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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
No Hanging Last Year.

During last year." said an officer yes terday, mo one was hanged in Birming- ham, The last time a hanging occurred here was in December, 1901. Since that time a number. nine l believe nave re- ceived the death sentence. At present there are eight or nine prisoners In the county Jail under sentence of death. The dates for the execution of two of them, Jim Webb and will Dorsey, have been set.
 .Webb is to be hanged on Friday of next week at noon, and Dorsey is to be hanged on the 27th. For the past six years the sheriffs of the county have pulled the drop. The law does not require sherin to do this for he Is allowed to appoint a deputy to perform the duty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

Paris has accepted not only the cake walk, but also the American goober, and the demand exceeds the supply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

Young MT. Rockefeller is still dis cussing wealth before his Bible class instead of the Standard oil directors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

It is Senator J. Frank Alice instead of Senator J. Ed. Addicks Alice is not above criticism, but he is a bit better than his principal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
Bank cIearlnes Broke Record.

New York, March 5.-Bradstreets re- ports that bank clearings for February this year were the largest on record. say ing that the month aggregated ss.4ls.- 100000, as compared with ss.3ls, 100000 in 1901, the best previous February on rec ord
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

Ellen M. Stone and Captain Hobson crowded the other lecturers out this winter in respect to door receipts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

President Roosevelt vetoed big cotton mill when he vetoed the Mussel Shoals dam bill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

From the Holy Alliance down to the Kaiser Alliance none have success fully ignored the Monroe doctrine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
IN HOTEL LOBBTES.
Sunday Amusements.

"The movement of the various ehurenes of the city and suburbs to prevent Sun day amusements at East Lake this sum mer seems to be meeting with considef- able favor" said a clergyman.
 "of course there are few people who would object to sacred concerts at the park on Sunday afternoon and evening" for there is not a city of any size in the country that does not have such thngs.
 .'The chief objection Is to the other amusements that are carried on' such as shooting-the naphtha launch rlo- ing and bowling. the participation Ill which Is more or less of desecratloh of the Sabbath. There Is no harm in con- ducting sacred concerts for they VIII imbue a spirit of reverence for the oay in many who never go to the churches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
The United States Army.

"An interesting change Is soon to be made in the army by the organization Of the infantry and cavalry into permanent brigades, each consisting of two regiments of foot and one regiment of mounted troops" said military man.
 ''Hitherto brigades have been formed in our army only In time Of war, and exist permanently only in the state mili- tias In fact, 1t is said that the organiza- tion of the army into brigades is due to the militia act just passed, which re- quires the state troops to be formed as those of the army are; to permit the state brigades to remain. the army Is to assume the same formation. The general staff act makes the chief of artillery one of the fifteen brigadier generals; but Secretary Root has asked that he be made an ad- ditional general, that sufficient num- Der of brigadiers may be provided to com mand the proposed fifteen brigades. The number was fixed upon not by chance, but because 1t was needed; and. the promotion of the chief artillery to brigadier should not have been made an excuse for dimin- ishing the number of line generals.
 MT. Root desires the retention of the latter and suggests the reduction of ar- tillery colonels from fourteen to thirteen, the fourteenth colonelcy having been cre- ated to permit of having a colonel as chief, and thirteen colonels as command CTS of artillery districts The decrease in the number is logical, now that the chief of artillery Is to be brigadier gen. eral; at the same time the number of general officers of the line should be kept at fifteen, for that is the number required to command the army at it's present strength"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

Congressman Butler of Missouri will have to be elected unanimously in order to hold a seat in congress con. trolled by republicans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06
Shot By His Stepson.

