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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
Gossip of Judge Parker.

Victor Smith in the New York Press
 Judge Parker Is so new to us that we are not yet sure of the spelling of his home. I have seen it three ways-Rose- mound. Rosemount and Rosemont. Rose mont rhymes better with Belmont
 How on earth does it happen that Judge Parker owns a white bull terrier of the name of Teddy? Simply enough. The dog was presented to young Parker Hall at about the time when President Roosc- welt was sweeping the state for governor. and all the world knew him best as Ted dy." Everything that children loved most just then was named Teddy" Teddy never barks. The silence of Esopus has O er-mastered even him.
 If the second story were looped off the home of Judge Parker the house would closely resemble that of the immortal Washington at Mount Vernon It has the same broad veranda extending the full length of the front. and supported by eight square columns The Parker home is on hill overlooking the Hudson washington's is on a hill overlooking the Potomac.
 It is difficult for us to accept the state ment that Parker is red-headed. yet cool: red heated. yet silent; red-headed, yet negative. I have my doubts. All the red heads have known are warm, fluent and magnetic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
Old Book Shops.

'"There is a great fascination about musty old shop filled with second hand books" said a student. There is one or more of these establishments in nearly all cities and like to wander Into them on a rainy day and spend an hour or two inspecting ancient volumes. If the books are old, battered and covered with dust they are all the more interesting and if by any good fortune l can find a spiderweb cinging to one corner l am delighted. It Is a great pleasure to search the shelves for rare books, for one never knows when he is going to discover a prize. Then, too. it is always possible to pick up a volume that you have never seen Lefore.
 The old bookshops are always quiet No matter how the busy throng may sweep rast the door, within all is peace ful and still. pale young man wearing glasses or a white-headed old gentleman with a cane may be seen turning the leaves of a favorite book and in the dim light cat is prowling about. There Is no hurry in buying no insistent clerk, no whirling cash boxes and no f1oorwalkers. You may spend half a day there and the proprietor win not object. Here is re- treat where you may be secure from the hurry and hustle of the world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD
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guage from that found in books written by other and lesser imitators. Some Of the supposed negro dialect that appears
 in eastern publications is almost 1udcrous
 and would hardly be understood by the
 average southern darkey. Nearly every
 novelist seems to have different idea as to what constitutes negro dialect and
 as a result no two of them ever write it alike.
 The death of "Oomr Paul Kruger has
 proven a fruitful theme for the poets. The grand old man was pathetic figure during the latter part of his life and the press of two continents has united in paying beautiful tribute to his character.
 Already some of the best newspaper
 poetry of the year has been inspired by the death of the Boer president. Commercialism in religion has again been illustrated by the action of Mill
 vaukee pastor who has rented advertis- ing privileges in his church to business
 men in order to raise money for im- proving the building. Space for display
 ads is leased in return for liberal dona- tions and the venture already seems to be success. While some people are in- clined to revolt at the idea of giving 8 church the interior appearance of troll ley car the pastor can excuse himself by the statement that he is 1aboring for a good cause. P C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
Crime and Its Punishment.

Memphis has Birmingham's trouble in another form It's officials do not enforce the laws Here we arrest too many and our juries will not apply to them regardless of the color line the laws of this state. It is difficult to say which IS the greater affliction- poor officials or poor juries. Both are demoralizing and detestable.
 Already several clergyman have discussed plainly the situation that puts in the jury box either incom- potent or corrupt men, and if the movement in the pulpit is carried on six months reform will be instituted that will prove of lasting good to this community. The people of Jefferson county are church-goers. and if the
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two hundred clergymen of this coun- ty plainly present the moral questions involved in the action of our tender hearted or misguided juries, change for the better will surely follow.
 It is mistake to say that clergy man should keep his eyes only on the next world. He should save one eye for this world, where character is needed to an eminent degree. Character is what we need in the jury box, but be- cause of one thing or another we do not get it. Arrests are freely made. An arrest in this county is not, how ever, considered significant if the prisoner be a white man who can command money or friends, or both. Professional jurymen whose names are drawn out of the box at every term of the court, cannot bear" to see their colleagues punished.
 We prefer the Memphis situation to the Birmingham situation. It is easier 10 procure an arrest than it is con viction. In the former case the trouble is confined to official circles. In the latter case it lies deeper, touching public sentiment and the en- tire framework of society. The clergy are certainly within the line of duty when they discuss the underlying features of society. They can render the 100000 people of Jefferson county a great service at this crisis in our home affairs. Let no guilty man escaDe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

