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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05
THE WIND.

By Adelaide A. Proctor
The wind went forth DER land and sea,
Loud and free;
Foaming waters leapt up to meet it;
Stately pines bowed down to greet it;
While the wailing set
And the forests murmured sigh
Joined the cry
OF the wind that swept Ger land and sea.
The wind that blew upon the sea
Fierce and free.
Cast the bark upon the shore,
Whence 1t sailed the night before
Full of hope and glee;
And the cry of pain and death
Was but breath
Through the wind that roared upon the
sea.
The wind was whispering on the lea
Tenderly;
But the white rose felt it pass,
And the fragile stalks of gress
Shook with fear to see
All her trembling petals shed.
AS it fled
So gently by the wind upon the lea.
Blow. thou wind. upon the sea
Fierce and free,
And a gentler message send,
Where frail flowers and grasses bend.
On the sunny lea
For thy bidding still is one.
Be it done
In tenderness or wrath. on land or sea!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05
Ih. Came of Checkers.

1--WE don't hear so much about checkers
these days, and l am afraid the old game
is on the wane in Cities said gentle
man yesterday. In small country
towns, where the strenuous life is I'M
known, merchants, lawyers and farmers
may often be seen about board IN the
rear of a store in winter or out under
the spreading oak trees in summer, chew
ing old Virginny' and meditating deep
~ on the next move.
There is something restful and sooth-
ing about such scene that appeals
strongly to him who has just withdrawn
from citys turmoil And some old time
checker players are yet to be found who
dels.-- In showing their skill at the
game and spend long hours oblivlous to
all the world while they study the red
and black squares.
Checkers is a simple game and for
that reason it has proven popular among
rural storekeepers and professional men
who have more time on their hands than
they know what to do with. Whist is too
much like, work and even poker is tire
some unless there is something at stake.
But checkers was long ago laid aside
In our cities for more active amusements,
and the game has been relegated to quiet
er communities where time is more album
dant and there is nothing to distract
the attention of the players. There are
numbers of young people who have never
seen a group of men seated about a
checker board playing away for hours
at time, and perhaps it is best for their
future strenuousness that they have
never fallen beneath the slothful spell
of the game"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05

barefaeed secession was. 1t is expens-
i've, but a clear title is better than a
elouded title, especially when the ex-
penditure of hundreds of millions are
involved in the operation, as well as
the convenience of the worlds COM
merce.
All in all, the country will sustain
the proposition that looks to an ami
cable settlement of all questions at
Panama, and the democratic senators
have served the country well in lead
ing up to it. To them and to them
alone the credit is due. They COM
PEELED the administration to get withir
the traces of honor and decency.
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Forbear to Judge, for we are sinners
all.
p King Henry vi.
John Hollis Bankhead.

The Sixth district is deeply inter
ested in the opening of the Warrior.
Its coal and coke, and cement rock and
ores, and manufacturing plants, all de-
pend upon an Open Warrior for full
development. The district cannot OBJ
tain its full possibilities without 1t, and
the question that every voter in the
Sixth district should ask himself is
this, "Who can best serve us in con-
gress until we secure an Open War
rior?"
Mr.. Bankhead is serving out his
ninth term, or eighteen years. He
knows all public men and all public
methods The ms and outs of public
life in Washington are as familiar to
him as those Of his home town. 1t goes
without saying that such a man can
accomplish moroccan secure more for
bis district-than one new to congress-
ional life.
1t should be remembered, too, that
the opening Of the Warrior has become
Mr.. Bankhead's life work He got the
first appropriations for it. He caused
himself to be appointed a member of
the rivers and harbors committee, and
he won Chairman Barton over to his
own views of tho Warrior. If the DEM
Dcrats control the next house he will
he chairman of the rivers and harbors
committee. Can the Sixth district af-
ford at this time to displace such a
man? Can 1t afford to displace him
until the Warrior has six-foot slack
water navigation to the railroad bridges
the year round?
The Age-Herald has no desire to
NEEDLE unduly with the affairs of the
Sixth district, but now and then man
appears in congress whose work ex
tends beyond district lines. Mr.. Bank
head is such man. The entire min
eral district of this state needs his
services in congress. He is the senior
member from this state, the dean of
he delegation. He should be kept in
congress until an Open Warrior is an
accomplished fact.
The correspondence between Captain
Hobson and Mr.. Bankhead fully ex-
plains the situation. Mr.. Bankhead has
his hands full at Washington. Captain
Hobson has but his congressional can
yass on his hands The one is free and
the other is held down by his duties.
The Age-Herald fully appreciates Cap
tain Hobson's general intelligence, but
it sees in Mr.. Bankhead a repres enta-
rive whose experience and skill this
state and particularly this mineral dis
trict needs at Washington. 1t hopes
to see Captain Hobson win some other
place in the public eye fully adapted
to his well-known capacity and just
ambition.
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Decatur Accommodation.

