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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
The Late w. H. Green.

Capt William H. Green, who died at his home in Washington city saturday' was the last of the old officials Of the Southern railway dating service from the early days of the Richmond and Dan vile, the predecessor of the Southern Starting his railroad career either IS brakeman or fireman, Captain Green rose through the various positions in the trans portation department until he became general manager of the Southern. For seF- eral years he was locomotive engineer and for fully twenty years he hlleu the position of superintendent Of the hlch- mond division. Soon after he had risen to the head of the transportation service his health began to fail. He found nm self unable to stand the severe strain which the general managership involved, and accepted the position as assistant general manager, with comparatively light duties. For seven or eight years past his title had been assistant to the gen eral manager and was in especial charge of insurance and leases.
 Captain Green was not only one or the most efficient railroad officials In the country. but he was a man of inc tralts of character eonslderate of those under him, straightforward in all his dealings and full of the spirit of eomradeship He leaves a wife but no children.
 It was a sad coincidence that the death of Mir Turk. the veteran chief or inc passenger department of the Southern. and the death of Captain Green. the old est officials of the Southern in point of service, occurred only eight days apart. Both men are greatly lamented
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18
Queer Facts About Books.

Oddly enough, we can know more about the really ancient Oriental books and hence about Oriental history generally, than we shall eyer be able to find out about more recent people. As Dr. Henry Smith Williams explains in Harper's for May, in writing of The Primitive Book the Babylonian and Assyrian books con sisted of clay tablets, prisms and cylin- ders baked by the sun or in an oven into almost imperishable hardness, so that they have come down to us exactly as they left the hands of the ancients. But the later oreeks and Romans preserved their records on materials-papyrus or parchment-whic have not endured the test of time Dr. Williams records many valuable and surprising facts about early hnols and bool<makerS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
Ie New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 A person is pretty smart not to think he is smarter than he is.
 The servant problem is not only how to keep those you wont, but to get rid of those you don't want.
 It's just the irony of fate to have the furnace want to draw like whirlwind in the warming weather
 From the way a woman acts when she goes out in a new spring hat you'd think she was scorching in a big red automo- bile.
 It is no use to save money by stopping drinking because of what you have to give your wife, who believes you save ten times as much that way as you do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18
FROM THE PERIODICALS

From Town Topics
 John D. Rockefeller has come to the res- cue of the Johns Hopkins hospital in Bal timore with a gift of half a million dol. lars. The institution found itself in sore straits when the Baltimore fire swept away almost it's entire edowment. coa- sisting principally of warehouses They were practically uninsured for the hos pital a short time ago decided to insurs it's own property. Johns Hopkins uni- versity was put into similar plight when the Baltimore and Ohio went int the hands of a receiver, for the greater part of it's endowment was in that com pany's stock, and it was unable to meet the assessment. Few men care to contrib ute large sums toward the monument af another man. They want to raise monu- ments to themselves. as a certain Scotch. American laird is attempting to do by clustering his name on libraries in this country and in Great Britain. All the greater credit is due MT. Rockefeller
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18
The Perfect Waiter.

From the London Telegraph.
 The complete waiter like the angler and the poet. is born, not made For tunately. however for the comfort of the world a great waiter is born a good deal more frequently than a great poet Both must have remarkable combina- ton of faculties: the perfect waiter must handle the knife like skilled surgeon, plates, dishes forks and spoons like d conjurer, know as much of the dishes he serves as any epicure, be as quick on his feet as a balet-girl, and as sweet ia his temper an angel If is a tribute to the possibilities of human nature to say that such admirable Crichtons can be found.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18
Seoul. the Capital of Korea.

