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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
Cut in Price of Pin Iron.

The cut in the price of pig iron leaves a comfortable margin for the producers, and 1t was a wise move on their part. As things stood production was outrunning consumption, but the fall from $22.50 to $13.5O in No. foun- dry-a fall made in three montns-will surely stimulate consumption, and de- mand and supply will again stand at parity.
 The reduction in the price of pig iron will enable melters and steel makers to make concessions in the prices of finished goods, thus benefiting consumers and increasing their num- Der. More buildings will be put up because of it, more bridges will be built, and more railroads planned. The truth is, iron was rushed Up to almost prohibitive prices, and the recent con sessions were wise and timely.
 Such concessions will put the iron market in a sound condition, and if buying for the last months of the year becomes active the industry will suffer no check whatever, and there is every reason to expect the buyers to take hold. They certainly need iron, for every mill is filled with orders. The steel trust has orders enough on file to keep it's vast plants in operation seven months, and what is true of the steel trust is true of all lesser con eerns. All have orders in abundance, and these orders will make the buying for late deliveries in the year active. It cannot well be otherwise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
From the Circulation Manager.

From the Circulation Manager.
 daily newspaper? Is the paper honest that claims 10000 circulation but only receives pay for 1000? Money talks in circulation as well as in every other branch of the newspaper business. To establish a true circulation 1t is necessary that every paper should represent some return; in other words, should be paid for. Then again. the six months, the three months |, or four weeks subscriptions are more often than not counted as an integral part of the circulation. when as a matter of fact only a small portion of these sub scriptions stick. These questions are of vital importance in dealing with the cir culation problem. Let it be put down as an absolute certainty that only the steady yearly subscriber should be count ed as constituting the true and legitimate circulation of any newspaper, and there can be no bubble over the claims of the publisher The rule applies equally to the paper with 1000 circulation as to the one with 100000 or more.
 By yearly subscriber it Is not necessar- fly meant that all the papers should be delivered at the home. The man who regularly buys a paper on the street. or at his news dealers every morning, Is as much a yearly subscriber as the man who gets his paper delivered at his door every day. He has become a regular reader and may be confidently relied upon to buy his favorite paper as each day comes round.
 How to get the regular reader and hold
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
Sailors, Duties Change.

I'm all at sea when l go aboard boat now said a retired mariner. Sixty years ago. when I first went to sea, all that was necessary for Q boy to possess was a clear head, stout heart and a strong body. Now a boy must be mathematician and a machinist He may be puny hydroeephalous and chicken hearted. but If he has the mental and manual training indicated he is all right for modern sailor.
 'I recollect as a boy that the one thing that stood out prominently above all others in my mind as connected with ship was rope. l had to learn to spllce rope ends together. I was obliged to mas ter the half-hitch. hitch, double hitch. bowline and other knots. Then there were many and variously placed ropes bearing different names, which 1t was necessary that should become intimate ly acquainted with. Moreover, although I never thought it necessary. l became well acquainted with what is known as a ropes end. Nowadays a boy becomes learned in the matter of piston rods, pro- peller shafts, triple expansion engines, but I doubt if. after he had been aboard ship for twelvemonth, he could tell the difference between the jib-sheet and the mainsall halyards. I am sure that he could not tell the difference between a club lopsail and a spnnaker unless he had been to see a yacht race.
 Tn the olden days deep-sea sailors graduated from the long shore fisher men; now the world circumnavigators come from the Plttsburg and Altoona ma chine shops.
 The new way is doubtless the best, but l plead guilty to a love for the old system. Rough water and storms never made me sick but the smell of the engine room aboard a modern steamer makes me seasick"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
Great immigration Figures.

Up to the end of the fiscal year ended June 30, the year 1882 held the immigration record, its figures being 7SS, 1892. In 1898 but 229, ,2ss immigrants came in, but in the year just ended 03,000 came in at the ports, and just about 47,O00 crossed the Canadian line to seek new homes in this coun- / itry-S50,000 all told, or figures never before exceeded, or even closely ap- preached.
 The assimilation of such vast num- Der is no light task. There are seven teen states in this union that do not contain S50,oO0 people, and there are six American republics of less popula- ton, and yet we must year by yeav accept the tide and turn it into so many American citizens. The task is each year becoming more difficult, not on account of numbers, but on account of the quality of the immigrants.
 Instead of coming from Great Brit ain, Germany and Scandinavia, as was iormely the case, our immigrants now come chiefly from Italy, Hungary, Rus sia and the Balkan provinces. In the year just ended we received about 175,- poo Italians, and almost an equal num- Der from Austria, and over 100000 from Russia. In race distinctions the italians come first, the Poles next, and he Jews third.
 None of these people have anything in common with us-neither language, traditions, religion or habits. As a rule few of them are tillers of the ,oil, and majority of them seek the great cities, hoping to earn there money enough to take them back to he old country. Few of them, how sver, ever go back, and their children. f not themselves, become part of the national blood. and permanent citizens.
 The large cities of the north are ,lled with Italians, Slovaks, Poles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
COMMENT ON. MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

