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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

ment prevails. It is pleasant to hope that the find may develop into a rival of the Klondyke or the California mines of fs49 At least New Mexico has one advantage over Alaska and that is the fact that 1t is of freezing to death while looking for for tunes. There is a subtle fascination about gold that appeals to men even more than in it's native state when coined into money or converted into jewelry. The very name is alluring and whenever there is the slightest chance for adventurers to get hold of the metal they sacrifice all to reach the region where they hope to make a strike. But it will be a long time be- fore the excitement that marked the opening of the California gold fields will be duplicated and such scenes will perhaps never be witnessed again. There are too many other ways to make money these days for men to throw up their business and stake all on the eaprices of Dame Fortune.
 Atlantic City residents are rejoicing over the fact that they will not lose their wooden elephant which has adorned the 
 the big storm of last month the high waves undermined the elephants front feet and laid him prone. For time it was feared that the fallen monarch would not be restored to power, but patriotic citizens got together and money enough was collected to put him on his legs again. Twenty men, with jack screws. were em- ployed and after working a week sue ceeded in restoring the monster to an up- right position. The structure will be re- paired and moved further up the beach where the waves will threaten it no more. The Atlantic City elephant is used for restaurant and in season is a very popu- lar place for visitors to take their meals This is merely another of those toys for grown people that has a strong hold on popular fancy.
 Patti has resumed her former tactics for bringing theatrical managers to terms with the result that she has obtained some more free advertising It seems that she is under contract to sing for s5O00 concert, with 5000 more as the expenses of her company. Recently at the West End theatre in New York the startling in- formation was conveyed to her ears that the box office receipts amounted to only s3OO0 In spite of the protests of the man. agement of the house the diva hatly re- fused to turn loose her liquid notes until the desired banknotes were rendered in exchange. Finally, as a last resort, the unlucky Weber and Fields, who own the theatre, agreed to make up the deficit of $3OO0 and the singer drilled along as if nothing had happened. From such an exhibition one may judge that money is not inseperable from art and although the diva merely insisted on the terms of her contract 1t was hard on those who had to pay. In the meantime the little story goes the rounds of the press and rebounds to the fame of Madame Patti.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30
Old BiIboa.

T have just arrived In Birmingham" and there Is no city in the United States that l have looked forward to seeing with more interest than I have this. heard of Birmingham when I was in Bilboa where so many thousands of tons of iron ore are mined and shipped to England and various parts of the con tinent of Europe"
 Speaking of Biboa, you know that that place ought to be one of the most important cities in Europe Situated as 1t is on the Bilboa river only eight miles from the Bay of Bscay within weeks journey of nearly all the important EG- ropean industrial centers. endowed by nature with rich and almost inexhausti- ble deposits of mineral and surrounded by fertile agricultural lands, Bilboa should be the attraction of the industrial world. However, it presents the appear ance of an antideluvion town, with little low houses and very few good buildings. It is a typical old Spanish town, and saw many dwelling houses with nothing but the little diamond-shaped glasses to
 
 gelete, at the mouth of the river. was utilized when l was there to convey peo- pie from that place to the city. While there Is an immense amount of business done in the district. the only real sign of progress outside of the machinery used at the mines and quarysides, for handling the ore. was the ferry across the mouth of the river. The bridge owns the unique distinction of being the only thing of it's kind in existence.
 "The Bilboa river is spanned by huge steel beams supported by steel gird- CTS on either side, The beams are ele- vated to such height as to permit ves- sells to pass under them at high water From the beams Is suspended a large trolley car, which travels across and has the capacity to transfer several wagons and many people It is worked, believe. by hydraulic power and the toll is very insignificant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30
HOW A TURKISH ARTIST
 MAKES EDWARDS COFFEE

