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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-03
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

who states that refreshments will be
served after the services. The refresh
ments will be of the kind that are usually
characterized as delicious" by the
rural correspondents. and will include Ice
cream. lemonade and cake. There will be
no puneh-as yet. Now this is one OF the
ways in which church services can be
made very popular. BY eliminating the
sermon and introducing some fetching
musical numbers the attendance would be
materially increased. With sensationalista
in the pulpit, pretty girls in the chorus.
negligee attire for summer and electric
fans, patent medicine advertisements on
the walls to divert the mind and refresh
ments after it Is all over, there Is no
reason why the up-to-date church should
not speedily become a rival Of the theatre
as place of recreation.
Yet there Is still a spirit of reverence for
the church. Billy Van, the minstrel
man, has been forced to eliminate a Sc
ries of biblical jokes which he started to
deliver the other night in the Bijou the
atre in Pittsburg. Stories about Daniel
and the lions den and Jonah and the
whale were heard without comment, but
when Van gave a humorous version of
the parable of the loaves and fishes cries
of 'cut 1t out" came from various parts
of the house, and it has been announced
that the Objectionable jokes will be dis
continued, at least during the Pittsburg
engagement Van is very popular COM
odi in Of @I,a
his name is almost a by-word, and the
fact that he was publicly reprlmanded
shows very clearly that Pittsburg does
not relish jokes about holy things Jonah
and the whale constitute a time-honored
theme for end men, but they go too far
when they dare to jest of divinity.
Yes, it has long been recognized that
progressive polygamy or in plain terms.
divorce, is rather expensive, and this fact
has been proved by the plight of colored
parson who went to jail rather than pay
his divorced spouse SIG a month almony
out of salary of SIS. The parson de-
cided that he could not subsist comfort
ably on 81 a month, and now he Ian
guishes in durance vile. If the flock of
that pastor had any consideration for his
worth and feelings it would have raised
his salary long ago. 1t is conceded that
SIS month is hardly enough to enable
man to move in the best society and MAIN
tain tailor and an automobile, much less
enjoy the luxuries of divorce
AT last reports the Boston carpenter
who offered a reward of 500 to any per-
son who could prove to him that the
world is round was still waiting for some
one to take his offer. The gentleman re-
sides in Boston, but he thinks that the
old story of the world being a globe in
motion was wrote as a lie." Such a
citizen is certainly no credit to the
scholastic attainments OF the Hub. but
so long as he does not become violent
there is no legal process for shutting him
up in a sanitarium, where he properly be-
longs. c.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-03
CARNIVAL COARSENESS
Is ABROAD IN THE LAND

sort of entertainment a city shows thR
stranger societies within it's gates in tho
case of an octogenarian millionaire Wild
recently sued to regain a fortune wheedt
led from him by a mulatto woman. Aa
a volunteer fireman, it was explained, he
made the womans acquaintance while
returning certain debts Of hospitality con-
tracted the year before as guest of BROTH
err firemen in a reunion in a western city.
When men travel, too often they leave
their code of conduct behind them Where
the pilgrimage is in company with other
men on pleasure bent, the public opinion
or the mass-which finds expression in
such notices as 'Well all drink stone
blind and THE old guard dies but never
surrenders'-is not always an aid to dis
Greet conduct. Nor Is the well meant hos
ptality of the city authorities, who try
to make things pleasant for their guests
and overlook the disorders that would
bring native in the clutches of the law.
So there Is certain encouragement and
countenance of rather coarse carnival.
This is seen even in the conduct of coll
lege boys after a football game. 1t Is
more noticeable In the brethren from
small towns who fall victims to the
temptations of a great city with an
eagerness that seems to argue that they
Joined a national order In part because
its reurion in city gave them a chance
to find trouble once year. What Is to
be done In this matter we do not pretend
to say But 1t would help things If men,
bers would bring their wives along.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-03
Thompson Wrongly Quoted.

