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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-12-08
Death of the Sarl of Stair.
Rheumatism.
Is Not a Skin Disease.

MOstp people have al 1deat at eunat IS contracted K a COLO ina tne
damp, chilly air enetraes the muscles n joints and causes the terrible aches
and pains Or that it is something like a skin disease to De rubbed away with ll-
ment or drawn ut with plaSers; but Rhuemadsm originates IN the blood INC IS
caused by Urea, or Uric Acid, al irritating, corodng poison that settles IN mus
chs, joints and nerves, producing inflammation and soreness ad the sharp cutting
pains peculiar to this distressing disease. -.-.o~.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-12
DON'T CROWD MORGAN.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
The desire of the democratic senators
that Senator Morgan. whose course re-
eardinR the Panama canal treaty is now
ranorted as uncertain shall not be
crowded" is commendable and should
be respected.
Mr.. Morgan is man of few words. 1t
Is not possible to know how he stands
,,pon a measure until he has been given
ample opportunity to carefully weigh 1t in
all its aspects, and to cautiously calculate
all its possible consequences. There are a
good many reasons therefore why Mr..
Morgan should not be crowded. More
over, Mr.. Morgan is a United States SEN
ator That fact alone should suffice to
deter anyone from trying to accelerate
the movements or mental processes of
Mr.. Morgan.
History records the fact that Senator
Morgan began talking against the Pana-
ma canal route about the year 1s77-at
least Mr. Morgan entered the senate
about that time, and the oldest inhabtant
does not connect his name conspicuously
with the advocacy of anything but the
Nicaragua route
During the session just closed Mr. Nor
gan talked three days against the PAN
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-12
SHE SWALLOWED THE HAT PIN.
Young Girl Now Says She Is Glad to
Know Where 1t ls.

Denver, Colo.-With the utmost nom
chalance Miss Cora TAher remarked at
st. Anthony's hospital that she was glad
to know where her hat pin was"
One of the most remarkable cases re-
corded in medical annals is that of the
cool-headed girl of IA years whose home is
on ranch four miles from Del Norte,
Colo. Last Wednesday she put a hat pin
between her lips, as a million women do
every day. and proceeded to fasten
another pin in her hat. BY a sort or
spasmodic gulp, probably enforced by the
position of the pin in her mouth, she
swallowed 1t,
The excitement in the Roher family and
the whole neighborhood was great but
Miss Roher remained as cool as todays
breeze. She assisted in the preparation
for the trip to Denver and was a willing
patient before the X-ray. DIR. Sherman
Brown located the hat pin. partially pune.
turing the left lung, but later lost track
of 1t.
I'm glad to know where 1t is" remark
ed Miss Roher, and she is now coolly
awaiting the decision of the surgents as
to how they can best extract the six
inches of steel.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-12
Governor Merriam's Retirement

Ex-Governor Merriam has resigned
the dictatorship of the census bureau,
and on May 10 he will leave the gov
eminent service and enter upon a
commercial career in New York. The
government thus loses a valuable Of
hcer-one who took census with
more expedition and accuracy than
any Of his predecessors had done in
the history of the government. He
organized an army of men into faithful
census-takers, and at the end of the
great work he selected a handy force
ready not only for the next census,
but ready in the meanwhile to con-
duct any statistical work. His high
executive ability has been freely recog-
nized, and scarcely criticized, and this
of itself Is evidence that he did his
work uncommonly well. He did it so
we'll that the commercial world has
claimed him and the government must
submit to the loss.
The south will regret the change,
because it was he who devised the
counting of the cotton crop. He pro-
posed to count the next crop as it is
baled, thus supplanting the experts
and estimators who invariably served
one clique of spectators or another.
Such counts as Governor Merriam
proposed to make at the 10000 gin
neries of the country would soon have
substituted facts for guesses-the
truth for selfish estimates. He had be-
gun the work, and it is to be hoped
his successor will take it up and press
it along, until we have at least month
ly reports from the gins of the coun-
try. The country's great cash crop is
in fact entitled to weekly returns from
the gins.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-12
Biz Oranqe Crops.

There will be a great crop of oranges
in Florida next fall, and it will exceed by
far the expectations of the average man
who takes an interest In the orange in
dustry," said a fruit broker who recently
visited the land of fruits and flowers.
II have heard estimates on the coming
crop from a great many of the growers
as well as from some of those who have
been dealing in Florida oranges and all
of them appear to be inclined to under
estimate the crop. l believe that there
will be nearly two and one-half millions
of boxes in this state in another year.
This is pretty far ahead to make an
estimate, but in view of the fact that
there is practically no danger for the
trees now, so far as this winter is con-
cerned, an estimate can be made allow
ing, of course, for a change in the event
that the weather conditions during the
summer will not be such as to materially
affect the crop. My prediction is based
as a matter of course, on the assumption
that we are to have a moderately fair
season."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-12
AN HONEST LEGISLATURE.

