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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
BALFouR WANTS IRISH SUPPORT
From the New York World.

From the New York World
 A curious phase of the British political situation is the angling for the Irish vote doubt that the Irish nationalists are not unwilling to give the retaliation policy of the Premier support, provided Ireland receives an adequate consideration.
 The London Daily Mail reports that negotiations based on that assumption have been going on for some time, and are likely to be successful before a general election Is reached. It intimates that an indorsement for a Catholic college in Dublin may be part of the price paid for Irish support by Mr. Balfour. Fur ther concessions in the direction of home rule are also mentioned as the basis of the bargain. William O'Brien. speaking at Cork on Monday night, squinted in this direction. He expressed the opinion that both English parties were broken and solid Irish party would meet which ever came out on top.''
 This is strictly in line with the Parnell- ite tradition that the first duty of the Irish party is to be independent and play one English party against the other. But the spectacle of the solid Irish vote cast in the commons for a return to protection If it is ever witnessed-win be enough to make Daniel O'Connell, who was Cob den's faithful ally in the fight for free trade. turn over in his grave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
No TyDhOid This Year.

The typhoid germ is chiefly no- ticeable this year on account of its absence. Now and then sporadic case is reported, but there is no dis trict of the city or valley affected with enough cases to excite any dread at all. It is evidently the typhoid germ's off year.
 Medical scientists are unable to ex- plain as yet the coming and going of the germs that are the chief curse of the temperate zone. They climb the highest mountains, and they descend to the deepest valleys. They are all along shore, as well as in the back districts. No state is free from them, and it is not too much to say that not one of the 2000 counties in the coun- try can boast that it has never har- bored the dreaded germ. It goes where it listeth, and it is sure to do ulAtn tih1.
 While we have little or no typhoid this year in this city, yet it is we'll to boil the water and quiz the milk man until the frosts of November ccme. It is not safe to toy with the germ that slips down the throat at every opportunity. Look at the mat ter as we will, the man or woman or child who consumes boiled water and milk until December, will escape ty- rhoid. The vigorous person will es- cape in any event, but the weakly might not. There is but one safe 1ule-boil your water and milk at least until frosts come, and the filtra- fion plants are inaugurated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
 PROSPERITY THROWN AWAY.

From the New York World.
 A woman with four children, the young est two years old, wandered all day through the streets in Wednesdays storm At last, rain-soaked, she went to a police station and asked that she and her child ren might have the shelter of a vagrant' s cell. She said that her husband was an electrical worker that he had been or dered out on strike and that when his money gave out he had been expelled for non-payment of dues from the union that had deprived him of the means of paying Then, being a non-union man, he could not get work. and his family had to take to the streets and the storm.
 No doubt there are many other work mems families that are facing similar prospects. Four months of likeness are a terrible strain on the resources of any ordinary household. What makes the case more serious is that the working sea- son that has been sacrificed in the build ing trades will probably prove to have marded the highest tide of booming pros- It was one that should have been used to the utmost by both employers and work men in providing for dull days to come. As 1t is, the bank accounts that should have been ready to tide over period of diversity have been wantonly thrown away in season of good times
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
Corn and Cotton in America.

While Egypt is building dams for the purpose of increasing her cotton area in the fond hope that she will yet be able to supply England's needs, although she grows at present less than three million bales, Argentine rises up to snatch away from us the corn sceptre. But Argentine, like Egypt, has a hard road to travel
 Argentina's lands are fertile, her climate suitable for corn growing, and her rainfall is reasonably abundant. At present, however, her corn crop is confined to IA million acres as against 94 million acres in this coun- try. She grew last year 130 million bushels, as against 2500 million bushels in this country. But she got thirty bushels from an acre, and forty tour cents in gold for each bushel, so
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
Epidemic of Sensations.

"Birmingham's badness seems to come all at once" remarked a gentleman last night in discussing the sensational East man Mullin. For perhaps several months the city will be comparatively free of crime and then with startu~g rapidity series of murders, suicides and shooting scrapes will begin. It is safe to say that few days have been more remarkable in police annals than was this Sabbath.' It seems to be the case everywhere. We hear every day of an epidemic of sui eide or an epidemic of murder. When once the orgy is begun human depravity seems to run riot, and the authorities are at loss to account for the state of af- fairs"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN AlAs.m
The observd of all Observers.
 Hamlet.
Rise in Silver.

