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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT NATIONAL POLITICS
 AND AFFAIRS IN THE BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT

many democrats to the nomination of Lamont on account of the fact that he Is the confidential man of James J. Hill of the Great Northern railroad. and Is too closely allied to corporate interests. The claim is made that there are too many trust men now among the leaders of the democratic party in New York. Mr. Sheehan Is said to be the adviser of the Standard oil company and other trusts. Cord Myer is a sugar trust man. Mccarren is a Standard Oil man. and August Belmont Is the American repre- sentatives of the Rothschilds.
 David B. Hill seems to be pushing La mont Although Lamont was in Cleve- lands cabinet, he and Hill have always been good political friends, and Hill be- lleves that he could come as near dic- tating to Lamont as to any other man the democrats could nominate.
 News from the far east is to the eff feet that the Japs are pushing their campaign against Port Arthur with re- newed vigor and that they intend to seek decisive results within the next few weeks. The Japs understand thoroughly that they must take Port Arthur before Russia is enabled to add to her naval strength in Oriental waters. The Japs are fighting with a vigor and persistence fare. If they take Port Arthur, 1t will practically end the war. The best indi- cations are that they will do this in the next thirty days.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07

water fountain, and women and girls are welcomed thus far. Behind is a bar room in which every drink known to drinking world Is for sale. There are free lunch counters, lunch tables, and plenty of papers and magazines. Fine pictures adorn the walls. The poor mans. club Is retained.
 The reform consists in the quality of the drinks sold, and in the regula- tions as to habitual drinkers, and as to men who have imbibed more re- form drinks than they can carry. The good saloon is a regulated saloon, and if the regulations fit the customers, 1t may succeed.
 The idea comes In part from Nor way, where the saloons are conducted by the government, and in part from Earl Grey's system in England. Earl Grey and his following have built up public house trust in England by talk ing up all the public house licenses thrown on the market, and by estab- fishing public houses that pull towards good conduct instead of away from 1t. The New York experiment has been started for the purpose of lessening the evils of lntemperance in a like manner. It is, in fact, liberal re- production of the dispensary, and 1t is doubtful if anything less liberal could be enforced in New York The dispensary system would be imprac- ticable in New York, and so the good saloon plan has been inaugurated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07
His Name.
proved,

There may be nothing in a name, anu 1t may be true that rose would lose nothing O. its fragrance by being called something else; but just now when the attention of the American people is being directed towards one whom the Romans would have desig- mated as "a new man"-who has a fair chance at least, of becoming the chief magistrate of the republic-ev- erything connected with him, and even the origin ol his name, has some degree of interest.
 The English family name, Parker, Is not by any means an uncommon one, and it readily suggests it own origin. 1t belongs to that numerous class of ssoccupative surnames" of which Smith heads the list. It is reasonably cer- tain that som remote Saxon ancestor of our possible or probable next pres ident, who had been before only an Alfred or a Harold or an Edward, was employed to keep the park of some English estate and to warn off poach- CTS from tue game, and from this cir cumstance transmitted to his later day descenaants th- family name of Parker.
 It is interesting to note that at least two other of the more common English family names have practically the same origin as Parker-Foster, which is only a softened form of For ester, the keeper O. a forest or park, and Walker, an officer who patrolled the kings forest and protected the wild beasts within his bailiwick. Of these three names of cognate origin, Walker is by far the most common. In a list of the thirty most common family names in England Walker stands seventeenth, and it is estimated that one person out of every three hun. dred and ten of tue entire population bears that name, whereas one in ev- cry seyenty-three bears the name of Smith, which heads the list.
 Between persons having the same English family name, there must not be rashly inferred any blood rela- tionship. There is at least theoret scal kinship in all Scotchmen bearing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07
Useless SIauuhter in Manchuria.

