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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03
A THREAT TO OUR CIVILIZATION

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Booker Washington publishes in The
 Birmingham Age-Herald a letter, in which he calls attention to the fact that within
 the last fortnight three members of his race have been burned at the stake, one
 of the victims being a woman. Not one
 of the three, he points out. was charged
 with any crime. even remotely connected
 with abuse of white woman. In every case murder was the sole accusation, and
 all the burnings took place in broad day
 light, two of them occurring on Sunday
 afternoon in sight of Christian church. "These burnings" says he, "are in the deepest sense unjust to my race; but 1t IS
 not this injustice alone which stirs my heart These barbarous scenes. followed | as they are by the publication of the
 shocking details, are more disgraceful and degrading to the people who infiict the punishment than those who receive 1t. of the law is disregarded when negro 1 is concerned, it will soon be disregarded
 when a white man Is concerned, and, be- i sides the rule of the mob destroys the | friendly relations which should exist be- ltween the races. and injuries and inter- l feres with the material prosperity of the
 communities concerned"
 l Some people will probably say that this
 is the raving of an nsolent negro, and
 that he should be told to keep his mouth
 shut That is one way Of disposing of l the question. But it is for white men to ask themselves whether or not the state
 ments which this negro makes are true. and whether or not the conclusions
 which he reaches are well founded. Truth l is truth, no matter whether 1t be uttered 1 by white man or negro, and when we i are confronted with truth it is foolish, l and sometimes wicked to shut our eyes
 to it, painful as that truth may be.
 Booker Washington Is right. We of the
 south are becoming wofuly indifferent
 to these terrible speetacles; to these shows
 of strong flavor We are becoming ac-
 customed to the savagery of burning
 men, and even women, at the stake, and
 it is high time for us to have reckon 1 ing with ourselves.
 Before this article of Booker Washing
 toms appeared In print, Governor varda-
 man of Mississippi was called upon to
 take prompt steps to prevent negro
 man from being burned at the stake in
 that state for killing white man. as l the negro claims, in self-defense. The ] constitution of every state in the union guarantees to evry man accused of crime a fair trial by jury of his peers therefore, when a man is lynched the
 organic law of the land is trampled under | foot But that is not the sole question, | nor the main question, involved. It is 1 not alone what the white race is doing | to the negro; 1t is what the white race | is doing to itself in resorting to savagery. We cannot commit these savage crimes without feeling the reflex action upon our selves, and the more we become accus- | toned to savage exhibitions, the more | savage will we as a people become. Our very civilization is involved, and we as a l people cannot afford to be indieffrent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03
FRENCH WINES.

From the New York World
 Statistics of the French vintage of 1903 show that the total area under vine culti- vation Is now 4222, ,7l5 acres, or less by Ill., 135 acres than it was in 1902. There is a decrease of 1O0,S32,535 gallons compared with the average of the last ten years. According 10 the estimates the value of the crop is about s20o,0o00o0, and of this total rather less than s15,O0o,O00 represents the high class wines.
 In ten years the exportauon of wine from France has ranged from 3l, coo, 900 gallons to 460oO,0Oo. During the same pe- riod the importations ranged as high as 194, 900 gallons Gin 1sss), and 19o. .o0O 900 Gin 1s9a). But strictly speaking the im- ports and exports nearly balance each other. for the wine made in Algeria and Tunis brought into the mother country is reckoned as imports.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03
COMMENTS ON MEN ANE
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

C PEAKER CANNON seems to be NN furnishing more material for " anecdotes than any other public man in Washington. His smile, his ab- i sentmindedness, and his genial humor are all rich in good stories, while his un- failing popularity makes him an interest ing person to write about. Uncle Joe" has become the patron saint of good fell lowship in the capital and shines on all occasions, whether it be at social "func- tion'' or at committee meeting. For a while Mir cannon's society bow was a fruitful theme, and if reports are to be credited, was the source of much amuse- ment to young buds who took delight in introducing the speaker just to see him salaam. Recently picture of Speaker Cannons poker face' was caught by a well known artist and from his sketches ! the painter finished a picture which now adorns the walls of the appropriation com mittee rooms. Every day little incidents and little jokes emanating from the speak CT find their way Into print and amuse many thousands of readers in all parts of the United States. Mir Cannon is essentially American. The quaint humor which is a distinguishing characteristic of him is mingled with all the Yankee shrewdness that plays such an impor- tant part in American national life.
 