Fl Reno, O. T., March 5.-J.s B. Floyd of Canadian county was shot and killed today by his stepson. E. A. Putnam, dur ing family quarrel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

Charles w. Humrichhouse, one of Maryland's eminent citizens, is dead. His name survives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

President Frances of the Worlds fair counts that day lost in which he does not sign a great European attra ctiOn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

Senator Morgan talked the Aldrich bill to death at any rate, and he is holding his own against the canal treaty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

Baseball football and highballs are not forbidden on Sunday in the Lower Mississippi country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

Dowie's father was divorced a few days ago. but his interesting son set the example.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

Senator Morgan has at any rate achieved an extra session of the sen ate.
 John Alexander Elijah Dowie is worth s15,OOo.o0o. He Is 8 Zion trust Senator German again sits in the body that he once served as page.
  The reaction in cotton is the custom ary feature of the ten-cent article.
 ----------s- President Diaz has decided to re- elect himself to a seventh term.
  The senate is going 1t alone, with nothing to overshadow it.
  There is no Easter bonnet trust, and the country Is safe.
 ---s--- Venezuela Is now reveling in inn ports and revolutions.  The Johnston bill is now a law, and IL mas come 10 stay. Lawyers prosper when millionaires and trusts quarrel The Billy Mason frank has lost it's effectiveness. It was an Addicks victory without an Addicks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

Senator Morgan has at any rate achieved an extra session of the sen ate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

John Alexander Elijah Dowie is worth $15,O0o,O0o. He Is Zion trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

Senator German again sits in the body that he once served as page.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

The reaction in cotton is the custom ary feature of the ten-cent article.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

The Johnston bill is now law, and 1t has come to stay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

President Diaz has decided to re- elect himself to a seventh term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

Venezuela Is now reveling in i'm. ports and revolutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

There is no Easter bonnet trust, and the country Is safe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

The senate is going 1t alone, with nothing to overshadow it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

Lawyers prosper when milionaires and trusts quarrel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

The Billy Mason frank has lost it's effectiveness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-06

It was an Addicks victory without an Addicks.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-25

brains for few hours. At first the
Rev. Jones held out, as he did not be-
lIeve IN horse racing, but after a lot Of
talking he agreed to be a party to the
venture
Smith was deputized to spend the IS
cents for expenses and place the lonely
$40 note on the Bobtail to win.
The next afternoon Smith left the
house with a host of well wishes fol-
lowing him. He was cautioned to leave
the rest of the races alone and place
all of the money on the horse Gray
was to ride.
The first race had been called and he
strolled about the grand stand parade
impatiently waiting the running of the
third race in which Bobtail was enter
ed. Standing near the fence of the
track was familiar back of a figure
clothed in black. He walked closer and
was surprised and delighted to find it
was the Rev. Jones. The two friends
made their way to the betting ring in
search of Smith. He was no where
which thronged the region of the dol
lars and books.
They made their way back to the
grand stand and silently but impa-
tiently awaited the event which they
had come to see.
After the band had finished lively
air the third race was called at last.
The track was still muddy, but the sun
was shining brightly above. The two
friends crowded close to the fence once
more.
Six or eight horses at last lined up
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-25

the pendulum swings back again in
Time, the balance is struck and another
point of progress is licked off on the
face of things. I believe a generation
or two hence every home will be the
happier and more wholesome because
women are learning now how it feels
to come home at night tagged in body
and brain and be talked to for an hour
or more about the servants and the
butchers bill, the gossip next door or
the personal aches and pains suffered
by various members of the household
during her absence. 1 believe homes
VIII De happier because men will know
by experience that women can fill the
place of any of the worlds workers,
and that their remuneration of such
work is voluntary. Homes will be hap
pier because women know the value of
a hundred cents, and, by experience the
amount of flesh and blood that goes to
the earning of them. We will all be the
better, l think, for the broader outlook
and scope of personal interests that
shoulder to shoulder work in the bust
ness world neces sarily gives a woman.
BY that time the froth and dregs of the
new draught with both have disappear
ed, and we will have the strong current
of womanliness at its best"
The bright eyes of the motherly
woman beamed gratefully on the
speaker from under the halo of whiten-
ing hair. The conductor called some
polysyllable and unintelligible name
and the little party, problems, pessim-
ism, hope and all, disappeared in the
darkness of the outer world.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-25
ARE HER STANDARDS LOWER?
Men Discuss Woman in Her Relation
to the Business World.

