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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
No Endorsement in New York.


 The New York democraticl conven- tion which will select delegates to the St. Louis convention is to meet in All bany on the eighteenth day of April, or more than a month before the Alabama convention will be assembled at Mont gomery.
 At the recent meeting of the New York State Democratic committee there was much friction between ex- Senator Hill and Leader Murphy of Tammany, but in the end the former was permitted to name Albany instead of New York as the place of meeting of the convention, and the latter dic- tated the policy of non-action in tho state committee. No aspirant was en- aorsed by the state committee of the New Iork democrats. MT. Murphy is firm upholder of the policy of send ing a delegation to St. Louis left free to use its own judgment He believes it would be unwise to prejudge the issue by declaring for any one choice
 MT. Hill Is said to favor delegation pledged to support Judge Parker, while MT. Murphy of the victorious army led by Tammany does not consider Judge Parker the strongest man in the field. He seems to doubt the ability of Judge Parker to carry his own state.
 Be this as it may, it certainly is the wiser policy among Alabama demo- crats to remain in a receptive frame of mind Let them go uninstructed, and let them remain free do what seems best at the last moment. The duty at present incumbent upon all is to get together, to avoid bickerings. and to promote harmony whenever an1 wherever they can bring their influence to bear If the New York democrats the Alabama democrats certainly are not. Would-be leaders who have axes to grind are ever ready to declare for man, but the rank and file should in- vite harmony by holding aloof until June at least. The St. Louis conven- tion does not meet until July 6.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
Memphis Ambition.

Starting in 1900 with 103,000, Mem- phis now claims to have 100000 and it expects to have 250,O00 in 1901. This renders 1t the duty of Greater Birming- ham to have about 3O0,OOO at that time, and the task is by no means difficult.
 The task is much simplified by put ting Jefferson county, which had 140,- APO population in 1900, against Shelby county, Tennessee, which had at that time 159,577. The difference of 19,00o was long ago wiped out, and the two counties are forging ahead, not neck and-neck, but each is doing its best Shelby has atNpresent tail-end race, but it may as well become accustomed to that position, for it will never see the time when it again can present figures equal to Jefferson's.
 Memphis present count is a trolley estimate. Trolley promoters are lib- eral estimators. But we can tell Shelby
  county, Tennessee, just what it has got to square to in 1910 if it expects to lead Jefferson county, Alabama. The population of the latter will be readily doubled in 1910. It will hold in round numbers 2S0,000 people, and Shelby county may as well, must excel that number or get ready to fall back to the class that Nashville and Atlanta belong in
 No car-house or directory or school count will be accepted in the mean while. It is race to June 1910, for first money among southern counties, the parish surrounding New Orleans alone being the exception. The Mem phis Scimetar may not like the shape of the race, but on account of the length and breadth of Greater Birming- ham it becomes of necessity a county race. If Jefferson county, Alabama, contains in 1910 more people than any other southern county we shall claim first money--and we expect to get it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
Iapan's .Reliuions.

The proRussian is very fond of hop ping up to denounce the Japanese as pagans or heathens, the one word fall ing as glibly from his tongue as the other. The truth is, the leaders of pub lie sentiment in modern Japan-the in- telligent in all circles-are hesitating over a choice of new religion. They are familiar with Higher Criticism, de- rived in part from Germany, in part from other Christianized countries, and they are studying the subject thought fully and cautiously. They are ten times more intelligent than the aver age Orthodox Greeks of Russia, and in the end they may have ten times as much of the real spirit of the Prince of Peace.
 The unintelligent of Japan are doubt less believers in Shintoism, which was formerly the national religion. Shinto- ists believe in natural religion and in ancestor worship. They consider the emperor the representative of God on earth. There are many modified Bud dhists and Confucianists in Japan but these old-time religions finger among the unintelligent only, in Japan. The leaders of thought in that alert country have discarded Shintoism, Buddhism and Confucianism. The constitution of Japan guarantees freedom of belief and thought. It calls for representative government, popular education, and the development of commerce and indus try. This alone shows that the leaders in Japan have discarded the old re- ligions. When they will take up a new religion Is perhaps uncertain, but such a change must necessarily be slow among forty millions of people in the Far East. Their acceptance of western ideas has been rapid, and this is guaranty that in time they will accept Christianity as the best religion The only obstacle in the way is the chang ing beliefs among Christians them selves. especially in Germany.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
Seaboard Officials.

