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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-15
SPECIAL EXCURSION RATES
To "Winter Homes n Summer Landsr
Via Southern Railway.

The Southern railway announces very
low round-trip winter tourist rates to
principal resorts in Georgia Florida.
Nassau and Cuba. Tickets on sale daily,
with final limit May 81. 1908. Through
pullman sleeping car to jackson vile
without change.
For particulars, sleeping car reserva-
tions. also copy Of beautiful little book
LET entitled winter Homes In a Summer
Land" apply passenger Office. Morris
Hotel Building ]. G. LUSK.
I-l7-tf District Passenger Agent
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done WITHOUT
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-15

From this date the Besse-
mer dummy will not come
into First avenue and Nine
teenth street, but will turn
at Second avenue and Eigh.
teenth street. B. R L. & P.
Co.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-15
No Undue Restraints.


Singular as II may seem. the pupils are
about as free and untrammeled in their
school work as the birds If the air
There are, of course. some well defined
boundaries where license might begin;
but liberty is the rule-freedom of a help
full and healthful sort. 1t Is peculiarly Of
the character to give the child self con-
fidence and reliance, to instill the sense
of responsibility, and to develop the bet
ter nature of the child along normal and
rational lines. This spirit is noticeable
in every phase of the work. Everywhere
the rule is love and not fear-moral in
fiuence and not force.
The children eYInce at every step their
confidence and esteem towards the prin-
cipals and teachers-towards the superin-
tendent and towards visitors who come
among them. This phase of the system
touches somewhat on the spiritual,
(Which | wish to refer to more at lengthy
because 1t is the outgrowth of an appeal
to the soul and conscience of the child
The outcome of the system is an infalIi-
Bile proof that the appeal has been made
wisely and judiciously: that 1t has gone
home, and produced the desired results
Founded on Ethical Truth.
1.-THE ethical idea" says Dr. Phillips
lis at the bottom of our work Before
first necessary to understand and appre-
ciate child nature. While the characters
and dispositions of children are as varied
az their faces, there are certain rules
which apply generally to their UNDER
standing and to the needs of their ma
ture. They come into the schools with
all kinds of temperament, and carrying
with them all the ear-marks Of adequate
or inadequate home training.
''We start out with the proposition that
it is important to the child. and to the
world in which the child grown to man.
hood and womanhood Is to move and
have its being. that each of these individ-
ual entities shall have a full and just
conception of right and wrong. We be-
gin, therefore, in the first grade to test
the minds of the little people along this
line. and by proper degrees the conception
is broadened and deepened throughout
the course until they depart from our
care at the end of the high school term
This is a terse exploitation Of the spirit
ual side Of the Birmingham schools, as
given bv the man who is largely RESPONSE
bic for its successful development. Be-
fore passing to the particular aspects of IT.,
I invite the readers attention to a decid-
edly striking illustration of the accura-
cy with which these children are able to
Judge between right and wrong. 1t was
in one of the lower grades. The teacher
read to them the details of the capture Of
Aguinaldo by Captain Funston. The
story brought out the unique treachery
of the Kansan's strategem, and when she
had read it to the end she asked the pu-
pills If 1t was right.
Not one in the room wholly approved
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-15

that any store owner would rather have
a woman in his employ than a man il
only he could be assured that a woman
had passed her silly PERIOD and had
settled down to business.
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Manufacturers Samples.