 The Pensacola postoffice is being flooded with mail destined for the officers and men of United States vessels that are expected to arrive in the harbor next week. So far mail has arrived for twenty six of Uncle Sams ships and more is ex- pected. The vessels that are expected to arrive are: Flagship Mayfiower. bat tleship Missouri battleship Texas, bat tleship Alabama, battleship Illinois, bat tleship Maine. battleship Massachusetts, battleship Indiana, battleship Keassarge, cruiser Montgomery, cruiser Newark, cruiser Columbia, cruiser Brooklyn, cruis- CT Minneapolis, cruiser Olympia, cruiser Yankee. monitor Florida, gunboat scor- pion, gunboat, Ila de Cuba, the Delaware, torpedo boat destroyer Whipple, torpedo boat destroyer Worden, torpedo boat de- stroyer Lawrence, collier Leondas col- Her Abaranda, training ship Hartford. From this summary It can be seen that Pensacola will have plenty of naval vis- itors for the coming week and it is quite probable that several more ships will arrive.
 The merry season Is fast approaching when poets will not only begin ito pen a few lines,' but industrious housekeep- CTS will ply the broom and husbands will seek refuge in the business districts where dusters will not be in so much evidence. It may be that spring house cleaning is necessary or 1t may be that this impor- tant ceremony is merely an outburst of good housewifery that cannot be contain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 1 HE Corn Exchange hank of Chica- N go has ordered that none of its employees shall marry on a sal- ary of less than one thousand dollars a year Strictly speaking, this rule Is the affair of the bank and its clerks. It has a public side, however, in so far as 1t operates in restraint of marriage and Is therefore against public policy, at least old fashioned public policy; 1t has more immediate and thrilling interest as a subject of cogitation and expression on the part of the Cook county "club wom- en-" a numerous and influential class Besides. the majority of almost every community has to struggle through the world on less pay than the Corn Exchange economists have marked as the lowest permissible limit for a married man.
 Should man marry on less than 5000 a year in Chicago? The Tribune of that town has collected opinions. First place to the 'club women'' They frown upon what they believe to be a rash and un- advisable experiment. Mrs. Frederick K. Bowles doesn't believe that any couple could get along on less than s15O0 a year and live in respectable neighborhood. ' So a respectable neighborhood' Is one in which everybody has at least s15OO a year or tries to make the neighbors think so. Mrs. Boyles cut down her figures a little and made this lowest possible esti- mate:
 Rent and fuel, $36e: light and cooking gas, $S6; groceries, $270; meat, s1o0; milk, s60; ice, SIP; clothing. $500: laundry. sz5; car fare. s60; incidentals, s100. Total. sls7s
 Mrs. Claribe schmitt's laundry item" is s100. She dosen't see how a bank em- ploye can live in a good neighborhood on much less than $1350. So "a good neigh borhood' is s150 a year cheaper than "a respectable neighborhood" Mrs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03
QUESTION OF MARRYING
 ON A SALARY OF 5000

