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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04
sPMsTERS HAVE A UNION.
Bachelor Girls of Advanced Age Pro-
pose to Abolish the Male
CeIIbates.

The spinsters Of Adams county
Pennsylvania, with headquarters at
York, have recently been forming old
maid societies to engage in various
social diversions calculated to attract
the bachelors, reports an eastern eX-
change.
At Gardner's Station the Old Maids
union held left-hand social recently
at which all the old maid societies
Of the county were represented. The
social was held at the home of Rev
Mr.. RhOades and Miss Ida Rhoades
was assisted in receiving by Miss
Aggie Zeigler and Miss Rebeeca
Myers. The guests were required to
receive the refreshments with the
left hand, the right hand of each
guest being tied behind her.
These resolutions were unanimous
" adopted:
"Whereas, the need of a good hus-
band has long been felt as a press
ing necessity, and repeated efforts
have been made to induce the legis-
lature of Pennsylvania to enact
law that would compel all bachelors
throughout the commonwealth TO
marry; therefore;
Resolved by the Old Maid society
Of Gardeners Station, That we do
hereby most earnestly request mot
our present representatives of Adams
county to use their best efforts and cast
their vote for the enactment Of law
that will compel all bachelors to
marry, but) all men between ages Of
2s and As. who are in hunt of good
companions address the secretary,
Old Maid Society, Gardeners Station,
Pa"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04
zEsTFUL FRANKNEss.
An Irate L.avymaker Who Was one OF
the "COwardIy NineOmpOODs7
Himself.

Unexpected franlmess now and
then gives a special zest to the
humOr of a situation in congress
When "Gabe" Bouck was the repre-
sentative from the Oshkosh district
Of Wisconsin, a pension bill came
before the house, to his great vexa-
ton of spirit; for, while his personal
convictions were directly opposed to
it, his political interests were strong
enough to whip him into line. On
the day the bill came up for final
disposal q fellow member met Bouck
In the space behind the last row Of
seats, walking back and forth and
gesticulating excitedly, bringing his
elenched right fist down into the
hollow of his left hand, to the accom-
paniment of explosives which would
hardly look well in print, writes
Francis E. Leupp in "Some Humors
Of Congress"
"What's the trouble, Gabe?n in
quired his friend. "Why all this ex-
citement?"
"Trouble2" snorted the irate law
maker. Trouble enoughi That
pension bill Is up, and all the cow
ardly nincomPooPs in the house are
going to vote for It. It's sure to pass
sure to pass"
"But why don't you get the floor
and speak against it-try to stop
it?" suggested the other.
'Try TO stop ftp" echoed Bouck.
''Try to stop it2 Why, I'm one Of
the eowardly nincompoops myself"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04
DoMESTICATED LEOPARDs.
south African Region where the Ma
tIves Tame the Animals and
Make Use of Then.

Upogoro, In German East Africa
says The Sphere, has only recently
come into prominence The whole
country is mountainous in character,
and several peaks attain an attitude
of $500 feet.
One Of the drawbacks Of the countrJ
Is the presence in large numbers Of
wild animals, chief among which is
the leopard Although sparing the
Europeans, yet he does not fear to
burst into the native huts and seize
any human being who may be within
reach. Should he not succeed in eff
feeting an entrance, he hes in wait
until some unfortunate native ven
lures out.
If there is a goat pen or a chicken
rOOst, be satisfied himself there, but
failing this fears not to attack the in.
habitants. Once satisfied, he retires
to his lair, and, being tracked, often
falls a prey TO the European rifle.
. Young leOpards are often caught
BY the natives, and are bartered FOR
money or articles Of clothing. These
are sometimes tanned, and though not
% Trustworthy as the dog, yet throw
pa their Wild nature, and are utilized
for practical purposes.
They are used for drawing light
carts, and IL Is by no means uneom-
mon to see them harnessed to the
mountain guns which they pull along
with the utmost facility.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04
TOLD ~ NU1[BRRs

About $1,000 automobiles are q
use "a the Omitted States.
The lowest priced vehicle e th'
New York automobile show wa
500; the highest s1,soo.
American tourists annually sPe'at
abroad an average q sTslOo0.oO0 a n
foreign tourists leave about So
$4,000 hers.
Amerieans bought IN Paris 4 "
gear $1,000 worth az gooseliEer Z Be-
ess.0oo worth Of human hair, & %
$4,000 worth Of mushrooms,
The highest point 70 which a 2
has ever climbed is 1900 feet 70 J,
eummit q the Andeaa peak, Ac
cagua. ne feat was aosonplirl
~ t8o man osnt cut u - n
- j
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04
Eai.rsd al the Pa offies at chisaeO
NE ss Sseon5-elas hlaitsr.


