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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08
Football in It's Season.

The football season is a short and merry one. and up to November 26 every college team and many non-col- lege teams will be kept busy in strug- gles for touchdowns. It is very strenuous game, and it's devotees do not admit that baseball, the national game. in any manner outranks it.
 Let this, at least, be said in it's favor--it is free from professionalism. Baseball players are hired men, as actors are, but in football all are anna teurs, except perhaps the coach, who does not play. There is never been professional football and let us hope there never will be.
 The football athletes are lifting the young men in the colleges to a higher physical plane, and although bruises come, and even some severe incidents, yet the general good derived from the game more than makes good all draw backs. It trains our youths for the struggles of life, at least that part of them in the various colleges, big and little.
 The big elevens will bring on their games in quick succession, and when Thanksgiving Day comes the football championship will be awarded, and the great sport will be ended until the fall season comes again. The local gridiron will not be idle, and many an interesting contest will be pulled off even if they do not rank up to the struggles of the teams put out by the big colleges.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08
"suwanee River.'

"I am surprised at the ignorance so many people show concerning our best known and most popular songs said a musician at the Hillman yesterday. "A gentleman of my acquaintance had quite an argument with me the other day in trying to convince me that 'Suwanee Riv- CT is spelled 'Sewanee and is synonimous with Sewanee, Tenn Of course scholars know that there is no connection between the two words and certainly no similarity in the two localities. Yet some persons think that the river flows serenely by Sewanee university and students lounge along it's shores The beautiful florida river would have hard time to follow us course and traverse the hills of Tennessee. Again 1 notice that now and then some one comes along with notion that river is pronouncer 'ribber' in the song in oraer to follow the negro dialect. I have never heard singers prnounce the word this way and very few negroes would do so In the first place 'Suwanee River is more often written in correct English and is certainly rendered that way in public by singers Negro dialect in the song has been super ceded and even the most pronounced dla- lect would hardly justify the use of rib ber' instead of river.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08
Good Conditions.

q have no sympathy with some o1 the iron men who are raising the cry that hard times are about to come upon us,
 said well-known capitalist yesterday,
 Recently in New York l told friend of mine that l thought Birmingham would gain more by having iron selling at Sio a ton than at 1925, and I still maintain 1t. If the profit to iron makers is less on pig iron 1t will stir them up so that they will build steel plants to consume their own product. This will bring much better class of laborers to the district than are employed in the comparatively simple occupation of making pig iron.
 Birmingham and the south are in bet ter condition than they have been for many years The banks are conservative and in excellent shape. They had house cleaning about ten years ago. and they have not the unfortunate loads to carry that. some of the northern banks have.
 ''rhe cotton crop alone in Alabama this year will mean the bringing into Ala bama of s5oooo,oOo cash, much of which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08
A Moment in Gladstone's Life.

John Morley. in his life or Gladstohe' tells how the latter received his first in- yitation from Queen Victoria to form ministry. It was in 1868. He writes 'on the afternoon of December l he received at Uawarden the communication rom Windsor. I was standing by him says Mir. Evelyn Ashley, holding his coat on my arm while he in his shirt sleeves was welding an ax to cut down tree Up came telegraph messenger He LOOK the telegram. opened it and read It. and then handed it to me, speaking only the words, Very significant" and at once resumed his work. The message merely stated that General Grey would arrive that evening from Windsor. This of course implied that mandate was com ing from the queen charging MT. Glad stone with the formation of his first gov ernment After few minutes the blows ceased and MT. Gladstone, resting on the handle of his ax, looked up and with deep earnestness in his voice and with great intensity in his face, exclaimed: My mission is to pacify Ireland" He then resumed his task and never said an- other word till the tree was down. "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
"How Dare You2''