George Watkins insists that bank ern-
 ployee "cannot take his wife to live in a
 cheap flat" It would be discreditable to
 the bank, we suppose. And every couple''
 should have s4OO year for "incidentals,' | Incidentals. accidentals and ''sundries'' cover a multitude of things, and have great power of expansion, as every econ | omist who keeps-and probably doctors
 -an expense account, knows to his sor-
 row. Mrs. John F. Thompson, vice presi-
 dent of the Social Economics club, views
 with alarm employers who dictate to their
 employees "as to when they should
 marry" Still, in the present state of
 human nature, such dctation is more like ly to stimulate than to retard marriage. Forbid a man to marry and he's apt to go and do it.
 Now hear the other part The head of
 paper house says that he lived in the
 married state for a good many years on i less than 5000 year and 1t "has been the | making of me" A clerk in Marshall | Fields has been married two years on less than $900 a year and has never re- gretted it. But he has the right kind of
 a wife" Before'he asked her to marry him he knew that she could cook and didn't spend money foolishly. He has a l five-room flat, doesn't "skimp," carries l life insurance, has bought plano, enter tains his friends. T would not be | ashamed he says. Ito invite the Presi- dent of the United States into my neat
 little fiat" We infer from this that he is
 carrying some olive branches as well as 1 life insurance.
 l Yet among the wives of the small sa1- aried class there is suspicious similarity of opinion, an opinion sufficiently hinted at by one of them:
 q do not care to tell the sad story of our struggle. It would influence no one and might dicourage some''
 | Naturally the pinch in the household is | felt more acutely by the woman The
 man gets a home, a domestic servant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03
puopEcIMAL JUSTICE.
Cb;caso Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Tn that damage suit you fellows re- turned a verdict for the plaintiff, but why did you give him such an absurd award as 2-3 cents?'
 That was compromise Most of us were in favor of giving him large dam- ages, but there was one lunkhead on the jury who thought the plaintiff ought to have to pay the defendant soo.ooo. and by George. that brought our average es- innate down almost to nothing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03
I CATO ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL.

O0OLs By Addison. It must be so;-Plato. thou reason st well, Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond
 desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread and inward
 horror Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the Back on herself, and startles at destruc-
 ton? Iris the Divinity that stirs within us 'Tis heaven itself that points out an here-
 after And initiates Eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what variety of untried being Through what new scenes and changes
 must we pass! The wide, tn unbounded prospect lies be-
 fore me; But shadows, clouds and darkness rest
 upon it. Here will I hold: If there's Power
 above us (And that there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight
 in Virtue: And that which he delights in must be
 happy; But-when?-or where ?-This world wal made for Caesar. I'm weary of conjectures: This must end them. 0aying his hand upon his sword.) Thus I am doubly armed; my death and life. My bane and antidote are both before me This in a moment brings me to an end, But this informs me shall never die. The soul. secured in her existence. smiles At the drawn dagger. and defies it's point. The stars shall fade away, the sun him. self Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth. Unhurt amid the war of clements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03
About Persons.

The Hon. N. D. Denson Of LaFayette. judge of the Fifth Judicial circuit, and one of the prominent candidates for asso- ciate justice of the supreme court. is stopping at the Morris. Judge Denson Is making a splendid race and has most of friends in the state who are confident of his success.
 c. F. Grayson of Lexington. Ky. is at the Colonial.
 A. F. Hamby of New York is registered at the St. Nicholas.
 Gen. George P. Harrison of onelika Is in the city.
 Tine Hon. Felix L. Smith of Rockford is at the Morris.
 o. H. Vaughn of Roanoke, Va, is at the Colonial.
 ". H. Knight of Roanoke is in the city. W. S. Askew. Jr.. is at the St. Nicholas, J. H. Baird and R. s. Stringfellow of Montgomery are at the Morris Adjutant General William w. Brandon was in the city a few hours yesterday. J. A Pigford of Meridian, Miss. is at the Colonial.
 State Senator Fred L. Blaekmon of An- niston is registered at the Morris.
 
 D. Smith of Memphis Is at the St. Nich- olas.
 A. H. Quinn of Anniston is stopping at ka..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Wholesale eTrade.

