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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28
Ben Hur Didn't Win.

Some men are born lucky, some achieve
luck and others have luck thrust upon
Them" said a member Of the Southern
club at the Hillman yesterday. My
friend Culpepper Exum belongs to the
first and the third class.
Ibid you ever hear that horse-racing
story on Exum?' the clubman went on.
mo? Well, few years ago Culpepper
went up to Kentucky with a friend Of
his. Each of them bought two thorough
bred running horses. When they got
back to Birmingham Gully bet his friend
that his best horse could beat his
friends best horse in three heats at a
mile. The races were run at the old
fair grounds and Culpepper's horse won
all three heats.
"A few weeks after the match. the play
Ben Hur' came to Birmingham. Exum's
friend. who was something of literary
fellow, looked Exum up and took him to
the show
you will remember that in the chariot
race Ben Hur is matched against Mes
sala, and Ben Hur wins the race 1t
seems that Exum did not recall the story
His friend however, had remembered it.
when they got to the theatre and the
chariot race was about to start, Exum's
friend offered to wager Gully 500 that
Ben Hur would win. You're on, said
Exum. MESSIAH for mine and the race
began.
Now, as almost everyone knows Ben
Hur was due to win. The man who wrote
the book made him win. The man who
wrote the play made him win. The play
had been given 1000 nights all over the
country before 1t got to Birmingham and
every one of~those nights Ben Hur won.
But he didn't win that night Some thing
went wrong with the machinery in the
show and Messiah came home on the
bltsky with Ben Hur ANONYMOUSLY beat
en-. You see culpepper Exum had bet
against him."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28
Emneror Nicholas Sneaks

The memorial of the zemstvos has
been denied. The people are not to
participate in the government. The
bureaucracy is to be continued in
power, and autocracy is over and over
again declared to be fundamental. He
does say in the opening paragraph of
his decree, when this or that change
is proved ripe then we consider it nee
cessary to meet 1t, even though the
transformation to which this leads in
wolves the Introduction of essential In
novations in legislation" This reads
oueerly alongside declarations con-
corning "the undertaking maintenance
of the immutability of the funda-
mental laws of the empire" Autoc-
racy and representative government
are incompatible, and the czar cannot
ride two horses going in opposite di
rections.
The long and short of the decree Is
plain. The bureaucrats have won an
other victory. There is to be no ma
tional parliament. Some reforms are
outlined, but the formulating of these
reforms is entrusted to the bureau
Gratis who can be trusted to see that
the peoples rights do not trespass on
their own privileges.
In the meanwhile the unrest which
finds expression at present among the
students and in the large cities of the
empire will spread to all parts of the
country, and the movement, spurred
by defeats in the Far East. will doubt
less go on until the representatives of
the people participate in legislation.
Bureaucracy and autocracy are alike
doomed Revolution is smouldering in
Moscow and st. Petersburg, and in
every other large city in the vast
on the sea would fan the fire into an
open flame, and the land would be
filled with civil strife, and autocracy
would quickly disappear. And yet
Russia is not ready for representative
government. The bureaucracy have
Intentionally kept the Russian masses
in state of ignorance, and between
ignorance and autocracy 1t is indeed
difficult to outline a sane and safe plan
of government. What Russia needs
most at present Is relief from an un-
popular war, and then she needs
statesmen to place her gradually in
line with other nations, and such men
are not produced under the bureau
cratic system.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28
\ NE year ago Mrs. Chadwick spent
J Christmas day IN an expensive
suite of rooms at the HOLLAND

