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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
Hiuh School BuiIdinu.

A new high school building is one of the pressing needs of Birmingham Indeed, in the matter of importance, no public work can be placed before It at this time. Birmingham has ex- pended a good deal of money on it's fire department recently. This money has been wisely used and tKe fire ser vice has been brought up to good state of efficiency. The police force has been increased. Street improve ment work has been we'll advanced, but the schools are congested and the old barn of a building used for the high school Is totally inadequate to accommodate the pupils that should be entitled to enrolment.
 The board of education adopted a resolution a few weeks ago, urging the city council to submit to the voters of Birmingham the question of S250, ,000 bond issue to be used for the construc- tion and equipment of new school buildings. It was stated at the time that about $2000O0 would be needed for the high school and the balance for schools of elementary grades.
 An ordinance providing for the sub mission of bond issue to the people Is pending before the council, but un- less it is called up and passed before the end of the year it will be impossi- ble o erect high school building and have it ready for occupancy by the beginning of the school year, 19O5 In the first place little time would be required to negotiate the bonds to ad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
MORE SUNSHINE.

$. w. Gillian in Baltimore American. Did you ever feel the sunshine singing
 through your soul When some blessed boost of fortune sent
 you spinning toward your goal? Did you ever have some sorrow-saving
 sinner sigh and say: Do not be too sure, my laddie too self
 confident, too gay, For another day is coming when things
 may be changed you know Thus he wreathes your joyous spirits in
 winding sheet of woe Spurn these gloom-pursuing mortals, shun
 the worry-seeking man; Know no trouble till 1t strikes you-sing
 of sunshine when you can. When the troubles come and smite us.
 then 'tis hard enough to bear He who seeks for clouds is foolish when
 his sky Is blue and fair; Keep the bitter from your jestings keep
 the sting from out your chaff, And the weariest weight of worry can be
 frightened by your laugh. Sing while-no doleful ditty with tear
 in every line; Sing a while-no soulful sonnet with suc-
 cessive sob and whine Sing a song that sends the sunshine to the
 soul of striving man; Laughter lets love finger longer-so ba
 jolly while you can
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
DueIs of the Past,

Said man who takes an interest in his torc objects: q was much interested in reading in The Age-Herald that the Gulf States Historical Magazine Is hereafter to be published in Birmingham. It occurs to me that fertile field for historical in- vestgation in Alabama is the duel and l suggest that some one of the magazines contributors might do some valuable or at least entertaining service by an article on the subject. The duel has passed into history and even now how many persons can tell the last duel fought on Alabama soil. l made the inquiry not long ago in a crowd and the nearest any man could come to it was the fight that never did take place between Pat Calhoun and some other man whose name no one in the group could remember.
 "There used to be duels in Alabama as bloody and romantic as any in all history. now the homestead of Col. Bellamy, where the Georgians settled their feuds. often wonder if the state historian, Thomas NJ. Owenl iss preserving the duel records among others of no more value. Nobody wants any more duels neither do we wish a revival of the Indian wars. But one is as thrilling as the other and a little more so."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22

had. Look at the bank statements print ed in yesterdays Age-Herald One bank has more than s5,0OO0OO of deposits an- other has s2,sOO.oOo. and still another near ly s2,0OO,00O, while three or four others have s5OoOOO and more.
 There is more money coming into Ala bama today than l have ever known. The cotton crop will bring s15.000OOO more than 1t did last year. Think of it. This is nearly $1OO per capita additional money for every man, woman and child in the state of Alabama.
 With the bank vaults crowded with money, and money coming into the state in volumes like this, everybody ought to be prosperous; and everybody is prosper ous. The merchants of Birmingham are doing more business than they have ever done. Their sales for the last thirty days have been much greater than for the same period last year. Very few laboring men are idle and I don't believe many are going to be idle Every man who wants work can get 1t. and make good wages.
 I do think, however, that the banks, judging from their statements printed yesterday, are carrying too much reserve cash. Of course the bankers know their business better than I do. but timidity on the part of bank officials permeates the atmosphere of any city.
 Of course iron is low but all the sub stantial companies are more than paying expenses and I see no reason for any scare whatever. Iron makers can't al- ways expect to clear $10 a ton profit on their output like some of them did last year. A dollar a ton profit on iron is not bad in hard times, and I don't see any reason why there should be another shut down in the Birmingham district
 I am glad to see that our handsome mayor is indulging in no timidity. He is going right along paving streets and lay ing cement sidewalks everywhere. It don't cost the city anything, and the may or is graciously permitting the property owners to make Birmingham neat ana nice appearing city. The mayor Is right. The property owners may kick now, but they will get over 1t later on.
 Maybe Mel will merge himself into the governors chair some day.
 The Presidential campaign can be said to have fairly opened up. Mark Hanna is quoted as saying that he will throw any politician out of a six story window who proposes him for President; that he is for Roosevelt. This seems to eliminate
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vantage, and in the second place, who ever got the contract for the building would require time in getting ready. If the council delays action much longer, therefore, Birmingham win have to do without a new high school until 1906 or after.
 It may be that the aldermen have an idea the public is not particularly in- terested in this matter; but there are probably not many in Birmingham who do not desire to have the high school proposition submitted to the voters be- fore the end of this year The bond issue would, it is believed, receive a very large majority at the polls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Rich Men pay the Freight.

