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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
Gold Production Last Year.

The report of the director of the
mint covers the calendar year He
shows that Scountry produced In
1903 gold to the value of $74,425, $40,
and silver to the value OF $50 ,520,688
In round figures, gold production was
decreased five and half millions, and
silver about one million dollars, when
compared with the productions of the
previous year. These decreases were
chiefly due to a miners strike in Colo
RADIO If no strike had taken place in
Colorado there would have been an
increase In the production of gold, al
though the season of running water in
Alaska was cut short about a month.
Colorado is the leading gold state, fol-
lowed in order by California, Alaska,
Utah, Arizona, Montana, Nevada, South
Dakota, Idaho and Oregon. No other
state produced last year million dol
lars.
The southern production was as fol
lows: South Carolina, $1O2,573; North
Carolina, $97,571; Georgia, $63,372;
Alabama, $50S5; Virginia, s4506:
Maryland, $500, and Tennessee, SAL.
These figures are not very dazzling,
but they serve to show that there Is
gold all along the Blue Ridge, which
can be gathered If the latest devised
appliances are employed. The gold
bearing rocks in the south contain low
percentages of gold, and the need of
the best machinery and the best meth
DDS Is therefore imperative.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
Mr.. Lazarus Plan.

In view, of the many discussions afloat
as to how to protect the patrons of a
theatre in case of a fire M. Lazarus. a
well known theatre goer, has suggested
a unique idea. He thinks that the plans Of
having ample exits and asbestos curtains
would be more valuable If the regular
patrons of theatre knew the exact To-
cation of the exits and how to get out in
case they reached them.
Il would suggest he said, that on
certain nights. designated by the man
agement of play house, the plan be
worked SO that in case of actual danger
the people would know what they are
doing. According to this plan the man
agement should notify the people thr ough
the newspapers on what nights the exits
would be thrown open after the perfor-
nance. Being thus notified in advance
the people would be prepared and when
some one came before the curtain and
announced that the exits were open the
idea could be put into practical oper-
alton.
"In other wards" said Mr.. Lazarus,
there is no reason why people could not
be trained on what to do in theatre
in case of emergency the same as
children are trained in the public schools.
BY notifying everybody in advance there
would be no reason for alarm when the
announcement was made and thus all
danger of a sudden panic would be avert
ed.
There is no copyright on this plan
and any theatrical manager has the right
to experiment"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

From the New York Christian Advocate
IN CRITIC says: I'm spite of Herbert
W7N Spencer's encyclopedia grasp of
4 details, he was less capable of
abstract thought than almost any man
of high intellectual powers in ancient or
modern times Some have drawn a par
allel between him and Socrates, expressed
in this way: LAS Socrates persisted in his
questions until his opponent was brought
to confess that what he supposed he knew
he did not know, so Spencer demanded
that every thought should be subjected to
a bringing out process" The following is
probably the best short statement of his
doctrine of the Unknowable;
After no matter how great a progress
in the OBLIGATION of facts and the estab-
4 lishment of congratulations ever wider
and wider-after the merging of limited
| and derivative truths in truths that are
larger and deep has been carried no mat
ter how far, the fundamental truth re-
mains as much beyond reach as ever. The
| explanation of that which Is applicable
does not bring out into greater clearness
| the inexplicableness of that which re-
mains behind. Alike in the external and
internal worlds. the man of science sees
himself in the midst of perpetual changes
of which he can discover neither the be-
ginning nor the end. If. tracing back the
evolution of things, he allows himself to
entertain the hypothesis that the uni
verse once existed in diffused form, he
finds it utterly impossible to conceive
| how this came to be so; and equally, If
| he speculates on the future, he can as
| sign no limit to the grand succession of
phenomena ever unfolding themselves be-
| fore him. In like manner, IL he looks in
ward, he perceives that both ends of the
threads of consciousness are beyond his
grasp; nay, beyond his power TO think
of as having existed or as existing in time
| to come.
| When again he turns from the success
sion of phenomena, external or internal, to
their intrinsic nature, he is just as much
at fault. Supposing him in every case
able to resolve the appearances, properties
and movement of things into manifesto
lions of force in space and time, he still
| finds that force, space and time pass all
understanding. Similarly, though the
analysis of mental actions may finally
l
bring him down to sensations, as the
original materials out of which all thought
is woven. yet he is little forwarder for
| he can give no account either of sensa-
| tions themselves or of that something
which Is conscious of sensations. Objec-
tive and subjective things he thus ascer-
tains to be alike inscrutable in their SUBJ
stance and genesis.
| In all directions his investigations even
tually bring him face to face with an in
| soluble enigma; he learns at once the
greatness and the littleness of the human
| intellect--its power in dealing with all
that comes within the rangs of expert
ence; its impotence in dealing with all
| that transcends experience. He realizes
| with a special vividness the utter incom-
prehensibleness Of the simplest fact con-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
ALL THE TIES
For Railway in Africa Will Be of
American Yellow Pine.

Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
by, who has been called the lumber
king of the south, passed through New
Orleans today on his way to New York.
Mr.. Kirby says that he has been in
formed by his South African and English
representatives that the British govern
ment will build 10000 miles of railroad
through the dark continent, carrying out
the long cherished scheme OF Cecil
Rhodes. The crossties for the road he
says. will have to come from the south,
and principally from Texas.
"The British government Mr.. Kirby
said, has long held this plan. 1t was
delayed for a while by the labor situa-
ton but the officials in charge brought
over $4,000 Chinese laborers from China
and 100000 coolie laborers from India,
making 100000 altogether. These labor
ers are to be returned home at the end
of three years, because the British gov
eminent does not desire a repetition in
South Africa of the troubles we have had
with the Chinese in California.
1.-THE crossties required in the construc-
ton of this great railroad must come from
America, and the south is the only portion
of the country in position to furnish the
crossties. Whether our Texas mills will
get it or not 1t must go to the southern
states. A contract of such proportions as
this will take all the yellow pine mills in
all southern states all their time to fill.
The contract is bound to be awarded in
1904, and it is sure to come to America Tor
no other country can supply yellow pine
in sufficient quantities"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

From the New York Press
The average dSwntown luncheon of the
average clerk on average wages on an
average day costs from twenty-five to
forty cents. There are few tips for the
walters and fewer for the Mattresses
unless the luncher has designs. lie usually
has. Most of the leading bankers belong
to a lunch club whose dining rooms are
IN a skyscraper. midday feed costs
from 81 to s.. Some have meals served
in their private offices good many
prominent brokers are thus supplied with
fuel for their noontide consumption. The
stock exchange has a lunch club which is
open to all members who are willing to
Pay an admission fee of $50. Meals are
served upstairs in the new building at a
reasonable figure, and several hundred
brokers avail themselves of the privilege
of lunching in secluslon
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
Asbestos Curtains.

There is naturally great deal of dis
cussion now about theaters and asbestos
curtains, but comparatively few persons
are sufficiently familiar with the asbestos
question to give advice said an old
theater-goer who has had several years
experience in architectural work.
Il have read many encyclopaedia arti-
Giles on asbestos. and its use in the arts
and was struck with an interview given
out by a New York theater manager on
stage curtains made Of this material.
What this manager said was sensible and
instructive.
An asbestos curtain remarked the
manager should be made OF pure cloth
of from one-sixteenth to one-eighth OF an
inch thick There are two grades OF as
bestos cloth. known in the trade as pure
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
Rural Free Delivery.

At the end OF the last fiscal year
Alabama had but 129 rural free deliv-
cry routes out of 1919 in the country
Iowa had 1884! Iowa goes republican
and Alabama goes democratic That
is all there is of 1t, and we need not
dwell upon II.
Take, for example, Washington
county, Pennsylvania. 1t is a raugged
county in the soft coal district south
of Pittsburg, extending from the Mo
nongahela river to the Ohio line. The
largest town in 1t is not as large as
Bessemer. It's population in 1900 was
92.181. This county had on June 80
last 1903 rural free delivery routes, or
nearly as many as there were in the
entire state of Alabama. Washington
is a political county. It is full OF
active republican politicians. and this
is why 1t had 1903 rural free delivery
routes at the end of the fiscal year,
and Alabama had but 1879. Dane county,
wisconsin, had on June 30 last So
rural free delivery routes, or more than
any congressional district in this state
has or soon will have.
While Iowa secured 1884 routes and
Alabama but 129, the average Alabama
cancellations per route per month ex.
ceeded those of Iowa. In the last six
months of the fiscal year the Alabama
routes cancelled postage stamps to the
value of $13,513. The routes in Jeffer-
son county are self-sustaining and this
can be said of but few rural free deliy-
cry routes in the country. In fact
Mr.. Bristow, who has charge of the
rural free delivery service, says in his
annual report that it is a luxury. This
is not true in Jefferson county in this
state, for the routes in this county are
self-sustaining. Probably no route in
Iowa is self-sustaining, and yet Iowa
is network oil routes.
Routes may be established wherever
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
Walker County.

