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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
Rushinu on to Adjournment.

Congress Is hurryng away from Washington. It Is playing politics re- gardless of pending business, and noth- ing can long detain it in the capital. It will leave many bills unacted upon. The executive will soon be left in con. trol of the government, and it's acts will largely be of secret or do-noth. ing nature. No opportunity will be afforded for protests from the minor ity.
 The steady encroachment of the executive department upon that of the legislative is significant, and 1t points unmistakably to the Napoleonic type of government. Congress wilts away and disappears prematurely in order that the executive in power may, Diaz. like, be reseated. The President is all, and congress nothing. This was not so in the better days of the republic.
 When congre' adjourns the canal zone will be left without government unless simple imperialistic bill put ting all power in the hands of the Pres ident be squeezed through. The four territories that are demanding state hood will be left in their territorial conditions, although Oklahoma has more population and business than d half dozen Idahos or Wyomings, Not even the Hoar bill for the protection of the President from assas- sins will be acted upon, and important bills relating to Alaska and important bills relating to Alaska and the Philippines will be sent over to the short session, when there will not be time for the consideration of much else than appropriation bills. The long session is afraid of it's shadow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
LONGEST RUN
Ever Made at Monte Carlo Failed to
 Break the Bank.

From the New York Times.
 In Sir Henry Maxim's book on Monte Carlo, just published in London. he tells this story of how the managers of the great gambling establishment boom" things for the benefit of their money -mak- ing game Referring to the methods of the bank in its dealings with Lord Rosslyn Sam Lewis, he says:
 Upon one occasion these two gentle men approached a trente-et-quarante table and each staked maximum of 12,0O0 francs upon black. Black came up and the bank paid them 24,00o francs Again they staked the maximum on black, and again it came up. They con- tinued stalking on black till they scored seven consecutive wins when the bank was said to be broken. A bell was rung and an official of the bank approached with considerable ceremony. A demand was made. also with considerable amount of ceremony. for more money; again. with considerable ceremony, it was delivered, and play went on, black coming up every time.
 ''The bank was again broken; more money was sent for-more ceremony. This time there was great excitement, hun dreds of people were crowding about the table, and everybody that could stake a louis staked on black; and black continu- ed to come up for seventeen times.
 "Then on the eighteenth coup, which was red Lord Rosslyn and MT. Lewis each lost 12,000 francs.
 This, says Sir Hiram, was the long est run I ever witnessed at Monte Carlo However, my suspicious were aroused. did not believe for moment that the bank had actually been broken. l knew that there had been a great deal of play that day, and that the winnings at this particular table must have been heavy indeed.
 "I. therefore. remained to see the money taken from the table, when l found that it was exactly as I had ex- pected. There was at least peck of large bank notes. It had not been neces- sary for the bank to send for money at all; this had only been done for effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
TIN KING
Of America Is John c. vint, a Young
 Engllshman.


 Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati En- quirer.
 Helena, Mont.-Though the tin wealth of the country up to date has hardly been such as to permit of the creation of princely individual fortunes. John c. Vint, aged 29, an Englishman, claims the title of 'Tin King"
 Young Vint is the owner of what are probably the largest lodes of native tin to be found in the world. They are all in Alaska, in the Cape York district. and Vint's wealth reaches into the millions, something of which he himself has Gnly the vaguest notions. His fortune certainly reaches Into the millions, but how many he can only guess. He only knows that the famous tin mines of Cornwall are insignificant in compari. son with his holdings in the far north
 Leaving his England home at the age of IA, he came to the west to seek his fortune.
 After years of roaming and privations he received a letter from a Swedish friend in Alaska, telling him of an inn mense ledge of some strange mineral he had found away north of the Cape Nome district. There the couple staked claims. With Capt. John J. Healey and D. D. Bogart, of Montana, pioneer mining men of the Mountain state, he has formed a company to work the vast lodes.
 The three men left here for New York, whence they will sail for England, in a few days. They will first visit Cornwall, where they will study the methods there employed in reducing and treating tin, and then return for the purpose of build ing the necessary reduction works at Cape York and starting operations at their mines
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
SPEAKER LET THE BILL PASS.