that can prove very destructive of human life when q panic ensues. and is noi auelled in the admirable manner in whick Mr. Ramsey of Chicago quieted the feari of the great assembly In Denver. Bm for his presence of mind and that of ths men who held up the canvas and pre- vented suffffoeation, there would no doub have been hundreds smothered to deata in the folds of the huge tent.
 It is awful to contemplate what would happen if a great circus tent were to col lapse with thousands of people beneath creating struggling, frenzied mass oi wild animals and human beings. Hap pily great catastrophe of this character has never happened, although tent poies have fallen frequently. This is easily ex plained by the superior knowledge whicA circus men possess and the great SC curity with which they can erect tent in a marvelously short time. It speak well for Christian courage that ther were no fatalities at Denver. If such al accident had happened at circus ns power on earth could have averted pan. lc and hundreds of people would have been suffoeated or sti1ed to death.
 King Peter has just celebrated his birthday by granting a general amnesty which set free a number of political prisoners, no doubt conspirators against the unfortunate Alexander and Draga, although the dispatches from Belgrade are careful not to say so. A certain off. cer of the army who is known to have been a ring leader in the murderous plot was not included in the kings list of in. vited guests. His feelings were hurt and he let it be known. Straight way comes the announcement that he has been pro noted to much more dignifed position.
 Such actions show the course of affairs in servia. The pious calculations oi Peter against the brutal massacre oi his predecessors have come to naughi Cowed by the ruffianly servian army Peter has not dared to make move against the conspirators who Haunt their achievement brazenly about the court and has he already begun a policy of concili. ation. The troubles of the Serbs are not yet over by any means. It would be well for the royal Peter to keep sharp weather eye on Colonel Maschin, as well as certain other army officers. when the first faint rumors of national discomfort reach his ears.l
 A good story comes from Madrid. Don Allensy Borbon. a second cousin of King Alphonso, has been reduced by family misfortunes to make his living by tread ing the histrionic boards. He made his first appearance as the revolutionary Mario in Hugos Les Miserables." In the stirring scene where the tragedian appears on the barricade and cries ''Vive la Republiquei' the noble Thespian came out all right, but the audience greeted his impassioned plea with a burst of laugh ter He was perfectly well known to them and the spectacle of a lineal descen- dent of Louis XIV rousing the mob against Louis Philippe was too much for their disabilities. The audience was so tickled that it fairly howled with laugh ter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
OUR CUBAN PENSION ROLL.

From the Worlds Work
 About 20,OOo soldiers in all went to Cuba, and a few went to Porto Rico for a very brief time. Disease played havoc in a good many camps, but only few hundred were wounded in war. A total of 243 were killed In Cuba. including those who died from wounds.
 Yet 12,0OO claims for pensions have al- ready been allowed; and. although more than 1S.0OO have been rejected, many of the remainder will have to be put on the list. It Is already plain that the claim agent is likely to cost us more than the war cost, for his work will go on year after year, year after year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

Jews and Huns. and they have all the race problems they desire, and more besides, and not few men will advo- cate the establishment of an eduea- tional qualification at the ports. This would reduce immigration at least one half, and it would improve in a marked degree the tide that is flowing this way. Our MT. Underwood tried last year to confine immigration to those who can read and write, but selfish interests voted him down. but per haps he will have better luck next time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
ooELET's SWAN WINS.
sloop Is First in Royal Yacht Club
 Regatta Race.

Copenhagen, July 14.-Seventy yachts participated today in the race of the Royal Yacht Club regatta now in pro- gress here. Robert W. Goelet's sO-foot sloop Swan won the race for fourth-class yachts. beating the Swedish yacht Khaki over triangular course of twenty miles by over three minutes. The times made were: Swan 4:56:10; Khaki 4:59:SS.
 A heavy sea was running and there was a strong wind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
Rla eame Not Harmed b West.


 "The ranch owners in the Montana mountains claim that the big game was not as seriously harmed by the rigors of the past winer as was stated when the snow was deep on the ground" said a western man. "cattle and sheep men claim that bears and mountain lions are killing large numbers of their stock, and that many elk are seen near the ranches in the foothills. This will be good news to the sportsmen in the East, who were led by the first reports to believe that their hunting had been greatly injured. The same kind of news comes from Maine, where it was feared that the great forest fires of last month had de- stroyed many deer and moose. Chair man Carlton of the fish and game com mission has stated that no deer or moose were injured by the fires as far as he had been able to find out This cannot hold good of the cartridges In Maine, and many a nest at the foot of a giant pine must have been destroyed with all the eggs which were in it. But there is a bright side even to this as far as the sportsman is concerned. for there are so many birds in the Maine wilderness that another season will replace them to a large extent, and even this year 1t is safe to assume that no one will notice the lack of the ruffled grouse"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
Rural Carriers Appointed.

