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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
Georuia and Iowa.

John Temple Graves, editor of the Atlanta News, discusses in the Al kahest some affairs in Iowa and Geor- gia, and he does not make out a good case for his own state. He shows that there are in Iowa 800 regular lecture courses, through which fully 100000 Iowans are each year brought in con. tact with the thought and accomplish. ment of the country. As MT. Graves is one of the professional lecturers of the country, he speaks doubtless in part from personal experience.
 The two states are nearly alike in population, Iowa having 2,251,82 in- habitants, and Georgia 2,216,329. The difference in numbers is not material, but the other differences are material, and they are thus summed up by Mir. Graves: Iowa has 1922 school houses, and Georgia 6246; Iowa spends $685. 048 annually on her schools, and Geor- gia $2,08S,000. Conrad, Iowa, has 637 inhabitants; it's lecture committee sells every year 450 tickets to the regular course of the five entertainments. Granville, H., has 106O inhabitants, and its lecture audiences number be- tween four and five hundred.
 There are hundreds of towns like Granville in Georgia, with no lecture courses, but MT. Graves contends that the country people of Georgia are the best and most deliberate readers in the state, and that the country audiences are the most thoughtful and apprecia- tive. Therefore, he urges that Georgia do what Iowa has done and is doing in the matter of schools and lyceums. Then, he believes Georgia will com pare at the end of the next decade fayorably with Iowa.
 The color line is not sufficiently brought out by MT. Graves in. such facts and figures. For lyceum pur. poses Georgia is cut down one-half by tho color line. Instead of having r. 21e,329, she has not much over mil. lien that can be induced to patronize the lyceum, and it Is impossible to have every farmhouse in Georgia look into the open door of school, as MT Graves says the farmhouses of Iowa do. The condition of the two states is wholly unlike because of the pres ence of two races in Georgia and only one Ill Iowa. MT. Graves has not suff ciently accentuated the color line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
IwentIeth street Property.


 TWO or three years ago there were many citizens who predicted that the solid business section of Birmingham would within a few years be altogether west of Nineteenth street" remarked a wide awake observer. T never agreed with that view and now every one must see that Twentieth street will continue for long time to come the citys great north and south artery, with Nineteenth and Twenty-first streets as good seconds. The Woodward building helped to anchor business on Twentieth street. and the First National bank building will anchor 1t still more firmly
 "The elegant club houses that have been built on Twentieth street between Fifth and Sixth avenues naturally en- hances lne value of property Tn that sec ton, and if the Young Mems Christian association decides to avail itself of the option of taking the old Webb house and lot off of Mir Munger's hands and erect Ing thereon an association building Twen- tieth street will be still more attractive The Webb house adjoins the Athletic club and presents an excellent location for the much needed Young Mems Chris tian association building. If the assoeia- ton should use that site Twentieth be- tween Fifth and Sixth avenues would have club row indeed. The Phenix club will some day build handsome home and 1t could not do better perhaps than to get into line and build on Twentieth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
CrueIties in the Phillnnlnes.

The war department releases Gen eral Miles report on the army in the Philippines as he sees it, accompanied
 by contrary statements furnished by various staff officers stationed, not in the Philippines, but in the more agree able climate. of Washington. These staff officers undertake to refute Gen eral Miles charges, but as rule their refutations are neither plain nor con elusive. \
 Surgeon General ORielly admits that the climate of of the Philippines is enervating, but he considers General Miles statement as to the value of the repeal of the canteen feature of the post exchange as more than doubtful. He tells the commander-in-chief- own commander-in-chief- he should seek evidence from city posts and not from posts in. remote districts. General Miles, however, uses his own eyes and Judgment, and he unquali- tiedly comments the repeal of the liquor feature of the canteen. Just why the war department should go out of it's way to discredit General Miles canteen views is not apparent It cer- tainly shows a very discourteous spirit on the part of the war department, one too prejudiced to good discipline.
 So it is as to the water torture and other barbarities practiced in the Phil ippines. Judge Advocate General Davis attempts to refute the facts presented by General Miles, and he leaves the subject in an involved and obscure condition. The speculations of Gen. eral Bell in rice, and the cruelties free ly practiced by officers and men in Gen. eral Hughes command are by no means cleared away by the defense set up by the war department General Miles deals in specific facts and cir
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
pr. Stafford Tonight.

