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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
FLORIDA MANS METHOD
OF TRAINING OSTRICHES

If the right hand rein is pulled the bird
invariably goes to the left. The bird
fights the rein to such an extent that
the slightest pull on one rein will cause
care has to be exercised in Carrying out
this rule. In our usual exhibitions tho
bird is, of course, just logged along up
the track and there is not so very much
danger in this form of driving.
when 1t comes to driving the ostrich
to make record however, it is a far
different matter. In order to spur the
bird on to its best efforts 1t is necessary
to have him run against a fast racing
horse. A good half-mile stretch of turf
must be provided with the regulation
pole. 1t is the habit of the ostrich in
making this race to hug as tightly to the
pole as possible. and the driver must
necessarily have a steady hand and cool
nerve to avoid spills
"In one of my races against time last
summer l was unable to keep Oliver w.
II. under full control We SKINNED
around the track at record breaking speed
with the wheel of the sullxy Just barely
shaving the fence on the inner side, and
the horse galloping along on our flank.
Finally knew that the spill must come,
and 1t was very bad upset indeed. I
could not keep the bird off the fence.
The wheel of the buggy caught in the
railing, and the next knew l was lying
on the track with the wreck Of the buggy
about me, and Mr.. Ostrich running like
mad far up the track. 1t was severe
experience, but since then | have man.
aged to keep Oliver W. II. In better
control, and we have had no more acci-
dents. In ordinary driving there is no
way to urge the ostrich to increase his
speed except by the voice. whip Of
course, would not have much effect on
the big mass of feathers on the birds
back"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
THE NEXT VlcE-PRESIDENT.

From the Boston Herald.
Neither political party in the nation
seems to be much concerned as regards its
candidate for the vice presidency next
year. The position in past times has
not been very much sought, and really,
as it presents itself to the ambition of
men, does not seem nearly as desirable
as that of a seat in the United States
senate. And yet its possibilities, always
great, have never been so impressively
presented as they have at the present
time. Within the space of six years 1--WE
vice presidents have been called to the
presidency. and the latest one of these
appeared at the time of his election as
little likely to attain the higher office
as any one who was ever put in the way
of such preferment With so many les
sons on the subject, and in view of the
deaths of men so clearly In apparent
vigor as were Garfield and Mckinley,
there would seem. to be no need of urging
the Importance of selecting the most dis
crete men for the vice presidents office
hereafter; yet 1t Is by no means certain
that the requisite care will be taken on
the subject when the two parties make
their nominations in 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
Church Conventions.

Large church conventions need large
churches in which to meet, and Birming-
ham is coming to be well off in respect
to such buildings" remarked a church
member.
Zone of the strong inducements for the
Methodist general conference to hold its
next meeting here was the large and ade-
quate character of the First Methodist
church, in which the great conference
Will hold its sessions.
when the First Baptist congregation
complete their new edifice there will be
no difficulty In getting the Southern Bap-
fist association to hold It's annual conven-
ton here. The First Presbyterian church
is perhaps large enough to accommodate
the general assembly of the Southern
Presbyterian church, and If so that large
and representative body win select Bir-
mingham as it's meeting place within the
next year or two.
ut will probably be many years before
the general convention of the Episcopal
church assemblies In Birmingham. 1t IS
national body meeting triennially, and
never selects a city with a population of
less than 100000. 1t meets In 1904 in Bos-
ton. 1t is understood that 1t will repart
from the rule of going only to very large
cities and meet in Richmond In 1907, in
connection with the celebration of the
3oOth anniversary of the landing of the
English at Jamestown
but when it comes to southern bodies
Methodist. Baptist and Presbyterlan-Bir-
mingham, will be regarded as an ideal
place"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
Chance for Civilians,

Civilians who hope to be appointed
second lieutenants in the army will have
their chance this year. for even after the
graduating class at West Point and the
enlisted men candidates have been pro-
vided for there will be upward of three
score vacancies to be filled" said a mill
tiaman. There are already seventeen
vacancies in the corps of engineers, TWEEN
ty-five in the cavalry. fourteen in the
artillery and eighty-six In the infantry.
with a graduating class of SO, not count
ing the foreign cadet, who will not be
commissioned in our army. Besides these
142 places there are seventeen vacan-
cies In the pay department, two in the
judge advocate generals department and
eleven In the signal corps. The signal
corps vacancies when filled may or may
not cvreate places in the line to be filed
by promotion, and so to cause an equal
number of places among the second lieu
tenants of the line; but even IL they do
not the chances for civilians will be
good"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
BID HIGH FOR PoE-ANA.
Manuscript of 1.-THE Bells" Brings
$210o, and Total Reaches $5356.50.

