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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

The New York Mall and Express tells in very interesting manner just why chesterfieldian airs are out of place in New York. If every man were to at- tempt to bow, serape and salaam on the crowded thoroughfares at the same time there would be such crush that the 'I." rush hour would be forever eclipsed. The cry of Gothamites is move on," and when anybody dares to block the way for the merest fraction of time there is a kick which increases accord- ing to an established ratio based on the time that is lost In the first place it is hardly probable that man would have room to make an elaborate congee on the average business street of New York, and a woman courtesy would never be accomplished unless policemen formed a cordon around her and held up traffic
 American people have an assortment of fine excuses for their brusque ways and lack of politeness. They say that they have neither the time nor the op- portunity to be more than tolerant of other peoples feelings and person es- pecially gracious is mot only ridiculous but in the way" Therefore. Chester fieldian manners are seldom seen in the metropolis The average man is polite to people he hopes to sell goods to or get an insurance policy out of, while the rest of the human horde is viewed with cool indifference.
 The veracfty of reporters has again been called in question. In fact, certain scientists whose exploits were heralded in the Sunday papers, says that an army of them have no veracity at all. A week or two ago a sensational article appeared in which Elmer Gates of Chevy Chase, Md. was quoted as saying that, by means of elaborate electrical apparatus he had been able to see the soul of a rat pass ing from its body after death. Such a statement was startling enough, truly. but now the scientist comes forward and says that he did not say he saw a soul in it's flight and was unable to see any thing at all like soul when making his experiments.
 MT. Gates has. however, some very in- teresting ideas concerning the effect on living and dead bodies of electric cur rents. As animal nerves are known to be alive with electricity, electric cur rents from the outside are not conducted during life but the moment life ceases the nerves lose their electricity and the body becomes opaque. while the phenom- ena of electricity departing from a body may give rise to the idea that it is 8 soul taking ts flight. MT. Gates says he has not observed this occurrence himself but some of his assistants claim that they have seen shadowy form leave the body of a rat at the time of death.
 However, such talk as this sounds strangely on unscientifc ears and such experiments are liable to awaken. more skepticism than anything else. But re- markable strides in the study of human anatomy have already been made by means of electricity. and MT. Gates may possibly be a little further advanced than some of his co-laborers, although it is hard to understand how any man, no matter how learned can see or hope to see that which hardly exists. F. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11
Importance and Unimportance.

From the Chicago Record-Herald. Small was man who worried,
 He was troubled when trade got slack, When he wasn't earning his wages He feared they would set him back Or tell him they didn't need him, So, >fretting and feeling blue, He couldn't help doing badly
 The little he had to do. Strong went along untroubled;
 He never doubted his worth; He felt that he was important
 In helping to run the earth; If trade got dull and the duties
 Turned over to him were small He whistled away and did them
 And never complained at all. Small, who was conscientious,
 Who doubted his worth. one day Was told that he wasn't needed.
 And sadly he went away Strong, who felt his importance
 Who was willing to take his ease. Was dropped with the man who had fret
 ted;
 You furnish the moral. please.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11
LESSON TAUGHT BY THE
 DISASTER IN BALTIMORE

too, seems now to be the greater because the general use of electricity.
 The precise extent of the damage done to Baltimore is not yet computable; but, happily, we know that vast as was the loss in the more strictly business parts of the town, the beautiful districts of resi- dences were left unharmed. Moreover the loss was almost wholly material only. Few casualties to life are reported or are likely to appear when the full con- sequences of the disaster are summed up. The damage done to property has been great, but to life little
 Baltimore is one of the most delight full of American cities. There is about it melowness of social cultivation which is peculiarly attractive. It suggests in it's ripeness the social tone of Boston; but there is in Baltimore southern flavor which the Puritan town has not Like New York, Baltimore has grown up with out the social advantages which go to a capital, and like New York also, it is very distinctively a commercial and man. ufacturing town-a Liverpool rather than London. But Baltimore has always been and is still a community of strong con- servatism, with venerated traditions, and its social structure is one of the most substantial in America. The very houses in the region which contains its more important residences bear palpable wit ness to that spirit of conservatism and the solid substance of It's social structure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11
Japan's Great Victory.

