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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
STORY OF THE COLONIAL
 SECRETARY'S HOME LIFE

perhaps, the most beautiful in the Mid lands and containing every variety of the queen of flowers. Of late some attempt has been made at what is called wild gardening. and in this also the colonial secretary has been as successful as in his other experiments.
 No description, however slight, of "Highbury" would be complete without some reference to it's charming and pop ular mistress. Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain Is passionately devoted to her English home, and there she has gradually brought from her own distant country youth including a remarkably fine por- trait of the greatest of her ancestors that Governor Endicott who ruled so well and wisely the state of Massachu- setts. There are many in Birmingham who remember the very mixed feelings with which she heard the news that the most popular and brilliant of her citizens was about to bring home a trans-Atlan- tic bride but Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain Her husbands people have very truly be- come her people, and she seems to be never happier than when entertaining Birmingham worthies in her own and her husbands charming dwelling. The last great gathering of the kind which took place was on the occasion of the marriage of her stepdaughter, Miss Ethel Chamberlain, the youngest daughter of the colonial secretary, to MT. Whitmore Richards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09

is stopping at the Hillman.
 D. Youngblood of Troy Is at the Morris. c. B. Wright of Tuscaloosa Is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 M. B. Wood of Chicago Is registered at the Hillman.
 J. E. Gist of Milwaukee is at the Nor ris.
 J. Alex Moore of Montevallo is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 M. G. Yoakum of Louisville is register ed at the Hillman.
 L. A. Mccormack of Louisville Is at the Morris.
 L. M. Gerson of New York. who travels out of Baltimore. Is in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 Nothing could better illustrate the tre- mendous progress made In modern sur gerry than the invasion of the field for merly supposed to belong entirely to the medical side of practice. In fact, the surgery of today. has small respect for the expeetant methods of medicine. Pasteur's demonstration of the eausative relation of bacteria to disease and the control of germ infection by careful anti sepsis, as shown by Lister, encouraged the surgeon in his aggressiveness.
 The experience gained by Marion Sims in his treatment of gunshot wounds re- ceived at the battle of Sedan opened the way to the peritoneal cavity, long a for bidden ground to surgery. He called the attention of the profession throughout the world to the necessity of opening into this cavity in the treatment of gunshot and other wounds of the bowels in the famous telegra. from Paris to the sur geons in charge of President Garfield, who was dying from septic infection. It was to "cut open the mans abdomen, find the bullet cleanse and drain the in- fected area"
 The liver. gall bladder, gall ducts, the stomach (even to the complete removal of this organ), the spleen. intestines and the vermiform appendix (to which great operation Dr. Simon Baruch of New York compelled the attention of surgeons), the spinal cord, and even the deep centers of the brain, came one by one within the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
NEWS ON THE SEA.
Big Steamship Gets Wireless Message
 When 100 Miles Out.

From the New York American
 The Cunarder Umbria came into port yesterday, bringing one more passenger than she had on her list when she left the other side. The extra passenger was a tiny Miss Whelan. who came to Mrs James Whelan Saturday night.
 In the second cabin, where the child was born, there was great rejoicing and congratulations were showered on MT and Mrs Whelan.
 The little one was named in honor of her birthplace. Mary Umbria. and a purse of goodly size was made up and presented to the mother for the baby girl of the sea The Whelans are from Cork, Ireland.
 Great seas tossed the Umbria through out the seven days of her voyage. Wednesday night a big sea curled over the port bow and smashed the bridge, Heavy iron stanchions were twisted and broken and wooden ones, made of light spars, were improvised for the balance of the trip.
 The Umbria brought here the papers asking the extradition of Whitaker Wright, who is wanted in England for the footing of the London and Globe and other big financial syndicates In Eu- rope
 While yet one hundred miles from New York the Umbria picked up the news of the world from the Marconi spark through the Sagaponak station. The news was printed and pasted in the ships cabin
 Many bets had been made on the Me Govern and Corbett fight. These bets were paid eight hours before the ship landed-when the Marconi wireless sys- tenn announced the winner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
American Capital Abroad.

