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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
AS to Declining.

Said an old partisan of Grover Cleve-
land; Il feel certain that Mr.. Cleveland
is not to be candidate for President and
that his name will not be presented to
the democratic national convention in 1904.
OF course he will be in the public eye as
long as he lives. There will be much talk
of nominating him, but when the time
comes Senator German or some other
popular democrat will be selected as the
partys standard bearer.
mo one who has any sense of observa-
tlon will underrate Clevelands political
strength, but the hurrahng for him is
more of a compliment to his high charac-
ter than because of any serious notion
that the democratic party is coming to
commit itself to the third term idea.
Here is a little editorial article from
sensible: If the question is asked, why
doesn't Mr.. Cleveland decline to be con-
sdered a candidate for the presidency
AGAIN." the reply is obvious. He hasn't
been asked in any authoritative quarter
to do so, Modesty may be shown In more
ways than in his coming forward at this
stage to remove his name from public
consideration. 1t Is more modest to as
sumo that the people are not seriously
thinking of so extraordinary a course as
would be their offering him another nom
nation for the office than to decline it in
a way which may law him open to the
charge of accepting the movement in his
favor as being more important than 1t
really is. 1t is not to be magnihed in his
quarter, and, If it is to take form in any
quarter which calls for Mr.. Clevelands
consideration, it is in its infancy at pres
ont
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
IT WILL BE eoRMAN.

From the Washington Post.
The conviction is growing that the
Cleveland boom is likely to react in the
interest of Senator German. Around
Washington one naturally hears much
talk favorable to the Marylander, but
the statements of men who come from
distant places are of the same purport.
This conviction is strengthened by re-
ports from New York, which indicate
that Mr.. Hill has the democratic machin-
cry we'll in hand and intends to secure
the delegation from the Empire state for
himself. Judge Parker does not appear
interested in becoming a candidate. lie Is
in a sense the official protege of Mr.. Hill,
from whom he once received a judicial
nomination. He has eight years to serve
in his present place as chief judge of the
Court of Appeals, and 1t has been limited
that Judge Parker may prefer to be
chief justice of the United States to be-
ing President Among lawyers it not in
frequently happens that the chief Justice
ship is esteemed as more desirable than
the presidency, because of the incumben-
cy for life or till retiring age is reached.
Furthermore IL has come to be under
stood that Chez Justice Fuller cherishes
hope to serve till the advent of
democratic administration so that his
successor may be democrat There are
now only three democrats upon the SUI
preme bench. 1t would not be the strang-
est thing that ever happened In politics,
if it should some time be brought about
that Judge Parker by sacrificing presi-
Dental prospects, should eventually wear
the robes of the highest judicial office in
the land.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
The Baconlan Theory.

correspondent of the London Academy
takes exceptions to a statement by Sidney
Lee In the London Times TO the effect
that the "Baconian delusion" first came
into being and was chiefly nurtured in
America. The Academy correspondent
notes that a pamphlet was published In
Great Britain as carly as 1856 by w. II.
Smith, entitled. WAS Lord Bacon the
Author of Shakespeare's Plays?' ''the
author of the pamphlet being apparently
an Englishman and certainly Bacopian =.
The correspondent in question reveals the
fact that he is not Baconian.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
PROM the sew York Tlmes.


VA E HAVE rarely printed a more
WV interesting. or. in its way, a
w more important, letter than
that in which An Anxious Mother" on
Sunday asked how she was to give her
children the training in the manners OF
polite society that neither she nor her
husband ever received. The family, she
said, now had a fair income, and the sons
and daughters, being DESTROYS of taking
advantage of the social opportunities
opening before them. were asking the
mother questions as to dress and conduct
which she was unable to answer. The
available books on etiquette. she COM
planned, seemed to deal with the rules of
a society much more elaborate than her
offspring could enter, and she expressed
a very reasonable wonder why the public
shoots did not give instruction that could
not fail to be of great practical value to
boys and girls like hers with their way to
make IN a world where manners and APP
pearances count for much. The sugges-
ton as to a public school course In de-
pertinent, and even in the elements and
principles of good dressing, we regard
with high approval, but we incline to the
belief that Anxious Mother is unduly
anxious-that she has COMPOUNDED courtesy
with customs, and ascribed to the latter
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
In Charne of Hotel.