At Liaoyang, or rather in the valley of the Ldao river, near Liaoyang, the decisive battle of the war is being fought out as all modern battles are fought. Armies no longer stand up and hack each other to pieces with short swords. It Is now distant firing, and either retreat or persistent ad- vance All battles must hereafter be fought in this manner, that is to say, all battles in the open.
 The three Japanese armies cover Kuropatkin's entire front. He is so much outnumbered that both Hanks of his force are menaced and often as- sailed. He is daily forced to retreat, and if his line to Mukden be cut he must either fight a desperate battle, or else swing clear of the railroad, thus eliminating his army from the present campaign, and probably end ing the war If he can reach Mukden in safety he may slI down for awhile at least behind it's works. This is what he Is attempting to do.
 Port Arthur Is beseiged and will soon fall. The Liaotung peninsular is now in the hands of the Japanese. The army and the navy of Russia stand de- feated, baffled, beaten. What will Russia do? When in previous wars she has been outgeneraled and out fought and outnumbered, she has shown plenty of sense. She has with drawn to await In the course of years a better opportunity. Her entire army and naval systems need remodelling. Both are alike inefficient when she comes in contact with a smart nation. There Is not on earth today smarter people than the Japanese. This ad- mission may be a little galling to home pride, but 1t is nevertheless true.
 Tn forty years Japan has made her self almost irresistible. What other nation could have done so much in that space of time?
 But the question Is, what will Rus sia do after Port Arthur falls, and General Kuropatkin is driven north of Moukden? She should and doubtless will accept the situation. She will abandon Corea and Manchuria, and she will pay to Japan an indemnity that will cover the expenses of the present war, thus enabling the plucky islanders to get ready for the next war with Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07
Demand for Fruit Jars.

Just now there is an unprecedented cs- mand for fruit Jars, said an Enslev mer- chant. 'The large fruit crop this year Is responsible. Housewives are canning quantities of fruit at their homes and consequently they are neavy purchasers of jars. For instance we sell on an averageNof two gross day and there is no reason to believe that other mercbants in the district are not experiencing an soual demand. While the fruit ,s ha,,,, gathered there are busy times in n,ans, Alabama households, while kitchen tiras are kept burning briskly. This is tha first year that we have enjoyed snch
 fire fruit crops in some time and tbrif,,, matrons are anxious to take advantas ss
 of the peaches and other fruit that ,s m the market in abundance" 'S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07
About the Newsboya.

The newsboys are always interesting to me- said a gentleman last evening. They are on the street during the day and frequently at all hours of the night, and their associations with all classes of people have in many instances caused them to lose that childish modesty and deference for age, which every child Is supposed to possess.
 This was impressed quite forcibly by an instance I witnessed last evening. While passing in front of one of the leading hotels I was accosted by little urchin who had seated himself in one of the lobby chairs that had been placed on the street In front of the hotel for the use of the guests. This youngster had made himself perfectly at h~ne in the large chair, and was assiduously plying his vocation, apparently not in the least abashed by the presence of the gentle men who were seated there, nor did he appear inclined to surrender his chair to other gentlemen, some of them rather elderly who were standing.
 T suppose their rough association, at such an early age, destroys those quali- ties of modesty and deference that are expected from a child, or perhaps some of the little fellows are without any one 10 impress the virtue of these qualities, but at the same time one is impressed by the lack of respect for age shown by the urchins on the street"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07
SAVED FROM DISGRACE.
From the Mobile Item.

From the Mobile Item.
 The fact that Alabama has no state ex- hibit at St. Louis Is beginning to recoil on those who visit the fair from this state, and more and more tie shortsight- edness and picayunish policy of the leg islature in not providing a fund for this purpose is coming into noticeable evil dence. The only saving clause Alabama has on this occasion Is in the Iron man provided by Birmingham, which it may be said saves the state from absolute disgrace. The absence of Alabama at the fair should and does bring blush of shame to the cheek of every Alabaman who visits the big show
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07
ROsPECTs for democratic suc- D cess in November are bright.
 The Parker-Davis ticket Is gain

