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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
coneernlna Ranquets.

The only kind of banquet that is really enjoyable" said Homer Davenport, the well known cartoonist, when he was in Birmingham a few months ago, 'fs the one whose chief characteristic is it's in- formality. Some of the hardest and most arduous hours of toll l have ever put in have been expended in attending elabor- ate banquets where every one was sup posed to be formal and act in the most unnatural manner possible.
 T remember particularly an affair giv- en in one of the Lake Ontario cities of New York some time ago at which Mark Twain, John Kendrick Bangs and other humorists and a large coterie of New York cartoonists were present. It was supposed to be 8 humorous affair. The people who got it up thought that gems Of humor would be sprung that night which would go forth in the world and would rebound to the honor and credit of city which had enterprise enough to arrange an affair of the kind.
 The humorists all knew what was ex- pected of them and how hard they all did try to be funny! It was pathetic. Every one was doing his best and we couldn't be anything else than a stick, because there was so much formality.
 T have seen just such affairs in Bir- mingham," said E. Lesser yesterday. One of the delightful features about the oanquets given to Prince Henry or the occasion of his recent visit to the Unit ed States was their informality. The prince would have nothing else. He broke down many of the barriers that usually make such events unenjoyable and sprung all sorts of surprises on people who were giving banquets in order to create A sociable atmosphere and relieve the tension that bound every one down to the conventional way of do- Ing things. But banquets given to him were always a success and were occa- slons to be remembered with genuine pleasure and the reason for it was the fact that the prince would have nos stiff formality."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
MADE LIBERAL PROPOSITION.
Florence Is Eager to Secure the New
 Presbyterian College.

Florence, April 2S.-(Special)-A com mittee of Florentines, composed of Judge J. J. Mitchell, Capt. R. T. Simpson, N c. Elting, the Rev. E. D. McDougall, M. J. Dillard, T. J. Phillips, are in Tusca- loosa today to urge the claims of Flor ence to the big Presbyterian college to be established in Alabama. They went fortified with far more liberal offer than any of the other claimants can made and the people of Florence are sanguine of securing the prize.
 Three hundred circular letters with a picture of the handsome $S0,0O0 college building which Florence offers free have been mailed to the preachers and elders in the ntate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
Echoes From the Conference.

If there was any adverse comment on the seventh annual conference for edu- cation in the south which met here this week l have not heard it." said a prom inent citizen last night. Every visitor met spoke in high praise of Birmingham and many members of MT Ogden's party did not hesitate to say that of all the successful meetings this was by far the best. One of the officers of the confer- ence said that while the night sessions at Richmond a year ago were attended by crowds that filled the house, just as here in Birmingham, the day attendance did not begin to compare with the atten- dance here" said a New England man who took part in the conference this week. Birmingham has been revela- ton to me 1 expected to find busy growing community but I had no idea that I would find so large a number of cultured people as l have met here, and l use the word cultured to include liter ary and scientific attainment as we'll as refnment. We pride ourselves down east on culture, you know, but l think it reasonable to say that there are just as many we'll educated in Birmingham in proportion to population as there are in Boston. l was most favorably impressed. too, with the fact that the audiences at the Jefferson theatre were exceptional ly we'll dressed. In short. Birmingham has a decidedly metropolitan air."
 The Rev Dr. Cummings of Boston not only praised Judge Feagin in a speech Thursday night but he sounded his praises in many a little coterie. Judge Feagin is doing noble work in the way of reforming juvenile criminals" Dr. Cummings remarked to lady. There is not judge on the bench in Massachu- setts who is so well informed on crim- inal reform matters as your Judge Fea- gin. He knows not only what is being done in the United States, but he has full and accurate knowledge of what is going on in France"
 The officers of the conference were greatly interested in Mrs. Johnston work at the Boys Industrial school and it is understood they will render material aid A large benefaction to the schoo, will be forthcoming, 1t is said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

this country and England. It was a fine bargain, however we look at it, and even Napoleon came out of it with fifteen million dollars that would oth- erwise have been lost.
 The fair will be open today in honor of the purchase, and all accounts agree in saying that the preparations for a fine exhibition are fla advanced. Even the exhibits are nearly all placed. The Iron Man will not be there, but he will soon be set up.
 The fair is in every way larger than the Chicago even or any other of its predecessors. But bigness does not count in expositions. All of them are too big, and no spectator can carry in his mind what Le sees at one of them. The visitor must pick and choose what he desires to remember.
 St. Louis hopes to conduct this fair with. proflt-something no other worlds fair city has been able to ac- compllsh. The country is larger and richer than it was in 1893, and is in better condition. The St. Louis man. agers have provided a multitude of events and days, and they are hopeful that at the en the fair will not show a deficit. Chicago is now paying $170,- 000 year interest on the debt her fair incurred. S.. Louis hopes to do better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
SONG OF THE OLD LOVE.

