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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-24
THE HIGHWAY,

Louise Driscoll in August Lippincott'
Magazine.
All day long on the highway
The Kings fleet couriers ride;
You may hear the tread of their horses
sped
Over the country side,
They ride for life and they ride for
death.
And they override who tarryeth.
With show of color and flush of pride
They stir the dust on the highway.
Let them ride on the highway wide
Love walks In the little paths aside.
All day long on the hi hway
Is the tramp of an army's fleet;
You may see them go In marshaled
row
With the tale of their arms completes;
They march for war. and they march
for peace,
For the lust gold and flames increase,
For victories sadder than defeat
They raise the dust on the highway.
All the armies Of earth defied;
Love dwells in little paths aside.
All day long on the highway
Rushes an eager band
With straining eyes for a worthless
prize
That slips from the grasp like sand.
And men leave blood where their feet
have stood
And bow them down unto brass and
wood
Idols fashioned by their own hand
Blind in the dust of the highway.
Power and gold and fame denied;
Love laughs glad In the paths aside.
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Catholics in the Far East.

The troubles that have arisen be.
tween Franco and the Vatican have
caused the latter to look for somo
other protector of the Catholics In the
Far East-in China at any rate. France
was a self-constituted protector of
catholics in the Orient. She assumed
the task in order to extend her own
influence, and her position as protector
was not recognized by the Vatican
until 1884, and that position has at
length been fully and definitely aban-
doned. 1t had become irksome to both
parties. The present premier of
France persecutes the Catholics for the
purpose of making political capital,
and GERMANY at least proposes to pro-
tcct her own subjects regardless of
their ecclesiastical ties.
In this way it has come about that
the Catholics in the Far East have no
especial protector. Each nation will
hereafter look after its own people.
The new plan is better than the old,
which was altogether too artificial to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-24
Law and Mob Spirit.

1t would be a sad reflection upon the
autonomy of government, to say that
the frenzy of the mob spirit cannot be
subdued, the outward violations of the
law checked, and the power and NAL
esty, peace and dignity of the state
maintained.
Public opinion can best be remolded
by an exercise of authority, when SEN
timent, kindled by anger, seeks an in
diligence in crime. Not the most in
tense frenzy of the mob, not the raw
ings of mad men, not the underesti-
mate of lawful authority, not the apol-
ogetic sentiment of communities must
make plaything of the law, for upon
the law depends entirely the social
fabric of ntate-the safety of It's peo-
pie.
II is not difficult for a citizen of Ala
bama to understand the spirit of the
mob in this and other states. Condi-
lions exist which awaken human ma
ture to a sense of indignation and too
often dethrone reason. Brutal crimes
SO often committed by members of the
lower race among us naturally
arouse the spirit of resentment, and
cause men to commit deeds which in
suit the law and double the list of
crimes that darken the page.
Executions by the mob have not had
q tendency to diminish crime, but, to
the contrary, have outraged justice
and trampled upon the law, which had
been recognized as a safeguard of our
Institutions.
II public sentiment in Alabama IN
anywise conoones the offenses commits
ID by the mob. such sentiment is
morbid and needs toning up by argu-
ment, teaching and persuasion if it
can be; If not, by an infection of that
punishment provided under the stat
utes to violators OF the law. 1t is sad
sophism to teach that public senti-
ment can be relied on as an infallible
guide when that sentiment is created
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endure. The United States, for ex.
ample, needs no help in protecting her
Catholic citizens in China or any other
country, and If a case had arisen this
country would not have listened to the
intervention of France. So it would
be in other countries. The old artifl-
eial plan has broken down of its own
weight, as well as on account of the
changes in France. The new plan Is
ample and will prove satisfactory. The
Vatican is strengthened by the change.
Each country will look after its own
Catholics, and the wonder is that the
protectorate of France lasted as long
as 1t did.
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Wheat Estimates and Prices.