The Hon. w. C. Davis of Jasper, a for
mer member of the legislature and MEM
Der of the state democratic executive
committee, is at the Morris. He is city
attorney of Jasper and is representing
the city in the fight that is being made
on the dispensary in Walker county.
Mr.. Davis refused to discuss the merits
of his case otherwise than to say: Il
leave tomorrow for Montgomery to look
after some legal matters. The dispensary
Is proving very popular with the people
in our county. 1t is working satisfactor-
lily and the opposition is melting away"
When asked as to his views on the
primary plan he said; II favor a gen.
eral primary in August; also l favor a
plan by which each candidate shall be
nominated by a majority vote. Under
the old convention plan two-thirds of the
delegates would have to combine on a
man before he could be nominated La
ter the nominating power was vested
with the majority. With the majority
rule the peoples will can be carried
out, thereby insuring the selection of
their choice"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Made Money on Cotton.

81 have met several men who claim to
have made good round sums on cotton, -
said young merchant, but most of my
friends failed to buy cotton last fall, al
though their Judgment was that there
was big money in 1t.
"0ne of my friends put up 800. and
bought 100 bales at Il cents. He sold at
II cents, and cleared about $500. Had he
watched the market and reinvested his
profits every time. the market advanced
an twenty points he would have made
several thousand dollars. But he thought
he was doing pretty well to pull out $500
more than he put up
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
IN SOME SWEET PLACE OF
SUNSET.

Herbert Bates in Songs of Exile"
In some sweet place of sunset, where
the sun
Sinks and SO passes, and the rounded
sea
And vacant sky. still. though the day be
done,
Pulse with his pale diminished memory,
So the old luster of those living days,
When. one with Nature, in her haunts
/ dwelt,
And sought the hill-tops through the
salt sea-haze,
And pierced the unwilling wood. or glad
ly knelt
Beside some virgin spring, all rock-em-
lowered
All these old lusters in my soul still
CLEAN,
And through these barren plains walk.
uncovered,
with sweet diminished radiances OF
Pale visions, quick to vanish, could l see,
Ger eastern hills mine old land smile
to ma!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
ATTACKING the Democratic Leader.

The Montgomery Advertiser is hop
ing against hope that Grover Cleveland
will be forced into the Presidency even
against his conclusive and unalter-
able" determination, and while 1t is
hoping for a recrudescence of Grover,
it fills in the time by abusing Arthur
Pue German. 1t recently indicted him
of grave offenses, there being three
counts in it's bill which cannot be said
to be overture.
On the money question 1t says Leader
Williams policy is the better, because 1t
lis one Of ideas rather than schemes
The Advertiser does not stop to explain
what all this means. 1t probably means
words, words, words.
The second count relates to Panama.
The Advertiser prefers Mr.. Williams
plan to Mr.. Germans, and yet the two
plans are as near alike as two peas in
a pod. The Advertiser does not show
any difference between the two, simply
because none exists. 1t, however, goes
out of the way to declare Mr.. German
has become "purist for the first time
in his life," and is laboring to defeat
the Panama treaty. AS a matter OF
fact Mr.. German has not said how he
will vote when the final vote Is
taken. Purists in literature are common
enough, but a purist in politics Is some
thing new unoer the sun. The Adver-
tiser should tell its readers what a
purist in politics is. Does 1t mean to
suggest that Mr.. German has hereto
fore been an impurist? If so, let 1t say
SO in black and white.
The last count relates to the tariff
and the trusts. The Advertiser asserts
that Mr.. German is aiding the Dingley
tariff in establishing trusts, and that IL
the latter are dislodged it 1t will have
to be done lover his protest The
esteemed Advertiser is respectfully in
vited to present the evidence upon
which 1t POUNDS this unheard-of charge
against the democratic leader of the
senate, the trusted adviser of his party
Either the evidence should be pre-
scented. or the charge withdrawn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
Distinguished Albanian.

William Garrett Brown of Cambridge,
Mass, is in Birmingham on a visit to his
brother, w. r. Brown. He was born in
Marion. Ala, and graduated with high
honors at Harvard. He now fills the
position of assistant librarian. in charge
of the southern history section at Har-
ward.
Mr.. Brown is only "a years of age but
he is the author of five valuable and
widely read books-"Lower South in
American History" Life Of Andrew
Jackson" Life of Stephen A. Douglas"
Gentlemen of the South" and Com
promise of Life.
His sixth work. entitled History of the
Reconstruction Period" is now In the
hands of the publisher. Few young men
of the south have won greater distinction
in the intellectual world than Mr.. Brown
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
New York Press.