It will be worth many times the time penby prospective
furniture buyers carefully 60 through Our designs
somewhat different from others, and think them very
much pretter and better Our stock complete great
ory of goods samples that shown
the Exposition floor Grand Rapids Winter with its slushy
streets and slippery walks will be something the past
We will all hail spring with delight house will be cleaned fur
which filled full of nice things your home If don't
sell you cheaper than competitor buy from him We sell
time and for cash We have secondhand goods
piece Of secondhand goods in store Enquire
about and try time and you will always be customer
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Ana every form of PRIV ATE DISEASE.
sexual Weakness etc. ETC.. are cured
under plain guarantee
All condolences held inviolate.
Consulrs tons at office or by mail In
vited without charge
treatment by mail for those who cam
not visit u.
Medicines
Question blanks for man CT woman sent
tree on application.
our institute Is thoroughly equipped
x,,th all modern SUI gicai. electrical, X
~ violet ray. galvsno- faradic battery
sIsctric static machine. arc light cabi-
80 and other modern electro and me-
.banical therapeutic devices for aiding
-. an The scientific treatment of Chronic
diseases.
,,,drrxed bv the press and people of every
section of Alabama.
rho southern Odd Fellow: We cannot,
.aa ANYTHING to the reputation DIR. o. T.
Darier hiss already acquired In the line of
h,s nrofs sion but we know him to be a
hr1ther cdd Fellow that can be relied on
10 carry out every promise he makes to
those needing his services
Masonic Guide: Dr. Dozier comes from
n family of prominent physicians, ami
with his full store OF medical knowledge
End his large experience in his profession
can be relied on to treat disease In the
most successful manner.
Aee-Herald. His Icing record and APP
proved abilities entitle him to the proud
distinction of standing at the head OF his
profession.
Offices First avenue and Twenty-first
street Birmingham. Ala
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"a oES the average pater familias of
Birmingham ever realize that
H&1 more Is known in Boston and
Chicago about his public school system
than is commonly known right here at
home.
How many are aware that some quite
notable features of public school work
have been originated here, and sedulonsly
copied throughout the country? How
many parents ever visit the schools. or
take the slightest practical interest con-
corning what is going on in them?
Parents are busy. The lawyer has his
tice; the merchant his trade-and so on.
Men and women are hired to look after
the schools: and, therefore, the parent
is absolved from paying any attention to
the matter. The lawyer is all law, the
doctor all medicine. AS for the laborer,
the artisan, and the wage-earner gener-
ally he has on hand at all times the
struggle for existence, and has acquired
a habit of paying little or no attention
to whether his children are in school or
not.
This is the situation nearly everywhere
else, as well as in Birmingham; but, in
spite of such a spirit of indifference, and
in defiance Of it, the public school sys-
tenn has become a great national institu-
ton, growing in Importance and influence
each day.
A careful study of the Birmingham
schools brings to light an interesting ar
ray of facts On the physical and mater
ial side alone there is much that can not
be excelled anywhere; while on the spir-
itual and intellectual side II would not
be easy to match what has been achieved
here.
Order and Discipline.
Taking first the physical, l have been
deeply impressed by the excellent order
and discipline In all the grades of each
school l have visited: by the wide-awake
interest OF all the pupils; by the singular
fact that no marks, cuts or scratches are
seen upon the walls or woodwork of the
school buildings; that desks are not cut
or marred; that the pupils are obedient,
polite and tractable; that the, school
rooms and buildings are clean and COM
Portable. and well suited for the purpose
as a rule. The most notable exception to
the last named condition Is the high
school, which is wholly inadequate and
VIGOROUSLY unsuitable
From the physical point of view, the
high school is most in need of a new
home and 1t is to be hoped that the APP
peal of Superintendent j. II. Phillips will
not go long UNDECIDED The new school
buildings are a decided Improvement over
the old ones, and it appears that public
sentiment has been aroused to the point
of continuing this upward trend till every
school in the city shall be strictly up-to-
date in its appointments, and surrounded
with proper and extensive Fairgrounds
for the little folks. The best that money
can buy is none too good for those who
are to maintain the republic in the COM
ing years.
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
THE "SPEED MANIA.n
Cyclists and AufomobiIists Said to De. veIop Characteristics Foreign to
 Them When in Normal State.

The conviction is gaining ground among scientific men that indulgence in extraordinary speeds of transition voluntarily controlled breeds in the human species form of disease ca pablo of development to the degree of delirium, says a London exchange. The disease is generally referred to as the speed craze or speed mania. By a rather strange coincidence dis cussion on this subject took place at the Societe de Hypnologie ct de Psy- chologie, in Paris, only few days before the tragic death of Zborowski. One of the speakers, a Dr. Hatchet- Soup let, maintained that persons in po- sition to increase their speed of transition at will are simply carried away by the consciousness thereof. They have no longer control of them selves: they are intoxicated They then develop characteristics which are for eign to them when in the normal state- boastfulness. com bativeness. crabbed- ness hatred, nisehievousness and vio-; lence These charaeteris risticss vary in form and degree. but may attain rnaxi- mum ifa f11s cwclief and autoraoblist.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
A NOBLE RED MAN.
Crazy Snake, Leader of KetOowah Indians, Wants Uncle Sam to
 Enforce Old Treaty.

Chitto Hario, known as Crazy Snake, leader of the Ketoowah band of Creek Indians, has announced that he will go to Washington to have an interview with President Roosevelt, says the Kan sas City Journal. Crazy Snaze has the distinction of being the last Indian in the United States rebellious enough for Uncle Sam to order several com panies of regulars out to keep him within bounds. This happened two years ago, when he declared war against the government, and since that time he has served term in prison for rebellion When the council of war was held near Tahlequah last week each tribe named delegate to go with Crazy Snake to Washington. They are ad- herents of the old treaty of 1882, which provided that the Indians should hold their lands in common, according to the old tribal laws, as long as water and grass grows" The old warrier and the delegates named to accompany him cannot speak English, and an interpre- ter will be necessary In order for them to make their wishes known to the pres- ident They will ask him to enforce the treaty of 1882
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
TROLLEY HOMES.
Possible Development from Present Conditions.