The price of silver is rising It has gone from 52.7 cents an ounce to 5Sa3 cents in the last six months, and the tendency is still upward. France is buying silver for her Asia posses sions, and the United States is estab- pines, and these demands added to the steady consumption of India, is carrying the price of the white metal up.
 But current quotations are far be- low those of 1873 when silver was worth $129 an ounce. It began to fall rapidly in 1883, and in 1893 it was worth but IS cents. It is used in all countries in the production of coins of small value, and no doubt it's value will gradually be increased.
 The treasury officials are uneasy over the steady advance of silver. If it should become worth 6410 cents an ounce, the silver in the new Philip pine pesos would be worth more than their face value, and the coins would.
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 be exported to Hong Kong for the silver they contain, and the Philip pines would have n6 currency after the present year, because at that time ~tae- Mexican dollars and other silver coins now in circulation in those is lands will cease to be legal tender Between the rise in the price of sil- yer, and the legislation directed against Mexican dollars, the Philip pine currency system is in trouble The question will no doubt come up before congress. and some measure will have to be adopted against a further rise in the value of silver.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
DEMAND FOR BOYS IN BOSTON.

From the Boston Advertiser.
 The supply of office boys in Boston is far less than the demand. It is one in- dustrial condition which defies the pre- vailing economic law Probably the ex- panation lies in the fact that boys prefer to attend school rather than go into an office. Nearly every Christian associa- tion In this city conducts an employment bureau, and one of the specialties is the furnishing of bright. active clean-looking boys for office work, and their experience, looking back two years. is that at all times of the year, whether it is in the dull season Of business or the busy season d Doy who is clean, quick and well-spoken can secure an office position at any time At no time have the different Christian association employment bureaus had as many applications of boys on their rolls as they have of business men who wanted boys. The average boy nowadays believes that he can work more quickly into a satisfactory position by getting the euuip- ment which the high school affords than by entering service earlier and working his way up. Even when he graduates from the schools he may be obliged to be gin at the bottom. but his education has given him ambition and the desire to work. However. there may always be this comforting thought to the boy with aims and ideals, that if for some reason he can not complete his high school work, there is an office opening for him at all times. The supply to the demand in this city ip as one to three.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
Wall Street.


 Henry clews' circular of Saturdays date says that Wall street is in a pessi- mistic mood. but that conditions generally are as rule favorable. aThe money mar ket," says clews. seems likely to escape any serious disturbance this fall: and if the present conservative policy of those who control the purse strings continues, we will probably witness a return to cheap money when the harvest Is over and funds come back from the west. The crop question is at last practically set tied. Damage reports proved exaggerated; the last few weeks provided admirable weather, and yield of not less than 2,0O0,- OO0,oOo bushels of corn is predicted, if not more. This means a big tonnage for the railroads and good times for the farm CTS in general. A favorable feature was the break in the grain markets and con- sequent large export orders, which some- what enumerated the scarcity of produce bills due to late cotton movement; this in turn tending to defer gold imports.
 Our banks, however, are in strong DO stion, showing better reserves than year ago; a situation true not only of New York but of the reserve centers through out the country. The break in the British cabinet over questions of international trade policy can have little stock market effect, for the simple reason that the British people, no matter how they feel about foreign competition, cannot afford to change their free trade policy; and it will be months before their will can be ex- pressed at the polls.
 The immediate course of the market is uncertain Short sales are certainly dangerous, but no continued rise seems possible until present market exigencies are passed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
From the Washington Times.

From the Washington Times.
 ONE American thinkers of a "N scholarly turn of mind are not O unreasonably troubled over the tendency to luxury in colleges. It is true that this tendency has always existed more or less, but 1t is also true that just at present it Is a larger scale than ever before. Scholars feel that the inter- ests which college is supposed to ad- vance may suffer by the introduction of so many outside interests
 There has been much discussion of ath letlcs as a factor in college life, but as a matter of fact, this has rather ten- dency toward democracy of spirit than toward the other thing. The student of moderate means, If he has time to spend in sport may win a standing for himself which he could not win by mere scholarship. and thus the com radeship. which is one of the most valuable elements in college life. is promoted. But when 1t comes to over-luxurious rooms there Is no compen- sating good. They do not help man to study, they do not make him more of a
 
 capacity for friendship or even refine his tastes. If he is the sort of a man whose tastes need to be refined it will take more than luxurious surroundings to do it, while if he is too poor to afford cost furnish ings he simply suffers from extravagant desires which he cannot gratify and which he will acquire soon enough without being helped in that direction at college
 The truth of the matter is. and it should be fairly and squarely faced, that if a college is to be as useful in our American life as it ought to be. it should not be allowed to become playground for the sons of rich men. We canot afford to lose sight of the fact that the object of a col- lege Is scholarship and the training of gentlemen. Rich youths who confine their acquaintance and interests to their own particular social circle might better stay at home They may become useful cIti- gems without college training-they cer- tainly will. if they have it in them-but unless they come to college to study. and to take part in college life. they would better stay away. If they use their money to smooth their path to learning by hif- ing coaches to train them for examine tion, write their themes for them and so on. they are simply drag on the more worthy members of the community.
 A great deal of nonsense Is anoat about the superiority of character to mere" scholarship There is no such thing as a mere scholarship. The great scholars of the world have been for the most part great
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
Three Great General Bills.

