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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13

bridegroom. These surprise eggs may contain anything from a dolls suite of furniture to a set of dishes. All are found in the eggs ready filled, but any thing acceptable for a gift may be put into them, a little prayer book. a purse with money in it, pretty scarf pin or other trinket in jewelry, or more elab- crate gifts. for there are eggs large enough to contain a diamond tiara.
 Big nests of twigs, trimmed with green. are sold for Easter gifts, and in them are placed either the surprise eggs or candy eggs or both. The chocolate man has chocolate eggs, white inside and with a yolk in the center. They range from the size of a hens egg to tLat of an ostrich's, weighing several pounds.
 Very pretty are Little Red Riding Hoods. with sweet little faces painted on eggshells, and the regulation Red Riding Hood costume, all made of crimped pa- per.
 So is the dress of the old wor,an who took an upward flight to sweep the cob webs from the sky. Her wrinkled face is painted on an eggshell Little fur dressed dolls with pretty egg faces and long furry ears are also attractive, put they are not new this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Orderly City.

''The Eastern papers have so much to say about the large number of arrests in Birmingham and the comparatively large number of homicides in the Bir- mingham district that outsiders naturally gain the impression that this is an un- commonly lawless community" remarked a man who located here recently. Now, while 1t is true that a good deal of crime is committed hereabouts, the greater number of criminal cases that appear in the court records are confined to ex- coEvicts and others who form no part or the citizenship of Birmingham. Of course. the outside editors do not understand the conditions fully; at least they do not analyze the facts.
 Birmingham is a remarkably well be- haved city Reading of it's criminal statis- tics before l came here was prepared to see a rough mining camp But l was agreeably surprised to find city that seems to be morally ahead of many ol the old and fiourishing cities of the north- ern, eastern and southern sections of the United States. In the first place find that Birmingham is great church. going city and that the clergy lead public opin- lon. In the next place I find that Sunday Is observed in a decorus way even by those who have little or no church affllia- ton. The majority of nothern people are under the impression that Birming- ham is wide open town. l certainly thought so until I came here to live. Instead of saloons being wide open on Sunday they seem to be pretty tightly closed. The few violators of the Sunday law are promptly arrested and punished.
 Birmingham is not only great city from a commercial point of view but 1t is attractive in every way. Its social life is charming it's educational advantages are high above the average. and It's pub lie utilities will compare favorably with those of any city of 100000 population. l have met many new corners here like my self and all of them are delighted with the place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
WRITING PLAY WHILE YOU WAIT
Daughter of Frank Mayo the Actor
 Makes Unique Wager.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 Miss Margaret Mayo, daughter of Frank Mayo the actor, has made a unique wager concerning her ability to write a play. Miss Mayo thinks dialogue can be reeled off as rapidly as a woman can talk over a back fence. During an argument on this point with a New Fork playwright the lady made the assertion that she could write the dialogue of a play in twenty-four hours, and the wager was the result. She will do her writing in a closely guarded room, and in the presence of a referee and an umpire, the plot to be furnished by the man who has the other end of the wager. In order that will be worth staging, and much curiosity has been aroused over the prob able outcome of this noble contest.
 About ten years ago Oscar Hammer stein created a sensation by writing the music and book of an opera in twenty four hours on a wager of S10O0. This has always been regarded as a wonderful per- formance and it remains to be seen wheth- CT Miss Mayo will be able to beat Ham merstein's record or not.
 Shakespeare, as far as Is known. never wrote a play in twenty-four hours, and we have no record of a truly great opera having been written within that length of time However, Clyde Fitch has been known to write play in the time 1t would take an ordinary smoker to finish a cigar, In viev- of which fact it should not be unreasonable to expect Miss Mayo to win. In fact it will hardly be necessary for her, If she fully understands the sit- uation, to go any farther than to in- troduce drinking chorus, an Amazon march and a few pairs of tights in order to have her piece ready to make a hit Let US hope she may triumph. The stage still needs elevating
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
A New Fad.