The Seaboard Air Line officials, includ- ing President J. M. Barr and James A. Blair of New York, member of the execu- tive committee of the board of directors. who arrived in Birmingham Sunday from Florida. left yesterday afternoon for the east over the Southern. The party trav- els in two private cars
 Mir. Blair, who represents large money ed interests in the Seaboard gives much of attention to the physical as we'll as the financial condition of the line, ex- pressed himself as well pleased with the property. He has known the Birming- ham district since the eighties when he invested about two million dollars in To- cal securities. He said from the time he first put his money here his faith in this district had never been shaken. He thinks the great future of Birmingham cannot be well oyer-estimated.
 President Barr said the new construc- tion work between Birmingham and At lanta was progressing in most satis- factory manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08

straightaway heather. Religious free dom goes along with American citizen ship. Nor does the question before the senate committee on privileges and elections wholly relate to plural wives and ethics in general, but it does re- late to Reed Shoot as a senator He has been seated, and the senate is en- acting individually on the senate, or as acting individually in the senate, or as an agent of a power outside the senate. Lawyer Taylor of the prosecution put the case compactly when he said:
 T expect to prove that MT. Shoot could not by any possibility put himself up against his associates in his actions"
 'Not even in his vote as a United States senator7" asked MT. Beveridge.
 NO; not even in his vote as sen- ator," responded MT. Tayler
 If, however, Reed Shoot is to be turned out because he is subject in the senate to orders issued elsewhere, how about the senator's who are subject to the wishes of trusts and Dingleyized corporations? Mir Dalzell, for exam pie, recently defended an extortionate price for armor plate-known to be xtortionate-because the steel trust demands such price. MT. Dalzell is not free agent in the house. He does what the steel trust tells him to do-- how then can Reed Shoot be turned out, While MT. Dalzell is kept in?
 Does not MT Aldrich, for example, serve Mammon instead of the Nor mons? And yet the investigation should go on. It will at least open up the question of free agency in the sen ate, as well as the family life and na- ture of the Mormon church. The re- flection cast by that church upon all women, and all purity in the homes of the people should be punished, but close behind it comes in point of im- portance the Dingley and trust control, through bosses, of many senators who do not live in Utah.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
"HllI Billy" at Home.

"A great many people are surprised at the ignorance among white mountaineers of Alabama" said a gentleman from that part of the state. "The majority of these people lead a hard. barren life, redeemed by little that Is cheerful and elevating. About all most of them ever look forward to is a trip to some nearby town or visit to the circus It is true that some of them have their little churches and there Is kind of crude society, but most of the mountaineers in North Alabama and Tennessee live far apart in isolated districts and thus have little opportunity for paying visits or minglng together.
 "There is yet an appalling amount of ignorance among the poorer classes of mountain people, although some progress has been made toward elevating them to higher plane. In a group of five or six average mountain men it is not un- usual to find two or three who can not sign their names. A lawyer of my ac- quaintance told me once that he had party of mountaineers and negroes in his office one day to sign some papers, and was astonished to learn that greater number of the negroes could sign their names than could the mountain men. About Six of the latter were compelled to make their marks in lieu of any better signature.
 'As a rule the hill bilies, as they are called, are not very cheerful people. The women are dull, apathetic, and broken by hard work while the men are also rather quiet, although they are sufficient ly boisterous when tanked up on mean whisl1ey, and also very dangerous to cross.
 Perhaps it is the hard life they lead that is largely responsible for the condi- tion of the mountaineers in the south. Their existence is barren and monotonous. while the income from rIieir rocky, hill- side farms is scarce sufficient to buy the necessities of life. Yet the hill billies' are happy in their way, and no one has ever heard them complain. Perhaps they enjoy life in their own peculiar fashion about as much as anyone else.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
Literature as a Profession.

