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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
Pooling the People.

For some time past a young fellow has been selling on the streets of Bir- mingham little wooden figures that are supposed to dance and leap about of their volition," said a merchant last night. The young man usually opens up for business about dusk and soon has an interested crowd gathered about him watching the figures dance. His favorite location Is at the mouth of the alley on Nineteenth street between Second and Third avenues. In the dim light of an oil lamp the little wooden men hop about most energetically and the public Is soon in- terested in their performance. When asked what makes the figures dance the falxir smiles mysteriously, offers you a package neatly tied up and states that full directions will be found inside. The price Is only 15 cents. Gulible humanity buys.
 "The figures that dance about in such lively fashion are in reality operated by a fine black thread that is attached to a post opposite the falSir and Is worked by his right hand which he keeps directly in his pocket, on the side away from the street. In the dim light 1t is impossible for any one to detect the trick, so many people, especially children. buy the toys under the impression that they are get ting a mechanical novelty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
MARRIAGE WAS SURPRISE.
Dr. Hester Ward Welded to Miss
 Jete Stone.

Tuscaloosa, May Especial )-The Jetie Stone, which occurred yesterday morning at Il o'clock at Suearnoochee Miss, came as quite a surprise to Dr. Wards Tuscaloosa friends. The groom was born and reared in Tuscaloosa and is the son of MT and Mrs. J. M. Ward of this city. Dr. and Mrs. Ward passed through Tuscaloosa yesterday afternoon en route to their future home at Johns where the groom is surgeon Tor the Ten nessee Coal and Iron company.
 Morris Loveman and little Daughter of Birmingham are visiting the former S sister, Mrs. B. Friedman, on Greensboro avenue.
 Mrs R. J. McAdory of Jonesboro is Mary Emma Browne. She Is attending the commencement of the Tuscaloosa Fe- male College, where her daughter, Miss Lucy McAdory, is a popular member of the graduating class
 Miss Helen VanHoose and Miss Ethel Clifford of Birmingham are to be among the University commencement visitors. The former is to be with Mrs. F.. N. C.. Snow, while the latter Is to be with Mrs. Lavelle
 Miss Bessie Jemison of Birmingham Is to be the guest of her aunt, Mrs s. E. Cade. and Miss Elizabeth Jemison of Bir- mingham is to be the guest of her cousin, Miss Annabelle Pearson, during Univer- sity commencement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
TRf ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Thrown Out of Court.

The Rev MT. Munhall, who is try ing to live in the eighteenth century, has been thrown out of court again. He brought heresy charges against Professor Bowne of Boston university and when the case came before a con ference in or near New York, the sub ject was referred to a committee who in a few minutes reported that MT Munhall of a dead and gone century had no case in this twentieth century. They practically said he was out of date, being outside the intelligence and progress of the present century
 But the irrepressible heresy hunter took an appeal, so to speak, to the gen eral conference at Los Angelse, indict- ing both the Boston university and the Garrett School of Theology, and his charges were referred to the commit sit down on the blacksmith-preacher in this fashion
 We are persuaded that there is no sufficient foundation for the allegations that certain of our theological schools are disloyal to the doctrinal standards of the church. None of the memorials received contain any specific changes and there have come to the committee sat , isfactory statements as to the doctrinal soundness of the teachings in one of the Institutions in the reports of the numer- ous visitors appointed by the annual conference"
 seThis practically puts the allegations and the allegators out of court, and they, will doubtless stay quiet here after. That, however, they will put Tn their vacation from court in endeavor- ing to catch up with the century in which they live, is not probable. They are built on the basis of the evolution of. the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and they cannot jump to the progress and enlightenment of the twentieth century They are out of date and out of time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
HUMAN BODY GROWS SHORT.
From Fifty to Ninety People Lose
 Three Inches From Height.

