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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

while temperance is growing. crime is not decreasing. The south also is more religious than the north and more pune tilious in following religious traditions ana observances and yet this does not seem to make any impression on it's crim- nal record. It is curious situation. It mas always been supposed that drinking was more common in the south than in the north, and it Is true that moonshining IS almost exclusively a southern practice, and yet there is less drunkennes there. It would also seem that crime has nothing to do with the liquor question. and that it is not appreciably restrained either ny temperance or religious sentiment in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

the other should be granted. But to the ordinary everyday voter all third terms look alike, and the honor that was denied to Thomas Jefferson, Gen eral Jackson, and all the rest of the Presidents down to date, will be de- nied to Grover Cleveland even though he be as great as the squad of three picture him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11
Business Outlook.

While business will keep up in Bir- mingham this fall, it is fast softening in the north,' said an old travelling man. Mills and factories are shutting down and the croaker is greatly in evidence. This gloomy condition is said to be trace able to the high price of wages But what ever the cause. hard times are setting in up north Here in Birmingham where even s9 iron would be profitable, depres- sion will doubtless be deferred for some time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

N OW that the sultan has secured U a press agent he feels safe that
 . his side of the question will be presented to the world in a fair and impartial manner. The gentleman select ed by Chekib Bey, Turkish minister to the United States, for this difficult posi- ton is none other than Joseph E. Mor- combo, of Cedar Rapids Iowa The sul- tan's friends claim that accounts of out rages in the Balkan states have been grossly exaggerated With the assistance of an American newspaper man to send out truthful dispatches and also give in- formation to other foreign correspond ents, the minister believes that a change of opinion will speedily ensue. But a press agent will do the sultan little good at this late stage. He has already in cured the disfavor of other powers to such an extent that nothing will ever be able to wipe away the stains. No doubt certain newspaper stories from the scene of trouble have been exaggerated, as is nearly always the case especially in a foreign and sem-civiized country where there is little danger of imagina- tive correspondents being caught Even if MT. Morcombo does succeed in temper ing the bloody accounts of Turkish op- pression and outrage the fact will still remain that the events now being en- acted are worthy of a savage age. as well as disgrace to the more highly civilized powers who stand by and permit the carnage to go on uninterrupted because each one is afraid of being involved in inter national complications.
 The homeward rush from the summer resorts has begun and the railroads are putting on extra trains to accommodate the crowds. In the extreme south the increase in passenger traffic is not so noticeable but in the north and east, as well as the central west, traffic officials are kept busy attending to the wants of returning travellers. It is an index of Americas great prosperity that so many Of her citizens can afford annual vaca- tions. Nowadays every, ody from the dry goods clerk to the millionaire antici- pates a surcease from labor once a year and the former cuts almost as good figure as the latter. It has not been so very long ago since we began to develop leisure class, but the number is being rapidly increased, and we are making a reputation as pleasure loving people. The number of guests at the various re- sorts this past summer has been unusual ly large on account of the unprecedented wave of prosperity that has swept over the country. In spite of numerous floods and other disasters, and the uneasy feel ing on Wall street, the general public has continued to make money in a very comfortable fashion.
 There will be a protest by reformers against the action of the authorities in removing the ban on smoking at West Point. The order allows the cadets to smoke nothing but pipes, whila cigarettes and cigars are still barred. After all it was mere formality to remove this re- striction for the cadets have been smok- ing all the time on the sly. The boys
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 man can fool woman whenever she wants him to.
 What woman likes about going to Eu- rope is the pain she gives those who can't go.
 Whether a girl has red hair or auburn hair depends on whether she is yours or somebody else's.
 It's queer what different ideas widow CTS and widows have about what is good and what bad luck.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11
HIGH TREASON.

From London Punch.
 Fifty Prussian school girls have been arrested at Gnesen on a charge of high treason, and the police are said to have their eyes on several kindergartens where it is reported that the children have been playing q Am the King of the Castle" and other games suggestive of majestats- beleidlgung.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

The price of iron is still subject of contention between the producers and consumers, and the latter are fortified by the general trend of things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11
Guilty, All Right.

From the New York Times.
 Marshall P. Wilder let drop the remark that "Sir Thomas Lipton intended to pro- test the yacht races the Shamrock had lost"
 What for?' asked a friend
 "Why, he claims the Americans put something into the water which prevented the Shamrock's winning"
 How absurd! What could 1t possibly have been?'
 Why, the Reliance, of course"
 And then the friend paid the man to put something in the glasses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11
Guns for the Sheriff.