Philadelphia, May Tt was Edgar Al
Ian Poe's day at Davis &, Harvey's book
auction rooms today. For a few manu-
scripts, all dlngy and discolored, and an
armful of tattered first editions, eager bid
ders paid in all $5S56. 5O--a far larger sum,
1t is safe to say, than Poe's entire earn
ings during the unhappy years he spent
at an Arch street boarding house in Phil
adelphia while editing Graham's Maya
zine, between 1888 and 1874
There was spirited bidding at the Har-
old Pierce library sale over the original
manuscript of 1.-THE Bells" a roll of blue
writing paper scarcely yard In length.
The manuscript, neatly written in Poe's
peculiar clerkly hand, contains numerous
changes. 1t was started at $780, went up
with rush to $500, and thence by jumps
of $50 and 800 to $1,000. The coterie of New
York curio-hunters were silent, but one of
the party finally added $50 to be promptly
met by similar rise. Let him have it, :"
said the New Yorker. IF it was s2l 200
he'd pay it."
George H. Rigby of Philadelphia was
the purchaser.
For "Al Aaraaef," bound with "Tam-
erlane" and Poe's minor poems. George
II. Richmond, New York, paid $1S25.
Mr.. Richmond also bought the manu-
script of Poe's poem For Annie,' pay
ing $425, and a manuscript acrostic by the
poet to Elizabeth for $75 Another
manuscript acrostc to the same fair
cousin was bought by William Brooks for
$275. These two graceful acrostics do not
appear in any of Poes works and have
never been published.
The two days sale netted nearly sS9,OOO
according to Auctioneer Henkels esti-
mate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
THE PAUL HELLEu GIRL.

From the New York Press.
When l first saw the Paul Helleu girl
with the back of her hand supporting her
cheek, and recalled the artists habit of
enhancing the value of his sketches by
printing only a few copies and destroying
the plates, l was sorry that for his own
sake he did not destroy the plate of his
Girl" before printing one copy. OF all
the deformed creations we have ever had
thrust upon us the Helleu Girl is the
worst. The Frenchman, "Immortalizer of
Fair Women" printed ten copies of his
Girl and sold them at $50 each. Our
ordinary Hello Girl is far more to be
desired, but M. Paul Heleu is a foreigner
and anything foreign and utterly rotten
Is In demand among maniacs who see
nothing good in their own land
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
LYNcHINGs.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
Lynching is a crime for which 1t is
difficult to find any palliation. and most
of the excuses made for it are worthless.
When man is in the custody of the sher-
if, and especially. after he has been con-
victed, and when a negro is accused of a
crime against white woman, there is
not the least danger that punishment will
not be inflicted according to law. But
while the number of lynchings is dis
gracefully large 1t is some consolation
to learn from a social statistican who has
been investigating this matter that lynch
ing is not distinctlvely an expression of
race animosity; 40 per cent of the per-
sons lynched in twenty-one years were
white. Furthermore, lynchings have
steadily decreased since 1892. Too many
have occurred in the north to justify
throwing stones at the south. Eventual
ly the country will outgrow this form Of
violence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
From the New York San.