On July l the government estimate
anticipated a wheat crop In this coun'
try of GAL minion bushels, and trade
estimate put the Manitoba crop at 20
million bushels, making a total of I'll
million bushels. The losses since July
l are estimated at 143 million bushels
In this country, and 35 million bushels
in Manitoba, cutting the aggregate to
568 million bushels.
The reported losses in the northwest
have led to rise of fourteen cents in
September options, and to a rise OF
twenty cents in May options. Wheat
has been going up every since July l,
and the markets are kept filled with
reports of crop damages. Wheat that
was worth so cents last June is now
worth about SLIP. Rains and floods
in the winter wheat states were fol-
lowed by the appearance of rust in the
spring wheat states. Rust Is disease
that is very insidious. 1t is promoted
by wet hot weather, and a field of
wheat may be blighted by 1t in twenty
four hours. At this writing it is not
known what the extent of the damage
BIZ rust in Manitoba is, but 1t is feared
that it will prove to be heavy.
Last years wheat crop in this coun-
try was 637 million bushels, and IL the
crop of this year is but 533 million
bushels, we cannot export over 80 mil
lion bushels. The crop shortages in
Roumania, Hungary and other Euro
pean nations are considerable, and 1t
begins to look as II dear bread would
be the rule until the next crop Is ma
tured. We raise one-ffth of the
worlds wheat, four-fifths of the worlds
corn, one-fourth of the worlds oats
and four-fifths of the worlds cotton
Our crops are our basis of wealth, the
source of our prosperity. All of our
great crops are promising except the
wheat crop, and at this writing Il
looks as IL we would have but little
wheat for export purposes, our home
demand being just about 500 million
bushels
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IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Distinguished Foreigner Here.

Prof. Eugene Braun, principal of the
Royal Prussian Engineering school of
Posen Germany. has been In the Biz
mingham district for the past two weeks.
He has come to America to visit the st.
Louis fair and to examine for his gov
eminent the methods and machinery used
in ore and coal mining. During his stay
here Prof. Braun has, through the cour-
tesles Of the large Industrial companies
operating in the district, fully informed
himself on the methods employed In Ala
bama. From Birmingham the distin-
guished visitor goes to st. Louis, Colo
RADIO and to the mining fields of Pennsyl-
vania, returning to Posen in the late fall.
Being asked what he regarded as the
most striking feature of the Alabama
Industrial section Professor Braun said:
1.-THE natural beauties of the Birmingham
district stand out in pleasing contrast to
the industrial localities of Europe, most
of which I have visited. There, as a
rule, the mineral sections are barren, with
little vegetation or forest growth to re-
lieve the eye. Here you have great min
eral wealth, In full process of develop
ment, with rich farm lands and an album
dance of woodland. The workingmen's
houses, generally. are good and pleasant
ly located"
Professor Braun is a brother of one of
Blrmingham's pioneer business men, Louis
Braun. president of the City Paper COM
pany.
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Bull Run No. 3.

On the old historic ground on which
the nation received the first rude blast
of civil war, $4,000 men are to be
gathered next month to study the
problems of soldier Fortyfour years
ago Montgomery Blair, a tin soldier,
had told the nation that he could
march to Richmond with 10000 men
armed with laths. When the test of
war came 1t was seen that Beauregard
and Joe Johnston had the capital at
their mercy. The object of the Vir-
ginia maneuyers is to train the militia
until they can come to the aid of the
regulars on any field, and the sons of
the men of 1861 will study side by
side, all respecting the brave deeds of
the civil war as a common glory.
On the old historic ground that
stretches from Fairfax Court House to
Thoroughfare Gap and Manassas juno
ton, Blue army is to defend the capt.
tai from BroWL army, and again a
Brown arr : is to make stand against
a Blue army advancing from Washing
ton. If Brown" were Gray" the old
story of forty-four years ago would be
re-enacted on friendly stage.
The general staff is endeavoring to
train the militia to grim-visaged war.
Alabama will send to Manassas a pro-
visional regiment, and altogether a
very formidable force will be gathered
there-enough at least to make an
army corps in the field. The training
which the militia will receive at Man
assas will supplement their home
training, and the result will be a mill.
tia fully ready to take the field in case
trouble comes. The maneuvers have
no relation to another civil war, but
they do keep in mind the fact that this
Is not an ideal world, and that war
may come to fighting nation at any
time, especially if we persist in keep
ing the jingoes In power.
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TABLOID PHILOSOPHY.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The dyspeptic takes pains with his eat
Ing
1t is hard to be both truthful and pop
uar.
Love either intoxicates a man or sobers
him up.
A girl may be the pink of propriety
without blushing.
Before you accept favor 1t Is well
To look for the string.
good days work is generally worth
month of physical culture.
The fellow who knows it all isn't SO. Dad
IL he keeps 1t to himself
Even the skeptic doesn't have to eat an
egg to know that 1t is bad
The people who won't listen to reason
say they have no reason to listen.
Some people only put on their best man
ners with their Sunday clothes.
According to the laws of gravitation
even the high flyer must eventually come
down.
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Vida Goldstein in the Nineteenth Century
and After


