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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
GROVER CLEVELAND ON
HIS 9th BIRTHDAY

, only officially. and when he has weighty
matters to occupy his attention, have no
conception of a side of his character
which is reserved for his home life. His
love for his children is a veritable pas
sion, and their companionship is his
greatest pleasure. He is very fond of the
last born. Francis Grover, who opened his
eyes In Gray Gables last summer, and is
never so happy as when he has all his
children about him.
If the weather Is pleasant or there is
any business to call him out. Mr.. Cleve-
land may stroll down town in the after
noon He is likely to drop in on DIR.
Priest at his drug store; and IL Carl
Priest, the doctors son. happens to be in,
Mr.. Cleveland and he are likely to dis
cuss some rabbit or quail shooting expe-
dition in which they have been compan-
ions.
There has been no shooting for several
months, however. and Mr.. Cleveland has
been seen about the streets of Princeton
less than formerly. He seldom goes out
driving preferring most of the time to
remain quietly at home.
which requires close application and free
, dom from interruptions he goes to little
room on the second floor AS one enters
this room the striking feature is a pic
ture of Benjamin Franklin, which hangs
above the table at which Mr.. Cleveland
writes.
This room is furnished with extreme
simplicity. A few books on economic sub
jects are where they can be eSily
reached, and a well worn copy of the
Bible has a place on shelf at hand
1t is here that Mr.. Cleveland prepares
his addresses and writes occasionally an
article for periodical. The room is sa-
cred to him. and when he enters 1t he is
disturbed only upon most important bus
mess
Dinner is served about $50 o'clock, and
generally 1t is strictly family affair
though now and then friends from New
York and other places and neighbors IL
Princeton are guests.
It is rarely that Mr. Cleveland goes out
in the evening. Prof. Andrew r. West,
dean Of the graduate school and the
former presidents most intimate friend ir
Princeton. Is likely to drop in for a chat
over a cigar, and before he accepted the
presidency of the College OF the City OF
New York, DIR. John H. Finley was
frequent visitor at westlands. Another
near neighbor and friend is DR.. Henry
Van Dyke.
And so, simply and quietly. day fol-
lows day with Mr.. Cleveland. If he is al
lowing himself to be troubled by the po
litical storm, he gives no evidence Of 1t
Last Friday was no different from other
DAYS for him save in the receiving OF
gifts from Mrs. Cleveland and his chill.
dren, and in special birthday dinner in
his honor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
ROSES OF OLD cHIos.
Queen of Flowers Enjoys Unique Dis
tinction in Ancient Greece.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
Although the rose is so popular
throughout all the world now that great
fortunes are being earned by the growers
everywhere, the queen of the flowers does
not enjoy the unique position that she
held in ancient Greece.
The love of the old Greeks, and par
ticularly the Athenians, for the rose was
almost akin to worship, and many high
liver in those days has gone down in
history as having spent his whole patri-
mony In roses for feasts.
The Greeks knew nearly all the general
varieties of roses that are known to US,
both single and double blossoms; and big
tracts of land were taken out of the
grain and food producing area in order
to grow roses.
The old Island of Chios was almost en-
trely an island of roses, and to those
who approached il from the sea 1t pre-
scented the appearance of a gigantic bou-
quet OF red and white and yellow blooms,
with the shining white pillars of temples
and villas cleaning from splendor of the
flowers.
shploads of roses were sent to Athens
every day from Chios That was prob
ably the most beautiful freight that ever
went by sea since the world began, and 1t
must have been a glorious sight to see
the galleys. all decked with flowers, steer
ing over the blue AEGEAN Sea.
Roses were used for emblems of Joy
and sorrow, for triumph and defeat. A
wreath of roses ornamented the bride,
and wreaths of roses decked those
who were going to their graves. The
victor entered cities over path of roses,
and wherever he trod during his triumph
al march, the blossoms formed a carpet
for his feet.
In old Rome, too the rose was consid-
cred the most precious of flowers On
May 2S a great rose feast used to begin
in Rome in memory of the dead, and for
a week or more the cemeteries were liter
ally overwhelmed with the flowers. In
the great time of imperial Rome. the
guests at big feasts sat on rose petals
that were piled high around them. The
floor was carpeted with them, and men
Wed with each other to find new and ex-
travagant uses for the beloved flowers.
For one single banquet Nero imported
s125,000 worth of roses from Alexandria.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