H. G. Ponting in Harper's Weekly.
 Seoul is walled city of nearly a quar- ter of million inhabitants, about a third of whom live in extensive extra mural suburbs The wall is pierced by eight gateways of massive stone, each with a pagoda- shaped tower of one or two stories above it, The nearest of these to the railway station is the west gate ''The Gate to Bright Amiability,' and tiis by this portal that almost every visitor en- ters the capital of the Hermit Kingdom The name of the city, by the way, is pro- nounced precisely as we would pronounce the female pig with an l added-i e., Sowl. l have never heard Korean pro- nounce the name in any other way
 The word means Capital" nothing more; but if there is small beauty or originality about the name of the city, there certainly is about it's location, for anything more strikingly picturesque than the site of the Korean metropolis would indeed be difficult to find. The city stands in little valley almost surrounded by rugged, corrugated peaks High along the top of this mountain ridge runs the city wall Deep into the gulles it dips, rising now and again to scale the steep est slopes and crown the summits of the loftiest pinnacles. Enclosed within this snakelike barrier Is such strange con- tract between wretched novels and splen- did palaces. purposeless loafers and hur- rying crowds. broad streets and labyrin- thine alleys. spotless cleanliness and un- speakable filth, as I doubt could be equalled elsewhere on earth.
 Along several of the main streets are trolley lines. and every few minutes a modern American electric car whils past us we'll patronized with Koreans both men and women.
 Seoul of the past is fast becoming ex- tinct A modern red brick building, head quarters of the American Electric com pany, rises in the centre of the town. and from its tower stately churches and lega- ton buildings can be seen towering above the squat houses of the natives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

year or more. has been transferred to St. Peters church. Montgomery.
 Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson and Edward deGraffenreid of Greensboro came up last night and are at the Hillman. A. E. sheden of Mt Pleasant Tenn, is at the Morris.
 H. A. Rosner of Chicago is in the city. W Adams Garsney is registered at the Hillman.
 w O'Neal of vick is at the Morris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18
Misunderstood.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Tess-A friend of mine was telling me today of a splendid seashore resort on the Massachusetts coast I think it's called Medford Beach.
 Jess-Oh I've been there That was where l caught that big lobster last sum mer, don't you know?
 Tess-No. dear, l hadn't heard. What is his name?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18
About Persons.

F. H. Miller of Montgomery is at the Hillman.
 w. T. Palmanter of New York is reg istered at the St. Nicholas.
 Capt. John R. Johnson of Christainburg, Va, is at the Colonial.
 L. E. Inge of Washington is stopping at the Morris.
 T. Goodman of Louisville is stopping at the Colonial
 The Rev. Father Eton. who has been an assistant at St. Pauls church for a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18
Reported Plot is croundIess.

Rome, April 17-Judging from the infor- nation which 1t has received. the Italian government considers as groundless the plot alleged to have been matched at Marseilles to kill President Loubet dur ing his coming visit to Italy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18
Lucky.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 If it is true that the Russian soldiers are eating their horses in lieu of ordinary rations 1t is lucky for them that the Russian government hasn't adopted au- tomobiles for its cavalry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

Few politicians long remain in the po- sition of Johnny on the spot The great public is very forgetful. and the poiti- clans become negligent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

Andrew Carnegies contribution of one million dollars is anxiously awaited by the republican campaign committee. It may have been lost in the mails.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

A St. Louis man says hop tea is beer, and Secretary Shaw says frogs are poul- try Black will yet be declared white by these moderners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

No aspirant will have a walkover al St Louis. Chicago is where the cut-and- dried business Is to be transacted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

Senator Fairbanks was born in Ohio, and all republicans know the vice presi- dential nomination can be forced upon him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

Joe Folk is not a giant physically being
 only five feet six, but to the boodlers he looks fully ten feet high with an advanc- ing tendency
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

Charles M. Schwab has left high feenanee to become a student He should study how to keep out of such enter prses as the shipbuildng trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

The New York republicans did not show much enthusiasm when they endorsed President Roosevelt. It was a very formal affair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

The crafty Japanese will become craftier as the war progresses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

The Coal Barons have accumulated an- ether hard-hitting athlete, and is ready for the grand struggle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

Ohio has nine Ohioans in the senate, met and thousands in the departments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

Kansas begins to think Senator Peffers whiskers were better than Senator Bur tons short hair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

William Alden Smith declines to with draw Speaker Cannon from the presiden- tial racetial race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