They occupied a compartment of the
parlor car. Three of them were bust
ness men, men of affairs, and their
companion a gentle, metherly soul,
whose craving hair, soft voice and
kindling eye spoke of long and close
sympathy with her fellow travellers on
the uphill road
1T seems to me-" said the oldest of
the four ("and ours was one of the
first firms in our city to employ women
as office assistants) that generations
of business life would not be able to
rub out that ingrained love of home
that God must have given Eve with her
first breath. Women go into it with
more or less enthusiasm, the first few
months earnings give a novel sense of
citation and freedom, and they are apt
to get off a few declarations of indie
pendence on the strength of it. But
after year or two the interest pals
and-I say 1t regretfuliy-the exception
is the woman who does not let her
ideals down notch or two to compass
a-home."
Il don't agree with you,r began an
other of the quartette, a much younger
man; eat least, in my experience the
results seem to be pretty evenly d.
yided. From what 1 have seen women
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-25

in front of the barrier. 1t seemed an
age before the starter could arrange
them in line. The horses seemed bound
to prance about and continually got
out of place. At last the assistant
starter cracked his whip and with a
snap the barrier rose In the air. A
scurry and the horses were off
The friends were vaguely aroused
from their throes of excitement by a
person saying 'Bobtail leads"
Then the horses disappeared around
the far side of the track only to re-
appear a few minutes later coming pelI
nell down the track. Swiftly they ap-
preached, but far ahead appeared one
alone. He shot past the winning post
five lengths ahead of the bunch. A
shout from the winners and a groan
from the losers. Bobtail had won
The Rev. Jones and Or. Payne were
readily informed that the betting had
been 80 to 1. They Immediately left
the race course and while they were
being whirled back to Buffalo they fig
ured how much money their $40 had
won and what article they could best
buy for their friend with the 5000
which Smith would collect. They went
to their fat and anxiously awaited his
arrival.
When he at last came In he was
greeted with a slap on the back and a
CHEEKY smile. His face clouded over
and he said:
TOO bad, fellows"
Whats the matter?" they asked in
chorus.
well, l heard some fellers saying
Bobtail did not have a chance. so I did
not put the money up. We have only
got the original So"
When Jack Raymond left for the
West he received small present with
the inscription Its small. 1t might
have been larger, but our Intentions
were good"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-25

get the business habit, and go money
mad, even when the money is of their
own making, coined out of their own
flesh and blood, you might say, just as
much as men do. They are just as
mercenary when once they get the
taste indeed, | think more so, for a
woman always goes farther than a
man when she's started, and corroding
tendencies cut deeper burrows in the
feminine character than in our rough
er brand. Don't you think so? At
least that has been my experience. I
have known a number of business
women who have Enthusiastically cared,
and cared much, for men who were at
tentive to them, but they simply
wouldn't let themselves reach the stage
where they would be willing to give up
their incomes and settle down to liy-
ing on the money some one else earn
ed. Two or three married on condition
that it should interfere in no smallest
way with their business interests They
were willing enough to enjoy the dou-
bled income. 1t was not a question of
loss of freedom; the average Ameri-
can woman is pretty sure of her free
dom under any circumstances. 1t was
matter solely of creature comfort
and, to my mind. it is as criminal to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-25