Birmingham wholesale grocery trade is very brisk and so far as know the jobbing business generally is in a very prosperous condition said prominent grocery merchant Most branches or wholesale trade have their seasons of ae- tivity and their dull seasons, but grocery jobbers have, as rule, steady trade all the year round"
 Birmingham is coming steadily .o tho front as a jobbing center and Blfnlhs- ham drnmmers are found in every part of Alabama and in many sections or Mississippi Georgia, Florida and Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

ed within the dull routine of domestic
 duties. Whatever t may be. it is a
 disturbing factor in home life and has
 been the cause of much snothered petu- lance on the part of the masculine part of humanity. There is a remarkable diff ference between a man and a woman AS
 regards house cleaning. 4 man Is well
 satisfied so long as he cannot see the
 dirt and there is not enough on his table
 to soil his cuffs. while woman will bring
 on nervous prostration by trying to dis lodge every particle of dust that has collected in a room, no matter how un- obstrusive. 1t may be. The mans mind works on the same principle in this re- spect that aids him to eat food in a res taurant which he is certain IS cooked in filthy kitchen, but can eat so long as
 he refrains from making an investigation.
 But, whatever may be the advantages and disadvantages of house cleaning, 1t
 it destined to survive so long as there are
 good houskeepers and no one desires the
 latter to become scarcer than now.
 After furnishing material for many jo-
 cose and serious remarks another memo
 rable" winter is passing into history. and
 perhaps young men of today will tell their
 grandchildren in after years of the rigors
 they experienced in the years 19O3-1904. As
 a matter of fact this winter has been
 rather severe in certain parts of the coun- try but 1t hardly surpasses similar sea-
 sons that are remembered. It Is the cus- tom for newspapers in the country to make a great ado over the thermometer
 when the mercury goes down and an equally noisy disturbance over the mer- cury when 1t goes up so that when winter or summer is we'll advanced great many people consult the bulletins and immedi ately become convinced that 1t Is the cold est or the hottest they have ever known. This winter has been unusually rigorous in the north, northeast and west but for
 tunately the loss of life was very small and while there was much suffering in va rious parts of the country there were no serious labor troubles to increase the
 misery of the working people, and coal
 was fairly plentiful
 It is now reported that hazing Is practi- cally thing of the past at West Point and officials are congratulating them
 selves that their woes are nearly ended.
 However this may be- the spirit of devil
 try has not been eliminated from young Americans who go to the academy with
 the intention of becoming soldiers some day, and the "pleb'' who starts out from
 home with the expectation that all will
 be easy sailing had better not count too confidently on protection. While hazing
 may be abolished old students are very in- genous in making a man feel decidedly foolish and this may be the case at West Point. P. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

to England, besides having immense political advantages in India and the Far East. The Disraei bargain made good the mistakes committed by Palmerston when the De Lesseps com- pany was first put before the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03
HOW SHE WAS MENTIONED.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Miss Sharpe-I met Miss Hewitt today. By the way. she asked me if knew you.
 Miss Giggles-Is that so?
 Miss Sharpe-Yes. We had quite an ar gument l happened to remark that Miss Shippers was the silliest girl l knew. and -er-she simply wouldn't agree with me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 It is easier to marry money than to cash in after you have done 1t.
 Women naturally hate clubs. because they know how many bachelors they make.
 If a girl can't have the man she wants, the next best thing is for her to keep any one else from having him.
 It makes a man feel very virtuous to go home late expecting scolding and find his wife has had to go to her sick moth CTS for the night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03
ALABAMA PRESS.

Dothan Siftins: When a man gets pull the crowd will always push. Let him lose the pull, and they stand aside and watch him slide down hill.
 Mobile Register: We were sympathiz- ing with Japan because Japan was the under dog in the fight; but it begins to ap- pear that Russia is the under dog.
 Montgomery Advertiser: The Washing ton Post wisely predicts that henceforth 1t will be success or failure with the canal project It most generally is one or the other in all affairs of life.
 Eufaula Times: Judge Feagin has fixed it so that habituaf drunkards will have to go pretty thirsty hereafter in Birming- ham. It will be a regular Keely cure to them if they stay in the city.
 Dothan siftings: How to see the worlds fair in thirty-six minutes" That's good. Now If they can get the price down to S6 cents for the trip. we'll have to save only cents more and some nice fresh sandwiches and we're off
 Montgomery Advertiser: The Portland Oregonian somewhat contemptuously re- marks that 'the democratic party has plenty of presidential timber, such as it is." Just so. and the republican party now appears to have only one piece, such as it is."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

