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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
rwo PER cENT EXPERIENCE.

From the St. Louis Republic.
 Seventy-hve thousand dollars with which to pay claims of three and quar- ter millions is the finish to the famous F. J. Arnold turf investment concern. A trustee has been appointed to take charge and distribute this princely dividend to the men and women who invested in the gambling venture.
 It is not surprising that there is lull in get-rich-quick companies. If the mails advertisements. and posters are scanned, a lack of 1OO-per-cent-on-yo your-investment literature will be observed. Fortunes in day are not proclaimed from the house. tops with the old persistence.
 Evidently the people have not forgotten the collapse of the Arnold scheme and similar ventures. On final division Of proceeds. the investors in Arnold's will receive per cent on the money which they put into the great racing swndle. Ryan's paid 15 per cent. And so on down the list.
 still there remain some millions of men and women who like to be humbugged, and, as one classic has it, a sucker Is born every minute. A new growth will come on in a short time, money-hard- earned money-will be put into the hands of schemers, and the easy dupes will again lose their little all. Like winter and summer these concerns, in one form or another, are periodic visitors. Only thor ough publicity and the use of common sense can render them harmless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
THE RAND.

From the Springfield Repubhcan
 It is taking the gold mines of the Rand district in South Africa a long time to recover from the effects of the war and prediction from expert sources Is not wanting that they never will fully re- cover. The present monthly output is about 25O0oO ounces. which compares with over 100000 ounces for the month prior to the outbreak of the war. Production continues to gain ground slowly but the labor problem meantime becomes more and more difficult to meet. Under these circumstances, if it has taken over a year of peace to raise the mines up to little more than half their former pro- ductivity, the time of reaching full pro- ductivity must still be year or more distant, if 1t Is ever reached. There is this degree of satisfaction to be gotten out of the fact-the mine owners who brought on the war will never be able to make good to themselves the losses they have Suffered from it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
Evansville Race Riots.

Evansville, indiana, is an Ohio river town, separated from the negro coun- ties of Kentucky by narrow stream in the summer time-and it is a rail road center to boot. It contains 5000 negroes in total population of 60,000, and 1t fears that more are coming Herein we have the secret of race riots in southern Indiana and southern Hi nois. There is a general desire in those sections to keep off negro invasion of the employment hunting sort. They simply want no negroes at all, and the negroes persist in going there. Evans vile prefers to remain all white, and ans excuse for a popular outbreak is utilized in the general desire to drive negroes away.
 Herein we have an excellent illustra. ton of northern theory and northern practice. They do not consist" The
 
 northerner who can talk about the equality of man and negro rights until the cows come home wants his negroes leagues away instead of at home. He wants them to remain some one else's neighbors instead of his own. To ne- groes at a distance he offers the Dec laration of Independence and a wide variety of political literature, but to the negro close at hand-that is horse of another color. Distance does it's usual stunt by lending enchantment to the view.
 Evansville either wants the negro to remain at home, or else to pass through It's gates without changing cars or boats. It does not want to be half white and half black. It does not be. lieve that that is Eyansville's destiny, whatever may be the destiny of the town in the next county or state. It wants it's negroes to move on. This Is the entire philosophy of the Evansvil- Hans. They want no Afro-Americans as neighbors. They are willing to con template them afar off, but If they move in and become neighbors then they become at once an issue and n problem. They are no longer free and equal, endowed, etc. They are simply niggers with two g's.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
PROPERTY DESTROYED.

From the Boston Advertiser.
 One of the most sensational scenes of destruction preceding reconstruction is now being witnessed in New York to secure an ample building site for the new station for the Pennsylvania rail- road. There was a scene of ruin on the site of the present Boston terminal. but it sinks into comparative insignihcance when the raging project now in opera tion in New York Is taken into consider ation. Four whole city blocks are to be torn down, and they include 400 buildings, among which are three churches, two hospitals and several schools. The con demned district has had a property value of nearly siO.oOoooO.
 Say 100 years ago. such a scene of ruin would have been wrought only by an in- vading army. but today homes and hos pitfalls are levelled in the peaceful and progressive development of city with out interruption of it's industrial life Even the idea of erecting buildings valued at s1o,oOO.00O would have staggered people century past. but yet today de- struction of s10,00o.0O0 worth of property lis just as simple as the matter of it's maintenance. Undoubtedly in another century the razing of q whole city in the peaceful lines of development will be just as simple.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
R. B. Jones AIways Happy.