''The new train between Birmingham
and Decatur, which was put in service
several months ago by the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, is proving a great
success" said travelling salesman with
headquarters in Birmingham.
"A travelling salesman can now leave
Birmingham on this train early in the
morning and make two stops of several
hours each and reach Decatur in time
for supper. This is a great help to US.
too. l am informed by railroad officials
that the train is proving a paying invest
ment too
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05
DESERVES BLUE RIBBON.
Mrs. Ike Roberts the Crack Shot Of
jackson County.

Scottsboro, February 4-(Special) Mrs.
Ike Roberts of Milan. this county. is the
serves the blue ribbon. Early one morning
last week Mrs. Roberts heard a comotion
among her chickens, and taking a Win
chester she went out in the yard to in
vestigate. Seeing fox running across the
field about seventy-five or eighty yards
distant. she instantly. threw the rifle to
her shoulder and at the crack of the gun
the fox tumbled over dead.
day or so afterwards Mrs. Roberts
was informed of a gang of wild turkeys
being near her house. She again took
the gun and in a short time returned
with a fine turkey gobler. The bird
weighed twenty three pounds
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05
COTTON KING WINNING
A BATTLE FOR WEALTH

| louder and louder and prices went higher
and higher Mr.. Sully stroked his small
moustache. His face was expressonless.
He watched the scene with apparent in
difference With millions of money at
his back, who could pull him down? Ger
tainly none of that bowling crew Now
and then he strolled away from the edge
of the pit always returning with the
same look of disinterestedness.
With a jerk of his head Mr. Sully sig
nailed to the only man on the floor of the
Cotton exchange who wore a high hat.
The two walked to a sunny corner behind
the blackboard out of sight of the pit.
Then the man in the high hat and Mr..
Sully returned to the pit from opposite
directions. The man in the high hat whis-
pered to floor broker. who went into the
ring, leaned over the brass railing, threw
his hands in the air and yelled price.
At the same time one of Mr.. Sullys
brokers began to yell. Up went both kinds
point the prices advanced and the voice
of the pit might have come from the
throat of whirlwind.
,
There was a pause. Mr.. Sully raised his
plump hand and cried:
Sell five thousand May at fourr'
No one seemer to take any notice Of
him. The frenzy in the pit increased Up,
up went the price. The brokers yelled
and shook their hands at each other
crouched, leaped and struggled. How
anyone could understand what anyone
else said was wonder. Yet hundreds of
thousands of bales were being bought
and sold on paper. Mr. Suly smiled.
Again he advanced to the ringside and
raised his hand, crying:
Buy five thousand May at four!"
1t was getting close to the end of the
day. Mr.. Sully watched the clock above
the oaken pulpit from which the public
calls are made. He elbowed his way into
the ring and pressed against the brass
railing. Again and again he called out
his offers. Once or twice he laughed and
nodded his head at some one across the
ring Most of the time he simply watched
and listened.
But the pale-haired. half-bald broker
at his side was throwing his arms up
and down like semaphore gone mad
and shrieking. And at every shrek the
price of cotton increased Mr.. Sulley does
not always use his own voice. AS the
closing gong struck, his broker grew
more and more vociferous:
BUY July fftyl Buy July fifty-onel
Buy July fifty-twol Buy July fifty-three
Buy July fifty-four! Buy July fifty-fivel'
After each Shrek he jotted down the
sales on a pad. raising and lowering his
body. with arms extended and fingers
outstretched like a furious camp-meet-
ing orator. Mr.. Sully looked at his agent
with curious, half-amused smile, and
then swept the ring with his glance.
When 1t was all over he put his thumbs
in the armohles of his waistcoat again
and sauntered out of the building. while
the brokers lingering in the pit drove
the price of July cotton down from 1876
cents to 1880 cents.
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