and After
IL NDER the laws of most countries
III women possess no legal rights,
~ no political freedom; they do en-
joy certain privileges, but of these they
may be deprived any moment by the same
power that granted them. The ballot Is
the only weapon with which to secure
and retain legal and political rights. "Ad-
vance Australia Is our national motto
and we Australian women have good rea-
son to glory in the advance or our coun-
try, which, in granting women absolute
political equality with men. has reached
position unique In the worlds history
The Australian constitution has no sex
limitations whatever; women vote on
equal terms with men, they are eligible
for membership in our national parlia-
ment, they may even ascend to the dig
nifty of office.
1t always has been the privilege of
women to tidy up after man. Man seems
to be constitutieA.lly unable to keep
things tidy. Take the daily round. the
common task-he leaves the bathroom In
state of flood, his dressing room howl
ing wilderness of masculine parapher-
MALTA, his office a chaos of inks and pa.
pers. The wonder is he gets there" so
we'll as he does. Untidy at home, untidy
In business so is he untidy In the nation;
he does his best; but as he does not UNI
derstand the first principles of household
management he gets a. national house,
hold into terrible state o. muddle. He
Is busy looking after the big things that
he forgets all about the little things that
make the big things a success instead Of
failure. And so the women have 10
come along and help to evolve order out
of chaos, but they suher no illusions as
to the magnitude of their task.
Women will vote as their men folk tell
them" was an argument of the anti
suffrage party. The elections proved that,
on the whole. the women cast an indie
pendent vote. The political parties and
the daily papers have of late years made
an effort to Introduce the ticket system
of voting into Australian p--ities in spit1
of the knowledge that the system has had
the most vicious results in the United
States; but this time the tickets" fairly
we'll broken UP. an encouraging sign to
those genuinely patriotic Australians who
desire to see the people really self-goy-
erning. neither press-ridden nor party
ioden. The ticket" system is utterly
repugnant to all true democratic prInci-
pies. Parliament should be elected by
people, not : one man or any small
ccterie of men. The peoples ticket
should be the candidates who head the
poll.
Women will lose the chivalrous atten-
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by anger and impregnated with blood
thirsty ideas OF revenge.
The long list OF unlawful executions
In this country blot the pages of its
history; and there should be an end
to them. And the end should come,
not to allay the blatant inslnuations
and growlings of political enemies of
the south, not for the purpose Of
strengthening political lines, but be-
cause of the terrible stain these VIOLA
tons of law are making upon the
escutoheon of the state, and great dan
ger which is threatened by the spirit
of the mob.
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WILL TOUCH BISHOP POTTER,

From the Kansas City Star.
Bishop Potter has taken advantage of
his position to offer a serious indignity
to the great multitude of Christian be-
levers who regard the saloon as a fruit
full source of evil to society. His incli-
nation and his ability to do this does not
argue the probability that he will feel
any regret on that score. But a man who
prides himself so strictly as Bishop Pot
ter Is known to 40, on his good breeding
an his social distinction can hardly fail
to feel some modification and disquietude
over his very needless forfeiture of the
respect and admiration of what would be
denomlnated In his vocabulary as the
'best people," and the best people,
leaving moral considerations out of the
questionable not consider 1t good form
for a clergyman to identify himself with
a dramshop-be 1t never SO model
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-24
state Examiners.