By Jean Ingelow.
 When sparrows build, and the leaves break forth, My old sorrow wakes and cries, For l know there is dawn in the far, far north
 And scarlet sun doth rise; Like scarlet fleece the snow-field
 spreads, And the icy founts run free And the bergs begin to bow their heads. And plunge, and sail in the sea. o, my lost love, and my own, own love,
 And my love that loved me sol Is there never chink in the world above
 Where they listen for words from be- Nay, I spoke once. and I grieved thee
 sore,
 remember all that I said, And now thou wilt hear me no more, no more Till the sea gives up her dead. Thou didst set thy foot on the ship and
 To the iced fields and the snow: Thou vert sad, for thy love did naught avail And the end could not know; How could I tell I should love thee to- day, whom that uay neld not dearI How could I know I should love thee away
 When I did not love thee anear? We shall walk no more through the sod den plain With the faded bents o'erspread We shall stand no more by the seething main While the dark wrack drives o'erhead; We shall part no more in the wind and the rain. Where thy last farewell was said But perhaps I shall meet thee and know thee again.
 When the sea gives up her dead
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
A FUTURE EPiTAPH.

From the Portland Oregonian. In a few years we shall read epitaphs like this:
 Here Lies JOHN PITTSBURG SKIBO SMITH, Who Was Born in CARNEGIE TOWN,
 %Educated in a CARNEGIE INSTITUTE,
 Studied in a CARNEGIE LIBRARY. At the Age of 90 He Became a CARNEGIE HERO, And Has Now Gone to be With
 CARNEGIE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
Gen. John c. Black.

Gen. John c. Black, commander-in-c chief Of the Grand Army of the Republic, passed through Birmingham yesterday morning en route from Decatur, where he attended the annual encampment of the Alabama division of the Grand Army Of the Republic, to Montgomery. where he will spend few days as the guest of Postmaster Buckley. Later he will visit Mobile and then come to Birmingham.
 General Black is the president of the United States civil service. commission, and is a warm friend both politically and personally of exPresident Grover Cleve- land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 If woman tells her husband dress cost her $40 and her friends it cost her 800, 1t is sign it cost S67,50
 About the time a girl begins to feel that she ought to tide her shoe tops she be- gins to feel she ought not to her neck
 Very few women would be on speaking terms with their husbands if they knew what they really think of them.
 There is nothing that convinces a wom- an man is cold-blooded brute so much as for him not to have any curiosity
 To understand the servant problem a man would have to understand women and to understand them he'd have to be not a man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

taking place so long now an anxious pub lie may easily believe the object of so much envy and secret modification among that species of humanity called dudes will trouble our peace no more. It was a remarkable fact that no matter how good an imitation Panama hat a man wore, he could never assume the calm superiority which distinguished the man wearing a genuine Panama and, there- fore. the cheaper limitations were very unsatisfactory. In many cases the cheap CT hats could not be distinguished from the real article, but in the breast of dudes the deceit ranked.
 While the public is so enthusiastically batting the doughty Japanese on the back, fguratively speaking. and is lauding them to the skies as the Yankees of the east 1t is not a bad idea to consider how some of their Yankee ways affect trade conditions in this country. In fact the Japs are so shrewd they are apt to for get that they have a conscience and they are getting to be entirely too Yankee fied' to suit American merchants who have been made to suffer For instance Harold Bolce tells of the manner in which Japanese merchants and manufac- turers have stolen the trade marks of well known American commodities. They have not only been able to initiate the American goods with remarkable skill. but have boldly taken the American trade marks and have placed them on their own manufactures to the detriment of United States trade. To cap the climax the Japs have secured authority from their government to use these brands and some of them are actually suing Ameri- can manufacturers for approprfating Jap- anese trade marks. For Yankee tricks that is going little too far
 Today the great St. Louis fair will be thrown open to the world and the chances are that large part of the western world will be there at some time during the summer If reports are to be credited the show will be well worth a visit. Since the Worlds fair at Chicago remarkable progress has been made in certain scien- tific branches of knowledge, including that of aerial navigation, and the airship derby will probably be the most unique feature of the exposition, not excepting Birmingham Vulcan. Another feature will be midway that has been robbed of its time-honored name and is said to be severely proper in all It's departments. That in itself, will be worth seeing.
 Colorado is now making a reputation as a rubber producing state, as the result of the discovery that a certain variety of sage brush that grows in profusion on the mountain slopes can be manufactured into rubber. Companies have been or ganized for the purpose of developing the new industry and the home of the grizzly bear Pike's Peak, and several other things, will hereafter be entitled to a new distinction in the sisterhood of states. Colorado has been so long noted for its picturesque stories and equally picturesque characters that rubber-mak- ing has a decidedly prosaic sound. Yet there may be millions in the scheme
 -l P. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

