieutenant Pike was brought before Gov ernor Alencaster as an invader of Span- ish soil. Here, in 1922, the Mexican stand ard, with its eagle and cactus, was raised in token that New Mexico was no longer a dependency of Spain. From here, on the 9th day of August, 1887, Governor Pe- reg started to subdue the insurrection in the north only to return two days later and to meet his death on the 9th near Agua Fria Here, on the succeeding day, Jose Gonzales, a Pueblo Indian of Taos, vVa Pd poU of soon after to be executed by order of Armijo. Here, in the principal reception room, on August 12, 1S49, Captain Cooke, the American envoy, was received by Governor Armijo and sent back with a message of defiance; and here, six days later, General Kearny took formal pos session of the city and slept on the car peted floor of the palace after his long, weary march.
 It may be added that General Lew Wal lace wrote the greater part of Ben Hur' in the old palace while governor of the territory in 1s79-S0
 The oldest house in the city, which is reputed to date back before the time of the Spanish conquest, and therefore is the oldest house in the United States" Is situated just north of the Church of San Miguel. This building, until recently was two stories high, the second story being very low and the floor between the upper and lower rooms being of adobe The building was about sixty feet long. but some years ago the upper story of the easterly portion fell, and quite recent ly the spirit of indifference to the value of historic remains which Is fast ruining our most interesting historical landmarks caused the second story of the remainder to be removed. The first story, however remains as 1t has been for centuries, and there seems no reason to doubt that it Is the most ancient building continuously inhabited, in the entire United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-13
Streets and Sidewalks.

Miles upon miles of cement side walks have been built in Birmingham within the past year. No town of equal size has so many miles of sidewalks, smooth and excellent, conforming to grade, and altogether acceptable. The city administration deserves much credit for this work, even If 1t has not caused sidewalks to be laid in Nine- teenth street to Oak Hill cemetery
 But the good work should not be relaxed. More sidewalks are needed and much more paving in the streets. The pavement of Twenty-first street Is fine public improvement, and 1t is an index of other work In like direc- ton. The assessments for such im- provements are not In effect taxes they are simply additions to the value of the property. They render much property marketable that was unmar- ketable before, besides adding to the general comfort and convenience.
 Mayor Drennen has been reelected, ana he has fine opportunity to render his years In the mayoralty remarkable in the direction of sidewalks, sewers and street Improvements. These things go far towards the making of a city, and Mayor Drennen should keep up the good work he has begun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-13

mittee and on the floor, and to these gentlemen our thanks arc due for the amendment that has been passed and which we hope will prove of more value than the original measure" The Journal goes on to say that MT. Under wood led the fight on the floor against the combined efforts of lobbyists, stock holders and unfriendly members of congress, and it does not hesitate to say that without his alu the new bill could not have been passed.
 The new bill becomes effective Sep tember 1 next, and u provides that the provisions of the act cf 1893 and 1896 shall be held to apply to common car riers by railroads in the territories and the District of Columbia and shall apply in all cases, whether or not the couplers brougnC together are of the same kind, make, or type, and the provisions and requirements thereof and of said acts relating to train brakes, automatic couplers, grab irons, and the height of drawbars shall be held to apply to all trains, locomotives, tenders, cars and similar vehicles used on any railroad engaged In interstate commerce, and in the territories and the District of columbia, and to all other locomotives, tenders, cars, and similar vehicles used in connection herewith" The bill further provides that at least one-half of the power brakes in train shall be air brakes controlled by the engineer of the train.
 The Trainmen's Journal anticipates adverse action by the railroads against Messrs. Foraker, Underwood and Ryan, snd it urges railway employees to see that no harm comes to the three men wno secured the passage of ths law, and showed their friendship in sub- stantial manner. we owe it to them," adds the Journal, Ito reciprocate."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
St. Louis Exhibits.

The space allotted to the bureau of plant industry United States depart ment of agriculture, in the Government building at St. Louis Is of rectangular but somewhat irregular form, the ex- treme length being 1O5 feet by width of fifty feet" said scientific man.
 The exhibit as a whole is to be a live one, and will impress the visitor at glance with some of the more Import ant features of the work of the bureau of plant industry.
 ''Pomological Investigations will be rep resented by a collection of models made of the wood, showing the principal methods of other selected fruits. There are also planned exhibits illustrating the methods of gathering marketing and storing fruits, consisting of packages used for export shipments and for the domestic markets, etc. In addition the principal types of fruits will be exhibited by models, as also B complete collection of nuts, with nut models. The cold stor- age of fruits will be portrayed by large transparencies, while several other im- portant features of the fruit industry will be treated In broad and interesting way by means of exhibits now in course of preparation.
 Tn connection with the work in vege- table pathology and physiology will be exhibited diseases of apples, vegetables, and farm crops laid out upon tables side by side with healthy specimens. Trans parencies showing the methods used in studying the diseases of fruits, plants, etc, in laboratory work will be exhibited. The work on nltrifying organisms in cul- ture media upon living plants will also be illustrated, as will also the investi- gations of timber rots, diseases, and par asites, and the methods used for the preservation of lumber. The work of plant breeding will be illustrated by specimens, models and photographs of cottons and citrus fruits.
 "The work of botanical investigations and experiments will be illustrated by machinery used in testing seed, samples of seed, etc., from the seed laboratory, fiber plants in large bales, living pois- onous plants in pots, drug and medicinal plants In pots and large packages.
 "The work of seed and plant introduce tion and distribution will be represented by samples of the products from the fam ous rice fields of the world, of macaroni wheats and cottons, with photographs H. frustrating the methods of gathering the crops.
 "The chief of this bureau Is Mir. B. G. Galloway of Columbia, Mo-, an alumnus of the University of Missouri. Naturally he takes a lively interest in the success of the great exposition to be held In the metropolis of his native state. The pro posed outdoor exhibit of this bureau, the main feature of which is the cereal map" of the United States, promises to be one of the most artistic and compre- hensive exhibits ever made at any expo- sition."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-13