"Once upon a time a gentleman handed out his snuff box when he met you and wanted to show you his friendship, but in the future it will be the powder box, !" said a drummer yesterday. Several times recently have run across men with what seemed to be feminine toys in their pockets. These little articles were pow der boxAs.
 "The powder box varies but little from the old snuff box habit. The friend meets you and remarks: It is rather a warm day. Forth from his pocket he draws his little box and opens it. handing you the puff with a small amount of delicately scented powder. It is then your duty as a gentleman to powder your face daintly.
 "The most unique affair of this kind is an advertisement of certain brand of whisky. It Is small square leather de- vice and resembles a pocket book for change. On the inside of the lid is a small looking glass. There Is also a very pretty little powder pun and just enough powder fin the bottom to make your sface feel right. think it will become regular fad"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
HOW TO LOOK YOUNG.

From the Boston Globe.
 Is 1t hard work that makes people grow old, or Is it because they do not have enough to do, or rather do not find the thing they are best fitted to do?
 The hardest worked people in the world are the actresses. Yet some of them, without mentioning names, are 60 and some play the part of lovers and bolster ous young tomboys at an even greater age.
 The Americans are the hardest worked people in the world. Yet foreigners call us a young-looking nation. Nothing makes people look so young as liberty. There is none of the cramped caste-re- stricted blight upon our people that is seen in Europe.
 To have ones heart in his work is the secret of long life in all nations Clad stone felied trees at S6. The hardest worked man in England today is Joseph Chamberlain, who, though 66, hardly looks over 50, they say.
 The oldest looking people In the world are not those who have worked hardest, but those who have not worked at all. If one would see them he wants to go to the fashionable watering places. There he will see comparatively young men and women who have never worked. either with body or mind, driven around in bath chairs or hobbling about on canes, while men absorbed in business are often quite robust at 70.
 Where hard work ever killed a man laziness and inaction has killed a score. It is the class that feels above work that nature has little use for. Work and look young.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
From the Youths Companion.

From the Youths Companion.
 Hunting has ever been a great occupa- ton in Africa, and among the most thrill ing experiences of almost every hunter on the dark continent are those in which he has to meet the king of the forest. the African lion.
 Notwithstanding the lions reputation for daring he is often too cowardly or too lazy, yes once in a while apparently too good natured, to do as much destruction as is expected of him by most people.
 But such behavior is never counted upon by the experienced lion hunter, and it usually takes the maximum of courage to face one of the big brutes when he is driven to bay. One can never tell when he will do all that his great bulk and enormous strength enable him to do.
 In the old-fashioned way of hunting the lion several men carefully approach their horses tethered at safe distance surround the hiding place. set the dogs on him and try to arouse his anger He tacking the dogs. Then, If the hunter 8 aim Is good, one bullet is sufficient.
 The Hons charge Is sometimes ridicu- lous In it's evident lack of earnestness. When forced to 1t he will dash with frightful impetuosity at the hunter until he is within a few feet of him; then he will stop with such abruptness that his feet throw the sticks and gravel like hail over the daring hunter.
 His leonine majesty will then crouch and roar until the ground seems to trem- ble That is the critical moment; for if the hunter turns his eyes from those of the lion, or shows the big brute any sign of fear, the lion will bounce upon him at once.
 But the hunter who understands his business realizes that comparative safety lies in keeping his wits from wandering, and he allows the lion to roar until tired. This bold behavior will enrage and puzzle the great animal, so that he will act like gigantic cat facing an imperturbable enemy whose measure he cannot take and whose method of warfare he fails to di- vine.
 The lion, when thus boldly confronted. will roar for some length of time and then show signs of uneasiness. Present. ly. glancing furtively at the hunter, he will whirl swiftly around and make great
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13