From Washington Letter to Boston
 Transcript.
 Everybody in the house of representa- tives knew about Macs" little bill; but everybody knew, too, that the speaker would not let him call 1t up. Mac" had buttonholed about every member of the house, democrats as well as republicans, and, as they all liked him, they all said he ought to have a show for his bill. They knew from personal experience how important one of these little local meas ures may become to the member who wants 1t, though to the public at large 1t may appear entirely insignificant. Uncle Joe" Cannon had expressed his regret at refusing, but was adamantine in his intention to hold the house bus mess to the regular lines which had been laid out and not to make an exception of anything that could mar the symmetry of the party policy in process of evolu- tion. Even the President had been ap- pealed to in vain for brief loan of his influence It therefore occasioned some surprise when, shortly after the invoca- ton of the chaplain one morning. the speaker rested his eye on the member from West Junktown and announced that he would be recognized to move a sus- pension of the rules and ask unanimous consent to consider bill number five thousand blank hundred and blankety- eight. There was no objection, and In a twinkling the bill was through. Only two of the representatives present know the true story of the abandonment of party policy.
 A telegram had come summonng Mac to the bedside of his favorite sis ter, who was dying. One of the old mem- bers of the house heard about it and took the news to the speakers room.
 "Tell him want to see him. growled the speaker.
 How did you get the idea I wasn't going to let that bill come up?" demand ed Uncle Joe" in the severest tone he could command, when the discouraged and grief stricken member was brought before him. "Drat itl I only wanted to know what was in the internal bill,"i he thundered. Be in your seat when the house opens and when I point the tail of the gavel at you, you get upon your feet and make that motion. It's a good bill and 1t ought to pass, and, by the great snakes, 1t shall!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
The B'Nal B'Rrith,

Joseph Beitman. recently elected pres. ident of the Seventh District of the B'Na Rith, which includes Alabama, Arkan- sas, Mississippi Louisiana. Texas. Flor. ida and Indiana and Oklahoma terri tories, has returned from the San An. tonic meeting of the grand lodge, where he was elected.
 Mir Beitman states that the next meet. ing will be in Birmingham, and that there will be a large number of dele gates. A sesison of the local lodge oi BNai BRith will be held Sunday after. noon, and the delegates to the recent grand lodge meeting will make their re. ports,
 It is expected that committees will be appointed at the meeting Sunday after. noon to arrange for the meeting of the grand lodge. Although this Is a year off the local body wishes to have plenty oi time and to make this the largest meet ing in the history of the grand body.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28

in Jefferson county, the judges of each were appointed by the governor, each executive committee in the recent pri- mary and each was reelected to his posi- tion. These three gentlemen were Judge c. H. Mandy of Ensley. Judge Aberna- thy of Birmingham and Judge Jackson of Bessemer
 '4fhe action of the voters in the recent primary is high compliment to the governor who made the appointments as well as the judges who received the honor. At Bessemer and Ensley there was some opposition against the encum- bents of the inferior court bench, but all three candidates won their campaigns with little trouble"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
COMMENTS ON MEN AND MATTERS OF THE WORLD

not stated-and hence his radical views on the subject. According to the great inventor the turf is demoralizing England that Is the way Sir Hiram thinks of horse racing and the roulette wheel he will be advised by turfmen to stick to scien- tific problems and let other people criti- else the race course.
 Age cannot wither Madame Bernhardt. That remarkable woman, at the age when the span of human life draws to a close, is still winning triumphs on the stage. Her recent appearance as Marie Antoinette is said to have been "delici- ous impersonation' and brilliant suc- cess" This is the judgment of Paris. where the great actress is now playing. Bernhardt does not claim to possess the exlir of youth but surely the fires of genius must feed the waning glow of life.
 Since his brilliant speech In the house last Saturday Bourke Cochran has been the talk of Washington. His masterful oratory recalls to mind the days of Bryan anu OlneI OIdlOTS w nlle NIT. bTydn Is now the subject of much satirical crid- cism from the newspapers of the coun- try no one denies his ability to fill an as- sembly hall and enthrall his listeners after they have come. Cochran is man of the same mould. Perhaps these two men are the most successful speak CTS in public life today. as regards their oratory and ability to awaken enthusi- asm. Perhaps the very fact that they are good speakers betokens that neither will ever sit in the White House. Ora tory Is a minus quantity among our presidents, although nearly all of them, with the exception of Jefferson, have been able to speak after a fashion.
 District Attorney Jerome continues his energetic pursuit of Richard Garfield, but the King of Chance seems rather hard to ensnare. MT. Jerome reiterates that he can have Garfield convicted, even though his gambling witness bill has not been signed by Governor Odell. Garfield has just returned to New York on board the Etruria. Evidently he has no fear of getting into trouble in Gotham
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
From the New York Sun.

