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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

"The other countries" are chiefly
Spain, France, Austria, Russia and Bel
GUM. The increase in those countries
was chiefly in Belgium, the rest report
ing decreases, or small changes.
The remarkable feature of the iron
industry last year was the increased
production in Germany. That country
very nearly furnished the net increase
of the entire world. Germany has n
steel trust as well as the United States,
and the German trust pushed German
products into other countries with skill
and persistence. Exports of German
iron and steel were largely extended,
even into British markets.
1t is not believed the worlds product
this year will exceed that of 1903. The
production of this country will be less
ened, and production in European
countries will be affected by the war
in the Far East. Wars as a rule dimin-
ish industrial activities.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

TIHN r. EDWARD w. BOX of the
MI Ladies' Home Journal and
father eonfessor of the Ameri-
lean fair sex, has taken up his pen in
abuse of the newspapers. The substance
of Mr.. Bolx's arrangement is that the
papers of the country are INSCRIPTIONS,
unreliable and generally unfit for the
readers of his own estimable publication
to peruse. Mr.. Box is really most YER
satile gentleman. In addition to advis-
ing the young how to succeed, having
heart to heart talks with the girls, and
manufacturing beauty hints, Mr.. Box has
had time to discover few of the most
glaring faults of the newspapers He
states with some Indignation, but no
heat that the average newspaper in this
country does not hesitate to fabrieate in
order to get good first page STORY and
tells of case where an editor OF his ac-
quaintance actually ordered his European
correspondent to send daily story about
the domestic troubles of Queen Wilhelm
ina of Holland when he knew that such
troubles did not exist. The result was
that the correspondent faxed a lot Of
sensational stuff rather than lose his po-
sition and these dispatches were pub
iished with such an array of black type
and startling phras eology that the trust
ing public, and especially the innocent
readers Of the Ladies' Home Journal,
had their confidence much abused.
Mr. Box also tells OF dramatic editors
criticising plays the way some one in
authority wanted them criticized, and of
many other instances of moral turpltude
that are enough to make .he yellowest
journalist blush with shame Fake
stories are never justifable, but perhaps
Mr.. Box wants the papers conducted af-
ter the fashion followed by him in his
journal. Whether 1t would be profit
able to so .domesticize" the daily news
paper is extremely doubtful OF course,
obliging editors are willing enough to run
department of condolences conducted by
Aunt Jane" or Aunt Susan" and it is
no trouble to get beauty departments
from the syndicates, but 1t is without the
pale of sordid journalism to advise young
girls In their love affairs and so choose
news matter that it will not only be as
free from all Objectionable features as
Sunday school tract, but also of alb
sorblng interest to the fireside circle.
But Mr.. Box need not be so strenuous
in his criticism of newspapers when the
public has not forgotten several risque
stories that recently appeared in the La
dies Home Journal and caused discussion
with bated breath. Yet no one denies
that his publics ton is a most estimabe
one and conducted in most conservative
manner, but the man who has made a
success of a domestic journal would prob
ably be sadly out of place in a modern
newspaper office and while no one objects
to Mr.. Box giving his ideas as to how he
thinks newspapers ought to be conduct
ed, fortunately no one is compelled to ac-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18
MISTY LONDON AS SEEN
FROM VICTORIA TOWER

ITS own magnificent reward for those who
climb to the top. If one has enthusiasm
to spare for architecture, the Victoria
Tower has enough of the architects ge-
MUS to engage him for much longer than
he will be able to stay. But it is the view
of London from the top which will appeal
to him who is neither architect. artist,
nor antiquarian. The great city lies deep
below like toy world-"like a diminished
and smoky model of ITSELF wrote a
climber nearly half a hundred years ago.
Even half way up the tower London
seems a dwarf city as you walk around
the arcade above the first tier of windows
an arcade with massive pillars and enor-
nous arches, and as wide as some of the
streets you dimly see below. But the
roof is the treasure of the tower. Built
as lightly as could be, consistent with It's
safety from the wind, It weighs, never
theless 400 tons. The little parapet, look
ing like a speck of stone from Parliament
tary square, Is sixteen feet high The
lions and crowns are taller than man,
and the gilt tops to the four turrets are
iron crowns five feet across and ton
each In weight. The gilt railing at tho
top is six feet high; the four lions which
guard the four corners are twenty feet
high From these corners rise four arched
buttresses of cast iron, forming in the
center into a crown thirty feet above the
roof and through this again passes the
flagstaff, from the top of which floats 400
Yards of bunting made into the biggest
Union Jack in England.
No man, except in midair, has ever seen
London from the height at which this
great flag flies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18
THE SINNERS SONG.
Richard Mansfield in the New