sumpter Sun: The boys and girls of Birmingham are to have geological garden. They are to buy the elephant themselves and the older people are to help them and see that they have camels monkeys, lions, tigers and bears and all sorts of animals.
 Columbiana Sentinel: As usual, the Birmingham ball team makes good start, and it Is hoped the Barons will break their record and play good ball until the close of the season.
 Alexander City Outlook. Success to the Birmingham boys and girlsi They have gone to work for a "zoo" and they have secured enough funds for a real live ele- phant. A geological garden in BIrming- ham will be an attraction dear to the hearts of every boy and girl in Alabama.
 Ashvlle Aegis: Will Birmlnghams s needs ever be supplied2 We are remind ed by this question of the average mar ried woman's aspirations If she begins at the foot of the ladder her troubles magnify at each step upward on &C., count of her wants which multiply with her increased necessities. Birmingham was just as happy as a modest railroad town as 1t Is now without the world In its grasp. Our civilization is in the wrong groove, and as a result there is too much wealth accommodating at centers and too little diffused among the masses. The individual. who neglects not the things essential to his condition, with view to a preparation for the next life, is sure to attain to the highest happiness to be reached in this worldly sphere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
s. R. HlNE DIES.
Had Been Marshal of Athens for Many
 Years.

Athens. April 9.-(Special)-s. R. Hine, city marshal of this place for the past ten years, died at his residence here last night after an illness of some day. His condition was not considered alarming until last night a short time prior to his death. He was a man of great phy- sica and moral courage and had brought order to the town when no other man seemed could. and he was universally liked and could have held the position as long as he wanted 1t had he lived.
 He was a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families of this sec ton and had lived here for the fifty-five years of his life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
CANDIDATES ARE DISCUSSED.
Several Selma Men Suggested as Judge
 Morris Successor.

Selma. April 29.-(Special)-In an infor- nal and quiet way two or three Selma at- torneys of prominence are being discussed as probable candidates to succeed to the judgeship. Among those being mentioned by their friends is Col. W. W. Quarles, the present solicitor, Who refused to be a candidate for reelection. He Is widely known over the circuit by reason of his twelve years service as solicitor.
 l.. E. Jeffries of the firm of Pettus, Jeffries x Partridge, is also being talked about as is State Senator William B. Craig.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
Coffee County Delegates.

Enterprise. April 9-(Special)-T democratic county convention of Coffee county elected the following. delegates to the state convention: Bruce Donaldson. J. NJ. Lofiin, Claud Riley, A. J. Wise, J. H. Baker, w. H. H. Donaldson, w. w. Ham and M. J. Lee. There were no in. structions. A majority of the delegation favor an uninstructed delegation to St. Louis. R. H. Arlington was elected chair man of the executive committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
Financial Committee Reports.

Huntsville, April 29.-(Special 1.-The financial committee of the city council has made its report for the firscal year just ended showing that the floating in- debtedness of the city Is $21, ,00O. The amount of taxes collected during the year just closed exceeded the amount collect ed in the preceding year by s9O00. The full report will be made public in a few dave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
Strawberries and Other Fruit.

Cullman strawberries have made their appearance on the Birmingham market, but the supply will not be abundant until next week. The berries are larger than usual and are bringing 8. 50 to 4 a crate.
 The apples have been injured by the cool weather" said L. A. Townley yes- terday, but the peach crop of Georgia and Alabama will be bountiful and the fruit 1t is believed will be or fne qual- ity. All fruit in Kentucky and farther north was badly hurt by freezing weather and that being so peaches in this section will command top prices"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
Farmers Becoming Alarmed.

Athens. April 29-(Special.)-The wealth. CT in this section is the most unfavor- able to the propagation of crops ever known here and farmers are becoming alarmed about the prospects of a cotton crop. Seed are scarce and high and if the planting now in the ground fails to sprout or sprouts and dies from cold. 1t will be a blow to the cotton interest in the county
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
WHERlN HE MAY ERR.

From the Washington Post.
 The man who doffs his winter fiannels and dons a straw hat with the notion that he Is inviting spring, is very apt to find that he has invited the undertaken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

