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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Good Campaign Matter.

"It seems to me- said J. NJ Gillespy, that a most valuable contribution to the literary department of the national democratic campaign committee would be the great debates between Abraham Lin coin and Stephen A Douglass in that memorable campaign of 1S5s-59. In those speeches the negro was fully discussed by the two master minds. and they would af- ford rich food for thought in this cam paign. Lincoln opposed social and pollti- cal equality of the races. but advocated his freedom as a man. Douglass was as bitterly antagonistic to the negro as a voter and in all other respects as the most extreme opponent of the race at this day and time. Douglass was bold in his utteranees, and determined in his purpose Lincoln though a great man, was a foxy politician, and in these debates always provided a loop-hole for escape.
 These speeches would prove of in- calenlable benefit to the cause of demo- cracy if they were nurnerously circulated just now in Indiana, Illinois and other states where the negro question is to play so important a part.
 Our candidate for vice president is squarely of the Douglass school when he declares that this is a white mans gov ernment and it must be controlled by white men"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
Neuroes Lynch a Negro.

The negro is initiative, and he has readily adopted the method of certain whites in punishing criminals. The recent negro lynching occurred eight niles from Selma If the negroes en- gage in lynching frolics as well as the whites, the courts will soon be de- priHed of felony cases, and the crimi- nal side of them may as well be abol- lshed to save expenses.
 In that event the negroes should lynch negroes, and the whites should round up the criminals of their own color. This may be drawing the race Issue unnecessarily, but. as both blacks and whites seem to be ready to draw n moose on slight provocation, there is no reason why the business should not be done on race lines.
 Governor Cunningham has spoken distinctly as to the supremacy of law, but something stronger than words are needed. Acts are in order, and Gov ernor Cunningham should become a man who does things. At least three lynchings have occurred since he be- came acting governor of the state, and not an arrest has been made on ac- count of them.
 The want of arrests simply invites more lynchings. This and the refusal of certain circuit judges to call special terms under the terms of the Lusk bill, are inspiring the boys in the rural districts to indulge again in lynching bees, and such frolics are now due at any moment in strictly bucolic neigh borhoods where excitement is at pre- mium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
vIReINIA-cARoLINA CHEMICAL.
Reasons for the Advance of Its seouri-
 ties.

From the Wall Street Journal
 The excellent prospects for a large cot- ton crop is the reason assigned for the strength in the securities of the Virginia Carolina Chemical company.
 If there is a large cotton crop, It is practically certain that there will be an increased demand for fertilizers which is one of the company's chief products. Be- sides the ompany operates cotton seed OH mills through the Southern Cotton oil company, and a large supply of cotton seed, which now seems probable, would enable the company to secure us cotton seed to better advantage, which wouidi widen the margin for profits on the fin- ished cotton seed oil products.
 The company since the recent issue of se,O0o coo of preferred stock, is amply sup piled with working capital. Heretofore if has been compelled to borrow a great deal of money to conduct its business es- pecially during the summer and fall months. Cotton planters buy their fertil- izers the latter part of the summer and pay for 1t in the fall, the company taking customers notes.
 The strain on the companys finances heretofore has been during the time these, notes were running. This year, how ever, with a total working capital of S14,- 3O0O00, the company and its constituent concerns are betetrs prepared to Handle their business than they have ever been before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
Pensacola's Ambition.

The Louisville and Nashville rail road is hauling about 100000 bales of port is not satisfied with the cotton brought in by the far-reaching Louis vile and Nashville. It wants more. It wants Georgia cotton also, and for this purpose it is preparing to build with the assistance of the east a rail road to Andalusia, where 1t would tap the Central Railroad of Georgia. The people of Pensacola think that the proposed railroad would make their port second only to New Orleans and Galveston in cotton shipments, and they even dream of surpassing Calves ton
 They do not consider Mobile rival, but when Mobile has an Open Warrior and 35 feet on the bar all the gulf states and the Caribbean sea and the isthmian canal will have to pay trib- ute to it. New Orleans may escape by having a landlocked line of naviga- tion by way of the Lake Borgne canal. However, there is room for both Pen. sacola and Mobile The seas are wide. and the trade of the world will soon open to both of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
REPUBLIC IRON AND STEEL co.
Will Make a Profit of $2 Per Ton on Plttsburg Steel Conversion Contract.

