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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
Cotton in December.

July cotton sold on Monday in New
Orleans up to is cents, and no one will
now be surprised to see it go skyward
at any time. Between crop that is
confessedly below the worlds wants
and manipulation there is nothing i'm
possible in cotton this year.
The price of cotton does not at pres
ent interest the southern producer.
The southern famer long ago parted
with his last bale, and he is interested
in prices only so far as they point to
prices of cotton grown this year. Oc-
tober is now selling at about 10 cents.
and December cotton at about 121s
cents. These prices are very interest
ing to southern farmers, and some
large planters may he taking advant-
age of them at the present time. In
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
Crowded Streets.

'fWhy are the streets of Birmingham
so unusually crowded with the passing
throng' today?" asked a bystander yes
terday as he beheld the men, women and
children going to and fro along the bust
ness thoroughfares. And the answer OF
an observer was this:
you must know that January was the
coolest month we have had here in about
eleven years, and our people, especially
the ladies', are not much given to expos
ing themselves to Indictment weather.
On February / came pay day for thous-
ands of wage earners, and yesterday the
weather was so spring-llke and balmy
and the pocketboolxs so plethoric as to in
duce the shopping people to turn out in
such numbers. This has been the best
day so far of the new year for the retail
trade of Birmingham"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
THEODORE THOMAS IN CHICAGO.

Robert Appleton in the New York Sun.
Sojourning in Chicago for two months,
cannot refrain from calling the atten-
ton of your readers to man well known
in the metropolis. and now in later years
continuing his lfe's work with undimin-
ished success here.
refer to that imperial conductor, The
odore Thomas, and his still unrivalled
orchestra.
Reading of the Philharmonic society's
extraordinary experiment to provide its
patrons with the novelty of many foreign
conductors, and also noting the many
worthy efforts of younger musicians to
establish orchestras, one cannot but feel
on listening to the Thomas orchestra,
that nose perfect of musical organiza-
tions, what loss his departure was to
New York, the real center of musical
culture In this country.
! sat at the concert of the Chicago or
chestra last night and watched that same
quiet but decided beat so well known to
the patrons of both symphony and sum-
mer night concerts. The orchestra itself
is like one man under this master hand.
and In tone quality and graduation still
unequalled, whether pianissimo or fortis-
simo.
Let us New Workers not forget while
listening with eager interest to the now
elites from foreign lands spread before
us this year by our musical societies.
that we have within our own borders and
within reach the peer of all concert con-
ductors, no matter from what cline, and
whether interpreting Beethoven SYM
phony. a tone poem of Richard Strauss
or dainty dance of Delibes.
Theodore Thomas, too modest to ac-
claim from the housetops his genius and
ability as a director, has but to turn and
point to the Chicago band. the most per-
feet accomplishment he has ever attained
during his long and honorable career.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
about Persons.


John A. Ward of Nashville is at the
Hillman.
The Hon. Amos e. Goodhue of Gads-
den is at the st. Nicholas.
W. r. Jones of Atlanta is stopping at
the Metropolitan.
T. T. Harris of Blocton is at the Flor
ence.
Thomas D. Radciff OF Sheffield is at the
Morris.
j. A. Sadler of Brookwood is registered
at the ST. Nicholas.
The Hon. ]. H. Nathan of Sheffield,
member of the democratic state executive
committee, is at the Metropolitan.
c. P. Jackson and A. A Smith of Mont
gomery are at the Tillman.
]. M. Atkins Of Hefiin is at the Florence.
e. H. Anderson of Eutaw is registered
at the Metropolitan.
NJ. L. Ritter of Cordova is at the Nor
ris.
Hogan jackson of Goodwater is stopping
at the Hillman.
Lee Routt of New York is at the Hill
man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
The curfew Ordinance.

The board of aldermen meets tonight.
and the friends of the boys of this town
are hoping that the curfew ordinance will
be taken up and passed. Such ordinances
are in happy operation in many cities,
saving In many instances young boys from
criminal lives.
IF the board of aldermen would extend
the terms Of the slrfew ordinance to boys
II years old. it would drive out of the
streets after nightfall many who are in a
formative state and need the restraining
hand of the law" said a citizen. "As
trustees and lawmakers the aldermen
should see their duty and do it. Boys
should be at home after dark"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
HOW LAGNIAPPE BEGAN
IN THE CRESCENT CITY
From the New York Commercial.