HHERE is good chance of demo mo (CD cratic success in the November
 election The situation is inn proving every day.
 The St. Louis convention apparently made every effort in it's proceedings to butcher the party. It accidentally failed Everone looked to David Bennett Hill as the Parker spokesman. When the German forces withdrew from the contest be- fore the convention met and announced for Parker in a body they trusted to the leadership of the original Parker managers and followed them in all they wanted. In doing 50 they were led into the adoption of platform of nothings. 1t was neither fish, flesh nor fowl. Hill, always a compromiser, fell before Bryan 8 rervy and persistent fight in the commit tee on resolutions, and compromised by leaving out all reference to finance. Hill went so far in the debate in this com mittee as to announce that he did not know how Mir Parker stood on the fi- anciai question. Everybody else but Hill thought they knew, but when Hill quft lis followers quit. Hill put the successful nomination of Parker above everything. Then the New York World and a lot of financiers of New York flooded Mir. Par lSer with telegrams at Esopus begging him to speak out at once himself and not al- low Hill and his man Friday, little Billie sheehan. of .arge head and minute mind,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Davis as Boy.


 T knew Henry G. Davis, the democratic nominee for the vice presidency, when he was a young man on his fathers farm in West Virginia" said an old gentleman yesterday
 My fathers property was near the Davis farm, so that I saw much of the man who is now so much talked about. l think his chief characteristic in those days and in fact all through his life, was his straightforward honesty of purpose and his deep sincerity. Whenever MT. Davis makes up his mind to do a thing he goes directly to the bottom of the mat ter and will permit no obstacle to daunt him. When he makes a statement you may depend upon it's being true. The peo- pie of West Virginia are devoted to MT Davis and his popularity is largely due to his sound business dealings and the integrity that has distinguished his career from boyhood
 MT. Davis could not make a speech if his life depended upon 1t and therefore do not think he would be very success full as a campaign orator. He is exceed- ingly plain in speech as well as in action It would be hard to find a more demo- cratic millionaire anywhere in the coun- try. I mighth say that MT. Davis Is a typical ante-bellum business man. with all the ability and hustle necessary to success in this strenuous era.
 "One of the pest traits of Mir Davis is the affection which he cherishes for old friends and playmates He never forgets them and quite a number of his old &C., quaintances who now reside in West Vir- ginia have had cause to thank him for very material assistance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

imagine him over sixty. He Is man of great ability of energy and force. He is the most popular man in West yir- einia and his nomination makes that state as well as Maryland and Delaware surels democratic.
 Now as to the election. The solid south with Maryland. Delaware and West vir- ginia gives 16s assured electoral votes. The electoral college consists of 476 mem pers, of whom zS9 are majority. Thus we need 70 more votes. To get them we have to draw from New York 30, Wis oonsin 1s, Illinois 27. Indiana l5, New Jer- Ley F. Of course. New York is essential. With it there are many possible combi- nations which will bring about victory.
 The labor situation with the many ex- istlng strikes is right now injuring the republicans seriously There are many things fo- which Roosevelt is held respon- sible. His administration has reeked with departmental scandals for which in . measure. he is blamed Indeed the re- publicans are vulnerable at many points in this campaign while the democrats present. candidates of purity ana courage; themselves the best platform that could be written
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
Dummy Clocks confuslno.

''There are number of street clocks in Birmingham' some of them reliable time keepers and others mere dummies" said man about town. often when I am in hurry am confused by the immovabie hands of woden clock. Of course when the hands point to o'clock at 10 o'clock in the morning l know at once that thtre Is something wrong, but if the hands hap- pen to approximate the time my calcula- tions are apt to be upset unless I take another look. Jewellers wooden clocks are among the few surviving trade signs that once filled the streets. The wooden Indians. guns. keys and other images have almost dis ppeared.n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
Decline in Iron Production.