Tt is generally supposed that there is very little money in authorship" said a student yesterday, "and am inclined to believe that this is true If you will pick up any current periodical and turn to the advance notices of books and articles to appear in the future you will be as- founded at the number of names affixed to books that you have never heard of before and probably never will There Is vast army of people grinding out stories, poems and novels every minute of the day. When it is considered that the larger part of the output is mere rubbish, and that much Is never published, one can readily understand how the market is badly overstocked. It Is very discourag- ing to young writer to see so many un- known people writing books and failing to win fame. Although he may think he has the talent which they lack he cannot but remember that those people prob ably have the same high opinion in re- gard to themselves.
 However, few people dare to branch out into literature without having some ohiCl OL SuppoiA. "A 6iedl hldii3 of the successful writers of the day are newspaper workers, others are profess sional men, and still others business men who have made success in life and thus have time to wait patiently until pub fishers are ready to accept their contri- buttons. Perhaps the on1y sure way to make a living by writing is to secure a contract with syndicate, an undertaking which is not so easy to accomplish as some people think. Frank Carpenter has made a fortune by his syndicate articles, but not every one is a Frank Carpenter.
 Prom the earliest times the poet and the novelist have had a difficult road to travel While the literary profession is not quite so precarious now as formerly, it is still susceptible to changes, and 1t is not safe for a young man who has no income to trust to the muses to support him comfortably"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08

From the New York American.
 T HE feature in spring fashions is
 protest nor yet the chorus girl kick hut just a refined little Fifth avenue kick induced and made necessary by the fact that all the new spring dresses are made as long in the front as they are in the back-and that is just five inches on the ground.
 Miss Elizabeth A c. White president of the Dressmaker's Protective associa- ton of America, may be said to have in- troduced the kick la mode. She has been in Paris, and now she has brought the accomplishment. destined to become priceless back to America. She will tell all about it at the fourth annual meeting of the association at the Masonic temple, Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street, Tuesday.
 Miss White has prepared an exhaustive paper on the kick. It is to be included in a series of papers on the moral responsi- bIity of fashionable women towards their dressmakers to carry themselves well and
  age. Her points will be demonstrated by living models, and. in order that every type of woman may learn the particular kick appertaining to her particular build' there will be a short, fat model. who VIII do the kick best suited to the short, rat woman: a tall slender model, who will do inc kick hest suited to the willowy ''show pirl, style of beauty and an average size woman, in order that the average girl may be shown how to gain distinction by her walk alone.
 There is a secret in the kick la mode. It is canvas There is no use at all in trying to do the kick without It. It must be in the petticoat, circular hounce Of ii. set all around the bottom of the skirt and reaching up to the knee. It is cover cd with ruffles to give to the outside skirt the fashionable flare required by the in- ward curve of the exaggerated diaphragm and the unappreciable abdomen. Miss White demonstrates 1t as follows:
 'sWhen in repose the skirt flares out around the feet, lying about five inches on the floor all round. Naturally step forward without canvas and without a
 
 kick would entangle the wearer in a mass of frills and ruffles. but the canvas and the kick save her She gives the canvas just the least little kick with the toe of her slipper, the canvas backed ruffle swings out in advance and enables her to take a step without stepping on the skirt. ''
 Miss White picked up percaline petti- ooat and Illustrated mincingly. The "real living models" clustered about, gaspec admiringly.
 The kick is not going to be the only point of interest in the dressmakers' salon There is going to be garter demonstra- ton on living models to show that garter clasps are a mistake and that tapes and ribbons are the salvation of silk stockings
 'srhe idea is this" said Miss White ii you fasten your stockings with an ordina'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 After people break an Engagement they try to lose all the pieces.
 Some men are so invariably optimistic they will try to teach women how to play cards.
 A woman calls herself merely plump until she has to quit going to places that don't have elevators
 Drinking isn't so expensive for what you spend on 1t as for the money you don't earn while you are doing it.
 The ground floor is where investors land after they have gone up to the top story of high finance and fallen down the ele- vator shaft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
sprlna Trade.