From the Wall Street Journal
 Pittsburg.-The Pittsburg Steel com pany's conversion contract with the Re- public Iron and Steel company is on terms which will give the former billets at about s19.25 delivered Republic will be able to run it's Beserner steel plant full for the next ten months and besides making fair profit on this deal will largely reduce Its cost of making the stel 1t needs for It's own requirements.
 The conversion contract is strictly de- barred by the terms of the billet asso- citation and as A means of evading the regular billet price. The arrangement Is that the Pittsburg Steel company furn- ishes the Republic company 10000 tons of Bessemer during the next ten months and pays trIfle over s6 a ton for converting the pig Iron into billets.f It pays SIP at furnace for the pig iron and has this price, together with the cost of conver- sion, and freights on both pig iron and billets, making total cost of very close to $1925 to pay for the billets, which Is about $3I under the billet asociation's price.
 The Republic Iron and Steel company stands to make profit of about g per ton on the contract and reduce its fixed expenses otherwise chargeable wholly on the intermmittent production of the past two or three months. so that It's profits at Youngstown alone will easily exceed half million dollars in the next ten months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
HELD A WAKE, ANYHOW.
Supposed Dead Man Shared Vands
 But Doubts Quality of Joke.

From the St. Louis Star.
 When friends of Charles Lang a stone mason, arrived at his house prepared to celebrate his demise with an old time wake they were startled and surpris- ed to behold the Corpse" very much alive, holding forth in the cheerful parlor of his home and dilating upon the va garies of human life.
 For time the visitors were somewhat inclined to take the hilarity of Lang as an insult if not bitter disappointment but soon gave in like jolly good fellows and resolved tiat the properties for the wake which they had brought with them should not go to waste. All hands ac- cordngly sat down for good time with the "corpse' doing lively stunts as the host of the occasion.
 Now this was the cause of 1t all. Last Thursday morning Lang left home on a business trip forgetting to notify his family of his intentions. Considerable worry was indulged In all around, and when a report came from the city hos pital that a Charles Lang was dead at that institution their fears became real.
 The dead Lang answered the descrip- tion of the missing man, and his rel atives and friends about the old city hall gathered in consultation as to the best manner of mourning his untimely end The wake was determined upon, and the friends of the supposedly de- ceased stone mason hastened out to gath CT the wherewithals.
 Meanwhile the mans wire and family were overjoyed when he put in an ap- pearance for supper, hungry and very much alive. They forgot, however, to notify his friends of this joyful termi- nation to their alarm, and when they returned to the house carrying myste- rious round bundles wrapped In brown paper, consternation reigned
 Mrs. Lang and her children have not quite recovered from the grimness of the mishap. while Lang himself is not certain whether the affair is good joke or had me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
Pastures and Pasteurlzatlon.

Milk and its products is a subject that Is being much discussed by the sani- tarians of today' said one interested in health promotion. Atlanta is all stirred up over the matter, and over there they are making arrests for the offense of selling what they call dirty milk Bir- mingham is one of the few southern cities that has a sanitary milk plant which embraces a pasteurizer. Some days ago the manager was approached by a well known citizen. the head of a large and happy family, who said under stand you sell pasteurized' milk and l want to buy from you. I like milk from cows that feed on green pastures and am tired of the stable-fed kind, so send me a daily supply from your dairy -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
MUMMY IN DIVORCE CASE.
Wife Says He Is Worth $2ooo and
 Wants Half His Value.
Special to the New York World.

Special to the New York World.
 Tacoma.-According to report brought here by Alaskan miners wonderful cave filled with the mummified bodies of Indian giants has been discovered on an island in Prince William Sound They say the mummies are the remains of a prehistoric race of Alaskan Indians and that the cave is guarded day and night by the tribe of Indians now inhabiting the desolate island.
 The miners say that the bodies are wrapped in cloths and dried grass and that they appear to be preserved exactly as were the ancient Egytians.
 Mrs. F. H. Balde of this city asserts that her husband, whom she is suing for divorce, Is in possession of one of the mummies from this wondeful cave. The mummy is not the correspondent in the case but figures simply as one of her husbands assets. She says 1t is worth 5000 and she wants him to pay her half that sum.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
A Mlsslssippian.