The Rev. Dr. D. J. Stafford of Wash ington. who Is to deliver his popular lee- ture entitled "Eloquence in Shakespeare' at the Jefferson theatre. will arrive from Atlanta about noon. It will be his first visit to Birmingham.
 Dr. Stafford has been invited to attend a meeting of the Shakespeare club this afternoon and 1t is very likely that he will accept the invitation and make a few extemporaneous remarks on the inn mortal dramatist.
 No platform speaker in this country. from all accounts, equals pr. Stafford in English diction or In impassioned ora tory. And few pulpit orators. Catholic or Protestant, surpass him in the power of holding the attention of his congrega- tions. He is the pastor of St. Patrick s church in Washington and, although the edifce in which he breaches Is very large. hundreds of people are turned away un- able to gain admission whenever it is his Sunday to fill the pulpit.
 Dr. Stafford was born in the national capital In 1860. He was ordained in 1885 and was stationed from that time until 1890 in Cleveland. He was transferred to Baltimore and then to Washington.
 Said writer in discussing Dr. Stafford recently 4e
 Heaven has favored him with the di-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
THE FIVE STAGES.

From Llfe.
 At seventeen she said "1 want man who is ardent in all of loves ways and whose passionate devotion may never flag. He must be tall and broad-shoul- dered and handsome. with dark. flashing soulful eyes, and if need be, go to the ends of the world for my sake
 At twenty she said: q want a man who unites the tender sympathy of a woman with the bravery of a Hon. don't mind his being a little dissipated, because that always adds charm He must be, however, accomplished to the last degree. and capable or any sacrifice for my sake"
 At twenty-five she said; T want a man who unltes with an engaging person. allty a complete knowledge of the world, and If, of necessity, he happens to have a past, he must also have a future; a man whom l can look up to and with whom I can trust myself at all times without the slightest embarrassment"
 At thirty she said: T want a man with money. He can have any other attributes that a man ought to possess, but he must have money; and the more he has the better I will like it.,.
 At thrty-five she said T want a man."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
Conference of Southern Editors.

The editor of the Houston Post urges a meeting of the editors of south ern newspapers at some central point doubtless, New Orleans--for the pur- pose of considering the promotion of affairs in this section of the country in view of the building of the Panama canal. The opening of the canal will be fully discounted by the turning of trade in this direction. Railroad lines will be constructed and terminals se- cured and industries started, keeping in view the opening at the earliest pos sibe date of an isthmian canal Colo nel Johnson of the Houston Post urges southern editors to get together for the purpose of promoting and shaping the great wave that Is sweeping even now southward. Vast changes will take place, and every one of them will be favorable to the south and to south ern development.
 The proposed conference in New Or leans, or at Mobile, or at Pensacola, should be held, and that, too, at an carry day, and the men who have studied the new movement with the greatest care should be brought be- fore it.
 As to the place of meeting the New Orleans Times-D Democrat says: Every effort practicable should be made to persuade the conference to meet in New Orleans-the largest city in the south and one which, by reason of it's strategic geographical situation, is des- tned to increase constantly in popula- ton ana in wealth and to wax in power and prosper. The advantages that would result to this community by hay | ing so distinguished a company of men meet in New Orleans can hardly be magnified. It would be a great pleasure as well as a great privilege for the people of this city to receive here an'i to entertain the editors of southern newspapers. The subjects discussed at such conference as well as the personality of the speakers who would address the meetings would be of profound national interest"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
CLAY'S ALABAMA LETTER
 TEACHES A GOOD LESSON