George c. sandifer of Louisville is at the Hillman.
 w E. Knox of Anniston is stopping at the Morris.
 J. J. Bailey of Alexander City is at the Metropolitan.
 L. A. stubblefeld and wife of Washing ton, D. C., are at the St. Nicholas. R. M. Gates of Memphis is registered at the Hillman.
 T. w. Bush of centrevi1le is at the Nor ris.
 M. c. Priddy of sulligent Is at the Met ropolitan.
 F. H. Sharp of Columbus, Miss, is registered at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
COMMENDS THE
 REPORT OF COMMISSION

of the cardinal principles of the United Mine Workers.
 Faithful observance by both operators and miners of the award of the commits sion will, in my judgment, secure many, many years of industrial peace in the an- thracite region. This may be called bow ing to the law: and, so far as we are concerned, we should have abided by the verdict of the commission in good faith if it's award had been against us instead of in our favor. It is more than likely that at the end of the three years for which this award is made one side or the other. or both, may want some changes in the wage scale. Such changes should be arranged through joint conference, and a new agreement for a term of years entered upon.
 One thing upon which I think we will all agree Is that there should be very lit- tie of outside or government interfer- ence Employers and employed should adjust all their differences between them- selves It is only in a great emergency, like the one of last year, that the inter- vention of outside forces Is desirable.
 I am aware that many men who are friendly to organized labor as matter of principle still fear that trades unionism may become tyrannical and oppressive. But they should not judge by isolated h. stances or petty annoyances. Trades unionism has done great work in taking children out of factories, in raising the age limit in securing compulsory educa- ton and other reforms. It has done more than any other agency to lift up the standard of labor and of comfort.
 The fear that the rise of trades union- ism will become menace to society, to government or to social order is utterly fallacious Unions are a part of the peo- pie of the United States-the patriotic, in- dustrlous people. As a labor man, say that the stronger they grow the more conservative they become. This tendency, I hope and believe, will continue indeh- nitely. The best friends of organized labor are those who believe and who teach that it can thrive only by being right, by being moderate and just and by feeling and meeting its responsibility as one of the great forces of our citizenship and industrialism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
The Parks.

q notice the city administration is giving more attention than usual to the parks this spring." said a South High lander.
 "A force has been at work for several days in Berhen's park and it looks as though 1t will make a very attractive place later on. The circular plot at Five Points is being beautified. It has been sodded and water connections have been made so that the grass can be kept green during the whole summer.
 Capital park is as inviting as ever and the parks on Sixteenth and Twenty fourth streets will receive careful atten- ton.
 "Of course the suburban parks will at tract a great many visitors just as they have in the past Easter was such a beautiful day that thousands of people were seen at Avondale, North Birming ham and East Lake"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
MAPLE SUGAR WILL BE SCARCE,

From the Portland (Me) Advertiser.
 All the reports from the maple orchards seem to indicate a shortage in the sup ply of maple syrup and sugar this sea son. The early spring is the cause. The old sugar makers claim that in order to get good supply of sap there must be plenty of snow on the ground, with freezing nights and thawing days. On this theory they account for poor seasons by the growing fashion of milder winters and the early disappearance of the snow At any rate, it Is sure that some years do not produce a very large flow of sap into the buckets of the syrup and sugar manufacturers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
cARNEelE's EARLY HARDsHiPs

From Leslie's Weekly.
 MT. Carnegie makes no pretensions to being a public orator, but that he has the happy faculty of saying the right thing in the right place had been made evident on numerous occasions. Such an occa- sion was the recent annual dinner given in MT. Carnegies honor by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, where he made brief address Speaking at this time of some of his early experi- ences MT. Carnegie said that the great est change that ever came to him was when he was transferred from the cellar of an engine room to a telegraph office. "where there was clean paper and pencils and windows" That was the first glimpse I had" he says, "of paradise, and when I was getting the princely sal- ary of $25 a month. I became able (hav- ing surreptitiously practiced at the key In the early morning hours before the operator arrlved) to call up New Orleans the line through from Pittsburg was not completed when I began work in the office, but 1t was when I learned to tele- graph. l clicked off IN. O.'-New Orleans and signed ID for Pittsburg and said 'Gm-'Good morning. The answer came back; Good morning And then l said to myself that 1t was true, as Sweden borg said about heaven, that space was annihilated,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13