This cold spell of weather" remarked well known man, reminds me of story which occurred at the beginning of the hot spell last summer.
 "A prominent lawyer in Birmingham, attorney for a great corporation, one who argued before Judge Gray's arbitration board, and one who Is now giving much time to the horse as rough rider, sought the services of a Birmingham den- tist who is noted as a great wit as well as perhaps one of the best dentists in the south. The lawyer needed the climax of one of his teeth capped, or some other strange thing done to molar or some thing else. As he sat in the dentist chair and felt the first touch of an instrument, he said:
 George why don't you get a decent electric fan here? That old fan of yours is disgrace to your office
 All right responded the dentist, whose young son happened to come into the office just at that moment. George said the dentist to his son, run up and buy me a nice electric fan at once Have the electrician bring it back with you anu insldil IL without delay.
 Tn ten minutes the son reappeared in company with an electrician bearing a buzz fan. The fan was put in place and worked beautifully. Just as the electr- clan departed, the dentist finished his work in the lawyers mouth
 ''As the attorney was about to leave, he said George, what is your bill for fixing this tooth? I have some money in my pocket now, and might just as well pay you
 Son. said the dentist, turning to his boy, what did they charge you for that electric fan?
 Twelve dollars and a half, papa re- piled the young hopeful.
 Twelve dollars and a half Walker said the dentist. I hope that fan suits your aesthetic taste.
 You don't mean to say that you are going to charge me the cost of that fan for fixing that tooth?'
 '' Why not? l have needed that fan long time and you certainly needed the tooth fixed the tooth-you fixed the fam
 Well. I'll be blanked, said the at- torney. as he counted out twelve dollars and half"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
TINED BRACE TALKS ABOUT CONDITIONS IN 3 BIRMINGHAM AND THE COUNTRY AT LARGE

