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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08


 North Carolina's white population exceeding a million souls, does not in. clude g. considerable strain of foreign blood. This population is descended from the earliest English settlers. and in the mountain districts Shakesper- ian words and phrases are in common use. The word "nolp" Is often heard, and it recalls the immortal lines at once. There is not a purer Anglo Saxon population in this country than can be found in the North Carolina mountain districts. The early English settlers numbered about 300, ,000, and lle slaves brought into this country from Africa were of about of equal number, and from the Jamestown set tiers who followed in century's time sprang the ruling race and people of this country, and from the negroes brought over at the same time sprang the vast population that has created a problem which no one can grasp.
 The New York Sun shows that in four assembly or representative dis tricts of New York city there are more foreigners than there are in the ten southern states named in the forego. ing table, and in a single assembly district there are more than there are in Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina.
 Out of 100000 loreign-born citizens in New York, one-quarter came from Germany, but if the present tide of Jewish and Italian immigration be maintained until the next censds is taken, both the Italian and the Jews will outnumber alike the Germans and the Irisn in New Iork.
 The south loses producers when it fails to get a full share of the new corners, but the purity of Anglo Saxon . blood is better maintained in this sec ton than it is elsewhere in this coun- try, and this is something to brag of at any rate. A little less purity and more prosperity would however be pre- ferable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
Tariff Revision.

The keynote speech of Senator Hanna and the resolutions of the Ohio republican convention, together with the resolutions of other republican conventions, all go to show that the sacred Dingley tariff is not to be touch- el by the fifty-eighth congress. It has been adjourned" to the fifty-ninth congress to be elected in November, 1904. Even Mir. Roosevelt endorses this plan, and the word has gone ont that no item of the robber list shall be lessened until after the presidential election.
 The real reason of this action is campaign subscriptions and campaign tactics. Plenty of promises of action in the future will be distributed next year from the stump, while the benef- ciaries of the scheme of brigandage will be told that nothing will be done, especially If they subscribe liberally to the campaign fund. Wall street is dlsgruntled, and the few who rob the many under the schedules of the Ding. ley bill will be expected to fill the party treasury. And there is no ma terial reason why they should not They are permitted to exploit consum CT up to the highway Dingley limit and they should in turn furnish funds for the election of Dingleyites for four years more.
 The people have been deceived by promises made by the late MT. Me Ki1ley and by Mir. Roosevelt and by a lost of other republican leaders. They
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
e--- - ---e.----< - CHEAP STRAWBERRIES.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 Perhaps all previous records for straw berry prices were broken Friday. when inordinately heavy receipts of this lus- cious fruit at Light street and other wharves forced down the wholesale quo tations to a half cent box, this being the figure at which a large consignment brought up by the steamer Tangler was disposed of. Others at one cent a quart were common, and even at this nominal price fine berries went begging, the pack CTS and other large consumers being sim ply swamped with the arrivals which were swelled to extraordinary propor- tions by the rapid maturing of the cron in consequence of the recent frequent rains.
 At half cent box the farmer or the dealer who bought the growers pros poets sustains a loss of not less than three cents on every box. for the pickers get two cents a quart, the box and crat- ing cost one cent more and the freight charge and commission amount to a half cent additional, which brings the total cost delivered in the market here to three and one-half cents a box. At this rate 1t will of course. not pay farmers to gather their crop or commission men to handle them. and the crop will be allowed to snon on the vines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
THE NOISY FOURTH OF JULY.

From American Medicine.
 Good parents and really patriotic eiti- gems have long dreaded the annual epidemic of deaths, accidents, tetanus, in- creased illness. etc., which has invariably followed a noisy Fourth-of-July. The more noise the more death and Injury, but the less patriotism, is pretty safe rule. Regret must therefore be expressed for the public declaration of the mayor of an eastern city that he believes in fire-cracker Fourth. Perhaps that is better plan than to publicly condemn the toy cannon, etc, and privately condone all offenses against the unexecuted law. They toy-pistol boy is often the criminal in the making. The Chicago idea" Is said to be to celebrate nolselessly by means of good literature, speeches, etc, but Minneapolis tries to abolish the nolse-making and re- place 1t by innocent games and athletic sports. These methods are surely more hygienic, and will cheat the doctors out of their yearly crop of emergency cases and accidents, but from the antis we will scarcely get credit for such worthy or unworthy motives
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
AN EPIC ON RED HAIR.