\CD bed at an unseemly hour in
 the morning In order to get to fishing by daylight Is following a rule as old as the art of angling, but a false rule" said an observant brother of the angle.
 "All game fish are night feeders. This is particularly true of trout and black bass. The fishermen of Lake Keuka, in this state' are well aware of 1t and their biggest catches of the biggest bass are made between dark and midnight
 Any one who has ever sat by some alder-skirted pool on a trout stream as night began to fall knows what lively change comes over it's surface with the passing of day. He might have sat there an hour or more, and seen no disturbance of the placid surface of the pool, save the occasional ruffing by a passing breeze.
 But with the darkening of it by the evening shades, what 8 transformation he sees! First a bulbous lifting of the water near one edge of the pool, perhaps where the alders hang lowest, that bulg- ing bit of surface Instantly breaking into a tinkling splash. and fading away in widening ripples.
 This movement Is quickly followed by similar ones, here, there, and wonder, un- til the gathering darkness hides them from his view; but the splash and tinkling of them continuing tell him that they are still disturbing the sometime quiet of the pool.
 ''The listener, If skilled angler, would know what brought about thishrdluau know what had brought about this change in the aspect of the pool He would know that with the coming of evening the winged and creeping insects that appear only at night had left their daytime hiding places and were abroad, hosts of them falling into or aimlessly alighting on the water or crawling into it, and that the trout which had been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
shakspeare's Will.

T was somewhat surprised to find that Shakespeare made no disposition of his books in his will" said student of the immortal bard, although he specifically mentions his other personal property.
 T don't know whether this circum- stance has ever been remarked before, but it is certainly strange that such an omis- sion could happen. All authors read as well as write and literary mans books are dearer to him than all other posses siors, and are generally bequeathed to some appreciative friend or relative.
 Tt must be inferred that he either used a public library, which Is scarcely pos sible, or that his works are the pure crea- tlon of his brain. which is equally doubt full The advocates of Bacon may use this point to assist their theory"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
TO A YOUNG ASS

Coleridge "Juvinile Poems" Poor little foal of an oppressed Race! l love the languid patience of thy face; And oft with gentle hand give thee
 bread, And clap thy ragged coat and pat thy
 head, But what thy dulled spirits hath dismay- That never thou dost sport along the
 glade? And (most unlike the nature of things
 young,) That earthward still thy moveiess head
 Is hung. DO thy prophetic fears anticipate, Meek child of misery, thy future fate? The starving meal and all the thousand Which patient merit of the unworthy
 takes" Or is thy sad heart thrilled with filial
 pain To see thy wretched mothers shortened
 chain? And truly. very piteous is her lot Chained to log within a narrow spot, Where the close eaten grass is scarcely
 seen, While sweet around her waves the tempt
 ing greenl Poor Ass! thy master yhould have learnt
 to show p1ty-beSt taught by Fellowship of woe! For much I fear me that he lives like
 thee, Half famished in land of luxury. How askingly its footsteps hither bend! It seems to say, And have then one
 frend?' Innocent Foal, thou poor dispised for
 lorni hail thee brother-spite of the fools
 scorni And fain would take thee with me in
 the dell Of peace and mild equality to dwell, Where toll shall call the charmer health
 his bride, And laughter tickle plenty's ribless side! How thou wouldst toss thy heels in game
 some play. And fr.rs about as lamb or kitten gay! Yea, anc nore musically sweet to me Thy dissenaut harsh bray of joy would
 be. Than warbled melodies that soothe to
 rest The aching of pale fashions vacant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
FISH DO NOT GO TO BED
 UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT

lying low in the depths of the pool had aroused to their royal feeding time.
 'If he could see or hear what was pass ing every other where along the stream he would discover the same busy, scene at every pool and reach of water. And if he should remain at the side of the stream until midnight he would hear the musical commotion continued.
 Then 1t would begin to grow less and less, until within an hour only the waters own music would be heard The time for feeding is past, the time for rest and sleep has come, and the trout have retired to their haunts beneath the roots and rock and overhanging banks surfeited, and no tempting lure could induce them to dash upon 1t.
 The person who has seen the transfor- nation that takes place in a trout pool at evening will sit in vain to see 1t disturbed again by trout rising to passing food before o'clock next morning Game fish are rarely astir before that hour in the morning, as I have demonstrated by years of close observation.
 "So when I hear the angler crawling
 
 before day. and regardless of breakfast or. at best, hastily gorging a cold bite hurrying away to be the first on the brook or lake, in the belief that day break is the time of all times to catch fish, I smile and turn over, enjoy an hour or two of that incomparable early morning sleep, get up and eat good breakfast, and go out to deliver to the trout or bass, which are just then them selves getting up, the lure the like of which they havnt known that the early angler has been vainly trying to give them for the past three hours
 ''The early bird may eaten the worm, but it isn't the early angler that catches the fish; so unless you have to get up early because your fishing ground lies at a distance, stay abed like other folk, take your regular breakfast and then by the time you get to fishing the fish will be ready for theirs.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
Bishop GaIIoway's Address.