N0\NlE. . year ago Mrs Chadwick spent
W. Christmas day IN an expensive
suite of rooms at the Holland
House. surrounded by friends and &C.
quaintances and enjoying every luxury
that money could buy. Valuable presents
were given away by her and money was
showered upon her servants, eager to
obey the slightest wish of their free
handed mistress. That was year ago.
Last Sunday Mrs. Chadwick occupied a
cell in prison at Cleveland. There were
no presents to tighten the gloom Of her
surroundings, save a Christmas dinner
sent by a former servant, who was
ashamed to have her name made known
as that of one who sympathized with the
wretched woman. The dinner was shared
by Mrs. Chadwick with her prisonmate
woman of THE Tenderloin." The
former society queen of Cleveland and
the woman of the street took their mea-
ger Christmas cheer in company, the one
Stunned by the friends" who fiocked to
her lavish entertainments and the other
abandoned by the world Mrs. Chad
wick's son, Emil, who has heretofore
been faithful to his mother, did not call
at the prison, and the Swedish nurse re-
NAMED away. 1t was a cherries day,
weary wait for nightfall and slumber
when the mockery of Christmas joy
might be forgotten, That was the way
Mrs. Chadwick spent Christmas and the
didactic will be quick to point the moral.
A contemporary publishes the headline,
Gems Worth $1,000 Strangely Vanish
There Is nothing strange about gems of
that value disappearing They will in
variably vanish If given half a chance.
one OF the most important develop
ments in southern newspaper circles re-
Gently noted is the consolidation of the
Memphis Morning News and the Mem
phis Scimitar as the News cimitar
The consolidation was effected by
Colonel Gilbert D. Raine, owner of
the News. The News soimitar will
be an afternoon and weekly paper.
with Sunday morning edition. The
achievement of Colonel Raine marks a.
AiO" VAd III tie history OIL memphis news
papers and will put an end to the warfare
that has been waged between the Scim-
itar and the News. Individually, these
papers were ereditable to the south, and
with both under the capable management
of Colonel Raine there is no reason why
the News-Scimitar should not become one
of the south's great newspapers.
II the secret motives that prompt men
and women to the pursuit of wealth
were probed to the bottom It would be
found that the desire which actuates them
in many cases is not the desire for lux
uries' for splendid raiment, fine carriages,
palatial mansions and the pleasures of
the world but a thirst for power. In
wealth there is power, power denied to
the greatest monarch of the world, and
men long for the means that will place
In their hands an authority no emperor
could exercise. With wealth comes indie
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28
He'll be as full of quarrel and offenss
AS my young mistress dog.
--Othello.
PRESBYTERIAN Council.

A plan has been formulated under
hich all the churches, dozen in
number. adherin. to the Presbyterial
system, can be combined for general
Presbyterian purposes. 1t is not pro
posed to merge any of the Presbyterian
organizations. All are to be left in
tact with all their differences and all
their powers, as they exist today. No
organic union, in other words, is con-
templated.
1t is felt, however, that the Presby-
terrain and reformed churches have
enough in common to warrant organ
lied cooperation for common pur-
poses. In order to do this 1t is pro-
posed to organize a federal council
consisting of nfty-six members on the
basis of four representatives for each
100000 communicates up to 100000,
and four additional representatives. for
each additional 100000 communicates
No one church under this plan would
control the federal council. The Pres
byterian church, north, is the largest
body, but it would have only twenty
four representatives in the proposed
council. The Presbyterian church,
south, would have eight representa-
tives; the Cumberland church four,
and other southern representatives
might bring the total vote of the south
up to about fifteen.
The plan is to be discussed through
out the present year, especially when
synods and assemblies meet, and it is
hoped that the sentiment of the
churches interested will be ripe in
1906 for final action.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28
WHAT A "sNITcH" Is.
the kansas Citv Times.

From the Kansas City Times.
A paragrapher of the Chicago Tribune
says he doesn't know what a snltch is.
For his benefit the following definition is
given: A snitch is a combination Of gall,
dishonesty and prevarication, with per-
haps smattering of legal knowledge
thrown in. 1t walks and looks like a
man and Is found In all large cities,
where 1t lives mainly or public serv-
ice corporations. 1t is an unprofessional
lawyer, its existence depending almost
wholly on that violation of ethics de-
scribed as soliciting business.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28
OMISSIONS OF HISTORY.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Socrates had unloaded another thought
on Plato.
"of course" he said, II expect you to
lick 1t Into shape for publication. BY the
way, Plate, do you know, you remind me
ever so much Of Boswell?"
Boswell" echoed Plato. Boswell?
Oh, yes; he's the fellow that gave the
British public little too much Johnson"
The oolloquy escaped the newspapers
of the day, but the phrase persisted.
Hercules lay on his couch in helpless
misery
Il ought to have had more sense" he
groaned. than to attempt a thirteenth
taskl I might have known 1t would
bring me bad luck
He had tried to eat thirty quail in
thirty days.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
An optimist is one who is always glad
1t isn't any worse.
Once a man had wife who didn't nag
him. but 1t was in a dream.
A man is very lucky to have some OF
his own money spent on a Christmas
present for himself.
Next to going to matinee the most
exciting thing for girl is to think that
the leading man looked at her.
The successful business man Is the one
who always gives other people the i'm
preston they are doing him, and their
guess is wrong.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28
- -
REPUBLIC IRON AND STEEL

From the Wall Street Journal.
Chicago-It is now pretty generally
thought that the Republic Iron and Steel
company will make a report Of earnings
to stockholders for the half year some
time late in January. Officials Of the
company will not admit as yet that the
policy of semi annual reports is to be re.
sllmed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28
THE COUNTY coNvlcTs.