Now that parlor cars and sleeping cars on trolley lines are established we may be privileged to speculate 6 bit as to what will come next as an annex of the broomstick train Sup pose we hazard the guess that it will be the trolley house-first cousin to the house boat, says the Boston Tran script. By the building of spurs and side tracks in delightful spots at country or seashore at a fair and far distance from the main lines resting places for these moveable dwellings could be comfor- tably managed. At one of. them troll ley house might remain for as long a time as contentment was the staying power and when this burning out the trolley pole might be put in contact with the wire and the trolley house trundied away to pastures new. Of course, this is merely the toughest outline of possible development of the electric ear, but it is the pleasantest part upon which the lay mind can dwell. Details of it, like the securing of suitable drinking water and the training of every tenant of one of these dwellings to be his own fnotornan may as well be left to the confederation of those whose business it would be to neFfect them
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
OLD PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
Anglo-saxon Kings Founded Many Before Norman Invasion of Eng
 Iand--Boo1xs Were Costly Then.

As s
 Though 1t is the popular idea that pub lie libraries are of modern origin, there is proof that the Anglo-Saxon kings of England were disposed to erect them, and works were brought from Ireland, where sciences had been much earlier cultivated than in Great Britain But the invasion of the Normans, says the Chicago Daily News. stopped the spread of libraries and the first in England after the conquest was established at Oxford, in. Durham (now Trinity) college, in the thirteenth century by Richard de Bury, who purchased from 30; to 40 volumes of the abbot of St. Alban's for 50 pounds weight of silver Before that time books were kept in chests and not in room styled library. At the end of the seven teenth century there were only six public Iibrariegin Great Britain. Thefirst cir culating library was founded by Allan Ramsay in i1725, whence he diffused plays and works of fiction among the people of Edinburgh So successful were Ramsay's efforts, that it Is said that within 70 years nearly every town and large village possessed library. The t1rst in London was started by Botho, a bookseller. in 1740. Birmingham ob- tained its first circulating library in 1751. The next step was the free library, Man chester possessing the first in 1850. being quickly followed by Liverpool, Birming- ham and other large towns.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
THE .scITY OF cRICKETs.n
Seems to Be an Appropriate Name fer San Antonio, Tex. Insects
 Are Plentiful There.

San Antonio ought to be called the city of crickets," said a man who has just returned to New Orleans from Tex as. says the New Orleans Times-Demo- crat, flor have never found as many crickets anywhere on earth as found out here. It is not simply case of the cricket on the hearth. It is case of the cricket everywhere you go. have been trying to figure out why it is that these Insects are so plentiful in the Texas town In question. At night they swarm around the electric lights like the bugs we are familiar with in other places. 1t is impossible to walk along the streets without stepping on them And there is just bit of poetry about the situation in San Antonio with respect to cricket life there.
 The people generally look upon them with feeling of affection. and it is a rare thing to see a citizen show any sort of indifference to the members of this interesting family. No man would think of treading on a cricket. They take particular pains not to do anything hat would in any way injure the lives or limbs of crickets. was speaking of the poetry of the situation. It is fine thing to hear the crickets crooning sarly in the evening They chirp as eheerfully as if they were hidden away In the weeds of some romantic hedge or on the hearth which has been inn mortalized in verse and song. Men hurry along the streets; women brush along with their musical skirts, and all the while the crickets keep on grooming their little love songs, just as if the pulses of humanity were not beating about them. It is interesting, pictur-3 esque, poetic and, if I had my way, I would christen San Antoniorthe City of Crickets.' think the name would add color to city already romantic in it's rich coloring.''
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
AMBITIOUS DUCK.
Rhode Island Fowl Makes a Bid for Fame by Laying Eggs That
 Are Black.

~A ~A
 Another freak in the egg-iaying line is just announced, and while the par ticular bird who is responsible for it does not allow her fame to rest on fecundity, like Mrs. McNally's hen, the variety of the eggs that she lays is something new to these parts, says the Providence Jour- nal This particular bird is duck, a black duck, and she lays black eggs, a freak of nature that has never been en- countered before by the duck raisers of Rhode Island
 It is an ordinary sized ducks egg and is deep drab in color The color is mot tied in some places, and the only light spot on the egg is at the small end and there it is somewhat white. This egg is not a freak with the particular duck, for it is said that she has never laid any other kind of egg, and that she would be much surprised if she ever laid white one
 The egg was brought in by John H Montgomery, a relative of MT Young, and he is authority for the statement that the meat in it is as good as in a white egg
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
MONDAY. OCTOBER 2s, 1903.

