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Cañon City record., 1904-06-09
Is per cent Off
of Shirt Waists.

Both White and Colofed In
al sites. II you have not already
sopplied your needs, do 50 at this
Cañon City record., 1904-06-09

OF our very reasonable regular prices. 1t is J
Of Lawns, Lace Striped Batistes, Dimities, e
Warden patterns, at one-fourth off the regular I
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-20
Failure of the Suiiy Firm.

Another Black Friday has occurred
in the cotton market, and March
cotton was marked down nearly 200
points. The consolation, however, was
left us that December cotton went off
only 40 points The south is not at all
interested in March, while 1t has a
deep interest in December cotton. AS
long as December cotton is worth from
II to - cents the southern farmer will
not complain, and Fridays panic did
not push December cotton below 111s
cents.
The collapse of the Sully concern
cause it will render the crop subject
again to fluctuations of demand and
supply. The active efforts of such
bulls as Mr.. Sully and Mr. Brown
called into the exchanges equally act
i've and strong bears, and the raids of
either side made the cotton market
artificial beyond precedent. Manipula-
ton has been supreme. sometimes in
one direction, and sometimes in the
other. The failure of the Sully firm
will eliminate much of the artificial
element, and If the bears crowd cot
ton below its real statistical value
they. too. will be severely punished.
From this time on cotton will stand on
its own bottom, and market prices will
be close to real values.
1t is as difficult to say now. since
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-20
Rirminuham and Memphis.

The Memphis Commercial-Appea is
whistling to keep its courage up.
Along with Nashville and Atlanta it
can whistle and talk big until 1910,
but about September in that year it
will get some figures from Greater
Birmingham and Jefferson county
going to show that iron and steel mills,
and iron and coal mines, are more last
ing and more productive of population
than industries founded on disappear
ing quantities, such as pine and hard
woods Iron and steel mills made
Pittsburg, and when the Warrior Is
/ opened they will make a town even
greater than Pittsburg in the south.
The thing is as simple as an ele-
mentary sum of arithmetic. Steam
coal in this district is worth just about
dollar a ton; in Memphis it is cheap
at two dollars ton. This is the en-
tire story in nutshell There is moth
! ing to add to it, Memphis chance for
profitable manufacturing is just one
half the chance Of this district. At
present it is a little better than that,
because 1t has an open river and Bir-
mingham has not, but this district will
soon have a river that is never ice
locked, that will never have less than
615 feet on the sills of its locks. Our
mills will be two hundred miles nearer
tidewater tnan the mills of Memphis.
Memphis has many negroes, as the
census of 1900 shows, but all such
facts are of little moment. The Com
mercial-Appeal endeavors to show that
the workmen of this district are large
ly made up of negroes and convicts,
this state are now returned to the
county of their conviction. Memphis
has no suburbs. 1t has no mountains,
no mineral resources, no spindles
even no industry warranted to endure.
Trading in cotton does not make great
cities. Cheap fuel and water commune
cation are the things to tie to. Bir-
mingham has the former. and will soon
have shorter line of the latter to
tidewater than Memphis can secure.
Memphis is all right, but it is counting
chickens that will never hatch when
it says 1t will outnumber Greater Bir-
mingham in 1910. 1t can, however,
crow and keep its wings on it's legs
until the year comes that will puncture
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-20
Land Areas in This Country.

1t is often said that Jefferson's pop
ulation Is due to its size-that 1t is the
largest county in this state. This, how
ever, is not the truth as to areas in this
state. Jefferson. contains. but. 1869
square miles, while Baldwin has 1891;
Clarke, 1918; Jackson, 1853; Mobile,
1878, and Tuscaloosa, 1871 square
miles. These five counties are each
larger than Jefferson, while Covington
and Washington each contain 1000
square miles.
Etowah is the smallest county in the
state, possessing but 533 square miles
of territory In the state there are
51,540 square miles, and If this land
area were divided equally among the
counties, each would contain 769 square
miles. Forty-one counties are below
this average, while twenty-six are
ABOVE it. Butler is on the average line,
containing just 769 square miles. Bald
win is three times the size of Etowah.
The four largest counties are Baldwin,
Tuscaloosa, Mobile and Clarke; the
four smallest are Etowah, Cleburne,
Cherokee and Chambers. The four
largest contain 5453 square miles; the
four smallest but 1868 square miles, or
less than one-half
. The land area, 81 $40 square miles,
in Alabama, represents her land sur
face. only. The water surface is ITO
square miles, making the gross area of
the state 52,250 square miles. The
average state in the union contains
about $4,000 square miles, but Alabama
Is larger than Pennsylvania or New or
Ohio or Indiana or Virginia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-20