say ..teagie for teagown. At least the
word is not meritorious, and most people
will prefer to go to the trouble Of saying
trolley cars" or electric cars rather
than do such violence to a language which
has already been sorely abused. Since
electricity has become the principal and
almost universal motive power for sur
face cars. 1t is safe to say merely cars,
and most people down south get along
very well this way without hauling IN
"trolleys" or "electrics."
M. Bertillon has a new method of pho
tographing the dead for purposes of iden-
tification that is as gruesome as 1t is sue
cessful. Heretofore 1t has been found
that pictures taken after death frequently
have an unnatural, exaggerated appear
ance that is very deceptive. M. Bertillon
has discovered a method to overcome this
defect which has been found practicable
in number of cases. An injection of
glycerine into the eyes of the body causes
the lids to fly open, and the eyes to
become life-like. The lips are flushed with
red and the whole face assumes a start
ling life-like appearance which gives a
picture resembling that of a person Sbe-
fore death. Such a remarkable transfor-
nation on the face of corps reminds one
of Balzac's famous story, 1.-The Elixir OF
Life and is just a little too scientific for
squeamish persons to appreciate.
Bertillon Is the great master of human
characteristics. His studies and researches
have resulted in a system of Identifying
criminals that is a credit to human In
genuity, and his latest discovery is merely
an addition to the honors he has already
achieved.
Although people nowadays pride them
selves on the refinements of civilization
that have been attained, the whipping
post still survives in Delaware but has
not been found an institution worthy of
perpetuation. Some recent statistics show
that since November %, 1901. fifty-four
men have beer whipped the second time
in the New Castle county work house,
fourteen the third time, four the fourth
time, and one the fifth time. These figures
do not speak very strongly for the eff
cacy of the whipping post in the correc-
ton of criminals Experts generally
agree that nothing so tends to debase and
brutalze convict as the lash, especially
when applied before his companions. Such
a practice not only corrupts the criminal
but frequently results in making wardens
brutal and leads to the most inhuman
treatment of prisoners.
The whipping post is a survival of the
past and as such should be abolished.
We have gotten rid or the pillory. the
dueking stool, and the stocks, and there is
no reason why we should not dispense
with the whipping post, even though 1t re-
mains in but one state of the union. The
new scheme for reforming criminals by
educating them is the opposite extreme,
but midway between education and the
whipping post way should be found to
improve the condition of criminals.
Pc.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05