 Said theatre goer: After sitting through part of a cheap melodrama few evenings ago l was compelled to ask my self why playwrights persist in making use of the hackneyed speech of the hero inc to the william, How dare you SIT. On. how dare yous In a ten twent' thirt production this phrase seems 10 De the principal line of conversation ana IS beautifully balanced by the heavy man growl of hatred mingled with the accents of his despairing love. Even in the most conservative plays this little speech often slips out and it never fails to. remind me of the old days when I sat in the pea nut gallery and applauded or hissed, as the spirit moved me
 "It seems to me hat since 'alabaster shoulders and cherry red lips have been tabooed in polite literature playwrighfs would take the hint ana look round for some more original way for the heroine to express her pent up feelings. Instead of drawing sp to her full height and hissing out How dare youH the lady In beautiful white gown might keep silent and content herself by delivering one of those uppercuts for which American girls have already become famous. This would be much more effective than waiting for the appearance of tardy hero and would dispense with the simple old father who leaves the farm to confront his daughters s traducer in the last act. Il blow is too vigorous for sensitive minds the heroine might reply to the williams fiery proposal by a bright bit of repartee that would cut him dead and leave him in such a state of collapse that he would not be able to choke the humble youth in that thrilling scene when not sound Is heard save the tense breathing of scores of gal lery gods"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08
TraveIino Passenqer Agents.

Birmingham was visited by a host Of travelling passenger agents yesterday, said A railroad man at the Morris. "A special train passed through the city. en route to the annual gathering of the Travelling Passenger Agents association which takes place this year in New Or leans. There were several hundred jolly fellows on board, accompanied by thelr wives, sisters and sweethearts. About five hours were spent in Birmingham Tn order to give the visitors chance to see something of the Pittsburg of the south. If was not hard to believe that the crowd was out for a good time. There were delegates from all parts of the country, including California and the Tar vest and they were about the jolliest set you ever saw Travelling passenger agents are noted for their good fellowship. They have to be pleasant, as it is a part of their business. but l am glad to say that with most of them it requires no ef- fort on their part. They are always ready with a laugh or a good joke and when the ladies are along festivities are re- doubled.
 ne DoyS are loohiiiS io' "' 0 '' great time in the Crescent City. New Orleans offers many attractions to visl- tors, especially to those who are unac- quainted with life in old southern towns. The convention will last five days. All kinds of pleasures have been arranged for the boys and l think New Orleans will see some high old times when delegates arrive from every part of the United States. The railroads are furnishing all transportation so that the traveling pas senger agents will hit the Crescent City with money in their pockets and a strong desire to spend it"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08
More Sleep Needed.

Physicians are rising up to say that ,his country is going to the dogs be- cause the men and women in it do not sleep enough. Fortunately for the country as an entity, the prevailing poverty of sleep does not fit the rural districts. Men and women and ehil- dren sleep there, and they are all the better for it.
 It is in the towns that sleep is en- croached upon by business or pleasure or society until there is not much of it left in night hours at any rate. And night was primarily made for sleep The meaning of darkness is sleep Sleep is recuperation for the weary brain and body, and it is as essential today as it ever was or ever will be. Natures demands cannot be changed by business or society or the desire for pleasure. Sleep is the only thing that will make good the wear and tear of life, and natures call to sleep should not be ignored. It should be needed to the fullest possible ex- tent
 It is not possible to say how many hours mankind should sleep. Some need more, some less. Ben Franklin said. "Six hours of sleep for a man seven for a woman, and eight for a fool" If this rule were reversed il would perhaps be better. But there can be no general rule as to hours There is but one rule, end that is this; Sleep if possible in the night time, for that is what nature intended, and whoever crosses nature gets the worst of it. The business man or the society woman who uses the hours of the night for other purposes must pay the penalty in nervous wretchedness and drugs and stimulants, ana in hasten ing of the sleep that knows no waking. The man or woman that sleeps Q nights lives long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08
NED BRACE INDULGES HIMSELF IN SOME
 OBSERVATIONS UPON A EUROPEAN TRIP

