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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
Presidential Problems.

President Roosevelt has returned to
 Washington full of vigor, and weigh ing about 196 pounds He is now in
 fine condition, after enjoying "a bully time" as he expresses it, to take up the numerous problems that await him..
 First of all he has many raseals on his hands in the postofice department and in the Indian territory that need attention. Not one of them has been
 brought to trial, and the country ex- poets the President to drive them all out, and to see that they are properly punished
 But the chief interest in the special message that he will send to the No yember special session of congress re- lates to the position he will take in reference to the isthmian canal. He need not, however refer to the sub ject at all because the law of June, 1902, known as the Spooner law, di- rects him to take steps to build canal on the Nicaragua route when ever he finds he cannot build one un- der the Hay-Herran treaty at Panama, His true course is to proceed under the Spooner law without consulting congress at all.
 The currency question will no doubt be considered in the special message. The President is particularly anxious to keep off hard times until after the election of 1904, and an abundant sup ply of money seems to be depended upon in this crisis, when in fact there is more currency than confidence, more dollars than unwatered securi. ties. All the Aldriches in the world cannot induce investors to buy water. The water-buying period is ended, and men see clearly what before they saw enthusiastically to say the least. Secre- tary Shaw is emptying the treasury into his fayorite national banks in a manner altogether contrary to both law and precedent, and it is difficult to sea how CanotOr Idriob and his associates could do more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
Points in Grammar.

Said an old teacher: For the sake of correct English I beg leave to call atten- ton to the incorrect use of the words who and whom. I scarcely ever read through the reportorial columns of a newspaper that I do not detect con fusion of these two words. Of course everybody knows that who is the nomina
 tive case or the subject of the verb
 and whom is the objective case or object of verb or of a proposition. But they are both relative pronouns and are used only in relative or dependent clauses.
 Now the only way to discover which of the two cases is proper to be used is to parse the relative clause by itself and find whether the pronoun is the subject or the object of the verb in that clause. The man whom I saw was Jones' Whom is the object of the verb saw. The man who l saw was Jones' puts who in the nominative case without it's being the subject of any verb. "A man who was thought to be Jones' or "A man whom We thought to be Jones' is correct, but not vice versa This confusion of the nominative and the objective cases is not manifest in nouns because the two cases ot tIs noun are alike, but in the pro- nouns who and whom, he and him, she and her, I and me, thou and thee, they and them, the cases are different words. |"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
From the New York Commercial.

From the New York Commercial.
 IS steel to be largely substituted for
 wood in the construction of railroad
 cars? This proposition for years has been under consideration by railroad man. agers and mechanical engineers. Consid-
 erable effort has been put forth, and
 some accomplishment from time to time
 has been reached, in this direction. Com
 panies have been formed for the building
 and introduction of steel cars, says
 the American Lumberma. Such rolling
 stock has been employed on certain east
 ern electric lines and used for interurban traffic.
 For years steel has been devoted to the
 under work and frames of flat cars. Con- dola and hopper cars of steel for the ore
 and coal traffic have been built and used
 in large number on the roads which have
 a heavy traffic in such freight. The Bal timore and Ohio, which employs 1S,000, | and the Bessemer and Lake Erie, which l owns 5000, are examples of the extent to which steel is applied to the building of 1 gondolas and fiat cars. The Chicago and Alton, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois | and other wel-known companies are equipped with large number of steel or composite steel and wood cars.
 But as yet little progress has been made | toward the introduction of steel box cars. l The main reason is that such a car is too l heavy In proportion to the load to be car
 ried The aim is to have the weight of | a car not more that one-third of the
 weight of the car and load combined. It l is difficult to construct car wholly of 1 steel light enough to secure the propor-
 tonal weight indicated The Pennsylva-
 mia railroad is now experimenting with 1 couple of steel cars with the obiect of | reaching the desired result, if possible. l So far the greater progress in the use of | steel in car building has been in under | and superstructural frames. The compo- l site method is most in favor for flat cars
 It is probable, however, that as the right | kind of timber becomes continually scare 1 CT steel will gradually be substituted for wood. until it will predominate in the
 makeup of cars.
 The most urgent call for steel is in the construction of electric passenger cars where the danger of fire from contact with the electric current is always men ace. Considerable progress has been made in this direction.
 The Illinois Central has struck out bold | ly in adopting steel passenger coaches for it's suburban service. The cars are to be of steel throughout, the framework being
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
No matter what: He's poor and that's revenge enough.
 -Timon of Athens.
GobbIinu inc Peabody Fund.