INcE the Rev. Dr. Briggs passed
~ from the Presbyterian to the
- Episcopal church very little has
been heard of him or from him. AS a
preacher he is SO far from inspiring or
stimulating that 1t is not surprising that
he has made no mark In the Episcopal
pulpit; nor is he man of the executive
and Administrative ability now sought for
in tho rector of a parish
DR.. Briggs, however, is distinguished
scholar, Of the type of the clustered stu
dent rather than of the man of affairs re-
quired to run the complex machinery of
a modern Episcopal parish. In a large
town more especially. He is one of the
foremost Biblical scholars in the world,
and the Episcopal church in this country
might be searched in vain to find his equal
as a teacher of Hebrew and the cognate
languages and as an authority In that
department of learning, or even one who
is entitled to be put in the same class
with him. The need of a scholar like DR..
Briggs as a professor in an Episcopal
theological seminary seems to be great
at this time more especially. and OBJ
yiously 1t is only in such a place that
the church could utilize his peculiar abili-
ties and make them profitable to 1t; yet
never since he passed over to the Epls-
copal church and received holy orders in
1t have we know of any movement to
do honor to Dr. Briggs or to make any
use of the proud distinction in scholar
ship which came to It with his accession.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
AIabama's Crop of Cotton.

The steadiness of the cotton crop in
this state is remarkable, swinging as
it does around a million bales. The
census bureau counts the bales as they
come from the gins, and it makes the
crop that grew last year 956,215 bales.
The dry weather cut the crop down
about 100000 bales, or ten per cent.
The crop of 1901 was 1,101, 227 bales;
the crop of 1900 was 1.O23,S02 bales,
and that of 1899 was 1,07S,519 bales.
The normal crop of the state is about
fifty thousand bales more than a mil
lion.
Only three counties made each more
than 10000 bales last year, as follows:
Montgomery, 39,257 bales; Dallas, 49,
2s7 bales; Wilcox, S0,67S, and Lowndes
3O.57S bales. These are easily the
four best cotton growing counties in
the state, although they are closely
pressed in some years by Pike, Perry,
Marengo, Lee, Henry, Hale, Chambers,
Bullock and Barbour. These counties,
with the four first named--thirteen in
all--are good for about 100000 bales.
One-fifth of the state grows, in other
words, over one-third of its cotton
crop. 80
At the ctner end of the line is Bald
win, which made but 794 bales last
year; Washington, with 1855 bales to
its credit; Walker, with 1866, and
Winston with 1906 bales. These are
the lightest producers in the list, al
! ways excepting Mobile county, whose
crop of last year was just six bales.
Just why Mobiles production fell from
1872 bales in 1901 to six bales in 1902
is not explained.
Jefferson's crop in 1889 was 1924
bales; in 1900 1t was 1897, in 1901. it
stood at 7.o17, but last year this coun-
ty grew but 1920 bales. The drought
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09

was severely felt amid the hills of this
county, but the crop of the county will
be increased In a favorable year to
about 1000 bales; although as a mat
ter of good farming there should not
be bale grown in this county, which
has better crops at command in sup
plying the 175,O60 souls in the county
with fruits, vegetables, eggs, chickens
and other meats.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
About Persons.

James Mitteldorfer of Cleveland. o..
is stopping at the Hilman.
II. B. Smith of Nashville is registered
at the St. Nicholas.
NJ L. Fuller of Washington is reg
istered at the Norris.
]. A. Hardie of Uniontown is at the
Metropolitan.
Garnett S. Zorn of Louisville is regis
tered at the Hillman.
]. S. Akers of Atlanta is stopping at
the St. Nicholas.
II. o. Porter of Chicago is at the
Morris.
William Linn of Washington is regis
tered at the Metropolitan.
John K. Considine of New Orleans is
stopping at the Hillman.
S. G. Glass Of Allegheny, Pa, Is regis
tered at the Morris.
]. A. Hall of Collin.p'ille is at the
Metropolitan.
s. L. Messer of Ration, N. NJ is at
the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
he Only DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
OF all base passions, fear Is most &C
curs'd.
king Henry VI.
Free Delivery al GaIlatln.