"The announcement that R. B. Jones is to give up the proprietorship of the Florence hotel will be heard with much regret by his numerous friends among the traveling fraternity" said well known travelling man.
 MT. Jones Is one of the few men I know that Is always in good humor He makes friends readily and invariably re- tains them. He Is never quite so thor oughly in his element as when talking about his native home In middle Tennes- see and of the country around Columbia. It is hoped by his Birmingham friends that he has not left this city for good and that he will decide to relocate here at some future time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
THE DECLARATION.

From the New York Mail and Express.
 There are two things to be said about the Declaration of Independence as it Is read 127 years after its promulgation; it embodies the philosophy of protest rather than the science of constructive govern ment; it is the aggressive ultimatum of a self-governing, stubborn Anglo-Saxon people jealous of their rights, rather than the last word of a desparing proletariat goaded to revolt by uncomfortable wrongs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
Lucius Nathan Littauer.


 One Lyon was and is contractor for lsloves for use in the army. Lyon does not make gloves. The firm of Littauer Brothers of Gloversville, New York, does make gloves, and Congressman Littauer is a member of the glove Esnaldng firm. A letter from Congress- hsnan Littauer addressed to Contractor ILyon asking if he thought 1t best that Nfr. Littauer should ''call on" the quar- Eermaster general of the army has been published. and 1t has brought out the Truth, and left bad impression.
 MT. Littauer is the person whom Euvernor Roosevelt about two years ago introduced at Harvard club din- ;ner in these words: "I want to tell you NI is a Harvard man who is my most Intimate personal friend, and who is my closest political adviser--and that
 
 man is Lucius Nathan Littauer."
 This political adviser is 8 congress- man and yet he is interested in an army contract. Contractor Lyon is but a wooden man. put up by the firm be- cause the firm could not itself become bidder. The federal statutes. forbid congressman from becoming interested in government contracts. and Congress- nan Mttauers 1t f., plain. had deep interest, and an active interest in the glove contract that was awarded to Lyon. Littauer is g ',grafter" in the fullest sense of the word. for his firm makes all the gloves that Contractor Lyon supplies to the army. Lyon is the go-between. and the Littauers are the real contractors.
 The subordinates in the postofflce department and the seed contractor In the agricultural department should go u1punished If Congressman Littauer is to go scot free. The Littauer case can not go unnoticed. It must be acted upon in one way or another, and it is Idle to say that the Presidents inti- mate friend is above punishment. Upon sne Littauer case hangs all, for if the LAttauer graft" is to go unpunished then it is gross injustice, comparative ly speaking, to punish the small fry ln the postoflce department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
LETTERS TO EDITOR

To the Editor Of The Age-Herald.
 As 1t Is the province of q newspaper to disseminate information that will be of value to it's patrons. would suggest that you.-. in some way. let the business men of Birmingham know that letters addressed sto Kingston don't go to the suburb of that name, but come to Kings ton. Autauga county. and remain here five to ten days. They are returned to writer If the request Is on the letters; if not they are sent to tue dead letter office. The letters come here because this Is the only Kingston postofhce in the state. In order to reach persons at the other place, letters should be addressed to East Birmingham. and Kingston kept of of them.
 J. L. CARTER. Postmaster
 Kingston, Ala, July [ 1so3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
OLD GLORY AND THE UNION JACK