r. Leonard Hobart has resigned his po-
sition as chief clerk at the Metropolitan
hotel and gone to Sheffield and on Mon
day he will take charge of the new Shelf
field hotel About $4,000 will be spent in
improvements on the hotel, and it will be
made complete in every detail.
Mr.. Hobart is we'll known in Birming-
ham and to the travelling public in gen.
eral and is popular hotel man. Previous
to his connection with the Metropolitan
he held the position of cashier at the
Norris under the management of C. II.
Nabb. now proprietor of the Hillman.
e. C. Tanksley. now with the Metropol-
itan, will go to Sheffield on Saturday and
will assume the position of day clerk at
the new Sheffield hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
IT HERE was recently exhibited by
Wy Paris jeweller single row of
pearls priced at sSeO,OOO. Chains
and ropes of pearls are now very fashion
able, and prices have tripled since 1880.
Some experts prophesy pearl famine.
1t Is perhaps, as likely that the fashion
may change.
England is the great pearl mart of the
world, and the British possessions in
Ceylon are now the seat of thriving
has been interviewed at Colombo upon
the fisheries. and an account of them is
published in the Singapore Straits Budget.
Mr.. Wild said the most highly priced
shapes were spherical; there are also,
however, button and pear shaped pearls,
and others curiously fashioned. The
shape of pearl depends on the way In
which 1t is moved during the continuous
mechanical action going on inside the
oyster. Sometimes 1t is moved upward
and sometimes against the shell. In the
latter case not infrequently the pearl
sticks on the shell, and ''blister' or
thin partition, is raised over it. Bills
ters" are frequent in Australian shells,
and some of these contain pearls and
some do not. Three years ago large
quantity of these odd-shaped pearls was
put on the market from the Mexican gulf
and the Gulf of California, but before
they could be brought into use they were
forced aside owing to the death of Queen
Victoria. The dealers had to lock them
up. but In time odd-shaped pearls will be-
come the fashion again, when they will
flood the market as originally intended.
1t is probably not possible to manufac-
ture spherical pearls by inducing the
oysters to cover with nacre any SUBJ
stance put within their shells. The Chi
nese, Mr.. Wild said. do induce the oys-
tiers to cover minute images and other
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
DIVORCE 1000 YEARS AGO.

From the Boston Herald.
1t may please divroces to know how
history repeats itself after a lapse of 4OcO
years or more. Divorce is no new thing.
King Khammurrabi of Assyria, whose date
is B. C. 220O, had a code, which has been
recently deeiphered from a pillar at Susa,
dealing exhaustively with the subject. The
London Times gives one of the most in
teresting clauses in the following: If the
wife of man who dwells In that man
has set her face to go forth. and i'm
poverished his house, they shall call her
to account. If the husband shall say,
L put her away, he shall put her away.
She shall go her way; for her divorce
he shall give her nothing" 1t will be
observed that 1t is only women who can
be divorced; husbands are not put
away" And here the benefit of living in
this century A. d. comes into view. New
ertheless, it is cheering to find that
divorce is no mushroom institution and
King Khammurrabis subjects were suf-
ferers from domestic infeicity, as well
as this younger generation"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
LETTERS TO EDITOR
question Before Railroad Commission

