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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
RIchardsons in Congress.

Judge William Richardson of Alabama. constantly in hot water about his mall, because 1t goes to Representative Rich ardson of Tennessee, has now met with a more disheartening incident than ever, . said a representative of the Washington Post. Every time the judge shows his head in the democratic cloak room there are broad smiles on every face.
 'It seems there Is a William Richard son who works in the house bath rooms, far down in the capitol basement. This Richardson adds to his other accomplish ments that of being an expert chiropodist. Not only does he attend to the needs of statesmen at that end of the capitol, but he has quite clentage throughout the city. One of these clients is woman clerk in the postoffice department, she having very troublesome bunion.
 'The other day plain but modest note came in Judge Richardson's mail It made the simple request that William Richardson call at her address that after noon at D. m.-after department hours, 1t will be notced--'on personal business
 ''The judge regarded this as trap for him, ana responded somewhat curtly, r> gretting that he could not comply with the request, as he did not see how the fair writer of the note could have any personal business in which he was con cerned. The house chiropodist soon learned of the Alabaman's curt note, and the Alabaman then learned of the erro- neous delivery of the letter The incl dent eventually reached the ears of one of the jokers from a southern state, and accordingly started on the rounds to all his colleagues"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
Political Remarks.

The Hon. Walter NeSmith of Vernon, a prominent lawyer and observer of politi- cal events, is stopping at the Metropoli- tan. Mir. NeSmith has been conspicuous in Alabama politics for considerable time and is one of the best informed men in the state. He had just returned from trip to Montgomery yesterday, and naturally was full of political talk. He said:
 ''Of course it was foregone conclusion that the subcommittee would recommend primary to nominate all state officers and no one will be surprised at it decision. am an old time Methodist and like to see all the members come together once or twice a year and have love feast. So it is in a convention. The delegates can gather from all parts of the state and have an experience meeting. This. in my opinion, would do much to keep up party spirit"
 MT. NeSmith says that he has no politi- cal aspirants. Politics in Lamar next year promises to be very tame" he re- marked as the majority of the county officers will have no opposition to re- election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
FROM THE ROMAN REPUBLICAN.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
 Society is agog this week over the horse show at the ampitheater. Among those occupying boxes last evening were Messrs. and Mesdames Julius Caesar, Marc An tony, Octavius Lepidus, veni V vici. s. Semper Tyrannus, and Q. Frat Demon strandum. Through the courtesy of Elm peror Nero, the smphitheater was bril- liantly lighted, large number of Con- gregationalists, Unitarians, and Dowieites acting as human torches.
 The Alba Stock Company gave an en- joyable performance of East Lynne" last evening Octavia Neuralgia. the talented niece of Mrs. Gen. scipio. played one of the minor parts very acceptably.
 MT. Spartacus. the celebrated gladiator, dropped into our office the other day for a chat with the sporting editor. He states that he is training for his fight with Hoe Habet, the welterweight from Clusium and says he is fit as fiddle. Come again Sparty.
 ; MT. and Mrs. Nil Nisi Bonum sundayed in our midst.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
CERTAIN Professor Gary Nathan \ Callins stated in recent lec-
 fure at CoIoyot,fa tba4 1,a bod

XA CERTAIN Professor Gary Nathan Vk calkins stated in a recent lec-
 ture at Colombia that he had discovered the germ of smallpox in fishes and proceeded to prove his claims by giv- Ing lantern slide illustrations of his re- searches into trout. This is taking mat ters little too far People have be- come accustomed to being told that the air they breathe is filled with frightfuI monsters and the water they drink like wise inhabited, but the professor might have spared us the pain of Knowing that toothsome trout are under a similar ban. In fact the germ theory has been so highly developed that it is becoming ri- dlculous. Scientists are not content with warning us that nine out of every ten ob- jects with which we come in contact are infected with various bacllli, but they are constantly striving to find something new to make life more miserable. It is true that germs have few terrors for the majority of busy-minded people, but there are some people who allow them selves to give way to unnecessary terrors when such matters are mentioned So far the osculation germ has not succeed ed in breaking up sofa conferences.
 The Meridian Press has touched upon book that is seldom mentioned in print and Is yet almost as well known as Swiss Family Robinson" and is more popular than Major Jones' Courtship" This pleasing publication is entitled 'Sut Lovingoods and the youth who has ever perused its pages out in the woodshed has a high opinion of its literary merit as well as its humor. "Sut Lovingood" was written by George Harris of East Tennessee back in the ante-bellum days. It was first published in Nashville pa- pers but the stories were afterward col lected and issued in book form. The ac- counts of Suts adventures are conspicu- ous for their delicacy of thought or ex- pression but some of the situations will compel a laugh. The stories purport to be the personal narrative of a tow-head- ed mountain youth who is a queer mix ture of coarseness, cunning and stupidity His escapades In the mountains of Ten nessee are a sharp contrast to the beauti- ful stories of Charles Egbert Craddock
 but they are funny and "Sut Lovingood's Yarns can still be found on sale, all though it is tabooed by careful mothers
 In one respect at least the Indians are bowling successes. They can play football to queens taste The Carlisle school has always been noted among American colleges for the strength of the football eleven which 1t puts out every year. The young braves never fail to make a good record even when playing the strongest teams In the country. Their recent game with the University of Virginia was one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