@What I can't understand, remarked
the Wise Guy, sis the wastefulness Of
nature. Now, what's the use Of giving
us . Tsrmiform appendix? Scientists
ten rs e does no one any good"
wei, don't agree with them" re-
piled the physician; sit frequently
dOes ~ doctors q good deal Of good
especially If we get wei paid for re-
moving itI"ACiDcinnati Commercial
VFfbune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04
or gIIabIe ADJ CO.

The latest estimate places the total
number Of apple trees Of bearing age
in the United States at somewhat over
200, 100000. This 10 nearly three trees
10 every person. These trees Yield
more than 17s,O00, 900 bushels. Not an
Of these apples are consumed at home,
for in years Of fun crop more than
10000 60, abroad. Yet the apples
kept ct home are more than two bush
els e every adult and child.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04

Ten (Who has been swayl-Did you
and that gid you were engaged TO last
sumner get married?
Jaek-Yes; but we are not living to-
gether.
Tom-Why? what's the trouble2
Jaek-Oh, no trouble at all. She
married another man and 1 married
another girL-Cineinnati Enquirer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04

"A satirist, my dear" said Miss Cay
meme to the girl WHO'S beginningtot take
IN interest in literature, sis q writer
who applies himself to exposing
SANS"
',But why should he know 30 much
more than other people about Ehams?"
sBecsuse he Is usually one himself. I"
-WsEhinEton Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04

Amistress told her maid, Betsy, that
abe must not always do things on her
own responsibility, but first AJAX per
mission The next day Betsy walked
into the parlor and said, politely:
Please, madam, the cat Is busy eat
ing up the duck in the pantry; must ]
drive her away or not?"-Ht-Bits.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04
aEIops sprangs Eternal, Eto."

Widow smith-Yes, poor Johns gone
after living with me for 80 years, but
he died happy and with . smile on his
facel
Deacon sJones-Ah, yes, Of course,
Just 90. I feel assured be died in the
oonhdent hope Of better hfe.-N. z.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04
a Fair ExehangA

Il don't think they ought TO prose
eute that farmer found making eoun-
terSeit doIlars."
''Why nOt7"
why, undoubtedly he was merely
getting ready to 60 to the city and buy
some gold bricks. just case Of fair
exchange. Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune,
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04

DoctOr-Did those pink pills I left
for little Willie seem to do him any
good2
Ar1.' B.-Yes, indeed, doctor. Hes
been a-Eittin' up IN bed all day a-playin'
marbles with them.-Chicago Amer
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04

Old Constellation did you dare,
sir, 70 hss my daughter last night on
the dark piazza2
Young Gayboy-My dear sir, now
that I've seen her BY daylight, won
der myseh.-Tit-Bfts.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04
SPECIAL NOTICE.

Our articis on Booker T. Washing
ton and the DisfraRchisement Of the
Negro in the South" viii BOT appear
until the Rext issue Of The Broad Ak.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04

Mr.. Hopeford-The date you have set
for our wedding comes on Friday. Fri
day Is supposed to be an unlucl-y day.
Mrs. Lakeside (from the west)-So
I've heard, but It can't be any more
unluelEy than the other days. I've
tried al the rest.-N. z. Weekly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04

s.rhose ahoa solea" said TIE ola cobblsr.
'rpTni never war out, crack or break;
Ihey are-lst me whisper thssecret-
a1ade from q restaurant buekWhaa,
cake."
-chisaso Daily EsWA
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04

The life Of modern leather made
By the use Of sulphurie acid, e but
IS years. This makes Il necessary
for the British museum 70 spend
10000 e year in renewing leather
book bindinRs.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04

The baby born IN 1908 has three
fines q better chance Of living
tarough its frst year and I've times
. better chance Of living to be I've
years old Than Il would have had 9
dozen years aga
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04