There is nothing surprising In the fact that one Victor Murdock a republican, has been elected to congress In the Sev- enth Kansas district defeating his demo- cratic and popuist opponents by an over whelming plurality. He was a red-headed man and he campaigned on the issue of red hair.
 From the very first day that Murdocks s appeal to all sorrel-tops in his district was voiced the result of victory at the polls was inevitable. He rallied to his support every red-headed man entitled to vote, and other red heads who chanced to be sojourning temporarily in the Murdock territory lent their moral influence in his behalf. It may be argued that red headed men, as a rule, are not long on moral influence but this was a political fight, and moral influence in such a case means a great vociferousness and an untiring ardor in the gentle art of booming" a candidate.
 Two vital and insignificant truths must be kept In mind in analysing the elee- tion of Victor Murdock on the red-headed issue. The first is that red-haired men are proverbially masterful and aggressive. It is contended by many historians that the successive dominant races of the world have been red-headed peoples. Any one who has ever run up against a red headed man In a rough h-and- tumble fight will vouch for the scrapping abilities of the type. When, after having considered this truth, We turn to the second truth of the sensitiveness of red-headed folk the cause of Murdock's victory becomes plain indeed.
 The shrewd campaigner around his fiery-thatched fellows with the argument that they and their kind were being ne- glected. The red-headed men of this country have never been fairly treated" he declared. We have never had red headed President since the time of Thom- as Jefferson To arms, red headsl And by your oriaamme today, not the helmet of Navarro, but the lurid locks of Vic tor Murdock" With which cry he placed himself in the battles furious van and found that he had red heads to burn, or to spare, rather, when the votes were counted, that overwhelmingly headed him straight on to Washington. The con gresslonal election of 1903 in the Seventh and story. It Is an epic with the hottest of capillary trimmings, the basis of a tale that will glow with the undying feryor of red-headedness in the tradition of un- counted centuries yet to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
Mir. Thayer Talks of Flood.

E. H. Thayer. superintendent of the cafe cars of the Frisco system, with head quarters in Springfield, Mo-, arrived in Birmingham yesterday and will remain for two or three days.
 He stated last night that the first Frisco trains since the recent flood were run cut of Kansas City yesterday. Water backed up in the union passenger sta- tion four or five feet deep and the build ing had to be abandoned. but 1t has now receded and station men will be using their offices today.
 There was $15,OO0 in the safe at the union station ticket office. and as the safe was entirely covered by water the bills were badly soaked.
 Mr. Thayer states that the damage to railroad property in Kansas City has been considerably overestimated by press re- ports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
Railw ,y Equipments.

'"rhe equipment of the European rail- roads Is much inferior to that of the lines in this country" said a gentleman who has travelled extensively. Tn the first place the coaches. or carriages, as they are called, are smaller than the cars on American railroads and they are not so luxuriously furnished. The second and third class passenger has a most un- comfortagle time on his trip
 For a while the novelty of the thing contents American tourists, but they soon tire of riding in the uncomfortable coaches and long for the luxurious palaces on wheels that they are accustomed to at home. However very good time Is made on some of the railroads and several of the express trains out of London are flyers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
AID WIMBS SAYS HE IS NOT
 A LEADER BUT A THINKER

national republican convention. was delegate to the St. Louis convention and to the Philadelphia convention, and Mathews was delegate to the Minneop- oils convention. and was also Union soldier. I am not one of the negroes who are trying to overthrow the new consti- tuition. I simply want that constitution honestly administered and the permanent plan put Into operation without discrimi- nation on account of race, color or pre- vious condition of servitude. I believe the quick-ended public sentiment for honest elections in Alabama is going to force a reasonably fair administration of the permanent plan of the present new constitution. The man who values his franchise will become a voter, and when clothed his vote will be counted as cast, something that has not occurred in Ala bama for over twenty-five years, and something that never will occur under the old constitution. The old was framed for fraud, the new Is framed for the in- telligent use of the ballot( the supremacy of intelligence and honest count of the votes as cast. The new constitution is ''wormwood and gall" to the old-time ball. lot box suffers and their allies, the ''re- publican office honders, party" In Ala bama. Both are dying hard, but their death is sure. AID wIMBs.
 Greensboro, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
Mr. knox Makes statement.


 Concerning a recent anecdote told at Tuscaloosa. the Hon. John 3. Knox of Anniston says:
 Tt has come to my knowledge that the friends and relatives of the late Col. Me- Elderly of Talladega think that the anecdote I related in my address to the students of the University of Alabama may be construed in some quarters as reflection on him.
 Tn this connection I wish to say that I heard this anecdote many years ago, and could not for the life of me at this time say from whom I received it. stated in delivering my address that had no idea the incident had any founda- ton in fact, but was merely one of those traditions that come down to us from the early settlers.
 "Colonel McElderry was a lifelong friend of my father, who was his family physician. He was the soul of honor and always regarded him as one of the grand men who represented the courage, refinement and culture of the old school of southern gentlemen. It never occurred to me for a moment that any one would take the anecdote seriously; otherwise l would have omitted It altogether from my remarks, or if used, I would have re- lated 1t with reference to some imaginary character. I have the highest regard for all the members of his family, and l would certainly regret very much If any of them would suppose that intended any reflection upon Colonel McElderry or his memory. The fact is. as am now in- formed that Colonel McElderry pur- chased the lands that he owned at the time of his death, which was large and valuable plantation in Talladega county, at the regular market price of lands at that time.
 T take pleasure in making this state- ment' so as to remove any contrary i'm pression which might arise in the mind of any one that the anecdote was intended to be taken seriously"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
DANNY DEEVER.
By Rudyard Kipling.


