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Secretary Hay and Klshlnaff.

The resolutions and preambles adopt
ed at the mass meeting In the Jefferson
theatre on Monday night should not be
pigeon-holed by Secretary Hay. They
should not go UNDECIDED, coming as
they do from American citizens of all
creeds and schools Of thought. They
express the opinion and will of this
community as to massacre of almost
unparalleled cruelty, bloodthirstiness
and fanaticism.
The doctrine emanating with semi
Official sanction from Washington to
the effect that one nation has no right
to express an opinion or make a pro-
test In relation to the domestic affairs
of another nation, is altogether I'M
tenable. II 1t is meant that strong
nations may wreak their will, however
barbaric, without encountering adverse
criticism Of an official nature, the truth
may be in 1t. But weak nations are
mercilessly criticised by other nations,
and ever have been-and the criticisms
are not limited to protests. All the
powers, including Russll. pounced upon
helpless China when she massacred
some missionaries, and then they made
her pay all the expenses of her foray,
besides robbing her Of every object of
value they could lay their hands on.
A massacre In Armenia was made the
basis of territorial robbery by Rus
STA. and today the powers are demand
ing that Turkey shall institute reforms
in Macedonia Macedonia is part Of
the Turkish empire, and the reforms
demanded relate to her domestic af-
fairs. But we need not go away from
home to find instances of interference
in domestic affairs "A few years ago
some frolicsome citizens of Louisiana
got up lynching bee, and proceeded
to string UP some Italians. 1t was
strictly domestic pastime, conducted
in accordance with domestic customs,
and yet Italy objected and she forth
with presented bill of damages, de-
manding no inconsiderable sum, and
Uncle Sam paid the bill
The Louisiana case and the Kishineff
case are not strictly parallel, because
the victims in the former case were
Italian subjects, but the Chinese and
Macedonian cases are in all essential
particulars similar to the Kishineff
case.
Let the Birmingham resolutions then
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nu,In..s Of Electric Railways.

at will perhaps surprise some persons
to learn that electric railways carry eight
times as many passengers as steam rail-
ways carry" said railroad man. There
are eS7 electric railway companies, against
POST steam railway companies.
1.-THE electric roads have 1888 miles In
line, against 1923 miles of steam line.
The former have $3.50 cars, against l.
55o,sas cars on steam railways The total
capitalization of electric roads is s2,l45,6 $685.
e45, against s11, 6SS,147 0s1 for the steam
roads. The earnings are s2h, 5S46S7 against
s., 5SS, 526, 037, and the net income SO'9o5'235
against $241 ,511.S1S. The electric roads
carry 4,s1s, 1885, 900 passengers year. while
the steam roads carry but 607,27S121. The
electric roads are ahead also In the num-
Der killed and injured, the killed num-
herring 1916 and injured 47,42S, against a
record of but 2S2 killed and 1888 injured
on the steam roads. The latter have over
ten times the mileage of the electric roads,
but the electric roads run chiefly through
the crowded streets of cities"
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be forwared to Sec: tar. Hay, and II
he does not find some way in which TO
present them, or their substance, TO
Russia in diplomatic and official lau-
guage. then an appeal should be made
to congress to ascertain the reason
why. If Secretary Hay refuses to pre-
sent to the car the sentiments of the
American people, then the American
people should see that a secretary Of
state is selected who will hear and
heed them when they speak.
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In the article in the June number Of
the North American Review entitled
Race Suicide and Common Sense" a
writer who describes himself as "Pater-
familias" expresses some convictions on
the subject which has been brought into
prominence by recent utterances of the
President in regard to race suicide. The
meaning which "Paterfamilia5" finds in
the statements made by the President is
that the larger a family is the better, and
with this theory he joins Issue. Revert
ing to the days of his youth. when large
families were the rule, he recalls that the
lives of the mothers of these families
were the lives of pain, anxiety and toll
His own mother did not have, on an
average, one rev dress a year, and
real nice dress was supposed to last her
ten years. She was offered up as con-
slant sacrifice on the altar of family de-
velopment, and is suffering agonies to this
day for the sake of bringing large
brood into the world. II families are to
be large, 1t is the women who will be
compelled to bear most of the burdens
Of life who will be compelled to give up
many comforts which they crave, and
which In some measure they are now be-
ginning to enjoy, and to which they are
Justly entitled. 1t seems simply brutal to
suggest that a woman should make
sacrifice of herself merely to swell the
aggregate number of human beings in
the world. "Paterfamilias" expresses an
unwillingness to compare Mr.. Roosevelt's
expressions in his recent letters to pa
rents with the brutal sayings OF Napo-
leon about the necessity of French women
breeding soldiers. but he complains that
there is altogether too much of re-
semblance to suit him.
Besides, to bring more children into the
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EACH AND ALL.