order during any notable event open to
the public.
What is Excise?
A mode or manner by which authori-
ties extortion money from the inhabi-
tants for the king to pay the national
debt
A duty which must be performed by a
man who undertakes the job.
1t Is good for us to have excise in the
open air. as the air vibrates through our
muscells.
The duty paid on goods in possession
of ships passengers, if the goods are
new. 81
In what instance would you use the ex-
preston, A Close Time?
When all the public houses close their
doors to drink customers.
When the house of parliament are not
sitting.
Is when a house is taken on lease.
when the term has expired the house is
closed
what is a pilot?
A promoted sailor to do all the work
on deck.
His duties are to see that every ship
that comes into port is perfectly clean
and has brought no disease; or a pilot
is q sea robber who robs every ship he
comes in contact with.
Give the meaning of the word fetish.
have about them a gay air, as if they
were going to a fete.
Who Was Milton?
One candidate described Milton as
Greek poet, and another. under the head
ing of Mortgage, stated that when peo-
pie do not wish their diseased relatives
to be buried they send them to mortary
to have their remains mortgaged.'
AS these answers were made by the
people of country with which we are IN
daily business relations. speaking the
same language and processing cousin
ship, their idea of the Monroe doctrine,
and the yellow peril is especially worthy
of attention.
1t might probably prove equally as In
teresting if a similar examination was
held among our own people just to as
certain what the public thinks of such
matters as: What is radium? What ID
an arc light? What is 16 to 1? What
causes the seasons What is "a vacuum?
What is the dierence between steel and
iron? What is Platonic love? Who was
Robinson Crusoe? f. l. MONkhS
Birmingham, March 10, 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-20
Furnace Parties Ponular.

Furnace parties are getting to be quite
the thing in Birmingham and the
suburbs" said gentleman yesterday. at
is novel and instructive experience to
visit one of the large furnaces or steel
plants around Birmingham, especially at
night, when the lurid fires light up the
landscape like a veritable inferno. As a
rule furnace parties are given at night,
because 1t is more convenient for every.
one to attend, it is cooler in the sum
mer, and the effect from a spectacular
point of view is much greater.
ITO one who ha S never seen great
furnace make a midnight run, the sight
is wonderful and fascinating. Even peo-
pie who have lived in view of the stacks
all their lives are greatly impressed.
While the steel plants are even more mar
velous than the furnaces. a run is in
teresting enough to suit the most exaeting
person. The iron and steel industries of
Birmingham are well worth visiting a
fact that is appreciated more by strangers
than by people here at home.s
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-20
Constitutional Amendments.

Beyond and above Senator Reed
Smoot towers a large proposition, with
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union behind it. The good women of
that organization are a great moral
force They led up to and brought on
the Smoot investigation, and if they
are united and persistent, they may be
able to perfect a constitutional amend
ment declaring polygamy crime
against the United States
Such an amendment would be offered
in defense of the family, upon which
all that is good in this country rests.
But why should not the women go
much further in a like direction? Why
not add another amendment authorlz-
ing congress to enact uniform laws for
marriage and divorce?
While we have as many sets of mar
riage and divorce laws as we have
states and territories, forty-nine in
number, all sorts of scandal and con-
fusion must occur What is valid in
one state must be respected in the
other states. What South Dakota does
cannot be showed aside by Alabama or
any other state. Interstate comfy
forbids. Lightning changes, often con-
nived at by the two parties named In
the proceedings, simply render order
and decency in any state impossible,
especially in circles that can afford the
luxury of distant divorces.
If the women will pull steadily not
only for an amendment directed
against polygamy, but also for one sub
shutting uniformity for tumble of
methods in marriages and divorces,
they will succeed, for they are the
greatest moral force in the land. The
prize is one we'll worth working for. 1t
means security and purity in the famil
means security and purity in the family.
All divorces cannot be prohibited, but
If upon congress is thrown the task
of regulating marriages and divorces.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-20