and some method of curbing produc- tion must be devised.
 These low prices affect chickory growing in Nebraska, where thousands of persons have been engaged in the culture and preparation of the adulter- ant. Cocoa is also largely consumed bv the American people, but as the price of coffee is low and will probably remain low several years, coffee will hold its place as the leading beverage and perhaps gain some ground over all the other drinks of the table that im- prove the digestion and delight the palate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
Will Receive Warm Welcome.

Hundreds of people read with especial delight the announcement in The Age Herald today that MT. and Mrs Benjamin Guckenberger were coming back to Bir- mingham to live" said member of the Birmingham chorus last night. MT. Guckenberger was not only an able mu- sician but he was one of the most popu- lar men personally who ever lived here, His friends knew that he left Birming- ham with great reluctance, and while he was well received in Springfield Mass, where he has been living for year. he has remarked to Birmingham friends who met him in the east that he would never be satisfied until he got back to Alabama. MT. and Mrs. Guckenberger will receive an enthusiastic welcome or. their return"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
HUNTING THE AFRICAN
 LION NOT SO DANGEROUS

bounds away from his inscrutable enemy. The hunter who had the nerve to stand this trying ordeal surely knows enough to take the first opportunity to send bullet between the lions shoulder and ribs.
 The lioness, however, is uglier to deal with than the lion. Her charges are al- ways in earnest. She will make for her enemy and nothing but sudden death will break her determination and efforts to get at him. She is as fierce as she looks.
 Once a party. purposing to track and slay lion, started out from home in a covered wagon resembling somewhat an American prairie schooner" drawn by six horses. When they arrived at place where they knew the lion to be they dropped the wagon behind and started to beat for the lion.
 But his majesty saved them the trouble of anything like 8 search, for he almost immediately charged them from his lair. Not being experienced hunters, the men became panic-stricken, and broke wildly for the wagon, into which they clambered pell-mell. One or them BTdDDeu lne ISluS and started the wagon in the direction of home
 The lion not only soon caught up with the wagon, but bounded into the rear of it. thereby creating a wild panic among the occupants who scampered off the front in different directions And there the animal stayed while the horses, frantic at the scent of the beast of prey so near them, tore down the road for home.
 AS it was dark in the wagon, the lion remained there, being presumably satis- fled with his concealment from the day. light which he naturally distrusts. Luck fly the frightened horses stuck to the road, and presently arrived, foam-fecked and panting, at the farmers home, whence they had but lately pranced forth.
 The folks at home, seeing the wagon come tearing down the road, evidently thought that the men were coming with all speed because they had bagged some noble game, and were in haste to tell of their good fortune. Their surprise and consternation may be imagined when, as the exhausted horses stumbled into the yard a big lion jumped from the rear of the wagon and snkingly made his es- cape.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
John Mltchell in coIller,s weekIy.