Tn the month of June iron produc- tic. rell from rate of 100000 tops to a rate of t,3o0,000 tons, and the rospect is that the July production will fall below 100000 tons. On July 1 there were but 1SS furnaces in blast, possessing weekly capacity of 272,3o1 tons, as against 21S furnaces on June i, having weekly capacity of 336. 197 tons. The weekly capacity is lower than 1t has been since Janua- " 1. The low figures of January will not be reached, but a production at the rate of 12,O00,o 900 tons year may become established.
 Tn this district the production fell in June to 124,3s1 tons, as against 135.9S2 tons in May. Twenty-four coke furnaces were in operation. All dis. tricts participate in the reduction of production, and this district is sim ply keeping step with the general movement.
 Stocks are still increasing at the merchant furnaces, standing on July l at 62o,S44 tons. an increase in a months time. of nearly one hundred thousand tons. But the increase did not take place in southern yards. Iron was piled up in northern and western yards, but not in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
The Glazier,s Art

T have just been watching two work men setting a large plate glass in a window down on Second avenue" said a gentleman yesterday, pand it is very in- teresting to see them at work. Glass is dangerous thing to handle. If a large pane should break while being held in mid air, the workmen are in danger of being severely cut by the falling pieces, and then the financial loss would be heavy, as large plate glass is quite expensive.
 But in this business as In everything else, there is an art acquired by prac- tice, and it is seldom that a skilful glazier has an accident. Though he may pick up a sheet of glass eight or ten feet long and only one-fourth of an inch in thickness. with apparent carelessness. and carry it across the street safely, 1t would not be wise for you to attempt such a feat. You would probably break it before it was safely in hand. I have seen people break an ordinary window pane before getting out of the shop. and then com plain that the salesman had given them broken glass Of course it was per- fectly sound when delivered. but little turn the wrong way had broken it. and the customer could not believe that de- spite careful handling, the fault was all his own.
 "The process of cutting is interesting, too. The profisciency of a skilled glacier is really remarkable. With the diamond he can cut a glass into any desired pat tern One stroke across its face just hard enough to make a mark, a slight tap with the instrument beneath the line, and the work is done.
 "The process is very simple. but it is necessary to strike the glass lightly on the opposite side. This fact dispelfs the novelsts stories of people cutting win dows with diamond rings and walking noiselessly in and out It cannot be done"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
Iahnr and the Meat Strike.

Tie assaults of the administration upon the meat trust were grandstand plays only. The allied companies have Increased prices and cut wages freely ever since the boasted injunction was issued. They recently cut the wages of unskilled labor down to 1612 cents an hour. The men demand 1872 cents because they can secure but forty hours of work week. , ..a
 The proposed arbitration of the is- sues involved il the strike has thus far failed because the meat trust re- fuses to take back all strikers pend ing arbitration, and it refuses also 10 pay unskiled labor 1872 cents while arbitration is progressing.
 The meat .rust handles a necessary article of food, and it exists in the birth of the sherman law, putting up t e prices of meats to consumers and putting down the prices of cattle on the hoof to producers, cutting in the meanwhile the prico of labor at will. No more obnoxious and aggressive and intolerant trust exists in this country.
 And why does it exist? To this question Mir. Roosevelt and the repub- lican party must make reply The court in session consists of the people and the case aust be tried. It cannot be postponed or jockeyed out of court It is before the highest court in the land. and the sherman law will be fully applied--if not to the meat trust then to the men who have permitted it to enjoy an unlawful existence.
 The meat trust magnates have often braved public opinion, and the chief question now is, shall untold millions be compelled to pay to the trust higher prices for food while it refuses to pay employees reasonable wages? It Is i'm proving to the utmost the strike to fatten it's own dividends. The entire combination is unlawful. It is clearly within the terms of the Sherman law as interpreted by the Supreme court and the peopl. will soon ask MT Roosevelt why he has harbored and protected it three full years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
Why Turner Failed.

From the Mobile Item.
 The hardest thing to do in this world is to whitewash a reconstruction repub- lican in the south. The human vultures who Topped their befouled wings over this stricken country during those days wear an aroma that recalls from afar the ordeal through which they forced these people to pass. Sometimes more than recanting Is necessary to purify this ilk. hence the summary smashing of the Turner vice presidential boom by Ala bama, whose fair bosom more than all others was besieged by this vermin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 There are lots more uncomfortable rooms in fiat than a grave is.
 About the hardest thing Is to kiss girl when it surprises her so that she is fall ing down stairs.
 The fun of showing off as a hospitable host is almost as great as the pain of paying the cost of it afterward.
 wife is always willing to believe any good of her husband that man tells her and any bad of him that another woman doesn't
 When a young man tells girl who has just refused him that he will die from his broken heart. she worries good deal about 1t ail the rest Of the evening while he Is playing q pretty fair game of pool somewhere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
LIKE AN UNDERrAkER.

From the Pensacola Journal.
 There is no doubt that Senator Fair banks looks the part, even if he Is not elected.-Age- Herald
 He somewhat resembles an undertaken and may, on that account. be selected to preside at the G. o. P. funeral next fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
SCRIBE TAKES A TRIP.

