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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-06
COMING ASSISTANT SECRETARY.
How the Presidents Attention Was
 Drawn to E. E. Clark.

Washington Correspondent New York
 Evening Post.
 D. D. Clark, the former railroad con- ductor who served on the anthracite strike commission, and is now slated for assistant secretary of commerce, Is said to have first attracted the Presidents s favorable notice at a convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen at Chattanooga last year. MT. Clark was one of the labor leaders invited as a guest and made brief but very pithy address, setting forth the real purposes and legiti- mate principles of labor organization. It abounded so with common sense that it fingered in the Presidents mind, and caused MT Clark's inclusion among the arbitrators to settle the coal strike. as a general representative of the miners in terest.
 As the department of commerce and labor has been looking for a prominent labor man for it's assistant secretaryship and his fellow arbitrators, notably Judge Gray, were so warm in their commenda- ton of MT Clarks conduct at the hear ings and the subsequent discussion. the President concluded that he was the man to be appointed.
 He began life as a locomotive fireman, and was promoted by degrees, for merit alone, to be a passenger conductor Then he became head of the order of conduc- tors, and left off active railroading.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-06

any one who favors the maintenance of such obsolete and unnecessary pre- parations. There will soon come in the present trend negotiations for linn iting nayies and armies, and then the nations will after a while begin to disarm. The folly and wickedness of war are recognized as they never have been before.
 Perhaps no one thing has done more to bring about this state of mind in the world than the fearful cost of mod ern war. War nowadays means bank ruptcy to any nation if it be prolonged beyond a few months. A publicist has recently compiled the figures repre- senting the cost of militarism in France. and he finds the sum total to be s8, 600 ,O00, ,O00, or fully one-fffth the value of the country. What is the plain effect? The French people, ever pru-  dent. are bowed down under heavy load of taxation And perhaps after all the costlier war becomes the better the chance to preserve peace and save valuable lives.
 The Hague court stands today an object lesson beckoning and calling for peace. The reference of the Vene- zuelan case to that court is clear gain to the world, and as time goes on per haps this plan that the czar started may grow upon the nations until they will, each and all, be ashamed to re- sort to gunpowder and the old-time barbarism again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-06
A SAD BLOW TO TEN MEN.
rom the Baltimore Herald.

From the Baltimore Herald.
 The Rev. Sam Jones on one occasion de- livered his sermon called "Wives and Husbands" before an immense gathering in Birmingham, Ala. He dwelt particu- larly on the beauty and utility of mutual forbearance between husbands and wives and then, as though desirous of showing the rarity of that quality, said:
 If there Is a woman in this vast gath to her husband, she will please stand up."
 A woman arose. as though she had been challenged, and Jones, beckoning her with both arms called out:
 Come here. sister!-come right up here to the platform"
 The woman did as bidden, and when she reached the preachers side was pre- scented to the throng as the most beauti- full woman in Birmingham" Jones, con- tinuing his address, asked any man who had never spoken an unkind word to his wife to make himself known. Promptly arose ten big. strapping, self-conscious chaps, who started for the platform with out further bidding. and with an air that suggested the anticipation of praise from the preacher, who, as they neared him, said:
 That's right, my men Come right up, l want everybody here to gaze on ten of the most helpless liars in the United Statesw
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-06
FOUR NEW COMIC PAPERS.

From the New York Tribune.
 A new comic paper-or, rather, three new comic monthly publications and A comic quarterly, from which 1t is hoped soon to build a weekly, are to be started in this city, as a result of the uncon- genial conditions that have been known to exist for some time in the Judge com pany. Last Saturday Grant E. Hamil- ton, for twenty years the art director of Judge; Eugene Zimmerman C'Zim"), who is widely known as a comic artist, and w. J. Merrill. for seventeen years the business manager of the Judge company. resigned from that company, and, with w. J. Arkell, formerly president of the Judge company, will form new publish ing firm, to be known as "The Arkell company" The new organization will issue three monthlies, the first to ap- pear April 20. It will also conduct one quarterly that will not be made up of selections from the monthlies but of new material The members hope to enter the weekly field, in direct rivalry with Judge and the other comic weeklies as soon as possible. Several well-known comic artists have already been set to work on illustrations for the coming pub lication.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-06
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
woman's Work.