The educational conference should print, separately, in pamphlet form, an immense edition of the address deliv- cred by Bishop Galloway on Tuesday evening. It is the sense of the racial situation in the south, and it should be printed, not so much for northern, as for southern consumption. Every important position is presented in the clearest of terms, and there is not a line in 1t that needs amendment so far at least as southern uses are con cerned.
 The entire programme of educational statesmanship and the equal protection of the law is set forth by Bishop Gal loway without qualification or evasion, and this programme should be taught to the thoughtless, the ignorant and the vicious in every part of this coun- try, the south included There is not county that does not need Bishop Galloway's clear, just and sound ex- position of the racial situation, not one
 So we say the address should be printed in vast numbers. Don't rest with the printing of it in the general proceedings of the conference, but issue a special mammoth edition of 1t, in order that steps may be taken to put 1t, If possible, in the hands of every family.
 The other addresses delivered be- fore the conference will be read by the more intelligent, each and every one of them being valuable, but Bishop Galloway's should be pushed into the hands of the rank and file who enter tain many erroneous, almost vicious, ideas. The clear-headed and eloquent Methodist pshiop from Mississippi where he was born and raised, will brush away a world of such ideas if the conference will take steps to put his address In every southern home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A man can always fool his wife by tell ing her the truth.
 It's a great shock to a man to find how light woman can be with one of those balloon shirt waists on.
 When woman says she hasn't a rag fit to wear its sign her next door neighbor has bought a new gown.
 The man who takes it as a matter of course to lose $50 on a horse race thinks 1t is highway robbery to lose $5 on a poor relation.
 It's funny how natural it would be if a girl had never seen man in her life, to act the first time she met one as if he were the eleven hundredth that had tried to marry her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
The Railway Folder.

There is nothing so easily obtainable and at the same time so useful in the home and office as the Railway folder, especially the ones which give maps on a large scale," said a business man.
 'I have learned more geography from these maps than l did from my school studies and they furthermore serve to empress upon the mind the exact loca- tion of the rivers and cities of the coun- try.
 T had occasion some time ago to make an investigation into the estate of a man who died In a little out-of-the- way place In Mexico, and after searching every geography in a book store without success. found the place marked out on a railway folder. I have now in my office full set which I value very highly"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
SENATE WAKES GAY.
From the Washington Post

From the washington Post.
 The senate had playful time over an amendment to settle certain claims on account of the war of 1912, made by Massachusetts, Maine, New York and Pennsylvania. As soon as the provision was offered, senators of other states be- gan to send up amendments.
 q move to insert California;" said Mir. Perkins, as the fun proceeded.
 California did not engage in the war of l9l2." observed Senator Kean, of New Jersey.
 'She would have been willing to en- gage in it," retorted MT. Perkins, Jocu- larly
 Iowa has been omitted" asserted MT. Allison, not to be outdone. T move that it be inserted.''
 Iowa did not engage in the war of l812,' declared MT. Kean, but MT. Aiii- son withdrew his amendment and the hilarity soon gave way to the considera- ton of civil war claims.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
POISoNS HER DAUGHTER.
Mother Is Unconcerned When Brought
 Into Court Room.

Binghampton, N. Y, April 27-Mrs. Henry Dewitt was arrested today at Sidney, charged with causing the death of her 17-year-old daughter, Florence Macintosh, by poisoning. Until today Mrs. Dewitt had always called the girl her stepdaughter. Today she admitted Florence was her own child.
 The evidence before the coroner's jury pointed strongly toward the mother having caused the girls death to obtain $2000 life insurance. Mrs Dewitt when arraigned was apparently the most unconcerned person in the room, taking her seat carelessly and picking up paper to read about her case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
Will Tie Up Passenger Traffic.

Mexico City, April 27.-Railway men insist that the Texas quarantine insti- tuted by Dr. Tabor of that state will practically tie up passenger traffic from here across the border. There are no inspectors in Mexico authorized to issue health certificates, as the Texas regulations require, and the Mexican government will not officially recognize the officers of the Texas state board of health. The matter will probably have to be settled at Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-28
WcE-PREsIDENTs AS PRESIDENTS

From the Albany Argus.
 Of all the vice presidents whom death put in the White House, not one has stayed there by the will of the people. John Tyler did not The nearest Willard Fillmore came to 1t was a know-nothing the expiration of the Taylor term, of which he had served the major portion. Andrew Johnson escaped impeachment, but his visions of the presidency crums bled to ashes. Chester A. Arthur was beaten by Blaine in the republican con- vention of 1884.