NICE the day when she awoke @N to find herself famous the orig - inal Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch has led troubled existence. Her humble domicile in Louisville has been literally besieged by people with more cu- | riosity than courtesy, so that life had been miserable for the old woman and her kids" At first Mrs. wiggs" con | tented herself with a rigorous tongue flashing of her unwelcome guests but that had little effect and here of late she has resorted to more strenuous measures, with the result that she has been haled to court for emptying a slop Jar on the head of one of her aesthetic female call CTS, who claims that she was prompted to her visit by pure charity" The plight of Mrs. Wiggs" serves to again call attention to the question of whether novelist has right to utilize the pecu- liarities of people he has met as material for fiction. At bottom he has perhaps as much right to describe picturesque characters in real life as he has to depict the beauties of landscape or a sunset. but all the same it is hard for a person to have unwelcome notoriety thrust upon him by people who write books
 The startling rumor has emanated from Philadelphia, known to wits who have been there as the City of Brotherly Love. that the mirrors will be removed from elevators in public buildings because wo- men spend too much time putting their hats ct f1It delaying the operations of the cars. Un- less elevators were intended for the ex- elusive transportation of male animals. owners of the buildings in Philadelnhia should have known peter than to have mirrors there in the first place. Where there is mirror and a woman in the same locality they are sure to get to- gether-or rather, one will get before the other. Of course men are prone to gaze at their reflections also, but the differ ence is that a woman takes much more time to adjust herself satisfactorily than does a man.
 At last John Kendrick Bangs has again launched out upon the seas of matrir,onv and his son was the best man. The craft here designated bears no resemblance to the Houseboat on the Styx, of course, but the humorist ought to have a fine idea of how a man should conduct himself at the breakfast table when fin the presence of his wife. He has written quite yolu- minously on the subject and should be well informed.
 Former Kentuckians who now reside In New York have organized a society to be known as "The Kentuckians," the members of which will be natives of the Bluegrass state. John G. Carlisle. for mer secretary of the treasury, is one of the prime movers in the project and, therefore, it Is a certainty. It Is not stated what will De the motto or pur- pose of the organization, but in view of the fact that they will have to uphold the dignity of great and glorious state it is probable that the members will win re- nown as lavish entertainers.
 The passing of the Panama hat has been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
Cornered.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 There's nothing but tragedy these days!" said Brown, as he scanned the raper.
 Well, I should say sor' sighed Mrs. Brown; "the cook has just struck for higher wages. and I've invited six women here to luncheon tomorrow!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

Eighty thousand photograph records of "Bedelia" were burned in Philadel- phia last wec.., but the people are not on that accour, inclined to wear "mourning"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
A CIT OF SARCASM.

From the Columbia Breeze.
 Birmingham is to have genuine zoo Birmingham has had something of this character all along-but unconfned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
Popular CoupIa Married.

Huntsville, April 9.--(Special )-Prof. John H. Wallace, a well known school teacher, and Miss Ruby Bailes. popular
 young lady of Deposit, were quietly mar
 ried yesterday morning fa this city Rev. George E. Boyd officiating
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

The proposed geological garden has made a distinct hit in the state, al- though certain papers hint that Bir- mingham is a zoo in itself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

The St. Louis hotelkeeper has no in tention of closing the season with a deficit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

Judge Taft will open all of the Worlds fair that is completed. This includes the big Iron Man in an in choate condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

Congress on adjournment day boomed Speaker Cannon for yice-pres- ident without knowing it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

The republicans in congress have simply run away from the Bourle Cochran fly-wheel, and are keeping mighty still about it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

The czar begins to think his war party knew how to bring a war on, but not how to conduct it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

Judge Parker is now convinced that there is one vote in Nebraska he can rot secure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30
SOME LATE FACTS ABOUT
 WHALING OLD AND NEW

ago Its capital was reduced to $2O,000 and In lsOo' on account of the scarcity of whales, the company went out of bus mess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

Birmingham will be really and truly cosmopolitan when it has owl cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

The baseball hero is the man who makes a home run, but the managers of the hero fund may disallow his claim.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

A Roosevelt and Cannon ticket would would have an explosive at each end.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

Owen Winston has been operated on for appendicitis and will soon be in shape to inflict another novel on the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

MT Hearst's boomlet is said to cost him $15,000 a day. Such things come high, but some men have to have them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

Emperor William disdained to ride a mule up Mt Aetna, all of which was very satisfaetory-to the mule.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

The Buffalo man who charged higl prices in 1900 must pay similar prices if he goes to St. Louis this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

Flirting is to be taught this sum- mer at the resorts as post graduate course.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

The Japanese Pfunstons are crossing the Yalu.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

Miss Mae Wood, who promoted a scandal for Senator Platt, Is now pro- noting a 1000 900 selzer company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

The mighty battleship is pretty vel done for. It loses its center of gray ity too readily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

The Pike opens today with strike on it's hands, so to speak. The Pike is American to the core.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

Bourke Cochran is to blame for the premature adjournment of congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

Tiger Tanner David B. Hill should be cautious. Many of his predecessors have gone into the cage once too many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

Sunday baseball is still an unsolved problem in Brooklyn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

MT. Bryan has torpedoed the Parker boom, but it is still able to keep itself afloat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

The torpedo should occupy a con- spicuuos place in Japan's coat-of-arms hereafter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-30

Elephant news is anxiously awaited by the youthful population of Birming- ham.