Mrs. Lillian M. Hollister, supreme com mander of the Ladies of the Maceabees of the World arrived in Birmingham last night from Montgomery and Will be at the Hillman until tomorrow, when she leaves for Atlanta.
 Mrs Hollister will conduct an initiation for the local hive of the Maceabees this afternoon at which about forty ladies will be received into the order and tonight at 8 o'clock she will probably deliver a lecturer at the Eagles hall on Nineteenth street to which the public is invited She will talk on womens work in general with especial reference to the Maccabees.
 Mrs Hollister, who has a charming per- sonallty, talked interestingly at the Hill man about her connection with the Mac cabees. She said
 We are proud of the fact that we have the largest organization in the world offering benefits to women and that we occupy seventh place among all the secret orders of North America.
 When l was first elected supreme com mander eight years ago, we had but 5000 members and now there are 115,OOO'
 Mrs. Hollister has never even had an opponent for her position which is the best testimony to the success the order has enjoyed under her commandership.
 The order at the present time is increas- ing att he rate of 4OOo a month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-06
Kissing the Baby.
By Penelope Powellson in the Household for March.

By Penelope Powellson in the Household
 for March.
 I witnessed on the street a few days ago little scene that set me thinking A nurse-maid was wheeling a perambu- lator in which was a baby, perhaps a year old, when two ladies stopped her.
 "Is this Mrs. --'s baby?" one asked and then, a second later:
 You dear little thing I must kiss you"
 She was about to kiss the baby when the maid interposed.
 Mrs. has given me orders that no one must kiss Baby Helen when she is out doors." she said.
 The lady drew back indignantly.
 You may be sure," she said, with stare of naughty surprise, that I shall not fail to report your impertinence to Mrs. -" and she swept on. The maid looked after her with troubled face, and as I passed the perambulator l could not help saying:
 T am sure baby's mother will be glad to know how carefully you carry out her orders. It Is very hurtful for baby to be kissed so much, and by strangers"
 'Yes, ma'am." she replied. This cold weather, 1t chaps her little lips. and that lady had a cold-bister on her lip any way, and Mrs. - wouldn't kiss baby herself If she had one"
 I wonder how many ladies would be as foolish in the first place. and as cruelty rude, in the second. as the one I saw Women should know better than to offer to kiss babies in the street, and certainly any woman should know better than to rebuke a maid for carrying out her mis- tress' orders. It Is hard enough to get the ideas of properly protecting a child into a nursemaid's s mind without findine. fault with her when she does her duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-06
Effect of Silver Dollars.

"!t is rather remarkable what strik- ing effect the sight of pile of silver dol- lars has on an ignorant mind" said a man who has settled many damage claims.
 'I knew a man who offered an Indian s1O00O for a piece of land that the rail- road he represented was especially anx- ious to have and the Indian indignantly refusal although $1O,00O was an immense price for the piece of property.
 "The agent hit upon a novel idea. He procured a whole bag full of silver dol lars, went out to the Indians farm and sat himself down on one side of a blanket and had the redslIin sit on the other. Then he began to trow out silver dollars on the blanket one at a time, asking the Indian each time if he would take that much for the land.
 When the agent had piled up $50 silver dollars on the blanket the redslin could stand 1t no longer and said that was enough The railroad practically made $905O by the transaction.
 q fined negroes are much the same way. If you have silver dollars and &C., tually sight him you can settle with him for tenth of what would be required by check or even with bank notes."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-06
Lowell SirIkers and the South.

No matter which way the Lowell strike Is ended southern mills will probably gain point, and the building of southern mills receive an impetus. The strikers have an accumulated fund amounting to $3O0,O00, and they have been endorsed by the union or ganizations embraced in the American Federation of Labor They will there fore stand out stubbornly for an ad- vance in pay, insisting that what Fall River and New Bedford mills pay Low ell mills can afford to pay. A stub born strike will promote mill building in the south, especially in the back districts of this section, because the union element is weak in the south. In the remote districts it does not ex- ist at all. Unions are unknown in the small mill towns of North Carolina and other cotton mill states of the south, and capitalists may be induced by a stubborn strike to carry their capital, if not their mills, southward.
 On the other hand, If the operatives gain their demands, and 10 per cent is added to the pay rolls of New Eng land mills, the differences in the cost of production will be in favor of mills in the south. New England has al ready handed over the production of cc arse cotton goods to the south, and an increase of 10 per cent in wages in New England mills will render compe- tition with southern mills much more trying and difficult, especially in dull times.
 Turn the Lowell incident as one will it seems destined to help the south, where cheaper labor, cheaper raw ma trial and cheaper fuel already are at hand and fully available. New Eng land has an uphill battle on its hands at the best, and the Lowell move ment does not help the New England situation bit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-06
Crum's Second Appointment.