q before n ne n. history q slyl,..s
peoples has the pen and the PEN
shaping public opinion. Although the
United States, England, France and Ger
many are well supplied with capable car
toonists yet there IS always room for a
new man and all those now in service are
paid good salaries. Among American
cartoonists F. Upper seems to hold very
high place and he is certainly the most
prolific depieter of current events as well
as humorous incidents in the whole coun-
try. He draws about three pictures to
other oartoonlsts one, and is never at
a loss for new ideas. The famous Me
Kinley Minstrels' will hand his name
down to fame If he had never drawn an
other political cartoon. but in addition to
this brilliant series he has drawn hun
dreds of other pictures almost equally as
good and his cartoons appearing every
day concerning the common people
and the antics of the trust barons are
bringing smiles to thousands Of faces.
Mr. Davenport, who lectured in Bir-
mingham Wednesday evening is gener-
ally considered the ablest man in hand
ling lofty themes. Some of his cartoons
are almost stunning in their power and at
times he rises to sublime heights. Yet
Davenport can also draw a humorous
picture well and his delineations of char
acter are perhaps better than those of
any other American cartoonist Daven-
port is not very prolific in his work, al
though he can draw a face with mar
velous rapidity and one of his most
famous cartoons Lest We Forget" was
executed in less than an hour His work
generally shows careful thought and
when he finishes with a drawing 1t car
ries truth home.
There are perhaps a dozen other good
eartoonists In this country whose work
has become widely known They are
to be found in New York, Chicago and
Philadelphia, with one or two scattered
about the country. Keppler is a master
at making political cartoons, McCutcheon
is inimitable In depicting humorous satire.
and nearly all the metropolitan dailies
have able cartoonists, but Opper and
Davenport easily stand first.
There is a noticeable tendency among
eastern papers to get rid of a word in re-
ferring to electric or trolley cars. and
these aids to traffic are frequently called
"electrics," when in the hurry of the mo-
ment consideration for the Kings English
is thrown to the winds "Electricsp hos
barbarous sound. 1t is neither specific.
euphonious, nor apt To the ear it has
grating, slangy sound that is displeasing
to say the least. 1t is bad enough to
speak of electric cars as "trolleys," but
we had become partially reconciled to
that 1t is too much to expect, however,
that long suffering public will submit
to "electrics" Perhaps "electrics' had its
origin in the minds of those people who
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05
LONDON ENGLISH A BASE JARGol

From the Saturday Review.
The vigor and purity of language can
only be preserved by the fashionable
class, the class whom in matters social
everybody initiates. speaking it well. But
how can English be we'll spoken when
some of the greatest ladies speak the
idiom of Massachusetts through their
noses and large proportion of the men
cough the idiom of Frankfort from their
throts? The constant babbling of broken
English at dinner tables and In drawing
rooms is becoming quite fatiguing and as
a result the English speak their tongue
worse than 1t was ever spoken before.
Everybody knows the temptation to
speak a sort of baby pidgin- English to a
foreigner, In the strange hope that it may
be more ineligible to him. This and
the slang taught us by the Yankees have
reduced the English language os spoken
by smart people to base jargon
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that he had tried repeatedly to become
member of the club, but was rejected
each time, as was also other well known
negroes there who have been active in
the republican ranks for years. Meyers
was a member of the republican national
committee that notified Mckinley of his
nomination and he sat with the other
members at the banquet following the
notification"
About Persons.
]. w. Orr of Richmond. Va. is at the
Hillman.
A. Lang of Evergreen, is stopping at
the Norris
]. Lodge of Tuscaloosa. is at the ST.
Nicholas.
]. A. Owen of Hefin, is stopping at the
Florence.
A. G. Barrett of New York. was a late
arrival at the Hillman last night.
R. w Merritt of Greensboro. is at the
Morris.
]. ]. Shore of washington, is at the
ST Nicholas.
w. H. Kidd of Vincent, is at the Flor
ence.
S. w Reeves of Atlanta. and J. L.
Hill of Nashville, are at the Morris
]. s. Ackers of Prescott. Ariz., is at the
Hillman.
]. r. Flanagan is at the st. Nicholas.
S. w. Crook of Nashville /. stopping at
the Morris
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05
Rlrminaham,s Progress.

II have been coming to Birmingham
every few months during number OF
years, and l remark the Improvement
every time am here" said Edward Kerr
of Pittsburg,
birmingham is growing fast, and its
development is very solid. In the next
twenty-five years the south and the west
will be the richest sections of the coun-
try, and Birmingham will be a large and
rich city. The possibilities of this district
are simply incalculable.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
A girl always puts on language to match
her clothes.
A man who will make afternoon calls
with his wife isn't one.
You could never make some prudes be-
lieve they were born without any clothes
on.
1t makes a girl very indignant for a
man to kiss her without the lights being
out.
woman would rather follow intuition
and be wrong with reason than be right
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05
Governor Gives Sparks Respite.

Opelika, February 4-(Special.) --After
unanimous action by the board of pardons
requesting It, Governor Jell<s has respited
C. II. Sparks the negro murderer, for
80 days He was to have been hanged in
the Jail yard here tomorrow. He was con-
vcted of killing Jack Ingersoll. a negro
of Phoenix City.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05
Five tenement Houses Burn.