-soms People, I believe, sim main
tain that oil and water won't mix"
SWel, that's true"
@EOnsensel Rockefeller Is q member
q the Baptist church. "-Philadelphis
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04

Irish Is to-day the living tongue Of
almost IS many people IS spsak Welsi.
Greek, serTian, Bulgarian, Norwegian
or Danish. In Galway alone are 4, sss
persons WHO can speak nothing but
JEisb.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04

-Bindns Is q man who Al
ways sticks to the truth.
Timldns-Yes, I've noti0ed that ne
never lets any Of IL escsPe him.-Chi-
caEo Daily News.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04

PenelOpe-Ferdy says Ethel is an
angel.
Jaek-WeH, he must be q harp, then.
She's playing him for all she's worth.
Judge.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04

me Oaly DlmGaIty.
Mrs. NeWltwed-I discharges ne
cook this afternooh-
Mr.. EsWlyEtd-HsVe any difficulty
about it3
Ma. EeWlywed-Not a bit-exeePt
that abe Wouidn't go.-Judge.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1903-04-04

sAhd the mayor asked why they
d0n't put two conductors on car"
s'Whata silly question: Doesn't the
mayor know that two conductors cost
more than one7''-Brooklyn Life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-14
POPULAR MAN GETS
A BANK POSITION
BIRMINGHAM TRUST AND saw.
INGs co. ELECTS cHAPPELL
CORY sEcRETARY-WlLL HAVE
CHARGE OF SAVINGS DEPT.

Chappell Cory of Montgomery has been
elected secretary of the Birmingham
Trust and Savings company and will en-
ter upon the discharge Of his duties in
that institution next Monday.
1t is understood that he will give his
attention especially to the savings de-
partment.
Mr. Cory is one of the best known men
of the younger generation In Alabama.
He was connected with the old Birming-
ham Age Herald for a number OF years,
and was considered one of the brightest
newspaper men in the state He left his
desk on the paper to assume an Important
position in London. England Returning
from abroad several years ago, he was
appointed private secretary to Governor
Johnston. Soon after his retirement from
that office he was made managing editor
of the Montgomery Journal. When that
paper changed hands he acted as special
correspondent In Montgomery for several
of the leading papers of the country,
among them being The Age-Herald He
Is known to be particularly we'll fitted
for the position he is about to assume
and as soon as his election was an
nouneed Mr.. Cory was the recipient of
many congratulations from his friends
throughout the state.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-14
HORSE SHOW WILL BE
HELD AT FAIR GROUNDS

Another change has been made by the
Elks' horse show committee In the ar
rangements. The show will be held at
the fair grounds, and extensive improve
ments will be made in the grand stand
and the track before May g. when the
show commences.
A meeting was held last night and it
was decided that the chances of holding
the show We're better at the fair grounds
than under a tent, and that 1t would be
much more suitable in every way. The
committee discussed the matter thor
oughly. and finally decided to use the
fair grounds and make the improvements
The Grand Stand.
The present grandstand is capable Of
seating about 1900 people, and between
1t and the race track is a space about
thirty feet wide. Boxes bordering on the
track will be built and between the boxes
and the grandstand there will be a COW
cred promenade. The roof of the grand
stand will be extended to the race track.
and will cover the promenade and boxes.
The stand is about 200 feet long, and
1t will be possible to erect about fiftv
boxes, each of which will be deep enough
to seat six or eight people Across the
track, In the center of the field, will be
erected bleachers for negroes.
There will be three classes of seats.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-14

those in the boxes, the reserved seats in
the center of the grandstand and the or
binary seats.
The horse show committee will go to the
fair grounds in a day or two to look at
the grandstand. and to map out the i'm
provements needed. Some one of the
members experienced in fixing race tracks
will superintend the work on the track,
which will be narrowed about six inches
deem in order to furnish soft springy
footing for the horses. 1t will take sew
eral days TO fix the track and get it in
condition.
To Arrange Programme.
A programme will be arranged and an
nounced as 5000 az possible. George
Phillips, who has had a great amount of
experience in this work, will get up the
programme. He has entries from num-
Der of horse owners and expects to be
able to have one of the best shows in the
south this spring.
There will be six performances, four
nights May &c. 27. q and 20, and two mat
postponed, as none of the out of town
owners will be in a hurry to leave the
city. there being no other show until July
4. This plan seems TO the committee
meneed on the improvements at once.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-14
RECORD OF COURTS.