It is scarcely conceivable that the legislature will adjourn without pass ing an adequate and authoritative pri- mary law, and yet the bill hangs be- tween the two houses, and the pres sure of local bills may yet leave the people without safeguards when they meet to act upon public matters. The primary plan has come to stay, and every assurance of honesty in it's con- duct should be afforded by the legis- lature. The constitution of 1901 so commands.
 Scarcely less a public calamity would be a failure to pass the Luslx redistricting bill, which is hung up in the senate. This bill would not only relieve the congestion in the courts, but it would strengthen Governor Jelks' hand in his brave efforts to suppress lynching and to maintain the supremacy of the law. The LusjS bill is second in importance to the pri- mary bill only.
 A third bill of great importance is the bank examination bill, (Which is in the hands of the houss. All should recognize the fact thsA the boom is ended, and that meaey will become incr9hsingly "tigbt." This means tbat VI banks and wildcat banks will be subjected to more and more pressure. In such times as the pres ent bank examinations and inspec- tions become doubly valuable to de- positors and to the general public. The Age-Herald trusts the house, which has done many commendable things, will not let the senate bill die on It's hands. It bears the en- dorsement of every reputable banker and business pian in the state and it will be strange indeed if the counter influence can smother so desirable a bill.
 The legislators can not go back to their respective constituents with honor and credit if they fail to pass the primary bill, the Lusk bill or the bank examination bill. Public senti- ment demands the passage of the three bills, even if a hundred local bills die a 'bornin'.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28

sieian. came up from Montgomery last night and is stopping at the Metropoli- tan. The doctor Is in excellent health. He will inspect the states eonvicts at Pratt today
 H. A. Lipscomb of Carbon Hill is in the city.
 J. NJ. Eagan, Jr.. of Rollins spent Sun day at the Hillman.
 W. L. Waters. a prominent citizen of Alexander City, is at the St. Nicholas.
 
 J. B. shobert of Rollins spent Sunday in the city.
 H. O. Johnson of Anniston was one of the late arrivals at the Hillman last night.
 NJ B. Mabson. one of Tuscaloosa's s prominent citizens. is in the city. Dr. B. NJ. Bass, one of the leading druggists of West Point, Ga. is stopping at the Florence.
  c. H. Blackburn of Cincinnati spent Sunday at the St. Nicholas. Mark Kohn, a prominent business man of Anniston, is registered at the Hillman. A. D. Johnson of Dothan spent sun- day in the city.
 J. H. Johnson of Selma is in the city. w A. Megemry, travelling auditor for the Louisville and Nashville railroad, is in the city.
 Capt Walter Gardner, auartermaster of the Third Alabama regiment, spent yesterday in Montgomery. J. E. Parker who is connected with the engineering department of the South ern railway, has returned from a trip to New Orleans.
 Congressman W. G. Brantley of Geor- gia is the guest of John c. Henley. He will be in Birmingham until tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
The Lemon Season.

Said a produce dealer: According to statistics compiled by the New York Fruit exchange, there are now afoat at all ports 2S, 300 boxes of lemons. Of these 27500 boxes are Palermos and 14,OOO boxes are Messinas. In addition there are coco boxes, ex-Peeonic, which make the vlsi- ble supply 349OO. The lemon season is nearing the end now and as a result supplies are restricted. Prices are re- ported to be extremely uncertain and quotations will hardly advance until the new crop is ready to be distributed. Sales in Birmingham have beeen unusual ly large during the past summer, all though Hines made sad inroad on the demand. There are yet a great many people who prefer lemons to Times and as long as these remain the outlook will not be hopeless"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
FAMOUS CHAIRS OF ANTIQUITY

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
 The Papal chair in St. Peters Cathe- dral is, 1t Is claimed. the oldest and most existence, having been in use since the days of ancient Rome. The strongest structural parts of the great chair are of acacia wood Ii is to these supports that the massive rings are attached through which slaves are run when the pontiff is borne shoulder high through the great church when he pronounees a blessing on the kneeling multitude. The chalr is ornate with carved panels and ivory plates and is kept in wooden case almost as elaborate as itself
 Among other famous chairs is the mar ble frame in the treasury of St. Mark S. Venice, which, in earlier days was over laid, it is supposed with plates of ivory set in wood; the so-called ivory" chair of St. Maximlan, at Ravenna, dating from the sixth century, and the splendid silver chair at Barcelona.
 A lively dispute is in progress between the Mayor of Canterbury and the Bishop of Hereford. England. over St. Angus tlle cidir' WHICH IS now m the Canter- bury museum, but which was found dis carded as rubbish under the tower of Bishop Stanford church. The chair is en- tirely of oak put together without nails or other metal work. According to local tradition it Is 1900 years old and was used by St. Augustine on his visit to the place. Dr. Percival regards the relic as diocesan property, while tne Mayor of Canterbury maintains that the proper place for St. Augustines chair is in the city where he founded his first see.
 In Canterbury cathedral Is another chair known as St Augustines, on which the archbishops have been enthroned for cen turies. It is an ancient stone chair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
At the BlIou.