Kill as to sell one STWomanliness for
material gain. Then, TOO I think the
more or less free and easy manners.
the constant and unconventional ming
ling of women with men comparatively
strangers to them, is distinctly HARM
ful to woman. She loses much of her
sensttIveness, discrimination and sense
OF the courtesy due her simply because
or her Womaniiness. 1t is impossible
Tor her to have two standards-one
for her own home and personal friends
and one for her business life and ac-
quaintances.
so many things are done and allow
ed which are accounted (and really
are) no harm under the eircumstanceS
but which, however. insensibIv lower
Wonan's whole standard, and with II
those OF the men with whom she asso-
clates. L know for a fact that few of
US would keep eternally up to the mark
If that didn't also mean up to the ex-
pectations of the women we know and
respect. To my mind, the increase of
women In the business world Is to be de-
piored as misfortune, from both
points of view, and no woman for
whose welfare / am responsible shall
ever be subjected to such Influences"
You don't think" began the moth
erly old soul. hitherto silent, that,
while few women may lose by the
ordeal. the great mass may serve as
leaven, and our ingrained womanliness
sooner or later make Itself felt, even in
the business world? 1t seems to me
you cheaper and lessen the value of
this quality if you make it so perish
able thing. Don't you think, even
granting we must sooner or later show
the true fiber below the veneer, under
the stress Of workaday tension, that
there are enough of us of good grain
to stand the revelation? Wouldn't a
mercenary woman be, just as mercen-
airy in her own home?"
Yes chimed in the man who had
not spoken before. when there was
nothing open to woman excepting
dressmaking and school teaching, and
little of these, it was small credit to her
or compliment to man when she mar
ried. 1t was the natural trend of af-
fairs, and often enough scarcely taxed
individual choice Or tested individual
inclination. But, as things are now,
almost any women iean earn a fairly
comfortable living in some moderately
| easy way, and the fact that the large
| majority Of business women do stiIl
marry proves, / think, that their innate
womanliness can weather the gale of
even business storm and stress. / adj
nit that for generation or two we are
likely to have feminine freaks in the
business world. Every change is
marked by extremes, and pioneers are
often enough unloyely characters. But
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-25
COPY ENGLISH ACCENT
IT'S DIFFICULT TO TELL ENGLISH
FROM AMERICANS.
Fads Among Women Are Pardonable
But in Men Such TrifIes Are Alb
surd-Some Americans Are Pleased
to be Taken for English People.

a Newport woman said the other
day that it is almost impossible to
tell the difference between Americans
in good society and Englishmen. Well.
wouldn't that make you comfortable
She further said that the reason was
that in Newport all men and women
aped the accent used in London.
What on earth they want to do that
for it would be difficult to tell. The
English accent is not so desirable that
persons should take the trouble to
become affected and a laughing stock
among their friends. In fact there is
nothing more absurd in men or women
than affectation. Sometimes it is be-
comes so much u matter of habit that
il almost ceases to be affectation and
becomes natural. Men do not like
affected women, and indeed some girls
who realize this leave the frills off of
their conversation with men and save
them to impress their women friends.
There are many ridiculous fads
among those who would be smart:
some woman in New York writing
upon this subject not long ago said
that the hallmarks in pronunciation
among a certain set were in two or
three words. One was patent Gin ref
erence to patent leather Shoes)
which should be pronounced pay
tent" another word which shows is
valet, winch should now nave the
final letter sounded. These are merely
samples of words used by the elect and
which are never pronounced any other
way by smart folk
All this sounds very silly, and yet
it is wonderful how this faddishness in
little things obtains. An English ac-
cent is, of course, affected by Amer
leans they do not have 1T naturally;
that goes without saying. 1t is par
donable when one hears girls and
women affect these faddish ways of
talking. but when one finds strong
men doing so, it is enough to make
angels weep. And yet they do so.
and do so here in this town.
The Newport woman who said it was
difficult for her to tell the difference
between English and American people
at Newport thought she was paying
the Americans the highest kind of
compliment, and doubtless some Of
those who heard the remark We're also
highly flattered. All of which goes to
show how easily are some persons
pleased.
1t is better to be natural. first of all;
but there is difference between af-
fectation and adopting the latest and
best form of pronunciation. There is
no possible harm in that and those
persons who try to keep up to date
and abreast of the times even in these
matters, are to be commended for
their enterprise. However. aping the
English accent can hardly be called
anything but foolish in an American
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-25