The Indianola incident reappears in
Gallatin, Tenn, where rural carrier
No. 1, a negro, has been notified that
his services are distasteful. This rural
carrier has now become a national
figure, the administration jumping at
the chance to tie to itself the negro
vote in the close northern states by
standing up to rural carrier No. l of
Gallatin. Postmaster General Payne
has suspended service on that route,
and it has practically been determined
that the people along the route in
question must accept the negro rural
free delivery letter carrier or carry
their own mail to and fro.
Besides the spontaneity of the adj
ministration in the matter, there is al
ways danger that the case at Gallatin
arose. as did the one at Indianola, be-
cause a white republican wanted the
Job" 1t is well established that the
Indianola incident would not have oc-
Cured at all if conspiracy had not
been formed to give the postoffice to
a white republican. And this may be
the essence and substance of the Gal
latin case, but a new appointee at Gal
latin would have to be one who HAD
been ground out Of the civil service
mill.
But leaving all these considerations
aside, it is foolish on the part of any
one to lose sight of the fact that the
present administration is republican
r administration, conducted in accord
ance with northern notions and north
ern prejudices. 1t is not democratic
administration, and the postoffice de-
partment is particularly in charge of a
partisan of the EXTREMIST sort-one
who has long been an advocate of the
proposition to cut down southern rep
resentation, the vice-president, too, of
the national republican executive COM
mittee. If this fact is kept in mind,
there will be no bona fde Gallatin or
Indianola incidents, because the court
of last resort is packed against us. AL
together it is best to accept the situa-
ton as it is measured out to us, and
not to kick against superior force at
a loss of convenience and business to
ourselves. The action both at Indianola
and Gallatin was ill-advised, and in
no event can it better the state of
things, distasteful as it may be. 1t is
simply furnishing the administration
with additional campaign material
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
COAL LANDS IN CHOCTAW
NATION In GREAT DEMAND

of 1000 tons of coal to the acre, and they
agree to pay royalty to the government
of cents per ton for all coal mined.
On this basis the government Is receiving
at the rate of $500 an acre for the lands.
According to the press reports, the Frick-
Gates-Gould syndicate proposes to pur-
chase the lands for SIS an acre. This
proposition is causing considerable mer-
riment among the interior department
officials, who predict that the land, when
sold, will bring an average of better than
$500 an acre. 1t is estimated that the
lands will produce a revenue, at the sale,
of nearly 100000, 900, instead of the s12.-
coo 600 that the syndicate had figured upon
paying for them.
Mr.. Hitchcock, secretary of the interior,
has had considerable experience in the
last year with syndicates that have been
trying to secure control of the Indian and
public lands in the different states. Hs
took precautions to prevent any schemes
of this kind when the Chickasaw and
Choctaw agreement was ratified by con-
gress. This provides that the lands shall
be sold at public auction for cash, and
that the lands shall be sold "in tracts
not exceeding in area section under
the government survey" The officials
of the department expect that the lands
will be purchased by the smaller coal
companies many of which are now OPP
Grating in the territory under leases from
the government. All sales will be. sub
ject to the lease already in existence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
From the washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
@-HE syndicate which has been
w formed by H. c. Frick, John W.
Gates and George Gould to buy
the coal lands in the Choctaw nation will
not do very much business, according to
the Views expressed yesterday by officials
of the interior department. A St. Louis
syndicate, with D, R. Francis at its head,
was organized some time ago to get in
on the ground floor on this coal land
deal, but gave it up after the discovery
that the law passed by congress pro-
viding for the sale of these lands made
special provision to prevent them from
falling into the hands of a syndicate.
This provision limits the amount that
may be purchased by any one individual,
firm or corporation to GAO acres.
The sale of the Choctaw coal and as
phalt lands will be one of the largest
business deals that has ever been I'M
dertaken by the government for the bene-
fit of the Indians. There are 100000 acres
of these lands, and the report of experts
show that nearly every acre of 1t is rich
in coal and asphalt, the area of the latter
being small Considerable development
has already been done ana the value of
the lands fairly we'll established. Leases
have already been made on $50 acres
of coal lands, and the royalty being paid
the government for the benefit of the In
dams furnishes pretty fair idea of the
wealth of the lands. The lessees accept
the land and make their leases on a basis
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
WHITE HoUSE-THE NATIONAL
HOTEL.

