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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
HOW THE HERALD COMES
TO BALTIMORE READERS
From the Baltimore Herald.

From the Baltimore Herald
no PRINT a daily paper 100 miles
W from home is feat never before
few days ago. heard Of This
seeming impossibility is what the Herald
has been doing since Wednesdays edition
was printed in Philadelphia 1t will long
be spoken of as an example of what can
be done where there is a will, no matter
how numerous or of what magnitude
are the obstacles that are in the way.
The amount of labor involved in the
achievement of this master attempt is
far beyond the conception of all but a
few people outside the newspaper bust
ness.
The greatest difficulty that had to be
overcome was the 100 miles separating
Baltimore from Philadelphia, where the
Herald is printed on the mammoth
presses of the Philadelphia Evening Tel
egraph To surmount this obstacle every
telegraph line and railroad facility be-
tween the two cities was called into use.
The Herald special train dashes from
Philadelphia to Baltimore at an early
hour every morning with the entire ed.
ton of 10000 copies on board. The Herald
special has been making record runs at
each trip, but the dash to Baltimore yes
terday morning in an hour and forty min :
stretch of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road. beating President Oscar G. Muir
rays special by four minutes and Fri
day mornings run by nine minutes.
The papers had been rushed to the
special in a score of the Evening Tele-
graphs delivery wagons as they rolled
off the presses at the rate of 24000 an
hour. By the time the last wagon was
unloaded those of the Herald force COM
ing to Baltimore had boarded the train,
and at 1888 o'clock the Herald special
started on its record breaking run. Just
OUTSIDE of Philadelphia restless stop of
two minutes and three seconds was made.
Then there was thrilling dash, and the
distance of five miles from Silver Side
to Wilmington was covered in four min
utes. When the forty-nine mile post was
reached Conductor Harrison announced
that fifty-two minutes had elapsed since
the train started. which. less the stop of
two minutes and three seconds, was forty
nine miles in fifty. minutes.
All this time ii the baggage car the
superintendent of the Herald's circula-
ton department and his assistants were
arranging and distributing papers for the
various mails. To one not accustomed
to the rolling of the car 1t was an impos-
sibilty to stand erect, but the circula-
ton force has acquired reliable "sea legs
and the men went about their work with
ease and dispatch When Baltimore was
reached, at 2:35 o'clock, the papers were
ready for the city and foreign connections
long before any other papers had arrived.
The train slowed down to the usual
speed in crossing the bridge over the Sus-
quehanna river, which. at that point, is
still covered with a binding sheet of ice
that could be seen by the light from the
train. In the distance to the right was
Port Deposit, in the throes of an ice flood
since early Tuesday night. with crunch
ing ice floating around the foundation Of
its houses and the greater part of the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Pretzels.

a great many pretzels are consumed
in Birmingham said a saloon man.
Nine men out of every ten who go iato
barroom where pretzels are served vii
pick up one or two and eat them. At
my place of business sell a great deal
Of beer, and during the summer months
it requires at least thirty barrels of pref
zels, each barrel Weighing about eighty
pounds. to supply my customers OF
course In the winter. when not so much
beer is consumed, not as many pretzels
are used. In cold weather we buy about
fifteen barrels of pretzels a month.
Most of the pretzels used in Birmlng-
ham are baked In st. Louis and Cincin
natl. In fact these are the only places
l know of where they are made"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

ern railway at Sheffield. is at the Metro
politan.
Max Hagedorn Of the Atlanta Paper
company is at the Hillman.
R. P. Moore of Gadsden is at the Metro
politan.
w z. Knight of Wheeling, W. Va. is
stopping at the st. Nicholas.
L. B. Musgrove of Jasper is at the Hill
man.
J. r. Ryan Of Corona was in Birming-
ham yesterday on his way to Yieksburg
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
ALABAMA NEWS.