From the New York Times.
 Special trains from all parts of the states are bringing home-comers to the opening of the Toronto festival. It is estimated that 5000 Americans of Cam adian nativity arrived in the city We'd nesday. Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse and various other cities of the Empire state sent heavily loaded special trains with bands and banners flying. The city is splendidly Illuminated and adorn- ed for the occasion.
 While the flags of all nations wave generally. the Stars and Stripes and the Maple Leaf and Royal Standard of King Edward are everywhere in evidence. The most extraordinary enthusiasm pre- vails. and the musicians are vieing with each other in the production of Yankee and Canadian airs
 Premier Ross and Lieutenant Governor Clarke spoke genially to assembled crowds in the Parliament grounds We'd nesday night. and every mention of the two countries coupled together elicited cheers from both sides
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
THE MODERN BANKER.
From. the Cosmopolitan.

From the Cosmopolitan.
 The modern baker is your modern gem eral. A monarch or a prime minister may shout: Let us have war!'' And the money market, speaking through the lips of a great banker, will whisper Not just now" And no rise follows in the price of mourning goods. So the mili- tary general must pay heed to the ad- vice of the financial general. The bank CT is product of civilization. and civil ization makes for peace. In the past, nations have prospered and grown pow erful, according as they were martial; they were successful in proportion to their military strength Today, in some degree, and in the future absolutely, that nation. beyond question, will be the greatest in a worldly sense, which can, not outklll, but out manufacture and out-sel other nations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
President Porflrio DIaz.

The President of Mexico is now 73 years old, and he has long ceased to be ambitious to remain in office. He ss now serving sixth term, each of four years, and the national liberals have nominated him for a seventh term, and he will be reelected without opposition. He accepted renomination in these words: Tt is the duty of every citizen to serve his country as long and at as many posts as his fel- Iow-citizens desire"
 The case of Diaz is without prece- dent in Latin America. The constitu- tion of Mexico was even amended so as to enable him to become his own successor. This was done in 1884, and he has remained at the head of the state ever since without encountering serious opposition. Where can match for such career be found?
 Mexico had simply become tired of E1ncompetency and dishonesty in office, tpf insecurity and unrest She desired peace, security. order and prosperity. 'lThese things are what Diaz had in his busy and effective brain. He is prac- ltical statesman, a man of fine execu- Itive capacity, and he is also soldier. tHIe entered the capital as dictator. IThis was twenty-eight years ago. and Ehe has remained ever since at the com mand of the people.
 His career and Mexico's prosperity xo to show that the Latin American states are not beyond hope. The Mexi- Ecan population is tangle of races, as Is the population of every other Ameri- scan state south of it. and whenever one .pf them finds a man who is at once ketrong and wise reconstruction and Eprosperity will be ushered in. Diaz ihas rendered life and property secure nn Mexico; he has built railroads and opened schools. He has, in word, eifted up his people, giving them se-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
About Persens.

R. " Graves of AnnIston is stopping at the Hlllman.
 w. c. McMillan of Talledasa Is at the Morris.
 1T. J. King of Tuscaloosa Is registered at the Metropolitan.
 J. M. Catagni of Roanoke. Va. Is at the St. Nicholas.
 Thomas E. Parnell of Pittsburg is stop ping at the Hillman.
 T. B. Roberts of New Decatur is at the Morris
 John s. Baird of New Orleans Is stop ping at the Metropolitan.
 c. L. Bieser of Chicago is at the Hill man.
 L. C. Cardinal of Montgomery Is regis tered at the Morris.
 E. woodward of Chicago is at the Hili- man.
 I. F. Rsiner of Union Springs is regis tered at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
SOME FIGURES ON THE
 SEASONS COAL PRICES

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 Among the highly interesting reading to householders on the first of each month is the announcement that another 10 cents has been added to the price of anthracite coal for domestic uses. This exaction began in May, and will continue until October l. when the Philadelphia consumer will have to pay for the rest of the fall and winter s6.75. The price at the beginning of spring was $6 25, which was 50 cents more than the nor nal price at that time of year, and by this system of advances of 10 cents month the price of coal is steadily main tained with beautiful regularity during the whole year just 50 cents above the very high prices which prevailed before the strike. The strike Is over long ago: the award of the strike commission has been made, but the consumer is still pay ing. Strike prices have been fixed as the consumers permanent lot, and there Is no appeal
 The annual production and consump- ton of anthracite coal has ranged In the past from 55 million to GO million tons. and we learn from the testimony of MT. Baer at the interstate -corpmerce hearing that the demand and consumption are steadily increasing. The coal operators thus take from the pockets of the con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
Veto of PanaI Election.