From the Geneva Reaper.
 The scribe went to DeFuniak Springs last week DeFuniak itself is lovely little town. ohce you get there-but get ting there is the tug The strata we pass ed through for eight long miles before ws reached the goal was either desert waste or a wasted desert, we don't know which Anyhow. we went to DeFuniak aaf week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

A young Kentuckian has just been fined $9 for kissing his best girl. If he does not kiss his best girl, what girl doe the commonwealth expect him to kiss?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

The Swiss government has decided that parents shall not be permitted to load up their helpless little ones with distressingly eccentric names, and the government will change such names on occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Senator Platt predicts a Waterloo for Parker, but fortunately the New York politician IS not bound to be de- feated just because Senator Platt says SD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Senator Platt is only T years old. He must feel very youthful when he contemplates the s1 years of Henry c. Davis, who is not too old to be in the race for the v:.e presidency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Judge Parker did not try the wire less system when he sent his telegram to St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
WHAT HE WROTE.

From the Columbus (Ga) Enquirer-Sun.
 "At least, Judge Parker is not an auth or,'' declares the Birmingham Age-Her- aid.
 It is the general impression that he wrote that telegram sent to MT. Sheehan 1t St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

The St. Louis Star distributed 12,000 fans at the St. Louis convention. It Is republican paper, but the delegates did not stop to inquire about the poli- tics of the fans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Professor Langley says the suns heat fell off last year ten per cent but he fails to mention the fact that his flying machine beat the sun out of sight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17
STOPPED TOO LONG.

From the Jackson CMiss) Clarion Ledger.
 An Alabama milkman is at the point of death as the result of being struck by fast moving train. He must have stopped too long at the water tank
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

England has not forgotten what hap pened during the Transvaal war, but she pays a willing tribute to the great ness of Paul Kruger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Santos Dumont says he will not re- turn to America and the chances ara that some Yankee Darius Green will win the prize in the St. Louis aerial derby
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Judge Parker has not made prom ise to the bandwagon, it is said This will be sad news to the two band wagon clubs in Atlanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

western paper has department called Girl News. This department differs from the customary social col umn, printing news each day from the spruce-gum factories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

If Henry G. Davis had not been blessed with longevity he would never have been nominated for vice presi- dent by the democrats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Bourke Cochran and Senator Bailey went to the St. Louis convention load ed with speeches, and those speeches are still in their midst
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Judge Parker gets into the Hudson as unconcernedly as if there were no possibility of his ever getting into the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Theodore Roosevelt is trying very hard to explain why the labor dele gates were given such frosty recep- tion at Oyster Bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Judging from the remarks made by democratic papers the editorial ears of the Chicago Chronicle are burning smartly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

A German inventor thinks he will be able to prevent seasickness by a giant gyroscope. He can get the same results by keeping the ocean still.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

'Lige Dowie, safe in Zion City, again filings defiance at King Edwsrd and other potentates of the effete east
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Judge Parker is as athletic as Mir Roosevelt, but his athleticism is not a matter of boasting or grandstand playing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Judge Parker is an Epscopalian. He did not acquire that on the farm, and he must have annexed it in Eso- pus town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Russia is paying million a day for a very unsatisfactory lot of war news.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Henry G. Davis has five children. and the race-suicide fad does not touch him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Candidate Davis has as big barrel as any of tAem outside S the Standard oil crowd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

People who have scoffed at breakfast foods and the like may yet have to subsist on such May day fare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Newport society is aghast at the idea of having to eat timed meats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

The souvenir hunters will carry off Esopus, tavern, station and all, before November.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Judge Parker should not take a bath every day. There are those who will resent it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

The Parker telegram has gone into the history and also into the cam paign
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

"Alton Parker" is the form of the name for use on unnamed babies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

The popcorn stand at Esopus station has risen several hundred per cent above par.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

West Virginia promises to become the mother of vice-presidents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Millionaires working in packing houses for 19 cents an hour present a very interesting spectacle to say the least
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Rosemount now looks down upon New York with very patronizing air.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Kansas City is on the Kaw and Mis-
 souri rivers when it is not in them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

The republicans now wish Judge Parker had strictly maintained his policy of silence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

The republican politicians begin to see that it is not walk-over this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

A good share (. West Virginia is on Candidate Davis payroll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

Frank V. Evans and R. L. ONeai, IT.. are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of the Herald in it's cir eulation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-17

1HERE is a good chance of demo- (CD cratic success in the November
 election. The situation is inn