Mrs. George Mueller, of Albert Lea,
has been in St. Paul for day to at
tend the Woman's Auxiliary meeting.
The Opechee club will give its next
regular dancing party at Ramaleys
hall, Grand avenue corner ST. Adams
street, on Saturday evening, Oct 8, at
$50
Mrs. Niles Carpenter, of Rushford,
Mimi, is the guest of her nniece, Mrs.
S. G. Iverson, of Marshall avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith, of Ben
son, are spending week in st. Paul.
Mr. and Mrs. George WARREN. of New
York, who have been visiting their rel
atives, w. c. Kennedy and family,
South st. Paul, have returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raudenbush, of Os-
ceola avenue, have returned from Bald
Eagle.
Mr. and Mrs. F. ]. Haynes. of Day
ton avenue, will return this week from
Yellowstone park.
Miss Mccullough, of White Bear, will
give musicale Saturday afternoon in
honor of Miss Fillebroun.
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Fernold, of Lin
coin avenue, gave a reception to cele-
brate their twenty fifth wedding ami
versary last evening. They We're as
sisted by Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Cooper,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Prouty, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Markham, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin Pearson, Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
Crosby, Mr.. and Mrs. James Kerr, Mr..
and Mrs. J. L. Smith, of Minneapolis;
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Prest, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Otis. William Firth, Frank and
Robert Fernald, Miss Lowey, Miss
Crosby, Miss Cooper, Miss Alice Coop
er, Miss Fernald, of Northfield Miss
Hensel and the Misses O'Brien.
Mrs. Campbell of Chicago, is the
guest of her daughter, Mrs. ]. c. Sabin,
of Twelfth street.
Mrs. A. Hackenbruch, of Chicago,
Ill, is visiting Mrs. M. Jansen, of Arm
strong avenue.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-25

In its advanced and chronic form
a cold in the head Is known as Nasal
Catarrh and is the recognized source
of other diseases. Having stood the
test of continued successful use, EIy's
Cream Balm is recognized as a specific
for membranal diseases in the nasal
passages 1t is not drying does not
produce sneezing. Price so cents at
druggists or by mail. Ely Brothers. Sc
Warren St., New York
Give up prejudice and try It.
Messrs. Ely Bros.:--I have been AZ
flicted with catarrh for twenty wears.
It made me so weak I thought had
consumption. I got one bottle of Ely's
Cream Balm and In three days the dis
charge stopped. 1t is the best medicine
I have used for catarrh.
FRANK E. KINDLESPIRE.
Proberta. Cal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-25
Poems Worth Reading
TO A BUDDING BARD.

Retire to your writing den,
Put beeswax on your chair,
Take reams of paper, nib your pen
And rufiie your poetic hair.
Don't write OF love-it's out of date-
But try your hand at something new:
Work out subject really great
And make 1t brilliant, If not true
And, if you're lacking for some rhymes,
,,, Look up the poets-they'H supply you
lis one OF those quite venal crimes.
For which the public won't decry you'll
You pause in doubt? A phrase of Greek
VIII turn your lines in proper metre:
Or, II In French rhyme you seek,
your verses will appear much sweeter.
And then l think, If were you,
wouldn't send them to the papers,
But twist them up-I often do
Into the neatest smoking tapers.
La Touche Hancock
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-25
crown-W Wearing Women.

BERLIN, Sept. 24.-The car and
czarina will arrive at Darmstadt to-
morrow. Their reception will be most
simple. A choir of sixty Russian sing
ers, for the wadding of Prince Andrew
or Greece and Princess Alice of Bat
tenburg, have arrived at Darmstadt.
Queen WilhelTnina of Holland and
her husband today reached Castle
Rabensteinfold, near Schweirin, where
they will spend a vacation.