N ROSPECIS Tor democrauc suc- i" cess in November are bright
 The Parker-Davis ticket Is gain ing ground every day in the West as well as in New York and the East. Predic- ton Is already being freely made that Illinois. Indiana and Wisconsin will go democratic in the national contest.
 While the republicans are having great trouble in collecting campaign fund, the democrats are enveloped with many promises of large contributions and have already received several checks of goodly proportions. Sentiment among the people is gradually turning towards Parker. The fact that such ex-populist-republicans as Senator Pettigrew are bolting the demo- cratic nomination really adds strength to the ticket. Pettigrew is a crank of the first water and was never democrat. Had he remained in the party and gone on the stump. he would have done more harm than good.
 The fact that in New York the betting is now even money as between Parker and Roosevelt Is a good sign.
 The goyernorship of New York is at tracting almost as much attention in the North as the presidential contest, and 1t begins to appear that the contest there may be one between Elihu Root, ex-sec- retary of War. as the republican candi- date, and Dan Lamont, ex-seeretary of War, as the democratic candidate. Both are corporation men. Both have been cminently successful as finaneiers.
 There Is objection, however, among
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07
The "Move AIonav Law.

Has the 'move-along' order some time ago made by the city authorities been re- scinded?' asked pedestrian last night. T was cheered with the hope for a time that Birmingham would be ridden of her worst nuisance when the policemen were cleaning the way for foot passengers along the sidewalks. but an enforcement of that law seems now to have ceased. Crowds of loafers are again crowding the corners and other places and 1t Is with difficulty that people can pass along.
 Another trouble on the sidewalks of Birmingham is that many people have forgotten the rule of turning to the right in passing. These hinderances to public comfort ought to be discontinued"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07
Bailey Delighted.

From the Chattanooga Times.
 It will be noted that Senator Bailey, of Texas, left Esopus the other day most enthusiastic admirer of Judge Parker. Senator Bailey is not an ebulient gusher by any means, but he seems to have gath cred from his conference with the demo- cratic candidate that he Is a bigger man than even his friends had promised him. Among Judge Parker's high quail ties is his broad Americanism; his abil- ity to sympathize with all sections and his determination to nationalize rather than sectionalize the issues of the cam paign. In this characteristic he presents the direct antithesis to President Roose- welt, who has done more than any. man ir recent years to stir animosities and reopen old sores.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Beauty Is only skin deep, but what's the use of it being deeper since man is not an X-ray?
 Very sensible women in other respects would much rather be forty-five and look thirty five than be twenty-three and look twenty-seven.
 A woman has to worry about something if it is. only how miserable her poor hus- bands would be if she should die.
 woman who knows how to make good johnny cake doesn't have to know such an awful lot about higher mathematics
 What a man should do is to have his employer make him small allowance out of his salary before 1t goes to his family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD
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trend of affairs very closely are still in jubilant frame of mind. Alas, their castles seem destined to come tumbling down about their devoted ears. The packers assert that they are not having any trouble in supplying orders at nor nal prices and the supply of meat is apparently about the same in this part of the country. At least we have noted no decrease in hash. Furthermore vic tims of mercenary landladies of many years martyrdom have become so cowed and so impressed with their own utter helplessness that they will not believe that hash will ever cease to exist. In fact they assert with a positiveness pain full to witness that the output of hash would go right along if there was no beef in the whole wide world To those poor creatures hash is omnipotent and omnipresent; they think that so long as man feels impelled to eat three meals a day hash will remain at his elbow and even in the future when we will all live on liquid food supplied through pipes-it is horrible to contemplate-there will be liquid hash.
 Piracy on the high seas Is a thing of the past but newspaper piracy still four ishes. The man who borrows an editorial clever story or a paragraph from a contemporary and uses it in the columns of his paper without credit, assuming upon his own shoulders wisdom he does not possess and humor that he could never attain, is closely kin to the man who removes money from a cash drawer or forces his way into bank safe. Reput- able papers never stoop to such a prac- tice, but editors of small calibre who are lndolent and have not the ability to furnish forth their pages in attractive garb pillage the columns of their brothers of the press with a freedoom and uncon- cern for credit lines that Is most re- freshing. PC.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07
MT. Davis Age.