The wild support of Parker by the Att lanta Journal is only matched by the untamed support of Hearst by the At lanta News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

Census bureau counts and census bureau guesses are two different things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

After a while we will get something new from Newchang.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

The Parker boom may be eliminating, and July is more than two months away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

The peach tree confesses it is in condi- ton to produce an unprecedented crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

It may have been its name after all- the Petroplavovsk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

Presidential predictions should be post poned to November.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-18

Frank V. Evans. W. D. Bankston and R. L. O'Neal Jr.. are the only authorized travelling representatives of the Age-fier- aid in its circulation department
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-16
N THE CITY CouRT.

In the city court yesterday morning Bigio Scasino, charged with the theft of ring, was allowed to go, a nolle being entered.
 Judgment was suspended in the case of theft against Patrick J. Sullivan, who was alleged to have stolen an over coat.
 The police are looking for more cases against Grace Moore, who was arrest cd for stealing from a family on Syl- van avenue, where she worked as do- nestle. The matter will come up next Monday.
 Detective McGrath mas arrested at the jail Albert Havlin as a fugitive from Manchester N. H. Havlin was arrested for defrauding societies in Naugatuck. He is wanted for the same offense in Manchester. His bond here is $1,000.
 John F. Coyne was fined $5 and costs for breach of the peace.
 vincenzo and Peter Di Stasio were tried on the charge of assault with in tent to kill, committed on Frank A. Reilly. They were represented by At torneys Goodhart and Spreyer. Self defense was the defense. Vincenzo was fined $50 and costs and Peter $lO and costs
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-16
AT HoTcHKIss SCHOOL.
Two Cases of Scarlet Fever-Pupils AL
 lowed to Go Home.

Two Cases of Scarlet Fever-Pupils AL
 lowed to Go Home.
 Lakeville, Jan. 15.-All the pupils in the Hetchkiss preparatory school have been notified that those who wish to go to their home may do so.
 The following authoritative statement was given out at the school this after noon:
 Two mild cases of scarlet fever have appeared in the Hotchkiss school, which seem to have been contracted during the Christmas vacation.
 These cases were promptly and properly isolated. and the health au- thorities believe there is no danger inn mediately of contagion to the rest of the school. In difference, however, to the possible anxiety of some parents, the school authorities have permitted boys who wished to go home to leave school temporarily"
 It is understood that number of the boys have already left the school, but that the school will not necessarily be closed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-16
BLowPIPE sHARPsHooTERs.
The Remarkable Weapon of the Indians
 of Guiana

The Remarkable Weapon of the Indians
 of Guiana.
 The e two kinds of blowpipes in use among the Indians of Guiana. The l first, called the poocoona, is made of the oorah reeS his remarkable reed l is found in tue Q River only, and 1 there only at ( spots. The oorah grows to the he of at least thirty l feet, and the basa point, of which the blowpipe is made, ~ lonrteen or fifteen feet long, straight # an arrow and without knot.
 | The inside of the reed is as smooth as glass, hence the facility with which the dart traverses it. Very little of the reed is cut away, so that the pipe is about twelve feet long, and is so strong 1 that when held horizontally there is not the least bend in it.
 The reed, having been carefully se-' lected, cut and prepared, is inclosed in a small, thin palm trunk which is split open for the purpose, scraped thin as wafer, and then repoined with the reed in the center. This palm, for length, straightness and lightness, is as
 