From the London Leader.
 What are the proportions of the ideal human body?" The vexed question has never heen answered conclusively.
 A corollary of 1t is this: What are pro- portions of the average healthy man or woman as we fend them?' Nor even co this has reply been given.
 However, we are approaching it. Scien- lists have made myriads Of measurements of the statue of man, and some of them are quoted by Fleet Surgeon Williams in the annual report on the health of the navy. iust issued.
 To begin with, the boy when born is about an inch taller than the girl. This difference Is maintained till near the age of 13, when, in this country and America the average girl is taller and heavier than the boy. This halting so to speak. on the part of the male Is speedily recovered, and he again outruns the female in size.
 At the period of full development the mans average height compared with the woman's average, is as 16 to 15.
 Both men and women maintain their maximum height till the age of 50 years, when they begin to grow shorter, until at 90 they have lost three inches
 The reason for this dwindling is attrib- uted to the sinking of the soft parts be- tween the bones and to the stoop gradu- ally acquired by old people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
ELK TAKES ouININE.
Emperor Got His Microbes In Van
 Cortland Park.

From the New York Herald.
 Grave concern Is being felt for Emperor, a large elk in the menagerie in Central park. Emperor is suffering from malaria. Yesterday he was placed under medical treatment by John w. Smith, director of the zoo.
 Emperor was recently brought to the menagerie from Van Cortlandt park, where, his keepers said he contracted the disease from which he is suffering. Soon after his arrival in the menagerie he shed his horns and became the vic- tim of many attacks from his mates, who took advantage of his defenceless state
 They surrounded the food which was placed in the paddock by keepers and prevented Emperor from obtaining his share. From the best looking animal in the menagerie he became emaciated and weak. The lack of food and the malaria with which he was afflicted soon af- fected him so that his condition was mo- uced by keepers and visitors.
 Director Smith ordered his assistants to place Emperor In quarters where he would not be annoyed by the other anil mals. He was put in an enclosure at one side of the paddock and carrots ap- pies and food of which he Is fond were provided for him. Liberal doses of qui- nine have been administered to Emperor to cure him of the malaria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
BLUE HILLS OF ALABAMA.
BY PAUL COOK.

spectacle on a winter night when the wind is high and the course of the flames can easily be traced as they devour the dead foliage and stretch out across the hills in long, undulating lines There is little danger to be apprehended from these fires so the spectator can admire their pyrotechnic effects without fear of a catastrophe.
 The hills of Alabama are beautiful when played upon by sunshine and shadow. The changing seasons add to their charm, and to the Alabamian they are never to be forgotten but they are not dependent alone on that superficial beauty granted by indulgent nature. Beneath their wood- ed slopes lie hidden treasures of coal and iron, and gold too. they say, which is waiting only for development. Already the state has grown rich and has pros- pered through the wealth drawn from her mountains, but the treasure house has just been entered and Tn after years to the heart of the capitalist, the manu- facturer and the miner than they could ever be to the romantic wanderer along their slopes, for wealth Is more potent always than mere sentiment.
 And vet these Alabama hills and moun- tains are but the piedmonts of the great Appalachian range, the soil and atmos- phere of which have given life, vigor and strength to some of the most prominent and useful of American statesmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
Outflow of Gold.

Last week over fifteen million dol lars worth of gold bars were exported, bring the total of gold exports since April T, when the present movement was started, up to s57385,755. It will at glance be seen that the Panama payment has been met, for that was at the outside but forty million dol lars, and other causes are now opera tive. We are meeting now the losses in exports of other products and heavy imports.
 Thus far the gold movement has not made money scarce or dear in New York Call money is still below 2 per cent, and yet the surplus reserve of the banks is down to low figures. No one seems to be troubled by the movement, heavy as it is, although heretofore such movement would have caused many shakes of the head among the bank officers of New York
 The outflow of gold has not been checked. More will go out today, but the present week is not expected to rival in gold exports last week. For reign exchange rates are declining, and sperhaps the movement has eliminated and balances can perhaps be met after .the present week without shipping gold The present week will perhaps decide whether the movement is to go to unprecedented figures, or is to be stayed below seventy-five million dol lars
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
FINANCING ADVERTISING.