of the prettiest contests that has taken place this season. There is something in the sport that appeals to the Indian na- ture. Through the training of their fore fathers they are well equipped for the rough and tumble scrimmage and are moreover far easier to coach than negro players. They think much quicker and are excellent tacticians on the gridiron. Cariisle's eleven has made the best show ing of any Indian football team, but wher- ever the sport has been introduced in ter ritorial schools Indians are found to be fine wrestlers with the pig skin.
 It seems that Chile is highly pleased with the action of Uncle Sam in regard to Panama, even if Senator Morgan feels otherwise. The South American state announces that she will soon recognize the new republic which has been given birth beneath the protecting wing of the Arneri- can eagle, metaphorically speaking. When one considers that it makes no difference whether other republics like the condition of affairs on the isthmus or not 1t is rather amusing to Uncle Sam to receive so much hearty endorsement. In the meantime matters seem to be at a standstill as re- gards everything except the canal treaty With that President Roosevelt wishes to make record for quick work and is talk ing steps to accomplish his ends.
 A Baltimore colored divine has preach ed his annual Thanksgiving sermon to the walters and in it he gave the pro-  spiritual matters touched upon but uues- tions more directly concerning the gentle art of hash singing were elucidated. For instance the Rev. l. L. Thomas says that it is poor policy to Knock the head waiter. We all agree with him in this particular. but he forgot to mention the disagreeableness of spiling soup down the back of an inoffensive fat man. Con- tinuing the pastor says politeness Is a good thing. This is tru again, but polite- ness that is gauged according to the amount of the tip expected to be received is an abomination. The preacher might also have called attention to the matter prietors sometimes and worse on guests. The memory of that deplorable state of affairs in Chicago has not yet departed and business men have not yet recovered from the effects of home cooking they enjoyed during that period of gastron- omic depression. It is pleasing to know that someone has the courage 10 give ad- vice to the walters, even if it is but one year. It is hard to imagine one of these superior beings who does not already know all that can be spoken or told in books. P. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
THE sPENDTHRlFT SULTAN.

s. l.. Bensusan in Contemporary Review.
 Mulai bl-ed-Aziz Is a charming, kind ly, headstrong man, suffering badly from youth. who delights in reforms for the sake of their novelty and lacks the brain power that distinguished his father. Mu- lai e Hassan, and his grandfather. Mu- lai Mohammed While he stayed in his southern capital he was comparatively free from the attacks of commercial att taches and other rogues, whose designs upon his treasury should have been ob- vious though he was guilty of many extravaganoes, including displays of fire works that made his envoy to England speak slightingly of the special display arranged in his honor at the Crystal pal ace.
 In Fez the agents surrounded him like summer flies. He has twelve motor cars and no roads to ride them over; he paid between three and four thousand pounds for yacht sixty feet long that was to be used on the Sebu river. which is no more than thirty feet wide; in spite of the Koran's prohibition he has purchased a crown at price I am afraid to name. He has put some of his soldiers into Flu
 
 ropean uniform and boots only to find that they run away from Blu Hamara as readily as they did when dressed in native garments.
 He has developed an enthusiasm for photography--I have seen some of his work-and in addition to cameras with cases of pure gold, he has one apartment of his palace loaded from floor to ceiling with dark plates, and he was persuaded to order 10000 francs worth of printing paper He has menagerie in the grounds of the palace at Fez. and on a day when it was reported that the lion sent from Berlin, one of the European visitors to the court suggested to him that contest between the victorious lion and the Bengal tiger would afford good sport No" said Abd-el-Aziz. 'the lion cost me three thousand pounds!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
ThanksQivinQ.

