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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17
BRITISH COLONIAL GOVERNORS.

From the London Spectator:
 The question of the proper salary for the governor-genera of Australia has, we fancy, been settled by a speech by Lord Tonnyson, who is now acting in that capa- city. He has declared that f100OO year is ample to maintain the fitting dignity of the great post, though not, of course, sufficient to keep up a court of Oriental magnificence. The Australians, like the Canadians and the South Africans, wish the head of their world to be great gentleman not intent on petty economies, but they have little reverence for a splen- dor which any millionaire can, if he pleases outdo In South Africa, G10.OOO a year is barely sufficient owing to the preposterous price of everything, but that will pass away. The only expense in the free colonies which should not be thrown on the governors or viceroys is the keeping up of their residences, which should be stately, and remain the property of the colonies
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17
Literary Celebrity.

John Trotwood Moore has become d literary celebrity of more than passing interest for Birmingham people" said a reader of books. "The kindly poet and horseman has always had a warm place in the hearts of Alabamians, but the closer association of a personal visit was needed to strengthen the bonds that now unite him with his native state. Naming the new track of the Birmingham Mat inee club after the poet was a happy idea. It is to be hoped that MT. Moore will see fit to favor us with another visit when the park is completed and becomes one of the finest spots for recreation in the south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17
SCHWAB IS THE HEAD OF
 A BIG TAILORING TRUST

business as it is to teach steel workers their trade.
 The formation of the new trust was proposed to Charles M. Schwab by his uncle and MT. Weich over a year ago. At that time he decided that his work in connection with the steel trust was too heavy to permit him to assume task which involved so much detail in it's plans. When he decided to resign the presidency of the steel corporation, he accepted the responsibility and hard work attached to the new combination. A ma jority of the details will be worked out by MT. Schwab at his offices. No. T Broadway.
 I've had not intended" said MT. welch last evening, ito mako public our plans for another week. but as they have leaked out we prefer that the pub lie should have accurate information to start with. Every male inhabtant of the United States has got to wear clothes, and. as Mir. Schwab puts it. there are 100000 boys coming into long pants every day. He has made the estimate af- ter careful figuring. We want to train these boys to wear custom clothes in- stead of ready-made suits. Once you put a tape on a young man, Mr. Schwab says, he will never go back to the poorly fitting store suits. If we can show these young men that for sl5 or $20 we can build a perfect-fitting custom-made suit they will be ours for life
 With the great number of stores that we shall establish we will be able to turn out our goods at a much lower cost than the individual tailor, and when we have perfected our system we shall be able to do the very best work for the least pos- sible money
 The amount for which the United Tail ors Is to be capitalized has not yet been determined. It is said that it will be maintained as a close corporation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17
Popular Springs.

"Blount Springs is a very popular resort just now,' said young society man. "The weekly germans danced under the drec- ton of Mrs Alice Freeman are proving most enjoyable events and large crowds go from Birmingham to attend. This town needs a resort within easy reach where the tired citizens may go out to spend Sunday. and Blount seems to be just the place. Since Mayor Drennen's company assumed control the popular re- sort has been greatly improved and the presence of Calman's excellent orchestra has added greatly to the pleasure of the guests."N
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17
From the N. Y. World.

From the N. Y. World.
 HE latest thing in trusts is to be (1 known as the United Tailors" :" Charles M. Schwab's millions are
 behind the scheme, which will be launch
 ed in this city one week from today.
 The headouarters of the new concern will be at No. Union square, in the building formerly occupied by the Union
 Square bank. Five branch stores have already been leased in various parts of
 Manhattan, and the projectors say that within thirty days their stores will be in operation in large cities all over the country.
 The United Tailors will have the same
 relation to the custom tailoring trade that the United Cigar stores do to the
 retail cigar and tobacco business. The facts came out yesterday when P. A. Schwab. an uncle of the former Steel Trust president, and David J. Welch, for many years prominent in tracts on a mammoth scale. The branch
 stores already leased are in Greeley square, at No. 5s West One Hundred
 and Twenty-ffth street, No. 22l6 Third
 avenue No. 312 Eighth avenue and
 Eighty-fifth street and Columbus ave-
 nue. All of these will be open and
 ready for business simultaneously with
 the Union Square headquarters on
 August p.
 It is intended to increase the number
 of stores in Greater New York to 100 as fast as the property can be leased and equipped. and to extend the business as
 quickly as possible to every city in the Union of 25,OO0 or more inhabitants. In two years time the trust expects to
 have a chain of stores that will give em- ployment to half a million men. As soon
 as possible it will own its own mills for the manufacture of cloth, both here and abroad. At present it has contracted for the output of one mill In Massachusetts and is negotiating for more.
 A great central school will be estab- lshed in New York at which cutters. trimmers and salemen will be taught and then sent out through the country to the branches where their services may be required. The educational idea emanated with former President Schwab, who says that it is. just as necessary to educate your own men in the tailoring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Chief Civil Service Man.