T think trade will be as good in Bir- mingham this spring as 1t was last when 1t was uneommonly brisk" said Second avenue merchant yesterday. while 1t Is true the pay rolls in the Birmingham district are not as large as they were a year ago, the high price of cotton is hay- ing the desired effect. A large number of people from various sections of Alabama and Mississippi do their shopping in Bir- mingham and our friends from the agri- cultural towns are certainly spending more money here than usual"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT

It Is announced that H. c. Prick. the Pittsburg steel magnate, will soon erect an enormous hotel in that city.
 Capt Ira w. Cory, who did much to save the day for the Union army on the second days fighting at Gettysburg. is dead at Morristown, N. J.
 Rider Haggard, the noted English au- thor, has gone for a visit to Egypt. MT. Haggard Is accompanied by his daughter, Augela, and may go to Spain before re- turning to England.
 The ratification of the Panama canl treaty ment fee of s2OOO,OOO cash for William Nelson Cromwell general attor- ney for the Panama Canal company. He was paid this sum for his two years work in trying to get the bill passed.
 The Rev. R. c. Filllngham of IIexton, Eng, known as 'The Fighting Vicar, " will shortly visit Savannah. MT. Filling ham is waging war on ritualism in the Episcopal church and attracted attention not long ago by his attack on Bishop Potter of New York.
 Pension Commissioner Eugene E. Ware has written a poem which will be read at the celebration of Kansas semi-cen- tenial at Topeka next May. The poem is entitled "Quivera." the Spanish name for Kansas and is attracting wide atten- ton.
 John Keenan. a famous politician of New York state, died recently at Hollis. Long Island. Keenan was chiefly known for his part in the famous conspiracy which handed over Broadway to a trac- ton company, although an unwritten law said that the thoroughfare should never be given over to street cars
 Franklyn K. Roosevelt, cousin of Pres ident Roosevelt, is reported to be follow uished relative in the matter of strenu- ousness. The young man Is now senior at Harvard and is a strong figure in college life, in addition to being quite popular.
 Count Salvatore Perione of Naples, Italy, is now in the western part of the United States. The count has been away from his home two years and is engaged in making tour of the world for a wager. He must visit all the continents and certain places specified on each. The count does most of his travelling on foot, although 1t is said he has a mansion and riches in Italy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
RrIdae Whist.

Bridge whist is becoming more popular every day in Birmingham" said @ card game lover last night. For some pecu- liar reason Birmingham, which is usually among the first to take up new things. was among the last to play bridge whist The game was old even in Montgomery before 1t got here
 There are a number of small bridge whist classes here and several amateur professors are in constant demand as instructors. The ladies especially, are showing unusual zeal in the game Unless signs fail, bridge whist will soon be as popular in Birmingham as bid euchre has been"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
ALABAMA NEWS.

Land and Industrial Agent w. L. Hen derson of the Southern railway. is now engaged in conducting through the state Charles F. Smith and J. B. Finster, well known promoters of New York These gentlemen contemplate securing about 150.0OO acres of land in Alabama for colo nization purposes.
 Gadsdens new fire engine has arrived and Is being much admired by the citi- zens. The engine cost the city S4500 and is said to be the best made Two more horses will be added to the department.
 An experimental farm will be establish ed on the property recently purchased by the Presbyterian Orphans home at Talladega. Money has been appropriated for this purpose by the United States government.
 The Sheffield Reaper has just closed its thirteenth volume and is receiving the congratulations of the state papers.
 The Troy Messenger, one of Alabama s live dailies. is now appearing with a handsome new headdress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08