 pipe, when finished, never weighs more | than a pound and half or a pound and three-quarters. Both the mouth or muzzle, and the breech are be- mouthed the bell pieces being fixed on.
 There are front and back sights, the 1 latter formed of the curved teeth of the dasyprocta acouchi, a species of rodent somewhat larger in size than a wild rabbit two of the incisors of this ani- maj are fixed on the breech of the pipe | by means of wax. The teeth being placed parallel to each other and very close together, the sight is made in the same way, but it more often consists of the single sharp tooth of a fish. It is placed about foot back from the mug gle, the back sight being affixed four | feet long the tube, so that it is a con- siderable distance from the eye when l aiming.
 | The missile used with this tube is Imisnamed an arrow. It is really dart, scarcely bigger than a large darning needle, and with point quite as fine. The dart is made of the rib of the coo cooreete palm leaf, and is so heavy | that 1t will sink in water. It is about seven inches in length, not thicker than a large needle, and the usual number that an Indian carries with him when shooting is from 50 to 800, ready poison ed but not prepared with the necessary cotton plugs.
 | These darts are strung together something like reeds on which soft cheeses are placed and then rolled on stick and carried in a. quiver, points upmost, it being requisite to protect them from every chance of being brok- enen or dulled To protect the hand when handling them the top of the stick is furnished with a small, weel- | like shield.
 The fine points are given to the darts by means of the teeth of the devilfish (serrasalmus pirava), and the cotton with which they are plugged before use is found growing wild It is bound to lthe base of the dart with thread made of silk grass; this thread, with was ob- tained from several trees, being largely used also in making the blowpipe.- FromLongman's Magazine.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-16
VARIOUS SOCIAL EVENTS.
STATE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL
 DANES MET
At Mrs. wiili.ton Walkers Yesterday State Regents' Council Met at tho New Haven House-whist Party at Mrs. Lunn's-Reespsion at nir. and aIrs. H. c. warrsn's Teddy.

The meeting of the Colonial Danes was held at the home of Mrs. Williston Walker, 2S1 Edwards street, yesterday afternoon at S:3O. A very finely writ ten paper on "The Diary of a Colonial Churchman'' was read by Mrs. Elmer Goodrich of Derby. Mrs. Walker s Colonial Home is a perfect reproduction of an old colonial home, with its open fire places and rare old peces of antique furniture, china and bric-a-brac.
 The beautiful vases, yellow and white, narcissus, colonial colors, adorned the parlors, while pink geraniums and maid en hair ferns with the rare china and silver beautified the dining room. Af- ter the exercises Mrs. Hadley, wife of President Hadley of Yale, and Miss Emily Whitney poured the tea. Light refreshments were served and social hour was enjoyed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-16
MARGARET HAcKETr.

Miss Margaret Hackett. twenty three years old, died at the home of her sis ter, Mrs. Charles E. Thomas. 145 Port sea street, yesterday, from injuries re- ceived by the explosion of a kitchen stove on January 5. Miss Hackett was in the kitchen when the explosion oc- cured, and a flying piece of iron went through her right leg. inflicting ter rible wound. Miss Hackett had lived with MT. and Mrs. Thomas for several years MT. Thomas is a fireman.
 The funeral will be held from the res idence of her sister Monday morning at S:3o and from the Church of the Sacred Heart at 9 o'clock. The interment will be in St. Lawrence cemetery.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-16
DWIGHT PLACE cHuRcH.

The topic of Dr. Leete's discourse Sunday night is How Far Do the Re |ligious Experiences in Hymns Core |spond to the Experiences Which May |Be Expected To-day?" Illustrative hymns will be sung in an enthusiastic praise service J. Richard North assist ling the choir with the cornet. Appro- Ipriate anthems by the quartette. This
 will be unique service and still fur Ither emphasize the thought of last Sun day evenings union meeting. Printed programmes given out at the door and everybody welcome.
 Beside the mid-week. service Tuesday |evening at this church there will be a
 supper served by the ladies on We'd |nesday evening at 6:30 o'clock, to which |any friend of the church is invited.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-16
BANK ELECTIONS.