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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
ATTORNEY RECALLS RESCUE
 OF NEGROES FROM A FARM

From then on to the time of their re- lease, about four or five weeks after wards they, with a number of others. were confined within a strong stockade, and every avenue of escape securely guarded. They were fed on peas and corn bread, a limited supply of which was given them during the week, and 'des- sert" of a small quantity of syrup given them on Sunday morning. The boys say they were unmercifully treated by the guard and one of them in attempting to escape, was run down by dogs, recap tured and made to trot along before the horses of his mounted pursuers, back to camp, a distance of several miles. Upon his arrival back at the stockade he was treated to a dose of double and twisted blow line on his naked hide, while being securely held by other inmates of the prison, across a barrel or box. From the very best evidence obtainable at the time. and since, regular system of decoy and kidnapping seems to have been in vogue, and agents were employed in diff ferent parts of the country to watch the Criminal courts and contract with par ties convicted of crime to work for them in consideration of their becoming respon- sble for the amount of fine imposed by the court.
 These negro boys are still living here, and their testimony can be had if de- sired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
COMMENTS CULLED FROM
 PAPERS HERE AND THERE

Scotland is famous as a land of tradi- tions and quaint customs Even the hust- ling proclivities of this modern age have not entirely destroyed these curious old practices and occasionally we hear of some ancient ceremony identical with those the bard of the north has de- scribed so vividly in his fascinating novels The latest occurrence of this kind Is related by the Marquis of Fontenoy:
 When King Edward was in Scotland the other day, and crossed the old Cra- mond bridge that spans the Almond river on the road running from Edinburgh to Queensferry, the royal carriage halted for moment and an elderly man handed him water in a silver basin. which he king dipped his fingers, thereupon engag- ing in a brief conversation with the bearer of the basin and shaking hands with him most graciously before the royal equipage proceeded on its way.
 This little ceremony constituted the full fillment of the obligation. connected with one of those picturesque and interesting old tenures by which land is occasionally held from the crown in the old world In this particular case the tenure dates from the reign of King James V. of Scotland, who like Haroun- FL Raschd. the famous Caliph of Bagdad. was wont to roam in disguise among his people for the purpose of learning their views"
 The savage rulers against whom Eng land has waged war for so long are. many of them, most picturesque charac- ters, and have furnished material for some interesting stories. Just now the dauntless Somali are occupying Englands 8 attention but not very long ago the Maori were giving that country lots of trouble. The last Maori king recently took his seat in the New Zealand legis- lature, and the London Daily Chronicle comments on the end of the Maori dynas- ty as follows:
 The acceptance of seat in the legis- lative council of New Zealand by Mahuta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
AssIsTEp IMMIGRATION.
A Law That VIII Affect Some of the
 Prosecuted Russian Jews.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 If any part of the funds contributed for the relief of the persecuted Russian Jews of Bessarabia should be used to pay their passage money to the United States. certain provisions of the immigra- tion laws. as amended by the act of 1908, signed by President Roosevelt on the third of last March, would apply at once.
 Under the law as 1t stands. persons whose tickets or passages are paid for by others or who are assisted by others to come, are excluded from our ports unless it is shown that they are not likely to become a public charge; and this must be shown "affirmatlvely and satisfactorily in each individual case. The act pro- vides, further:
 That no bond or guaranty written or oral, that an alien shall not become a public charge shall be received from any person, company, corporation, charitable, or benevolent society or association un- less authority to receive the same shall in each special case be given by the com missioner general of immigration, with the written approval of the secretary of the treasury"
 These provisions do not necessarily close the doors to worthy and otherwise acceptable immigrants, who, in temporary destitution, are helped across the ocean by the charity of the benevolent. But the purpose of the law Is to make every case of assisted immigration the subject of special and thorough examination. and, where there Is any doubt to place the ultimate decision in each individual case with the secretary of the treasury.
 It will be seen that the extent to which the unfortunates of other lands can be transferred to this country by money con- tributed for that purpose, or by money contributed in general way and after ward applied to that purpose, is to be determined not by popular sympathy but by the limitations imposed by existing law. The mere fact of misfortune or op- pression elsewhere does not create the privilege to entry here. The law is loosely drawn in some respects, but very dis- tinct feature of 1t Is the requirement of special caution in the cases of all who do not come in their own initiative and at their own expense. And this is as 1t should be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
About Persons.