BY Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Little thinks, in the field, you red -cloaked
clown,
OF thee from the hilltop looking down;
The heifer that lows In the uplands farm
F'ar-heard. lows not thine ear to charm;
The sexton, toilling his bell at noon,
Deems not that great Napoleon
Stops his horse, and lists with delight,
Whilst his files sweep round yon Alpine
height;
Nor knowest thou what argument
Thy life to thy neighbours creed has lent.
All are needed by each one;
Nothing is fair or good alone.
1 thought the sparrows note from heaven.
Singing at dawn on the alder bough;
brought him home, in his nest. at even;
He sings the song. but 1t cheers not now,
For l did not bring home the river and
sky;
He sang to my ear-they sang to my eye.
The delicate shells lay on the shore;
The bubbles of the latest wave
Fresh pearls to their enamel gave.
And the believing of the savage sea
Greeted their safe escape to me.
wiped away the weeds and foam.
1 fetched my sea-born treasures home;
But the poor, unsightly, noisome things
Had left their beauty on the shore
With the sun and the sand and the wild
uproar.
The lover watched his graceful maid,
AS mid the virgin train she strayed'
Nor knew her beautys best attire
Was woven still by the snow-white choir.
At last she came to his hermitage,
Like the bird from the woodlands TO tho
cage;
The gay enchantment was undone'
A gentle wife, but fairy none.
Then I said, 1T covet truth;
Beauty is unripe childhood's cheat;
1 leave it behind with the games
YOUTH
As l spoke beneath my feet
The ground-pine curled its pretty wrea
Running over the club-moss ourrs;
1 inhaled the violet's breath;
Around me stood the oaks and hrs;
Pine-corns and acorns lay on the srour
over me scared the eternal SKY,
Full of light and of deity;
Again / saw, again l heard,
The -~i,s--- 49, ne morning bird;
Bes senses stoie'
Iy he perfect wnoies
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PATER FAMILIAS ON THE
SIDE OF SMALL FAMILIES

world than can be properly cared for
means in view of the increasing difficult
ties of the race for existence, that thou
sands will be ushered into careers which
will be nothing but a constant struggle
with the chances very much against
them. "Paterfamllias" concludes:
IT have for the President the greatest
respect and have always s. ported him
politically, and l cannot believe that he
wants to see the population of this ma
ton grow ;imply because 1t will give
us military strength. The fact is that
we need better citizens, not more of
them; and until there has been some way
provided by which every c,ild born into
this world has as good a chance as it
ought to have in the race for success I
shall continue to hold to the opinion that
the fewer tn -e are in the family the bet
ter. Preside Roosevelt has large FAM
lily, but he his always had abundant
means to care for them. If he could
know the sufferings of poor women l do
not believe he would encourage poor men
to increase their families. l do not be-
lieve one woman has been convinced by
what he has said on this subject. 1 be-
lieve in that married life where there is
happiness for all, and have little faith
in the theory that If man marries early.
works and worries himself to death, he
may thus obtain a better position here
after l am certain that we ought to
treat our wives better than we do. Most
of us are moral towards who make our
wives suffer and then blame it on the
Lord, who, I believe, will resent such
conduct. 1 have said some plain things
because they need to be said. l cannot
agree with the President, whose philos-
ophy, if it seems brighter, is yet in
truth responsible for large part of the
misery there is in the world"
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Festival Concert Tonight.