Tn the case of Eldonia Clements against
the Birmingham Railway Light and
Power company. in the first division OF
the City court, the jury brought In a YER
dict giving the plaintiff a judgment for
$3.50. The plaintiff sued for s5O0O' alleging
to have received personal injuries.
Mary Davis has filed a suit in the city
court for $4,000 damages against the Biz
mingham Railway, Light and Power COM
pany, alleging personal injuries in the
complaint.
Allen Williams has filed a suit for 5000
damages against the same company al
Ieging that his wife received personal in
juries.
The case of Henry Ball, charged with
being connected with the escape of Frank
Duncan from the county jail, was called
in the first division of the Criminal court
and passed until the April term
Forest Hill and Bob Stewart, white
were tried on charges of assault and bat
terry.
A number of cases were disposed of In
the United States court as Follows;
Doc Bonerfield was convicted on
charge of conducting an illicit distillery.
Lee Winslet entered a plea of guilty on
a charge of working in an Illicit distillery
and was fined 800. For good reasons he
was released on his own recognizance
Joe Sells, charged with raising bills
pleaded guilty,
Joe Copeland was tried on a charge Of
retailing liquor without a license and
fined s37. so, sentence being suspended UNI
til November l.
The case against VIII Averett was mol
pressed.
One case of retailing liquor without a
license against Doc Bonerfleld was mol
pressed.
Will Reeves was charged with retailing
liquor without license and the case was
mol pressed.
Richard Bonerfield entered a plea Of
guilty on a charge of running an Illicit
distillery and was fined s1oO and sentenced
to sixty days in the penitentiary.
C. t. Bonerfleld pleaded guilty on a
charge of retailing liquor without a IL
cense. He was fined 800 and sentenced to
fifteen months. Sentence was suspended
until further orders of the court.
Little Jim Lou Allen entered plea OF
guilty on a charge of working in dis
tillery. lie was fined 800 and sentenced
TO thirty days in jail. He had been in Jail
seventy-seven days, and sentence was
suspended until further orders.
The case against Arthur Thompson,
charged with retailing liquor without a
license. was mol pressed.
The case of Charles B. Howell, charged
with the forgery of a money order, is
now on trial.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-14
JACKSON DAY BANQUET.
Mr.. Wetmore Receives an Invitation
From the lroquois Club.

r. p Wetmore of this city has received
an invitation TO the Jackson day banquet
to be given by the Iroquois club of Chi
cago in the Auditorium Monday evening,
March 16. This is the twenty-second an
nual banquet of the club. and is given
largely in the interest of harmony in the
democratic party.
Among the speakers on the occasion
will be Mayor Carter II. Harrison of
Chicago. the Hon. Edward M. Shepard,
Senator j. w. Bailey of Texas, the Hon.
Judson Marmon, ex-United States attor-
ney general, and the Hon. David A. De-
Almond of Missouri Ex-President Cleve-
land and others prominent in the party
are invited guests.
H. w. Thornton, a former Birmingham
man. is a member Of the invitation COM
mittee.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-14

pulpit over the body of dead Caesar he
was recalled again and again. No one
in the play was so warmly received. Mr..
Paulding as Cassius was satisfactory,
and Mr.. Greenaway as Caesar rendered
his lines with excellent effect. The Caesar
of the Mansfield revival Is an old, old
man, whom many wars have rendered
aged and worn and even feeble. There Is
not much room in the play for women
actors. but In their brief parts Miss Hoff-
man, as Calphurna. and Miss Hammond,
as Portia were artistic and sympathetic.
The unfolding of the play occupied
fully four hours, but the interest never
tagged, and 1t was noteworthy that
there was no going out between acts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-14
DISCUSSION OF
THE ATONEMENT
DIR. sHINN DELIVERED SERMON IN
CIRCUIT COURT ROOM LAST
NIGHT FROM FAMILIAR TEXT IN
ROMANS.