In last Saturday mornings issue of the
Age-Herald "bobble of the typewriter
did Joseph o. Thompson an injustice in
the interview given out by him at Wash
ington. In the course of his interview
the following sentence appeared: 1T is
generally accepted fact that where whites
and negroes live in large numbers side by
side, the latter will rule, as indeed they
should" The word former should have
been printed instead of latter" making
the sentence ut is a generally accepted
fact that where whites and negroes live
in large numbers side by SIDE the former
will rule, as indeed they should"
Mr.. Thompson is internal revenue coll
lector for Alabama, chairman of the state
republican committee and recognized
leader of Alabama republloanism. He
was a member of the committee that noti-
fed President Roosevelt of his nomination
at Oyster Bay last Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-03
A Retlcent Giant.

II talked to a stranger at the Union
passenger station last night who stated
that he was feet and inches high"
said policeman. II have no doubt that
the figures he gave were correct, for he
could reach out and place his hand on
top of the railing that shuts off the shed
from the waiting rooms with the great
est ease, while Patrolman Brown, who
is feet and 1 inch tall, could walk I'M
der the strangers outstretehed arm with
out STOPPING.
II think the man came from New Or
leans. He was handsomely dressed and
was clearly person of some means, al
though he refused to give out any infor-
nation as to his identity. He was in the
company of several Morris avenue mer-
chants with whom he seemed to be dis
cussing business affairs and left on the
Frisco train for Memphis
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-03
Tightening the Coils.

The Japanese are as secretive in
relation to their own movements as
they are energetic and slillful in gath
ering information of the movements
of the Russians. They know Just
what the Russians are doing, but they
keep their own secrets. 1t Is there
fore difficult to say just what the sit
uation is between Hai-Cheng and Muk-
den
But 1t is believed all three Japanese
armies are endeavoring to capture or
to crush Kuropatkin. The first army
under Kuroki is on his right flank.
ready to cut his right line of commune
cation, or to assall him in cooperation
with the second army led by General
Oku or the third army led by General
Nodzu. The second and third armies
come from the south, while General
Kurolxi marc--cd from the Yalu, con-
quering tho passes as he advanced.
Not one of. these three armies has
been defeated, or seriously checked,
and the three armies are thought to
be marching today against Kuropatkin
who must fight great battle or re-
treat precipitously northward A
great battle at any rate is imminent,
and If Russia loses it her cause in
Manchuria is as good as lost Kuro-
patkin must fight or retreat, and the
latter recourse may be cut off by
Kuroki.
While t.ese great movements are
progressing in or near Liao-Yang, the
Japanese are, it is plain, closing in at
Port Arthur. The Japanese do not
greatly need Port Arthur itself. 1t is
completely isolated, and might be left
to it's fate, but they do need Admiral
Togos fleet for service elsewhere
They need this feet, and the need is
SO great that an assault of Port Arthur
will no doubt take place, despite the
fact that every hill and point of want.
age near the city is fort.
An assaulting force should be four
times larger than the defensive force
and as the Russians have $4,000 sOi
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-03
uNBLUsHING PLAGIARISM.

From the Baltimore Herald
A friend Of the late Bishop Huntington
was spending a Sunday in Edinburgh,
and followed the crowd to the church of
service he said to the clergyman: "That
was a remarkably fine sermon" The min
lister, puffed up with pride, said: THANK
you, thank you" But" said the Boston
man, Il have heard 1t before; 1t is one of
Bishop Huntingtons sermons" "Ah, yes,
dare say, to be sure; but Huntington
could never have gotten 1t off as l did"
The anecdote is related by the Con-
gregationalist, whose only comment is
that "for consistent and unblushng plag-
iarism this beats the record"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-03
Beaaar's Smooth Trick.

"a beggar has been operating in Bir-
mingham for several days past who has
gone to great pains to swindle the pub
lic," said a young man about town. This
fellow is well known here and this time
he is suffering from a new affiiction. He
has had certain muscles in his foot sew
cred so that the member is drawn I'm as
If paralyzed, and hobbling along on his
crutches, he presents a pitiahle spectacle.
although he is in reality fraud.
"Some time ago this same fellow was
begging on the streets of Birmingham and
carried about a withered hand, which wa
the result of cutting the muscles or fem
dons in one arm. The initiated person Is
unable to tell whether the man is really
afflicted or not. l suppose that he is a
very successful beggar, but it is astonish-
ing to what ends man will go in the
hope of making a living without work
ing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-03
Hiah.Prlced Chicks.