Chief State Examiner ]. T. German and
George f. Sedberry, assistant examiner,
reached the city Monday night, and yes
terday morning proceeded to the work
of examining and checking up the books
of the officers of Jefferson county. Asked
as to the length of time 1t would prob
ably require to perform the work. Mr..
German said:
Probably two weeks. You see Jeffer-
son is the largest county In the state. and
the volume of business transacted and
values handled by your officials is far In
excess of that of any other county. The
work, however, Will be pushed as rapidly
as possible, and our report will follow.
We begin on the tax assessors books and
go through all offices which pay a rev.
enue to the state"
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LAND WHERE WOMEN HAVE
EQUAL RIGHTS WITH MEN

lions of men IL they are enfranchised'7
was another argument of the distrustful
anti-suffragist. To the women who are,
Influenced by such a prophecy of mani
falling from his high estate when he finds
woman his political equal, I would say:
MY friends, your fears are groundless.
You place high value on the chivalrous
attentions that men now = " you. Why.
you have not the remotest idea of the
vast stores of chivalry hidden away in
the inner recesses of mans nature. When
you get vote you will find that the
chvalry of the middle gaes was poor
thing in comparison with that of the
twentieth century. The chivalrous atten-
lions paid by candidates TO women voters
are most embarrassing-Sir Walter RAJ
leghs and De Lorges are thick as leaves
in yallambrosia at election time"
The election had an added interest in
the appearance of four women candidates
In the aeld-Mrs. Martell, Mrs. Moore
New South wales), myself Cvictoria),
standing for the senate, and Miss Selma
Anderson (New South Wales), for the
house of representatives. All were de-
feated, but the defeat was not unexpect-
ed. as we were well aware that 1t would
be altogether phenomenal IL women were
to succeed in their first attempt to enter
national parliament l was nominated
by the Women's Federal Political associa-
ton of Voctoria, of which am the pres
ident and / accepted the nomination be-
cause l saw at once what a splendid ed
ucational value the campaign would have.
Although We possess the suffrage. there
are still many women who do not want
It, do not see why they should be both
cred with It, but they only need to have
the case for woman suffrage stated to
thnm To ancent Ii
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About Persons.


A. c. Weller of Belle sumpter is at the
ST. Nicholas
Norman Brooks of Meridian Miss, is
stopping at the st. Nicholas.
S. M. Claude of Admission is at the
Morris
e. P. Loveman of Tuscaloosa is at the
Morris
J. Fall Robinson and Lewis N. sprad-
ling of Cropwell are at the Morris.
G. L. Berry of Atlanta is at the Morris.
Col. Thomas L. Bulger of Daeeyille is
at the Metropolitan.
C. w. yandiver of Talladega is at the
Metropolitan.
Walter Kelly of Huntsville is at the
Colonial.
]. NJ Rlackemore of LAGRANGE "a 10
at the Colonial.
B. b. Smythe of Greenyille Is at the
Colonial.
f. b. clemments of Tuscaloosa ,s a.
the Metropolitan.
j. Lodge of Tuscaloosa is at the HIM
man.
B. S. Bibb of Selma is stopping at the
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REFLECTIONS OF A BAcHEI

From the New York Press.
girl Is very heroic to be able to enjoy
peing seasick If it is on her wedding trip.
1t is always safe to tell a woman how
much you love her even if she knows YOU
don't.
Most people would rather be wrong and
argue about it than right and have no.
body dispute it.
There Is nothing that shocks a woman
more than not to be shocked when her
husband swears.
It's funny thing. but the average
mother always plans to marry her daugh-
ter to penniless preacher or a million
aire.
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DEMOCRACY Is UNITED.
the New York World.