Richard Mansfield in the New York
Times.
If once at bay 1 touched crime
In bovhood, hot-headed, needless time.
And all nv neighbors rang the chime!
Wherever I might wander,
no Won believe I could outlive
Or that my neighbors would forgive
THAT stretching stain of slander!
no Won believe that l could rise
And. by my doughty deeds and wise,
wash out that blot, | wonderf
Or. If | strived in doing good,
And saving all the souls could
wherever 1 might wander.
would that one stain upon my name
outweigh my labor any my fame?
Alas. you know 1t would!
would all my struggles all my tears.
For DAYS. for nights. for months, fov
years,
Be ever understood?
NV sorrow and my pteous prayer
Might reach Almighty's gracious ear,
But would my neighbor hear?
O-eentle kind! o kind mankind!
q thieves and liars. deaf and blind,
But never, never dumb.
O beasts that drabble in your pen,
And beasts that wear the garb OF men,
What honor to be one!
Gould I have hid that early crime
And tuned my sycophantine chime
To key with pleasing lies,
And stuff beasts loathsome belly-fuu
And pat his elephantine hull
Or please his amorous eyes:
How good were Il How wise were l!
How well I'd live! How damned I'd dlA.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18
TWO KINDS oE "RIER.D

From the New York Sun.
One of two young school teachers, who
were riding in an elevated railroad train
past Brooklyn cemetery the other day,
happened to notice a German saloon sign
announcing that lager bier" was for
sale.
"You wouldn't think that even a saloon
keeper would spell beer wrong in these
days, when anybody can get an educa-
tion," said the enthusiastic young wo-
man. 81 suppose he spelled 1t with an Il
because that cemeterys right across from
his place and they carry so many biers
in"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18
QUESTION OF DIMENSIONS.
Letter From Captain Hobson on Locks
of MonongaheIa and kanawha.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
My attention has been called to the edi-
torial in your issue of yesterday, in which
you take exception to the dimensions of
the locks on the Monongahela and the
Kanawha rivers as quoted by me in the
joint debate at Tuscaloosa Monday. 1 beg
to inform you that | personally examin-
ed the official plant of all the locks In
question at the office of the United States
engineer at Tuscaloosa, and the dmen-
sions given by me are absolutely accurate.
You state that there is no lock on the
Monongahela larger than Sc feet in width
by 216 feet in length, whereas Lock No. 2
is 800 feet long by Sc feet wide by SG5-1OO
feet in depth. Moreover, Lock No. 10,
high up the river. Is 1872 feet long by Sc
feet wide by 7.S-1o0 feet in depth. Even
here the two dimensions that principally
determine the barge capacity, namely, the
width and depth are considerably larger
than those of the Warrior river, So feet
as compared with 50 feet in width, and
78-100 feet as compared with 6.5-100 feet in
depth. You also msstate the size of the
river. Six of these locks are above Nor
gantown, West Virginia; and if you ex-
anime the atlas you will find that long
ere this point Is reached the river be-
comes scarcely more than a creek.
You state that on the Kanawha all
the locks are of the same size, 80 feet wide
by 100 feet long; whereas lock- No. g. Din
this case numbered from up stream, is
26S feet long by SO feet wide, by feet in
depth, and No. I Is 296 feet long by 90
feet wide by feet in depth. In this case
likewise, you will find in the atlas that
the river speedily reduces to little more
than a creek, Lock No 2 being IS miles
from the Ohio river and about ten miles
below the Kanawha Falls. I have been
along this river on the railroad and should
say from memory that at the falls the
river Is scarcely larger than Big Sandy
Creek
In addition, 1t must be taken into con-
sideration that on both of these rivers the
locking is chihy designed, because of the
river limitations for coal transportation
only, whereas on the Warrior 1t is in
tended for the transportation of the pro-
duce of farm. forest and the factory and
for regular river packet boat service.
You are also In error in quoting me as
saying that 5000 additional cost would
have provided for all the locks of the
larger dimensions. I stated that $4,000
additional would have provided for a sim
gle larger lock % feet wider and about 100
feet longer, which would have allowed a
tow with 1000 tons to pass as compared
with a tow of 1900 tons, the capacity of
the present locks thus nearly trebling
the capacity with only about one-quarter
additional cost.
I based my estimate on the cost of adj
ditional concrete work required. the prin-
cipal single item. which an engineer in
the office estimated for me at $4,000.
You will of course give this letter the
same prominence that was given your
article. Yours very truly,
R. P. HOBSON.
NTorot, ta0t
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18
Cotton Planting.