The second recess appointment of w. D. Crum as collector of the port of Charleston raises the question whether the President can morally or legally appoint a man whose case has been considered by the senate. The moral right to do so is certainly lack ing, even if the legal right exists.
 The President and his advisers base the action of the administration in the case upon the fact that the senate never did act on the nomination. This is mere ruse. The senate did act upon the case in the broadest sense of the word. True, the nomination was not reported by the committee to which 1t had been referred, and tech nically speaking no vote was taken upon the nomination. But all know that 1t was ascertained that majority of the senate would have voted to re- ject the nomination, and so 1t was agreed among the rebublicans that the nomination should be pigeonholed. The nomination was therefore acted upon by the senate and virtually re. iected, and the President lost the moral right to renew it.
 Legally he may possess the right to renew the nomination in the second recess, and the appointment will pro bably stand all tests in the courts. but respect for the law-making branch of the government should have restrain. ed the President from crossing a sec. ond time the known will of the senate But no doubt the President and his friends will say the will of the senate remained unknown, and the appoint ment would therefore be upheld il the law courts, but in the greater court of public sentiment 1t will surely be condemned as an act of disrespec to the senate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-06
THE WATCHERS.

By Arlo Bates. We must be nobler for our dead, be sure. Than for the quick. We might their liv-
 ing eyes Deceive with gloss of seeming; but all
 lies Were vain to cheat a precedence spirit
 pure. Our souls true worth and aim, however.
 poor, They see who watch us from some death-
 less skies With glance -quickened. That no
 sad surprise Sting them in seeing, be ours to secure. Living, our loved ones make us what they
 dream; Dead, if they see, they know us as we are. Henceforward we must be, not merely
 seem. Bitterer woe than death it were by far To fail their hopes who love us to re-
 deem; Loss were thrice loss that thus their faith should mar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-06
THE sENAToRsHiPs.

From the Athens Democrat.
 At the expiration of the terms of Sem ator Morgan and Senator Pettus in the United States senate there will be- in all likelihood. a strong contest among the politicians of Alabama for the two vacancies. In making this statement 1t is presumed that Senators Morgan and Pettus will not be candidates for re-elec- tion on account of their ages. Should they he candidates again 1t is a foregone conclusion that they will be returned.
 Rut in the event that their places will he filled by other men it is certainty that the contest will be fast and furious with number of candidates to select from. It is quite likely that north Ala hama will be successful in securing at least one of the senatorships unless her chances are spoiled by having too many candidates in the field. So far as Dallas county is concerned it is possible she wlll be satisfied to have the pie distributed for awhile among the other counties, as both senators now hail from Selma.
 West Alabama will probably have a very strong representative in the race, while south Alabama. 1t is said, has a proni- nent citizen who will at the proper time offer. Then east Alabama will also have at least one candidate. Birmingham yill likely have one or more prominent eiti gems anxious to serve in the capacity of United States senator. Thus it will be seen that all portions of the state will be represented.
 Another interesting question will come up as to how the selections shall be made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-06
A Novel Map.

Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Brigman, chairman of the government board for the Worlds fair. has a plan which will prove valuable object les son to our foreign visitors next year. said a travelling man.
 He has secured the use of a sunny slope of ground of eight or ten acres near the government building which will be laid off like a map of the United States Every state and territory will be clearly defined, and the boundary line will be a convenient pathway so that the visitor can walk around each separate common wealth l4
 ''The products of every section will be represented and will be growing at the opening of the exposition, if agricultural skill can effect that result by May 1, 1904 Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas and Texas will have fields of white cotton to vie in beauty with green wheat and waving corn. Virginia and the golden tobacco belt of North Carolina will show the weed in all its varieties. Kentucky will glow like an emerald among her sister states, partly covered with the famous blue grass
 Tennessee will bear her varied crops on her miniature surface. There will be enough oil from Texas, ore from Birming- ham, granite and marbles from a number of states perhaps to show that in spite of the variety and abundance produced by the fertile soil of Dixie, her unknown and undeveloped riches are greater still '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-06

been spending a few days in Birmingham, returned home last night. A. T. Clarke of Fort Payne is registered at the Metropolitan.
  R. L. Little of Jasper is stopping at the Hillman.
 William seyman of Chicago is at the Morris.
 J. P. Savage of Blount Springs is reg istered at the Metropolitan. Albert Hoppln of New Orleans is reg istered at the Hillman. Frank Peabody of Montgomery is stop ping at the Morris. Joseph H. Nathan of Sheffield is stop ping at the Metropolitan. R. J. Bailey of Chicago is at the Hill man.
 w. J. Hester of Tuscaloosa is regis tered at the Morris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-06
Roster of Civil War Armies.