From the New York World.
Since the nomination In st. Louis of
Parker and Davis no more Significant
proof has been given that democracy is
united in their support than is afforded
by the Worlds canvass of the leaders of
the great Palmer and Buekner movement
in this state In 1896 OF eighty demo-
Gratis who were then willing to stand up
and be counted" as preferring democratic
principles to the democratic label only
one now favors Roosevelt's election-a
proportion smaller than the normal shift
ing of suffrages In the average campaign.
The vote of the national democratic
party In 1896 was not large So many
men wholly in sympathy with its aims
preferred to support Mckinley outright
that four years later no separate ticket
was put by them into the field. Yet 1t is
worth while to remember that in the de-
cisive state of New York even the out
and-out Palmer and Buckner vote was
larger by a comfortable margin than the
plurality by which Theodore Roosevelt,
with the laurels of Santiago fresh upon
his brow, was two years later chosen
governor.
lie leaders In this state of the national
democracy represent, however, not only
the band that marched under their ban
ner, but that great army of independent
voters who turned Clevelands plurality
of 1913 in 1892 into McKinleys plurality
of 26S, 1853 in 1896. They are, moreover, men
of such intelligence, such probity, such
standing in the community as to invest
with peculiar interest the reasons they
give for their present support of Mr.. Par
ker.
The Worlds recent statement of the
ten living questions of the campaign Is
enforced and emphasized In these en-
phatlc utterances.
Mr.. coudert denounces the doctrine that
constitutional or international Qaw) may
be safely overrhden, provided that the
immediate end to be attained Is expedi-
emit" Mr.. Wheeler points out the lin
equality and injustice of the present
tariff and its effect in the fostering of
great trusts. Mr.. Eggeston fully agrees
with The World that the paramount is
sue Is Mr.. Roosevelt and his abuse of
power. Mr.. Osborne holds up centralized
Imperialism" as a danger of continued
republican rule. Mr.. Belmont says that
'the savings Of the people cannot bear
the increase of 100 per cent in the civil
and miscellaneous list, 1856 per cent In the
army, and 255 per cent In the navy"
Here, briefly stated, are six of the ten
living questions. The others-"Check the
corruption" mo big-stick buster"
What will the Filipinos do to us?" and
Let us have peace''-are by writer after
writer brought forward as reasons for.
Mr.. Parkers support with a unanimity
and an emphasis that show how pro-
foundry the thinking men of this state are
moved by the dangers involved In the
candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt.
Not one in ten of these leading demo-
Gratis mentions the money question. There
is no money question. There was one, but
1t Is settled. There are now neither gold
democrats nor silver democrats. There
are simply democrats. united and har-
monious In federal contest that power
fully appeals to the reason and the con-
science of the country.
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New Southern Publishing House.

The University Press is the name of a
new southern publishing house. lust es-
owned or directed by the University of
the South, though warmly welcomed and
endorsed by that institution. A. C. Wat
kins of New York has established south
ern headquarters at Sewaneei has erected
fine stone building and stocked 1t with
every modern appliance of the art preser-
vative. He will be ready on October to
issue his first publication, a piece of
news which will suggest a new advance
In southern literature. Mr.. Watkins is an
experienced and practical publisher. and
an old Johns Hopkins man.
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Well Known Enalneer.

P. Guy benson formerly of Birming-
ham spent yesterday in this city. Mr..
benson who has been connected with
Ford. Bacon & Davis, engineers, for three
years, has been constructing ten miles of
railroad for the Little Rock Street Rail-
way company.
He left yesterday morning for Knox
Vile, Tenn, where he will represent the
above named firm In construction work in
that city. Mr.. benson has many friends
in Birmingham where he is prominently
connected socially and In a business way.
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The Late William A. Wood.

THE late William A. Wood, whose
death was announced In the Age-Herald
on Monday. was not a member of the
family after which Woodlawn was
named" said Felix NJ. Wood, but he
was an excellent man, and his death will
prove loss to our community. He was
comparatively a newcomer to this COM
munity. and he and his family have en-
joyed the friendship and esteem Of all
who knew them. Our brother William
Wood died two years ago."
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FEMININE SUSPICION.

From the Chicago News.
Husband-You don't treat me like
Smiths wife treats him.
Wife-How does she treat him?
Husband-Why, she puts her arms
around his neck and almost loves him to
death.
Wife-Yes, and she's probably succeed
in the course of time. He recently had
his life insured for $4,000 In her favor.