the froth goes down. Once again the coffee is allowed to bubble over the fire, and the process of tapping the pot on stove is repeated three times.
 When the froth arises to the surface for the fourth time the pot should be taken from the fire and the coffee should be poured first into one cup and then into another, so that each cup contains a por- ton of the froth on the top
 Then you smile to yourself and say, ''Ah, this is perfect coffee indeed
 The Englishman. in my opinion. can not make coffee at all. He tries hard, but never succeeds either in making a perfect cup of Turkish or French coffee. The Frenchman, on the other hand, also tries hard to make perfect cup of Turk ish coffee, but he meets with little more success than the Englishman. He can make French coffee. but do not like it. It is so thin, so nasty. It is only the Turkish coffee that is supreme. Nothing else is like it--at least. in my opinion. One thing must never be forgotten. The coffee must be freshly roasted and ground. It must not be roasted too black: dark brown is the ideal color; then the flavor is divine.
 That is what is, in my opinion, the best method. There are many others, all of which I have practiced in Turkey and. of course there are many occasions when the way I have described has to be varied. For instance, although most people who really know how to appre- ciate Turkish coffee as 1t should be made will realize that the sweetness or It IS part of the triumph, and helps 10 bring out all of the flavor of the coffee, yet few do not like sugar at all, and some like to taste the grounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30
THE HUMAN RACE.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 child of nine should weigh sixty pounds.
 The average weight of the negro brain is four ounces less than the white.
 The average age for men to marry is highest in Sweden, thirty-one years and lowest in the United States, twenty-six and one half years.
 Deaths from consumption are divided by ages as follows Under forty-five, 50 per cent; forty-fve 10 sixty, 20 per cent; above sixty 12 per cent
 Records prove that the college man at thirty Is far in advance of the man of the same age who entered by the appren- tice door. Even at thirty it is shown that the four years spent at college were not wasted, and that he really acquired the ability to learn how to do things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 HE large trust which the late \Cp Count Alfred St. Queen de Pier
 recount, left to his native city of Rouen, for the propagation of race of giants, started an interesting litigation which only lately ended in what appears to have been a compromise agreement with the family, by which the heirs of the Count get enough to pacify. if not to satisfy, them, and the large residue of the estate is accepted by the city under the conditions of the will It will forth with found and maintain an institute for giants. the plan being to induce forty or more abnormally developed men and wo- men to marry and become inmates. They will be generously cared for, occupations suitable to them will be provided, and every opportunity given through natural selection and a favoring environment to test the question whether the apparently accidental giant is a normal or a patholo- gic product, and whether the progeny of giant couples will not go on increasing and multiplying as giants until race is founded which may in time repeople the earth with material on which new Jack may exercise his skill and prowess.
 This Is interesting, but amusing withal. The giant of fiction and tradition was a rather formidable monster, whose re- production would be by no means de- sirable. The giant of fact, standing any where from seven to nine feet high, is about as useless creature for other than museum purposes as could well be imagined. Owing to the fact that the normal dimensions of doors, conveyances. and tha like ara not ad irctod tn l,is ,o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30
From the London Mail.

From the London Mail.
 @O MAKE the perfect cup of Turk (U ish coffee is, like many other
 things, very easy when the maker knows how to do it, but unless the art has been learned in Turkey 1t is difficult.
 No one can make a perfect cup of cof- fee unless he has been to Turkey. I my self learned the art in that country many years ago. That is an art nobody can deny. There is as much difference be- tween the ordinary cup of coffee and the exquisite and alluring beverage with all its subtle aroma as made by the artist as there is between horsefesh and the best English beef My own method is simple. I have many little pots of various sizes. but similar in shape to the one shown here If want to make two cups only I use the smaller one. and if three cups a larger one. When the water is boiled fill the little pot almost to the top with water, and then I put in three Jumps of sugar. and put the pot on the teaspoonfuls of coffee ground very fine and then l stir it around until it is thoroughly mixed with the water.
 Thus, you see. I actually reverse the usual process. as I place the sugar in the water first and the coffee last.
 "Ha, ha,' you say. when you smell 1t; it is fine; it is good"
 The next step is to place the pot on the fire again and watch it very carefully ,,r+ir tba cofPaa bnhhyas ,,r <o O Froth and before this froth escapes over the side you take the pot from the fire and tap the bottom gently on the stove till
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30
AN INSTITUTE FOR THE
 PROPAGATION OF GIANTS

quirements, that chairs are not strong enough, beds long enough, or floors well enough supported to carry him, he has to put up with many inconvenience, and rarely is of much use to himself or any one else. As the rule he has the amiabil- ity which is born in intellectual weakness, and rarely has the strength which should go with his great bulk and relatively vast framework of bone. Should the Rouen experiment succeed, what will be done with the giants when the number to be provided for exceeds the capacity of the Pierrecourt institute and their mainten- ance exhausts the revenues of it's founda- dation? It is doubtful if they would be of any use as soldiers under modern con ditions of warfare. Even Goliath would have fared worse in front of a Krag- marksman at a distance at which an or dinary man could not be seen without a telescopic sight than he did at the hands of David, since he would not have had even the poor satisfaction of strutting around in front of the Philistines and guying his diminutive and undervalued antagonist He would have been "potted" at safe distance. Speculation on this subject however, is perhaps unproftable. Very likely the offspring of the giant cou- pies will be subnormal in proportions. Ma ture likes at times to have a little fun with herself and may enjoy the joke of raising midgets. The scientific value of the experiment will perhaps remain in- determinate for a few centuries, and by that time Count Pierrecourt, his legacy, and it may be the city of Rouen, will have been forgotten. Altogether 1t was about as odd disposition of an estate as has vet been sugeested
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

condition financially and are contented. One miner told me Saturday that he had earned $ls5 during the past month. BLOC ton is enjoying a steady and healthy growth. The city has doubled it's size in the past two years. We are too busy to have much politics"
 P. A. Sawyer and R. T. Van Nostrand of Brooklyn are stopping at the Hiliman. M. Thornton of Tuscumbia was one of the St. Nicholas arrivals last night.
 