Secretary of War Root has placed Gen. F. c. Ainsworth, chief of the re- cord department of the war office, in charge of the compiling of lists of all soldiers engaged in the civil war. The one army will be treated as generously as the other in the making up Of the thirty odd volumes that will contain the history in tabulated form of every soldier of that war, whether an officer or an enlisted man.
 General Ainsworth is precluded by the terms of the act from using any publications in the making of such lists. He is compelled to go to original records for the information he needs, and he must reject all printed or manuscript copies or compilations whatsoever.
 All this is easy enough in the north, where the official papers of every com mand are on file, but in the south all such records are sadly scattered, and General Ainsworth is depending upon A state official in each state to get together the records. Director Owen is in charge of this important work in this state and he desires loans of orig inal rolls, lists or rather documents that show the names of confederate officers and men, whether such pa pers be in libraries or historical or other associations, or In the hands of individuals. Director Owen needs every bit of assistance that he can in any way muster. All such original matter should be forwarded to Direc- tor T. M. Owen at Montgomery, who will take good care of 1t, and see that every line of 1t is returned safe and sound to it's owner.
 Without the loan of such papers, the rosters or the AldDdiud IeSilnehIS, batteries and squadrons cannot be made complete. This official work Is extremely important, and every citi- zen and association should do its ut most to promote accuracy and full ness in it. Other states are moving in this matter, and Alabama and Ala bama people should do their full part to the end that the name and history of every Alabama soldier of the great struggle shall appear in proper place in the official, historical and enduring record. This much Is due alike to the old soldiers and to their descendants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-06
From the Baltimore Morning Herald.

fA ~ ELL, sir" said MT. Sothern,
 ~ you wanted to interview me.
 w Now, what do you want me to talk about?' He sat down in the lone office chair and paused for a moment, leaning back in the chair as a business man does in his office when a book agent enters and interrupts him at his work. Then he leaned forward and brought the chair down to the horizontal. After moment he said:
 Next year I shall play in The Proud Prince, play by Justin Huntly McCar- thy, the author of this play, If I Were King. The Proud Prince is not as seri- ous as the plays I mean to produce later. I want to produce all of the Shake spearian plays, Much Ado,' 'Richard H. and a number of the others. That is my plan. Of course something is con stantly occurring to shift you aside and defect plans even when they are so care- fully laid; but, subject to change, I in- tend to produce Shakespearian plays or plays of similar character as far as possible in the future. I don't want to ap- ptdI III llBHL anu lIlNulOuS pidJ5+ WILL never play Lord Chumley,' for instance, again. The reason for this Is simple. American audiences won't accept a man in comedy one night and consider him seriously in tragedy the next. My pub lie would refuse to take me seriously if I appeared in a rip-roaring farce like Lord Chumley' one season and then att tempt something really serious the next.
 Now, in England, France, Germany, and, in fact, all over the continent, 1t Is different There they will consider man who can play comedy as well as tragedy and appreciate the versatility of the man, but here they will not In the old days when the performances used to be longer they would produce a comedy, then tragedy, and then perhaps comic opera, all in the course of an evenings perform ance. Keene used to meet all corners in a prizehght between the acts of his plays; but. then, we are not all like MT. Keene and lack the physical qualifications, and then, too that is not required of us any more."
 The actor was leaning forward, his elbows resting on the arms of his chair, his fingers touching lightly. He spoke with intense earnestness. As he talked the distinct lines of the stage faded and disappeared. The nearer confines of the playing stage, hemmed In by the rods and stools also went out of the picture and gradually the figure of the man with the hand touching like lawyer arguing a point faded too, and left only the head with the Iron gray hair, the large, prominent eyes, the nose falling straight from the forehead without bend for full half an inch before 1t suddenly leaves the perpendicular the deep character lines of the face, reaching from the eyes to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-06
REIGN AND FALL OF THE
 GOOD OLD FEATHER BED

sylvania Dutch-than whom no better people ever lived-pulverized that fallacy long ago. They were among the last of come to low beds and springs and hair mattresses and all that, and many of them sleep on feathers yet.
 The only valid and tenable objection to feathers that was ever raised was banished when a method of renovating them was devised. The appliance aired and steamed the feathers, and separated them from pins and hickory nuts and marbles and shing1e nails, and such other extraneous substances as mysteriously found their way in the course of years into the ticks" These-the "ticks'- could be kept reasonably cIean by cov- CTS or cases, but the internal treatment was an unsolved problem for many years.
 It can scarcely be possible that there are no feather beds in a polyglot com munity like Chicago. No one would ex- pect to find such a thing on the north shore drive nor among the remaining smart" people on the south side But among the bourgeois population on the west side there certainly must be feath- CT beds and some means for renovating them that could make one of them meet for the Presidents use.
 It may be added that the Presidents liking for feather beds involves no psy- chological irony. A man who is inde- fatigable by day is the one who desires to be "easy at night. It is toll which creates the desire for repose. It will be found, if the matter is looked into that the votaries of hard beds and of solid mattresses are really voluptuaries and sybarites who get no seasoning or train- ing while they are on their feet
 As there are plenty of feather beds in Kansas City in cozy old dwellings that have resisted the meretricious enoroach- ments of spring mattresses. hot and cold water, cedar closets and hardwood floors, it's too bad that the President can't stop here over night. The best that can be done is to send a feather bed for his use out to sharon Springs, Kan.