From the Birmingham News.
'Apropos of the much-mooted convict
question at this time l would like to ex-
press my views through the medium OF
your paper" said a gentleman who is
thoroughly acquainted with the situation.
IT have given the matter a good deal
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Senator Morgan is recovering his
health. In the senate he is Dictur-
esdue and commanding figure, sitting
ever straight as an Indian, while all
about him are senators in every care
less attitude. Health and long life to
our grand old man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28
REPUTATION SAT

From the Mobile Herald.
Beethoven. some biographer tells us.
used to work generally in beer gar
den. However. that was before the day
of the photograph and three-piecs Hun
garian orchestra
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

2AAAs
TOM PAINE.
7 h e Command
ments carry no in
ternaI evidence of
divinity with them ;
they contain some
good moral pre- :
eepts, such as any
man qualified to be
a lawgiver or d
legislator could pro-
duce himself, with
out having recourse
to supernatural In
tervention.
In fine, do we want
to know what God
Is? Search not the
b o o k called the
Scripture, which any
human hand might
make, but the Scrip
ture called the Gre
alton.
The only idea man
can affix to the
name of God is that
of a first cause, the
cause of all things.
De we want to
contemplate II | s
poWerf We see 1t
In the immensely of
the Creation. d o
we want to con-
template His wis.,
dom We see 1t In
[ h e Interchangeable
o r d e r b y which
the incomprehensi-
BILE whole is gov
erned~
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Rojestyensky takes the ground that
he has right on the high seas to
fire into his own ships, and trawlers
should get out of the way.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Frenzied finance will certainly go
out of fashion if Tom Lawson keeps
his serial running throughout 1905, as
he says he will do.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Few people pay any attention to the
average lunatic, but when Thomas
Lawson speaks there is a great scram-
BILE to hear.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

The Columbia college sophomoref
stand on their right to indulge in haz
ing. They may strike.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Port Arthur is a graveyard at pres
ent, and 1t promises to do good deal
in that line before it lets go.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

A Minnesota man received a coffin
as a Christmas present. That was a
strong suggestion for him to go hence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

It is reported that African peanuts
are being exported to America. This
is an insult to Georgia.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Colonel Greene probably got his title
in the same way that gentlemen In
Georgia and Kentucky do.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

A dermatologist is man who mends
faces and a pugilist is a man who
breaks them. They ought to form
partnership.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Florida holds but five Swallow men,
warranted to stay sober under all cir.
cumstances.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Octopuses governed on the Garfield
plan would try to slip out or around
the federal net. They are very slip
perry.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

The two ideal" young men of the
country are undoubtedly John D..
Rockefeller, Jr., and Gladstone Dowie.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Where was Vulcan when the lights
went out? He was at the fair, and he
is there yet.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

A sequel to Rider Haggard's "She"
is reported. That old creepy feeling
comes over us again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Senator Knox is also casting his
eyes toward the White House. He Is
Carnegie's candidate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

President Roosevelt has few no
lions of his own when 1t comes tc
making appointments.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Caesar Young seems to have been
his own Brutus.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

The six bald-headed men on the Nan
Patterson jury voted against her &C.
quittal.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Richard Croker is living safe be
yond the bounds of frenzied finance
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Tom Lawson says the war on the
H. H. Rogers of the land has just been
begun.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Lillian Russell also has the secret
of perpetual youth.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

1t is now the 1900, by order of Mrs.
Aston, who is supreme in the social
world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

The Christmas shoppers will now
take a well-earned vacation year
long.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Maryland has a lone populist, but
thus far he has not been identified.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Buffalo's thirteen railroads bring in
prosperity only.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

The old lady who lived in a shoe
would never have survived Christmas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Admiral Togo makes Russian battle
ships as helpless as North sea traw-
lers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

The man with determined jaw Is
nerving himself for his New Year reso-
lutions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

The capitalists are now prejudiced
against all magazines.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Tom Lawson's sleeves seem to be
packed with picturesque and pertinent
facts
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28
A CURIOUS PARALLELIsM.
rom the New York Sun.