From the Edwardsville Standard-News.
For once In twenty years the people
of Alabama are again in the saddle and
the politicians and corporations a1e beat
en-. This Is a great victory in which all
the people of the state will share the
spois. 1t was begun by the rank and
file when they won the victory foI a pri-
mary and eliminated in the passage of
the uniform text book and the elective
railroad commission bills. This will put
renewed energy into the veins OF those
who were on the verge of despair when it
seemed impossible for the uniform text
book and railroad commission bills to
pass. They were strenuously opposed by
the wealthy corporations and as strend-
ously advocated by the new senators and
representatives. They would not buy
over" be 1t said to their credit which
alone is sufficient to place them in the
highest estimation of the people of the
state. Those who won the fight can now
return to a pleased constituency and be
reinforced with new courage and ambition
for the work In September
Taken all in ALL so much of the work
of the present legislature has been well
done, and when the legislators return to
Montgomery they will not be long in COM
pletlng their well begun labors. Then
all the machinery of our government will
be in motion and our people will be happy.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-12
PATTI AS A BUSINESS WOMAN.
How She Made Mapleson Live UP TO a
$4,000 Contract.

From the Philadelphia Record.
"Adellna Patti" said an aged Philadel-
phian, came to this city when she was
s years old. She was born in Spain-in
Madrid-and her public career began at
the age of 7. 1t began. 1 understand, in
Philadelphia, and it was in Philadelphia
that she made her first appearance before
royalty, singing in Martha at the Acad-
envy of Music during the sojourn here of
the Prince of Wales. The programmes on
that occasion were elaborate enough.
They were of satin, with a fringe of
gold lace.
Patti was great business woman. She
made sums of money that have not been
eaualled since by any singer I'll tell you
story indicative of her ability as a
financier She was being managed by
Colonel Mapleson, and her contract was
for $4,000 a night Everything went well,
but on a certain day in Boston Mapleson
was short of cash. 1t was PATHS dictum
tcat she must get her $500 ON the after
noon of every singing day. This after
noon, when the manager could produce
only $4,000, her secretary went away III
great indignation. He vowed his mistress
would not sing.
but later on he returned and got the
$4,000. That nights opera was 'Traviata'
and the secretary said Patti would come
to the theatre and dress for the part Of
violetta. all but the shoes. She would put
her shoes on and appear when the extra
$1,000 was forthcoming.
''she did this. At 1880 o'clock she sat in
her dressing-room in her stocking feet,
all prepared otherwise to go on. Mapleson
by this time had taken in sou. and he
sent it back to her. She returned him
word that she would now put on one shoe
"At s o'clock another $500 lot of tickets
had been sold. The money went to Pattl.
And she Immediately put on the other
shoe, and at the proper moment, smiling
and bowling. advanced toward the foot
lights in an uproar of cheers and ap-
plause. They say If the full 5000 haon
been forthcoming she wouldn't have APP
neared
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-12
Rise in The Mississippi:

The levee boards and the govern
ment engineers are patrolling the
levees from Cairo to the gulf, using
for that purpose small steamboats,.
All feel that an unprecedented rise is
imminent The present flood in the
lower Mississippi was caused by heavy
and incessant rains in the valleys of
the Arkansas, Ouaehita and Red rivers.
Other heavy rains have fallen in the
watersheds of the Ohio, Tennessee and
Cumberland, and in about three or
four days the upper flood will be due
in the lower reaches Of the mighty
river. And then back of all these are
the ice-bound sections of the Missouri
and the upper Mississippi, where the
ice is breaking up, and the SHOWS are
melting. Mighty volumes of water will
thus be turned into the valley below
Cairo, but all of them may not come
together. 1t is to be hoped all will not,
for the result would be a record break
ing flood that would carry destruction
far and wide.
In 1897 occurred the greatest flood
below Cairo in the entire history Of
the river, but the duration of that
flood has been exceeded. A Mississippi
flood lasts anywhere from 20 to 100
days, the average length of them at
Vicksburg being 70 days. The weather
bureau predicts a greater flood this
year than that of 1897.
If the levees hold, however-and
they are reported in good condition
the surplus waters of the immense val
ley may be safely carried off to the
sea, and planting operations may be
begun in all districts by May 1. This
is, however, an optimistic view of
the situation, the chances running
towards a reduction of cotton acre
age in the lower valley of the
river, all th5 way from Memphis to
the sugar districts of Louisiana.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-12
M. E. ingalls,.