From the New York Commercial.
N PURELY local institution or GUS
WI tom is lagniappe-a strictly New
4 \ Orleans practice. The word itself
is localized one, signifying bonus, gen.
orally in kind, giving to customer with
gratuitously to a purchase in the retail
shops of New Orleans or the public mar
kets.
For the origin of the custom Of giving
'lagniappe' and the history of the word
one must go back to the early colonial
traditions of Louisiana. The sold Creole
legend runs that when Louisiana was
ceded to Spain the Spanish vendors opened
their shops in the French quarter side by
side with the old French marchands. A
great rivalry sprang up between them
In the quarter lived an old Spanish gen.
tleman who had pet monkey. Whenever
he went to make his purchases of grocer
les or provisions he took his monkey with
him. Joco, as the monkey was called, was
great thief While his master would be
making his purchases he would quickly
seize upon the nearest articles that suited
his fancy, nuts. fruits, candy or the like,
and eagerly devour them.
He was so quick and dexterous that he
would have the article between his teeth
before his master or the vender would be
aware. Now the colonial Spanish had a
provincial word, eel niape," signifyihg one
who is skillful or dexterous. Joco became
so well known in the stores for his great
dexterity in grasping whatever came In
his reach that the Spanish, like the
French, fond of giving nicknames. called
him Eel Niape."
Whenever the old Spaniard, who was
very liberal in buying, would appear with
his monkey, as he would conclude his
purchases the marchands would hand him
a stick of candy, handful of nuts or the
like. saving. This is for Ell Niape." The
children, seeing the monkey get bonus
of candy, fruit and so forth, thought they
ought to have some too. and would hold
ont their hands after every purchase for
eel niape."
The custom grew, and as the two races,
French and Sanish, amalgamated the
Creeles softened the old term Eel mape,
into the half-French. half-Spanish. Tag
niappe," the term used today.
The pleasant institution of this petty
gratuity was looked upon as such a gra-
cious and kindly custom that it took
Arm root among the various rationale
ties that poured into New Orleans after
the American occupation. Bold must be
the vender- who would refuse in New
Orleans to give 'lagniappe" to the little
child who holds out its hand in conf
dent expectation. In many shops 1t is
used to encourage custom. To such an
extent had this gone some years ago
that a bill was introduced into the legis-
lature to abolish '1agniappe"
There was such hue and cry in favor
of the old custom that the bill was post
poned Indefinitely. 1t was declared lag
niappe" was one of Louisiana's institus
tons. a generous. old-time custom that
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT

Hermann Vein, an American actor 7s
years old, is appearing nightly at the
Court theatre in London.
Mrs. Jane dubois, resident Of Denver.
taught Adelina Patti in the only public
school which she attended In this coun-
try.
William II. Bancroft. the newly elected
general manager of the Union Pacific
system, has been a railroad man since
1856.
Emperor william has bestowed the title
of professor upon Heinrich Greenfield, a
'cellist who played for him during his re-
cent Illness.
Temple Robinson. formerly reporter In
Toledo, Ohio, has succeeded to his fathers
estates in England and is now Sir Tenn
pie Robinson.
Former Governor George X. Nash of
Ohio has just made his appearance as
an attorney in the courts of Columbus for
the first time in four years.
Prof. Giddins of Columbia University de-
plores the strictness of immigration laws
in this country and says that If Leo Toll
stoi should come to America he would be
deported.
Colonel Alfred Norton is perhaps the
oldest man in the United States custom
service. Last Wednesday he celebrated
his eighty ninth birthday. Colonel Nor
ton is stationed at Boston.
Consul Oscar Eckman, wealthy iron
manufacturer of Stockholm, has donated
money to establish a chair Of Swedish at
Augustana College at Moline, ILL.,. the
largest Swedish institution Of learning in
the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
For American Homes.

1.-THE Twentieth Century Home" Is
new magazine, really published by the
men who have made the Cosmopolitan
magazine popular and successful. The
new candidate for public favor Is 1ull
OF home" features. These features VIII
interest every member of the family II
the magazine is held up to the standard
displayed in the first number, as no DOUBT
1t will be. The best writers write for H.
from Edwin Markham and Richard Mans
field to the writers on fashions. the IL
Illustrations are the very top OF the en-
gravers' art, and all in all the new maya
zine promises to become a necessity IN
American homes. \
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
ALABAMA NEWS.