David Graham Phillips in Golfers Weekly
Mr.. Roosevelt entertains. not OCCASION
ally but constantly, not exclusively but
democratioally, not meagrely but lavishly,
not few score guests but hundreds and
thousands. He has a multitude OF guests
to lunch, multitude to dine, a multitude
to hear music or to take part in various
kinds of "drawing-rooms'' and levees.
multitude to stay the night under his roof
mot multitude all at one time but
multitude In the aggregate. Rich and
poor, snob and democrat, black and white,
American and foreigner, capitalist and
laborer. Maine woods guide, western
scout, fashionable and frouzy-all equally
welcome, all equal at his court Morgan
and Jacob Riis Countess de Castellane
and Booker Washington, Wild Bill and
Bishop Potter, Duse and Rough Rider
Rob. VIII Allen White ana a New York
cotllon leader. Not long ago when some
one said in his hearing, There's no first
class hotel in Washington" he replied
You forget the White House" He has
made 1t indeed a national hotel or rather
national assemblage place And he Is
ever unsatisfied Is ever reaching out for
more and more "doers" for more and
more people of interest or Importance He
wishes all people of mark to bask in the
Presidential sunshine. to give him the
benefit of their intellect or character or
whatever they mark have that is worth
seeing or hearing. For he wishes to re-
ceive as well as to give. And he is de-
termined that his court shall be entirely
and completely representative.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
Growth Of RlrmInnham.

Vice President and General Manager B.
i. Winchell of the Frisco. with head
quarters In St. Louis who arrived in
Birmingham Wednesday night. left for
home yesterday. He had not visited this
city since last fall. and he came this
time. he said, chiefly to observe its
growth.
Mr.. Winchell has been one of the great
prophets of Birmingham. Ever since he
accepted the general managership of the
Frisco he has pointed to this district as
marvel of thrift and resources, and
has been strong In predicting for it a
splendid future.
Birmingham is making greater strides
now than ever" said Mr.. Winchell short
ly before leaving. Il expected to see
marked Improvements since last fall
when 1 was here, but the development
has gone on even faster than l imagined.
There never was period in the history
Of Birmingham when so much capital
was in evidence as we find here today. I
am delighted to see 1t. 1t certainly
strengthens my faith in my own gift of
prophecy"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
REV. DR.. BRIGGS ABILITY
HAS NOT BEEN UTILIZED

We have heard no suggestion from any
Episcopal quarter that SO great a gain
should be recognized and made valuable
to the church in its divinity schools.
DR.. Briggs, so far as the Episcopal
church specifically Is concerned, has been
wasted wholly. His learning gives him
a high rank among scholars, both Ameri-
can and European, but 1t receives no
practical recognition in the Episcopal
church. In which he has continued to
occupy a very humble place ever since
his reception into it. We see nowhere
among the clergy or the papers OF that
church any expression of pride In his
fame though, as we have said, DR..
Briggs Is unquestionably without peer
in the Episcopal church of America as a
scholar. He is never mentioned as
possible candidate for a professorsnip IN
any Episcopal theological school, though
admittedly those schools are in sore need
of learning like his.
We are reminded to say this by seeing
in the Churchman of last week an exposi-
tlon by DIR. Briggs of the subject of Sane
LITIGATION by Love" This article is one or
very few contributions made by him to
Episcopal discussions since his entry into
its ministry. It is a piece of close rea-
soning, with a deeply spiritual illumina-
ton, but throughout marked by a COM
plete -effacement- so far as concerns
the peculiar and distinguished learning
the world of scholarship recognizes and
honors in the Rev. Charles Augustus
Briggs, D. D.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-09
KNOW We THE LAND.

BY Lord Byron.
Know We the land where the cypress and
myrtle
Are emblems of deeds that are done in
their chimes?
Where the rage of the vulture, the love
of the turtle,
Now melt into sorrow, now madden to
crime?
Know We the land of the cedar and vine,
Where the flowers ever blossom, the
beams ever shine;
Where the light wings of Zephyr, OPP
pressed with perfume,
Wax faint DER the gardens of Gull In her
bloom;
Where the citron and olive are fairest OF
fruit,
And the voice of the nightingale never is
mute;
" here the tints of the earth. and the
hues of the sky,
In color though varied, in beauty may
vie,
And the purple of ocean is deepest in
dye;
Where the virgins are solft as the roses
they Irvine,
And ALL save the spirit of man. is di-
vine?
IT'S the cline of the east; it's the land
of the sun
Can he smile on such deeds as MS emil
dren have done?
o, wild as the accents Of loves farewell
Are the hearts which they bear, and the
tales which they tell.