M EMILE spring brings in her train
w not only a host of poets and
fishermen, but also. a flood of
panaceas which are guaranteed to cure
that tired feeling and every other i'll
or ache that can be legitimately credited
to this glad season of the year. The re-
suit is that a great many people who
are troubled with nothing more serious
than the germ of laziness are convinced
that they are in a deplorable state,
while the public in general Is rendered
very uneasy by the knowledge that there
is so much sickness in the land 1t is
customary to distribute free samples at
first. These are, however. merely a
means for getting the pernicious liter
ature accompanying the samples into the
hands of unsuspectng persons. When
once the victim has read a pamphlet his
fate is sealed. The company sending out
this particular literature may rest as
sured that he will become profitable
customer Pills seem to be the most pop
ular means of terrorizing the public and
large quantities are scattered abroad ev-
cry year. They range from a delicate pink
taste runs the gamut of the pharmaco-
poeia- But there is a way to curb this in
discriminate scattering of spring medi-
cines and in Richmond, Va, vendors of
patent drugs about town have been
warned to go elsewhere on penalty of
coming under the ban of city laws.
In this age the man who live a hundred
years gets his name in the papers and is
looked upon with admiration by his fell
lowmen when he has merely attained to
a fraction of the age of those patriarchs
told about in the Bible. Various explana-
tions have been given Just why a man
does not live so long in these latter days
as he once did, but the concensus of opin-
ion is that the curtailment of human ex-
istence has been largely due to changes
in conditions and manners of living The
old patriarchs did not live what is known
as strenuous life by any means En-
gagged In pastoral pursuits they were
much out of doors, breathed the pure air
of heaven, and subsisted on simple viands,
yet the man who lives such a life now
need not expect to attain to even 100 years
OF age. simply because his immediate an
cestors lacked the vitality of the Hebrew
patriarchs and were not the same pas
toral people. But even a hundred years
of age is not to be undisputed these DAYS,
and when man or woman passes that
period there is much skepticsm 1t is
now claimed that Noah Raby, who gained
much celebrity for his advanced age, was
really not more than 100 years old, al
though he claimed to- be over $780, How
ever, it is easier to deny verbally ones
age than to disprove it by figures.
William III. Crane, the actor recently
paid visit to President Roosevelt at the
White House and was cordially received.
Senator" Crane, as he is Familiarity
known in the capital, has a wide ac-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
Mr.. Cleveland on Service Pensions,

Wien Mr.. Cleveland was asked about
Pension Commissioner Wares new
pension regulations which practically
grant service pension to soldiers of
the civil war, he said, 81 have noticed
that the commissioner has merely con-
strued the law so as to make the
change. So far as | can see, the
change is in keeping with the law"
AS the change is an usurpation Of
legislative functions that will cost the
taxpayers tens of millions of dollars,
1t is plain that Mr.. Cleveland has lost
sight of old landmarks and the consti-
tutional branches of this government
executive, judicial and legislative.
The executive has usurped the func-
lions of the legislative so far as Com
missioner Wares order extends. 1t
bofh makes and executes laws.
No better evidence that Mr.. Cleve-
land has his lightning rod up is needed
than the view he presents of Commits
sioner Wares order. BY mere ex-
ecutive order a service pension is
granted to all ex-soldiers of the
civil war who are 80 years
Of age, and the older they
become the more pension money they
become entitled to by virtue of Com
missioner Wares decree. Congress no
longer holds the national purse. Mr..
Ware at any rate dips his fingers into
it ad libitum. And yet Mr.. Cleveland
endorses and approves his action!
The long and short of it is, Mr. Cleve-
lands lightning rod is up, and he is in
viting the presidential lightning to
strike it third time. No one who is
seeking Office north of the once famous
Mason and Dixon's line seems to be
willing to condemn the Ware regula-
tions, not even Mr.. Cleveland.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
ANXIOUS TO KNOW FEAcIN.