Tomorrow will be Thanksgiving Day, and it will be duly observed all over the land. In the Birmingham district there are not many families that are not abundantly able to live well all the year round. The few needy families found in Birmingham will be gener- ously provided with good dinners, in cluding the traditional turkey
 This has been year of plenty. Wageearners in the Birmingham dis trict have been well paid and pros- porous conditions have been the rule in Anniston and every other industrial town in the state. The farmers of Alabama have made big crops and have received high prices for their products; and all the people of the state therefore will be ready to rejoice and give thanks to the Giver of all good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
FOOTBALL IN HoMERIc VERSE.
Plan to Arouse Interest In Greek at
 Vale.

New Haven, November 22-Football and the classics are being combined in the course of Greek at Yale. Yesterday nearly hundred poems written in Ho- merle verse on the subject of the Yale Harvard football game were presented by members of Dr. H. B. wrights Greek classes
 The poems are closely modelled on the Had and special attention to the use of Homeric epithet was required of the stu dents. Instead, however, of references to ''swift-footed Achilles" and Ajax" who bore his shield like tower" it was '.Ro- raback with his back sloped like noun tain,' and long-headed, red-headed Rockwell"
 The poems were the result of plan of pr. H. B. Wright, instructor in Greek. to arouse the interest of the students and to familiarize them with the construc- ton of the epic verse. His theory is that the game of football arouses the same feeling of intense enthusiasm in the mod ern youth that the events described in the Iliad and the Odyssey inspired in the men of former times.
 ACcViuihBiy ne mdue an Ofer or extra credit to members of his classes who would present poems along the lines laid down. The general and enthusiastic re- sponse, he says. confirms him in his the ory
 The offer was made after he had tried vainly to interest his classes in Creek The language and lofty sentiments of Homer had no effect on the majority of the students, who seemed unable to get the spirit of the poetry. In trying to find a contemporaneous example of the feeling which inspired part of the worlds greatest literature he thouht of the game of football.
 Football is real and vivid to every one of these men" he said, in explaining his idea. Tt arouses the same intense admi- ration that is manifest in Homer"
 "Rafferty. Hogan and Shevlin occupy positions almost like demi-gods of old in the estimation of the undergraduates They are not uniting subjects for heroic poetry; they have many of the qualifica- tions-strength. courage, daring and brains. The battle is one in which the strong of body, the quick of eye and the swift of foot will triumph
 The poetry which have read Is very. satisfactory and shows that the men have caught the spirit I desired. Many of the epithets are truly Hdmeric."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
New industries Coming.

Many new industries are to be estab- lished in the Birmingham district this winter" said a member of the Conner cial club.
 scrlbed to s1e0O0 of the stock Of cast ings company which is to locate it's plant at North Birmingham Negotiations are pending for two or three large plants at Ensley I think it is safe to say that at least half dozen new industries will be located in Greater Birmingham before tl4e end of the year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
UNDER THE LEAVES.
By Albert Leighton.

By Albert Laighton. oft have I walked these woodland patns' Without the blest foreknowing That underneath the withered leaves
 The fairest buds were growing. Today the south wind sweeps away
 The types of Autumn's splendor' And shows the sweet arbutus howerss- Springs children. pure, and tender. o prophet fiowers!-with lips of bloom.
 Outlying in your beauty The pearly tints of ocean shells,
 Ye teach me faith and duty! Walk life's dark ways. ye seem to say,
 With Loves divine foreknowing, That where man sees but withered leaves, God sees the sweet flowers growing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
A Philosophical FaIlaey.
he New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
 The Rev. George c. Lorimer was dis cussing the Stoics and the falacy of their philosophy.
 .The Stoics," he said. claimed that to iop of a desire was the same thing as gratifying 1t. They claimed that by lop- ping off their desires they supplied their wants This, 1t seems to me. was as false and senseless as though we should say today that when we need shoes we have only to cut off our feet and the need is supplied
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
German Very Strong.

Congressman Bankhead said yesterday that he regarded Senator German as the strongest man who was being considered for the democratic nomination for the presidency. "If German is nominated he will be elected" said Colonel Bankhead. "He grows stronger every day. Cleye- land and Parker are still regarded as can didates, but as it looks now German will be chosen our standard bearer in 1904"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Two girls that like the same man never yet were friends.
 It takes woman to make any kind of figIre i'll up any kind of clothes.
 Fever biisters are we'll named when . girl gets them from under mustache.
 It makes a woman very happy to share the unhappiness of somebody she loves
 Brave men scarcely ever faint unless their wives ask them to discharge the cook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
A BIT OF A LAUGH
The Mathematician.

