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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
Lukewarm Citizens.


 Influential citizens of Birmingham who are lukewarm toward the bill that Will be introduced this month are inclined not to blame the suburbs for prudence. Such men express the fear that Birming- ham will hardly be financially able to do all for the suburbs that 1t now promises and that If the suburbs are to have need ed improvements in the near future they must go ahead and make them and force Birmingham to assume the indebtedness accruing from such improvements after such work is done
 For these reasons 1t is thought by many that a hard fight will be made against the present bill and that the only way in which it's friends can hope to get it through is to amend it in such man ner that it will not go into effect until two or three years shall have passed.
 On the other hand the bills advocates are confident that they can get the meas rre through. In reply to the argument made by the suburbs that the chief op- ject of the bill is to produce good showing for Birmingham at the taking of the next census, the friends of the measure say that it is just as necessary for Birmingham to have large popu- lation and to make good showing now as it will be seven years from now.
 Senator Morrow and all the members of the legislature from Jefferson, with the exception of two or three, went to Montgomery yesterday, and the others will go down to the capital this morn ing. Many of them refused to express opinions on the various matters of local legislation that are to come up saying that they had not yet given the subjects enough thought to definitely express themselves haty for or against certain bills that have already been drawn.
 Of course the measure for the relief or the congested county courts has numer- ous warm supporters and all of them re- alize the importance of some action on the subject. It seems to be the general opinion that if the measure approved by the lawyers cannot be passed the Jeffer- son delegation will get the next best thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
CITY ITEMS.

Orchestra RehearsaI.-The Pollock Stephens orchestra will hold it's regu- lar weekly practice in the beautiful new hall of the institute on West Twentieth street this evening at 8 o'clock.
 Board of Trade--The regular month ly meeting of the Board of Trade will be held this afternoon at o'clock in the room in the Tomlinson building. Several matters of importance are to be brought up, and large attendance is desired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
RECORD OF COURTS.

In the City court yesterday suit was filed by the Consolidated Electric com pany against E. ". Bullock and Thomas II. McAdory The plaintiff seeks to re- cover s1350 as damages for the alleged conversion of certain chattels which are fully enumerated.
 Judge C. W. Ferguson of the City court rendered a decree yesterday modifying the former decree in the matter of the board of trustees of the University of Alabama against F. M. Hogg, J. E. Jones and A. l.. Jones. The modified decree enjolns the defendants from cutting, saving or haul ing timber or lumber from the lands which 1t is averred in the petition are the property of the compliments. The bond is also raised to $4000.
 The preliminary hearing of Robert E. Dixon, charged with embezzlement, was to have come up before Justice of the Peace Benners yesterday, was postponed until Saturday morning at 19 o'clock. . Dixon was arrested some time ago at the instance of the Means-Fulton Iron Works, of which company he was secre- tary, charged with stuffing the pay rolls. He has been confined in the county jail since his arrest. His bond was fixed at 5000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01

We make the pest ( IS in town. Age Herald Engraving Company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
PERSONAL.

K. B. Jones. former proprietor of the Florence hotel passed through Birming- ham yesterday enroute to his home in Columbia. Tenn, from New York. where he has been for several days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
TWO LEGISLATIVE MATTERS TAKEN UP Judiciary Committee of Council
 Met Yesterday MANY GO TO MONTGOMERY  Bill for Greater Birmingham Is Subject of Much comment-suburbs Will
 Use Influence to Defeat
 the Measure.
MANY 60 TO MONTGOMERY