From the Blba Clipper.
We are anxious to know Judge Feagin
Of Birmingham. Some days ago he sent
away from court several boys charged
with minor offenses. ordering them to
return by certain time and repeat the
ten commandments. They did so and
were discharged. The judge said that the
commandments were the basis of all civ
ilized law. and II they were fixed In the
minds OF the people there would be less
violation of the law. Every now and then
the Judge springs some innovation in mis-
dealings with criminals and crime, ane
all of them seem sensible and likely to
be productive of good. Birmingham and
Alabama are to be congratulated on hav-
ing such an official.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

Indian Head cotton mills. accompanied by
Mrs Maxwell. is at the Hillman.
A. D. Bentley of Rockford. is registered
at the st. Nicholas.
H. Henley of Hartford, Conn, Is in
the city.
c. A. Ledyard of Montgomery. is stop
ping at the Morris
L. B. Grimes and W. K. Grimes of
Johns, are at the st. Nicholas.
s. H. Everitt of Atlanta. is at the Hill
man.
B. A. Treat of Florence, is stopping at
the Morris.
A. Mayer of Aalta, is in the city.
" M. Finch of Nashville. is registered
at the Hillman.
j. w L. worrell of Selma, is stopping
at the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
Southern Representation in Congress.

The negro Dantzler undertook to
GUST Mr. Lever from his seat in the
house on the broad ground that ne.
groes were not permitted to vote in
the district, the Seventh South Caro-
lima. The committee on elections
lodged the issue. The administration
did not care to shoulder the PROPOSE
ton to cut down southern representa-
ton, and so it was arranged that the
committee should report simply that
Dantzler was not elected. Nothing at
all was said about Mr.. Levers title,
he being already the holder of the seat,
in which he will remain to the end of
his term.
Dantzler did not claim that he had
been elected, but he claimed he would
have been If the negroes had been al
lowed to vote in the Seventh South
Carolina district. They were disquali-
fled by educational and property quail
fications But If Dantzlers contention
had prevailed, then at least fifty con-
gressmen froll almost a dozen states
would have been morally ineligible,
and the admit istration had no use at
paign business. 1t would have been
too disturbing to business, too revolu-
tionary all round. The elections COM
mittee was therefore ordered to keep
Dantzler out OF a seat, and to refer
him to the courts for the settlement
of his constitutional questions. 1t did
not say that Mr.. Lever was elected. It
simply stood pat on the situation, and
Mr.. Lever goes on drawing his salary
and mileage regularly.
The New York Tribune discusses
the case, and it regrets that the house
elections committee did not have the
courage to declare the seat vacant-in
OlneT WOruS, W suspend lne Sldle Vi
South Carol.na so far as representation
in the house of representatives is con-
cerned, but 1t concluded at length that
popular sentiment at present would
not justify" such an extreme step. If
1t had added to popular sentiment"
the words land the campaign it
would have covered the ground.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
ALABAMA DELEGATION.

From the Admission Star
The Age-Herald comes out for an I'M
instructed delegation from Alabama. The
idea is to select good men, leave them
free to fall in line with the delegates
from pivotal states, and the latter in
nominating a man for president who can
swing their states into the democratic
column One might infer from this that
the Age-Herald has not as yet settled
upon an Albanian for presidential hon
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT

The Rev. DR. w. E. Garrison has been
elected president of Butler college at In
dianopolis. DIR. Garrison is associate edi-
tor of the Christian Evangelist.
Count Alfred Sternberg, who fought on
the side of the Beers In the last war with
England, has been elected member of
the Bohemian reichsrath to represent the
Koeniggratz district.
1t is reported that Commander Stchen-
snovitch of the Russian battleship Ret
visan has become deaf as a result Of the
cannonading in repelling the Japanese
attacks on Port Arthur.
Moses Fl. Dow, a millionaire ciubman
of Haverhill, Mass, and an intimate
friend Of Secretary of the Navy Moody,
will soon marry Miss Minnie O'Brien, a
pretty forewoman of a large shoe factory
in Massachusetts,
At the sale of the effects of the old
Lyceum theatre in London a table at
which Henry Irving made up twenty-five
years ago was sold for song and Ellen
Terry's dressing table brought only ten
shillings
Former Mayor Seth Low will not spend
the coming summer at Rye, on Long
Island sound. The Starbuck mansion,
which he occupied when executive has
been leased to Pliny Fiske, rich New
Yorker.
Charles William Eliot president Of Har-
ward university, was rs years old Sunday,
and is still as active as when he was
49, He is now In his thirty-fifth year as
president of Harvard and has served
longer than any of his predecessors.
For 3SS years the kings of Denmark
have borne the names of Christian and
Frederick This is not due to coinci-
dence, but it is the law of the land that
Christian must be succeeded by Fred
erlck and Frederick by Christian, so one
of these names is always given the heir
to the throne.
Col Theodore A. Bingham, successor
to Colonel Symon as superintendent of
pubic pullulnBS anu Brouhus at Naeh7
ington, was seriously injured Saturday
by part of a derrick sweeping around
and breaking his left leg six inches below
the knee. Colonel Bingham was watch
ing the hosting of a naphtha launch
when the accident occurred.
1t Is reported that Jonah K. Kalani-
anaole, better known as prince Cupid"
the Hawaiian delegate in congress, is dis
satisfied with Washington life and con-
templates resgning at the end of the
present session, If not before One reason
assigned for the princes determination
is the drawing of the color line in Wash
ington, which his royal birth and super
ior attainments cannot overcome
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22

gress that liquor reform is impractical
BILE in the zone while the work of canal
digging is going on. The workmen
needed will not stay there unless they
can buy beer and light wines. The
workers in tropical regions are not
hard drinkers, but they will not stay
on the isthmus if reform movement
is instituted there.
Admiral Walkers plans look to an
immediate extension of the rock cut
ting at Culebra, where the French
company keeps about 500 men at work.
Admiral Walker proposes to increase
this number to 10000, and when that
number is employed it is plain an eff
cient police system will have to be
established. Culebra cut is ten miles
from Panama, and thirty-fve miles
from Colon, and there is no interview
ing town, just a succession of hills and
swamps, the whole constituting a long
and almost impenetrable jungle.
All this, however, is in anticipation
Congress is now engaged in providing
for the government of the canal zone
and it seems to be much more intent
upon providing places for republicans
than it is in providing good government
for the ten-mile strip, which really
needs but mild dose of our revised
statutes relating to territories.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
NEW YORK HOTELS BUSINESS.

From the New York Commercial
Imposing as the exterior proportions OF
some of the hotels recently erected In
New York are, establishment will prob
ably increase If some of the interior fig
ures are mentioned. For example,, one
hotel only third In line in point of size.
has four and a half miles of Railways
to sweep seyenty-ive miles of plumbing
pipes to clear, fifty cooks to keep from
quarrelng, 10000 dishes to wash, sixty
engineers, lremen and electricians to
feed 10000 separate electric lights, 1856
families to look after, 100 walters who are
trying to dodge the tips, sixty bellboys to
answer 'FRONT.' eighteen running eleva-
tors, day and night, and so on.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
Governing the Canal Zone.

Already congress is endeavoring to
create in our ten-mile strip of territory
at the isthmus the largest possible
amount of patronage. A commission
of twenty, drawing about $4,000 a
year, is proposed, and yet the commits.
sion of seven stands ready to control
the canal zone. aided, of course, by a
federal judge and a customs official and
one internal revenue collector, and a
few local officers.
The zone is United States territory
in the fullest sense of the word, and
Admiral Walker has already told con-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
Cheap Transit In Berlin.

From the New York World.
In Berlin nearly all the transit lines
are the property of a single incorporated
company Last year this company car
ried Sl6,000,000 passengers, or $4,000, 00(
more than the year before. The fares
averaged 217 cents. The uniform fare
for any distance within the city is g.;
cents, but tickets to suburban points
cost as much as cents. while commu-
tation fares are sold at a considerable
reduction. The city and suburban popu-
lation is 100000 and this company car
ries s65.00 passengers day. The cleo
trio and underground systems carried
%. 473. 355 passengers last year at cents
for each person.
For these systems combined the fares
are practically one-half of those charged
In New York.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
When a man gets married 1t is like
signing a note to pay interest all the rest
of his life.
One girl can't help thinking If another
one suspects about her what she suspects
about the other.
II Is great disappointment to a woman
who gets married not to have a secret
suffering that would go well in a novel.
A girl plans ahead for the time when
she will have a figure the way a man does
when he will cash in endowment insur-
ance.
A man might as well know how to play
the fiddle as not to make a BLUM at be-
ing hero before the woman he wants to
love him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
Heflin and StaIlinus.