Hanna and makes Roosevelt the republl- can man.
 In democratic circles, according to pres ent indications, it must be either German or Cleveland Murphy, the Tammany chief, is said to be Cleveland man. On the other hand, Richard Croker. who made Murphy, is said to be for German and Croker is scheduled to return to New York in the near future.
 Just what will occur between MT. Bryan and MT. Croker when they meet in Eng land this week is naturally a matter of speculation. As between Cleveland and German Bryan would undoubtedly advo- cate German: though the Nebraskan pre- fers a western man and has said much recently about Senator Cockrill, of Mis- souri.
 German undoubtedly has the south for him, and likewise much of the west as well as the eastern and New England states. Apparently. from the interviews given out at Washington, eighty per cent of the democratic senators and 1epresen- tatives favor the nomination of German; and 1t would now appear that the next contest is to be between Roosevelt and German.
 All manner of abuse of German has been indulged in on the part of the cleve- land newspapers, but all of it has been proven false by senators who have served with German for many years, and today those who have known him longest and best are his most enthusiastic support CTS
 The leading democrats in congress be- lieve German to be the strongest man the democrats can nominate, and from the present outlook he will be the man.
 The Interstate Commerce commission has just issued a bulletin showing that during the year ending June 30, 1903, 3554 persons were killed on the railroads of the United States and 45, 977 were injured. From this report it is evident that rail- roads are much more destructible to the human race than wars During the three years of the Philippine insurrection, 1905 American officers and men were killed in battle or died of wounds, and 2s97 were in- jured. In the South African war, lasting about two years and a half, 5727 British were killed. The entire world thought this British South African war horrible affair, yet the casualties on Amercan rail- roads in one year were greater than the fatalities of the combined wars of the Americans in the Philippines and the British in South Africa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD
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tween himself and the wife of his bosoin If any curious neighbors overheard the difficulty and dare to make enquiries lie is apt to be the result. But these trials are mere bagatelles compared to the never ceasing knocks. jolts and solar pexus blows a persons humor received during the course of day. Even in the most harmonious flats life Is not one unalloyed dream of bliss.
 A remarkable book has made it's ap- pearance at Berlin which purports to be an explanation of the recent achievement of the former Crown Princess of Saxony who eloped with her childrens tutor. M. Giron. This publication is either directly from the princess or is countenanced by her and contains some of the most start ling statements that a person presumably sane has ever been heard to make In paliation of her conduct Princess Louise says that she was not in love with Giron and was not even fascinated for the time by his charms of person, but that. she ran away with him simply to become heroine, She was under the impression that if she did some original feat of this kind and thus proclaimed her independ- ence of convention she would be proclaim ed a heroine by admiring thousands. She was simply trying to follow in the foot steps of the Austrian Archduke John, who became plain John Orth" and re- ceived the plaudits of his fellows. ls the princess really believes all this she is certainly in need of treatment by an experienced specialist in brain diseases, and if not she must have a very poor idea of the mental capacity of the people whom she is trying to convince. When women follow her example in this coun- try they receive certain amount of noto- riety, it is true. but they do not become popular heroines by any means.
 It now seems that MT. Zeigler of the baking powder trust will have to face the music in Missouri since Sheriff Smith has arrived in Gotham and is now seeking ex- tradition papers, The scandals in the Missouri legislature have not yet blown over but discussion of them has become so trite that few people care to read the latest developments As result Attor- ney Folk is losing some of his free ad- vertising and now has a press agent who sends out little accounts of what the re- in the interest of law and order. The White House is yet a long way removed from MT. Folk, although he may get there in the course of time Such matters are very uncertain. P. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
A BIT OF A LAUGH.
The Masters of Harmony.

From the New York Sun.
 Gounod was composing Faust"
 T know 1t will be success" he con- fded. ''I put In Jewel Song to give the prima donna something to lose"
 Living before the development of the press agent, he showed rare peception of stage needs.
 Haydon was expounding the principles of Harmony.
 "Above all,' he admonished don't ob- ject to the cook staying out until a.. m or feeding the policeman"
 Following these directions the great musician showed how life could be made one grand, sweet song.
 Mendelssohn explained how to play Songs without Words.
 Ut is very simple he said you just muzzle the people in the flat above when you practice"
 Perceiving how beautifully his method shut off criticism, they hailed him as a genius.
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tility of great city in the northwest erD part of the state.

tility of a great city in the northwest ern Part of the state.
 The dream of the earlier settlers of that section is now to be realized, and doubt no longer fingers. Strong capi7 tai has laid hold there, energy and public spirit are vigorously at work, and development is certain Twenty, thousand people today constitute the citizenship of the three towns which are to be as one, and to these monthly arc added many more. Onward is the word and The Age-Herald is ever a wiling messenger to tell the people of the magnificent opportunities and of the certain growth of that naturally bleseed section of state, the watch Wort of which is onward and up- Hard." s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
Brisk Trade.

'There may have been better days this year for the retail merchants than this Saturday has been, but they are not easy to recall" said a Second avenue milliner last night. "The approach of winter stimulates business, but the fact that shoppers came in such large num- bers and were we'll provided with money so far ahead of Christmas showed con- clusively that times were not bad in the Birmingham district. I look for an un- commonly brisk trade during the holi- days"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
The Way of It.

From the Chicago Post,
 Of course we've abandoned that ab- surd idea that the king can do no wrong
 On dont know. In title-worshiping circles of society they seem to take the same old view of it.''
 What's that?,'
 Merely, that it isn't wrong if the king does it's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The lower classes are the ones that ev- erybody thinks he is not in.
 Somehow when you kiss girl where freckle is it never seems to taste the way it looked as if 1t would.
 It delights a woman almost as much to nave her husband jealous of her as it worries him to have her jealous of him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
The First Rule.