w. C. Robb, who was for a long time a well known citizen of Birmingham, and a conductor on the Louisville and Nash vile, but who is now a resident of Mis- sissippi. is registered at the Hillman and is accompanied by Mrs. Robb. He is now a. conductor on branch of the Illinois Central and makes his home at Leland. Asked as to conditions in Mississippi Captain Robb said
 "The state is in excellent financial con- dition; the people, mostly farmers, seem busy, prosperous and contented. While there has been. perhaps, too much rain, the crops are promising we'll Mississippi, you know, is severely an agricultural and timber state; and by the way. you will observe she has some excellent polit- teal timber
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
FRESH AIR DEVICE FOR
 USE IN THE STREET CARS

shingle from the air would create vac uum behind it that would result in the vitiated air in the car being drawn off through the slats in the rear of the shin gle.s
 The car with which the experiment was made was filled with smoke from burning rags and refuse until the atmosphere was rendered absolutely unbearable. It was then set in motion at tLe rate of fifteen to eighteen miles per hour, and within two minutes and thirty seconds the air in the car was declared absolutely fresh and pure. Tt Is estimated that during the time the car was in motion 300 cubic feet of air per minute came into the openings in front of the shutter and that similar amount was exhausted in the rear.
 The absence of draft was particularly noticeable in these experiments-that is to say. draft to which the passengers. had there been any, would have been exposed. The fresh air entering through the open- ing of the deck-sash was defiected toward the roof and. being heavier than the viti- ated atmosphere within, it pressed down upon the same, which was drawn out through the opening behind the shingle assisted by the vacuum. The fresh air having been thus displaced, the vitiated air descended slowly toward the floor. but so gradually, being checked by the rising vitiated air. that it's movement could not be detected by a taper.
 pr. Walker speaks enthusiastically of the results obtained, especially as the ven tilator worked automatically, the result being the same no matter in which direc- toin the car was running.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

announced just what breeds of stock he will devote his attention to but should he embark in the mule business he would achieve a bowling success second only to. his triumphs in the ring. Mr. Fitzsims mons Is one of the very few persons who could hope to come out with some show of credit from an argument wi,. mule and before he decides definitely on a To- cation we would advise him to look over the situation in Missouri as well as in Georgia. There is money in mules-al- most as much money as there are kicks and these animals flourish as nowhere else in the states of Missouri and Georgia.
 A remarkable woman died recently in Pennsylvania. She claimed to be 134 years old but her extreme age was not her chief qualification for marble shaft and an epitaph History does not relate that she ever told anybody how she lived so long or how anybody else could oo likewise by following a few simple rules. The chief fault of centenarians is their anxiety to encourage other people to live a long time and the false hopes which lHcy dMahCls ACONcAg IL ud0 NSSA< shown by statisticians and men of pro found learning that no two centenariana ever agree in their ideas of how to live a long life. What is one mans meat ia another's poison and the only way to enjoy longevity is to trust to luck and kind providence. All centenarians are accidental. No man ever yet deliberate ly get out to live 100 years and did it..
 The "sons of Rest is humorous or ganization that is now reality. The Ancient Order of Amalgamated Sons of Rest,' has just started out upon an auspi- cous career at Louisville, Ky with membership compose of young negroes who pledge themselves to work no more- If the Sons of Rest" are in earnes. the chances are that the devil will soon find something for their idle hands to do and the Louisville police maoe no mistake when they determined to keep close watch on the organization.
 An Ohio man has been adindged insane after making more than 100 proposals dur ing the past three months. There are some people who will aver that he was insane to make one proposal, but that is neither here nor there. However, if man is industrious enough to lay his heart and fortune before 100 damsels with no matrimonial results nervous collapse is not at all .-lrprising.
 In the matter of looks Judge Parker that was, seems to have President Roose- welt somewhat handicapped While MT. Roosevelt manages to show up fairly well in his published pictures, 1t is an ac- knowledged fact that he is one of the homeliest men imaginable, while on the other hand Judge Parker has an honest, American countenance that is not at all bad to look upon, Of course good looks are no passport to the White House-far from it-and the fact that Line. made good President forever dispell5 the notion that the chief executive has to be handsome man. Still it is some satisfaction for the democrats to know that they have candidate who is not only better looking than the Republican candidate but would make better President. P. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
Politics and Prayer.

Some time ago there was a gathering of republicans of the salt and pepper va riety in my town,p said Black Belt dem ocrat in the lobby. "The meeting was composed of quite a number of bad darkies, sorry white men, pie-hunters and some responsibility. But 1t was a mix ture. and dangerous one. This meeting was opened with prayer. There were present as lookers-on a number of dem ocrats, among them one who Is ready wit, full of vim, but not without rever- ence. Said he to me: Jim, that prayer proposition is mockery. You might as well open a jackpot with prayer as an assembly like this.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
Going to San Francisco.