Question Before Railroad Commission
To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
am sure you not wish to do any man
an injustice by placing him in a false
light before the public The statement
made by your reporter that I was aues-
toned by Mr.. Powell relative to the ship
ment of rye straw from McElderry station
to Chattanooga was untrue, also the
statement that the railroads had repaid
me, or refunded anything for damages
sustained by me in said shipment Of
straw l was never paid cent, and lost
$3.50 in the transaction.
Mr.. Powell did question me on a ship
ment of muriate of potash from Talladega
to Wilsonville. The expense bill offered
as evidence that the railroads violated
the law of Alabama daily. by overcharg-
ing. and in this particular instance eharg-
ing 300 per cent more than the published
rate, which was a violation of law.
also showed that the amount involved
was so small that it would not pay to
make a claim and many hundreds of just
such overcharges occurred daily. Mr..
Powell very adroitly endeavored to draw
me into a discussion of the difference in
the rate given a fertilizer manufacturer
and a farmer. Mr.. Powell was wrong,
as my expense bills show that l pay the
same rate on muriate of potash as on
other potash salts and fertilizer material.
I believe you will be just and make this
correction. Thanking you in advance for
so doing, I am respectfully yours,
G. T. MELDERRY.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
POPE WON'T RECEIVE LOUBET.
His Decision viii Probably Result In
Diplomatic Rupture With France.

Special Gable to the N Y. Sun.
Rome. May 6.-President Loubet OF
France will visit Rome shortly after the
visit of the car. The pope, after consult
ing with the cardinals. has decided not to
receive the French president. This decis-
ion will be semi-ofhciaily communicated
to France in the hope that NJ Louoet VIII
not ask for an interview with mis- hoii-
ness.
1t is feared. however. that he will ask
for one in order to court refusal, which
is certain If Prime Minister Combes. who
is enforcing the religious associations
law, is still in office when M. Loubet
comes here.
The pope's refusal to receive the presi-
dent of France will certainly lead to a
diplomatic rupture between the vatican
and the French government and the abol-
ition of the concordat-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
AS TO TRAINING IN THE
WAYS OF POLITE SOC

an Importance possessed
former.
The essentials of courtesy
shows, she is quite compel =
for they are little more than a klndIy!
intelligent and constant regard for thex
rights and conveniences of others. AM
while one who demonstrates such a Il
gard may violate occasionally some arbis
trary convention, he is not likely to
offend anybody whose opinion counts, or
himself to suffer any embarrassment at
all serious. And these arbitrary conven-
lions are few in number and easily ana
quickly obtainable by careful oeserva-
ton. II the Anxious Mother needs q
lesson in advising perhaps she cannot do
better than read over the instructions
given by Polonius to Laertes, beginning
And these few precepts in thy memory
See thou character,
and ending with
This above ALTO thine own self be true:
And 1t must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
The lines between are full Of sense,
even II Polonius hasn't the highest OF
regulations for wisdom. The passage
does not contain the rules our correspon-
dent thinks she wants, but they will tend
to teach her that she doesn't want them
very much.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
About Persons.

The Right Rev. Benedict Menges. o. S.
b. abbott of St. Bernard's monastery, is
visiting the Rev. Father Meurer.
G. w. Digger of Greensboro is at the
Morris.
S. Friedman of Tuscaloosa is stopping
at the Metropolitan
H. R. Shorter of EufauN is registered
at the H''lm'n 1.
e. R. Richards and ]. tling of Atlanta
are stopping at the st. Atholaz.
the Morris
The Rev. F. M. Pete son of Montevallo
is stopping at the Metz politap
W. E. Pitts of MONTGOMERY is at the
Hillman.
R. F. Marshall of Etzabett, N. j.. is
registered at the Morris
George w. Ely of Montgomery is stop
ping at the Metropolitan
al
George H. Robertson 4 Louisville is at
the Hillman.
L. o. Dumont OF New \yerk is at the
Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
The woman who knows how to manage
a man is the one who never lets him
know It..
1t is better to have kissed and kissed
the wrong girl than never TO have kissed
any a; all.
1t is not till everybody else disbelieves
in her husband that a woman really be-
lieves in him.
Women who want mems rights don't
appreciate that the main rights which he
has are the same as truck horses.
There are mighty few, women who
don't look very conscious when the con-
versation tufr IN the good points Of a
figure that a. e
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
Senator MORGAN Accepts.