Poultry fanciers have a new price
record in America just now" said trav-
cling man last night, land I am inclined
to quit the road and enter the chicken
business. I see where New Yorker has
just sold nineteen chickens for ex-
port to Germany for $1,000. They
were the rose-combed Black Miner breed.
The leader of the flock was the cock
Victor, a great prize winner, and the
price that great rooster brought was
$1,000. His brother Headlight III brought
$500. Now who is there to doubt that
there is money in the chicken businessT'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-03
From the New York Mail and Exp

From the New York Mail and Express.
IN RE ministers too censorious or are
WIN some of the benevolent" and
'fraternar" orders too careless
of their conduct, when they foregather in
a provincial city for their annual con-
clave? The other day minister doubt
ed the morality even of the New England
lawn festival. Now comes one who says
of the goings-on OF a we'll known and
popular society which had its reunion In
Cincinnati last week, that they were
worse than the court house riot" The
authorities, he says. permitted and even
encouraged the riots of drunkenness and
brutality" The city was thrown wide
OPEN and the result was orgies such as
one reads of In ancient Rome in connec-
ton with the worship of Bacchus"
Now perhaps the minister was all wrong
In this case, but enough is of record to
raise the suspicion of uper-conviviality
and moral heedlessness in the collective
pleasure-talting of some of the fraternal
orders. The renaissance of street fairs
in the smaller cities of the west-chiefy
thimble-rigging and -koochee-if
not brought about was elaborated into a
system by one of these orders. There was
a revealing and significant glimpse of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-03
ALABAMA VIEWS.

Montgomery Advertiser: We believe the
republicans are actually uneasy about
Vermont, a state (which wouldn't know
how to give a democratic majority, If it
were to try. For all that, a full vote
is expected for our ticket. as the demo-
crafts up there are largely of the gold
bug variety. This is shown by the fact
that the party vote was about 40 per
cent less in 1896 than 1t was in 1876. They
will doubtless line up and show their
metal this year.
Opelika News: Report comes from the
east that there Is money and a plenty
of 1t at hand to aid the democrats in the
campaign. 1t is reported that Taggart
will have almost as easy sailing In rails
ing a campaign fund as Mr.. Hanna had
in 1896. If these reports are to be relied
upon 1t makes the democratic outlook
very bright indeed. for money talks in
fact In these latter days It has come to
be about the strongest argument that
can be put up. 1t throws so much light.
Montgomery Journal: The newspapers
generally agree that Tom Taggart is all
right. Let us all hope that Tom Is just
what they say about him, "a doer' and
a hustler-a man who knows that to be
successful in elections one must get votes,
and he goes out after them.
Admission Hot Blast: Mr.. Cortelyou has
at last admitted that there are some few
doubtful states This is encouraging. to
say the least of 1t.
Mobile Item: Reports of the forthcom->
ing geological survey will show that thel
United States exceeded all previous rec
ords in the output of coal. This will have
nothing to do with the price of the ar
ticle fixed by the trust
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diers, not including men from the
ships, the japanese will need fully
100000 men in the case of an assault
of the Gibraltar of the East.
There are therefore two opportuni-
ties for battle royal, the one in Lao
valley where Kuropatkin is, and the
other in front of Port Arthur, which
was first fortified by German engineers
employed by the Chinese, and later by
General Vernander who is regarded
by the Russians as a second Todleben.
Just at present the Japanese need a
victory at Port Arthur more than they
do one in the Lao valley.
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FooIery, sir, does walk about the
orb; like the sun, 1t shines everywhere.
Twelfth Niqht.
Church and State in France.