From the New York Press.
A happy bride Is just foolish enough
to have an innocent widow around the
house all the time.
When man no longer remembers to
tell his wife her pretty toes are like
rosebuds to him 1t is sign the honey
moon Is past
1t takes a woman lifetime to discover
that she can't make man like her cigars
any better by putting them in different
box.
The way to make girl fight against
being kissed so that she is likely to get
1t somewhere else, is to try to kiss her
on the cheek
You can make an everlasting friend Of
a woman by asking her. after you have
seen her riding in hired hack, how
much month she has to pay her coach,
man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
Colonel Bankhead on Public Questions

1.-THE Panama treaty will be ratified
said Congressman Bankhead, who was in
Birmingham enroute to Washington yes
terday.
"Of course the method of getting the
Panama route did not agree with prece-
dents on right and justice but we have 1t
now and the United States cannot afford
to go back on its word. We have recog-
nized the new republic of Panama and
there is no way out of 1t that 1 can see
now.
II have always thought the Nicaraguan
route would have been better and | still
think so. We must have a canal, howev-
er, and the best way out of the dilemma
is to accept the Panama treaty regardless
of the methods resorted to in securing it..
The people want a canal and want 1t
bad and I feel sure they are going to
have it. The treaty will most certainly
be ratified
II do not believe there will be a war
in the far east" said Col. Bankhead, re-
ferring 10 the Russo-Japanese trouble,
land l never have thought so. 1t is true
the situation is very serious and has
reached the critical stage but the powers
will never let the war begin. ] understand
that the United States, Great Britain and
France have informed Russia and Japan
that If they cannot settle their differences
they will settle the questions at issue for
them
Col Bankhead was told of the probable
visit of Captain Hobson to his district and
of his aspirations for a nomination to con-
gress. He evidently was Informed as to
the maneuvers of the Merrimac hero and
after laughingly referring to the matter
said he was like the hunter who always
went with his gun loaded. He was ready
for any kind of a surprise.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

The Chicago board of education has
a peculiar trouble on its hands. One
of the public schools bears the name
of a citizen who is now spending va
cation in the penitentiary, and it does
not know what to do about it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
THE ONLY WAY.

From the Denver Republican.
DR.. Dowie says the world is not coming
to an end for hoo years. Apparently the
man who is paying for subscription set
of books has nothing to do but keep on
doing out installment to the end
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

The marines are trying the torpedo
boat tubes on the dogs, and the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails should get busy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

Everybody should pay poll taxes this
month. This is the last month in which
they can be paid this year to any ad-
vantage at the ballot box.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

Japan does not propose to stand pat
much longer II she must fight she
wants to do lot OF It while winter
fights on her side.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

If the asbestos curtain in the Iro-
quois theatre had been efficient 400
actors would have died instead of 600
auditors.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

William Jennings Bryan sent mes
sage of good cheer to the New York
democrats. He will do his part in the
coming campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

The car was the first ruler to sug-
gest The l-ague court, and now he pro-
poses to deluge the Far East with
blood, wholly regardless of it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

A schoolboy defines a skyscraper as
an overturned and over-extended hat
at the theatre.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

1t is not considered au fait to carry
ones hands in the pockets ct Presi-
Dental reception. The detectives OBJ
ject.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

Senator Hanna has concluded that
he cannot defeat the promotion of that
great soldier, General Wood.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

The big gifts of the year aggregated
S76,0O0,000 These are not record fig
ures, but still they are very creditable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

What is to happen Is much more in
teresting than what did happen in the
dead year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

The Santo Domingo people are puz-
zled to know which is the government
and which merely revolution.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

Cheap toilet soaps are in great de-
mand in China. Civilization is march
ing on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

Let us hope a Russo-Japanese war
will not bring into our literature two
new dialects.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

The orange crop of Florida-the first
of the new years. the best since the
big freeze.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

It is best to await the course Of
diplomacy before becoming positive
over the Far Eastern question.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
.SPENCER'S WELL KNOWN
DOCTRINE BRIEFLY STATED

| sidered in itself. He, more than any
other, truly knows that in its ultimate
essence nothing can be known.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

Dowie tickled New Orleans by prom
Using to start new Zion City in their
midst without any bankruptcy attach
ment
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06
PiIino II on Him.

From the Boston Herald.
There are still a few crimes of which
General Wood has not been accused, but
bis critics are trying hard to alter this
state of affairs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

The message treatment of the canal
question will not heal all wounds or
settle all problems.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

Russia and Japan should not set a
bad example at the outset of the new
year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

Reed Smoot will be alternated with
the canal treaty, and the two will be
fought out concurrently.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

Hang up a new calendar even If you
know you will never tear off month.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

sleighing and skating. No one envies
them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

Fanfares at the White House will not
be relished by the rustic republicans.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

Panama is as aggressive in the New
World as Korea is in the Old World
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

Theatre architecture is now in the
hands of amateurs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-06

Russia cannot fight to advantage in
the winter season.