Senator Morgan has accepted an invi-
tation to attend the commencement exer-
cises of the Girls Industrial school at
Montevallo next Monday and deliver an
address
The faculty of the school remembers
with a feeling of gratitude that Senator
Morgan introduced the resolution which
gave the institution a grant of $4,000
worth of land, and he will receive a
hearty welcome when he attends the COM
mencement.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
ADA REHAN AND OTIS SKINNER

New York Letter In the Chicago Tribune.
1t was announced today that Miss Ada
Rehan and Otis Skinner are to play to-
gether next fall In repertoire under the
management of Liebler & Co. The re-
pertolre will consist of THE Tanning of
the Shrew." with Miss Rehan as Kath-
crime and Skinner as Petruchio; 1.-THE
Merchant of Venice" Miss Rehan playing
Portia and Mr.. Skinner Shylock; and
THE School for Scandal" with Miss
Rehan as Lady Teazle and Skinner as
Charles Surface.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

Napoleon Bonaparte and Thomas
Jefferson were great walkers, and St.
Louis has located its fair so that visit
ors can do likewise.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

Professor Mommsen says the Mon
roe doctrine is indefinite and intangi-
BILE. If he gets in its way it will, how
ever, knock an m or two out of his
name.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

The curves of the Coal Barons are
not readily solved by the bats the
Black Soxes brought from Montgom-
cry. They need n new lot
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
Our Blue skies.

From the Brooklyn Life
AIRY 'Awkins dust overflow is it the
sky is so much clearer in New York than
II is in London?
Night Hawk-oh! We have skyscrapers
In New York.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

Professor Mommsen says the Mon
roe doctrine does not rest on logical
basis. He is right. 1t rests on a bat
tleship basis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

Besides securities we are called
upon to digest immigrants. Eleven
ships are headed this way, each bring
ing more than thousand of the lat
ter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

Mr.. Chatheld Chatfield-Taylor has
risen to denounce slSyscrapers, but the
skyscrapers refuse to grow less until
Chat. takes a reef in his slkyseraping
name.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

Carter Harrison is not one of them
literary fellers, but his wife is, and she
is about to publish another volume of
fairy tales.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

The stories of advance royalties now
current overlook the fact that Web
Davis received s1SO,oOO on his famous
book.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

The New York Sun thinks the ne
groes are not homesick enough to
warrant the sending of them back to
Africa.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08
A SUGGESTION.

From the Indianapolis News.
Possibly for the summer season there
might be compromise on a screen door
for Manchuria.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

President Baer and President Parry
Nare two souls with bat a single
thought about the common people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

Deacon Baer considers the inter-
state commerce commission an undue
interference with the coal barons any
how.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

Umpire Mace stood manfully by his
decisions, and the general verdict was
that he served both sides right.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

While Mr.. Roosevelt kisses babies
the kings of Yurrup kiss each other,
and the American has much the best
end of the kissing business.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

Non-union funerals are held up in
New Haven, but the one that rides
alone does not seem to mind it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

King Edward simply adopted on a
small scale the American plan of
swinging around the circle
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

There will be four years more for
Grover-in Princeton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

The larger postoffices are to be in
vestigated, and no doubt there will be
sensational developments.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

The Nashville American thinks a No.
20 collar on a 3OO-pounder is better
than mere eloquence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

Until Mr.. Cleveland burns the
bridges behind him he cannot safely
> e said to be a candidate for President.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

President Francis will soon. have the
biggest show on earth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

The postoffice disclosures relate tic
the postoffice department, and not to
the campaign of 1904
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

Ex-President Cleveland refuses to
kiss the babies, and the babies are
content.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

The score to date stands, Birming-
ham 4, Montgomery 2, both unmatched.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

King Edwards health seems to be
good enough to face eleven kinds of
wine at a banquet.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