The Euterpean club will give festival
concert at the Jefferson tonight, and 1t
deserves liberal patronage. The Euter-
pean chorus is the largest in Birmingham,
nubering, as it does over 100 voices 1t Is
made up of high school singers. and Miss
kits is the leader.
Few cities can boast of such thorough
musical instruction as Is given in the
public schools of Birmingham. Every
child is taught sight reading, and many
of the children become quite proficient in
chorus work. The Euterpean club is
composed of the pick of the high school
talent.
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COMMENTS CULLED FROM
PAPERS HERE AND THERE

| 6HE NEW ORLEANS PIcAYUNE
W resents a "threadbars SANDER
which recently appeared In the
New York Sun relative to the monitor
Arkansas being stuck in the mud of the
Mississippi river. In addition the Sun has
some remarks upon the insufhciency of
the dry dock at A1giers, which is also
large part mud" BY a quotation from
the Marine Journal the Picayune shows
that a sojourn in the Father of Waters
will not inJure the Arkansas as much as
an equal period spent In salt water, and
that the dry dock at Algiers has never
failed ITO raise any craft that has come
to 1t for that purpose from a battleship
to some Of the largest merchant steamers
that run to New Orleans from domestic
and foreign ports"
Under the caption of Our Rich Thugs
the Memphis Commercial-Appeal directs a
rather sizzling editorial against young
Duryea, past master of Billingsgate"
and son of the head of the starch trust.
Young Duryea is a past master of Bill
iingsgate. He showed epithets on his wife
and did not hesitate to indulge in such acts
of endearment az taking her by the throat
and humping her head against the highly
polished. hardwood finish doors of his
palatial home.
He belongs to that class of rich thugs
who rehearse In brownstone fronts what
Is supposed to go on only in the crowded
tenement houses. Bill Sykes and his
Nancy are sometimes found In rich sur
roundings.
Mrs. Duryea that was deserves small
sympathy. The daughter of the purlieus
who knows no better may be excused for
permitting man to treat her brutally.
But woman who is well known in Eng
land and America neutrallzes popular
resentment by submitting to abuse Any
woman with a few days practice can
learn to put bullet through a brute. The
rich thug should be shown less consIdera-
ton than the poor and ignorant thug"
The Courier Journal takes occasion to
make survey Of the ability wasted in
crime" and draws a comparison between
the lives of big Jim" Brady, noted
burglar Of the old days, who was killed
a few days ago by a train, and Charles
Schwab, the great steel magnate. Brady
was a high-class criminal a genius at
his trade. If his energy and skill had been
rightly applied he might have won the.
success in the manufacturing world that
Schwab has achieved.
Brady belonged to the higher classes
of criminals. He was an expert bank
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burglar, and It is said no safe lock was
invented that could defeat his skill. He
did some very profitable jobs In his line,
the total of his 1ootings amounting, 1t
is said. to half a million dollars. Yet all
he got out OF this fortune and for the
desperate chances he took were LONG
years In prison, shattered health and
death unwept and alone under the engine
wheels Of an express train. Had he de-
voted his unquestioned abilities as a me-
chanic to legitimate pursuits he might
have become a great manufacturer; he
might even have been a sort of Charles
schwab, who lifted himself in compare
tive youth to the ranks Of the Million
aires solely by his energy and skill as
an artisan.
The difference between the two men
was that Schwab was a normal and hon
est man, and big jim Brady had no
moral basis for an otherwise strong char
acter. He chose the wrong road of life
and was sorely punished even on this
earth"
The Charlotte, Y. c., Observer evident
ly thinks that Apostle Smoot has some
thing on the order of a lead pipe cinch
on his seat in the United States senate.
Saws that paper: "while the general as
sembly of the Northern Presbyterian
church at Los Angeles was adopting reso-
lutions Friday. urging the expulsion OF
Mr.. Reed Smoot, of Utah, Mormon apos-
tie, from his seat in the United States
senate Mr.. Reed Smoot of Utah, United
States senator and Mormon apostle, was
introducing Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt,
President of the United States, to a mul-
titude of his fellow citizens at Ogden
Utah. Mr.. Smoot will not be expelled"
The New York Herald announces that
at last the baby problem has been solved
and the spectre of papa tramping the
floor at 2 a. M with a squalling infant in
his arms is destined soon to pass away.
Says that estimable paper
Infants cause a good deal of trouble
to their parents. and Tor this reason an
ingenious invention. the object of which
is to pacify fractions babies, is of timely
interest 1t consists of a small phono-
graph, to which is attached device Tor
rocking a cradle. AS soon as the infant
wakes at night and begins to cry the
photograph starts to play soothing
lullaby and at the same time the cradle
rocks gently to and fro. AS long as the
little one is restless the music and the
rocking continue. To the many fathers
and mothers whose rest is constantly dis
turbed by their infants this invention VIII
surely prove boon"
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A RIGHTEOUS STRIKE.
the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The BARRIERS on the northwest side have
struck for shorter hours. Other BARRIERS
are expected to follow them. The present
hours of BARRIERS are as follows:
a. m. to . or 10 p. m, week days.
Z g. m. to IL p. m, Saturdays.
g. m. to l or p. m, Sundays.
Such hours as these are intolerable.
They make the men who serve under that
schedule little better than slaves, with
out time for their family or themselves.
without recreation. lrelaxation. or self
improvement.
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TO TAKs CENSUS OF BABIES.