From the Chicago Post
 The sum that house may proftably spend on advertising could Of course De fixed anywhere within wide limits, accord ing to the inclination of the proprietors and the character of the business; 1t is imperative only that 1t should be In some reasonable proportion to the capl- tai, surplus, current business, current profits or some other fixed item
 To illustrate, manufacturing firm which for three years has cleared $2o'ooo A. year oyer and above salaries of pro- pretors decides to start advertising. There Is a surplus, we will say, or s5O.0OO; not necessarily cash surplus but a sum invested in various ways, In excess capital or easily convertible prop erties In other words, the sum of $oo'- GOO can be drawn against the firm without hampering 1t in it's operations The con oern have in mind invested s2OOOO in ad- vertisng, two-ffths of the money It could spare from its easily accessible capital. and decided to increase the amount as the Increased sales warrant ed. The investment was for the purpose of getting the proposit' on before the pub lie. making the first hit. It might req sonably have been $i0,O00, or without any great lack of conservatism $i00OO or more On the basis of $2O, 600, si0,o0o has been spent by the end of the first six months for investment. The names of the firm and It's article or articles have been drummed, drummed. and there have been l some slightly increased business, but in the main the $1O,O0O> is "all in" In six months or nine months or a year-no one can prophecy just when-the cumula- tive power of this investment begins to count on large scale The advertising starts to show profit. Of course, the newspaper expense always continues to l possess to a large degree an investment value, but 1t has become more than that, | money spent in advertising need no long
 CT be taken from the capital but can be found in the increased profits.
 The advertising Is now a current selling expense (with it's investment value addi- tionaD I believe practically all the best l financed firms figure advertising as I percentage of current sales expense. The 1 advertising manager often comes direct ly under the general sales manager. Just as the salesman's salary s fixed at l. 2 or 10 per cent of the total volume of
 his business, the advertising department Is treated Where the market will not
 permit it. hold down the advertising;
 where sales are growing keep increas- ing the advertising outlay. This method
 of figuring holds true of practically all | lines of business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
SONG OF THE cHATTAHoocHEE.

By Sidney Lanier. All down the hills of Habersham, All through the valleys of Hall, The rushes cried, Abide, Abide" The willful waterwheels held me thrall. The laying laurel turned my tide. The ferns and the fondling grass said.
 Stay The dewberry dipped for to work delay, And the little reeds sighed Abide,
 Abide,'' Here in the hills of Habersham Here in the valleys of Hall. igh OCT the hills of Habersham. Yelling the valleys of Hall, The hickory told me manifold Fair tales of shade; the poplar tall Wrought me her shadowy self to hold; The chestnut, the oak, the walnut, the
 pine. Overleaning with fickering meaning and
 sign,
 Said. Pass not, so cold, these manifold Deep shades of the hills of Habersham, These glades in the valleys of Hall But. oh, not the hills of Habersham. And oh. not the valleys Of Hall, Avail: I am fain for to water the plain. Downward the voices of Duty call Downward, to toll and be mixed with the
 main
 The dry fields burn, and the mills are to
 turn And a myriad of flowers mortally yearn. And the lordlyl man from beyond the
 plain Calls OCT the hills of Habersham. Calls through the valleys Of Hall
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
LETTERS TO EDITOR
instruction for Parker.
Editor of The Age-Herald:

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
 Having been a subscriber to your paper for many years and having never im- posed upon you with many commmuni- cations. I want to ask you to publish these few lines. I feel a deep interest in what our state and national democratic conventions will do. I am a Parker man for the Presidency. I consider Judge Parker the most available candidate we have and a man who can win. At the beginning of this campaign was opposed to an instructed" delegation from our state but as the campaign progressed. l have changed my mind and am now in favor of iron clad" instructions to a Parker delegation"
 If our delegation" to the national con- vention is instructed for Parker, 1t will avoid a great deal of trouble and I am anxious that our state convention elect solid Parker delegation" with in- structions to vote for Parker first, last and all the time! We all know that Judge Parker has been a "jurist" during his life, that he has always been a demo- crat, and that his record is an invulner- abld one.
 We must make no mistake, and feel if I have any influence with our people and our party, that 1t is my duty to urge the convention which meets in Montgomery on the 25th to instruct for Parker" w A. HANDLEY.
 Roanoke, May 23. 1904
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24

1 HEY do not impress one with \CH their grandeur and In height
 they are not sublime but there is poetry and romance in the blue hills of Alabama In the early morning they rear their summits, cover ed with pine and oak, to sky that is pure and serene and as the sun concen- trates his rays on their slopes and the dew drips from the leaves they are en- shrouded in a misty vapor which con- verts them into cloud mountains along the horizon.
 The fact that the hills of Alabama could hardly be called mountains and that they are pleasing to the eye with out overawing by their huge girth or stu pendous height accounts for much of their attractiveness. One feels a com panionship among the Alabama noun tains. He looks upon them as old friends. always steadfast, always silent and al- ways true. Although the winds of winter may sweep their sides bare of foliage and the forest fires may scorch their groves with it's flames, In summer the green will return again.
 At too great a distance the hills appear insignificant They are often but faint blue line along the horizon and 1t is therefore advisable to admire them from some nearby vantage point. where their natural beauty can be studied in detail.
 While the hills of Alabama do not equal in scenic splendor the mountains of Ten nessee. they belong to the same system a1,t scape features. In north Alabama many pleasing vista of blue range and peace ful valley Is presented to him who cares to climb some commanding peak. For miles and miles there stretch away on every side range after range of blue hills until they fade into the distance, each range miniature of the greater noun tain systems of the continent. Wild ra- vines can be found where brooks wind stiffness of the primeval forest reigns Here nature revels in her wild beauty No frowning crags look down into the depths of gloomy valleys, but the hills rise gently from the streams and the sun shine drifts down in patches through the leaves. There is & humming and puzzing in the air that lulls to irresistible slum- Der and the signing of the pines mingles with the brooks subdued voice. Here is peace and a safe retreat from the world.
 That is summer. In winter the pines sigh as mournfully as ever, but if it is very cold the stream Is frozen and the stiffness is even more impressive. save when wind comes bustling down the rayine, scattering the leaves and whist ling through bare branches. Squirrels may be seen leaping from limb to limb and now and then a rabbit will start up from his lair and scuttle up the mountain side. The hills look gray and bare now. They are lonely and the wanderer on their slopes is filled with a pensive sad ness In the day the mountains rear their heads defiantly toward flying clouds while at night red lines of fire creep up their sides. started by some careless hunter s hand or small boy in search of winter nuts.
 The mountain fires present brilliant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
Our Civilizations to Tammany.

Who has forgotten how the Tam many victory in 1903 and the election of George B. Mcclellan as mayor of New York, electrified the democracy of the country! Not even those who go about denouncing Tammany have forgotten it. It ended long line If defeats and put heart and hope in the historic old party again. It pointed to victory in the present year.
 If Tammany were eliminated the democratic cause would be absolutely hopeless, simply because New York and the south are the backbone of the democratic column. The solid south .hnd New York elected Grover Cleve- land twice. thus keaking line of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
Birmingham Talent Plentiful.