From the Richmond News-Leader.
 The best evidences that the republicans have a poor case for the present cam paign is found Tn the pettiness of the issues put to the front by the leading representative of their party Unques- tionably Elihu Root is one of the strong est men in the country; yet when re- quired to notify MT. Fairbanks officially of his nomination for vice president he could find nothing better to talk about than the age of the democratic nominee for vice president and of the danger that he might succeed to the presidency by the death of Judge Parker between now and 1qOS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07

good natured strike on in the Birming- ham district and that several thousand miners are picknicking and fishing pend- ing the settlement of difficulties over wage scales etc.. Birmingham is pro- gressing every day. The best work done recently is the decision of the property owners and the board of aldermen to pave nearly two miles of Highland avenue with modern creosoted wood block pave ment which will make it one of the most beautiful drives in America. Of course 1t will cost the property owners a great deal of money. but regardless Of this fact they believe in the future of Birmingham and are willing to spend their money to make 1t an attractive city.
 Not only this, but I was amazed to get the following figures of improvements in Birmingham during the last four years from we'll known real estate man who compiled them recently.
 From May l. 1sOO to May 1, 1904. there have been 2S,4lS conveyances of real es- tate, amounting to s2e, ,5So, sss.
 In the same period of time there have been built in Greater Birmingham s512 houses at a cost of s1s.so9,125
 On May 1, 1900, the bank deposits of Bir- mingham were s70062O4, while on May 1. 1904, they were $12,s74,s64
 If Birmingham continues to grow at this rate within four years more it will undoubtedly be the great city of the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07
GREEN-EYED MONSTER.

From the Covington News.
 Birmingham is to have twelve-story building. That's about as near heaven as some of those newspaper fellows will ever get, if the railroads don't soon erect suitable union depot In that town
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07
SPLENDID ISOLATION

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
 There is a man in Birmingham who oc- cupies position of splendid isolation He is for Roosevelt and Russia. aAd he Is the only man who has been detected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07
"NELLIE cRAY.r

There's a low green valley on the old Kentucky shore; There I've whiled many happy hours away; Sitting and singing in my little cabin door.
 Where lived my darling Nellie Gray.
 CHORUS. Oh, my poor Nellie Gray. They have taken you away And I'll never see my darling any more, I'm sitting by the river. And I'm watching all the day, For you've gone from my old Ken lucky shore. When the moon had climbed the noun tains,
 And the stars were shining. too, Then I'd take my darling Nellie Gray, And we'd float down the river In our red little canoe. While my banjo sweetly I would play
 Chorus. My canoe is under water. And my banjo is unstrung, I'm tired of living any more, My eyes shall look downward, And my song shall be unsung If she's gone from my old Kentucky shore.-Chorus. My eyes are getting blinded, And I cannot see my way. Hark. there is someone knocking at tho door.
 Oh. I hear the angels calling. And I see my Nellie Gray. Farewell to the old Kentucky shore.
 -Chorua
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07

It Is now officially established that Chicago sewerage operates to purify the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. This seems trange, but the Illinois board of health says 1t is nevertheless true
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07

It is believed that some of the viii lage gossips-the Esopian gossips- have told Judge Parker what to expect next Wednesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07

The Esopians are reaping a harvest from the nomination of one of their number for the presidency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07

Uncle Russell Sage says no train robbers can hold hsm up, because he takes no vacations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07

Amusements also languish in a presidential year. This may be what ais the home baseball team.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07

If the czar's next baby is boy even the disasters in the Far East will be forgotten, and Kuropatkin may be decorated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07

Tom Taggart may have a thick nose, but he has not a thick head, and the esteemed opposition will soon see he has not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07