President Smith of the Alabama rail-
road commission. says that the railroads
of Mobile will have to furnish a new pas
senger station.
Selma Is considering the question of
inviting the Alabama Confederate vete-
rams to hold their next reunion in the
Dallas capital
1t is reported that the Cahaba Valley
railroad will be finished within eighteen
months. This road will connect Selma
with rich mineral section.
Mrs. J. T. Frye has written history in
verse of old Cahaba, one of Alabama's
early capitals. The poem is said to be re-
plete with interesting historical data.
Mobiles only Jap announces that he
will return to his native country His
name Is Nena Sasadadi and he has been
working for the Ollinger-Bruce company
in Mobile.
Selma people are making a determined
effort to secure the Presbyterian college
for men. A number of Alabama towns
are in the race and Bessemer is also maxi
ing a hard fight for the institution.
G. r. Won Keener, music teacher, j.
w. Collins, w. P. Ezell, and A. B. Pick
EFT, three white men of Montgomery, en-
gagged in a free for all fight at their place
of residence on Washington street but
no one was seriously hurt.
T. Fl. Mizell, master of trains of the
Mobile and Montgomery division of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad. an
nounces that he will remain with the
road. Mr.. Mizell was recently offered the
position of general manager for a large
lumber company but declined.
Aston Gibson of Calera, Is 116 years old
and is still in full possession of all his
faculties He fought In the battle of New
Orleans under Andrew Jackson and was a
soldier in the Creek and Seminole wars
He tried to enlist in the Confederate
army but was rejected on account of his
age.
The famous Golden Gate" special re-
Gently passed through Mobile on the way
to Los Angeles over the Louisville and
Nashville railroad. 1t was from the rear
platform of this train that Mr.. Mckinley
made his speeches prior to his election
and the same special bore his remains
from Buffalo prior to their resting place
in Canton. The special is a very hand
some one and magnificently equipped.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
A SCHEME.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Dear" said the politicians wife.
there's handsome big policeman whose
beat embraces Mrs Swellman's house.
Can't you get him transferred to this
neighborhood?"
What for?" demanded her husband
Mrs. Swellman has an excellent cook
and / want her."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
Lent.

Lent begins today. It is the peniten-
tial season Of forty days extending from
Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday, the
Sundays not being included in the calcu-
lation. Lent commentaries Christ's fast
of forty days in the wilderness. 1t is OBJ
served by the Catholic church, the East
ern churches, the Angelicaa communion
and the strict Lutherans. The word lent
means spring; old English lengten, spring
and modern German LEM, spring.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
Japan's Strength on Land.

Those who think that Japan can
fight at sea only will soon awaken to
the mistake they have made. The
island empire has no intention what
ever of depending upon her ships,
Those give her security at home, and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
Special Trains.


1--WE sometimes have some very hand
some special trains over our line routed to
the west and southwest" said a railroad
official. II remember a train that we
handled about two years ago on account
of its magnificence and palatial appoint
ments. This special consisted of about
eight coaches, If I remember correctly,
and was chartered by a party of about
fifty Chicago bankers for the purpose of
touring the great southwest, including
Mississippi, Louisiana and all of Texas.
AS nearly every one of these men was a
millionaire and none of them poor, you
may we'll imagine that they Travelled In
great comfort. Their train was furnished
with all the luxuries to be found in a
first class hotel as there were coaches
enough to allow each passenger plenty of
room.
There were handsomely furnished
staterooms, library, smoking car. sleep
ing apartments, card rooms. kitchen. din
ing car, and in fact everything necessary
for a palace on wheels. With the great
amount of baggage. corps of newspaper
men, and the servants and trainmen, the
special was fairly we'll loaded.
"Those old fellows had a high time,
too. While travelling they played poker.
drank rich wines, read. smoked, and had
general holiday. Everywhere they
stopped they were shown the courtesies
of the town, including a trip through the
tenderloin and big badger fight. 1t was
a typical bachelor special, also. Clothing,
baggage and books were scattered from
one end of the coaches to the other, while
the poor pencil pusher' would be grinding
out copy as hard as they could to the
non of champagne corks and the gentle
L pass of a poker game in which the
stakes were not pennies.
About Persons.
]. q. G. Laird of Jasper is at the Nor
ris.
w. w. Almond of New York is at the
Hillman.
D. I. Eagle of Des Moines is stopping
at the St. Nicholas.
A. S. Preston of Jasper is at the Flor
ence.
]. X. Dickinson of st. Louis is at the
Morris.
". E. ormond of Atlanta is at the St.
Nicholas.
w. w. Gray of Clanton is registered at
the Hillman.
w. C. Griffin of Montgomery is at the
Metropolitan.
walter Mills Of short Creek is at the
Morris.
A. n. GLENN, treasurer Of the South
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

DR.. Parkhurst gives his views on the
"famboyant gorgeousness" that now
characterizes the White House. 1t is
great pity the doctor cannot be Presi-
dent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD

J a woman in distress. When this strange
cry rings through swamp or woodland it
is time to clutch the rifle stoutly and keep
wary eye about you. lest the treaeh-
erous animal spring on you unawares.
In certain rural districts of Tennessee
and Virginia the old stage coach line still
survives in a modified form. Nowadays
"haeks" have largely supplanted their
more numbering predecessors and lines
are maintained in certains parts of the
country between towns that have not yet
attained to railroad facilities. In. fact
this is the custom in certain parts Of Ala
bama and livery stable keepers would
have hard time existing were it not for
the dollars they take in from drummers
and others who are compelled to travel
across country" It is very pleasant TO
take one of the trips on bright sunny
day, when nature is smiling along the
roadway and the birds are singing cheer
lily, but In the dead of winter when a
rainstorm is raging they are real hard
ships. In some parts of the west the stage
coach still survives but the useful old
vehicle has served its time and even the
ramshacke country hack is in a decadent
stage. The fact is, that a town without
railroad facilities nowadays is a cipher,
or, worse than that, is dead, and to pros
per at all a town must be situated along
some railroad. Therefore, the necessity
for maintaining stage coaches and post
roads has passed, and even "hack' lines
are becoming rare In this section of the
United States.
Americans returning from the realm of
King Menelik bring back wonder stories
concerning that amiable monarch. In fact
they seem to have been entranced BIZ all
they saw, while the king himself made
capital magician. Abysinia has long been
considered on the outskirts of tn world.
Probably for that reason it is little
known, and until recently very little in
terest had been taken in the country. But
the kingdom of Menelik is renowned in
song and story, so there is no reason why
a supply of fresh romances may not be
unearthed in his dominions OF course no
one accuses travellers of romancing. No
doubt they are perfectly sincere in their
show what the world has been missing
by not paying Menelik a call Since he
has been pleased to treat his guests very
cordially and has offered neither to eat
them nor to fay them alive, it may be
possible that he will have to entertain on
larger scale many tourists who will
come to see him in the future.
Advanced methods in religion have
been tried and proved effective. The
scheme of having cards circulated which
bear on one side some very sound advice
to sinners has become familiar but adj
vertising in daily papers seems to be the
happiest idea pet originated. Up In Con-
necticut there is pastor who announced
in half-page 'ad' in local newspapers
that divine services would be held in his
church on certain Sunday. and calling
on the people to attend. The result was
large congregation. The way to attract
people nowadays Is to advertise your
wares and If you have good sermons to
offer, say so in the newspapers.
p. C.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Novels on the war between Russia
and Japan are due next week. The
authors are turning out copy as fast
as stenographers and typwriters will
go. They think there is nothing like
being up to date.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

General Litevitch is to command the
Russian army in Manchuria, and Boris
will undoubtedly be his chief of staff,
for Boris is the czar's uncle. and tie
chorus ladies are pulling for him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Off Santo Domingo our navy is hold
ing naval review or parade just at
present, and the Dominicans can look
on, but if they shoot at the review
there will soon be something dom.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Sacagawea, Bird Woman" is tc
have a statue at the st. Louis fair in
commemoration of her faithfulness to
ward Lewis and Clark at the Missouri
headwaters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Young Rockefeller says his defini
ton of Christianity is getting all the
good you can out of the world. His
fathers definition seems to be getting
all the goods you can out of the world
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Eastern butterflies of society are
fitting toward the sunny south, where
they will bask under the electric chan
deliers of heated bathrooms.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Instead of the Russian Baltic fleet
going to the Far East the real danger
is that the Japanese feet will go to
st. Petersburg.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Our old friend Boris, uncle to the
car and angel to all the chorus girls
fran New York to San Francisco. Las
gone to the front, but Japan has no
chorus girls.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Uncle Sam has invested about $10
900, 900 in the st. Louis Worlds Fair
and he will be lucky if he gets the
customary dividend of a broken bank
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

"a MoNG the host of minstrel men
VIZ who are now playing in this
country the name of Lew Dock
stader is easily first. Not only is his
humor infectious and his songs tuneful.
but he possesses more originality than
his rivals for public favor. This quality
is greatly to his advantage. since or1gi-
modern minstrelsy In fact it may be
said that the mustiness and antiquity
which pervades nearly all minstrel per-
formances today is largely responsible
for their waning popularity. But through
his own genius and talent Mr.. Dock
stader has contrived to maintain his pres
tige undiminished and it Is seldom indeed
that he does not appear before a packed
house. One of Dockstader's chief char
acteristics as a minstrel is his skill in
makeup. Some of his travesties on
dress are in themselves worth the price
of admission even If he did not open his
mouth. Last year he evoked prolonged
laughter by his automobile skit and this
season he is equally successful In his
new airship, Pickle" in which he sails
over the world making humorous COM
"Pickle" that Dockstader observed"
Harry Lehr and caused that gentleman
to beat hasty retreat from the theatre
at Newport.
Dockstader furnishes an example of the
fact that the modern minstrel show must
be kept fresh and up to date. Originality
is to be desired above all things, and al
though 1t is exceedingly hard to attain
in such a performance, painstaking efforts
will bring their own reward Horseplay
is another feature of minstrel shows that
should be abolished. The better companies
have refined their performances as much
as possible and in course of time we
may expect to have MINISTRIES who can
be funny without being vulgar. Nothing
helps minstrel performance so much as
handsome scenery and appropriate cos
tunes. Unfortunately very little atten-
ton Is paid to the former, except in the
first part"
1t almost surprises one to read OF a
huge panther being killed in the swamps
of Mississippi. Somehow one associate
these ferocious brutes with earlier days
before electric lights, and Roentgen rays
were generally known. At any rate they
are becoming scarce now, a state of af-
fairs that is not causing people in thin
ly populated portions of the country any
regret. A panther was killed a few days
ago in the neighboring state of Missis-
sipp that weighed 225 pounds and meas
ured eight feet in length a formidable
monster, certainly, and fearful pursuer
to have followed stealthily on ones trail
The catlike qualities of panthers have
been wildly described in books by au-
thors who never saw one and by hunt
ers who have seen many panthers. Moth
Ing is better capable of giving a person
cold chills along his spinal column than
the thought of traversing a lonely strip
of woods in pitchy darkness with one of
these 1.-THE, tawney animals silently dog
ging his steps or leaping from limb to
limb in an effort to get in easy springing
distance. The most bloodcurdling trait
of panther is its weird scream that is
said by hunters to resemble the voice of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Admiral Alexieff is falling step by
step to the bottom. He was caught
mapping, and did not have time to but
ton his suspenders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