The trustees of the Peabody trust are to meet this month, and it is be- lieved by some the effort of Atlanta to collar the entire fund will then be consummated. Edward Ingle discusses the subject in a recent number of the Manufacturers Record. He shows that Robert c. Winthrop, once a trustee of the fund, who knew MT. Peabody, never entertained the idea that one state, much less one city, could absorb the fund He thought all the states in the south should share in any distribution of the fund that might be made. The late J. L. M. Curry said that Mr Peabody had clearly in his mind mot a preponder- ant expenditure for one, but diffusion of benefits among all"
 The trustees of the fund should know that the students in the south who propose to become teachers cannot pay railroad fare to and from a dis tant city, nor are they able to pay living expenses in a large town. In other words, the Atlanta proposition is simply and wholly a proposition to gobble the entire fund for the benefit of Atlanta and Georgia, leaving out of consideration the students of all the other southern states. This is exactly what it means when the naked facts are considered.
 pr. Curry fought the proposition to concentrate the fund in the Peabody normal college at Nashville on the ground that one college "could never meet the varied wants of the school, rural and urban primary and second ary, of such large territorial area as the southern states" What he said in 1894 stands good today, and unless the trustees desire to rob a dozen states for the purpose of benefiting one city, or at the most one state, they will reject the plan that has been formulated by Atlanta for Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
KUBLA KHAN.
did Kubla Kahn

In Aanadu ulu i\upid hdhn
 A stately pleasure dome decree,
 Where Alph, the sacred river, ran. Through caverns measureless to man,
 Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground, With walls and towers were girdled round:
 And there were gardens bright with sim
 uous rills,
 Where blossomed many an incense
 bearing tree;
 And here were forests ancient as the
 hills,
 Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. The shadow of the <1ome of pleasure Floated midway on the waves, Where was heard the mingled measure From the fountain and the caves. If was a miracle of rare device, sunny pleasure dome with caves Of ice! damsel with a dulcimer Tn a vision once I saw; It was an Abyssinian maid, And on her dulcimer she played, Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song To such deep delight 'twould win me That with music loud and long I would build that dome in air That sunny dome! those caves of Ice! And all who heard should see thefn there, And all should cry. Beware! Bewarei His flashing eyes, his floating hair! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey dew hath fed
 And drunk the milk of Paradise
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
LIGHTNING PHOTOGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 During thunder storm a few days ago a number of Swiss marksmen were struck by lightning while at rifle practice It was found that upon their bodies were imprinted photographic impressions of the trees by which the range is surrounded. For at least a century and a quarter the photographic powers of lightning have been known to the scientists. Benjamin Franklin noted an instance, in 1766, in which the effect of what he enormously described as a thunderbolt was to pho tograph upon the breast of the man the likeness of a tree against which he was standing. A New York scientific journal noted case of a little girl upon whose body was impressed the exact image of young maple tree growing before the window at which she stood when struck by lightning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
Magnanimity.