About fifteen men were suspended from
the Louisville and Nashville shops at
Mobile last Saturday on account Of lack
of work.
Miss Ordeal Sirda, daughter Of Mobile
fireman, has been missing from her home
since January Is, and there is no clue
to her whereabouts.
The city council of Montgomery has
aimed a blow at trading stamps by i'm
posing a tax of 500 year on merchants
who use or deal in them.
Having reached Bay Spring the track
laying gang of the Mobile. Jackson and
Kansas City railroad has begun work on
the branch line to Ellisville.
The city of Montgomery has decided to
rebuild the Heron street school, which
was destroyed by fire. Work on the
structure has already been begun.
As result of the election held Sat-
urday the town of Alfalfa will issue s2o,-
600 in bonds to refund an issue of $4,000
water and lighting plant
The Italian colonists who recently set
tied at Malcolm on the Southern railway,
have changed the towns name to pal
mola,'' after a large Siciian town noted
for its farming industries.
William d. Gay, who has acquired some
notoriety in Alabama by his drastic
preaching in Montgomery and his ideas
of reform, now has charge of Dowfe
mission recently established at Chatta-
nooga with forty members.
Thomas A. Gillespie of Orange, N. j.,
one of the receivers of the Southern Car
and Foundry company, and George D.
Lancaster, attorney for one of the trus-
tees of the company, held a consultation
with Capt. J. M. Elliott, Jr., in Gadsden
the latter part of last week and it is
understood that they came for the pur-
pose of reaching an understanding con-
corning the Admission plant
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

The American Hen.

A number of men in the lobby were
discussing the high price of eggs among
them was a new arrival from Ireland
who thus expressed himself
my Judgment is that your American
hen would be willing to produce two eggs
per day instead of only one II she would
only turn herself round and see what
she is doing when the laying time comes.
The concensus of opinion was that the
Irish bull was intended to "bear" the
egg market.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

In Its open-heartedness, had nothing in
common with the mercenary spirit of the
age
Other things might go, but '1agni-
appe" must stay. And SO it did, kind
ly relic of a day that is gone, a custom
that often puzzles the stranger in New
Orleans. but which has only to be ex-
planned to make him more than ever
pleased with the warmth and the glow
that comes from the heart of his Franco
Spanish city In the bend of the crescent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
A stump speaker is almost as sincere as
an actor.
What a woman is ashamed OF depends
on who the man Is.
1t takes an awful lot of money not to
care whether people think you have any
or not.
What a girl likes about getting flowers
from the right man is the note he hides
In them and she forgets to tell her moth
er about.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
Twenty Applicants Initiated.

Huntsville. February p (Special)-
State Councillor Nesbit Of Decatur paid
an official visit to the three councils of
the Junior Order of United American Me-
chanics of this city tonight and In cele-
bration of his visit twenty applicants were
initiated into the secrets Of the order.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

New York has a new joke which is
being banded around. A friend asked
De Wolf Hopper if the ladies who
have shared his affections in the past
are called grass widows or grass Hop
pers
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03
Infant Dies,

Florence. February 2.-(Special.) 1.-THE
eleven month's-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Purser died this morning at
their home in East Florence. Funeral
services will be held tomorrow at 10 a. m.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

American trust barons do not have
walls and meats to protect their cas-
ties, but they string deadly electric
wires around, and they are much
better
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

President Harper has discovered that
the language of eyes is not conductive
to good scholarship in the University
of Chicago, and the goods must be
segregated from male students.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

To judge from the unbroken silence
which Mr.. Roosevelt is preserving, he
must be doing large amount of think
ing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

The saloons are to be closed in Chi
cago, and the theatres have been, but
no way has been discovered for closing
the mouths of Chicago professors.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

A New York minister says that
American luxury surpasses that of
ancient Romans, and all we lack is a
Nero with his fiddle.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Colombia has about decided to defer
her chastisement of Uncle Sam to a
later date.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

New York's first big bore under the
Hudson river is to be opened to trolley
cars November l, or just before DEM
ncrat is elected President.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Eggs have gone down so that plain
millionaires can afford to have them
on the breakfast table. The monopoly
of the multi-millionaire is broken.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Rockefeller may be confirmed in
valid, but he is able to raise" the
price of oil without the slightest
fatigue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Zion City has kept out of print since
the prophet ha5 been unable to look
after advertising, through his absence
in other lands.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Yale professors are lowering over
the Panama canal side by side with
the monkeys, parrots and barrel-sized
snakes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

While presidential races are the
topic Sir Thomas Upton has nothing
to say but he is there" when yachts
are mentioned
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

The Savannah News says the south
will soon be able to exchange cotton
for radium pound for pound.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