Esopus is on fresh water, while Oyster Bay is salt water port, and they are not conducted on the same lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07

Applications for postmasterships are pouring in from bandwagons to the Esopus office. It is the early bird again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07

General Sloutcheffsky, commander of Russia's tenth army corps, will make it warm for the Japs when he gets into action, for he is no slouch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07

Bishon Potter's new beer house hopes to become an annex of the sub way. It is in cellar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-07

Frank V Evans and R. L. O'Neal, Jr.' hre the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of the Age-Herald in It's elr- culation department.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-24
OFF
FOR FAIR TONIGHT
President Spends Thanksgiving
Day at White House, Except q
During Ride. ~

Washington, Nov. 24.-With the ex-
ception Of notable absence Of call
ers, business at the White House pro-
Eceeded quite as usual during the morn
ing hours of today. President Roose-
welt appeared early at his private Of
fee in the executive building and, with
Secretary Loeb, transacted consider
able routine business and disposed of
his personal mail. -
Shortly after II O'Clock, accompa-
MED by Mrs. Roosevelt, Theodore and
Miss Ethel, the president left the White
House for long horseback ride. They
were absent for several hours.
President Roosevelt and a party of
about fifteen will leave at midnight
tonight for St. Louis. The trip will
be made in a special train on the Penn
sylvania railroad The party will ar.
rive in St. Louis early Saturday morn
ing. The program for the two days
the president will remain in St. Louis
has been completed but not yet made
public. Extraordinary measures will
be taken to insure the personal safety
of the president. ! Il 7' -:. ......,.
The president will leave St. Louis
Sunday night for Washington, arriving
here early Tuesday morning. The pres
ident will be accompanied by Mrs
Roosevelt and Miss ! NE Roosevelt. Z
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-24
Is It a Union Plot?

Chicago, Nov. PA labor union
conspiracy is the latest explanation of
the automobile tragedy near Lamont,
Ill.
According to this theory, John v.
Bate, Jr., the young chauffeur, was the
victim of bullet that was intended
for Edwin Archer, vital witness of
the prosecution in criminal case in
volving a number Of Chicago labor
union officials.
Archer was an employee of the same
automobile company for which Bate
worked. It is a singular fact that
Archer and Bate were the only two
chaufeurs on duty when the automo.
bile was hired by telephone FOR" Mr..
Dove,' the supposed :murderAc. :...~.
Only a moment before, Archer was
alone, and it was he who received the
original. commission to accompany
"Dove.' .-
A sudden impulse or presentiment of
danger led Archer to turn the work
over to Bate
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-24
SIMPLE REMEDY FOR CATARRH
Jnst Breathe Hyomei Four Times a
Day and Be Cured.

If few years ago some one had said
you can cure catarrh by breathing air
charged with healing balsams, the idea
would have been ridiculed and it re-
manned for that eminent investigator,
q. T. Booth, to discover in Hyomei this
method of cure.
for few minutes four times day and
git will cure the worst case of catarrh.
4 IT soothes and heals the mucous mem
brane of the air passages, prevents
Irritation, and effects a complete and
lasting cure. II
In Minneapolis there are scores of
well-knoWn people who have been cured
of catarrh by Hyomei. If it does not
help you, Voegeli Bros. Drug Co., cor
g11er Hennepin and Washington avenues,
and corner 7th street and Nicollet ave.
nue., will return the money you paid for
Hyomei.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-24
CONGRESSMAN CROSS !. !. J.:
... i. ISTHMUS TO PANAMA

Colon, Nov. 24.-Part of the congress
sional committee headed by w. E. Hep
burn, chairman of the house in the
state and foreign commerce committee,
which arrived here yesterday on the
United States transport Sumner, went
to Panama yesterday afternoon. The
lilies, went to that city this morning.
The railroad and canal authorities will
extend to the committee every facility
tn look into canal matters during their
stay here. The visitors were welcomed
Oh their a1.,val by Minister Barrvtt,
Governor Davis and others.