w. J. Boykin of Gadsden is at the Metropolitan.
 w. L. Smith of Montgomery is stopping at the Morris.
 J. H. Staley of Cincinnati is registered at the St. Nicholas.
 H. A. Bruer of New York registered at the Hillman last night.
 W. A. Maglemry of Louisville is at the Metropolitan.
 H. T. Adams of Louisville is stopping
 Henry Jung of Brussels Is at the St. Nicholas.
 T. c, Wells of Baltimore Is at the Hillman.
 H. A. Woodcock and wife of Kansas City are at the Metropolitan. J. A. Sanders. Jr., of Cincinnati Is stop ping at the Morris.
 A. J. Gray. Jr.. of Richmond Is at the Hillman.
 J. B. Henderson of Nashville is regis tered at the Metropolitan-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
HOSTING BY MAGNETS.
Device Is Coming Into Greater Use
 Every Day for It's Fetching Power.

From Cassier's Magazine.
 Magnets for lifting heavy weights are being used more and more in great iron and steel foundries.
 Every day the device by which the magnetic force is utilized they improve and larger masses arc handled.
 It Is a far cry from lifting a tack by means of magnetism to the lifting of massive iron and steel plates weigh ing four, six and twelve tons by this same force. The magnets used for this big work are usually rectangular and present flat surface to the plates lifted The magnets are suspended by chains from cranes, and pick up the plates by simple contact and without the loss of time consequent to the adjustment of chains and hooks in the older method. It Is also found that the metal plates can be lifted by the magnets while still so hot that it would be impossible for the men to handle them. The ratio of weight of these magnets to the weight lifted varies with the machine; in some cases this ratio is 30. Thus a magnet weighing BOA pounds will lift AS tons. The magnet Is operated by current from a dynamo.
 One of the practical uses of a magnet and to those immediately concerned a highly important use is that in which 1t Is sometimes employed to withdraw small pieces of Iron from such out-of- the-w way places as the human eye.
 Another use of the tractice force of magnetism on a much larger scale was that to which it was put by Edison in his magnetic ore separator, In which the ore, previously crushed to a fine power, is dropped down chute past the boies of powerful electro-maenets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
Faces on U. 8. coIna.

Few people have noticed which way the faces are turned on United States coins." said a man who carries plenty of coins about his person.
 Not many are aware that the face of the woman on a dollar looks toward the left while that on the half dollar looks toward the right. On dimes and quarters and nickles the face also looks toward the right, but one cent pieces are like the dollar. The face Is turned to the left"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The next best thing to flirting with woman is having her fiirt with you.
 The harder a man lies to a woman about how much he loves her, the surer she is that he is telling her the truth.
 Most girls have an idea that if they were the slightest bit prettier than they are they just couldn't help being vain about it.
 Usually when a girl pretends not to see man she happens to meet it is a sign she has been trying to happen to meet him all the afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-08

the nominal Maori king" marks the end Mahuta never exercised any real au- thority over his Maori countrymen. His sovereignty was of a shadowy character, but at the same time he never made any formal submission. His father, Tawhiao. the second Maori king, was repeatedly of fered a seat in the upper house. but al- ways declined. Tawhiao's father. Potatau. the founder of the dynasty was famous fighting chief, and an intimate friend of Sir John Gorst, whom he saved from assassination on one occasion by timely warning. Tawhiao was the only one of the three to come to England, and his tattooed majesty was the Hon of q Lon don season a couple of decades ago But he was very angry and indignant because he was not afforded a personal interview with the queen. He had to be content with pouring his grievances into the not par tcularly sympathetic ear of the late Earl of Derby"
 From Madrid come rumors of the boil ing of political pots in the land of the dons. It seems that republicanism has the upper hand and Is disposed to make things lively for the government
 The Madrid correspondent of the Lon don Times writes pessimistically of the outlook in that country: At the elections on April 26 Madrid was swept by the re- publicans, and the country at large re- turned thirty-four deputies frankly hos tile, not only to Che government and the so-called liberal opposition, which is merely a part of the governing oligarchy, but to the monarchy itself. The parties in power seem not to have realized how matters stand and how delicately they must move inorder to save the country from revolution. On the contrary, re- gently they Issued a circular which for bade the cry, Viva la Republica! and gave 1t into the power of the gendarmes to arrest all persons indiscreet enough to be caught crying it. This circular has been roundly denouced not only by the republicans, but by people of all classes. and the republicans have gained greatly through It's promulgation. To 1t may be traced many of the recent disorders which have been marked by dead and wounded