tained in the south. and probably with no particular thought of it's possible dis astrous consequences in the north.
 What Is said of the effect of the letter upon the fortunes of Clay is the accepted view of history that if 1t had never been written Clay would have been elected president and the Mexican war might have been averted, New York. with it's thirty six electoral votes, was turned over to Polk and the democrats by the defection of 15.S00 abolition whigs who votkd for James c. Birney and who were Moved thereto doubtless by the Alabama letter. Michigan with five electoral votes went to Polk because of the whig defectioh to Birney; and with both these states, or with New York alone. they would nave been elected-other states remaining un- changed.
 But the trouble with such calculations is that other states might not have rer mained unchanged. Tennessee, with thir4, teen electoral votes, went for Clay by all popular majority of little more than 100. and it Is easy to believe that but for the Alabama letter 1t would have gone to Polk, one of it's own citizens. In that case Clay could have carried New York and Michigan and still been defeated.
 Close presidential contests are often de- cided by some comparatively small thing, but this may not have been one of them. The Clay letter, however, conveyed les- son as wholesomely instructive in a gen. erai way as 1t was bitter to the great whig chieftain. It's teaching was that candidates before the people for public office begin to court their own defeat whenever they begin to compromise them- selves by consulting special expedients for the winning of a few votes from this or that locality. or this or that class of citizens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
BREAKING HIM IN.

From Answers.
 The momentous question, What shall we make little Georgie?" was agitating his parents.
 "Tve thought of a plani' exclaimed the father at last 'We must get him some useful toys-nothing like watching the toys boy Is most fond of to find out his natural bent. Get him toy printing press. a steam engine, box of paints a chest of tools and anything else you can think of to find out what his tastes are"
 Very we'll my dear" said Mrs. Brown. "Pll get them tomorrow"
 But on the succeeding evening Mrs. Brown greeted Brown with very pug zled expression.
 'I got all those things" she said.
 Yes? We'll. and what does he like best?''
 q don't know. He's smashed them all upl'
 For a moment Mrs. Browns puzzled expression was reflected in MT. Browns face.
 II have itr' he said triumphantly, at last. wen make him a furniture re- moveri"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
SHE CAME AND WENT.

By Lowell
 As twig trembles, which bird
 Lights on to sing. then leaves unnsnt so in my memory thrilled and stirred;
 I only know she came and went. As clasps some lake, by gusts unriVen' The blue dome's measureless content So my soul held that moments heaven' I only know she came and went. As at one bound, our swift spring heaps The orchards full of bloom and scent
 So clove her May my wintry sieeps'
 I only know she came and went. An angel stood and met my gaze.
 Through the low doorway of my tent; The tent is struck. the vision stays; I only know she came and went. O. when the room grows slowly dim, T And life's last oil is nearly spent, (l One gush of light these eyes will brif ' .Only to think she came and went Y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
About Persons.

George Parsons and Henry Parsons of New York are registered at the Hillman
  T. G. Davis, Jr., Is stopping at the St Nicholas.
 E. H. Bingham of Tuscaloosa is at the Metropolitan.
 George T. Baker of Providence, R. l., Is stopping at the Morris. Joseph A. Magnus Is at the Hillman.
  F.E. Wright of Cleveland, O., is regis. tered at the St. Nicholas. H. L. Williams of wetumpka Is stop ping at the Metropolitan. J. B. Whitfield and c. Whitfield oi Demopolis are stopping at the Morris. c. B. Tyler of Montgomery is regis tered at the Hillman. Thomas G. Conner of Tuskegee Is regis tered at the Metropolitan.
  J. c. King and wife of Huntsville are stopping at the Morris. W. A. Clever of Talladega Is at the Morris.
 Col. T. G. Bush president of the Ala bama Consolidated Coal and Iron com pany, has returned from New York and Baltimore, where he went to attend the annual meetings of the stockholders and directors of his company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
CHRIST AND THE JEWS.
President of Jewish Theological Seml-
 nary on Dr. HIrsch's Remarks.