follow, as it did in 1894. The country
was dry and the marching compare
lively easy when the Japanese invaded
Korea and Manehuria in 1894; now
there are frosts, SHOWS and thaws to
encounter, and more time will be con-
sumed in placing Japanese troops in
position for offensive movements.
There will not be much fighting in
Korea this year until the Yalu is ap-
preached, but advances from the Yalu
| will be stubbornly contested. No bat
tie will be fought in this war at Ping
Yang, for the Japanese hold it. In
1894 the Japanese captured Ping Yang
with some difficulty, and then marched
northward, reaching the Yalu in Octo-
Der, fighting their way later on across
Manchuria. But the army from Ping
Yang did not single-handed capture
Port Arthur. An army of 10000 men
was landed, after the destruction of
the Chinese ships, near Port Arthur,
and it and a part of the Ping Yang
army captured Port Arthur late in No
vember The occupation of New
Chang speedily followed. Wei-Hai-Wei
was taken by still another Japanese
army in the following February. In
March China asked for peace, and no
more fighting took place.
1t is reasonably certain that the Jap
anese will this year cross the Yalu,
and endeavor to capture both Port
Arthur and New Chang. Probably they
will land an army at or near New
Chang, when the ice goes out of the
harbor, in which lies Russian CRUZ
ser. In many respects the Japanese
will repeat their campaign in 1S94-95.
and no doubt they will attempt to
duplicate it in nearly every respect.
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posed it to be. In fact the grandeur Of
the Mississippi grows on one from long
acquaintance. The more one sees Of the
grand old stream the greater Is his adj
| miration for it, and the most devoted
worshipers of the Mississippi are the
steamboat pilots who have journeyed up
and down its sluggish waters for years.
Similarly. great many tourists are
disappointed when they see Niagara falls
for the first time. They do not at once ap-
preeiate the vast volume of water that
tumbles over the preeipice and think that
the falls are much lower than they have
been described Now and then you will
find persons who look woefully disap-
pointed on entering Yellowstone park
for the first time, and Venice often ap-
pears to be a very uninteresting place.
simply because first impressions are not
always the best or the strongest"
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Old Mexico.

'There is no more interesting subject
for study and research than the history
of Old Mexico" said scholar yesterday.
yet few people are familiar with the
customs, civilization, and mythical lore
of the race that inhabited this picturesque
land before the arrival of the Spaniards
under Cortez. Nearly every school boy
knows something about the deeds of
Caesar, Alexander the Great Hannibal
and other heroes of ancient history, but
few have read extensively of the glori-
Gus regns of the Montezumas.
1.-THE Aztecs were in some respects far
in advance of the Spaniards who con-
quered them. Their history is most in
teresting and the remarkable progress
they made In some of the fine arts has
filled the student world with astonish-
ment No jewelers. or goldsmiths have
ever surpassed the Aztec artizans in carv-
ing gems or fashioning figures of gold.
The specimens that have come down to
us are marvels Of workmanship and aside
from their intrinsic value possess great
interest from the insight they give to that
wonderful race of people who lived sur
rounded with many of the refinements
and Injuries of civilization, but cowed by
a black superstition which led them to
sacrifice thousands of human victims to
their hideous idols.
1.-THE religious beliefs of the Aztecs
are considered by many students to have
been the most interesting characteristics
of the people who were civilized long
before America was discovered. They
had images of deities in stone, or gold
and precious gems, which they worshiped
with the greatest fervor, often staining
the repulsive idols with human blood.
The priesthood body of powerful and
Inscriptions men who had little regard
for the gods they pretended to serve,
really swayed ruler and people by their
threats of divine punishment So great
was the fear inspired by these murderers
that their word was law on all occasions,
and woe to the unfortunate who dared
to thwart their purposes. The bloody
sacrificial stone was the fate of many
who were slow to appease the priests
rather than the gods
II wish that more time were devoted to
the study of Old Mexico in our schools.
The subject is not only of absorbing in
trest. but is also very instructive. Pres
colts history of the conquest would make
an excellent textbook"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-20
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Hotel Hillman Cafe.