81 do not know much about Cincinnati
politics, but l do know M. E. Ingalls, the
democratic candidate for mayor of that
city, and predict that he will be elected. =
said an Chicago man al the Morris.
Mr. Ingalls, is president of the Big -Four
and enjoys the reputation of being one of
the ablest and most successful railroad
officials in the United states. But he is
much more than a railroad president. He
is statesman, public spirited gentle
man and an all round good fellow. lie
is a charming man socially. and Is fine
mixer. If the people of Cincinnati make
him mayer they will have a model execu-
tive. Mr.. ingalls, has long taken an &C
tive interest in politics, and If he wins
in the mayoralty race he will be promi-
nently discussed for President in 1901
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-12
corsets for dudes are selling wei
TERRIBLE oYAscUTus LOOSE.

From the Springfield Union.
Burgin. Ky. reports the existence of a
thing as big as a calf, with eyes that
shine like balls of fire and hair standing
on end, that is frightening horses, tear
ing dogs TO shreds and soaring the neigh
borhood generally.-New York Paper.
We know what this is 1t is the far
famed gyascutus, so called because it has
its legs on one side longer than those on
the other. Thus 1t can walk easily on
hillsides Its color is a brilliant blue
with pink stripes running lengthwise of
the body. Its ears are green, with yellow
polka dots 1t Is observed only in Ken
lucky, and is seen in the early dawn
after a night with what made Kentucky
famous.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-12

in the maneuvers carried on around Eu-
rope, and especially in the Mediterranean
sea. by United States battleships.
P. II. Wakefield, chier or the fire de-
partment at Columbus. Miss. is in Biz
mingham.
e. Lesser's many friends will regret to
know that he is quite Ill and is threat
ened with typhoid fever.
o. A. Field. president of the Jesse
French Piano and Organ company, ard
Henry Gennett. vice president, and also
vice president of the Starr Plano corn
pany' are in the city.
DR.. ]. c. Mcclendon of Dadeville is in
the city.
William F. Aldrich is in Washington,
and 1t Is understood he is negotiating the
sale of his handsome home at the ma
tional capital. It is also SAID tnat he went
TO Washington on a political mission.
F. e. Johnson of st. Louis is at the
Hillman.
J. H. Adams of Ozark is registered at
the Morris.
A. H. Mcclung of Carrollton is stopping
at the Metropolitan.
c. w. Dunlap and DIR. @. A. Moore of
Eutaw are at the Hillman.
r. A. Harris and wife of Gadsden are
stopping at the Morris.
]. S. Daniel of Tailadega is at the Met
ropolitan.
Rev. I. o. Adams of Eufaula is regis
tered at the Hilman.
H. e. Young of New Orleans is at the
Morris.
VIII A. Echols of Gadsden is stopping
at the Metropolitan.
L. Y. Dean of Eufaula is at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-12
BIRMINGHAM APPLICANTS.

From the Montgomery Journal.
The fact that there were too many
applicants from Birmingham for rail-
road commissioner and that all got left
does not indicate that in a contest before
the people that some good Birmingham
man cannot be elected. Doubtless, how
ever, there will be several candidates for
railroad commissioner from birmingham
and this would hamper necessarily the
candidacy of the strong candidate. Still
1t will be recalled that the state con-
vention, called in the Auditorium in this
city to select delegates to the late con-
stitutional convention selected two of the
four delegates-at-large from Birmingham,
Robert j. Lowe and Frank S. White, and
this, in spite of the prediction that one
or the other would be beaten.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-12
Senator Morgan and the Canal.