 @HE REPORT of the anthracite kO strike commission is, on the
 whole. fair and just to the men and the organization I represent. I feel a great degree of satisfaction in the fact that our position has been sustained. The aw ard of the commission has increased wages, shortened hours and effected a general improvement in the conditions of employment. True, we did not get all we asked for, but 1t was not reasonable to expect that the commission would grant every one of our demands. We had never supposed that In any final settlement, either by direct negotiation or arbitra- ton, we should win at all points. Never theless, under this award the anthracite mine workers will receive greater meas- ure of justice than was ever before ac- corded them A fact of deep significance workers in that field were never able to secure proper hearing until they had organized Not until they formed union were they able to have their case so pre- sentcd tha.t. the public could pass judg- mant upon its merits. A demand for la hor r. form Is like demand for any other reform-it cannot win unless 1t Is justif- able and Is supported by public opinion. We were not able to induce the employers to take up the case on its merits. but the American people did so take 1t up, and they compelled the method of settlement which hns led to such wholesome results.
 Let me say at the outset and with all possible emphasis, that I am in full ac- cord with the commission In its condem- nation of violence and intimidation. Some of these evils are perhaps inevitable in any great labor struggle, but have al- ways maintained that the worst enemy of our cause is the man who resorts to law lessness.
 Over and above the increase of wages and shortening of hours, of paramount nportanct IS that feature ot the award which directs that when grievances can not be settled by direct negotiations be- tween employees and men they shall be referred to a joint board of cancellation or arbitration. That Is the very thing I have always contended for. It is one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
EASTER HuNNlEs AND CHICKS.
Novel Toys and Knick-knacks That
 Bring Joy to the Little Ones.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 Effective Easter souvenirs are eggs that are painted to represent the heads Of public men, including President Roose- welt as a Rough Rider with Rough Rider coat and hat; Chauncey M. Depew, Min ister Wu, Secretary Hay and J. Pierpont Morgan Each is in box that is little wider than the egg and perhaps twice as long, With the exception of the repre- sentations of the President and Minister Wu, the eggs are dressed in black coats with white shirt fronts. Other eggs in the same style have comic faces.
 There are all kinds of things for the children for Easter. One little Easter cart is of wicker, open in the back, with a hood over the drivers seat. The horse is a white rabbit and the driver is good sized chicken. On the whifhetree are three tiny chickens, and two others are perched like small guards, one on either side of the hood over the driver. In the wagon several dolls and rabbits are hav- ing what appears to be straw ride. al- though for them tissue paper Is used, as they are packed into it, each with the head out. All around are perched tiny chickens.
 A milk cart, filled with the milk cans has chicken half way out of the she'll on the top of each, and there are chick ems perched on all parts of the cart.
 A railway train with open cars has a chicken engineer and chickens in each car. A doll bride and bridegroom are standing upon a basket under a big straw bell, on which are small eggs. Chickens are perched on it also.
 There are smaller brides and bride grooms under other straw bells, with more eggs and chickens, and big egg which opens into two halves has in one half a tiny bride and in the other small
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-13
HE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Behold the great image of authority: a dog's obeyed In office.
 -kinu Lear.
Gold in the Treasury.

At the end of March there was $632, ,73s, ,S26 in gold in the United States treasury, but the amount of absolutely free gold was but $126, ,S15,- sos, an increase in a month of about seventeen million dollars. One hun dred millions of the aggregate Is re- garded as a reserve fund, and the bal ance down to the free gold is covered by paper currency of the government in note form. The actual withdrawal from circulation of gold is therefore s126, 6,805, ,803, and this sum is increas- ing month by month, and there Is no way in which 1t can be restored to the general circulation of the country.
 On account of the scarcity and high price of United States bonds new banks cannot be started, and thus no relief can come in an increase of bank circulation. There is but one remedy in sight, and that consists in reduc- tion of duties, and this remedy Is out of question because the men and the trusts that control the republican par ty will not permit any revision of the sacred Dingley tariff. We tax the mary for the benefit of the few, and we are piling up gold in the treas ury that hurts and cripples all, and leads to extravaganza on the part of congress. The entire system is rotten and indefensible.
 One year ago the free gold in the treasury was but $94,s5S,O5O. We had about thirty-one millions more in gold, and the available cash balance is larger than 1t was one year ago by about forty-five million dollars. Des- pite the repeal of war taxes the gov ernment receipts are fully maintained because of the gains in customs re- ceipts. The following table shows the revenue in the nine months ended March 31, as follows: