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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE RIGHT OF
 MAN TO LABOR AND EARN HIS OWN BREAD

wants to work and regards the law of the state in doing so. should have the full protection of the law if every dollar in the state treasury be expended in doing so.
 I hope that MT. Fairley and MT. Flynn and the other officers of the United Mine Workers will aid in bringing to justice the men who have re- sorted to violence. If they would protect the union they will do so, and I believe they will They are inter ested in the growth and prosperity of the Birmingham district They want an ad- vantageous wage scale and admire and support them in contending for it. Good down profits when the man who pays good wages is entitled to select competent la- bor. But 1t is a mistake to attempt to force upon an employer a man who is not compentnt, one who does not work, or one who makes himself offensive to his employer.
 Unionism conducted on the principles of the national organizations is correct. It Is best for employer and employe, but every organization as well as every man should be just.
 The mining situation in the Birming-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
Short-arm'd ignorance.
 -Troilus and cresslda.
New Orleans, Little Plan.

The reported transfer of the games that Shreveport and Montgomery should play with New Orleans on the formers own grounds is attracting not only much attention, but wide con demnation. The situation is not fully understood. Manager Frank is inter ested alike in the teams of Memphis and New Orleans and he will be who'll Iy content if one of his teams win the pennant. Atlanta and aspiring Bir- mingham must be kept down in the percentage columns at any rate.
 Memphis and New Orleans are also strong teams financially speaking, and they are expected to retain and pro- tect both this and next year Shreye- port and Little Rock, two weaker teams that the eastern teams have no particular interest in. Shreveport and Little Rock are therefore strengthen Ing the two central river teams in eY- cry possible manner This is the sit nation in a nutshell.
 Montgomery should not lend it's strength in the pennant race to New Orleans, and yet it is said to have been promised a guarantee of $75O a game. and Montgomery should not be harshly blamed for picking up such guarantee.
 But after all, the transfers of games for the purpose of changing the course If the pennant contest are unjust, and the utmost influence and authority of President Kavanaugh should be exerted to stop the practice. But will he do 1t? No one short of the astrologists can supply an answer.
 If the practlce be not nipped in the bud, hurt ..ad demoralization will come to the national game in the southern circuit. Previous transfers have had mo relation to the pennant, but the proposed transfers next month directly relate to ...e pennant and nothing else. Will President Kavanaugh exert him. $ If in favor oe fair play, justice and straight ball playing? We shall see. If he does not the subject should be brought up at the annual meeting of the league, even if it be known that the four western teams can alone pre- vent affirmative action, and Montgom- cry would be compelled to vote with them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
Municipal Contest.

"When Chancellor Elect J. J. Altman resigns his position as alderman from the Sixth ward, which I understand he intends doing in November municipal politics will be lively indeed in Birming- ham," remarked an observant citizen. There are no less than three aspirants for the position. With the six candidates in the field for mayor and a number of aldermanic candidates in the other wards 1t is highly probable that every qualified voter in the city will be button-holed and brought out to the polls in the primary"
 The man further remarked:
 "I can very well understand why a man aspires to the office of mayor of this great city, for in that position there is both honor and Salary; but for the life of me I cannot see why men scram- ble for aldermanic positions here which carry with them no pay, but lots of CUTS ing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

THIS resort to dynamite to intimi- kO date and destroy property In the
 Birmingham district Is inexeusa- ble. It is a cardinal principle of our independent government that every man has the right to labor and earn his daily bread.
 Whether right or wrong In their conten- uons as to a wage scale no miner has the right to destroy property nor to intimi- date one who cares to work upon or with fin another mans property. Violence was never yet known to help cause.
 Whether the miner or the operator in the Birmingham district be right in his contention Is not for me to say. The miner has the decision of Judge Gray made last year on his side. The operator has his own knowledge of what wage scale his own business will stand on his side. Both factions must be recognized by the impartial observer as honest in the contentious set forth. But no man is honest when he resorts to violence. The assassin of property as we'll as of man deserves summary punishment. The in- dignant marauder who fires into another mans house to intimidate him is as bad as the assassin.
 Alabama is a state of law and order. Regardless of anybody the man who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
Heaaars on the Streets.

'These Birmingham people are the most liberal toward mendicants. paupers and beggars in general of any people l ever saw" said a travelling man at the Flor ence. To-day I watched one of these fellows making appeals for nickel, a dime or a quarter from many In the pass ing throng; and from appearances he was succeeding admirably well. At the rate he was going from man to man and from store to store barroom to barroom, I would estimate that he was drawing in the sheckles at the rate of about 50 cents per hour, or $5 per day.
 T am always pleased to see gifts to charity, but I cannot but be impressed with the idea that many man and wom- an in Birmingham gives to these beggars just to get rid of them and without due consideration of the merits of the case. There Is sometimes danger of encouraging idleness.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
Summers CIosinq Days.

At present the weather is abund- antly warm, but even the heated way farer in this state must concede that tie summer as whole has been kind and gentle to both man and beast. From the first days to these last days it has abounded in coolness and com fort so much so that the oldest in habitant can & freely recall its equal.
 It has been Q kind summer to us all No yellow fever or other epidemic has been bred by it. No deficiency in moisture has been recorded. In some sections dust has not arisen in many weeks. Cotton has grown and thrived in it until 1t is today loaded with fruit, and with blossoms that mean more fruit All blossoms that appear before September 15 mean open cotton. But towering above the cotton stands today the tallest corn this section has ever grown, and down below lie the biggest watermelons. Every fruit tree has done double duty, and altogether it has been a prolific summer.
 Even if we must just now stand a week or two of high temperature, let us remember what the passing sum- mer has been, ana how kindly it has dealt with us. The present warm days are needed in the cotton fields, and we cannot have too many of them at the heel of summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD
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serve Sunday as profitably while inspect Ing the exhibits at the fair as they do at beer gardens. theatres. and summer resorts that flourish and are crowded on Sunday. To satisfy strict persons the Pike might be shut down and only the various exhibit buildings allowed to re- main open, although there would prob ably be great howl from the employees at the fair who enjoy their Sunday rest every week. There is no doubt that the Sunday closing observance is seriously influencing the gate receipts of the big show.
 After all the much heralded Jeffries- Munroe fight at San Francisco was some- thing of a farce, although painful farce for one of the participants. It Is now al- legged that Munroe merely went into the mill" for the money that he hoped to get out of 1t ana great disappointment is expressed by certain of the sporting fraternity that the miner did not stand up longer before his antagonist. although of course no one expected that Jeffries would be whipped. AS matters now stand the recent fight shows that Jeffries will be secure in the championship seat for some time to come. unless, perchance, a fistic wonder springs up, unannounced, and lays the champion low.
 A Chicago man announces that he has invented an airship which is dirigible and can attain a speed of 25 miles an hour but he has not yet proveo his claim by public exhibition of his machine. While the flying machine is yet to be perfected with so many trained scientific minds at work 1t is reasonable to suppose that the problem of aerial navigation will be solved before the world is much older.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
About Persons.

Prof R. D. Webb, instructor of English at Auburn, was in the city yesterday en route from Blount Springs. where he has been spending several days. He reports that the prospects for Auburn during the coming session are very bright.
 W. N. Driver of Opelika is at the St. Nicholas.
 E. R. Merrill and w. c. Merrill of Blount Springs are stopping at the St. Nicholas
 ". E. Victor of Lynchburg, Va. is at the Colonial.
 A. E. Widgery of Atlanta and w. F. Widgery of Chicago are at the St. Nicho- las.
 Thomas Cobb of Montgomery is at the Morris
 S. D. Kyle of Memphis is stopping at the Morris.
 c. W. Wells of New York Is at the Colonial.
 F. E. Chandler of St. Louis is at the Morris.
 B. B. Hutchings of Chicago is at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
Locomotive Engineers.

''The passenger engineers on the Louis vile and Nashville are now running through from Decatur to Montgomery" remarked a railroad man. "Formerly Birmingham was a relay point for them, and the run was divided.
 ''This however, is not hard run for passenger men. About eight hours Is reasonable. More than nine hours is not very safe. except in a car where the man at the throttle is unusually strong physically and mentally. Yet sometimes they double up to make extra time.
 Engineers are well paid for their ser vices. receiving from $4.75 to s6.50 per day. according to the run. The scale Is fixed by agreement between the railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gineers, and you have no doubt noticed how seldom there Is any disagreement between the railroad companies and the engineers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
Man Knows But Little.

At first man did not know how to start a fire. Later on he did not know enough to put wheel on an axle. The negroes Tn Africa and the Indians in America never did get up to the wheel level of knowledge But let us not be boastful ourselves. We do not know what makes sap rise in trees, much less do we know how sap from a dunghill bursts into the most beauti- full rose. The latter is, however, mir aclo that we need not try to under stand, for it is beyond the human brain.
 l. does seem, however, as if VIC might ascertain why sap rises in tree. This l-s been an enigma, problem a disputed question, since tue world began, and it will probably be in that limbo when Gabriel blows his last trump. But Professor Maclos- kie of Princeton has evolved a theory which goes on to say that the weight of the air on the earth above the roots, aided by gas bubbles, causes the sap to rise. Atmospheric pressure at the base seems an uncertain quantity It is difficult to see how it can act on deep roots, causing them to send wa ter up, say, one hundred feet above its source. lie, however, throws in a lot of gas bubbles. He does not ex- actly say how much lift-power there is in his bubbles, O. how much work the air pressure has to do.
 Professor Maclosllie's theory is in- genious, but it is one of hundred, and none of them are widely accepted. As a rule the world has to aclInowl- edge that !. does not know what makes sap ascend in trees, and while it is pleading agnosticism in the case of , sap, it should plead it in many other affairs of this life which it claims to know and to understand. The truth is. we know but little. In each genera
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
THE DEAD PAST.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
 xerxes had just been defeated at sala- mis.
 T regret to report" he wrote home, "that we have sustained some losses. but I am still turing the enemy into the in- terior."
 Buying special delivery stamp. he posted his apology.
 Solomon was quarreling with one of his wives.
 "Qh, I don't know" he sneered. you weren't so much when I married you"
 Well" she retorted. there are others.' And Sol was forced to admit that there was.
 William Tell was boosting of his steady nerve.
 Yes" said a friend. T know about that apple incident. but did your wife ever find a yellow hair on your coat?'
 And Bill shut up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
"BREATHLEss WE STRIVE"

By Mrs. Coates. Breathless we strive. contending for suc-
 cess, According to the standards of our day. What is success? Is it to find way Wealth out of all proportion to possessf Is it care for simple pleasures less (While grasping at more extended
 sway). And sacrificing to our gods of clay. Submerge the soul. at last. in worldli-
 ness? By Grasmere stands a cottage small and
 poor: The Dove was once it's emblem. and the
 sign
 That marked it as a wayside inn ob-
 scure, But, frugal dwelt high conservation here, And gratitude still guards 1t as 3
 shrine, Hallowed by that success which tina
 but makes more dearl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

ham district is strictly a business situa- tion. Let It be conducted on business like lines. The man who violates the law. whoever he be. should be punished.
 The Eighteenth street crossing agita- ton is up again and deserves the i'm mediate attention of the ctiy and the railroads. This crossing is a death trap. No man Is safe in either driving or walk ing across Eighteenth street west of the Union depot. A bridge should be built across the tracks at once. It should be demanded by the citizens and either the railroads or the city should be required to contsruct it.
 Speaking of bridges the Twenty-flrst street structure is badly in need of re- pairs and the Twenty-second street bridge is not as good as the average country road bridge. Why not strength en Twenty-flrst street bridge and pave 1t with creosoted wooden blocks and put an iron bridge of twice the width over the track at Twenty-second street. Add a good bridge or subway at Eighteenth street and Birmingham will at least be- come safe city for a time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
Looked City Like.

You have an excellent fire depart ment.'' remarked a Chattanooga man who last night witnessed the quick response of the Central station to the alarm of fire on Twentieth street and Morris ave- nue. 'It Is certainly prompt and we'll equipped"
 When told that it was only one of the several stations that was called and ap- peared. he expressed surprise, saying:
 'sThen you have a real city. and the vast crowd of men, women and children who appear on this scene. the long lines of estopped street cars and the noise of the gongs all other evidences of metropolitan proportions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

From the New York Press.
 man wins on judgment and loses on luck.
 to the dogs are through expresses.
 Some men learn to He about where they spend their evenings without getting mar ried.
 When a man writes magazine poetry that nobody can understand the people think it is their fault.
 When grown-ups wish they were chil- dren again, either they forget how they felf about going to school, or they are lying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

tion. some truth is ascertalned and noted down, but the truth that is as- certained is but a mere fragment, the veriest fraction of the universe into which we were born without choice of our own, and which we do not under stand even if we live in it as long as Russell Sage has.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Cotton Outlook.

.'The upward tendency of the cotton market is quite encouraging to those of us who were some weeks ago led to the belief that a 12.0000OO bale crop was in sight" remarked a farmer at the Nor ris.
 while I do not believe the crop will exceed 100000 bales, even if it should the worlds demand will call fer every pound of it. The southern producer at the beginning of the year planted on 10-eent basis, and if we get that price the south will be in a better financial shape than at any time since the civil war"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
THE MosT.sPokEN LANGUAGE.