John R. Proctor, president of the United States civil service commission, is geologist by profession and is quite well known in the Birmingham district,'i said q coal operator.
 MT Proctor was appointed civil service commissioner by President Cleveland and he has been designated in recent years as a Cleveland Democrat But having be- come personally intimate with MT. Roose- welt when that gentleman was on the com mission with him 1t is believed in Wash ington that he would vote for Roosevelt in 1904 even if Cleveland were the Demo- cratic candidate. Proctor is a Kentuckian He was only a delicate youth when the war began in 1861, but he enlisted in the confederate army and served four years. Early in the seventies he entered the office of the state geologist at Frankfort and in 1886 was appointed state geologist.
 MT Proctor has always been a good fighter and in his civil service position he has withstood many a stalwart poli- tician who wished him to relax some of the civil service rules Through his efforts many important offices have been placed under the protection of the civil service regulations. It was mainly due to his work that the employees of the government printing office were given such protection. His stands against illegal appointments under the postoffice department, and his success in securing the reinstatement in the government printing office of Assist ant Foreman W. A. Miller, who was re- moved because he had been expelled from labor union, have recently brought him into the public eye"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17
Col. w. E Rundy Dead.

Cincinnati. August 16.-William B. Bundy, United States attorney for the southern district of Ohio. and cousin of Senator Foraker, died here suddenly today from an uraemic convulsion or acute Bright's Disease. Although not yet in the prime of life. he stood high with the Hamilton county bar. had been at the head of the state and national organizations of the Sons of Veterans and prominent in the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17
Iron Better Than Steel.

Steel sheets whether galvanized, covered with tin or left uncovered
 rust much quicker than wrought iron sheets. Especially is this true of sheets exposed to the weather. The sheets having a steel body are very perishable Steel nails in a roof lose their strength by oxidation much quicker than cut nails do, and the de
 mand for the latter is increasing. It
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17
THE CONTRAST.
e Bnstnn Record

From the Boston Record.
 General Woods recommend from the war department, with all its fiamboyant eulogy for things done by other army officers in Cuba. stands out as the great est contrast with the curt note of re- tirinent after his 100 battles with the army of the Potomac and his Indian service. But Woods service was performed under Alger and Roots personal supervision. and thus gained new luster from that source. Miles's service was performed while Elihu Root was schoolboy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17
Church eoina.

Birmingham is a great church. going town" remarked a visitor. T had heard that theatres did a splendid business and was surprised to find that the churches are also well attended. Today was the first time I have had an opportunity of being on the streets at church time, and the crowds .n all directions astonished me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 When girl can blush in the dark, she is all right
 It is as easy for girl to fall in love as for a baby to learn to take the bottle
 The reason a woman never tells her husband a secret is that he makes her mad by keeping 1t.
 One reason men get over the habit of saving money is that when they do. they lose 1t in investment instead of having the fun of spending it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

The Humbert trials outdo the stage and even the historical novelist. The drama has a comedy side to it, be- cause it is so ridiculous and seemingly impossible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17
THEIR ANNUAL WORRY.

From the Toledo Times.
 The crop prophets are now worrying about corn, but the early part of Angus. is their regular season to do that and the habit with them is quite unfailing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

When conducting his experiments Prof. Langley confines his habitat to the bank of the river, making the buzzard hover over it until he takes header into it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

Seven revenue cutters, or one for each member of the cabinet, have been ordered to the cup races to guard the yacht course race. The cabinet will see that the guarding is well done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17
BROKE HIS RECORD

From the Nashville News.
 President Roosevelt didn't do thing but dodge Mother Jones. This is the first time in history that our strenuous president ever dodged anything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

The Langley airship is not pestered with applications for passes and berths.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

Apologies do not satisfy the czar when the sublime porte Is the of fender He wants something more sublime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

The promised Shakesperian revival will be warmly welcomed after sev- eral seasons of Rogers Brothers and their coarse and vulgar school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

If the Miles campaign is kept up men of sixty-1our will come to be con sidered mere youngsters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

MT. Bridges History of the Carne- gie Steel Company will not be found in the Carnegie libraries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

Gen. s. M. B. Young is big man, but let him not think that he outranls Cousin Cy of Boston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

will not call his airship "fempis." He fears some will add 'fugit'" to that word.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

In Cuba wax bullets are used in duels, and it is proposed to introduce tho fashion in Breathitt county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

MT. Cleveland and MT. Hanna art to do a joint lecture stunt, but not or the vaudeville stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

Prof Langley Is all right. He has discovered ar amphibious airship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

Julia Ward Howe has undertaken the task of making Harry Lehr intel lectual.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

President Roseveit's encyclical against lynching has brought him uni. versal commendation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

Yellow journalism quickly encoun- ters in China yellow government, in- cluding Psi An.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17
About Persons.