 G. O. Graf of Montgomery is at the Morris.
 George Berry of Columbus was one of the Metropolitan's arrivals yesterday.
  at the Morris.
 Lee Kugel, business manager of the Kelly-Shannon company Is registered at the Hillman.
 Harry Marcus of Montgomery is stop ping at the Metropolitan. E. P. Cooper. prominent citizen of Anniston, was registered at the Florence yesterday.
 A. A MeMay of St. Louis was in the city yesterday.
 W. R. Dower of Cincinnati was one of the Hillman's late arrivals last night. at the Morris.
 s. G. Atkins of Richmond spent Sunday at the Hilman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Some men gamble for sport, women only for gain.
 The man who talks about swearing off is always the one who Is so full of drinks he thinks he'll never need another.
 The same girl who has to have some kind of wrap around her on the Fourth of July evening can wear low shoes when it is below zero.
 A woman's idea of happy Thanksgiv- ing for her husband is to have so many people to dinner that 1t Is over before he can get through carving.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30
Donations to St. virc-nts.

"The Thanksgiving donations to St. Vincents hospital were very generous, " said a member of the Auxiliary assoca- tion, and money is still coming in. When the Thanksgiving list is footed up, it will show a larger amount than was contributed in any previous year.
 "The Pratt miners were among the first to make a corporate contribution, and it was exceedingly liberal. The large number of charity cases that St. Vincent cares for during each month of the year appeals to all classes and con ditions of men alike.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30
Anniston Mill Declared Bankrupt.

Anniston, November 2s-(speclaD--Judge Toulmin yesterday morning rendered a decree declaring the Anniston Rolling mill bankrupt. Some time ago creditors represented by Lapsley, Arnold & Martin and Blackwell & Agee. attorneys of the city, filed a petition in bankruptcy against the company and receiver was appoint ed Judge Toulmin tried the case at the recent term of the federal court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30
THE COMMONPLACE.
By Walt Whitman.

By Walt Whitman. The commonplace I sing; How cheap is health! how cheap nobility! Abstinence, no falsehood. no gluttony,
 lust; The open air I sing. freedom. federation. (Take here the mainest lesson-less from
 books-less from the schools). The common day and nighttime common
 earth and waters. Your farm--your work, trade, occupa-
 tion, The democratic wisdom underneath like
 solid ground for all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30
Tom eaine.

''Did you know asked a well known citizen yesterday that Tom Baine, ex- member of the city democratic committee of Birmingham and ex-assistant auditor of the city, now holds a prominent posi- tion in the postoffice department?
 "Mr. Baine is an inspector of the rural routes in this and other states and has under him quite large number of re- publicans. Not long ago, when the trou- be with the negro route agent out of Fayetteville, Tenn, occurred twenty or more republicans went to examine into the matter but the department finally sent for Tom Baine, who went upon the ground, made a thorough investigation of the trouble and then made report which was adopted at Washington Tom Is still good democrat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30
THE TWILIGHT OF DOWIE.

From the New York Mail and Express.
 Dowie's religious successes were greatly contributed to by the prevailing impress. sion that his church was an astonishing success in business way. The American people, and the immigrant element that they have assimilated. at least to their outward ways, are greatly influenced by the evidence of material prosperity Moral religious and intellectual movements like business men, have to look prosperous" in order to become so.
 The converse of the proposition that nothing succeeds like success" is that nothing fails like a failure. Dowie made a humiliating failure in impressmg New York. The fire did not light on his altar when he called upon 1t to do so.
 And now that he is back in Zion, every body is after him. Suits are pouring in upon him. There Is a run on Zions accounts. Not day passes without new suits for debt. In this emergency the prophet has cast what seems to be his last die, and has called upon his faithful from all over the world to come to Zion and bring their money with them.
 1t looks as if the twilight of this extra ordinary delusion, which is as much out of place in the Illinois of the present day as an automobile would have been meet ing Elijah and Elisha on the road to Gilgal, were approaching. If it is, New York may fairly claim 70 nave wrought the prophets" downfall Everything prospered with him until he raised his standard here.
 It is not the first demonstration of the fact that the metropolis has a parti- eularly searching way. To find out what man really has in him, send him to Nnxu York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