A Birmingham lawyer who reads the old Greek philosophers remarks: 'Magnan- imity, or loftiness of mind and spirit. says Aristotle is the continuation of the virtues. It is concerned with greatness. The high minded man is one that, being worthy, rates himself at his real worth. and neith- CT more, which is vanity, nor less. which is littleness of mind. Now, worth has ref erence to external goods. of which the greatest IS honor. The high minded man must be in the highest degree honorable, in order to be which he must be a good man, honor being the price of virtue. He will accept honor only from the good, and will despise dishonor. Knowing it to be undeserved. In all good or bad fortune he will behave with modera tion; in not highly valuing even the highest thing of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
OUR RAILROAD CARS IN
 THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS

, of such chacter that a blow on the ends or sides of the car cannot splinter or break it. Tests made in the shops have de- monstrated that the most disastrous wreck might bend and twist the car with out breaking it's outline.
 This result secured in the new style of car will do away with much of the terror. death and suffering results from wreck. Wood breaks and crushes when smashed by collision, deraiing and overturning. The steel cars will not break and splinter and cannot burn. If not another advan- tage can be secured by the use of steel cars. that should be sufficient for their general adoption in the passenger ser vice.
 But wooden cars. especially box cars. will be used so long as they can be built more cheaply, can be repaired more cas- ily. and can thus be made more profitable than steel ones. So long as there is abun- dance of good timber, such as yellow pine. caost fir. oak, norway, etc, the frame work sides and roof will mostly be of wood and while there are oak, poplar, ma ahogany, cherry and other cabinet woods interiors will be finished in the ma terial that breaks, splinters and burns. So the purveyors of wood will for years be called on for car lumber, probably as long as the car supply shall hold out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
Cuttinu Down Production.

The furnace operators in the north ern districts have about concluded to recommend a reduction of 20 per cent in production, in order to bring con sumption and production again at parity. At present production is out running consumption. The northern furnace men of course expect their southern brethren to follow suit.
 This is scarcely probable, provided the railroads take off the advances in 1 freight rates that they put on in boom times. The boom is no longer with us, and it seems but just to producers that the boom railroad tariff should be ad- justed to suit present market condi. tions.
 The rolling mills of the Republic company will be put in operation next Monday, and then only one mill in this entire district will be silent. That one is the rod mill at Ensley, and it is understood that it's wheels will again be set in motion when the remainder of the plant is in condition to furnish raw material. While all our industries are active, the one thing lacking seems to be railroad rates that con- form to changed conditions.
 To expect southern furnaces to blow out in response to northern furnaces is unreasonable. They make iron un. der differing circumstances Southern furnaces did not shut down when iron was selling at $6 ton, or even less, and it is not reasonable to expect them to go out of blast when iron is selling at double that price. The mis- take arises from thinking that iron cannot be made cheaper here than it can be made in Pennsylvania, Ohio or Illinois. It can be produced at lower cost, and if the railroads will aid southern producers as they formerly did not furnace will, The Age-Herald ventures to predict, be blown out in this district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
Outlets for Export Grain.

New York and other north Atlantic ports are troubled over the gains of Montreal and Galveston in export grain shipments, and to counteract the tend ency of traffic the railroad rate on ex- port grain from Buffalo has just been reduced 1 cent bushel. But this re- duction will not meet either the rate from Duluth to Montreal over Canadian tines, or the rate from Kansas City to Galveston. Taking Kansas City as center of shipments of export grain, we find that the freight rate to Allan tic ports is 25A cents as against IT cents to Galveston. About half of the difference is neutralized by the higher sea rate from Galveston, leaving about cents a bushel in favor of the gulf ports.
 The reduction of 1 cent bushel is tentative. It is to be ended on Octo- Der 15, and it will have no effect what ever in turning shipments of export grain from the gulf ports. Ten years ago the exportations of grain from Galveston were valued at $37000,000; in the last fiscal year they had risen in value to $104 100000. The grain shipments of New Orleans ten years ago were worth but SIT ,0O0, ,0O0; in the year ended June 30 they were worth s149, ,000 ,000. Such figures tell their own story, and no jockeying with rail road rates can turn export grain from its slide down hill by easy grades from the states of largest production to the outlet of their rivers in the gulf. The crossing of mountain chains has been supplanted by natures own line to the sea, and the eastern ports may as well accept the situation, and proceed to gather business in other directions.
 The opening of an isthmian canal will fully establish the pre-eminence of the gulf ports, especially as to all expectations other than to European ports. When once the tide of grain exports is turned in full volume to the gulf ports, 1t is easy to see what con  yeniences of shipment of other goods will be within our reach, and what a demand there will be for bunker coal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
Mems cIothIno.