R. S. Macintosh of Auburn is stop ping at the Hillman.
 Charles Peterson. Jr., stenographer for Ford. Bacon & Davis. electrical engineers at Nashville, passed through the city
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

Mother Jones will not be~able to butt in at Sagamore Hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

Wall street is pumping the water back Into its paper stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

pany Is on the verge of dissolution, and have drawn up resolutions stating that it is stronger than ever before.
 Moses Seigel, a prominent cotton man ing part in the affairs of his town and stood high in commercial circles.
 The Montevallo Sentinel has called att | tention to the fact that this is the thir- teenth year J. Asa Rountree has held his office as secretary of the Alabama Press association.
 The Montgomery fair has filed with the secretary of state a certified copy of it's articles of incorporation under the laws of the state of New Jersey, and names Montgomery as its principal place of bus mess.
 Hon. John M Wilson announces that he will not again be candidate for the office of probate judge in Clarke county. Judge Wilson has been probate judge of Clarge county for twenty years and has made a splendid record.
 Faint echoes of peonage continue to be heard in Alabama but the agitation seems to have almost passed away No doubt the people of the state are glad that the subject can now be dropped. both at home and abroad.
 The Coffee county courthouse wrangle iu VI, terprise. Each of these towns feels satis- fled that it should have the courthouse, and has so informed Governor Jelks. The matter is now pending and the result is watched with much interest by citizens of the county.
 Alabama's two colleges, Auburn and the University of Alabama, are looking forward to most successful seasons this fall and winter. Every year Auburn has been materially strengthened, and the university has been put on firm basis for rapid development since President Abercrombie assumed control
 Alabama offers to one young man in each of it's counties a free course of lec- lures in the medical department of the University of Alabama. It would seem that the state is fairly well supplied with doctors, but there is always room for another, and the advantages of these scholarships are not to be despised.
 There seems to be a movement on the part of Alabama farmers to broaden their knowledge of the technical questions of agriculture which promises to be produc- tive of much good in the future. The re- cent summer school just closed at Au- burn awakened much enthusiasm and was well attended. Scientific methods of tilling the soil are becoming or vital im- portance nowadays, and the farmers of this state are not to be left behind in the march of progress.
 Huntsville is laboring under a reign of vagrancy, and the people are becoming alarmed over the situation. There is al- ways more idleness in Alabama towns than should be tolerated, but the profes- sional class who drift in from other states are nuisance calling for prompt treat ment. A large percentage of these wan derers are criminals, and no town Is safe from their depredations. When the win ter cold begins to nip there will be many more tramps coming south to sojourn. and Alabama will receive her share
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

A lynch-the-lynchers society needed over in Georgia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

The Montevallo Sentinel has called at- tention to the fact that this is the thir- teenth year J. Asa Rountree has held his office as secretary of the Alabama Press association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

Moses Seigel, prominent cotton man of Selma, is dead. MT seigel took a lead ing part in the affairs of his town and stood high in commercial circles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

Birmingham is trying to grow up to tho owl-car condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17
ALABAMA

The Abbott Rifles deny that the com- pany is on the verge of dissolution, and have drawn up resolutions stating that it is stronger than ever before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

The Montgomery fair has filed with the secretary of state certified copy of its articles of incorporation under the laws of the state of New Jersey, and names Montgomery as its principal place of bus mess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORL

easy during a storm when a rise of O a few feet would send the waters of | sea rushing over the low. marshy pat of land which they call home. The V lenee of the West Indian hurried seems to have expended itself on J maiea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

Something Is rotten in the state Of Denmark.
 Hamlet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-17

Hon. John M. Wilson announces that he will not again be candidate for the office of probate judge in Clarke county. Judge Wilson has been probate judge of Clarge county for twenty years and has made a splendid record.
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03
Much That Every Woman
Desires to Know
About Sanatiye Antisep.
tic Cleansing
And about the Care Of the Skin,
Scalp, Hair and Hands.