Terre Haute. Ind, September 10.-The Vigo county commissioners have pur- chased five guns for the use of the sheriff They have been placed in the iail and will be used in case of mob attacks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

Roxburghe is not British duke at all He is Scotch duke, and Scotch dukes are three for nickel Roxy is, however, an English earl, and that is somewhat better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

Secretary Shaw is rubbering the currency, hoping in that way to bridge over the tight money period and the fall elections.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11
EXCELSIOR.

By Longfellow. The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth who bore, mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device
 Excelsior! His brow was sad; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from it's sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue.
 Excelsior! In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; Above. the spectral glaciers shone And from his lips escaped a groan-
 Excelsiori '"Try not the Pass," the old man said; Dark lowers the tempest overhead; The roaring torrent is deep and wide!" And loud that clarion voice replied,
 Excelsior! 70 stay" the maiden said, "and rest Thy weary head upon this breastv' A tear stood in his bright blue eye, But still he answered. with a sigh,
 Excelsior. Beware the pine-tree's withered branch! Beware the awful avalanche!' This was the peasants last goodnight. A voice replied, far up the height,
 Excelsior! At break of day. as heavenward The pious monks of St. Bernard Uttered the oft-repeated prayer, voice cried through the startled air
 Excelsior, A traveller. by the faithful hound Half buried in the snow was found, still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device.
 Excelsior! There in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay. And from the sky, serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star.
 Excelsior!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11
FORCING AHEAD.

From the Galveston News.
 The Rev. Sam Jones has added the blacksmith evangelist" to his preaching force, and now the work of saving sinners will forge ahead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

Johnny begins to see the opening of school approaching, and he is not a bit happy except when he forgets it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

The eternal Addicks is endeavoring to outdo in persistence Sir Thomas Lipton He proposes to boost himself into the senate from little Delaware, regardless of cost or consequences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

Lieutenant Commander Peary has but three toes to lose, and he proposes to risk them where he lost the other seven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

A racing yacht and racing auto mobile bring up at last at the junk heap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

A nation of homes should not be turned into a nation of flats. A flat is not a home, no matter how many con veniences are put in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

The Ohio state campaign brings out the naked facts, and naked facts are always educational But they are not a comfort to Marcus Aurelius Hanna.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

The Jeffries-C Corbett motion pictures are turning loose on the public the brutality of San Francisco.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

Mexicans begin to think the deluge will come after Diaz drops out. They will be orphans, sure enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

Fourteen of Danville's lynchers are not in a position to enjoy the lynching bees of the next fe years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

Major Vardaman will be the first American governor elected on an anti education platform
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

It Is so hot in Cincinnati that even governors who are candidates for re- election are overcome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

The openSwindow hog will soon be the dread of the railroad patron.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

Pat Grove has ceased to write let ters, and some began to think he is really dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

Westward ts.c course of umpires takes it's way, and the customary amount of friction attends them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

The town that has a Carnegieless library is a town to tie to. It is a self respecting town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

Low cattle seems to mean high meat. The meat trust knows thing or two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

This is an era of receivers and re- organizations. Every debauch has it's headaches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

The Iron Barons are better at home than on the road
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

Only dead Macedonians are consider ed good one in Turkey proper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11
A BIT OF A LAUGH
One View of It.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 "Englishmen are forever saying that the sun never sets on the British em- pire What do you think of that?"
 ''I think they say that because it's so foggy in London they really can't tell whether the sun sets or not.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11
Blocked.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Grapht-My dear old uncle, MT Rich man. is very i'll, and likely to die at any moment.
 Sharpe-Sorry, old man, but can't lend you cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11
Lic aiiIIl

From the Chicago Evening Post.
 Do you know anything about flirting?" ''No," he replied, sadly. 'I thought I did, but when I tried 1t, hanged if the girl didn't marry me-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

What a sweep of vanity comes this wayi
 -Timon of Athens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

N OW that the sultan has secured U a press agent he feels safe that his side of the question will be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-11

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-27
AVERSION TO MOTHERHOOD.
Seems to Be the Rule in France