local tailor was doing the talking What do you think of the fall and win ter suitings?" he asked. "So far as am concerned he continued, T am not over-pleased at the patterns selected by the manufacturers. There are too many designs not popular with men of quiet tastes. Although the darker shades make up very well it is rather hard to persuade some of my customers of that fact
 Tt is commonly supposed that we'll known styles of mems ready-made clothes such as are manufactured by certain high class concerns, are playing havoc with the tailoring trade. To a certain extent this may be so, but I have personally found very little difference. No matter how well the store clothes fit, some men do not feel comfortable unless a tailor makes their garments"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
ODD STREET NAMES INe ENGLAND

In clerkenwell, England, there is street called "Pickled Egg Walk" It takes its name from Picked Egg Tavern, which formerly stood there and made a speciality of serving picl1led eggs An iteresting London thoroughfare is Hanging Sword alley" which is men, toned in Dickens "Tale of Two Cities" London has also "Pickelherrng street." in Leicester is a street called "The Holy Bones" and another called "Gallows Tree Gate" Hull has a street with the extra ordinary name '"rhe Land of Green Gin ger" Corydon has a street called Pump Pail" and there some years ago lived Peter Pottie, a dealer in furniture. The most daring of farce writers might well have hesitated to invent a combina- tion of names and address so improbable as that which really belonged to Peter Pottle of Pump Pail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIE5.
Local Cotton.

''The cotton season is rather slow in opening" said buyer yesterday There seems to be a disposition on the part of farmers to hold the staple back until bet ter prices are offered. Here in Birming- ham we do not expect business to be in full swing until about the middle of the month but even at that we are slow in getting started. From other parts of the state come similar reports. The planter realizes that he has a good thing this year and you may depend upon him to reap every advantage.
 However, some farmers are selling but they are in debt to merchants. In their case it is a necessity. For one l feel easier now that the crop is ready for market. During the growing season there were so many alarming reports circulat- ed and so much wild speculation on the size of the crop that it was hard to keep tab on the situation. Now that we know the crop is short we can do our fighting accordingly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
Window Displays.

'Blrmingham's display windows present very handsome appearance just now" remarked a merchant. The usual fall openings partially account for their att tractiveness, although our drapers have exerted themselves to degree. The lar ger establishments in town have capable men to look after this very important fea- ture of the modern store and some of their ideas are highly artistic. During the fall and winter is when particularly rich effects can be obtained especially in the dry goods trade. but in spring window drapers are at their best Summer goods are easily draped and flowers add touch of grace.
 Few people who are not merchants themselves, understand the value of an appropriate window display as a pro- ducer of trade. In the large cities there are school for training experts for this work and when employed by such estab- llshments as John Wanamaker's stores they draw handsome salaries. The art is not easily learned unless the aspirant has natural talent. The window draper is as much an artist in his chosen work as the painter or the landscape gardener Of course a well arranged window adds much to the general appearance of a store but 1t is most valuable as a trade win ner. When public fancy is once captured the remainder is easy for our salesmen."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01

all, honor itself, he may seem to others supercilious.
 Wealth and fortune may contribute to high-mindedness; but most of all, su- perior goodness for the character cannot exist without perfect virtue. The high minded man neither shuns nor courts dan- ger. nor is he indlspesed to risk even his life. He gives favors but does not accept them; he Is proud to the great but affable to the lowly. He attempts only great and important matters; is open in friendship and in hatred truthful in conduct, with an ironeal reserve He talks little, either of himself or of others; desiring neither his own praise nor caring to utter blame. He wonders at nothing. bears no malice. is no gossip His movements are slow, his voice deep, his dietion stately"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
A BIT OF A LAUGH.
Bribery By Proxy.