'"The farmers in ali parts of Alabama
are buying fertilizers in large quantities
this year." said a gentleman from the
black belt. reports are coming in from
dealers and shippers which lead me to
believe that the cotton acreage in this
state will be perhaps larger than ever
before. Even the steamboats, are loaded
down with fertilizer and the steamers
plying the Alabama are doing good bus
mess as a result of the unprecedented
demand
while some conservative people are in
clned to be alarmed at the intention of
nearly all farmers to plant every avail
able acre in cotton, 1t is pointed out that
there is not apt to be such an unusual
production as is anticipated. Even grant
ing that the crop will grow under favor
able conditions, it must be remembered
that there is a great scarcity of labor and
when time for cultivation comes 1t will
be a hard matter to get enough hands
plant a large acreage of cotton but culti-
waiting 1t is an entirely different matter.
1T is really astonishing to me how the
farmers go cotton wild, when they have
been taught over and over again the fol-
ly of depending altogether on the staple
for support. 1t makes no difference how
much is written and spoken on the SUBJ
ject, each farmer continues to plant cot
ton and buy goods on the credit This
was a remarkably successful year for
cotton growers but the chances are that
demand continues through the growing
saaeon
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18
Parades of the Past.

Civic societies seem to have abandoned
the parade habit which was so prevalent
in years rnst," remarked an old citizen.
1.-THE parade business was overdone in
this country perhaps, but I think that
en- certain notable anniversaries societies
should continue to turn out in picturesque
regalla In my youth firemen were great
paraders, and so We're the Masons, Odd
Fellows and the Catholic societies. St.
Patrick's day never seemed to be fully
observed without a parade of the sons of
Erin decked in green l am Just old fash
toned enough to long to see the marching
battalions back again.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18
AIabama's Choice for President.

The democrats of Alabama are pur-
sued by two active propagandas--the
one in favor of Grover Cleveland,
which is wholly an underground af-
fair--the other in favor of William r.
Hearst, which is on the surface. The
Cleveland stillhunt resents the pres
ence of the Hearst boom, and no doubt
the Hearst boomers deny the right of
the boilers Of 1896 to read them out of
the party.
state are disregarding, and doubtless
will continue to disregard, this cat
fight between the Clevelandites and
Hearstites. The Montgomery Adver-
tiser, which has charge of the Cleve-
land stillhunt, says the leaders of the
Hearst boom are back-number politi-
clans, and it intimates that they were
seduced by the Hearst barrel. The
Hearst boomers may reply that seduc-
ton by the barrel route is at least as
good as seduction by the patronage
route, and elimination and recrimina-
ton may follow to the convention day
In May.
All this talk does not touch the great
heart of the democratic party in this
state, which is sound to the core. The
Alabama democrats want delegation
that is committed to nobody, an abso-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18
A Month of Hiuh Prices.

In the month of February one-third
of the staples were advanced in price.
To be exact, thirty-f1ye articles were
advanced, fifty remained unchanged,
while twenty-five were offered at lower
prices. In the list of advances, pub
lished by Bradstreets, are mentioned
breadstuffs, live stock, fruits, oils,
building materials, chemicals, butter,
tea, rubber, paper, sugar, beef, pork,
bacon and lard. The present range Of
prices is the highest known in four
years, and is but trif1e below the top
reached In the winter of 1900.
Not in thirteen years have bread
stuffs been SO high as they are now.
Thirteen years ago the Russian wheat
crop failed, and prices went to high
figures. This was in 1891. In 1902
live animals, provisions and groceries
reached the maximum of prices. The
year 1900 was the year of highest
prices all along the list of staples, and
1896 the year of lowest prices. The
war in the Far East is carrying prices
up again and it may restore the aver
age of 1900.
Labor is in less demand, and there
is a slackening tendency in almost
every industry. Retrenchment is heard
In every department Of life except in
the sale of the necessaries of life,
which show an advancing tendency.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18
Good Times Ahead.