The dash and quick successes of the Japanese both at Port Arthur and Chemulpo, the port of Seoul, goes much further than the damage to vessels, great as that damage was. It ensures the control of the sea to the sea-faring sailors of the island empire. The Rus sian admirals lacked confidence in their men to begin with, and the bat ties of Monday and Tuesday confirmed their distrust. The Russian vessels will now stay under the guns of Port Arthur and ice-locked Vladivostock, while the Japanese ships will roam the sea at ease and with entire freedom.
 If now to the sea successes be added like successes along the long line of the Siberian railroad on the part of spies, the Russian forces will be iso- lated in a province filled with Chinese who would take delight in the cutting of their threats. A single bridge or culvert blown up with a single stick of dynamite would cut the sole Russian line of communication, now that the sea belongs to. the Japanese
 Nor is this all The Yellow sea is now practically, for the time being, a Japanese sea, and not Russian can be landed at Chemulpo or at any other port in Korea The Russians can en- ter Korea through the frozen regions of the Yallu-valley only, which forms the northern boundary of Korea in the land of ice and snow. The tempera- ture in that district is probably at or near 40 degrees below zero, and 1t will stay below zero until May. This in- wolves a march of 300 miles through thinly-inhabited country to Seoul, and such a march is not light enter prise in the face of an alert foe. Nei- ther the Koreans nor the Korean em- peror are factors in the contest. A land battle of any magnitude Is a dis tant event, comparatively speaking, unless, indeed, Japan, with her accus- toned audacity and skill, decides to land men under the guns of her vic- torious troops in the enemys country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11
Minhui cho Says Farewell.

Washington February 1o.-President Roosevelt received at the white house MT. Minhui Cho, the minister of Korea, who called to pay his respects and to present formally his letters of recall from Washington The minister has been transferred to Toxio. He presented to the President MT. Teh Moo Sin, second secre- tary of the legation, who will act as charge d'affaires of the legation of Korea until the determination of another min ister.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

arm of the Chesapeake Bay. The city has long been noted for the fine architecture of its public and other buildings.
 It Is the home of the highest plerate of the Catholic church in the United States Cardinal Gibbons.
 It is the home of Johns Hopkins Uni versity, endowed with over 3,5OO.o0O by Quaker philanthropist. The university was opened in 1876.
 It is an important center of the traffic in breadstuffs, large quantities of which are shipped through the city to other points.
 One of the principal industries of the city Is the canning of oysters However. nearly every kind of manufacturing is carried on in and around the city, and these activities have made it one of the foremost of American cities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11
Industrial Consolidation

J. w Worthington of SheffielS is at the Hillman. After a three-weeks stay in New York MT. Worthington is here to confer with other business men on mat ters affecting the industrial interests of the district. Said he:
 "I find that there is more news afioat in Birmingham concerning the consolida- tion of the large iron interests of Ala- bama than there seems to be in New York"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

e47.5O9 square. and 72.e9s round. bales total 1.o20,5s2 commercial bales. The product of this state may go to 1,100.- 900 bales or 500 pounds each. and the year must be set down as one of the most productive this state has ever known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

London, February 10.-Home Secretary Akers- Douglass said in the house of com mons today that the instructions to Brit ish representatives abroad would be sim liar to those issued in the case of previous war, covering supplies of coal and re- stricting vessels stay in port to twenty four hours. except owing to stress of weather or necessary repairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11
Backing Theatrical co. Ruined Him.

Cincinnati, O., February lo.-Stating he was ruined by backing theatrical com pany which stranded recently in Texas, Edward B. Cocpran, doing business as the Crescent Buggy company, made an assignement to Attorney John Calvin to- day. Assets slo.oo0; liabilities SSo0O0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Thomas Nelson Page has aecumu- lated so much money from his books and magazine articles that he is going to establish an industrial school in Hanover county, Virginia, where he was born.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT

Mrs. Mary Mcintyre of Holt county, Mo. is the granddaughter of Montgomery Blair, a member of Anthony Wayne's staff who took part in the rushing of Stony Point.
 Prof Benjamin F. Brown. who for the past forty years has been member of the faculty of Brown university has been presented with loving cup in apprecia- ton of his services.
 John D. Rockefeller has returned to New York after trip to Florida for his health. and states that he is ready to re- sume business, although it Is reported that he will resign some of his heaviest bur dens to his son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
 The much harrassed King Peter of Ser via will now have an opportunity to view the tribulatlons of other monarchs since war has started in the far east. As no plots for uprisings have been reported Tn several days it seems that temporary tranquility has at least been attained
 Mir. Jerome has returned to New York after an extensive trip through the west and has some interesting remarks to make regarding the relative merits Of Chicago and his home city. From the district att torney's interview it would seem that there is room for improvement in both towns.
 Governor James K. Vardaman of Mis- sissippi has become one of the most unique characters in American public life through his pronounced views on the negro ques- ton. MT. Vardaman has been put in the class of Governor Jeff Davis of Arkansas, Golden Rule" Jones, mayor of Toledo. and other men whose vigorous personal ity has made them noticeable
 Marquis Ito, who is now regarded as the greatest man in Japan, has led an inter- esting career. In 1863 plot to assassinate him was discovered and he was smuggled aboard ship in a bale of silk by help of a lady who befriended him. When the vessel was thirty-six hours out he re- yealed himself and offered to work his way to England. The offer was accepted and the marquis spent about year in Great Britain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