The new cafe of the Hotel Hiiiman was
opened to the public yesterday evening at
o'clock, and from this time on 1t will
be used as the regular dining room of
the hotel 1t is on the first floor and
opens on the lobby and on Nineteenth
street
The old cafe was too small to serve as
the main dining room and the partition
between it and the room adjoining was
taken out and the two apartments thrown
into one. The new place is spacious ana
has accommodations at tables Tor apout
$50 persons. 1t has been artistically deco
rated and furnished and IS surpassed IN
its metropolitan appearance by few II any
of the famous cafes of New York. It's
decoration is indeed a marvel OF elegance
and beauty. The rich mahogany wains-
coting. the walls of light green, the cell
ing of old ivory. and the floor of white
tile relieved by small lines of black or
brown make up a symphony Of color that
is singularly satisfying to the eye. AT
night the color effect is heightened by
shades of soft green over the chandelier
and the candelabra lights.
The place is well ventilated and will be
delightfully."- cool in summer There is not
single thing in the cafe. that looks cheap.
On the other hand every thing indicates
taste and refinement.
This reminds me of New York, said
Wall street man who happens to De
stopping at the Hillman, as he stepped
into the cafe for his dinner. Il had no
idea of finding any thing SO elegant in
this part of the country"
The large dining hall on the second floor
will be used hereafter only for balls
and banquets. The Hillman has always
been we'll patronized but now with its
attractive cafe on the ground floor it will
be more popular with Birmingham people
at meal hours than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-20
( ABOUT F. V. EVANS.

From the Demopolis Dispatch Mr..
Frank V. Evans, travelling correspondent
for the Birmingham Age-Herald, is in the
city this week compiling a write-up OF
the city. Mr.. Evans is a newspaper man
of considerable experience and is repre-
senting the best and most reliable daily
that reaches us on the noon train that has
recently been put in service. The Age
Herald and the wrte-up proposition
should be favorably looked upon by our
citizens, as it advertises and builds up
the city Mr. Evans was mayor of Biz
mingham before the present encumbent,
is we'll informed and Yields facile pen.
Union Springs Herald Mr.. Frank V.
Evans. special correspondent of the Age
Herald, spent Monday and Tuesday in
Uniontown, writing up the interests of
the town. The Age-Herald now. reaches
Uniontown through its agent, Mr. George
w. Long, on the 12:15 train and is gaining
many new friends.
Evans. ex-mayor of Birmingham and an
old newspaper man of ability and ex-
perience, now with the Age-Herald. is in
the city looking after the interests of his
paper. He will give our progressive city
another nice write up. Mr.. Evans is a
clever gentleman and a man of literary
attachments and an excellent journalist.
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Repeating the Chinese War.

In 1894 Japan fought on the same
fields it is fighting on today and the
Japanese leaders seem to be following
on land, the plans they adopted against
the Chinese. They began in 1894 at
Chemulpo and advanced to Ping Yang.
War was declared in 1894 on August
i, and on October 25 the Japanese, 49,
600 strong, crossed the Yalu. The
taking Of Port Arthur in 1894 was the
result Of land movement. The Chi
nese feet was first destroyed. The
Russian fleet has been bottled up, and
movement from the land side may
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-20
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT


Arthur Greedy professor of biology at
Washington university, is dead from the
results of an operation performed for ap-
pendicitis.
Miss Anna Cousins has succeeded in
climbing Mount Shasta on the back of a
pony. This mountain is the giant of the
Pacific coast range and had never been
climbed by pony before. 4.
DR. William Frederick Holcombe, for
many years distinguished physician Of
New York and a noted specialist on dis
eases of the ear and eye died recently at
the Presbyterian hospital in that city.
Lord Curzon of Keddleston, viceroy of
India, will sail from Bombay for Eng
land April on a holiday trip, At the
express desire of the British government
Lord Curzon's term of office has been
extended two years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Robinson of New
York have donated to the Harvard archi-
tectural school a collection of original
fragments of architecture, including a
NUMBER OF COflnlnlan cdplldiS, IeudlS-
sance panels, and a Roman carved frieze.
DR. Mary Walker of Washington, who
recently saved the life of a glazier by
stopping the flow of blood from his arm
with pencil and handkerchief. is a
noted physician and never appears in
public except in male attire She wears
a long Prince Albert coat and has quite
a ministerial appearance
M. Anatole LeroyBeaulieu, member of
the French institute. has postponed his
engagements to lecture at Harvard this
winter on account of the death of one
of his daughters. He has arranged new
dates, however, and will begin series
of lectures in Sanders theatre at Cam
bridge next April
Henry T. Thurber, a well known at
torney of Detroit who was secretary to
President Cleveland during his second
term, died Thursday at ST. Mary's hos
pital in that city His death followed
an operation for appendicitis. Mr.. Thur
Der was born in Monroe Mich, about
fifty years ago and was a graduate of
the University of Michigan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-20
AFRICA.

George Cossins, in the London Spectator.
She stands. with duslky head downbent,
And gloomy eyes that spell despair,
She who Is old-yet young of face
She to whom fell the dark disgrace,
Gains evil brood to bear.
She dreams of nations long since dead.
OF millions killed by fire and food,
And. tho her parted lips are sweet.
Beneath her slender, tired feet,
Run rivulets of blood
Misfortune met her at her birth;
Her children bore the brand of Cain.
Her lands the home of savage brutes,
VI songless birds-of bitter fruits
or slavery, and pain.
Her wealth has tempted many men;
But for herself not one has sighed;
And lower bows the dusky head,
From somber eyes salt tears are shed
OF bitter wounded pride!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-20
Cash In Frozen Rabbits.

From the New York Herald.
Shipments of frozen rabbits from Au-
stralia to London have grown to con-
siderable importance. In 1900 there were
exported 1888, 112 pair. In 1903 this had
increased to 3,650OOO pair. Altogether
there were utilized for the export mar
ket during that year at least 20,00O,000
rabbits, some frozen in the fur and the
rest timed. The rabbits are of the va
riety which was introduced for sport
which developed into a pest, and now,
slain for the market in lots of many
thousands, is again good fellow to
the Australians.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-20
Educational Rally.

I. w. Hill of Montgomery, state super
intendent of education, stopped at the
Norris last night en- route to Montgomery
from Marion. where he conducted an edu-
cational rally yesterday. He reports that
the schools of the state are in me condi-
ton Commencing the first of April Mr..
Hill will make tour of inspection of the
nine agriculture schools of Alabama. He
expects to spend several days in each in
stitutiOn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-20
About Persons.

Judge j. r Tyson, associate justice of
the supreme court, came up from Mont
gomery last night and is at the Morris.
Judge Tyson's reelection is generally con-
ceded
Arthur F. Kurby of Hot Springs is stop
ping at the St Nicholas
John Carraway of Selma is at the
Hilman.
w. W. Camp of New Orleans is at the
Colonial.
w. J. coniff of Montgomery is at the
Morris.
John G. Swanson of Atlanta is at the
st. Nicholas.
W. E. Bufford of Norfolk is registered
at the Colonial
C. B. Gay of Jacksonville Fla, is stop
ping at the TTillman.
green, superintendent of the Baptist state
orphanage at that place, is at the Morris.
I. P. Lee of Opelika is stopping at the
ST Nicholas
w. H. Mann of Minneapolis is at the
Hilman
B. H. Dunlap of Gadsden is registered
att the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-20
Music at the HilIman.

Professor Calmans orchestra will rem
der the following programme at the Hotel
Hillman this evening:
Overture, Hungarian Lustspiel. Kela
Bella.
Selection, Daughter of the Regiment
Donezetti.
A Norwegian Episode, Theodore Bendix
Selection The Viceroy. V. Herbert.
Selection, M mselle Napoleon, Luders
Waltz, Acclamation, Waldteufel.
Selection, Army Chaplain, Milocker
Novelette,, Tete a Tete, Wheatly
Selection. Faust. Gounod GequesD.
Hungarian Rhapsodie, List.
Requests.