From the New York Commercial.
 There are SS2,000,000 chinese speaking the same language. making Chinese the most spoken language. There are so many dialects which are entirely different that they seem scarcely to belong to the same tongue. The inhabitants of Mongolia and Tibet can barely understand the dialect of the people in Pekin. Putting Chinese aside, the most spoken languages are as follows. in millions English 12o. German 70, Russian 6S, Spanish A. Portuguese 32.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

The Evening Herald is the latest addition to Baltimore's galaxy of splen- did dailies. The first issue of the Evening Herald contains sixteen pages and in all that a metropolitan paper should be. It is democratic in politics. That the new venture will be sue cess is undoubted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
Political Novelties in West Virginia.

From the Washington Post.
 In West Virginia the vendors of chewing gum are also catering to the political preferences of their patrons. Buttons made of pasteboard and bear. ing pictures of one or the other presi- dential candidate are distributed gratis with every purchase. You pay your money and take your choice. as to Roosevelt or Parker. The device Is very popular in the mountain resorts, and incidentally promotes gum-chew- ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
VOICE OF SOUTHERN PEOPLE.

From the Mobile Herald.
 Confederate Camp Hardee, of Birming- ham speaks the voice of the people of the south when in resolutions it says: That we are pained and mortified at such n- human conduct and practices, and we denounce lynchings and pronounce such an act as cowardly, a blight. a blot and stain upon the civilization of the south, the north, the west or the east, and a menace to law and order"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
RARoNs ARE COMING.

From the Montgomery Times
 Birmingham is putting up about the fastest article of ball in the league. and if the Barons keep up their present clip speculation lines on the question of rag taker will have to be materially revised. Since Montgomery is now barred from even a first division place we can find 1t in our heart to say hurrah for Ala bamai Long live the Barons!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

Secretary Paul Morton comes back from the sea believing that it is abom- inably ballasted. He knows, for he won fame by sticking close to his desk, if he did not polish up the big front door.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

Judge Parker's letter of acceptance will show that he does not want to be taker "unsight and unseen" That may be good way to swap jackknives, but it is not good way to pick out a President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

A hotel is to be built at Newport so expensive that nothing less than ma hogany toothpicks will answer, and those are not to be used in public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

The auto owners object to the ston- ing parties they frequently meet on tho Kings highway in this country. For this is now an empire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

Clyde Fitch was thrown from his automobile the other day, but unfor- tunately he escaped serious injury, and the output of plays will not be dimin- ished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

The owners of ten-thousand-dolla automobiles consider themselves in- suited when they are required to pay a ten.dollar fine for fast speeding.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28
Unclaimed.

From the Washington Evening Star.
 Higgins says that he is nobody's fool.'
 "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. Per haps 1t is unfortunate for him that court testers have gone out of fashion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

Tom Watson does not expect to share in the inauguration ceremonies, but he proposes to get as much fun short of that as the case affords.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

When it is evening in Birmingham it will be tomorrow morning in Port Arthur, and the Russians will soon think it is the middle of next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

The populists will stump the coun- try vigorously if Chairman Cortelyou keeps up his subsidies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

The radium dance will be feature of theatrical productions during the approaching winter, but it is not as costly as it sounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

With Raisuli, Ion Perdicaris, Judge Parker and Mrs. Maybrick in the mag azine field there should be lively times among the editors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

The Philadelphia Public Ledger says the Georgia people seem determined to lynch MT. Roosevelt back into the White house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

Even the czar of all the Russias is a papa and can walk the floor just like the lowliest suborainates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

A waiter at Atlantic City has fallen heir to $200,000. He probably regards this as his largest tip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

MT. Woodruff seems to be the only favorite son that New York republi- cans have in stock, and he Is under sized.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

The fall of Port Arthur has probably been postponed to the fall of the year so that they can both fall togther.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

Birmingham theatre-goers are be- ginning to adjust their finances so that they may be able to see the coming shows.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

The Illinois girl who practices her piano lessons in the woods, should draw on the Carnegie hero fund at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

Beauties of the stage are backing Judge Parker, but so long as he does not back them he need not fear the limelight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

After all, the boil weevil will not figure largely in Alabama's share of the cotton crop this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

The sugar beet cigar will soon be offered on the market at two or three for five cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

Sir Thomas Lipton will try to ascer- t,in this time if the cup is really nailed down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

Paraguay is afflicted with an ulti- matum and a revolution coming to- gether. This is too much for our sis ter republic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

General Pflug seems to have been los, in the international shuttle in the far east.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

Henry Gassaway Davis should not only dance, but he should also pay the piper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

The oysters holiday is drawing rap idly to a close.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

Private Da.zell and Private John Allen arc the veterans of the political army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

The czar of Russia will feel relieved when he mas no more battleships to lose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

The campaign refuses to warm up during the hot months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

The Coal Barons are sharing honors with the Japs just now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-28

Bogus or not, the czarevitch serves the purpose.