Seems to Be the Rule in France. Washington Telegram.
 Some time ago the Mothers Association of St. Paurs Cathedral, Cincinnati, ad- dressed a number of letters to United States consuls, asking their opinion as to the value of the United States consular service as a career for young Ameri- cans, and the proper education of boys for this line of work. Among the an- swers is one from United States Consul Skinner at Marseilles. MT. Skinner evi- dently had in mind the letter of PreSi- dent Roosevelt on Racial Su!Ide," for " Tt is perhaps within your information that the state of being a mother is pre- sumed not to be popular at present in France Various remedies for a condi- the race have been suggested. from taxa ton of bachelors to the exception there from of fathers, but thus far without i'm portant results. Whatever may be thought about the matter, politically or otherwise 1t can be set down as the fixed private policy of the French people to safeguard comfort and vested family in- terests by subdividlng the latter to such an extent only as will permit reason able material happiness all around"
 Then MT. Skinner takes up the subject of the inquiry to show that present efforts to educate young men for the consular service amount to nothing. He looks for ward to the time when boys will be chos- en for consular career as they are now selected for the military and naval acad- emies, but he fears that 1t will require fifty or a hundred years to bring the service to that point. The consul enters in detail into the amenities of the life of such as he and his report altogether is strong argument for consular reform.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-27
THERE'S NOTHING NEW.

The double stewpan, containing water in the outer to prevent food in the inner receptacle from scorching over the. fire, Is @ new invention Yet there is one in Naples museum that was dug up at Pompeii.
 Jointed dolls are found buried with Grecian children of two thousand years ago: the same children laughed at pup pet shows such as are still common in Italy. Classic Rome had Punch and Judy"
 A beautiful silver beaker made several centuries before our era has on it's side a picture of warriors at the Siege of Troy (presumabiy) amusing themselves with a punching bag.
 WasEington's ill-f1tting false teeth, which gave his mouth that odd square look seen in his later portraits, were al- most the first in this country the art of making them having been redscovered in Paris in the eighteenth century. But rude false teeth have been dug from an Etruscan tomb sealed before Roman his tory began.
 Even the telegraph is of respectable age. Long before electric telegraphy was thought of the word was applied to sema- phore signalling from lookout tower to tower across a country. Napoleon s landing from Elba was thus "telegraphed' to Paris in a few hours.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-27

The argument is made by soma North ern Congressman that Virginia has nc right to place a statue of Lee in the Statuary Hall at Washington, because as they put it, Virginia was not State of the Union in 1864 when the act was passed. This is what might be called ar gumentum assinorum, We imagine. The same reasoning would exclude Nevada Nebraska, Colorado, North and South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah. as none of them had been admitted when the law was passed As all these are Northern States and all are supposedly loyal" it is not likely that any Northern man would deprive them of place in the hall. but they would no more be entitled to 1t than Virginia would, if these Congressmen are right. But of course there is no sense in such objections.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-27
The Poor Teachers Assessed.

Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 All of the men teachers employed in the public schools and the school Janitors received communications from the Re publican city committee. Monday re- duesting a voluntary" contribution from each to the campaign fund on the graded percentage salary basis. This is the first time in the history of the schools that such demand has been made either on teachers or janitors 1t Is said. Some of the women teachers received like com munications, but officers of the city com mittee said that these requests had been made by mistake. A majority of the communications to the teachers are said to have been ignored. As to the janitors. 1t is said that possibly they will not deem 1t quite safe to display a like independent spirit In several instances teachers sent replies to the city committee saying 1t is not their purpose to contribute to the fund.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-27
Mrs. Stanford. Abdicates.
San Francisco Telegram to The Chicag
 Record Herald

San Francisco Telegram to The Chicago
 Record Herald.
 Mrs. Jane Iathrop Stanford, surviving founder of Stanford University, Is pre- pairing to surrender all control of uni versity affairs into the hands of the board of trustees. pr. David Starr Jordan, presi- dent of the University made this an nouncement at a gathering of Stanford alumni in this city. To enable Mrs. Stanford to do this its necessary to have the law amended. A bill has been pre- pared and will he introduced Monday ih the State Legislature to provide for the immediate succession. of the board or trustees upon the resignation of Mrs; Stanford IL Is said Mrs. Stanford Will be elected president of the board or trus- tees of whom Whitelaw Reid is the only Eastern member.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-27
FINDS POLYGAMY
 IN CONNECTICUT
DEGENERATEs, OPIUM EATERS
 AND CIDER AND GUZLERS
Where Furitans Rued-New Haven Startled by Revelations Made of Incredible Con-
 ditions.
New Haven Special.