American consuls have reported some surprising facts as to the tendency of American capital to establish manufac- turing plants in Europe and Canada" said a business man. Tn Mexico over 1000 United States companies, firms and n- dividuals have made invesements aggre- gating $5G0,0OO,OOO gold, one-half of it within the past five years.
 Tn Canada millions of dollars of Uni ted States capital has been invested dur ing the past year in agricultural and tim Der lands and in mining and manufactur- ing. The Westinghouse company has erected large plants in Canada. in Eng land and in France. A New York firm has begun the manufacture of air brakes in Russia. An American company is pro- ducing sewing machines in Germany and Russia. An American shoe factory em- ploys 100 workers at Frankfort the Main, some of them expert operatives from the United States An American house manufacturing tanners machinery has storehouses and repairs shops at Frankfort. at Vienna and at Leicester. England"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
SURGERY MAY HELP TO
 CURE BRIGHT'S DISEASE

domain of the scalpel, and now let us hope that the claim of another American surgeon, Dr. George H. Edebohls of New York-that chronic nephritis is a surgical disease-may be established by success ful demonstrations.
 While many of the most distinguished and capable surgeons do not as yet admit this claim. utra-eonservatism should not be a bar to the efforts at 2 further and satisfactory demonstration of this new procedure. It is lsell to be conservative in all things. and especially in surgery. but too much conservatism may shut the door to progress and may be proved equally dangerous with the radicaIism of the enthusiast.
 The hopelessness of many phases of Brights disease justifies a very consid- erable risk in the effort to relieve or cure its unfortunate victims The re- moval of the capsule, or the surround ing membrane of the kidney by surgical operation is claimed to free the diseased and weakened kidney substance from too great compression and to increase the circulation in this organ by tle formation of new blood vessels between the released kidney and the surrounding tissues.
 That the death rate should be compara- lively high after such an operation, even when most skillfully performed, Is to be e.. ected for Bright's disease exagger- ates the danger of any surgical procedure; but the proportion of cases already re- ported as cured or improved justifies further trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
King Edward and the Pope.

Not since the reformation, it Is said. has an English monarch visited the vati- can" said a prominent Protestant But there is no good reason why King Ed ward should not do so If he can arrange his visit with due regard to all the em- barrassments which the gulf between the vatican and the quirinal involves. Possibly such a courtesy on his part would arouse some resentment at home. Among a certain section of the non-con- formists and Low Churchmen antipathy to papacy amounts to a mania, and century anti-Catholic feeling found furi- ous expression. Lord John Russell, for example, was always eager to reap po- litical profit from 1t. But the king can afford to disregard such bigotry. The character of Leo XIII is such and the esteem for him is so universal that the sternest Protestant need not feel him self compromised by personal homage.
 Emperor Williams visit to the pope was not commented on adversely In emperors subjects are Catholics, and in the next place. the old-time bigotry has died out In the Lutheran church. More over, the emperor maintains an em- bassy at the vatican and his imperial highness could not have visited Rome and failed to call on his holiness without being guilty of a breach of etiquette"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
Troy. April 6, 1908.
ROOSEVELT ON THE RUN.

