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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

tained by her in Manchuria is not worth the paper it is written on, but we win not go to war over it, and Japan and England will have to fight out the problem unaided by us except ia a moral sense.
 A commercial treaty between China and the United States is now in course of negotiation. and if this treaty grants us an open door in Manchuria it may not be possible to evade all responsl- bility under it. Under this new treaty. it is said, all liken or internal duties, will be abolished and all duties will be collected at the port of entry as is done in all other countries. Additional treaty ports in the Manehurian prov inces are conceded in the pending treaty. Some occult influence is de- laying the signing of the American treaty, and it is believed the hidden adverse movement is of Russian origin.
 What Russia desires is not, how ever, so much the trade of Manchuria as it is to secure access to the open sea. The Baltic Is closed half the year by ice. The Black sea is closed all the year by the European concert. The Persian gulf is closed by England, and Russia's only opportunity Is at Port Arthur. Russia fears Japanese control and influence and intelligence at Peldn. She does not want the vast population of China lifted up by Japan and her men trained into good soldiers. TLis would make China a formidable neighbor. Between this fear and de- sire for an open port we have the key to Russian action, and this action is hurtful alike to America, Japan and england. Japan is ready to resent continued occupation by Russia of Man. churia, and England will doubtless be led to back her, and the outcome is not easy to foresee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
Growina Cotton Crop.

The agricultural department admits that the growing cotton gained three points in June, but it says the crop is still backward. So it is, but this fact means nothing. The two critical months in the history of the cotton crop are always July and August, and if these are favorable the crop will be ready in good season for the pickers, and there will be plenty of it. Late crops are not always small crops. The date of killing frosts determines that. In short, the growing crop has still it's record to make. There is nothing in the condition today to indicate either a big or a small crop, and the weather hereafter will determine that question.
 The most that can be said relates to acreage. It is large and it in all prob ability forbids crop below ten million bales, and good weather and late frosts can carry the crop to twelve million bales. Between these two extremes the outturn will fall, and there is no man who can intelligently and truth fully say much more.
 Perhaps the crop that would suit the cotton belt best would be one of eleven million bales, for that would keep the price at about ten cents, and yet it would supply the world fairly well. It would not at any rate unduly encourage the growing of cotton In Egypt, India or in the new lands of Africa. This country must continue to grow the commercial crop of the world, and in order to maintain our suprem. acy we need this year an eleven-mil- lion-bale crop, and the chances largely are that we will make it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Nearoes In the Northern States.

The, negro centers of the country are New Orleans, Washington, Baltimore, Plttsburg and Cincinnati, and Dr. Will liam Thirlldeld asserted before the Methodist ministers of the country gathered at Cincinnati that the negro problem would soon be a northern problem. It certainly is at Evansville, Indiana
 The census tables show that in eiL hteen northern states, there were in 1900 more negroes by 171,097 than there were ten years before. Penn sylvania alone now has 156,S45 negroes. New York and Ohio each have fully 100000. Altogether there are about 8O0,0OO negroes in the northern states, ard the number is steadily increasing.
 The negro population i'd the north is, however, largely urban. The servant problem is solved by them in cities like Washington. In New York the gain in negro population Is confined to the chief cities of that state. But in Mas sachusetts every county shows gain in negro population. This is not due to the need of servants, but to the nu- merous factories in which the negro finds employment. But as a rule the cities only in the north show gains in negro population. It is the enterpris- ~fng negro who goes to northern states, and he goes to get better wages and more employment, and these he se- cures in the northern cities. Washing ton and Baltimore arc still the El Do rados of the enterprising negro, and fer over a quarter of century these have been the chief negro centers of the country.
 Thus far 1t cannot be said that any attraction save that of better wages induces negroes to leave the south. There will probably be full million of
 Asa in the north when the next cen
 taken, as against nine millions in the south. The spread of the race and color question over the country promises to be gradual, but 1t also promises to be steady The public schools and education are perhaps at tie bottom of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
HOUSES THAT
 ADORN DINGY LONDON