The judiciary committee of the city council held meeting yesterday after noon at the city hall to consider what ac- ton should be taken regarding the munic- ipal legislation that is to come before the Legislature at its meeting this month
 The two matters to which the greatest attention will be devoted are the bill pro- viding for Greater Birmingham and se- curing the necessary legislation for the city to act in case the citizens vote for the issuing of new bonds to build water works system.
 City Attorney E. D. Smith, Alderman H. B. Gray and Alderman J. J. Altman will go to Montgomery this morning.
 Greater Birmingham. The bill which will be introduced in con- nection with the movement for Greater Birmingham is the subject of consider able comment both among the residents of the city and of the suburbs which will become part of the city if the measure is passed.
 All of the suburbs, with the possible ex- ception of Avondale, will declare them selves or have declared themselves, It IS said, as being opposed to the movement. They argue that if such measure Is to be passed it's advocates should wait until the meeting of the next legislature four years hence, so as to give the suburbs time to complete and develop certain plans that they now have under way Tor the improvement of their municipalities.
 The advocates of the measure, who are said to embrace the greater part or the voting population of the city of Birm,ng- ham. are inclined to look upon this ex- cuse as a plea for time to increase the expense which Birmingham Will ultl- mately have to assume when the Greater Birmingham bill does get through the leg islature.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-10-19
The Barbgr'a story.

The barber drew the keen razor ever
his customers face and began:
"a friend of mine told me the best
fish story ever heard in my life while
he was getting shaved the other day.
Want to hear It? All right. You see, It
concerns a physician who had friend
who was daffy over fish, and he used
to try all kinds OF queer experiments
with them. One time the friend told
the physician that If you took fish
and kept 1t out Of water every day,
increasing the time each day, you'd
soon have the 6sh SO that 1t wouldn't
have to be in the water at all Well.
the idea sounded reasonable to- the
physician, so he went aud bought a
large shad. BE put 1t in an aquarium,
and every day he took 1t out of the
water and put 1t on the floor. The first
day be only allowed It to stay out for
thirty seconds, but every day he IN.
creased the time until finally the shad
didn't need any water at all to live In.
well, one rainy night the physician
was sitting In his study teaching the
shad to smoke cigar when the tele-
phone bell rang, and after answering
1t the physician prepared to go out on
hurry call. he ordered his carriage,
and when 1t appeared at the door he
went out, the shad following him. II
was raining hard, and a perfect tor.
rent Of water was flowing down the
cutters. The shad attempted to get in
the carriage. but slipped aud fell Into
the gutter and was drowned. Oh, I'm
sorry cut you, sir. But you couldn't
help smiling then, could youT-Phila-
delphia Press.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-10-19

him on account Of Tie old mans will
place in the evening few changes Of
names and scenes, but the main plot
and characters the same.
There were several good attractive fea.
lures about the show William Ii. Con.
ley as Silas Crump, alias Atkins was
a very clever actor. lie had the comedy
part throughout the piece. and he wa.
assisted by Miss Madeline Winthrop
who played the part Of Judith" The
important maid. Both we're very clever
The dancing girl who made the contor-
lion stunt in the circus scene was very
good. Mr. Alfred Britton, the hero, and
Miss Gibbons, Dare Devil Dorothy
were good-in their character parts.
The incident of the leading lady in
singing a song during one of the acts
70 the complete disgust of the audience
is given in the editorial column OF Til.
issue and attention is hereby called Ia
ii
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-10-19
A Doubling Father.

Mr. George Manyille Fem was in
the Reform club one afternoon, says a
London journal, when he noticed that
an Old gentleman, friend of his, was
looking rather perturbcd, so he in
quircd if there was anything the mat
ter. Well" said the old gentleman.
the fact is my son has got play
coming out tonight, and l fear 1t will
he a ghastly failure. He can write
pretty little plays when he likes, but
this one be las written Is nonsensIcal
sort of thing, and I'm sure 1t won't
TO at all. However l suppose l must
50 anl see it" The sons name was
William S. Gilbert, and the play was
Trial by Jury"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-10-19