A new Hungarian violinist has given the feminine part of his audiences to undo -stand that he objects to kisses. But then he is only 10 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

What with automobiles, war. fire and q" road brushes, the worlds pop ulation will not be permitted to in crease very rapidly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

It is rumored that MT. Rockefeller desires to lay down some of his bur dens, but no reference is made to his money sacks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Secretary Taft is very much in fa- vor of war memorial at Arlington, and las taken the proper step to make himself sohd with the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

A sudden drop in the egg market is liable to be disastrous in more ways than one, especially if the stock has been cornered for some time and has been permitted to age slightly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Russia Is beginning to realize that long distance fighting is very much like all other long distance proposi- tions-very unsatisfactory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11
ALABAMA NEWS.

The Western railway cutoff from the Selma line of the Louisville and Nash ville's Pineapple branch has been com pleted.
 The sessions of the bishops council of the African Methodist Episcopal church in Mobile have ended and the next meet ing will be ip Chicago, May 1.
 Thomas J. Reynolds has been elected president of the Fourth National bank of Montgomery, to succeed William Berney, who resigned about three weeks ago.
 Citizens of Mobile are stirred up over reported bull dog fighting on the shell road near the city. Preachers are de- nouncing the sport as brutal and unlaw- full
 It is reported that the officials of the railroads entering Mobile can not agree on site for a new union depot and will erect their own stations in the best loca- tions they can secure.
 The harbormasters office in Mobile is crowded with sailors and pilots waiting for northwest wind to lift the fog. River traffic is tied up and several vessels are waiting an opportunity to sail.
 w. M. Taylor of Goldwater is recover ing from a vicious attack made on him by Poland China hog. MT. Taylor was seriously injured by the enraged animal which leaped upon him when he attempt ed to take one of her pigs.
 According to reports made to Com missioner McDavid at Montgomery the fire insurance companies of Alabama have done good business during the year just closed. Statistics show that the companies paid out 49.2 per cent of all money collect ed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The Tennessee supreme court is en deayoring to make a distinction be- tween whisky and brandy. The dis tinction Is all in the jag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Mansfield as Parsifal will have no legal battles to wage before making his appearance in his new play.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The prizefighting gentry should en- list or go out of business. They cut very little ice when the Japs are busy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Frog legs may be dressed poultry according to the tariff rating, but it will be hard to convince a darky hen litter of that fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

It is astonishing how little terror the lawn mower has for married man in the winter time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Secretary Wilson is trying to dis cover why the retail prices of beef are so high, and the prices of cattle so low. He has struck pay dirt at last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

A rpiritualistic stock promoting com pany was recently organized in New York, but, as was to be expected, the gains were not very substantial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

China is keeping still, but every Chlnaman is born foe of Russia. They do not like to be swallowed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The Santo Domingo revolutionists are expected to shoot with greater care in the neighborhood of Uncle Sans ships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