An immense number of Alabamians will go west with the Knights Templar on the trip to San Francisco" said George w. Ely, T. P. A., of the South ern Pacific company yesterday. This is the most delightful season of the year for the journey and the route chosen will afford those who accept the offer the largest measure of sightseeing in see- tion abounding In the wonders of nature The train leaves Birmingham on the 29th Inst. at 12:90 p. m,, and your city will furnish large delegation and generous time Is In store for them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
AN uNuTTERED THOUGHT.

From the St Louis Star.
 Two Irlshmen serving in an English regiment were good chums until Rooney was raised to the rank of sergeant Forth with his chest expanded, and from that time on ne looked down on McGrane.
 One day McGrane approached Rooney, and said. "Mate-I mean sergeant-s'pose a private stepped up to a sergeant and called him eonceted monkey pwhat wud happen?'
 He'd be put in the gyardhouse."
 "He wud?'
 'IIe wud."
 Well, now s'pose the private only thought the sergeant was conceited monkey, and didn't say wurd about it? Wud he be put in the gyardhouse?"
 'Ay coorse not"
 "Well, thin, we'll lave it 60 at that"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
From the New York Commercial.

% EPORTS are beginning to come EO in as to the experiments that
 - are being conducted by various city boards of health with view to inn proving the ventilation of closed street cars and railroad passenger coaches. One of the most interesting experiments was made in Brooklyn with a car of the Brooklyn Heights railroad under the di- rection of Dr. Walker, chief of the de- partment of health of that borough. In making his experiments Dr. Walker sought the simplest possible means of securing a steady current of air suf- ficient to keep the atmosphere fresh, but without subjecting the passengers to a draft; instead of. attempting to utilize an expensive system involving the use of hot air, numerous ducts, and so forth
 he employed device so simple that any student of manual school or any ordinary carpenter could duplicate it.
 According to the report Dr. Walker had two openings made in the "deck-sash,
 about ten Inches apart, into which were fitted slate to defect the intake of air to the roof of the car. Between these open ings a shingle was extended from the side of the cars so that the wind would strike against it when the car was in notion
 The principle on which this experiment was conducted was that the shingle would intercept the air and defect the same through the inclined slats toward the roof of the car, cinders, dust. and so forth, striking the shingle and falling to the ground. Meanwhile the passage of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
One on the Printer.

Newspaper errors are often very amusing, but one of the most Imaginable mistakes of the kind that I ever heard of occurred in Nashville and the blunder Is credited to one of the leading papers of that town" said a eompositor. "Elaborate preparations had been made for having the launching of the gunboat Nashville in type. The proprietor of the paper made it understood that every effort should be made to scoop their contemporary and the boys were anxious to get the story up in first class shape.
 Well, the paper came out and in big type announced, The Bum Goat Nashville Is Launched' The two letters, b and g had been transposed but the little incl dent created general laugh in town"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
REFLECTIONS O. A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The less fluffy a woman's figure is the fiuffier clothes she wears
 The world never looks so solemn seen through the bot om of a whisky glass
 A man seldom ever gets tired having a girl sit in his lap the first time she does it.
 When a girl is afraid mosquito has bitten her it is sign she is afraid you will wonder where.
 A good housekeeper has an idea that if Rockefeller knew how well she amazed 1t he would want her to take charge of his fortune and run 1t fer nin,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-09
Abot Persons.

T. D. Rody of Omaha, Neb., is at the St. Nicholas.
 l. B Hooper of Oakman is stopping at the St. Nicholas.
 W. o. w. Paine of Valley Head is at the St. Nicholas
 The Rev. Dr. W. B. 6rumpton, mission secretary for the Alabama Baptist con vention is at the Morris.
 w. F. Wright of Longview is stopping at the Morris.
 State Senator Fred L. Blackmon of Anniston is at the Morris
 James P. spratt and W. P. spratt of Livingston are at the Morris.
 B. A. Treat of Florence is registered at the Morris.
 Dr. E. A. Harris of Coal City is at the Metropolitan.
 W. N. Cox of Montgomery is at the Metropolitan.
 pr. R. B. Walker of Plantersville Is at the Metropolitan.
 H. A. Hameln of Nashville is stop- ping at the Colonial.
 c. S. Hubbard of Chicago is at the Colonial.
 W. H. Collins of Glasgow. Ky, is at the Colonial.
 E. H. Dyer of Talladega is at the Hill man. The Hc,. J. J. Willett of Admission ,s regislooG e the Hillman.