A house built entirely of fish bones will be one Of the oddities encountered at the worlds fair. A St Augustine, Fla, negro is the architect of the unique structure. 1t will be 15x1S feet and the gable ends will be an exact repro dnction of the old city gates of St Au- gustine. The scales Of the drum are exclusively used for the work, as they are susceptible to chemical treatment which renders them peculiarly adapted for building purposes. The bones used are those of the shark and an occasion al saw fish. The furniture is also a novel addition. The mattresses and pillows for the bed are made of bass scales which by a certain process are rendered as, soft as feathers. Nine bar rels of drum fish scales were required to complete the house, and these have to be carefully assorted as to size to insure uniformity.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
HEARD IN PASSING

Noting Colonel Pope's Hartford de- claration that ''the horse must go" three trotters have recently gone in less than two minutes. Hartford Post.
 Individualism is rampant in Middle town, but is on the selfish order. There is lack of unanimity and this is one reason why progress is slow.-Middle town Press.
 The man who owes you money may or may not think a great deal of you, but it is certain that the man to whom you owe money thinks of you a great deal-Life.
 There is no dirtier business than that alleged against a man recently arrested in New York--listening se- cretly to what was said at the confes- sional and then blackmailing them through the knowledge thus acquired.
 Hartford Times.
 The workman is the only producer, says Representative Carey Granted easily, if you make the term work man. elastic enough. Whoever does any constructive work by hand or brain, or both, produces wealth, even if his actual labor is merely that of directing others to apply their work with intelligence. Boston Transcript.
 If Pension Commissioner Ware could get an accurate picture of what did happen and what might have hap pened had not those pensioners done their dEitys to put beside that cube Of < .1 E. IS fIl 2 E4t4a
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26

The disagreement between Russia and Japan and the utter. breakdown of the much heralded ''open door, in Man |churia, has alarmed the export mer- chants of the United States, and they have sounded note of warning to President Roosevelt and the republican leaders, that instead of aiding the en- largement of our business in Asia, they have virtually closed the door that was at least partly open, says Washington writer. That Russia will ever with draw from Manchuria is not within the realm of probability; she owns the rail- roads and the banks there; the Chi nese authorities are subservient to the Russian representatives; in a word, Manchuria is Russianized. The boast of the administration that the treaty just concluded with China gives Us two open ports in that country is, therefore, worthless unless Russia opens their doors, for she has the key to both of them. Even if these two ports were open, are they of value? Mookden, one of the two. is on small river a hundred miles from the sea, accessible by scow, and Niu Chwang, at the mouth of the stream, is occupied by the Russians. The other village is on the coast, but there is no harbor, and so shoal is the offing that no nnan-of-war could approach within twenty miles, The merchant who tries to get any trade through these "open doors" will not bless John Hay and the republican party.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26

4 Y 3s5 St
 Speaking about the canal projects, a man who knows something about the schemes that were worked, writes as follows: s'I have been informed by a man who is the highest authority and who is way on the inside that the game was to give some of these sem ators an option on the bonds of the Panama Canal Co at very low figure, the bonds having become practically worthless and then when the deal to sell the Panama canal to this govern ment went through they would realize a splendid profit. It could have been worked in no other way. They could not have agreed to give so much money in cash to the men who engineered the deal, because the money would all have been in the hands of the court after this government paid it over. The court was supposed to pay off certain debts that took precedence over any others, the remainder to go to the hold CTS of the bonds. That's, why the bonds were worth so little before the game was worked and worth prospec- lively so much after the deal was con summated. That's the why and the wherefore of the sudden switch on the canal game in the senate of the United States. Mr Watterson is right, and if he will only dig a little deeper he will find more pay dirt.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
THE HUNTERS MONTH.
Apads of Large Game Being Shipped to the Caties--FriendIy Cameras
 Protect Wild Life.

For great part of the country the hunting season, has opened. In little while one will begin to see in the papers figures setting forth the amount of game shipped from each station on cer- tain railroads which reach the big woods
 To sensitive persons, says the Youth s Companion, the numbers are appalling, and the sights in the baggage cars would be still more repugnant. The carcases of deer and of an occasional moose are piled one above another almost to the roof. and among them are many does and lawns. Yet before the passage of adequate game laws the conditions were worse. Deer were shipped by the schooner load from Maine to Boston, and birds by the barrel. There are still too many-far too many-killed, but the number is lessening.
 Nature study in the schools and the manufacture of good cameras, which can be sold at low price. have done much to protect the lives of animals Those stories of the woods which give wild animals the attributes and feelings of human beings may be, doubtless are. poor science. but they are not bad nor als, They do at least foster sympathy and encourage an altruistic imagira- ton. To know the woodchuck intimate ly robs one of the desire to make g tar- get of him. and a stump or an empty can does duty instead. The camera gratifies that love of the chase which is inherent in healthy young boys and men. and fosters 1t without the pain of killing.