From the New York Commercial
 but 1t affords us many nice distinctions in the common parlance of everyday life. There is a decided difference between a good fellow and 8 good sportsman" a great lady" and smart woman;" and in describing a London residence there is a marked disparity between great house" and the smart house. of per- haps equally rich and important people. Columns have been written on Bucking- ham palace and Marlborough house and also on such private palaces as Stafford house. Grosvenor house and Bridgwater house; but many notable dwellings re- ceive, In comparison. only scant atten- ton.
 Women of the new world possess hap py knack of making their homes beauti- full. Indeed, they excel greatly in the art of decoration, whether in dress, jewels, flowers or furniture. Miss Van wart has a perfectly arranged house in Curzon street, May Fair. Her drawing rooms have wall coverings of delicate silk. and the furniture is of the Louis Seize period. A small inner drawing room has been made immensely attractive by a connection of old England samplers and pictures in needle work. These marvels of stitchery are of great value; and each is framed in a narrow black frame. glazed and hung on the walls like ordinary pie tures
 Mrs. Mackay's house in Carlton House Terrace Is planned on the lines of an Italian palazzo. The marble staircase alone Is said to have cost a60,O00 In the ballroom, the marble mantle piece Is of great beauty, and in the center of the room stands huge gilt cage, filled with flowers and foliage plants. The almost priceless French furniture is covered with Gobelins tapestry in old rose and Sevres blue. One chair covered with bro- caded silk embroidered with tea-roses is of interest, the silk having been taken from a gown that Mrs. Mackay wore when she accompanied her late husband to the coronation of the Emperor of Rus sia. Her bedroom is an abode of luxury. It has parquet floor covered with bear skins, rose brocade hangings, and Yer his Martin bed.
 Hyde Park House belongs to Lady Naylor-Leyiand-a American. Its salient feature is the white marble hall and staircase. with the big white marble lions on guard at either side of 1t.
 Lord and Lady Ribblesdale's house in Manchester Square seems known only to the elect. The wide staircase is of pure white Carrarra marble, and the ballroom "a fine one-is in white and gold. with wall coverings of apple-green brocaded satin.
 Lord and Lady windsor's house in Mount street is another medium-sized marble palace. which remains a terra incognita to the outside world. The dec orations are of interest as being derived from the rich produce of the owners pa- tive domain. Penarth alabaster forms the columns and faces the walls of the square
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
A roucHsToNE PLATFORM.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 Your If Is the only peacemaker," said Touchstone. Much virtue in If" Touchstone's philosophy did not find Sem ator Allison cold when the great master of "pussy-footed" politics came to write the resolutions for the Iowa republican convention. The Allison resolutions were a most excellent peacemaker. All your Ifs could not have brought more har- mony and concord. Hands off beamed upon the Iowa idea;" Shawite broke bread with Cumminsite Everybody was victorious, and there was nothing for anybody to quarrel about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
If Judoe Greene Runs.

The rumor that Judge S. E. Greene Is to be a candidate for probate judge at the next election has aroused an unusual amount of interest," said prominent att torney.
 If Judge Green consents to make the race against Judge J. P. Stiles, I think he will have reached that conclusion be- cause the salary attached to the position Is so much larger than that of a judge on the Criminal court bench.
 My opinion is that 1t would pay Jef- ferson county to increase Judge Greenes salary to s1OOOO a year and keep him where he Is. He saves the county thous- ands of dollars annually. His record is really a remarkable one. He has had but one case reversed in eight years and that reversal was based on the form of the indictment.
 When one of the countys public ser wants has a record like that, the county should take strenuous steps to keep him where he Is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

entrance hall, and its floor Is laid with coaored marbles also quarried in Wales
 Baron and Baroness de Meyer have made themselves a house beautiful' in the quiet region of Cadogan Gardens. 1t Is built on the lines of an Italian palace, with tapestry. altar frontals, polished flooring and white marble gallery. The pictures, marbles, furniture and bric-a- brac have been collected on the continent by this artistic young couple. Their music room is one of the best in London.
 Lord and Lady Broughham's home in Chesham Place Is treasure-house of art. Her boudoir is an exquisite room, lined with fans-Italian, Spanish and priceless specimens of the Louis XVI. period. There are also valuable pictures and screens covered with miniatures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
Russia In the Far East.

Unless Russia gets out of Manchuria in September, as she has agreed to do, there will assuredly be war in the Far East Japan Is known to be mobilizing her troops, and England is obliged to stand by her If France or any other power assists Russia. England, Japan and China allied against Russia would make an interesting struggle, and in such a contest Russia would be driven off the sea, and her long single-track railway line would prove very unequal to the emergency.
 Japan was badly misused by Russia when after the victorious war with China she was deprived of the right to secure a foothold on the mainland. She has since gained control of Korea, but Port Arthur and the Russian occu- pancy of Manchuria would endanger her interests in Korea. Japan must
 
 fight Russia If the latter remains In Manchuria, and Russia has no seaport open all the year if she leaves Man churia.
 Russian promises of evacuation, made to this and to all other countries, are considered valueless. She will leave Manchuria only when Japan and England render it impolitic to attempt to stay there. If she withdraws at all 1t will be to await the bettering of her railway line and the gathering of re- sources that will enable her to fight the English alliance.
 Our interests in Manchuria are very important The coarse cotton goods of southern cotton mills are freely sold in the cold northern provinces of China, and if Russia secures control of 1t we will be shut out. But heavy and important as this interest is, it will not lead to more than protest against continued occupation of Manchuria The assurances of Russia that san open ioor to American goods would be main
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
About Persona