Washington. D. C., July 4-These rural carriers for Alabama routes were ap- pointed today: Banks, regular. Isam E. McLendon; substitute. T. L. Harris. Bee vile, regular. Wilton P. Woolf; substitute. Jefferson woolf. Blocton. regulars. Henry w. Lowery. Bennett c. Stanley sub stitutes William F. Lowery. Benny O.. Stanley Camden, regulars. Edward L.. Mcdowell, substitute. W. A. McDowell. A patent for a grain fertilizer drill or dis tributor has been issued to Benjamin F.. Robinson of Camp Hill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

of Great Britain is only about 2o5oO, so that there are almost as manw university teachers in the United States as there are university students In Great Britain
 Even in Germany. of whose educational advantages we have lately heard so much. there are only 7s7 university students to each o,OOo inhabitants. as compared with l2.76 in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

The indefinite suspension of Manager O'Brien and First Baseman Vaughn was doubtless inspired by one-sided telegrams supported by the trouncing the home team gave President Kava- naugh's own aggregation. The in definite suspension of Kavanaugh and the weakling umpires he has put on the league would be much more to the point and much more just.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
) TING FANG. the late repre-
 sentative of the Chinese gov
at Washington. ha

WV sentative of the Chinese gov
 W ernment at Washington. has been appointed an under secretary in the department of foreign affairs at Pekin. In his new position he will have many opportunities to make use of his exten- sive knowledge of the world. Mr. Wu was very popular in Washington. perhaps the most popular envoy China has ever sent to America. and his many friends in this county would have been. pleased had he received more distinguished recog- milton at the hands of his home govern ment. In addition to being a man of pleasing address MT. Wu is an accom- plished Iinguist and exceedingly well edu- cated. Anecdotes of his wit and learning have appeared frequently in the paers of the United States and his wife was a favorite of society in Washington.
 The new office of under secretary to the minister of foreign affairs that has been conferred on MT. Wu may be fairly remuneratlve but Is certainly not a po- sition of any great influence. No doubt he was a person of much more weight in Washington than he now is in Pekin. Americans would be glad if MT. Wu were sent back to this country in the near fu- ture to favor us with scme more em- barrassing questions and sly bits of oc- cidental humor.
 The anniversary of the fall of the Bas- tile was celebrated Monday in New York. and the Chautauqua choir of 5000 voices sang the stirring Marseillaise. This date is a memorable one in the worlds history, but so great is the rush of modern times that the most important epoch marks pass by unnoticed and forgotten. Any one who has ever read carlyles vivid scription of the destruction of the grim old fortress will never cease to take an interest in anything pertaining to the oc- casion. There have been many historians and many writers of fiction to try their hands at describing the fall of the Bas- tile and the stories that have drawn their inspiration from the event are too num- erous to count.
 When we stop to think, 1t was not very long ago when French blood ran down in trougfs from La Guillotine tt Paris, but 1t seems now that the storms that have stricken the republic are happily ever. Stability of government Is at last assured. Men of the world say that the French government has come to stay. and will become steadily growing power In the affairs of the great nations. President Loubet, now at the head of the execu- tive department is by far one of the most capable men who has yet held the office, and with the possible exception of the lamented Carnot has been most pop ular among the masses. The recent cour- tesies extended to M. Loubet by the King of England are only an index of the re- spect in which he is held by other na- tionalities.
 The mishap in Denver when the huge Tent Endeavor fell down upon 5000 people is one of very rare occurrence. but one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
ANeLo.sAxoN UNIVERSITIES.

From the Scientific American.
 Our English contemporary, Nature, in a recent article, makes a statistical com parison of the provision for university education in Great Britain and the United States. in which some truly remarkable results are shown. It seems that in the United Kingdom. with a population of fl. .Ooo, GOO, there are 255OO university or uni versity college students. or. say, five to each 10000 inhabitants. While in the United States, with 76,ooOooO inhabitants, there are 97.1O0 students or 12.T6 for each 10000 inhabitants. After commenting on the important bearing which these facts must have upon the struggle for industrial supremacy. our contemporary proceeds to point out that the amount do- mated to private individuals for higher ed- ucation in the period from 1871 to 1901 was eight times greater in the United States than that given for similar purposes in Great Britain; while. to say nothing of the income from state land grants, the amount provided by the state for higher educa- tion in the United States is six times as much as the government grants in Great Britain.
 In the older country. there are but thir- teen universities and twenty university colleges, whereas in the United States there are TO colleges with an endowment of over s1oo.oo0. and forty-nine of these have endowments of over s500.oO0 while three of them have an endowment of over sio. 0o.0oo. The total number of profes- sors and instructors in universities and colleges included in the list of the United States commission of education is IT, 900. whereas the number of day students in the universities and university colleges
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 One man can lead a woman to sensible dress, but ten cannot make her wear it.
 Every one who has his price will make a marked down bargain sale of himself for cash.
 It never takes girl long to learn better than to wear rings on the hand she is going to put under the dinner table.
 There Is nothing that shocks a woman so much as to find her first wrinkle; noth- ing that shocks man like finding for the first time that young women treat him as if he were their father.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
A BIT OF A LAUGH
Taking Precautions.