 "I read an Associated Press interview with Bishop Grafton of Fon-du-Lac the noted ritualistie prelate of the Episcopal church. in which the bishop vouehsafes to give information to Roman Catholics touching the right of certain powers to veto papal eieotion,e remarked a layman. "He tells us that three European rulers. the Emperor of Austria, the President of France and the King of Spain, have this veto prerogarive If the bishop had read the Age-Herald and other authorities on the subject he would have learned that four, instead of three, rulers have the veto prerogatIve, Portugal having the same right that Austria. France and Spain have. Every well-read person is fa- miliar. imagine, with the rights of the government in this matter.
 eIn 1878, when the conelave was in ses- sion to elect a successor to Plus IV, the veto governments waived their preroga- tives, and the same precedent will probS ably be followed when the next eonclaVe shall be held. notwithstanding the bishop understands that some of them have al ready filed objections to certain of the cardinals who were mentioned as likely to be chosen.
 Bishop Grafton says that Cardinal sa- tolli is too young to be elected pope. l have no idea who will be chosen as Leos successor. but satoli is 6o years old and man is not regarded as young who has attained that age"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
Scrub Brush and Broom Needed.

''I have been very much surprised at said a man who has to go there fre- quently. When 1t was announced that we were to have a fine new market house I thought that meant that we were at least to have a nice clean place to go and buy provisions. I was dlsap- pointed By the judicious use of the broom and the scrub brush the place could be made a great deal more attrac- tive, and l am sure would be much would be much more inviting to the ladies who have to go there so much"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
MILK AS EXPENSIVE AS WINE.
From the Cosmopolltar

n IVIII tTIt NUbTIIUpUIIlIII
 An anecdote is told of the late Govern or Morton, which illustrates the troubles of the gentleman farmer" Some friends were lunchlng with him at his eabor- ately equipped farm, and were asked whether they would prefer champagne or milk. As the luncheon was an inn promptu affair, and the wine had not been opened, several of the gentlemen present indicated that milk would satis- fy their modest wants "Oh," said Gov ernor' Morton. 'it does not matter which you take They cost the same.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
SEEMED TO BE.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 william" said his employer, why did you leave your last placer
 They turned me off for whistlin, sir" answered the office boy.
 Well, am going to discharge you next Saturday fer the same reason"
 '"rhen I guess I'm between two fires" to himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
THE ENDLESS CHAIN RELIGIONS.

From the Church Eclectic.
 If there were only one Christian in the world, and he worked year and won friend for Christ, and If these two con tinued each year to win another, and if every man thus led Into the Kingdom led another every year, In thirty-one years every person in the world would be won for Christ.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The smart man Is not the one who keeps out of trouble. but who gets out.
 Being in ones second childhood does not mean having second crop of child ren.
 Every time a woman tells funny story the man who invented 1t turns over in his grave.
 A woman Is always sure a man loves her if he will only pretend, to get mad when she receives a letter in a mans handwriting.
 If a woman can't find anything else to bras about her husband. she will tell how dignined he was when his landlord insulted him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
POPE LEo's POEM ON DEATH.