From the New York Wor q.
 If anybody was taken in by the prelim- mary report from the White House that the Presidents tour had no political sig nificance, the fusillade of speeches which he has delivered almost without cessation will remove the delusion. Every formal speech has been not only political but partisan-that Is, in defense of the policy of his party and the course of his ad- minlstration. Not since Andy" Johnson swung round the circle" has any Pres ident been so obviously "out for votes and for delegates as is MT. Roosevelt.
 Yet conceding that at this moment MT. Roosevelts nomination seems to be ab- solutely certain and his election reason ably so. stranger things have happened than his failure to secure the prize would be.
 Nothing seemed more probable than Blaines election in 1884, yet he was beaten by a scratch at the last moment, through what he might we'll have termed and no doubt regarded as an unforeseen and dia- bolical confederation of circumstances.
 Nothing seemed more likely than MT. CleveIands reelection in 1888; yet he was beaten-losing his own state, which he had carried for governor by nearly 200 oOO plurality.
 Nothing seemed more certain than that Harrison, who had made an excellent President, would be reelected in 1892, yet he was not only beaten, with all the office holders and the protected monopolies working with him. but lost his own state and was beaten by Cleveland, who had himself been beaten four years before
 Politics is mighty uncertain" and the republican system, strengthened by the President, of centralizing power in the hands of a few bosses like Platt, Quay and Hanna-taken in connection with the rotten boroughs of the south, where even the white republicans resent the Pres idents policy toward the negroes-makes a sudden change in the situation and Mir. Roosevet's defeat for the nomination by no means impossible.
 The candidate who talks too much is al- ways in danger-and MT. Roosevelt is beating the record in talking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
southern student Conference.

SOufneFn 0IuuGHh ONih SiNhSSs
 The tenth annual southern student con- ference of the Young Mems Christian association will be held at Asheville school, Asheville, N. C., June 1S to A' This Is one of five conferences to be held this wear for the development of the Christian life of college men and training them in leadership in the student Chris tian work of their institution. The hrst conference of this character was held upon the invitation of the late D. l.. Moody at Mount Hermon, Mass, In isSo' It has since been held at Northneld ana has attained an annual attendance or over TOO. Conferences will also be held this year at Northf1eld, Mass, Lakeside, o. Lake Geneva. Wis, and Pacific Grove, Cal.
 At the southern student conference meetings" said a Y. M c. A. man, will be held each morning addresses to strengthen the convictions of the students and to deepen their spiritual life. At sun- set each evening life work meetings are held out of doors, at which the various Christian callings needing college men are presented At the platform and life work meetings addresses will be made by Mr. Robert E. speer, secretary of the Presby- terian board of foreign missions; Rev Carter Helm Jones, D.D, of Louisville, Ky; Prof. O. k. Brown, Vanderbilt uni- verslty; Rev Ira Landrith, D.D., Nash vile, Tenn; Rev. William M McPheet- ers [. D., Columbia S. C., and Prof. Will bert w. White of New York city To help promote the growing interest in per- sonal bible study on the part of the students normal bible classes will be con- ducted each day of the conference for the training of leadership of student bible classes. MT. F. Boyd Edwards of New York city will conduct a class in Studies in the Life of Christ" Prof. w. c. Bran ham of Spring Hill Tenn, will lead a preparatory course on The Life and Works of Jesus According to St. Mark, |" and Mr. Augustus Nash, religious work secretary of the Cleveland, O., Young Mems Christian association, will conduct course on individual work for individ- uals
 "one of the most attractive features of the conference is the wholesome manly life together of POO college men from seventy different southern institutions The afternoons are devoted to athletics. Baseball. tennis, golf and climbing among the hills give ample opportunities for rec reation and pleasant social eomradeship.
 'The arrangements of the conference are in the hands of MT. II. P. Anderson and MT. w D. Weatherfc..d, secretaries of the student department of the interna- tional conn of Young Mems Chris tian associi4 No. West Twenty ninth street, New York city"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
"UNDleEsTED" SECURITIES.

From the Financial Age.
 J. P. Morgan has added fresh laurels to his fame by coining an expression which we believe will be linked with his name when the origin of the United States Steel Corporation and the Inter national Mercantile Marine company has been forgotten. In an interview with a representative of a New York daily news paper he talked unreservedly and cheer fully of the future of the situation and discussed at some length what he referred to as "undigested securities" This ex- pression Is somewhat suggestive of what we might term "acute financial dyspep sia," accompanied perhaps with a fever ish tendency on Wall street.-the pulse of the country. We agree with MT. Nor gan that the investing public will digest these securities in time, but they have been called upon to perform a gastronom- ieal feat that would shame a champion beefsteak eater. Like lobster a la New burg, mince pie, and other questionable culinary products, these securities should have been taken with grain of salt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
Handsome Residences