From the New Yorker
 Daddy" said the little boy, what is a mathematician?'
 "A mathematician, my son, is man who can calculate the distance between the most remote stars and who is liable to be swindled in changing a 25-cent piece"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

William Jennings Bryan has mapped out his plans for the next campaign. He states modestly that he would like to have the chairmanship of the na- tional committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

Chicago has decided that it wants no more music during dinner time. The strains of Wagner seem out of har- mony with the mastication of pork chop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
BRAVES MOURNING THE
 "GREAT WHITE MOTHER"

are sad, it is for us that we are sad, not for her; because we know she is happy. We are sad because we are left alone I think ours is the sweetest of all the re- ligions.''
 Addresses were also made by Chief Longfellow, Morris Leigh and Carlos, an Aztec Indian from Mexico
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

Lanky Bob is now preparing to an- nihilate George Gardner. The latter gentleman is anxious to do the same thing to Lanky Bob. The confidence of our pugilists is admirable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

Carrie Nation is again temporarily out of the running. The stage is not so productive of sensations as a trip to Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

The opera season has opened auspi- ! ciously in New York. From present
 indications Herr Conried will make a
 success of the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
A Difficult Mix.

From the Chicago Record-Herald. Horace says, Mingle little folly with your wisdom
 Yes that's easy enough. But its an- other matter when it comes to mingling a little wisdom with your folly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

Prophet Dowie announces that he will make another crusade on New York and next time will swoop down on the Gothamites in ships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
J.p, Growing Taller.

< Published statistics indicate that the average of height among the little brown men of Japan is increasing. The people of that brave. enterprising and progres- sive nation have been taking great deal of thought in recent years and, even If they have not been able by taking thought to add cubit to their stature, they may possibly have succeeded in producing elongation to a moderate ex- tent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

Lou Dillon is still delivering the | goods, but she has been overlooked in the stress of weightier matters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

France says she is the whole show in Morocco, but does not care to prove it to the other nations by taking slice off the sultan's domains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

Birmingham's last gridiron struggle will take place Thursday, when the boys from Tennessee will meet the bows from Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

The beggars are coming to town, but they make detour about Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

It is rumored that the merry game of spilling blood continues unabated in Macedonia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

One cannot but help thinking what
 snap those senators will have who
 have places on the woman's suffrage committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

As was to be expected, John Mitchell will have to restore order in the Colo rado coal fields.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

Arctic expeditions continue to dis appear It stated intervals. The frozen north" makes an excellent graveyard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

The quality of mercy is too often tempered by desire not to pauperize good citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

Forest fires are inspiring when seen from afar, but are unpleasant neigh bors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

As regards the Dietrich case and a settlement of the Chicago strike there is nothing doing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

As a money maker football is not so bad. Yale will clear $50.000 this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

Birmingham's iron Vulcan will be one of the features of the St. Louis fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

President Roosevelt is trying to lower the record for making canal treaties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

Big Bill Devery is reposing with that host of has-beens who are to be found in Greater New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

Senator Morgan's first gun was evil dently of the 1s.inch variety.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
No Encouragement Needed.

From the New Yorker.
 Her Father-What? You say you're engaged to Fred? I thought l told you not to give him any encouragement? His Daughter--I don't. He doesn't need
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25

M, Delcasse evidently has no crow to pick with Uncle Sam.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
The Scientific Rebuilt.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 Isabel-Are you ever rude? Dorothy--Oh, yes one has to be rude now and then to teach other people man. ners,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-25
AN ABSURD ERROR.

To the Editor of the Age-Herald:
 In your issue of the 24th inst appears small paragraph In the editorial column which will have tendency to create in the minds of the reading public a severe criticism against the machinists as an or ganization. As representative of that craft l kindly request that you give us an explanation as our comprehension of the inserted paragraph leads us to believe your sarcastic remarks, While short, are intended as a sur against one of the most scientific organizations and leading crafts of the world.
 The paragraph alluded to. read as fol- lows: "If the machinists do not hurry up and get another victim the world is apt to forget that such an infamous organiza- tion exists" Respectfully.
 . B. H. RYDER,
 Machinist Business Agent Birmingham, November 24. 1903. The paragraph as written read as fol- lows:
 'If the anarchists do not hurry up and get another victim the world is apt to for get that such an infamous organization exists"
 Just how the linotype operator could have seen fit to set the word anarchist which was in plain typewriter copy, ''machinist." the editor of the Age-Herald knows not how to explain, nor can anyone explain how the proofreader let such glaring absurdity pass him unnoticed. The Age-Heraids detective force was put upon the case early yesterday morning and discovered that the able compositor had been to the matinee Monday afternoon to see a Land O Cotton" and that the proofreader was living in eager antici- patton of the Press Club banquet.
 If future matinees and press club ban quets are to have the same demoralizing and paresical effect upon the mental and mechanical end of this publication. cru- sade will. of necessity, have to be started upon both.