The papal nuncio at Rome has been
recalled OF dismissed, OF both, and a
) deadlock in couple of bishoprics ex-
lists. Rome has or will take away the
episcopal authority of the two offend
ing bishops, and France will continue
to pay them and to keep them in
place. Under the terms Of the con-
cordat, which the Vatican does not
propose to abrogate, new bishops can
not be appointed because the consent
of France cannot be obtained.
Just how far and how fast the rup-
ture between the Vatican and France
will extend depends wholly upon Pre-
mier Combes, who is playing politics.
If the French premier can strengthen
himself against the approaching
French elections by deepening the
rupture, then 1t will be deepened. But
it cannot become complete while the
concordat stands, and that great agree
ment between Rome and France can
be abrogated by the people or the
French parliament only, and the
French parliament is not in session.
The concordat will therefore stand
until next winter, and in the mean
while many things may happen.
The unmistakable tendency of
events in France is, however, towards
an abrogation of the century-old con
-coEdat. and complete separation OF
church and state. placing the former
in France on exactly a similar footing
with the Catholic church in this coun-
try. At present the French church is
supported by the government, from
the archbishop down to the humblest
peasant. The repeal of the concordat
would throw the burden upon the
faithful, and all experience shows that
that is the better plan.
Still conditions in France and con-
ditions in the United States are UNI
like at almost every point, and ter.
mination of the concordat may lead to
events not now anticipated. The entire
situation is deeply interesting, and the
Combes ministry is watching no doubt
every phase OF 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-03
a5s COTTAGES ON A SHIP.

Savannah Dispatch New York World.
The bark Grace Deering sailed for
Porto Rico yesterday. carrying materials
for 1856 cottages, assembled ready for &C.
cupation, and cargo of other stun to
he used by the government at number
of posts on the island. The cottages are
rreparad so that all needed to be done
is to fit and fasten together the various
PARTS. The material includes not only
sashes, doors and blinds, but picket
fences, so that not only will the cottages
be complete. hut also inclosed. Mills Of
Atlanta, Augusta. Macon and other points
have contributed to the orders. The cargo
is to be delivered at Culebra. Fardo, No
groba, Humcoa and Punta Ysabel.
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| o more convincing proof of the
universal reverence in which the
! late Father o'ReiIly was held by

nj universal reverence in which the
late Father o'ReiIly was held bv
Alabama could be given than the obitu-
ary notices that have appeared in the
state papers since his death Not only
was he honored IN Birmingham, but his
great worth had become known to hun
dreds and perhaps thousands OF people
in Alabama who had never looked upon
his face. The press of the state has
united in Offering condolences to the peo-
pie of Birmingham for their great loss
and In paying a tribute 10 the priest
whose life was fruitful of so much good.
Although Father O'Reilly now rests on
the hill near st. Vincent's hospital which
owed its establishment to his untiring
efforts, and successful movement has
already been started to erect a monu-
ment over his grave, the beloved pas
tors life is yet a theme on which state
editors dwell. The admiration and re-
spect cherished for Father OReilly in
Birmingham extended far without the
confines of the city and her busy suburbs
Photographers are inclined to make
great sport of the minuteness with which
the doings of Candidate Roosevelt and
Candidate Davis are heralded in the
press. And, truth to say there is more
fact than fiction In the indictment. Take,
for instance. a press dispatch dated
August l, which was sent out broad
cast over the country by the Associated
Press. 1t announced the Interesting news
that Judge Parker went through his
usual routine this morning, taking
horseback ride and a swim in the Hud-
son river. His only visitor was a book
agent, who sold the Judge a copy of the
de luxe edition of the writings of Thomas
Jefferson" Now all the world knows
that Judge Parker swims and rides horse
back, so these announcements could hard
ly be called wildly exciting. while men
who have never stood any chance of being
elected president have been visited by
book agents. In fact 1t has been dem
onstrated many times that 1t does not
require great man to be visited by
book agent The fact that the volume
purchased was a copy of the writings of
Thomas Jefferson augers well for the
future Of the democratic party, provided
the judge intends acting upon the prln-
ciples laid down by Jefferson as to the
conduct of our government. But taken
as a whole, one could hardly consider the
dispatch sensational. Before much longer
the press will take it upon itself to dis
close what Judge Parker drcanoa about
after he has gone to bed, as all his move
ments up to that time are fully covered"
Enterprising pastors are waking up to
the fact that 1t pays to advertise and the
best way to make religion popular in
these late days is to put it on CONNER
cial basis. Not long ago preacher with
decided hustling ability rented space In
mis- church to business men for advertis-
ing purposes, another announced his SER
mons in the press through the medium
of box-car letters, and now comes a third
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-03
THINGS AND The MAN.