The Spooner canal act has been at
tached to the treaty through the eff
forts Of Senator Morgan. Our senior
senator further desires changes in the
treaty, as follows:
An amendment safeguarding the in
teroceanic canal act of June Is, 1902;
an amendment exempting Americans
from the operation of Colombia's con-
cordat with the pope; an amendment
giving the United States canal rights
in perpetuity, instead of a hundred
years privilege, the cities of Colon and
| Panama to be included in the canal
grant; a cash payment to Colombia
of 100000 instead of $4,000, 900;
payment of the $4,000 annual rental
to Columbia for the period of sixty
two years, instead of indefinitely; the
United States to have exclusive con-
troll of immigration into the canal zone
and the right to establish military
courts there as well as civil courts,
and the right to use its land and naval
forces for the protection of the canal
at its sole discretion, and all the time
it needs in which to finish the canal.
All of these amendments are desir-
able, but just how far the treaty can
be amended without endangering its
ratification by the Colombian senate,
which will meet in May, is quite an
other question. Already there is oppo-
sition in Colombia to the treaty, and one
Senior Oscar Teran, says he will fight
1t from his seat in the Colombian con-
gress. But 1t seems that prompt rati-
fication by this country might be fol-
lowed by ratification on the part of
Colombia by President Marroquin,
who seems to be authorized to act
when congress is not in session.
In Alabama more feeling is express
ed over the possible effects of Sena-
tor Morgans prolonged battle against
the treaty upon his own health than
there Is over tho treaty amendments.
The wish in this state is, that he will
not overtax his own strength. All feel
that the selection of the Panama route
Is final, and they do not desire to see
the work unnecessarily delayed. All
desire to see the work begun, even
If the treaty be disappointing, and
the route selected not wholly prefer
able.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-12
Germans Steering Committee.

The new senate steering commit.
tee, practically named by Senator Cor
man as leader of the minority, con-
sists of Senators German of Mary
land, Cockrell of Missouri, Martin of
Virginia, Bacon of Georgia, Dubois of
Idaho, Money of Mississippi, Bailey
of Texas, Blackburn of Kentucky, and
Tillman of South Carolina. The new
members are Messrs. German. Black
burn and Tillman.
"The young and aggressive" clique
in the senate are in revolt. They do
not like the reappolntment of Mr..
Bailey who supported the hldrlch bill,
and they say Mr.. Blackburn Is too
erratic and Mr.. 1illman too pro
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-12
THE cHILDREN's HOUR.

BY Henry Wadsworth Longfelow.
Between the dark and the daylight.
When the night is beginning to lower,
Comes a pause in the days occupations
That is known as the Children's Hour.
=
I hear in the chamber above me
The patter of little feet,
The sound of a door that is opened,
And voices soft and sweet.
From my study see in the lamplight,
Descending the broad hall STAIR
Grave Alice and laughing Allegro,
And Edith with golden hair.
A whisper, and then a silence,
Yet know by their merry eyes
They are plotting and planning together
To take me by surprise.
"A sudden rush from the stairway,
A sudden raid from the hall!
BY three doors left unguarded
They enter my castle WALL
They climb up into my turret,
Ger the arms and back of my chair;
If try to escape they surround me
They seem to be everywhere.
They almost devour me with Kisses,
Their arms about me entwine,
Till I think of the Bishop of Bingen
In his Mouse-Tower on the Rhine.
Do you think, o blue-eyed banditti,
Because you have scaled the wall,
Such an old mustache as l am
Is not a match for you all?
I have you fast in my fortress,
And will not let you depart,
But put you down into the dungeon
In the round-tower of my neart.
And there will keep you forever.
Yes. forever and q day.
TIL the walls shall crumble to ruin
And moulder IN dust away.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-12
THE CABINET AND THE COUNTRY.

FROM Leslie s weekly.
Four officials, the heads of the state.
the treasury and the war departments
and the attorney general, sat down at
the council table of President Washing
ton. The post of secretary of the navy
was created in 1913, during the presidency
of John Adams. In 1929, at the beginning
Of Jackson's service, the postmaster gem
eral entered the cabinet. He was followed
twenty years later, in 1S49, by a secretary
of the interior, at the outset of the term
of Zachary Taylor. Just forty years after
ward, In the closing days of Cleveland's
first term, In 1889, a secretary of agricul-
ture was added to the list of cabinet
posts. In 1903 one more acquisition a sec
rotary of commerce, is made to the Of
fetal family of President Roosevelt.
The cabinet officers, nine In number
now, have been a little more than doubled
since the first Presidents days, but the
country's population, wealth, general re-
sources and activities have grown in g.
far greater ratio in the interval The
country's inhabitants have been multi
piled by twenty-five. Its wealth. $94, O00,-
900 In 1900 is much more than a hun
dred times greater than 1t was in 1890
The countrys output of coal, pig iron,
gold, wheat corn and cotton has increased
UNNECESSARILY faster In the past hundred
years than has its population In all Of
these products the United States of today
leads the world. There was $4,000 of gold
coined in the United States in 1900, as
compared with 500, 600 in 1900. Its manu-
features, which amounted to $1,000 200, 900
In 1850, the earliest year which the census
made any computation in that field, was
$13 900, 100000 in 1900. For twenty years
past the United States has led the world
in The extent of its manufactures.