spite of all we can do to establish a
 gold lace brigaC, in Washington and A otherwise improve the looks of states men and public officials who frequent the national capital, it is impossible to please our critical cousins across the water. The London Daily Chronicle Is one of the lat est English papers to take upon itself the duty of bringing American legislators to task for being shabbil.- dressed. With all the assurance of positive ignorance this esteemed publication states that while the English house of commons is the best dressed body of men in the world the American house of representatives is the worst. The average costume of a con gressman, according to the Chronicle is very lose frock coat. low-cut waist coat turned-down collar, white bow, and derby or felt hat. It is true that some congressmen dress this way but all of them certainly do not, and even if they did they would not look so bad. English men seem to have an idea that the frock coat and felt hat is the accepted attire for all public men in this country.
 It Is had to see how clothes have any, thing to do with lawmaking and although the house of commons may dress better than the house of representatives it's mem- bers do not seem any more successful in passing laws than the plain American statesman. From the howl going up over the country it would seem that we are having too much dress in Washington, at least among the diplomatic corps and the Presidents bodyguard. In view of the fact that the best dressed statesmen sometimes turn out to be the grandest rascals and most adept grafters, 1t is com fort to know that all our cor.gressmen are not the mould of fashion and the glass of form
 A remarkable feature of the great fire which swept Baltimore is the fact that all the newspaper plants in the city were completely destroyed, with a single ex- ception. This state of affairs rendered it Impossible for the local papers to help each other and they were compelled to call on the Washington papers for assis- tance. With commendableN enterprise the Sun was issued from the office of the Washington Star on the morning follow ing the first outbreak of fire and reached It's readers as if no great calamity had swept its plant away. The Waslli.. .gton Post has come the assistance of the Balti- more Herald and the News, so that both Of these papers are now appearing regu- larly. This generous conduct of the Wash ington newspapers is a striking example of the fraternal feelings entertained by all newspaper men for their fellows and the readiness with which one paper will come to the assistance of another in trouble. Any other papers in the coun- try would have done what the Washing ton Star and the Washington Post have done, had the opportunity been offered.
 The three great Baltimore papers, the Sun, the Herald, and the News are very strong and stand in the front rank of American dailies The newspapers and public hope that each will soon be on it's feet again, telling to the world the news of a Baltimore restored and surpassing all its former beauty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Delaware has an effective method of treating wife beaters by repaying them in kind. The fiogger is himself fiogged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The war correspondents are in fair way to get all the business the can attend to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The middies at Annapolis have again come to grief, and score failed tc pass their examinations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The vice-presidential lightning is hesitating between Senator Fairbanks of Indiana and Governor Herrick of Ohio
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Inc individual match is so cheap that people are apt to forget that r1ere is really a match trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

New Orleans Is busily engaged ir watching the cotton market and get ting ready for it's Mardi Gras festival
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The cry from Macedonia means that spring is in the offing, so to speak
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Mule day" is distinctly southern and provincial, but a great many little towns would be lonesome without it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

No one is considered high-toned in New York who has not taken a hand car trip through the subway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Birmingham's iron Vulcan will be the feature of the St. Louis fair, and he won't be on The Pike, either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The Russians are in danger of ac- quiring the coffee heart, especially in the night time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

President Reyes of Colombia will at any rate know the situation in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

This being leap year, the softer sex is expected to do the valentine buying.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Abdul Hamid congratulates himself that he is not to blame this time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Between the war and the Baltimore fire the ago of Ann has been forgotten.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Fractions of winter weather may from time to time return to us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The Roosevelt bandwagon is the luckest that comes down the pike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Russia has no friend among the na- tions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Secretary Cortelyou does not keep a carriage. He keeps an automobile.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Other staples may go down, but gurshoos a7a Steady and stealthy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The sunlit days are now ten hours long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

A pious way to observe Lent is to abstain from radium banquets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The theatres should be requested to add good plays to good exits
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Coney Island has become the habitat of drove of sixty elephants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

There are great many presidential joke booms afloat at present
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Begin now to compose your poetical valentine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

MT. German does not want a grand stand navy, and he is right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The dove of peace is taking vaca tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Colombia is collecting her armies s secretly, a not difficult task.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Thomas J. Reynolds has been elected president of the Fourth National bank of Montgomery, to succeed William Berney, who resigned about three weeks ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The pugilists are outclassed as talk CTS by Japan and Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Delaware is full of political and peach troubles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Sully boomed coffee the other da, just to keep his hand in.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Elgin sets the price of butter, but the people pay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Cleaner street car floors is an issue in many towns.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The Japs fight as well at night as in broad daylight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11
Attitude to Be as of Old.

The boil weevil is not die-awa, bug.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Russia and Japan are having trouble over a real estate deal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

A Chicago professor has reduced the Bible to a scrapbook.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The hens have been requested tt make up for lost time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The sessions of the bishops council of the African Methodist Episcopal church in Mobile have ended and the next meet ing will be ip Chicago, May 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

The Western railway cutoff from the Selma line of the Louisville and Nash ville's Pineapple branch has been com pleted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-11

Mrs. Mary Mcintyre of Holt county, Mo-. is the granddaughter of Montgomery Blair, a member of Anthony Wayne's staff who took part in the rushing of Stony Point