Alabama is in the Havana tobacco
belt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

st. Louis first exhibit consisted of
presidential booms.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-08

While Mr.. Roosevelt kisses babies
the kings of Yurrup kiss each other,
and the American has much the best
end Of the kissing business.
|
Deacon Baer considers the inter-
state commerce commission an undue
interference with the coal barons any
how.
Until Mr.. Cleveland burns the
bridges behind him he cannot safely
&c said to be candidate for President.
- -s---
Non-union funerals are held up in
New Haven, but the one that rides
alone does not seem to mind it.
Umpire Mace stood manfully by his
decisions, and the general verdict was
that he served both sides right.
King Edward simply adopted on
small scale the American plan of
swinging around the circle.
----s.-----
The larger postoffices are to be in
vestigated, and no doubt there will be
sensational developments.
The Nashville American thinks a No.
20 collar on 3OO-pounder is better
than mere eloquence.
The postoffice disclosures relate tc
the postoffice department. and not to
the campaign of 1904
King Edwards health seems to be
good enough to face eleven kinds of
wine at banquet.
Ex-President Cleveland refuses to
kiss the babies, and the babies are
content
The score to date stands, Birming-
ham 4, Montgomery 2, both unmatched.
----.s.--
IlI6SluSuI VIII bOOus nave Tue
biggest show on earth
There will be four years more for
Grover-in Princeton.
st. Louis first exhibit consisted of
presidential booms.
-.s.---
Alabama is in the Havana tobacco
belt.
The Yale expositor., 1903-08-28
The Lumber O. Conc.

Estimates 10y conservative lumber
men show that the days OF numbering
in the upper peninsula will soon bc
past Before i've years have passed
there will be- practically no timber left
standing in Baraga, Houghtou and
kewccuaw counties large enough 10
make log. Meuomincr county. which
about ten years ago wa, the largest
lumber producing district ln the world,
has lost H. rank and now produces
scarcely n tenth OF its former amount
The mills which were located there
have been moved 20 Louisiana aud
Washington. BaragI has timber
enough TO keep its Few mills running
FOR few years more. hut like an The
other parts of the state where lum-
bcring has been carried on it, end Is
near Every season makes the timber
tracts OF lloughtou county smaller
The Yale expositor., 1903-08-28
4 Political salary.

Joseph VI Weiss 81 Detroit b. pre-.
pairing 90 press q claim FOR S1.u3i
against the estate of the late senator
Mcmillan. with whom bee WAS closely
Identified Doe q political Way Tor years
According to the statement presented
10 the commissioners 900 claims against
the estate the amount named 'rrpfr-
sent, balance due h.W fur four Years
services dating from July !. l~u3. tu
July ]. 1897. 100 900 agreed rumpru>I-
ton Of 5000 per year The statement
shows that Weiss received "by pas.
mcnt from time to t.mr." Sl.HI5. The
commissioner, turned The claim down
Recently Weiss filed notice ot au ap.
peal from the decision Iud j. now pre-.
pairing 90 prosecute his claim ln tho
circu-r court where 20 can Dee reviewed
10y a jury.
The Yale expositor., 1903-08-28

Decatur Is the only town which
stands 4 show OF getting the new SO
600 normal school" said Henry Rus.
sci, chief counsel of the Michigan Cen.
trail Railroad co. Decatur town is lo-
Gated ~ miles west Oi Albion, -
miles east OF Niles aud lbs miles west
of Detroit The state Gazetteer gives
the population as Loo: location. Van
Buren county. 10 miles southwest 81
Paw Paw, the county seat. aud -
miles from Kalamazoo incorporated
as village iu 1851. Has Adventist
Catholic. Christian. Free Methodist.
Methodist. Presbyterian and Uuiycr.
saliSt churches. public library. q
bank. q weekly newspaper. an opera
house aud brick town hall Stage
daily To Noliuln. Prairie Rondc and
Marcellus. Tel. W. L. EXu Am.
Telephone connection Wm. II. White,
postmaster