well for time, and they had left ten
of their number dead behind them, but
those things didn't count.
The colonel called the captain up and
raked him fore and aft; the captain
called his lieutenants towards; the lieu.
tenants declared there was no fight in
the men. The "B" men cursed and
muttered and shed tears Of humilia.
ton again, but "Yah, yahg was their
greeting from the other 900 men. It
was rubbed in on them for month,
and then the colonel detailed them as
guard to the wagon train. That filed
their cup Of disgrace. Company B
dropped out OF sight for four months.
The regiment marched, fought and pa
raded with nine companies. 1t was as
If finger had been Topped OF hand
In some disgraceful brawl.
Autumn was merging into winter,
and both armies were advancing for q
last grappIe before the snow and ice
should drive them into winter quar-
tiers. There were roads and passes to
be held. Wagon trains were sent to
the rear details called In, and SQUAD
rons of cavalry and detachmcnts of in.
fantry rode and marched this way and
that. One day Company B returned
to us for an hour or two until they
could draw rations and ammunition.
They were dusty, ragged, detected
lot. Disgrace and humiliation had done
their work on both officers and men.
They were received as strangers and
in silence. That hurt them more than
the old cries Of contempt, but they
bowed their heads and said nothing.
They marched away as they came,
their feet dragging and their eyes cast
down. They were to form a part Of the
force sent to hold a gap in the noun
talns, and men laughed and said 1t
would give the "B" men another chance
to bolt
A thousand men, most Of them
called in OF detail and therefore lax in
discipline. had been sent to hold pass
through which 5000 Of the enemy might
pour Mt any hour. They were nll that
could be spared. Companies were SAND.
wiched together to make regiment
and under the orders of a colonel who
meant fight they threw up a breast.
work and waited for what was to come.
There was rltfrafr there in plenty, but
none in such contempt as the eighty
men of Company B. Little or nothing
was expected Of them, and they were
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-10-19

swereu uenanuy,
"Yes; see you are there, !" the choir
master said grimly .But II YOU think
1t Is a proper position fail to agree
with yau," Here Betty turned a vivid
scarlet aud snatched her hand away
from jack. II must request that you
both take your places In the chancel."
And he turned on his heel.
Something OF the cool contempt In
his tone seemed TO rob the two of bra.
yado, for they followed him meekls up
THE aisle.
70 Betty the rest Of the rehearsal
seemed interminable. She refused to
accept the messages Of comfort which
jacks eyes telegraphed her. She hated
him. He had made her ridiculous, CON
temptible, in Paul Scharf's eyes. This
was the end Of her Lenten penitence.
OF course she must leave the choir to-
night
And SO the astohIshed Jack went
home alone, while Betty waited to
brave her fate.
Paul Scharf closed the keyboard,
with a sigh. Betty :
Quick as the thought her face smiled
up at him. Beneath her aureole of
hair her eyes met his challenglngly.
He could almost feel her warm breath.
on his cheek was 50 very naughty,
PaulT she breathed.
All, II he might lean over and kiss
those tempting llpsl But be drew him
self stlfily erect as he answered grave
", "You set q very bad example to the
rest Of the choir; Miss Carew."
She flushed an angry red, ~ will re.
move the example by reslgning," she
said proudly.
THAT must be as you and Mr.. Dud-
ley decide" There was sting in the
words.
And then Betty put her head down
on the keyboard and cried. oh, clever
Betty! She had played coquetry and
defiance in vain. But this trump card,
helplessness-she played 1t and won.
Was this the relentless Judge, the I'M
placable choir master, who called her
Betty and besought her not to cry?
~ was brute to speak to you so,
Betty" he declared remorsefulIy. ave
been fool all along. But you'll for
give me, dearestf" BE tried to catch a
glimpse Of her face.
Then Betty smiled up at him through
her tears, the old charming Betty, but
with a new humility in her eyes. AZ
WILL" she said softly, '9ust for Lent
en- penltence,"
But when she felt his arms around
her and kisses on her lips Lent was
forgotten and love relgned supreme.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-10-19
The Cow ana the OK In main,