Judging from the talent in your town don't see why you should not be able to get up some very credltable amateur performances,r said a stranger last night. T notice that there are many clever singers and dancers in Birmingham who can lend aid to a successful entertain ment and while I am not familiar with the amount of dramatic talent that lies dormant in your midst, I am sure that there are enough budding Thespians to make a creditable appearance.
 Just now when there is so much talk of ways and means to raise money for the Vulcan fund, for charity and for oth- CT good works, I am reminded that noth- ing is more uniformly successful from a financial point of view than dramatic performance of some kind. Even when the actors make mistakes and the show is poor those present manage to have very good time laughing at the blun- ders"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 When a girl reads a novel about one who has eyes like stars she gets up and peeks in the mirror.
 Smuggling up to man always makes him think he's big and strong, and the woman who does 1t knows 1t.
 When woman is nursing a sick hus- band she hasn't any doubt she is perform ing a conscientious duty when she wakes him to ask him if he is resting well.
 There never was an idiot man yet who sit under a becoming lampshade and do fancy embroidery when she Is engaged is no proof that when she is married she will be able. to roll up her sleeves and make plain bread
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24

defeats that extends from 1856 to the
 present day. And where would New
 York stand if Tammany were elim- mated? It would simply outdo Massa- chusetts, or even Vermont, in republi- canism. Upstate New York is intense ly republican. It has counties that roll up seven thousand republican major ity-counties like St. Lawrence, and no county above the Bronx is trust worthy democratic. It is Tammany that renders New York a democratic state when it is one, and the man who does not appreciate Tammany is a man who either does not understand New Yorks makeup, or else he is a man who does not desire above all else another democratic President.
 Without the active aid of Tammany the democrats cannot carry New York. and without the vote of that great state we are hopelessly defeated. Don t forget these two facts when next you begin an assault upon an organization that is democratic to the core, an organization, too, that has given the great city the best mayor it has had in many years. Tammany is ilot ex- actly ideal, but it is democratic, and we need it in our business. Do 1t at least common justice. Don't islander it, and above all else don't under rate it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
France and the Vatican.

M. Nissard, the ambassador to the Holy See, has been recalled. When we recall the fact that forty millions of Frenchmen are Catholics, and that the government of France is not bit friendly to the Catholic organization either at home or in Rome, we see the deep significance of the rupture in d.p- lomatic relations.
 The eliminating trouble arose .over the recent visit of President Loubet to Rome Rulers of Catholic countries have as far as possible avoided Rome, because they could not at once visit the king of Italy and the pope, 10th living in Rome President Loubet was recently the guest of the king of Italy, and he had there no interview with the pope. The Vatican proposed to resent this by recalling the papal nuncio from France. France has an- ticipated the step by recalling her ambassador, giving him an indefinite leave
 The truth seems to be that Premier Combes Is playing politics. Move ments against the pope are evidently popular in France, for the step taken is expected to strengthen the pre- mier's hands, and really to avert his downfall. 1t is not easy to account for this anomaly in Catholic France. The explanation seems to consist In the fact that the men of France are no longer loyal to Rome, although it is generally said that the women of France are still good Catholics. The men of France, at least in the larger cities, are angered by the hostility Of the priesthood to the republic, and this feeling is leading on to anti-Catholic measures-to a breaking up of church schools and even to denunciations of the Concordat. In systematic politi- cal way the history of the French revolution seems to be repeating itself. A reaction has always come in preyi- ous attempts to unseat Rome, and doubtless history will again repeat itself, but at present the trend is to- wards reduction in the power ofsthe priests-to a complete separation of church and state, thus putting the French church on the footing of the Catholic church in this country. In no country is the Catholic church more vigorous than it is in America, and the movement therefore does not threaten the existence of the church in France, for it can exist there on ar independent basis as well as it car in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-24
People Want Statuettes.

'The news that miniature figures of ham has awakened renewed interest In Birmlngham's Iron Man." said business man yesterday. Judging from remarks made by the little folks In my family the children of Birmingham will buy great many of the figures. Aside from their value as souvenirs these miniatures of Vulcan will be very attractive ornaments for clubrooms and private residences. think the idea a very good one and am sure that 1t will do much to make up the deficit in the Vulcan fund"