From the New Yorl
LYMAN ABBOTT.
The Ten Com
mandments did not
spring spontaneo-
ously from Moses,
but were, like all
! a W s, a gradual
growth; and that
man is a creature
of evolution, not a
creation.
/ believe in a God
Who is in and
through a n d o I
everything-not an
absentee God, whom
we have to reach
through a Bible or
a priest or some
other outside aid,
but a God who is
closer to us than
hands or feet.
There is only one
energy. That en-
ergy has always
been working. 1t Is
an intelligent en-
ergy. No scientist
can deny 1t.
NY God is a great
O. n d ever-present
force, which is
manifest in all the
activities of man
and all the work.
ings of nature.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Mary Jane, Judge Parker's pet
lamb, is dead. Esopus mourns.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

The Standard Oil should apply for a
Garfield tag early, and avoid the rush.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Frenzied theology Is running fren-
zied finance a close race.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

The simple life has another recon-
mendation to favor. 1t is cheap.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28
4EllasssO
&GaH dNse

L. H. Russ and ]. H. Caffee are the
only authorized travelling representatives
Of The Age-Herald in its circulation de-
partment
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Fairbanks weather prevails in the
east.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

No communication will be published
without its authors name. Rejected
manuscripts will not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

Sunday Christmases are three days
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

washington Bureau Accelerate. 142t @
Street N. W.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-28

The best way to avoid breaking your
new year resolutions is to confine your
self to promises that will deprive YOU of
no qualification that you already enjoy
and will not entail any effort on your
part. In other words, resolve not to
do only what you don t want to do.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-03-04
JAPANESE MET A
HORRIBLE DEATH
CRUSHED BETWEEN A LIGHTER
AND THE BIG STEAMSHIP ORE
CONAN IN KAHULUI HARBOR.

WAILUKU, February 29-While load
ing the big steamer Oregonian at Ka-
hului yesterday morning, a japanese
met with a horrible death The man
was on a lighter alongside the big
steamer placing sugar bags in sings
preparatory to hosting. Somehow or
other the sling loosened, the bags fell
and caught the Japanese, who was
thrown off the lighter, and fell between
the steamer and lighter. Just then
there was a small swell which brought
the lighter up against the ship, which
caught the Japanese I'm between, who
was attempting to get onto the lighter
again. The body was crushed some
what, although the Jap struggled for
life for a short while after. A coroner's
jury was Immediately summoned b.
Deputy Sheriff Saffery, who viewed the
body yesterday afternoon. The unf0r-
tunate man was buried in the after
noon, a large number of his co-employes
accompanying the remains.
Sugar is hoisted on board these big
steamers at Kahului by means of net
sings, taking about fifteen bags at a
time. There is always a man on the
gangway giving signals to the engine
driver to hoist whenever the sings are
ready on the lighter.
This is the first accident of the nature
that has occurred at Kahului while
loading either steamers or sailing YES
sells.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-03-04
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY MEETS
ANNUAL GATHERING OF THIS Or
GANIZATION - OFFICERS RE-
ELECTED FOR THE YEAR.

The annual meeting of the Hawaiian
Historical Society was held last even
ing at the rooms of the society in the
Honolulu Library Building. The follow
ing officers were elected; President Dr.
n. B. Emerson; first vice-president,
Judge S. B. Dole; second vice-presi-
dent, ]. S. Emerson; third vice-presi-
dent, Col w. F. Allen; corresponding
secretary, DR.. w. d. Alexander; record
ing secretary, Chief Justice w. f.
Frear; treasurer, w. w. Hall; libra
rian, Miss Hillebrand. The following
were elected to membership: Raymond
H. Arnot, of Rochester, n. Y, as a cor
responding member, and Miss Hille-
brand and b. L. Marx, as active MEM
bers.
Reports Of various officers were read
and adopted. President Emerson said
the committee appointed year ago to
locate historical places had done much
work. The lack of a report was due to
absence of the secretary of the commit
tee, w. A. Bryan, whose bereavement
had made it necessary for him to leave
the islands for a time.
DR.. Alexander read a letter from H
S. Townsend for two years past, di-
the Philippines, calling attention tc
some words common to both the Ha'
waiian language and to several of the
| languages of the Philippines. The pa
per of the evening was a most inter
| esting essay on "The Poetry of Ha
wall" by DR.. Emerson,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-03-04
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