it burns some 300 tons of ccal day. or one ton of coal for every mile the ship runs. The distance is something over sOt0 miles. The coal costs the company about $4 per ton. So from $l2,OO0 to $iS,0oO of coal is consumed each trip.
 The Oceanic is 7o5 feet long. and If placed on Nineteenth street in Birmine
 ham it would be as wide as the street as high as the Hllman hotel and as long as from the Florence hotel to the Hillman hotel. If placed on end, it would be more than four times as high as the Woodward building Yet it has machinery , aboard powerful enough to drive it through the water at a speed of more than 20 miles an hour.
 This ship carries, including passengers and crew, 1000 people, and many thoua- and tons of freight The minimum first class fare on the ship for one person from New York to Liverpool is SLUG. Some persons. however, get fancy rooms and pay as much as st0O for passage, which includes board Therefore on each trip, a. revenue or from s60,OOo to s1OO0o0 is taken in from nrst class passengers.
 Steerage and freight probably increase the receipts to something like $15O,OOO per trip. But ship like this costs something like sS,oOOOOo and it's operating expenses are great.
 The White Star Line ships, numbering twenty or more are now in the Morgan shipping trust. The British government, jealous of American control of so many English ships, has taken steps. by in- creased subsidies to make the Cunard Line the greatest in the world. The ses- sion of parliament which adjourned re- gently granted this line tremendous subsidy provided it would build at once two great ships for it's Liverpool New York service capable of running 25 miles an hour. In times of war the govern ment can have the use of all or any of the Cunard ships, either for hire or by purchase. The ships shall always be un- der the British flag and must be man ned by British subjects, and the company | cannot sell any of it's ships except by consent of the government.
 The monetary consideration granted the company by the government includes an annual gift, or payment, of s750OOo. In addition to this annual subsidy the government agrees to lend the company SlS,OOO,O00 at 2s4 per cent to pay for the | construction of the two vessels. Tn addi- ton to the above the British government is to pay the Cunard Line an annual mail subsidy of s3ooooo for carrying the mails to New York and Boston, Thus the Cunard Line will receive revenue amount- ing to nearly eleven hundred thousand dollars annually from the British govern ment, and will have to pay back in form of interest ss515oO annually. In other words the governments gift will pay the loan of thirteen million dollars in a few years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08

not be ratified by the senate. Possibly
 not. Our senior senator is an optimist.
 But if he be correct in his prophecy it will be because the Panama business
 is so extraordinary that republican senators dare not stand for it. It takes good deal to induce them to balll, but perhaps the stealing of a state from an American republic will cause them to hesitate and finally perhaps to assert their respective consciences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08
Dan Patch.

Birmingham people were somewhat skeptical about the attempt of Dan Patch to lower the worlds record here Friday" said a horseman yesterday afternoon, but l do not think that the least shadow of a doubt remains in their minds since the attempt
 ''l have talked to at least one hun dred people who were present at the track when the attempt was made to lower the record, and they are unani- nous in their expressions that it was the greatest race they had ever witnessed. They consider Dan Patch the acme of horsefiesh and I will guarantee that every one of the people at the track Friday will be out again when he makes the sec- ond attempt at the record.
 Every one who went to the race track has become a walking advertisement of Dan Patch and his wonderful work. and each of them will carry a friend to the second attempt. l have seen many horse races, and have even been present when records were smashed. but l have never seen as pretty and pucky race as Dan Patch put up against all kinds of ob- stacles Friday
 There is not more perfectly built horse in the world. As the women say, The is a perfect darling, and they come nearer expressing my feelings than any one else can Dan Patch is not a large horse but every limb is perfect, and he has the most intelligent head I ever saw on an animal. It is probable, too. that he is the most valuable horse in the world. l predict that Dan will lower the worlds record here this week if the con- ditions are at all favorable
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08
The Woman's Exchange.