Louisville Dental college, and is here at the invitation of the Alabama association to conduct a clinic on prosthenic den- tistry.
 W. P. Loy and J. R. Walker Of Gads- den are stopping at the Metropolitan.
 J. c. King of Huntsville Is at the Nor ris.
 R. w. Barnes of Selma is registered at the Hillman.
 c. W. stringer of Talladega is at the Metropolitan.
 w E. Lofferty of Baltimore Is stopping at the Morris.
 H. L. McElderry of Talladega is at the HlInan.
 S. 9. Hardness of Livingston is regis tered at the Metropolitan.
 Omer Fourmer of Providence, R. l., is at the Morris.
 J. R. Ryan of Patton is at the Hill- man.
 large party of young ladies en route to their homes from the Montevallo sem mary registered at the Metropolitan last night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-13
TOUR OF KING OF TRAMPs.

Wheaton, H., Telegram to the Chicago
 Chronicle
 Oliver Bainbridge of England, known as the king of tramps," reached Wheaton today on a tour of the world He Is a young Englishman. who graduated from Oxford university when he was 19 years old, and since that tune he has been travelling continuously for six years, and has covered distance of 65,OO0 miles.
 Bainbridge has visited nearly every civ- illzed and unciyilized country of the globe He carries autograph letters from many crowned heads and other world notables, and has letter from the mayor of every city he has visited He is on his way to Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-13
Hotels Filled.

"Our hotels have had their capacity seriously taxed for the past two or three days" said the proprietor of one of the leading hostelries.
 "The large number of dentists in the city attending their annual convention of course accounts for part of the crowd, but there is no special way of account Ing for the remainder, except that the average daily business is constantly growing. More people are coming to the city. As commercial interests expand, more commercial travelling men come. Financiers from all over the country have heard of Birmingham and many of them come simply to look around and see if they can find suitable invest ments."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-13
cHATARp's SILVER JUBILEE.
Indianapolis Celebration Begins With
 Mass By Cardinal Gibbons.

Indianapolis, May 12.-The celebration of Bishop Chatards silver jubilee began here today with mass by Cardinal Gib- bons in the chapel of St. Agnes Academy.
 At 10 o'clock the distinguished visitors and resident clergy donned their robes at St. John parish house and marched in body to St. Johns church. where Bishop Chatard celebrated high mass. The Rev. James E. Guigley, archbishop of Chi cago, preached the sermon. This after noon a large banquet was given at the Columbian club. Cardinal Gibbons was the principal speaker. His holiness. Pope Leo, cabled Bishop Chatard his congrat- ulations on the bishops silver anniver- sary.
 Bishop Chatard was the first bishop ap- pointed by Pope Leo XIII.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-13
BLUEJACKETS MAKE
 GREAT TARGET RECORD

been in the navy for four years.
 Albert D. Moore of San Francisco, who is on the Iowa, is the only man in Ad- miral Higginson's fleet who has a per- centage of 100 on shooting with 12-inch gun.
 w. R. Buechner, an ordinary seaman on the Indiana, made a perfect record in shooting with an S-inch gun He is a New Orleans man and saw service on the Lancaster before he became a mem- Der of the Indiana's crew last year.
 The targets used in the practice with S-inch and 6-inch guns were 8 by 21 feet. and the distance for the small caliber guns was 1000 yards. The boats ran at a speed of ten knots an hour in the practice with the smaller guns.
 Members of the Illinois crew carried off most of the honors in the shooting with 6-inch guns. Those on the Illinois who earned percentage of 100 were Mar tin A. Cohen, coxswain. New York; George w German, apprentice, Penusyl- vania; Arthur J. Manson seaman. Chi necticut; Walter P. Rodman, apprentice. Pennsylvania; Harry Roscow, seaman Buffalo, N. Y; Arthur c. Tussing. sea- man, Toledo. O.
 Gunner Golfer. of the Iowa. also earn ed a percentage of 100 in the 6-inch gun practice. Daniel OConnel of the Iowa, and John Mcclellan of the Texas, had score of 100 in the practice with 6-pounders.
 t-1.N No1 xxrftA the excellent showing his men nave made and has established number Of new records which will spur all Ameri- can eunners to better effort. A move ment has been on foot for some time toi award a medal or decoration of somes sort to the men who distinguish them- selves in target practice, and it is not unlikely that Secretary Moody will favor the plan