~. Thomas Hefiin and Jesse f. Stall
lings, who will address the voters of
Birmingham at the city hall tonight are
easily two of Alabamas most pleasing
orators said a citizen of TalIapoosa
county at the Morris last night. They
spoke in my city this afternoon and was
accorded a most flattering hearing. BY
reason Of Mr.. Helms and Mr. Stallings'
experience on the stump they are indeed
a pair OF entertainers. They are making
a hard fight for the party democrats be-
ing sent to the st. Louis convention, and
are making a strong impression wherever
they are speaking.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
NIGHT AND DAY.

BY Sidney Lanier.
The innocent. sweet Day is dead,
Dark Night hath slain her In her bed,
o. Moors are as fierce to kill as to wed;
Put out the light said he.
A sweeter light than ever rayed
From star of heaven or eve of maid
Has vanished in the unknown shade.
She's dead, she's dead, said he.
Now, in a wild, sad after-mood
The tawny Night sits still to brood.
Upon the dawn-tlme when he wooed.
I would she live, said he.
Star memories of happier times
OF loving deeds and lovers rhymes
Throng forth in silvery pantomimes.
Come back. o. Day! said be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-22
COMMENTS. ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

quaintance with public men and has been
the personal friend OF every President
since Arthur. The veteran player also has
an autograph picture of the late William
Mckinley which he prizes very highly He
chatted pleasantly with the President
about mutual acquaintance they soor
discovered. and afterward went to this
capitol where he called on Speaker Can
non. Mr.. Crane is not only widely known
in Washington, but is exceedingly popu-
lar. He is a most entertaining tallSer and
his knowledge of men and affairs and his
shrewd wit make him a companion to be
sought.
1t is reported in Chicago that John T.
McCutcheon, the cartoonist is shortly to
wed Miss Florence Higinbotham,
daughter of Harlow Niles Higinbotham,
partner of Marshall Field and one of the
wealthiest men in the city. Young Nc
Cutcheon has been her devoted attend
ant for about a year and 1t is rumored
that the engagement will soon be an
nounced McCutcheon is "a years old and
is a brother of George Barr McCutcheon,
author of "Graustark." He first attracted
attention by his ability TO distort dogs In
cartoons about the presidential campaign
of 1896. McCutcheon also made a reputa-
ton as a writer during the land and
naval campaigns in the Philippines, where
he drew some capital pictures for Amer
lean papers. He and George AIDE have
been chums from boyhood. The whilom
artist in slang" may also follow suit
and become a Benedict, II report is to
be credited.
The aerial course for the ST. Louis air
ship derby has been mapped out and is
about fifteen miles long. While Santos
Dumont is about the only inventor who
announces that he will be certain con-
testant it is probable that the array of
aerial talent will be surprising to those
who have not kept up with such matters.
AS nothing more has been heard from the
flying machine of Sir Hiram Maxim it is
to be supposed that 1t was failure.
Then there are two brothers in Ohio who
have been remarkably successful in
breasting unruly winds, If report is true,
and they may possibly be dark horses In
the derby At any rate the contest will
be sufficiently thrilling both for specta-
tors and inventors, since accidents are
not only possible. but very probable.
The machine pitcher has been found
rank failure and the solution of training
base ball players to bat without over
working the human pitchers has not yet
been solved. The principal defect in the
machine pitcher is that it is too perfect
Its speed and accuracy is such that the
batter cannot hit the ball and therefore
1t has been deemed wise to retire the me-
chanical slab artist In favor of its hui
man predecessor However, it is predict
ed that success with the invention will
yet be achieved, although just now it is
a rather useless contrivance that is more
interesting than useful. P. c.