That polygamv is practiced in many small towns in Connecticut. known for generations as the land of stray hab- its," that Ashford Is a worse place than the old Five Points in New York that in the northwestern part of the State fam lilies are illiterate to a surprising de- gree, that these families are also opium eaters, that the mountain whites of the State are in condition of racia suicide. that the old homes which were once the pride of Purtans and the beauty spots of the State are falling to ruin that the curse of Connecticut is hard ci- der, Is the manner in which Rev. H. L. Hutchins of the Connecticut Bible Society described the condition of the State to- day.
 MT. Hutchins was tho principal speaker at a meeting of the Federation o1 Churches in this city. His subject was Religious Conditions in Connecticut" As representative of the Bible Society MT Hutchns travels extensively throughout the State and therefore is thoroughly ConVersant with conditions.
 DegeneIacy and Polygamy.
 MT Hutchins began by saying that the average country family was much smaller than that of the city and that degener- alton was plainly to be noted in the bu collie districts. He described the condi' tions existing in small towns as simply incOmpTehenSiblc.
 Passing from conditions as they were when the country was peopleu Dy tnt sturdy farmers of years ago. he came down to the present and made the as founding assertion that pofygamy IS prev alent in the smaller towns. He gav' names to Substantiate it, too
 Mir. Hutrhins cited one town of 197 fam files. of which all but six were Ameri can, where their work was done Sunday Just as uu any other day. Stores wer' open on the Sabbath and the one ambi tion of the young men was to belong t the band.
 "Reiigion there is dead" he said. 'r have three sons and I would rather senC them to the five points. New York thar have them live in the town of Ashford. He said there was more imbeCility anC murder in the small towns of Connecti cut than in the larger cities, Eat Opium and Drink Cider. "The curse of Connecticut is hard ci der" said MT. Hutchins. The mountain whites are ambitionless and illiterate and they are confirmed opium eaters. He attributed these conditions as du principally to poor schools. Teachers, said he. are paid salaries entirely mad equate to their support. I found on young woman who paid $4 weekly fo | board out of a salary of $5. Political cor ruption in the towns is far and ava, worse than in tie big cities" 'Race distinctions" he said, "are rap | idly passing away through intermarriag of families. The religion of the people l a minus quantity and the only claim t godly tendency is a family Bible, whici belonged to a grandfathor or more re mote ancestors"
 | Mir. IIutchins said all that remained O the fine old villas and homes. once tn pride of the good people of Connecticut was dust and ruin.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-27

nearly related to the mammals of the present age.
 Colorado and ether portions of the West are rich in fossils, and some of the most interesting specimens ever discov- cred have been found in that region. The one now being resto.si Is not new family. perhaps, but possesses some high ly interesting features. one of them being that it only had ten ribs. instead of four teen as some other fossils have. Profes- sor Harrington states that this dinosaur never could have supported the weight of its internal organs if its spine had been long enough for fourteen ribs"
 Another remarkable feature of this specimen is the evidence, according to the professor. that it had two brains. The small brain in the dinosaurs skull" he says. was not sufficient to serve as clearing house for all its impulses Therefore, another brain, consisting of q huge enlargement of the spinal cord, was provided in the pelvis." It may be that this is only supposition on the part of Professor Harrington, but naturalists who have made a life study of fossils as we'll as of living animals have a remark able power of ascertaining the structure and characteristics of the animals of prehistoric ages, and the assertion that this animal had two brains, fifty or more feet apart, is not one that we can suc- cessfully dispute.
 Such an animal as this. stretching out to a greater length than an ordinary rail- road car, and standing on legs twelve feet long, would be wonderful attrac- ton now If live specimen could be placed on exhibition. The largest ele- pront would be a dwarf by the side of 1t, and even the mightiest whale would have little to boast of in magnitude. Such finds as this help us to form some idea of the wonderful animal life of past ages.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-27
AN INTERPRETING DISCOVERY.

A late fossil find in Colorado is creat- ing considerable interest and excitement among the scientists in Chicago, where such of the bones as have been secured are being mounted. The new discovery is a dinosaur, not new or unknown fos- sil creature, but the important feature of this one is it's immense size. Professor Harrington estimates that the animal when alive must have weighed not less than nineteen tons, and he well says that it indicates the largest animal that ever existed on earth.
 As is known to those who are posted on fossils, the Dinosaurs-"mighty liz ards"-belong to a family of long extinct animals. possessing some of the features of the alligators and lizards of the pres ent day, but remarkable for the great size they sometimes attained. for while fossil specimens have been found whict were not more than two feet In length others extended to thirty or forty feet and this late Colorado specimen, 1t ii stated, will measure fully seventy feet ir length, and would have weighed nearly forty thousand pounds.
 These animals are found in what the scientists call the Mesozoic or upper Ju rassic period. but whether they became extinct thousands of millions of years ago no one can tell with certainty There are numbers of fossils of thls remote pc. riod. many of them of huge size, and partaklng of some of .he characteristics of the animals, birds or reptiles now hv, ing Some think they were allied to the birds, while others think they were more