At the Circuit court room last night the
Rev. DIR. Q. H. Shinn, the Unversalist
minister, delivered a sermon on the
"Atonement," and will continue the sub
ject tonight at s o'clock, discussing the
spiritual authority and mission of Christ.
The text was from Romans $40. II:
For it, when we were enemies, we were
reconciled to God by the death of His
Son, much more being reconciled, we
so, but we also have JOY in God through
our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom we have
now received the atonemeni.''
DIR. Shinn said in substance: Notice
first that the word atonement, which oc-
ours nowhere else in the New Testament,
chapter of Romans, means reconciliation,
being from the same word which in
verbal form is twice rendered. recon
ciled in the preceding verse. Then you
will see that it is put reconciliation" in
the marginal notes. There is no word
In the Bible that means what is usually
understood by the word atonement.
And who was to be reconcied? Some
creeds say Christ came 10 reconcile God
to man. rhe reverse is true; man was
the enemy to be reconciled not God. IF
when enemies we were reconcied to God"
etc.
Now the vicarious atonement doctrine
is not true, not Biblical. 1t makes Christ
a substitute for sinful man. 1t represents
God, in the sacrifice of His Son, as pun
ishing the innocent that He may let the
guilty go free. This is an outrage on the
principle of justice. Nothing is more clear
ly declared in the Bible than the GER
tainty Of punishment. God will by no
means clear the guilty" But according
TO the common view Chrisfs atonement is
a scheme for clearing the guilty 1t is to
exempt sinful men from deserved punish
ment by making an innocent person suf-
fer IN their stead. How can one believe
this and believe in a just God?
1t is easy to trace the origin of this
blood atonement theory. 1t has its basis
In the law of revenge. the law of retalia-
nun. Ahdiif WITH ho0H VII TIC dlliiildl
plane; was controlled by animal instincts.
lie would fight back. If his blood was
shed by an enemy he wanted blood-"an
eye for an eye and tooth for tooth"
And this same feeling of revenge he
ascribed to God and consequently thought
God wanted blood; hence millions of in
nocent animals have been slain to APP
pease the wrath of an angry God.
don't believe God ever required one drop
of blood. The God revealed In the
Sermon on the Mount wants only obedi-
ence and love. He required that His Son
should be true to His mission whatever
the consequences. Enemies killed Him for
being true, and only in this sense did the
Heavenly Father require the blood of His
Son.
We don't want the blood of our children,
We want their love and obedience.
Christs life represents love- It made love
a saving power. He personated and
translated the love of God for mankind.
Let us use the right term which inter
prets the full meaning of His life and
death: "Love-atonemsnt," instead of
blood atonement
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-14

in the Third Presbyterian church, and
was held in high esteem by all who knew
him.
On the night of March IS, last year, he
was told that Webb had been disorderly
and was In house near Morris avenue
and Twelfth street The officer went to
the house and knocked on the door of a
room. There was no answer, and he
pushed In the door, AS he entered Webb
fred the bullet striking ana killing tbs
policeman. Webb was captured urder
house nearby In a few minutes. At his
trial Webb said he had just before had
a difficulty with negro, and when he
fired he thought 1t was the negro trying
to get In.
In a few weeks Webb had been tried
and sentenced to pay the death penalty.
The case was appealed to the Supreme
court, and the sentence of the lower court
was sustained in January 1t was ordered
that Webb be hanged March 10.
Webb said he had made peace with God
and did not fear the terrors or the gal
lows.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-14
INDUSTRIAL NEWS.

Walter Rutherford, brother of John A.
Rutherford of New York and member of
the New York firm of John A. Rutaecford
& Co., accompanied by Priestly Toulmin.
has just returned from a weeks visit 10
the properties of the Lehigh Coal Gem
pany in Blount county.
John A. Rutherford is president of the
Lehigh company. His brother is not 6i-
rectly interested, but is simply here form
ing an estimate of the value OF the prop
critics.
Mr.. Touffnin reports that fine progress
is being made at Lehigh and that two
new openings are now being made. The
survey has been completed for the Louis
Vile and Nashville extension across the
valley and the work of building the track
will begin shortly.
Officials at mining headquarters report
that the rains are seriously inconvenience
ing work at a number of the mines in the
district A number of them are over
flowed and surface mining in many places
has been temporarily abandoned. Special
trouble is said to exist at the Sumpter
mines.
An official Of the Corona Coal and Iron
company said yesterday that his company
was having no trouble with water. The
mines drain themselves. The company is
putting out about 2200 tons of coal
a day. The output at Its Patton mines
yesterday was fully 700 tons. The COM
pany is finely equipped in mining ma
chinery and houses, and will make a
great record In operations this year.