G. A. steed of Anniston is at the Metro politan.
 R. j. Griffin and wife of Moundvilis are stopping at the Metropolitan. w N sharp of woodlawn Is registered at the Metropolitan. A. steinhart of Greenville is at the Met ropolitan.
 R. B. Kyle and wife of Gadsden are staying at the Metropolitan. ". B. Craig of Selma Is stopping at the Morris.
 W. A. Davis of Anniston Is registered at the Morris.
 G. L. Van Trump and wife of Besse- mer are at the Morris. G. D. Floyd of Lafayette is staying at the Morris.
 Paul L. Morrow of Anniston is at the Morris.
 A. F. Maioney of Shreveport Is stopping at the Hillman.
 M c. Thurman of Evansville, Ind, is at the Hillman.
 W. W. Hickman of Boston is stopping at the Hillman.
  F. Wilson Frye of Chattanooga is at the Hillman.
 D. R. Cook of Montgomery is at the Hillman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
A TRICK HORSES FALL.
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 One of the large trick horses belong ing to Hargreave's circus went through a remarkable performance on Sunday morning. While the train in which the horse was being taken to Rutland Vt, was crossing the Hudson river at Fort Edward, the animal backed out of the open door of the car, fell through mass of thirty telegraph wires running along side the bridge and dropped into the river, twenty-five feet below, with three feet depth of water and soft bottom. The horse wadded ashore where rail- road man found 1t uninjured, save for a slight scratch on one foreleg. The horse was not missed until Whitehall was 'cached. The journeN 70 Rutland vt., was finished on special train
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
TakInn ThInas for eranted.

Most people nowadays are too much given to taking things for granted" said the gray haired man. They never stop to ask the why and wherefore of any, thing.
 They ride in the trolley cars, talk over the long distance telephone, dictate their letters to a graphophone, hear from their friends 300 miles at sea by wireless teleg- raphy, and never even so much as say I wonder.
 Now within the last few months an ocean cable of about 5000 miles in length has been laid which makes if possible to send a message around the earth in a few minutes. and they are not feazed in the least.
 When I was a boy, the moving of a small frame house from one lot to an- other was a matter fraught with inter- est to everyone in the neighborhood, and every detail of the operation, and the mechanism employed was studied with greatest avidity. All chimneys were taken down to the level of the roof before the translocation was attempted; and if not more than half of the ceilings and walls were cracked the job was looked upon as a success.
 Now they move large brick buildings, and In connection 1t Is not amiss to re- call the fact that one of the first, If not the very first, instance In which brick structure of any considerable size was moved was when John D. Rockefeller moved his house, in Cleveland, Ohio, a distance of three blocks. The chimneys were not disturbed and no furniture was removed Nothing was cracked or broken although there were wall mirrors and embossed plaster mouldings in many of the rooms.
 T may be wrong, but I attribute this indifference to the fact that so many new things are crowded upon the public. and the daily papers are so universally read, that the average man has forgotten how to be surprised by anything. It all comes in the days work and to him there is nothing new under the sun."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

By Lord Lytton. There is no deathi The stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore; And bright in Heavens jeweled crown They shine forevermore.
 Shall change beneath the summer show To golden grain or mellowed fruit,
 Or rainbow-tinted flowers. The granite rocks disorganize
 And feed the hungry moss they bear; The forest leaves drink daily life
 From out the viewless air. There is no death! The leaves may fall. And flowers may fade and pass away; They only wait through wintry hours, The coming of the May. There is no death! An angel form
 Walks OCT the earth in silent tread: He bears our best-loved things away; And then we call them dead" He leaves our hearts all desolate,
 He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers; Transplanted into bliss. they now
 Adorn immortal bowers. The bird-like voice. whose joyous tones. Made glad these scenes of sin and strife, Sings now an everlasting song
 Around the tree of life. Whereer he sees smile too bright, Or heart too pure for taint and vice, He bears 1t to that world of light,
 To dwell in Paradise. Born unto that undying life.
 They leave us but to come again; With joy we welcome them the same
 Except their sin and pain. And ever near us. though unseen,
 The dear immortal spirits tread; For all the boundless universe
 Is life--there are no dead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
The Cup will stand pat.
HIS MODEST CHARGE.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
 T don't see how you make this out" said the man who had to pay the bill. "The charge was to be $5 an instrument. and you've charged for three more men than there were in your orchestra"
 "Oh, that's all right" replied the lead CT confidently. You will recall that one man played the bass drum, the cymbals, the snare drum, and the triangle, and, of course, we charged four times for him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
An Electric switch for Cars.