From the Chicago Post.
 This health food doesn't do any good,' asserted the irate customer.
 Perhaps you overlooked the first rule relating to its use," suggested the grocer. What's that?'
 First get your health. You don't seem to understand the theory of it. You wouldn't get dog biscuit unless you had a dog, would you?'
 ''No." *
 ''or bird seed unless you had a bird?" "No."
 ''rhen what are you doing with health food before you get health?'
 But if l had health I wouldn't need it."
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The number of persons trying to inn itate the Bachelor and his reflections would be quite a compliment to that gentleman if the limitations were of higher order of merit
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Obeying the dictates of Uncle Mark Hanna Senator Morgan is now calmly standing pat while the republican steering committee scratches it's re- speetive heads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22

If you haven't thought of it, Thanks giving will be here next Thursday, bringing an assortment of bruised pates and stuffed turkey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
Too ChiIlinu.

From the Chicago News.
 Sandy-W Wouldn't yer like to be a great orator an speak from a platform?
 Cinders-Naw; I'd feel sick every time I looked at de pitcher of ice water.
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The mountain lions and other wild animals are .congratulating themselves that President Roosevelt is showed under with matters of state.
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Uncle Russell Sage says there is no danger of his health breaking down so long as there are any bargains in sight to keep him busy.
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While there is so much perturbation in the iron market it is some consola- tion to know that King Cotton is still doing business at a good figure.
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Santo Domingo continues to splut- ter, but no one outside of the little ra- public is getting excited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22

Oakland park seems to be much in the thoughts of those gentlemen who play the races.
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England will have to be satisfied now with home royalty. The Italian sovereigns have departed after very pleasant visit
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New members of congress are en- gagged in learning the ropes at the national capital. Some of them do not require poker lessons, while others have had some experience in disposing of liquid refreshments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22

General Reyes says 1t would be an other Boer war He evidently does not appreciate the ability of this coun- try to do things in a hurry.
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Small fry continue to pummel each other in the prize ring, but the hefty fellows are too busy on the stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22

P. Bunau-Varilla has no connection with vanilla, but he is almost as use- full.
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Panama is gradually making ac- quaintances among the powers. Uncle Sam is very useful for the purpose of an introduction
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General Reyes is inclined to be belli- cose. It would be annoying if Uncle Sam really had to spank Colombia and General Reyes into the bargain.
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While the wintry winds do blow Coney Island dreams of another sum- mer minus the fire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22

Dowie is recuperating from the cru sade on New York and the old town Is trying to forget
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King Christian of Denmark deserves commendation for the modesty which keeps his name out of the papers.
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Professor Langley has not been heard from lately, but it is hardly probable that he is lost in space.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
About Persons.

J. Francis Parker, prominent travel ing man or Chicago is in the city. Mir. Parker travels over the west and south.
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Money is easier in Wall street, but it is not any easier to get
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If congress gets after the boil weeyil it is up to that little gentleman to be- come frightened. Congress has de- yeloped such a remarkable faculty for doing things here of late.
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He said, "I have never in all my experi- erces as a travelling man found the farm CTS of the country in a better or more prosperous condition than they are at the present. They not only have barns filled with grain but have superhuous money. Several western farmers, in my knowledge, are lending money to eastern bankers. The farmers south. as whole, are in better shape than they have been in years"
 Tom Johnson of Cleveland, Ohio, is spending Sunday at the Hillman.
 Nsasses sR w. M. Callahan of LaFallette, Tenn, was one of the St. Nicholas arrivals last night. Charles Sparks, prominent citizen of Shelby. is stopping at the Morris
 .s.
 s. w. Tata of Chicago, who Is connect ed with the Western Grain company, Is registered at the Metropolitan.
 Homer wheply, of the Standard Oil company with headquarters at Louisville, ky, was one of the Metropolitan's ar- rivals last night
 L. w. Reeves of Atlanta and Griffin Tatum of Montgomery are spending Sum day at the Morris.
 Thomas D. Fry. q popular travelling man of Richmond. Va, is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 H. C. Gunnels, chief clerk in the de- partment of education, came up from Montgomery last night and is stopping at the Hillman.
 M. l.. Foster, Jr., of Gadsden is at the Florence.
 R. J. Ellison of Selma is in the city. S. A. Solomon of Montgomery is spend- ing Sunday at the Hillman.
 Col E. H. Graves of Eufaula. the pop ular colonel of the Second Alabama regi- ment. Alabama National guards, is spend- ing Sunday at the Norris George Irving of New York was one of the St. Nicholas late arrivals last night.
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sThe tramp fraternity is now com fortably housed in winter quarters. Some frequent the gulf states, but others prefer California. It all de- pends on personal preference in the matter.
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The socialists announce that they are after President Gomper's scalp.