In 1897 the pope felt the shadow of death beginning to fall upon him. and in splendid defiance of its power wrote the following lines. which are considered among his strongest work
 DEATH. The westering sun draws near his cloudy
 bed, Leo. and gradual darkness wells thy
 head: The sluggish life-blood in thy withered
 veins More slowly runs its course-what then
 remains? Lol Death is brandshing his fatal dart. And the grave yearns to shroud thy nor
 tai part: But from it's prison freed. the soul ex-
 bands ExaIting pinions to the enfranchised
 lands. My weary race is run-I touch the goal: Hear. Lord the feeble paintings of my
 soul; If it be worthy Lord, thy pitying breast Welcome it unto everlasting rest! May behold thee, Queen of earth and Whose love enchained the demons lurk-
 ing nigh The path to heaven; ard freely shall
 own Twas thy sweet care that gained my
 blfssful crownt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
AN EVIDENCE OF EXPANSION.
om the Baltimore Herald.

From the Baltimore Herald
 One has only to read of the celebra- tlons of the Fourth pretty nearly all over the world to become aware that Ameri- can influence reaches long way from home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09

curIty at home and influence abroad. Every other Latin American state needs Diaz, but Diazes do not grow on every bush.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
TIE MODERN EQUIPMENT.

From the St. Louis Post-Dis1atch.
 Mayor Herrick, having bee born in log cabin. may be the next Ciiio man to run for President, though he has no Span ish war record.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09

sumers the additional sum of 30 million dollars year. The strike imposed some burdens on the operators. it will be urged, No doubt: but every dollar lost to the operators, if anything were really lost, has been regained from the addi- tional 50 cents a ton exacted since coal mining was resumed.
 e The increase of wages to the miners Is another charge on the operators. The wage increase to contract miners was 10 per cent flat and certain increases under the sliding scale. The cost of mining coal varies from, say, 70 cents ton to more than @ dollar. Let us be liberal and call it a dollar. and the coal trust is then paying ten cents more than formerly. During large part of the year the miner gets nothing extra from the operation of the sliding scale. and at most, when the full winter price of SIS Is charged the consumer, the in- crease to the miners will be about 3 per cent.
 Assuming that on account of other wage increases the operator will pay 15 per cent more for the mining of coal, or 15 cents. ton. 1t still appears that perma .5ent charge of about 20 million dollars a year has been fixed upon the shoulders of the consumer over and above the previous unreasonably high prices. The trust takes this money not because 1t is Just or right, but because the people are helpless
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
An Important Difference.

From Puck.
 Alice-"Ethei says she really dosen't know whether he will propose or not-'' Jack-"Just like 1oveI. isn't it?'
 Alice-"Yes: but. in "a novel, you could turn to the last chapter and find out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09

The St. Louis Globe Democrat sees a difference between the Fourth of July and Grover Cleveland. The Fourth comes once year, while Gro yer bobs up quadrennially.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09

Hawaii receives news by cable be- fore it Is sent, such are the tricks of the timekeepers of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09

China does not know which Is the worse-the AngloJapanese alliance or Russia. Both are land grabbers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09

The rest of the showers should be reserved for the weeks in which no baseball game is scheduled. Our new weather man has not caught on to the local situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09

The pie counter and the bandwagon are responsible for the duplex and meaningless Iowa republican platform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09

The worlds new girdle delivers mes sages quicker than messenger boy will carry them to the next block.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09

The election of Judge Parker to the Presidency by Atlanta is not accepted as final by the rest of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
Hardened.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Pretty Nece-Unele Henry, I think every old bachelor ought to be taxed at least $500 a year"
 Bachelor uncle-Wen Myrtle. that would be cheaper than marrying.
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The house cleaning in the postoffice department is too secretive to be thor ough and effective.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09
compIlments Exchanaed.

From the Chicago News.
 "You are a peaeh'' said the eallow youth, and good to eat"
 "You also are good to eat" responded the maid in blue.
 Am I a peach, too?'
 'No, a lobster"
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The Gallant Judge.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 Magistrate-Next case! Who've we got now?
 Constable = Joseph Biggins, alias Skates"
 Magistrate-Ladles first we'll have Alice Skates take the stand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-09

Publicity and Postmaster General Payne are two very different P's. They do not know each other.
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The Washington Star says revision Is coming, but Bosses Allison and Ald- rich will see that 1t does not.