O. A. Neal, who will be Jake Wells representative at the Bijou theatre this winter has arrived and is assisting Local Manager Williams in the arrangements for opening the theatre next Monday night.
 MT Neal will have charge of the box office and will act as treasurer under MT. Williams.
 MT. Neal has been with Jack Wells for long time. and was recently man. ager of the Casino at Lynchburg He is thoroughly acquainted with the Wells policy, which has been adopted and car ried out with so much success by MT. Williams at the Bijou in which he and Dr. Wells are partners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
Artistic Window Dressina.

T have never seen the store windows so artistically dressed as they are now said well-known designer last night. Three concerns at least have surpassed all previous efforts. Mondays openings will certainly be notable social as well as business events. As our women ap- preciate all that is aesthetic in dress goods and millinery, they will be greatly in evidence as purchasers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
TO THE CUCKOO.
By John Logan.

By John Logan. Hail, beauteous stranger of the grove!
 Thou messenger of Spring. Now Heaven repairs thy rural seat,
 And woods thy welcome ring. What time the daisy decks the green,
 Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide, thy path,
 Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitcnt! with thee
 hail the time of flowers, And hear-the sound of music sweet From birds among the bowers. Sweet bird! thy bower is ever green.
 Thy sky is ever clear. Thou hast no sorrow h 1hy song.
 No winter in thy yearX
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press
 Speculation is a good thing to teach people how to economize afterward.
 A woman can always believe a thing unless there is some reason for believing it.
 When woman happens to understand a joke she has a sneaking suspicion 1t is a pretty poor one.
 It must have been an awful strain on Cinderella when she tried the slipper on not to pretend 1t was too big for her.
 Between thirty-five and forty-five there is not one woman in fifty that does not dye her hair, and the reason she doesn't is because she doesn't have to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
Greater Birminqham.

'I think it safe to say that Birmineham will expand on a large scale before the census of 1s1O." said an old citizen, but I have an idea that we will not do much in that line during the next three or four years. Avondale seems to be the only suburb that is at all agreeable to annex ation just now. In a few years Wood lawn, East Lake. North Birmingham and other thriving communities will be ready to join the central city, but they are not so minded at present"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
Not His Kind.

From the Chicago Evening Post
 Would you die for me-" she asked dreamily.
 "oh, say.' he retorted. in matter-of- fact way, If you haven't any more ans bition than to be looking for dead ones you're not the girl for me"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
His Inference.
From Judg

From Judge.
 Chollie Up-to-date-Life Is worth living down in my office now I've got one of those visible typewritters.
 Waffle Ketchon--Ah The kind that wears those lacy shirt waists?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
LUXURY AND LEARNING
 IN AMERICAN COLLEGES

men. The thorough scholar is more of man than the smatterer. If the curricu- lum of every college could be made severe enough in it's requirements to eliminate the drones and make it impossible for men to slip through the courses without studying, it would be better for the col- leges, for the students as individuals. and for the educated class of the Ameri- can people. In that event a college de- gree would mean something
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
In Jersey.

From the New York Sun
 De Style-Miss Smith is quite an eo- cutionist. Where did she acquire those beautiful gestures?
 Gunbusta-Why out on the front stoop at night, chasing mosquitoes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28
A Blightine Influence.

From the Chicago ecord-Herald
 That grabbed cynic Hawkins says he spent the whole summer alone with na- ture. l really feel sorry for nim."
 T do not. I feel sorry for nature"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28

If the Rountree investigation is to be held with open doors, no one cares when the committee reports, for all can form their own conclusions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28

Autumn is certainly in our midst, or else we are In the midst of autumn. Either way the weather is superb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28

Cole Younger says he has led an exemplary life for twenty-five years, and he can prove it by men of high standing in Minnesota.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28

Georgia is still the lynching state, and she will retain that reputation until she elects governor who has the courage of his convictions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28

It is suspected that the returns from Macedonian battle fields are swelled as badly as some ballot box returns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28

The sympathy of the entire world goes out to Mrs. Jefferson Davis in her hour of extreme illness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28

Now that the private and local jobs are out of the way the peoples gen. eral bills will have a chance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28

The Jewish New Year is held in the best season of the year, thus outdoing the opposition New Year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-28

The man who received 2700 offers of marriage in answer to an adver- tisement thinks the responsibility for race suicide rests uppon his own sex.