Many large and handsome residences are being built in and around Blrming ham this spring." said an old citizen, "and it would be strange were the build CTS of fine houses not crowded with work. We have had prosperity and nothing but prosperity for four years past and pros perity results in business for the archi- tects
 "All sections of Birmingham are im- proving. l was at Glen Iris this week and was struck with the developments there ahouts. Maj. F. Nj. Frazier's elegant succeed residence is almost finished, and work on W. P. G. Harding's house is un- der way. Mir. Hardings structure will be in the colonial style, and will be one of the most artistic speclments of archltec- ture in the south. It will be succeed. The portico in front will be two stories and will be supported by six Corinthian col umns Maj. Frazier's and MT. Harding 8 houses are on the brow of the hill and command splendid view of the city. J. M. Gilespy is also building a beautiful home in Glen Iris park. H. U. Walter is the architect of the three buildings re- ferred to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
PenItentlary EarnInqs and CondltiOn.


 The report of President Carmichael of the board of convict inspectors, for the quarter ended March 31, is a com plete vindication of the plan inau. gurated by Governor Jelks for the working of tho convicts of the state. Although the state had no equipments for mine use and was therefore com pelled to axpend 9 considerable sum ol. that account, yet the net receipts were doubled. The convicts earned in tho quarter just ended s47371, free and clear, as against $29,S71 in earn ings in the corresponding quarter of last year. President Carmichael does not hesitate to say that the outlook is even more favorable than the figures for the first quarter of the year. But even these figures call for net earnings in the year from the labor of convicts exceeding $2O0,OO0, and the net earn ings of last year from that source will be more than doubled. This is some- thing handsome, and the credit for se- curing it belongs primarily to the gov ernor of the state.
 This handsome gain was not secured at the expense of the health or we'll being of the convicts. They were not overworked, and the percentage of deaths and illness among them was unusually low Hospital conveniences will be steadily improved, and careful attention will be given to cases of tuberculosis, and efforts will be made to prevent the development of new ( cases of the disease. The entire care of the convicts is now in the hands of the state, and it goes without saying that they will be well treated. If they are not, the people will soon demand to know the reason why, and all the attendant circumstances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
WILL LIVE 200 YEARS.
Remarkable Case of Scientific and Hu.
 man Interest.
pecial to the New York World.

Special to the New York World.
 Delphi( Ind, April 6.-The town of Rad nor has a remarkable case of scientific and human interest In Clyde Harner 25 years old, who, eminent physicians say, will live to be 200 years old.
 Dr. o. c. Campbell one of Indiana 8 foremost medical men, insists that liar ner will live to this extraordinary age owing to the peculiarities in his life and his slow but sure development.
 Clyde Harner, though 25 years old, does not look older than boy of or D. He is thirty-six inches tall and weighs 35 pounds. At birth he was normal and weighed ten pounds. His parents are or dinary, everyday, healthy persons.
 This mans mental and physical growth suddenly stopped when he was years old, and he has only developed at one sixth the natural pace since. so that today the man of 25 looks no older than boy of 4 or 5. He eats but three meals a week, sleeps twenty-four hours at a stretch and romps and plays for the same length of time before he retlres. He is just learning the alphabet.
 Harner is developing in every way, but at only one-sixth the normal rate. His habits of eating and sleeping have not varied in nineteen years.
 As the years go by they have only one sixth the usual effect upon him, and this fact has been so apparent that 1t attracted the attention of Dr. Campbell about a year ago and caused him finally to an- nounce that the little man probably would live 200 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
Ballots in Four Cities.