Too much stress cannot be placed on
the great value of Cuticura Soap, Oint-
ment and Resolvcnt in the antiseptic
cleansing of the mucous surfaces and OF
the blood and circulating fluids, thus
affording pure, sweet and economical
local and constitutional treatment for
weakening ulccrations, intiammatlons,
itchings, irr;:ationS, relaxations, dis
placements, pains and Irregularities
peculiar to females. Hence the Cuti-
cura remedies have wonderful lnflu-
ence In restoring health, strength and
beauty to weary women, who have
been prematurcly aged and invalided
by these distressing ailments, as well as
such sympathetic Affections as an1m!a,
chlorosis, hystcria, nervousness and
debility.
Women from the very first have fully
appreciated the purity and sweetness,
the power to afford immediate relief,
the certainty of speedy and permanent
cure, the absolute safety and great
economy which have made the Cuticura
remedies the standard skin cures and
humour remedies of tie civilized world.
Millions of the women use Cuticura
Soap, assisted by Cuticura Ointment,
for preserving, purifying and beanti-
flying the skin, for cleansing the scalp
of crusts, scales and dandrufi, and the
stopping of falling hair, for softening,
whitening and soothing red, rough and
sore hands, for annoying irri'ations,
and lucrative weaknesses, and for
many sanative, antiscptic purposes
which readily sugges: themselves, as
well as for all the purposes of the toilet,
bath and nursery.
Fold throughout the world Cutieurs Resovent 5nc. On
form of Chocolate Coated Ps 2e Jer vial OF ) ONT
ment so. Soap. &c, Drpot.s london. Chsr,erf.n.s
eq Paris. Rne de Ia lstrI Boston, Columbus Ave
Potter Drug Chem Corp. Sole fropr.e'or.
Send for e A Hook 'ior Women"
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03
Kansas Extra session Adiourns.

Topeka. Kan. June 2S.-The extra
session of the Kansas Legislature end
ed Friday Over fifty bills were passed,
only two of which We're of general
nature Most of them gave Kansas
counties the right to restore bridges
that had been washed away by the
flood. County commissioners are auth
orized to aid flood sufferers from the
county fund to any extent that seems
best to them. Toward the last. an ef-
fort was made to pass bill appropriat-
ing money for the relief of the suffer-
ers. but it was defeated.
Governor Bailey. in statement to-
day. explained his attitude toward re-
lief appropriation. in the course OF
which he said:
II feel that the criticism of my at
titude in this manner is unjust. There
is very little If any destitution in the
flood district. Whatever destitution
there is has been or will be relieved by
the lo,sl authorities. the local chari-
ties and the assistance which comes
freely from the outside. The need is
great through the Kaw valley. but the
cases of destitution are few. The Leg
islature has enacted nearly fifty laws
to enable cities and towns to take care
of the situation and they are going to
do it."
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03

Denver. June 29.-The Republican
this morning says: After postponing
the inevitable for over two weeks.
George w. Thatcher. commissioner-in-
chief of the Worlds Fair Board called
on Governor Peabody yesterday morn
ing, in answer to the latters' ultimat-
um ordering him to appear at 10
o'clock to make accounting for some of
his alleged sins of omission and COM
mission.
Contrary to the belief in some quar-
tiers, Captain Thatcher's bearing was
not meek. When the governor made a
formal demand on him for the sum in
question $3.50, Thatcher refused to pay
it. and further defied the governor to
depose him or expel him from the
board He was armed with legal opin-
ion to the effect that under the law
which created the board, he could not
be removed by the governor until his
time expires. December 81, 1903. He
seemed to be of the opinion that he
held better hand thar his eNcellency,
and after making a few remarks haV-
ing no bearing on the'case, departed.
Instead of giving up the fight. the
governor consulted few more people.
and the result was that he issued a
call for a special meeting of the board
yesterday afternoon at o'clock. Cap
tain Thatcher did not attend the meet
The Springfield herald., 1903-07-03
Larger Than Their Parents.

prominent bicycle manufacturer is
quoted US saying: bicycling is the
grandest and most healthful of sports.
IL makes each successive generation
healthier and strc.ger and longer
HVed. In young women's seminary
recently the teacher asked all the girls
IN the class who We're taller than their
mothers, to stand up, and all the girls
stood up. Next Sic asked for all those
VINO were taller than their fathers to
stand up. and half the class got on its
feet. Finally, she asked for all those
VINO rode bicycles to get up, and again
the whole class arose. Then she told
them that they were bigger and
stronger than their parents because
they got plenty of outdoor exercise.
and that their children would be bigger
and stronger than they"