Few people travelling In India can
fail TO notice the part played, whether
IN the flesh or It's representation, by the
COW and the OK. Sacred cattle wander
unmolested and unmolcsting through
the streets Of the cities, more especial.
" in the south, generally decorated
with sarlands of flowers; stone man.
dis" the bulls of silva, keep guard be.
fore his temples and round his tanks;
they are portrayed in fresco or in cary.
ing on the walls of many rock cavern.
oxen turn mills, pillow the land, are the
drawers and carriers Of water ana,
above all, are invaluable for drawing
loads. Cattle, as is well known, are by
Hindoos held in great and superstitious
reverence, Gauges water poured over a
cows tail being equivalent to the kiss.
Ing of the sacred book or taking an
oath. Yet, unfortunately, the draft bull
often receives very rough treatment at
his drivers hands. SO long as the ami
mails life is not taken i'll treatment
counts as nothing among these people
who regard the brutes as sacred.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-10-19
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COMP ANY b
: =. By..
} John Hun&e9ord
} Copyright, 1905, by 7. c. Mcclure
Copyright, 1905, by T. c. Mcclure
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

1t was almost certain to happen that
way in a regiment going into action for
the first time. The officers were raw
and the men were raw. After five or
six men Of Company B had been kill.
ed the remainder of the hundred bud.
died together like frightened sheep for
n moment and then turned their backs
to the foe and bolted from the field
Had the men been veterans there
might have been bit Of confusion as
the fire got too hot, but there would
have been no running away. Had the
officers been veterans the company
would not have been stood up there to
furnish target practice TO the enemy.
A pItiful thing followed. Company B
was branded with cowardice in the
face of the enemy. There were over
ninety men left, stalwart fellows from
the pine woods and forest streams,
who had worked alongside danger all
their lives, and now they were to be
snubbed, oven By the company team.
sters and the suffers clerks. They
muttored and cursed and shed tears,
but the stigma had been put upon
them, and they had to bear 1t. A citl.
zen may DO dubbed coward for not
resendng IN insult, but he can plead a
dozen excuses. Not so soldier, how.
ever. he is In the ranks to fight, and
fight lie must or become an object of
contempt.
Company B cursed and muttered and
waited. There would be other battles,
and their time would come. Three
months later they went into action,
with the company banner leading the
way and every man singing a war
song, and for quarter Of an hour
they were heroes. What happened all
Of sudden no man could afterward
tell. Perhaps 1t was the screams OF
men as they were bit, or section of q
battery galloping through the line, or
1t might have been some laundering
order on the part of the officers. No
matter what It was, the results were
lamentable. Company B bolted again,
and the other men cried. "Yab, yahp'
in contempt as the panic stricken lum.
bermen fell back. They had fought
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-10-19
Fatal Hours.

Is 1t a fact that certain hours of the
twenty-four which form day are
more fatal to life than the rest? Is the
popular belief that deaths occur at
any particular moment more than my
others founded on fact? A solution OF
this question has been attempted by
physician who, having set down in
writing the exact time of the deaths of
$3.50 persons Of all ages, among a
mixed population and extending over
many years, easily perceived that the
most fatal hour was between and @
o'clock In the morning. on the other
hand, the minimum was between o and
II o'clock, also In the morning. The
mortality at the first named hour was
40 per cent above the average; in the
second on per cent below 1t. Between
10 and o'clock during the day the
mortality was not high. The most ia
tai hours were between 8 and @ o'clock
in the morning. The fact is therefore
proved there are fatal hours. Why2
The explanation is easy. In fact, the
statistics of 5000 to COCO deaths col
lected by Mr., Haviland and laid be-
fore the British Medical association in
1854 showed that In the great majority
of cases death supervened between /
o'clock and 8 o'clock in the morning
and that the minimum number occur
red between o'clock In the afternoon
and midnight; hence the practical de-
ductlon that death most frequently
happens at time when, generally
speaking, the sick are neither fed nor
looked after; hence, also, the therapeu-
dc deduction that those who suffer
should be watched unceasIngly.-New
York Herald.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-10-19