New York Telegram to the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Health Commissioner Lerderie is having
the summer corps of eighty physicians,
especially engaged to look after the health
of infants and poor children In the tene-
ment house districts, to make an index
OF all babies under one year old. The list
will contain, so far as possible the names
and addresses of all the babies In the
five boroughs. Already 1t contains 10000
names of babies born since January !.
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Interest In Fine Horses.

1.-THE effects of the recent horse show
are already to be seen on the streets Oh
Birmingham" said business man. An
interest in fine horsefesh has been
awakened, which promises to continue
and the number of handsome eauippages
is being increased. Last Sunday after
noon the streets were enlivened with d
great many beautiful high-steppers'
Numerous deals in costly horsenesn
were pulled of during the progress OF
the horse show and as a result Birming-
ham is destined to rank high hereafter
among the southern towns as city. OF
blooded stock"
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IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
J. n. Mccary.

IT was certainly glad to see ]. H. Nc
Cary elected president of the Board of
Trade as he is an energetic young man
and has the interests Of the business
men of the city at heart" said a member
of the board. He viii do everything he
can to further the interests Of Birming-
ham,
Mr.. McCary has been one Of the mem-
bers of the board from its start and has
always been willing to work on any COM
mittee on which he was placed. He has
been ready at all times to make his re-
ports when called on. Under his guild
ance the board should have very pros
porous year.
Mr.. Mccary made very appropriate
little talk this afternoon when elected and
stated that he esteemed the honor most
highly He will push matters and will
greatly strengthen the board"
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coIored Excursions.

AT last the excursion season has ar
rived, and the heart Of the southern
darkey Is made happy by glorious Wis
ions of 'scursions' to Memphis Chatta-
nooga and other points" said citizen.
THE advent of the water melon and its
effect on the darkey is heralded far and
wide in the comic paper of the country,
but the soul-stirring excursion with Its
host of perspiring, dressed-up negroes
Is little noted.
1.-THE first excursion out Of Birming-
ham was to have been pulled of last
Sunday to Memphis, but for some reason
1t failed to materialize. Negro excursions
are distinctive of the south and there are
always many comical features attached
to them"
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CAPITAL OF INDIAN rERRlToRY9