From the New York Times.
 The Rev. Dr. Solomon Schechter, presi- dent of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, was asked yesterday wheth- CT or not he had anything to say con- corning the views of Dr. Hirsch, who said, as reported in Chicago: "If Jesus Christ should return to the earth tomor- row He would be welcomed in every Jew ish synagogue in the land, and every Jew would say, with David, Lift up your heads, o ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glo- ry shall come in.' '"
 'I do not care to be drawn into con- troversy," Dr. Schechter explained. Be sides, this is too vital subject to give an interview upon off-hand. It is a fit subject for a book I might say, though, that I do not know exactly what the views are in Chicago. As for as is known to me the King of Glory Is applied by the Jews to God, and accordingly no Jew would hall Jesus as the King of Glory.
 with regard to the sentiment of the Jews toward Jesus Christ, It probably underwent many changes. It is very diff ficult to sever Christ from Christianity, and the Jew who lived In barbaric ages, and in barbarc countries, and was perse- cuted in the name of Chlist, did probably not think so favorably of Him as the Jew who lived In a civilized country, or during a civilized age. But even during the middle ages there were thinkers who recognized in Christianity the pioneers of the Messianic kingdom; inasmuch as Christianity had made the world &C., quainted with the scripture5, thus pre- pairing the world for the acceptance of the truth.
 Nor is it as yet deciaed whether the orthodox or the liberal interpretation of the claims of Jesus is right, each party maintaining to be in possession of the truth, and the attitude of the Jew would largely depend on the nature of these claims
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
Gold In TaIladesa.

]. J. Wilett of Annston Is inclined to think there has been a most important discovery of gold deposits In Talladega county, and with associates he has formed $90O,0Oo company. The declara- ton of incorporation filed in the Probate court at Anniston shows the name to be the "DeSoto Mining company" The in- corporators are J. J. Willett, w. M. Tay- Tor and Dr. H. D. Barr of Annlston.
 MT. Willett says that eleven samples of the gold dirt or sand have been sent to different cities In the south and north for analysis and. that the lowest estimate is that the value is $2O per ton, the highest being $175 ton.
 The land, which was purchased about six months ago, is twenty miles from Talladega and is on the Coosa river. It embraces e6O acres. So far samples of the dirt have been taken from only four acres.
 The peculiar feature about the discoy- cry Is that the land has few rocks on it and is at present a cotton field.
 In speaking of the discovery and it's history MT. Willett said recently: "The DeSoto Mining company owns and con- troIs this property, and it may be of in- terest to know how the discovery came about
 About a year ago w. M. Taylor, who is Methodist preacher. came to Admission from Gainesville, Texas. He Is now about 75 years old and lived at Oxford, three miles below Annlston, during his boyhood days. He knew of the existence of these gold fields in Taladega county and re- membered having heard that gold was there. The matter seemed to prey upon his mind so finally he came back and quietly made his own Investigations. The result is we have gold and are inclined to think 1t will yield large fortunes.
 "When we sent out the samples and the results of the analyses came back 1t seemed too good to be true and we were rather skeptical. We sent out other sam pies with like results So far we have tested eleven pits confined to an area of only four acres. We have gone nine feet below the surface and at this depth the yield, according to the analysts. will be $l20 a ton. The little particles of gold deposits are in the clay or sand and not in rocks. Hence the gold can easily be sep arated from the other substances by a system of washing No crushers or heavy machinery will be necessary. The dirt can be shoveled with a spade.
 My opinion Is that for centuries the Coosa river has been depositing the gold particles along the banks. The Clayton mines in Georgia are on the Etowah river These mines are considered the best in Georgia and do not make an average yield of over $6 ton. Another mine in Georgia is being successfully worked ana its yield Is only 25 cents ton.
 "Our plans are to develop this property ourselves and there is no stock for sale
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
SAYS KoclAN TOOK THE VIOLIN.
w. c. klopton Declares Virtuoso Must
 Return It or Be Arrested.