At the end Of two days as divisions
and brlgadcs formed in the valleys and
artillery gallopcd here and there to
crown the knobs and hills, tie enemy
came marching down the PASS. hoping
to find 1t unguarded. In this they were
disappointed; but, being five to one.
they swept forward with yells and
cheers to brush the thousand defenders
aside. The fighting colonel watched
the Onfall with heart in his mouth. a
thousand steady old veterans would
have given him confidence. hut he was
looking at the backs lof thousand
bummers. He cursed and prayed altvr-
nately as he heard the confident cheers
of the enemy, but after tllc first esp,-
pie he smiled. The bup!mers had held
their own and were cheering in def
anca
"The next attack will be farther to
the left" unused the colonel MS l;c saw
the enemy gathering ngaln and IL
Company b fails me our whole line
will be swept away. 1t was shame
to send me such men"
There was another hot fight and an.
other fierce grapple, and when the luIl
came the colonel threw up his lat and
cheered. The "B" men had not only
stood firm, but had shifted along with
out orders TO take more OF the brunt
Of the battle. The orders to the 5000
men were TO break through at MI costs.
The orders TO the 1000 were to hold
the mouth Of that pass to the last man.
The fight began when the sun had only
half an hour more of life, and 1t ragged
ut intervals for three hours. Then
those In the pass and those behind the
breastwork slept or made ready for
daylight The birds had hardly taken
wing before the musketry began to
vollcy again. Re-enforcements had
been sent for, but they could not be up
for hours. Meanwhile the thousand
must hold the pass.
1t is on record In history how the
thousand fought. From sunset 10 dark
ness, from daylight to high noon, they
crouched behind that wretched little
breastwork Of logs and stones and gave
up their places only when they fell
back dead. The pass was held.
When the re-enforcements marched
up at last they found scarce 800 men
crouching there, but they were fight.
ing yet-flghting and dying. And when
the enemy had made a last charge and
been driven back to try no more the
colonel rode down the line to cheer this
and that company and to 6n0'ly ask:
"Where Is B company Every man
of them has covered himself with Clio,
ry in this fight. l want to shake hands
with each and all of them"
"slr," replied a dying man who was
propped up with his back to the breast,
work and who sought in vain 10 raise
his hand In salute-"sir, I beg to re-
port that-that 1 am the last of Com.
pany B and that am-am"-
"Deadr finished tho colonel as the
man fell back. "And Drawer men will
never die after him."
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-10-19
sudden Lpnse Of nIcmnrr.

II saw the Whole thing" said the
passenger with The nose glasses. 81 was
standing on the front platform when
the car hit the wagon. 1t was all the
fault Of the blamed driver. He started
to cross the track when the car wasn't
ten feet away. The motorman shut off
the power and put on the brakes, but
no couldn't stop in time. Some of these
fool drivers are always doing that sort
OF thing II would serve 'em right if''-
Here a policeman with a notebook
came along.
Did you see how this happenedY he
asked.
Me" said the man with the nose
glasses. Gosh, no! / don't know a
thing about it"-Chicago Tribune.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-10-19
Mnthcmntlcn anna 1nunchInr.

The launching of a vessel is prlma-
rily matter OF mathematics. In n
ship of immense size 1t calls for vast
amount Of calculation before the first
step is taken in the actual work. In
the first place the specific gravity of
the vessel must be figured out so as to
allow for the various strains to which
the hull Is subjected on its slanting
journey into the water, with its sud
den plunge as the bow drops from the
ways. An enormous amount Of data
must be collected to Ok this center of
gravity. Tho weight of all the ma.
terlal that has gone into the vessel up
to the time Of the launching, the dis
tributlon Of this weight, the weight of
chains and anchors and other material
placed on board preparatory to the
launch, must all be considered When
the center of gravity is fixed the sue
cessful shipbuilder knows just how to
build his launching ways and Just
where to strengthen them. He knows
then by a little calculation how long
each part OF the vessel will be sub.
jected to certain strains md how best
to prepare for them. He can figure
almost TO the second how long the
ship will be in sliding into the water.
Franklin Matthews in Outing.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-10-19
A Perfect Painless Pill

Is the one that will cleanse the sys-
TEN, set the liver to action, rmeove the
bile, clear the complexion, cure head
ache and leaves a good taste in the
mouth. The famous little pills for do.
ing such work pleasantly and circctually
are DcWitt's Little Early Riser Bob
Moore Of Lafayette, Ind, says: "Al1
other pills have used grippe and sicken
while DcWitts Little Early Riscrs are
simply perfect Sill by Wells & Hay
maker.