From Answers.
 You say it is quite impossible for you to agree with Farmer Perry on these points?' said Hodges solicitor to him.
 "AyP answered Hodges.
 Then I'm afraid there is no help for it; the matter will have to go before the judge'
 Very we'll" said Hodges. And then after pause he added: Do you think 1t would do any good to send the judge a couple of fine fat ducks?"
 Not unless you wish to lose your case" said the lawyer decisively. And Hodges left apparently convinced.
 In due course the case was tried and Hodges gained a verdict.
 'I believe I won because I sent the ducks. after all,' he said to his lawyer afterward.
 'What?' said the astonished man of six-and-elght pences. Do you mean to say you sent them?"
 "Ayi" was the reply; "but thinking on what you said, I sent 'em in Perry's namel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
About Persons.


 Prof. H. O. Sergeant, the newly elected professor of horticulture at Auburn, was in the city yesterday. Under a recent act it is his duty to inspect all the nurse ries of the state. He has just come back from an inspecting tour in North Ala bama and reports that the nurseries in that section of the state are in good shape.
 NJ. A. Block of Sheffield is registered at the St. Nicholas.
 w. A. Gayles of Montgomery is in the city MT Gayles is a member of the well known wholesale house of Marks Ss Gayles.
 s. M. Dolan of Selma Is stopping at the Hillman.
 J. G. Britain of Montgomery is in the city
 E. M. Mason of Baltimore is registered at the St. Nicholas.
 William D. Gay of Montgomery is in the city.
 J. A. Higgins, one of the leading mer- chants of Corona, Is in the city.
 c. E. Cook of Montgomery, came up from the Capital City last night. D. H. Riddle. a prominent lawyer of Goodwater, is in the city.
 Charles P Jones, assistant district att torney for the Louisville and Nashville railroad with headquarters at Montgom- cry, is at the Hillman.
 James Lodge, one of Tuscaloosas most prominent citizens is at the Hilman. E. J. Duane, travelling auditor for the Louisville and Nashville railroad, with headquarters at Louisville, is at the Met ropoltan
 P c. Black of Geneva, and s. T. Walk CT of Selma are in the city.
 J. M. Owen, a prominent druggist of Louisville, is at the Hillman.
 R. B. Jones of Columbia, Tenn, the ex- proprietor of the Florence hotel is in the city. Mir Jones ran the Florence for sev- eral years and has a large number of friends throughout the state and the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-01
Bananas and TarantuIas.

Whenever l see a car of bananas being unloaded I cannot help but wonderif there are not few of those deadly spiders called tarantulas, lurking within the bunches,' said a gentleman on Morris avenue. Considering the careless man. ner in which negroes handle the fruit such thing could easily happen if there were any tarantulas present Such cases are exceedingly rare, however. By the time bunch of bananas has been loaded on board ship, unloaded again. and chang ed about several other times before reach ity of tropical insect remaining undis- turbed And yet those who have seen tarantula shudder at the mere posslbil- ity of coming in contact with the dead ly Insect. As our negro freight handlers are not well up on the subject such con- alterations do not bother them.
 "On board ship the danger is vastly in- creased and cases are not infrequent where sailors have been bitten by trop- ical spiders with fatal results. The oper- alton of unloading a banana steamer is extremely interesting. Quantities of the fruit drop on the wharf and in our south ern ports a swarm of negroes gather the bananas up in baskets. As may well be supposed the arrival of a banana steamer is very welcome to these people who are permitted to carry off much of the fruit that would otherwise be wasted"