Four large cities held elections on Monday and Tuesday-Cincinnat and Cleveland on Monday, and Chicago and St. Louis on Tuesday. All had demo- cratic mayers except Cincinnati, and all three have democratic mayors still, and the republicans hold their own in Cincinnati. In other words, the mu- nicipal elections from which so much significance and change were antici- pated, maintained the political situa- ton without material modification. St. Louis elected no mayor, but it cast a good democratic majority for alder manic candidates. Carter Harrison's majority is somewhat reduced, but this loses its significance when the fact is remembered that he was running for a fourth term.
 No little disappointment is felt over MT. Ingalls, inability to change tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
LETTERS TO EDITOR,
The Peabody Fund.
dltor off Tho Age-Herald.

To the Editor of The Age Herald.
 In your editorial on the Peabody Edu- cational Fund" In the weekly issue Of April 3. you, doubtless nnintentlonally' did Dr. Glenn, its general agent, an ih- justice unless he has changed his miho since he visited Troy a few weeks ago. While here. he strongly advocated the policy which your editorial outlines ana adduced In It's support the same arsu- ments you advance. and l am persuaded that he holds these views still. am glad' however, that you thus call public atten- tion to movement which Is fraught with so much danger to the cause of pubic education throughout the south. The greatest need of the south educauonally is a large body of trained teachers, and the greater the number the better. There Is no agency for giving special training to teachers except the normal schools, and 1t does not require much wisdom to decide that many more teachers are reached and trained by the twenty-three schools that are now receiving aid from this fund and that are located at different places throughout the south than would be reached by one centrally located school even though it were the best In the country. Besides these twenty-three schools, substantial aid was given by this fund last year to institutes and summer normals in the states of Florida, Louis- lana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Ten nessee, Virginia and West Virginia; and my understanding of the proposed scheme Is that the entire fund be settled upon two schools-one for each race.
 If there were sufficient demand in the south for university work in pedagogy, and if the southern states were enabling their normals to prepare teachers for this grade of work, could see some justi- flcation for the proposed action but un- der present conditions, think the states that are beneffciaries of this fund can i'll afford to sanction the movemen: for con centration. When I suggested recently that Alabama make an effort to secure the proposed college, I was under the im- pression that the action of the Peabody board on this matter was final. As soon, however as I learned that such was not the case I wrote Superintendent Hill my views, pr. Glenn having learned them personally while in Troy.
 Trusting that you may see fit to give this explanation place in your columns, I beg to remain, respectfully,
 E. M. SHACKELFORD,
 President State Normal College,
 Troy. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
ANrI,RAcE SUICIDE eLUR

New York.-An anti-race suicide club has been formed by the students of Co., lumbia university. eligibility for member ship in which may be summed up thus:
 If you are single, you agree to marry as soon as your income will allow, and your family must not number less than five; if you are married. you agree to stay married, even unto the third or fourth wife. and the same family require ments prevail.
 It is said that the son of President Palma was one of the first members of the club and that President Roosevelt is to be elected an hohorary vice president.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
MUNICIPAL ENTERPRISE.

From the Marinette Star.
 At a mass meeting of the Canton, S. D., citizens on Saturday. 1t was decided that the city should make bid for the cream of the divorce business. No efforts will be spared to do" neighboring rivals, and divorcees will be royalty entertained at the expense of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
AplEu MY NATIVE SHORE.

By Lord Byron. Adieu, adieu! my native shore
 Fades 'er the waters blue; The night winds sigh. the breakers roer. And shrieks the wild sea-mew- Ton sun that sets upon the sea
 We follow in his fight; sh Farewell awhile to him and bee
 My native land-good Ei'htl A few short hours and he will rfse
 To give the morrow hiT-ri And I shall hail the raain and slsies,
 But not my mother earth. Deserted is my own gosd hall.
 It's hearth Is desolatt Wild weeds are gatherins ca the wall,
 My dog howls at tls safA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Bachelors are such by selection; old maids by lack of 1t.
 Consistency may be a jewel. but it Is not received in any pawnshop.
 Every woman would like to have her son go into the ministry if she weren't President.
 The man who knows that hundreds of millions on hundreds Of millions are spent on rum will argue himself black in the face about the ruinous waste of building battleships.