Tuscaloosa. February 4.-(Special) THE
fire department was called out this morn
ing at 10 o'clock to fire In the southern
part of the city. Five tenement houses
belonging to Mrs. Sallie H. Hester were
burned to the ground. The loss was COW
cred by insurance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT

Joseph Eustis has sued a New York
undertaken for a commission on the coffin
In which his grandfather was buried.
Senator Hanna continues very i'll at the
Arlington hotel at washington and ply
slcians state that his condition is serious.
Mayor Mcclellan of New York, has
been urged by the tax payers to put a
stop to the alleged extortions Of the gas
trust Since taking the oath of office Mr..
Mcclellan has led a strenuous life.
Emperor william of Germany, and the
empress, will start for their proposed WIS.,
1t to Italy today. They will sail from
Kiel on the imperial yacht Hohenzollern,
their immediate destination being Pal
ermo.
Earl Roberts, present commander-in-
chief of the British army, has been offer
ed the position of inspector general of the
army under the new reorganization
scheme and it is reported that he will
accept
Eduardo Acevado Diaz, the new minis
ter to the United States from Uruguay
is we'll known in South America as a wri-
ter of novels He has written a number
of books which are said to be extremely
thrilling"
Congressman William Randolph Hearst
has leased the handsome furnished resi-
dence on Jackson place In Washington
which has just been vacated by Secretary
Root. The house is the property of Ad-
miral Ludlow.
Dorothy Dix, whose clever books and
newspaper articles are widely read in the
United States, is New Orleans woman
who has achieved great success as a syn
dictate writer. Her articles are feature
of the Hearst papers.
The Journey of the Duke OF Aosta, heir
to the throne of Italy, to Paris and Brus-
sells is causing much speculation in the
European courts. but it is believed that
he will ask the hand of his sister-in-law,
Princess Louise of Orleans from his
brother, the Count of Turin.
The new Italian postage stamps were
designed by the painter Michetti. In hon
or of Marconi he devised an ingenious de-
tail for representing the inventor S
achievements. On the two-centesiml
stamps there is a telegraph pole from
which the wires hang down useless. All
the stamps were made at the express de-
sire of the Italian king, who wished to
have stamps that would reflect honor
on the home of classic art.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05

Suits are pending against Chicago
that call for $39,OOO,OOO, and the city
may be thrown into bankruptcy, in
Guiding its professors and Alderman
Hinky Dink.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05

If Prof. Langley had told the public
that he was building submarine YES
sci instead of an airship he might even
now be drawing money from Uncle
SAM
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05

When the Mississippi is down the
necessity for work on the levees is
not very apparent, but when the mighty
stream bursts its bounds jewellers in
the bottoms become exceedingly active
in piling UP anything that will stop
the flood
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05

Prof Eugene A. Smith should have
a good audience at the Commercial
club tonight, for he will discuss this
district, its needs at St. Louis, and the
good thereof
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05

John D. Rockefeller Jr., is said to
entertain presidential ambition, but he
will not push himself until 1908, by
which time his pa will own most of
the country, anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05
Tuscaloosa Wedding.

Tuscaloosa, February 4.-(Special)-
William Hammer and Miss Lille Shirley
were married Wednesday at the home OF
the brides mother, Mrs. Mary Freeman
the Rev. J. e. C, Shirley officiating. The
attendants were Miss Annie Lewis, Miss
Fannie Gay, Sam Hardin and Charley
Shirley. The bride is an attractive young
lady of Northport. while the groom Is a
prosperous young farmer Of Carrolrs
creek.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05

The citizens of Indianola have ac-
cumula.ea dry goods box, and placed
it before their postoffice, and affairs in
that town are normal again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05

The Panama canal has been dis
cussed fifty years, and at the present
rate it will take fifty years more to
dig it.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05

When King Edward opens parlia-
ment he INDUCES in more ceremony
than when opening a jackpot.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-05

Political candidates are never troub-
led with the germs of idleness until
after they get into Office.