]. Adam Bede has a hard road to
travel in the future. He will be ex-
pected to remain funny all the rest of
his days while Washington laughs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Our new humorists name is J. Adam
Bede. 1t is scarcely possible that a
man with such a name can succeed
Private John Allen.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

So far we have gotten through the
winter without any anthracite jokes,
for which the public should feel CRATE
full
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

The Mormon president has five
wives, and it Is proposed to hold Smoot
responsible for the extra four.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

The country appreciates Representa-
tive Underwood as man who resisted
his own pocket.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

The Rev. Dr. Parkhurst has attacked
Apostle Smoot in characteristic vein,
and the senator from Utah begins to
see his finish.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Mississippi is winning the sympathy
of Massachusetts in connection with
its snow storm.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

A Missouri nog was made into a
sausage mile and a half long. That
Log holds the record for length.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Oscar w. Underwood is now in the
vice-presidentia class, which is as
high as a southern man can at present
rise
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Ex-Mayor Ames of Minneapolis en-
ployed technicality as ladder to
climb out of jail on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Soon the voice of the Spieler will
float down the Pike and the Congress
of Beauty will be opened at St Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Private John Aliens successor
comes from the land Of ice and SHOWS.
Wit knows no climate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Andrew Carnegie has not yet built
that library at Standardization.
Maybe he got a tip from Hamlet's
ghost.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

The present congress is full of spell
binders, who are trying to get in their
work early.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Mark Hanna may be shy on poker
technicalities, but he has no intention
of showing up as two-spot or four
fiusher
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

II New York is hell with the lid off,
certain of her preachers make admir-
able cooks for stirring up the pot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

The line of descent of the emperor
of Japan was begun in the year 600
B. G. He outranks Harry Lehr.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Carter Harrison has been released
from prison, and Mrs. Maybrick prob
ably will be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Miss Democracy has to stay up late
at night in order to entertain her nu
merous suitors.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Some hoary scientist should exer
himself and tell us what radium will
not do
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

"How to Talk" is volume little
needed in the nations legislative halls.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Senator Tillman is trying to find out
what de facto collector is. He knows
he Is dark Completed"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

The remarks of the sultan Of Mo
rocco are properly resented in st
Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

The absent-minded hen is recalling
her duty again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

A good half of the country rests Sc
renely under blanket of snow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

]. Adam Bede is a humorist, and
also newspaper man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

The exileL Astors show no desire to
get back to their dear New York"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

The Italian colonists who recently set
tied at Malcolm on the Southern railway,
have changed the towns name to Pal
mola,' after a large Sicilian town noted
for its farming industries.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Colombia was the cat Panama the
mouse. and Uncle Sam the mastiff. The
mouse got away, the mastiff kept the cat
off and there was nothing doing for any
body except the mouse and the Panama
Canal company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

Students at the Washington School for
Scandal were taught a lesson not in the
curriculum when Mr.. Underwood held up
the mileage graft.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

As result of the election held Sat-
urday the town of Alfalfa will issue $20,-
600 in bonds to refund an issue of $4,000
made in 1887 for the purpose of building
water and lighting plant
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-03

W. D. Bankston and R. L. o'Neal Jr.'
are the only authorized travelling repre-
sentatives Of The Age-Herald In It's cireu-
lation department.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-09-15
PRESIDENT MAKES THE ORDER
Lena Will be Oism ntled and Held at
Mare Island Navy Yard

Especial Telegram 10 Evening Teller.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-The state
department makes the announcement
that the president today issued an ro-
der through the acting secretary Of !,
state directing the Lena to be taken
into custody by the naval authorities
and disarmed. The conditiins are. that
the Lena will be taken to the Mare
Island yard and disarmed by the re-
moval of her small guns and the breach,
blocks of the large guns, small arms.
ammunition and ordnance stores and
such other dismantlement as may be
prescribed by the commandant. That
the captain give "A written guarantee
the Lena will not leave San Francisco
until peace is concluded and that the.-
officers and crew be paroled.
The crew will not leave San Franz
cisco until an agreement Is reached
with the two belligerants. After the
disa armament the vessel may be re-
moved to a private dock for repairs TO-
make her seawOrthy and may be re-
paired at the navy yard II the COM
mander elects. While at the private
dock the commandant Mare Island wi1H
have custody OF the ship. The action
was taken at the request Of the COM
maTlgier of the Lena The secretary OF
the navy wired the presidents orders
to San Francisco, giving instructions
| to Goodrich and Captain Macalla to-
carry out the provisions.