"The fame of the Birmingham Woman Exchange is spreading abroad said gentleman yesterday who is frequently seen in the pleasant cafe Mayor Dren- nen has received a letter from Atlanta asking if supplies from outside the state will be received here, and l think that is a sure index of the success the ladies have achieved. The Woman's Exchange cafe has become quite a popular resort these days. At lunch hour it presents an Interesting scene, There is bankers table where several of Birminghams prominent financiers are wont to dine regularly. The lawyers sit at another table, and the artists assemble about third. The ladies are to be congratulated for the success they have made with their exchange. They have certainly ar ranged very pleasant retreat for pus:- ness men who are unable to take the noon meal at home Weary women shop pers also have cause for gratitude. Many have become steady customers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08

the judge would have none of it. If he couldn't try his French on the people with whom he was spending his money, upon whom could he try it?
 "Avez vous de ladies gloves?" said be-
 Right over at this counter, said an English speaking clerk who led the way.
 'Je parle Francais. Don't speak English to me- responded the judge.
 The clerk with laugh brought out a number of boxes of gloves. Picking from the lot pair, he explained in French the quality of the gloves, when Judge Allen, examining them, said, "combien?" "Dix francs. replied the clerk
 "only two francs said B. M in amaze ment.
 "No, ten francs" said the clerk in Eng fish.
 Well, I don't care. Give me ten pair" exclaimed the judge.
 And so through the great store Judge Allen went. going from counter to counter making purchases. in French, when he could; pulling himself out of mlre when stalled, with ordinary English which the clerks Setmeu 10 ulueTStduu Hluc0 better than they did his jaunty French.
 Will Walker and Doctor Lewis Morrow contented themselves with plain English and pretended to have gotten better bar gains than the judge acquired with his knowledge of French But persistence brings its own reward, and after ten days of effort, Judge Allen was able to navi- gate even in the Latin quarter and as far out as Fontainbleau where English speak, CTS are scarce l admired his persistence and nerve.
 By the way, I met our old Birmingham friend Count N A. Bothas, in Paris He is the general agent for France of the North German Lloyd Steamship company, is prospering like a green bay tree and is one of the social favorites of Paris as he was in Birmingham.
 In both London and Paris I was much impressed with the excellent streets. As- phalt and Belgian blocks have been aban- doned. The streets are made of creosoted wooden blocks laid upon a solid founda-
 
 shape of bricks with the grain of the wood perpendicular. They are thorough ly creosoted and make the finest and most noiseless streets imaginable Ger tainly such streets are the thing for Bir- mingham. The wood is near IS. The creosote is made right here. The cement and slag for the concrete foundation is
  Birmingham could lay such streets cheap CT than any other place in the world, and l would suggest that we try a block or two at once. It is a perfect street.
 went over on the Oceanic of the White Star line-said to be the greatest steam ship afoat. Regardless of the weather 1t runs as regularly on schedule time as railway train, making from twenty to twenty-one miles an hour. To do this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08
SteaIinu a State.

The administration revolution at Panama is coming on finely While its nals in Panama are driving the Colom- bian troops out Secretary Hay is pet ivfopeing the case at home. MT. Hay xyinds m his plea with these words:
 .sThe President took occasion at the same time to give notice to the world that not only our treaty obligations but the imperative demands of the interests of civilization required him to put a stop. which we hope and believe will be final one to the incessant civil contests and bickerings which have been for so many years the cure of Panama. Having re- gard only to the political crisis and the needs of the hour, no plainer duty was ever imposed upon a chief of state than that which rested upon the President of the United States in the interest of the isthmus the people of Colombia, the peo- ple of the United States, the commerce of the world to preserve for the benefit of all free transit over the isthmus, and to do all that lay in his power to bring a permanent peace to its people,
 In other words, he ended the matter by recognizing the new provisional government of Panama, which he de- clares, through MT. Hay, to be per manent and final.
 Let us reverse this kind of business and see how it works. Let us suppose that England should for its own pur- poses induce the state of Washington to secede and set up for itself, and that England should on the score of peace and coal mines and Alaskan lines make haste to recognize the new government on the second day of it's installation. What then? Would we not fairly burst our wristbands with indignation? Would there not be a call to arms at once?
 This is exactly what we have done at Panama, no matter how much we may try to conceal our hand. Will Colombia tamely submit Will not q protracted and entangling war follow Will not such a war fully serve the transcontinental railroads who are be hind this entire proceeding?
 There is a possibility that congress and especially the senate, will not be come a party to this high-handed at tempt to steal canal route Senator Morgan is confident that treaty with s.~ alleged republic of Panama will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08
About Persons.