BY Rudyard Kiplng.
And Joseph dreamed dream, and he
told it his brethren; and they hated him
yet the e."-Genesis xxxvi s.
Oh We who hold the written clue
To all save all unwritten things,
And half a league behind pursue
The accomplished fact with flouts and
filings,
Look, to your knee your baby brings
The oldest tale since earth began,
The answer to your worryings-
Once on time there was a man.
He single-handed met and threw
Magicians, armies, ogres kings;
He lonely mid his doubling crew,
In all the loneliness of wings;
He fed the flame, he filled the springs,
He locked the ranks he launched the van
Straight at the grinning teeth of things.
Once on time there was a man.
The peace of shocked foundations flew
Before his ribald questionings,
He broke the oracles IN two
And barred the paltry wires and strings;
He headed desert wanderngs;
He led his soul, his cause his clan.
z. A little from the ruck of things.
Once on a time there was a man.
Thrones powers, dominons block the view
With episodes and underlings;
The meek historian deems them true.
Nor heeds the song that Clio sings,
The simple central truth that stings
The mob to boo, the priest to ban.
Things never yet created things.
Once on a time there was man.
A bolt is fallen from the blue
wakened realm full circle swings
Where Dothan's dreamer dreams anew
OF vast and forborne harvestings;
And unto him an empire clings
That grips the purpose Of his plan.
My lords what think We Of these thingsr
Once-in our time-is there a man?
(By cable TO Golfers Weekly. Copy
right, 1904, In the United States by Rud-
yard Kipling. Published IN The World
by courtesy of Golfers Weekly. which
has a special arrangement with Mr.. Kip
ling by which his new political poems are
cabled to this country for publication IN
Golfers simultaneously with their pub
LEGATION in the London TimesJ
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Fine Peach Orchard.

tween 5000 and 6000 bushels of peaches
from my orchard in Shelby county and
the crop is not all picked yet" said Col
onel Higdon yesterday. This merely goes
to show what the state is capable of do
ing as a peach producer. This has been
banner year for fruit growers and re-
ports from various parts of Alabama
show that the yield has been unusually
abundant. Peaches this year are very
fine and understand that all growers
enjoy a ready market
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-03
Judge eray's Tribute to Parker.

From the New York World.
Many expressions of compliment and
confidence have come to Judge Parker
since his nomination for President, but
none that he will value more than the
interview with Judge George Gray which
appeared in yesterdays Issue of The
World
Judge Gray is not man who is pro-
fuse in compliment. And from his posi-
ton on the federal bench he is not given
to political utterances. When he breaks
the judicial silence to declare that Judge
Parker Stands for law as opposed to
personal inspirations" that his is the
path of safety" that there is no just
cause and no great business interest that
may not feel secure under his dhre,' it
means much.
There is no ADLER man In the democratic
party than the former Delaware senator,
who was a member of President McKin-
leys peace commission that ended the
Spanish war, of President Roosevelt's
arbitration commission that ended the
anthracite coal strike, and who is one Of
the most eminent judges on the bench
of the United States circuit court. There
are many democrats who believe that but
for the accident of geography Judge Gray
instead Of Judge Parker might have been
the democratic candidate for President.
Certainly nobody will deny that Judge
Gray is of presidential size, and his high
tribute to the qualifications, ability and
character of Judge Parker is one of the
noteworthy utterances of the campaign.