A big cotton crop is needed this
year in order to keep the japanese
torpedo boats well supplied with gun
cotton
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
1T ISN'T NECESSARY.

From the Houston Post.
"Do you tell your wife when you have
done wrong?'
mo; she tells me-"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

The press humorists and the demo-
cratic politicians are to meet in st.
Louis during the fair One will GER
tainly furnish food for the other.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

The Grand Duke Boris is the noble
Russian who is best known in this
country. He knows all the chorus
girls.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Fake news from Shanghai comes
high per word, but some papers seem
to think they must have il.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

The Panama hens must be on strike,
for eggs in our esteemed protectorate
have gone up to ten cents apiece.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

The Koreans are taking object les
sons in western methods Of warfare,
and If airy of them live through the
discipline they will be up-to-date fell
lows.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Connecticut school boards have lost
their battle with Cupid, and there is
a great scarcity of school marms.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Bashful suitors are taking to the
woods in New Jersey to avoid being
married free of cost.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Scientists have learned to make SUI
gar, but their labors have not yet had
any effect on the sugar trust.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Bryan may be the Rip Van Wrinkle
of politics, but he is still wide awake
enough to talk great deal.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Jiminez is giving a sideshow per-
Torrance in Santo Domingo for the
big circus in the far east.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

The pugilists say war is lawful. !"
They have recently been interviewed
on the subject.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Viola Allen has just been successfully
operated upon at the New York Eye and
Ear hospital for bone affection in hei
head.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

The emperor of China seems to have
resumed, for Psi An did not sign the
neutrality proclamation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Down in Mobile four-story buildings
are called skyscrapers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

War maps supplanted the esteemed
valentines to some extent.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

John Hays note will soon be well
endorsed. 1t deserves to be.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

John MilIil<an is the oldest editor in the
state of Indiana. He is SO years old and
is still actively connected with the Lake
County Register.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

big Bill" Devery has been called
the typical American. This is hard
on America.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Some consider the comic valentine
as bad as war itself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

Port Arthursky is In the limelight
beyond a shadow of doubt.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

The Russian people have come to
think that no news is bad news.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17

A torpedoed battleship does not need
to be told that war has begun.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-02-17
Hot STUFF.

Birmingham has a real chile man
now" said a man about town. HE has
arrived with his wagon and all facilities
for supplying the public with hot nour-
ishment at moderate prices. In addition to
serving chile the vender will also have
hot tomalley for sale. These are guar
anteed to be equally as satisfactory for
filing purposes. Although one or two
lunch counters in town have been serv-
ing chile for some time we were without
the street vender, and I am glad to note
his appearance, as 1t is a sure mark of
our progressiveness
1.-The new chile man has a restaurant
ON wheels which he can pull about the
streets at night. His regular station will
be on Twentieth street, however, and here
he will have telephone connections, electric
lights and all modern conveniences. The
telephone and lights will be obtained by
running a wire down the pole which
stands near the wagon. When the chile
man gets ready to move he will merely
disconnect his wires and depart.
I'm a conversation the chile man says
he is not making it hot just yet. He
wants to educate the public taste gradu-
ally, and predicts that in few weeks his
customers will be able to swallow the
hottest concoction that ever went down
the throat of a Mexican peon. For warm
ing qualities chile is better than a drink,
and as for its ability to fill an empty
stomach a hundred street waits in other
cities will vouch."