Rush Taylor of Annston is spending Sunday at the Hillman. of Carney is stopping at the St. Mich olas.
 F. B. Ferguson, who is with the Sea- board Air Line railway. of Cedartown, Ga.. is registered at the Morris.
 Hon. A. H. Mabson of Tuscaloosa is at the Florence.
 E. Jacob of New York is spending Sun day at the Hillman.
 w. w. Tobin of, Rochester was one of the St. Nicholas late arrivals last night. day in the city.
 c. R. French of the Seaboard Air Line railway is spending Sunday at the Hill man.
 W. c. TunstaIl. prominent young att torney of Anniston is at the Metropolitan.
 Hon. H. Clay Davis of Anniston was one of the arrivals at the Morris last night.
 c. M. Scruggs of Tuscaloosa is spend- ing Sunday at the Hillman.
 Hon. A. NJ Tunstall speaker of the house of representatives, is spending Sunday at the Metropolitan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-08

 A HEsE European trips are not what \CK they are cracked up to be, unless
 one has nothing else to do and all sorts of money. I was over there for month or so recently. Went over on one of the crack ships. stopped at fashionable hotels, and spent all sorts of hard earned wealth that I now wish I had. When one is used to travelling on railroad passes in this country and goes over to Europe where the railroad fare first class. is twice as much as it is here and a sleep ing car berth is $5 night, money goes like grist through a hopper. It is true one can live cheap in Europe if one will; one can ride on second class ticket in Jim Crow car here. if one will; and one can get twenty-five cent meals in restau- ing to exist on them. But good things in Europe are very much higher than good things here; and the lip business over there fig calculated to upset ones mind as well as ones pocket5ook. Even the cab men in London and Paris must have a tip besides his fare. It Is the rule and you must conform to 1t whether you wish to or not Paris cabmen will swear at you in French and will threaten to call police man unless you give him his tip besides his fare, and as rule, he will double his fare on you if he has the least excuse. Of course the hotels and restaurants have all sorts of extras. For instance, when you go into a Paris restaurant, and call for menu with the prices on 1t and order your lunch or dinner, you can never tell from your order how much your check will be. There is always something extra on the check, and when you interpose a kick, the waiter can never understand your French, and the interpreter who speaks English can't be found. You usu- ally end the matter by paying the bill.
 It seemed that there were more Ameri- cans in Paris than Parisians while I was there. They were everywhere and almost everyone acted as if he owned the town.
 l met some fifteen or twenty Birming- ham people there. Judge B. M. Allen was among the number. The judge had never been there before The first day he was { bit timid. His knowledge of French was abbreviated. Much of it had been ac- duired on the ship going over He, how ever finally grew bold and tried it on the hotel interpreter. With the French went a tip which brought smile to the inter- preter's visage and a compliment to the judge upon his perfect Partisan accent. The next day the judge made bold to go alone into the forest of the language and the people l met him in the Bon Marche buying silk stockings and dainty handker- chiefs and ladies evening gloves. AL though one or more clerks in each depart ment of this great store speak English, will come to this city for deposit and for investment.
 Instead of being depressed I am highly gratified at present conditions"