An automobile belonging to the So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals recently ran over a man in New York who was carrying his crip- pied son from a hospital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

Mrs. Post of Florida will find it rather difficult to send out thought waves" for curing bald heads while reposing behind prison bars. The cur rent will be interrupted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

As soon as Admiral Togo picks up the ships at Port Arthur and Vladivo- stok he will be ready to welcome the Baltic and Black sea fleets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

A Michigan laborer became insane over receiving a great fortune unex- pectedly. Yet there are many people who are willing to stand this insanity test
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

Senator Tillman says farmer is a man who works with his hands, and an agriculturist is one who works with his mouth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

The gypsy moth of Massachusetts and the boil weevil of Texas should shake hands, for they are in the same line of business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

President Amador is doing the George Washington act in Panama under ragged circumstances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

Russia is an expert on sly methods and treachery, but she does not like to be the butt of such methods. She may as well take her medicine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

The republic of Panama will be asked very soon to kill its mosquitoes and toe up to the sanitary line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

Two Newport men say they have dis covered process for making gold, but at latest accounts they have not been able to purchase any automobiles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

Shad and strawberries indicate that spring is here despite the snowstorms along the New York Central railroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03
The Making of Great Men.

From the Philadelphia Press. Lives of great men all remind us
 What a lot we owe our wives. Little women get behind us
 And make something of our lives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

Elijah Dowie should be in fine physi- cal condition now, as he gets so much training while sprinting from mobs in Australia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

Tammany turned down MT. Hearst to put Bourke Cochran on the ways and means committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

If war in the far east does not be- come more lively the public will turn it's attention to some other show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

Excursion trains filled with food for powder are leaving Russia every day for the Far East.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

On skunk farms they take care O the scents, and the dollars take carC of themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

Secretary Hay is now popular enough in St. Petersburg to get his picture into the Sunday supplements
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

The Retvizan is enveloped in a cloud of glory and perforated by several shots from the enemy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

Japan has occupied Korea, and Rus sia Manchuria, and each may wait for the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

Peruna is an issue in the Sixth dis trict. It has long leaned towards free advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

convention from the seventh congressional district MT. Pratt is at the head of one of the large industries in Alabama, his cotton min plant at Pell City being mod el in every respect He Is popular with his operatives and with all the voters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

The boil weevil is marshaling his forces for the attack.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

has been granted a license as speclai pilot on the steamer Des Plaines for the Mississippi river and It's tributaries.
 It is reported that when the king ana queen of England go to Ireland in the spring they will pay visit to the Duke and Duchess of Manchester at Kylemore.
 Dr. Charles J. Chamberlain of the de- partment of botany at the University Of Chicago will have the expenses of trip to Jalapa. Mex. for the purpose of study ing cyanides, defrayed by the Botanical society of America.
 George C. Dubois of New York is en- toying his honeymoon trip in the west without his bride, who is wealthy wom- an of Albany. She keeps in telegraphic communication with him. and honors his drafts for money. Mrs. Dubois is too old and feeble to travel but insists upon the groom having 8 good time.
 Mrs Barbara MacGaha, wife of Jan uarius Aloysius MacGaha, who won fame as a special war correspondent Of the New York Herald twenty-five years ago, died recently in New York. Mrs. MacGaha was herself a newspaper writer of note and contributed many articles to American and Russian newspapers. She was also the author of novel entitled "Xenia Regina"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

George Washington was first il peace, but Togo was first in war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

Mexico is preparing to lead the rest of the world in the destruction of mos quitoes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

MT. Schwab is at Monte Carlo trying to recoup his losses in Steel common.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-03

The Cleveland boom continues to tug at the ropes.