N 1NISIO JIMINEz, who by the VV way is no relation of By Jeminy, I has made the declaration that the women of Colombia will sell their jewels If necessary in order to equip an army for the coercion of Panama This has a pleas ant and a patriotic sound, reminding us of those heroic days when matrons even risked their lives on the battle field for the sake of their native country. In fact, if the Colombians are so determined in the matter they may finally make up their minds to send out real expedition which will involve no subterfuge on the part of the governmental officials. But 1t is mo- ticeable that the Colombians are rather unstable in their notions so that 1t may be possible to relieve the patriotic fair sex from the necessity of selling their jewels. Colombia does not seem to con- slider that if she declares war on Panama she will run the risk of clash with Uncle Sam. But there is no necessity for alarm. Like a great many other matters in Cen tral and South America, the present crisis seems even now to be simmering down to that stage where there will be nothing but talk
 Much indignation has been aroused in New York over the flake" news dispatch sent out from London agency that the Cedric sank in mid-ocean. Now that the big liner has come safely into port and the tension has been relieved, people are beginning to ask who was responsible for |, -l. iety and acute mental anguish on both sides of the water. There were on board the Cedric including passengers, officers and crew. 400 persons, who had relatives or friends on shore who were interested in their welfare. In addition the owners of the ship and those who had property aboard suffered a like narrowing experi- ence until the big liner was sighted off Nantucket. Although there is no law to punish the guilty persons there is a strong desire that some kind of justice be meted out to those who sent out the report of the vessels disaster Although people like to look wise and call big news "sto- ries" mere rubbish and buncombe, yet they are always impressed more or less, and in a case of this kind where so many are vitally interested the trick is certain ly reprehensible.
 Like good many other law suits the Fair will case continues to drag along in the courts. The lawyers have not yet been able to decide whether Mrs. Fair died first in the Paris automobile accident or whether her husband did. The whole 4- certain persons to get hold of large sum of money and as longNas there is wealth at stake the Fair will case will continue to be argued until some kind of settlement is reached.
 It Is reported that a new Fl Dorado has been discovered in New Mexico near the town of Hillsboro, and much excite
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
The Rev. Peter w. Sears.

T understand the Rev. Peter w.. sears. rector of Christ church, Meridian, has been called to the Church of the Holy Trinity, at Brooklyn and will be absent for week longer probably.
 MT. Sears was called to the Church of the Advent in Birmingham shortly after the Rev John c. Murray resigned. but declined the call The Church of the Holy Trinity at Brooklyn is one of the largest churches in Greater New York. The salary of the rector Is something like $GOOO a year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

Now is when jack leg lawyers bor- ton and get their names proclaimed by intervewers as "the Hon. McChestney Bilkins, prominent attorney of Blank yille."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

Those imbeciles who drive killers" are preparing for another sensational race over Tn the old country. Healthy American citizens would not stand for the exhibition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30
About Persona.

M lC. Davie. a prominent merchant and business man of Blocton. spent yesterday in the city. He said All the mines in and around Blocton are operating on full time. The people seem to be ill good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

The Chicago bandits are heroes now and the only blemish on their distin- guished career was the fact that they a little over $2000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

Restaurant keepers have decided to ''cut out the catgut" in Chicago. Trans lated this means they will dispense with musical programmes during lunch hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

Discussion of Pullman car blankets have been allowed to lapse. but at last reports they did not reach he laundry any more often.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

Just 112 wild cat esta' ',lishmenis were captured in Alabama during the past fiscal year. Yet mountain dew continues fairly plentiful in mountain districts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

Radium is now quoted at something over s7,000,O an ounce. The market is quiet and steady, with operations confined to professional traders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

Mexico would have little success in making an invasion Of the United States, but she has. sent her boil weevil across the border
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

From the looks of things Grover Cleveland has boomed thu Brooklyn Eagle even more than that paper has boomed him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

They are trying French nobleman for idol worship and moral degenera- ey. It is hard to overcome the faults of ancestors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

The question of mileage is one that is occupying the minds of our dlstin- guished statesmen at the national cap ital
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

John Bull continues to listen to ex- plantations of how it all happened in South Africa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30
Not in Good Health

From Youth,
 George said the little girl to her brother as she looked Up from the paper she was reading 'it says here that an other octogenarian is dead. What is an octogenarian?"
 Well I don't know what they are, but they must be sickly creatures. You never hear of them but they are dying"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

El Dora%- are found every few months, but none of them come up to the oil trust for money-making pur- poses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

Grover Cleveland has said mo" but that does not make his name any the less prominent in the papers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

Newport has become rival of South Dakota as fertile field for di- vorce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

"The Pit" is announced to be the best popular novel of the day. The public is thankful for the information.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

Patti has resumed her old tactics of making theatrical managers cough up before she will sing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

Marriage is the only lottery in which Doth sides can lose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-30

General Reyes in Colombia and Gen eral Reyes in the United States are two entirely different persons.