That is a unique switch the Blrming- ham Railway. Light and Power company has installed in front of the postoffice," said a man interested in mechanics.
 Tt Is an electric switch and the man that invented 1t ought to get rich. It is so arranged that a motorman can remain on his car and throw the switch so as to go in either direction. It Is done by the regular current which supplies power for propelling the car. It is not only great saver of time, but also saves many steps.
 ''The switch was put in for the beneht of the Ensley and Besemer cars which will ultimately pass that point, and since there are also many other cars pass Ing that corner the switch was decided upon as being cheaper than to hire man to stand there and throw it.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
Moving In New Building.

Tenants have begun to move into the new nine-story building of the Title Guarantee Loan and Trust company" said a real estate agent.
 From the present outlook the building is going to be full of lawyers. And see no reason why 1t should not. The structure is so close 10 the court house that 1t would at once appeal to a man practicing law. One beauty about the building is that every room in 1t is an outside room, and every office Is as light as daylight can make it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Matrimony is like boating: the man rows but the woman steers.
 Women fiirt with clever men as bait to catch dull men.
 It's good deal better than having two strings to her bow for a girl to have two beaus to her string.
 The most fun bride gets out of we'd ding presents is exchanging those she does not want for other things she does not want.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
It Doesn't Wear We'll.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 Mrs. Gallop-My husband has absolutely no taste in clothes. Sometimes he looks almost ridiculous.
 Mrs. speitz-Yes, saw him yesterday and he looked quite ridiculous.
 Mrs. Gallop-Indeed! What did he have on?'
 Mrs. Speitz-A jag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
A BIT OF A LAUGH
Cruel.

From the Washington Star.
 T am willing to leave my work to pos- terity," said the ambitious author.
 Well" answered the cold-blood pub fisher, you are running great risks. Pos terity isn't going to read any of the ex- pensive and misleading eulogies of your work that my advertising department is getting out"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
The Taking Way.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 The Patriot-I fear lest we do not take our rightful place among nations.
 The World Poltician-Oh, that's very simple. We have only to take every thing we see that is not already taken by a nation bigger than we are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
The Reason.

From Judge.
 The Farmer-Your COW must be sick. She doesn't chew her cud.
 The Amateur Farmer-She doesn't have to chew her cud. I feed her with predigested hay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

It is great country that immigrants seek at the rate of nearly million a year. Other countries offer induce ments, but America gets the major part of the worlds homeseekers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
Higher Authority.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Caller-Are you sure your mistress is not in?
 Bridget-Oi am not, but she sames to be, so 'tis not fur the loikes O me to doubt it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

The vitality and clear mental powers of the dying pope are astonishing, when it is remembered that he is in the ninety-fourth year of his age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

The deficit in the postofice depart ment in the fiscal year Just ended was s4,0O0,000, and the people now know where the money went to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

A dividend of 50 per cent to the cred itors of the Bessemer savings bank seems to be assured, and the smash thus loses half of it's distress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

When Politician Payne is removed the postoflce thieves will know that their practices must be stopped, and not before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

Gasman Addicks declines to shoulder the lynching responsibility in the state he thought be had bought.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

The untimely death of Joseph B. Graham will be mourned wherever progress and popular education has a friend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

St. Louis agrees, as an extra induce ment, to sell twenty-five beer tickets for one dollar next year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

Pitcher Wilhelm is winning games right along in the all-conquering Pitts burg team of the National league.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

Turkey cannot honestly fight Bull garia, nor Japan Russia with The Hague court waiting for business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

The Reliance is all right, and that is enough. Nautical lore is not necessary in this case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

The native Hawaiians, brown race, want no more whites. The color line is omnipresent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

China has no mosquitoes, and people naturally like to live there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

The Shamrock is said to be good at reaching. Her chief fault Is in lift ing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

The Salvation Army will endeavor next month to disarm Breathitt county, Kentucky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

Touchin' on and appertainin' to the making of noise on the Fourth of July, 1t is now held that Young America can not be refrained. but in this section of the country the small boy need not be encouraged to have two Fourths of July.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

July is bringing up the temperature average of the season and also the cot ton plants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

Japan prefers Americans when she imports teachers of English.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
The Iron Market.

'"The inactivity in the pig iron market is not because consumers are overstocked or have filled all their orders" remarked broker. 'The fact is consumers want iron and are ready to buy Just a soon as manufacturers will lower their quota tons. They simply will not pay what the furnace companies have been asking. Twelve dollars would. believe be followed by very active buying. But at present prices 1t would hardly be possible to sell a five hundred ton lot"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

MT Schwab will now give his un- divided attention to the spending of his income.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

Mary MacLane's new book Is nearly ready, and it is to De a hummer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08
Men and Women.
From Life.
THERE IS NO DEATH.

Men were made before mirrors. Women are still made before mirrors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-08

Atlanta has declared Judge Parker the next President of the United states. but Atlanta is no better in se- leeting Presidents than 1t is in playing baseball.