National New Haven and First Nation
 ai Choose Officers.
 Two of the national banks held drec- tors meetings yesterday for the pur- pose of electing officers for the ensuing year.
 At the National New Haven bank the following were elected: President, Wilbur F. Day; cashier, Frank D. Trowbridge; assistant cashier, Edward E. Mix; paying teller, Charles H. Ray mond; receiving teller, Wilbur F. Day, jr.; assistant bookkeeper, James W. Woodworth; clerk, Frederick H. Par dee.
 At the First National bank these off, cers were lected: President, Pierce N. Welch; president, Thomas Hooker; cashier, F. B. Bunnell.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-16
SACRED CONCERT
At the Zion Methodist Episcopal

At the Zion Methodist Episcopal
 Church..
 The Zion M. E. church on Foote street gave a sacred concert in the church on Thursday night. The church has late ly been fitted out with new gas fixtures, and the proceeds of the concert were for this purpose. The attendance was large. Miss Mary Newcomb, Mrs. Flor cree Peters and Professor Morris, of New York, rendered some fine selec- tions.
 Addresses were made by Rev. MT. Powell, Rev. MT. Hoxtor, Rev. MT. Jen- nings and Rev. J. w. Davis. The com- rnittee is much pleased with the success of the affair.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-16
SUPREME COURT NEXT WEEK.
 The supreme court of errors for this district will convene in New Haven on Tuesday and will consider number of appeals.
CONSPIRACY CASES.

State Attorney William H. Williams has granted the request of Attorneys Maher and Sullivan for an increased number of challenges of the jurors inn panelled in the cases against the New Haven striking teamsters charged with conspiracy.
 It was stated yesterday afternoon that thetrial of the nine teamsters would start next Wednesday morning, and the chances are that it will take up the entire week. The men to be tried in squad of nine are Orin S. Stockford, William Talmadge, Peter Flynn, Percy Cornelius, John Mitchell Philip Daley, Theodore Beck, George Stebbins and John Ashton.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-16
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.

A IuOllOn TOT ulSclOSure ana discovery
 by the plaintiff in the case of Lewisohn
 Brothers, of New York, against E. G.
 Stoddard ct al came up in the short
 calendar session of the superior court yesterday morning before Judge Thay-
 CT. Owing to the fact that Judge Hem Try Stoddard, counsel for one of the de-
 fendantS, was out of the city it was
 agreed to keep it on the short calendar
 for week. The case will prove an in- i teresting one before it is wound up It 1 is brought by Frederick and Walter
 Lewisohn, the well-known New York
 commission merchants, against several
 prominent men in this city and state,
 all of whom are alleged to have been
 stockholders in the Pittsburg and St. Louis Zinc and Land company, now out of existence. Plaintiffs in the case claim that they are the holders of thirty
 mortgage bonds of the company, and considerable stock They state that in January, 1896, the defendants sold the
 entire property of the company to James D. Mcdonald, of Pittsburg, for $50,000 without the Knowledge and con- sent of the mortgagors. The plaintiffs claim $75OO0
 The defendants, as named in the com- plaint, are E. G. Stoddard and E. S.. Bristol, of this city, w. H. R. Dubois,
 of Bridgeport, Frank L. Stiles, of North Haven, Louis F. Heublein, of Hartford, Horace R. Butler, of Middletown, Rob- ert H. Chapman, of Torrington, Albert H. Grief, of Pittsburg, Kansas; $. F. nf Fairman, adminstratrix of the estate
 of J. Yale Fairman, formerly of Mid- uletown. Mir. Dubois was the treas-
 urer and secretary of the company, and yesterdays motion is brought to make
 him produce the books, papers, etc. of the company showing all of it's transac- tions
 Another case that came up on a mo- tion yesterday morning was that of Au-
 gust Nelson ys William Gay ct al., one
 of the oldest cases in the court. It was
 brought in 1895. A motion was made by the plaintiffs counsel, Stoddard &
 Goodhart, for default for failure to file
 an answer It was on the settlement
 of the Duncan hall property on Chapel
 street, built by William Gay and his brothers.
 Judge W. B. Stoddard, of Milford, ad-
 dressed the court offering the motion, saying that no answer to the plaintiffs s allegations had been filed. If your honor pleases," said Attorney Arvine, representing the defendant, the answer was filed seven years ago" and the sur prising statement proved true. n. 4t.- oc- f | counsel in the matter Judge Thayer
 said he would take the papers and give his decision later.
 SUPREME COURT NEXT WEEK. The supreme court of errors for this
 district will convene in New Haven on Tuesday and will consider number of | appeals.