A young man and woman in Mis- souri married to save their town from reproach because the marriage record was so low. That is better reason than a great many that are advanced these days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
FEATURE OF FASHION IS
 THE FIFTH AVENUE KICK

ry clasp you tear them-that is. if you fas- ten them tight enough to make your fig ure look right. I simply sew two pieces of ribbon to my elastics and two loops of tape on each stocking. Then instead of hooking clasps into my stockings I slip the ribbons on the elastics through the tapes on the stockings and tie the rib bons in bow. It's ever so much more sat- isfactory and you don't know what a diff ference 1t makes in your looks.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08

J. A. Blount of Gadsden is at the Nor ris.
 James Gray of Lima, O., is stopping at the St. Nicholas.
 Charles Wilson of Montgomery is at the Colonial.
 James Spence of Tuscaloosa is in the city.
 J. Alex Moore of Montevalo is at the Morris.
 R. w. Smith of Chicago is stopping at the St. Nicholas.
 H. P, Gibson of Corona is in the city. John Kennedy of New York is in the city.
 D. c. Readers of Washington is at the Colonial
 ". R, connally of Montgomery Is reg istered at the St. Nicholas.
 The Hon. w. c. Davis. city attorney of Jasper, is at the Morris.
 Prof. H. o. sergant of Auburn Is in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
Trend of Oriental Thought.

The surviving Moro came to a sitting nosture and counted the dead about him. "That.'' said he, lis what you get for going against the game of general who is playing for promotion"
 Which. for an untutored Oriental, was not a bad bit of wisdom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
A SONG ON THE RoUoH WAY.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

From the AtIanta Consttution.
 I. This for your comfort the rough way along: Winter Is weary, but summers a songr We'll soon be in wales where the mock. ingbirds throng- We'll soon be at home with the daisy! This for your comfort, when Sorrow ap pears To wreathe with her red thorns the bro, O the years. Sunlight still streams through the raj of our tears We'll soon be at home with the daisyi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
Merely Business.

The sultan had bought cruiser.
 ..I did this" he explained when accused of extravagance. mot that I needed the vessel. but in deference to the bull feel ing in the cruiser market"
 Thereupon he dispatched messengers to Japan and Russia to ask for bids.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
MORAL TALES.
An Obvious Duty.
l the New York World.

From the New York World.
 Proposal having been made for palatial shelter for the presidential horses, objec- ton arose.
 But remember" remarked a statesman hoary and wise, that this is a stable government"
 Such argument being unanswerable an appropriation was made for erecting the structure, with mahogany managers and hangings of damask.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
Sunk By Collision.

Baltimore, March 7.-In a collision to- day off Fort MeHenry the Norwegian steamship Iberia, Captain Jacobsen, from Baracoa, with a cargo of bananas, and the Norwegian steamship Simon Dumiers, Captain Nieuwjar, for Banes, the former was sunk The latter was damaged and returned to port
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08

Henry Seton Merriman was shin ing light in the literary world because he made money by his novels. The sum of $265,0O0 in eleven years is not so bad for that kind of work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08
Another Fire In Rochester.

Rochester, March 7.-(Speciai) = The fire which started here today was finally put ont with a damage of only $25.ooo' The confectionery company say their JOSS will be s10,oOO. The United Cigar Stores company s5O0O. and the New York suiI Cloak and Fur company sunered JOSE
 om water of about $100OO. There was panic in the Ellwood office building
 len the rooms filled with smoke. but
 l the office employees were gotten safe .& o,if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08

Stone and steel have their limita- tions as well as brick and mortar. The Hotel Darlington disaster is lesson that should be needed in this town. even if it may be disregarded in Mo bile, Montgomery and Ishkooda.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08

Young America still insists that it s all joke about the circus parade be- ing abolished, and country editors de- ride the very idea.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-08

In the east when the populace wants to have high old time it assemblies in the town hall and listens to one of Ella Wheeler Wilcoxs poems.