From the Kansas City Journal
What is the capital of Indian Territory?
Nearly all the Biographies give Table
quah as the capital. But according to
Tams Bixby, chairman Of the Dawes
commission Tahlequah is not entitled to
that honor. 1t is simply the capital of
the Cherokee nation. and each of the re-
naming four nations has capital of its
own. Muskogee for the last several years
has been used by the commission as the
seat of government for the whole terri
tory
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
N the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
1t is a great trial to some women that
It is not proper for them to get photo
graphed in their nightgowns.
Probably women would have a passion
ate fondness for open-work stockings If
they didn't have any legs.
The only man who is prouder than the
intimate friend Of a United States senator
is the intimate friend of friend of a
senator
Women get as much pleasure out Of
thinking of the big things their husbands
are going TO do as their husbands do out
of doing them.
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PLANS FOR $50 FEET HIGH.

New York Telegram to the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
A tower $50 feet high. about 200 feet
higher than Washington monument, is
planned for the terminal of the New York
Central railroad at Forty-second street.
The shaft will be 1Oox12o feet at Its base.
and a clock with dial 81 feet across is
proposed for the loft and a powerful bea-
con light may be placed at the top of the
structure.
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NO JOKE.

From the Kansas City Journal.
II some of Mr. Folks convicted boodlers
do not soon reach the penitentiary
mighty cry will go up from the people of
Missouri: whats the matter with our
Supreme court?'
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Admission, spent yesterday in Birmingham.
Mr.. Cobb has one Of the largest lime
Industries in the state and is now contem-
plating the establishment Of another
plant.
r. A. Burr, general sales agent OF the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad COM
pany, is at the IIillman.
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OUR TROUBLES FADE AWAY.

From the Springfield Qll.J News.
The school commandments will now
settle all questions of political, ethical or
general moment The country would be In
a bad fix II 1t did not get these helps
once a year.
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IRRESPONSIBLE.

From the Louisville Courier J ournai.
Do not judge the south by those top
waters who are pouring money in on that
Indianapolis chambermaid who refused
to make up the bed occupied by Booker
Washington. Every section of the coun-
try has its topwaters.
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Limerick InteIIIuenee.

From the Princeton Tiger.
There was an old sailor of Crete.
Whose peg legs propelled him quite
nete.
Strong liquor" he said.
Never goes to my haid.
And 1 know II can't so to my fete."
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Mr.. Roosevelt is bigger than his
party's convention with Mark Hanna
and his campaign subscription list
thrown IN.
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The Michigan republicans are also
endeavorl.., to suppress by adverse
comment in the newspapers Thus
does Imperialism westward take its
Wav
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The full title of the wireless firm is
Marconi, Boison & Pupin. It COM
prises the Big Three in the electric
wave line of business.
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NOT POSTED.

From the Boston Globe.
George j. Gould says it is news to him
that he has made peace treaty with the
Pennsylvania railroad Mr.. Gould ought
to read the New York papers.
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MARKED DOWN.

From the Kansas City Star.
A New York man must pay young
woman $4,000 for 1886 klsses-a rate of
50 AZ per kiss. They were probably marked
down from 81 80
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The thln-skinned republicans of
Michigan propose to adopt and apply
to the democratic Michiganders the
patent Pennypacker press muzzles,
warranted to suppress all distasteful
criticisms of the robber tariff, the
trusts and the republican bosses-their
Big Three, in other words.
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The Frisco" is now the Rock
Island" to all intents and purposes, the
plan Of consolidation having become
operative.
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From the Harvard Lampoon.
Now" muttered the guide. as his
charges approached the great st. Ber-
nard now things have come to pretty
passv'
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The 1872 democratic members Of con-
gress who declared third-termism on
the part of Grant "unwise, unpatrioti3
and fraught with peril to our institu-
tions," arc presumably opposed to four
years more for Grover.
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The heel of the oppressor is upon the
shooting irons of the citizens Of
Breathitt county, Kentucky. In that
county the right to kill neighbor be-
fore breakfast is time-honored and in
ahenable in Theory at least.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-06-03

Drinks in New England, under the
law, call for change in the invitation
schedule--"Have an original package
with us?"
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Lady Henry Somerset, the heroine
of the crusade against the living pic
ture, has retired from public life.