From the New York Tribune.
 w. c. Klopton living at the Hotel Elm pire, has declared that he means to swear out a warrant for the arrest of Jaroslav Kocian, the Bohemian virtuoso. who sail ed from New York last Thursday on the steamship Victoria. MT. Klopton says Kocian took with him valuable violin which had been lent to him.
 q do not intend" MT. Klopton said last evening. Ito let him keep a violin which is invaluable, and which I have refused to sell at any price, simply be- cause it has grown to his soul I shall get a warrant -or his arrest, but l don't want 70 make trouble for him If he will return the violin. I shall cable to him so that he will receive the message be- fore the steamship reaches port. He will have his choice between being arrested and turning the instrument over to the captain of the ship to be sent back to me. l am determined to get back the violin at any cost
 In most of his recent recitals in this country Kocian used rare Guarnerius violin, belonging to Mir. Klopton, and said to be worth thousands of dollars. MT. Klopton says 1t is one of several old vio- lins collected for the Metropolitan Muse um of Art. and had been kept in safe deposit vault In Wall street for a time. When Kocian saw It he begged to be al- lowed to use 1t in his recitals He was allowed to take it about the country with him, and he carried 1t with him. it is de- clared when he sailed for Europe last Thursday He left note for MT. Klop- ton saying among other things: q could not bear the thought of part ing with the instrument that grew to my heart, and for which I may be willing to sacrifice ten years of my life Time may heal wounds, but not the wounded heart of an appreciative soul.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
EaSa aSashampoo.

eThe egg has long been accepted by chemists and barbers as being superior to soap for shampoo purposes" said a Birmingham barber, and 1t has been in general barber shop rse in the north for some time, but it Is only now becom- ing popular in this part of the country. The egg cleanses the head more thor oughly than the best of soap and it leaves the hair in a much better condi- tion. avery man should have his hair singed after 1t Is trimmed and after the singeing should come the egg shampoo. If all young men would undergo that sort of treatment there would be no more bald heads"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29

cumstances. He employs no generali- ties. He states facts and figures In every instance, and the general de- nials filed by the judge advocate gen eral do not adequately meet the issue and destroy it. No doubt General Miles report will be heard from again and again, and congress may perhaps look into the matters he mentions with telling effect as the official head of the army after tour of personal obserya- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29

vine gift of speech. He has not buried his talent. He has cultivated 1t to the highest degree. Time has ripened his judgment, close study has deepened and widened his culture and constant prac- tice has made him the perfect orator. As a preacher and lecturer he stands without peer. He combines in the most complete and harmonious manner all the eloauence of the orator and all the dra- matie force and grace of the actor. He has wit and words, and worth, action and utteranee and the power of speech to stir men blood .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
he New York Press

From the New York Press.
 Most people think it Is creditabie to talk grand opera when they are thinking baseball.
 To make satisfactory husband to a woman mans temper should be as pliable and elastic as her garter.
 You can always tell when woman is thinking hard by the way she will begin to talk about something else.
 Very few women deceive a husband without making themselves believe 1t is for his own good that they do 1t.
 It makes woman almost as indignant to catch her husband telling her lie as she gets when he catches her telling him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-29
GEORGE ApE's LATEST JOKE.


 Lafayette, Ind, Telegram to the New
 York World.
 George McCutcheon, author, and George Ade, author of the Sultan of Sulu," att tended the wedding here of Miss Bertha Simpson and Edgar S. Miller, brother of the assistant secretary of the interior Before leaving Chicago Mir Ade had a lot of handblls printed calling attention to the wedding. These handbills were kept under cover by him until MT. and Mrs Miller were seated comfortably in a Big Four car, waiting to start for Washington on their wedding trip.
 Ade and McCutcheon boarded the train and passed through 1t from end to end seeing that every passenger had one of the little bills, which contained the fol- lowing postscript: "The bride Is niece of NJ D. Ingalls, and rides on pass, but the bridegroom will have to pay his fare"
 MT. and Mrs. Miller were unconscious of the joke that had been played on them until they saw the unusual attention paid them by the passengers.