From the Chcago Evening Post.
 "The bridal couple was about to depart
 "of course" suggested one of the friends, I've will have to throw an old shoe after them"
 T think" said the wise man, that we'd better make it felt slipper. If a shoe should happen to hit MT. softy's head. it would be serious matter"
 But naturally this remark was attribut- ed to envy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
About Persons.

Gus Lee has gone to Georgia for a months vacation. A. strass of New York is registered at the HHlman. S. M chamblis of Chattanooga is stop ping at the Morris.
  M NJ. Ullman leaves this afternoon for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
OTHERS FEEL THE SAME WAY.

From the Kansas City Journal.
 Colonel Bryan says he Is sorry that boodling should be discovered in Missouri. The boodlers feel the same way about 1t, only more so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

Foreign noblemen have heard about the indigestible nature of undigested securities, and they are not seeking American girls at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
MoRs ARE coWARDLY.

From the Cleveland Leader.
 Tn Indiana, as in other states. murder ous mobs are as cowardly. in the face of real danger and determined opposition, as they are brutal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

The link between Kavanaugh and Cox is unknown, but it is there just the same They are standing by each other, a beautiful modern example of the Damon and Pythias act.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
WARM WELCOME WAITING.

From the Piftsburg Chroncile-Teregraph
 President Loubet ought to visit the United States and see what reception the great American republic can give the head of a European republic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
ThouahtIess.

From the Indianapolis Sun.
 ''Jim," said Inc first tramp printer. as the freight train flew along i've ought to have waited till tomorrow to make this trip"
 "So?"
 Yes; the company runs an excursion today and we're only beating 1t out of s4.6O."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

The ever ready injunction has been employed in Brooklyn to prevent man from painting his house red. Presum- ably it could be turned to account in the painting of town a like color.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
indefinite.

From the Michigan Wrinkle.
 You say his wife's a brunette? thought he married blonde"
 ''IIe did, but she dyed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
THERE ARE MORSE CASES.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
 MT. Schwab's insomnia isn't half so painful as that of the men who went Into his ship com..ne.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
NE OHlY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
The innocent sleep;

The innocent sleepi Sleep, that knlts up the raveIPd sleeve of care, The death of each days life, sore Iabor's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great Natures second course, Chief nourisher in lfe's feast.
 Macbeth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

Mister Kavanaugh will have to go much further if he desires to reduce the Birmingham team to the low level of the Micky Finnites.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
Two Smokes.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
 Any objections to my smoking here?' asked the extensively cheerful man. as the vessel gave another disauieting lurch
 None" replied the pale chap In the steamer chair "here-or hereafterr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

The dirigible balloon will soon sup plant the automobile as a toy of the loafers of the leisure class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

This is good bear weather in Wall street, and the undigested securities have some good company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

The Baltimore Herald says the Cup for which Sir Thomas is striving is one which cheers but does not emlgrate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

On the Santa Fe railroad a race war has broken out between the Japanese and the Mexicans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

The Colombians seem to think the canal treaty is a plum tree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

The admission of opium to the Phil ippines is getting to be 8 great moral issue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

Kavanaugh and Cox should go out together. They are two of kind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

The gypsy moth and the brown-tail moth are again visltlng Boston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

Mother Jones proposes to reform New York before Dowie with his bal loon attachment can get there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

The Don't Perspire club exists at the two poles only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

The removal of the capital to Oyster Bay has brought upon it very strenu- ous weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

The preparations for Labor Day in- dicate that 1t is to be record-breaker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

The visiting and hobnobbing of po- tentates does not lessen the desire for big navies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

The Methodists, north and south, are hereafter to sing out of a common hymn book. Reunion is marching on,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

Sir Thomas considers the Cup as good as won. He is almost as sanguine as the Memphis team was when It reached this town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
A Natural Inference.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
 Tt was very affecting when asked old Blinks for his daughter. Why. wept myself"
 Did he kick as hard as all thatY'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

The hot wave has lost its strenuous ness.