Everybody expects business to be COM
parative quiet during presidential year,
said a manufacturer, but we are feeling
the effects of this presidential year much
less than usual. We have had several
years of unprecedented prosperity, and
according to the old rule this prosperity
would be followed by several years of de-
preston. But l am glad to say that the
old rule will not hold good. I predict that
1905 will be one of the most prosperous
years in our history, providing the crops
are good"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

New York, aad director of the Tennes.
see Coal IRON and Railway company ar
rived in Birmingham last night and is reg
istered at the Hillman.
s. w. Reeves of Atlanta is registered at
the Morris
w. L. Merritt of Atlanta is stopping at
the Colonial.
Edward Grammar of Paint Rock is at
the Morris.
Charles e. Gerth of Nashville is stop
ping at the ST. Nicholas.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18
About Persons.

The Rev. DR.. Charles A. Stakely, Gus
Rice, Joseph Norwood and Michael Cody
Of Montgomery are in the city.
]. A. Harm of Augusta, Ga, is at the
Colonial
George w. Feagin, chief of the Louisville
and Nashville's corp of engineers at
Sayre is at the Morris.
DIR. A. w. Foster of Washington is stop
ping at the st. Nicholas.
H G. Meyer of Gadsden is in the city
]. H. Vaughan of Roanoke, Va, is at
the Colonial.
Attorney w. c. Davis of Jasper is
registered at the Morris.
H. B.. Wright of Nashville is at the
St. Nicholas.
Cord Meyer, a prominent capitalist Of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
1t makes man very lonesome to have
his house full of his wife's relatives.
1t takes pure innocence not to blush as
things which the sophisticated are
ashamed of.
family wash as a man does in the family
tree
Often a girl thinks she is in the throes
of a great romance when ii is only acute
indigestion.
You can't tell from the sweet smile a
girl has whether she is glad to see you
or is hiding the fact that she has cramps.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Street criers.

Birmingham is remarkably free from
street criers just now said visitor yes
terday. Even the newsboys are rather
subdued in calling their papers and the
occasional sound of their shrill voices is
about the only cry that is heard on the
streets. believe there is a small char
coal wagon which travels about town and
is driven by a diminutive negro with
very shrill voice His cry Is often heard
but is hardly loud enough to rise above
the clang of trolley cars or the rattle of
vehicles. However. the summer time will
soon be here and then the vegetable
wagons will be with us again, although
they will be confined principally to the
residence part of town.
There is something cheering and in
spring about street cries. I am sorry that
Birmingham newsboys are not more voci-
ferrous, for it is decidedly pleasant some
times to hear one of those little rascals
with a pair of lungs like a bellows bawl-
ing at the top of his voice the big stories
Of his papers. OF coures 1t is not so pleas
ant when he wakes you up in the early
hours of the morning, but l am not dis
cussing that feature. If an army of scis-
sors grinders old clothes men, umbrella
members. and loud mouthed peddlars of
all kinds were turned loose on the streets
they would wake up things I assure you.
But some people do not like street
cries and If a few healthy individuals
should begin shouting their wares they
would Immediately be hustled away as
public nuisance. But of course, public
criers, whistlers, and all other noises in
towns ought to be subject to restrictions,
for there is always the possibility of get
ting too much of a good thing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18
ROOSEVELT AGREEABLE.
e New York Times,

From the New York Times.
Representative William Alden Smith,
who doomed Speaker Cannon for the
Presidency on Friday, has since paid a
visit to the White House without having
any personal encounters. He still Stands
pat" but the President is not worried.
Smith" said Mr.. Roosevelt, I'm per-
fectly willing to leave the question of
whether l should or should not be nomi-
mated to you and Uncle joe"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18
PETTUS TAKES A CHEW.

From the New York World.
II come now to the tobacco said SEN
ator Simmons of North Carolina in
speech in the senate.
Whereupon Senator Pettus of Alabama
the Oldest man in the senate, dragged
black plug from his coat tail pocket and
took a chew that was the admiration o.
III hts aollea cues.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

The Hobson-Bankhead fight is at
tracing attention in all parts of the
country and has waxed so warm in
Alabama that debating societies are
now being named after the candidates.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18
JUST A REMINDER.

From the Washington Post.
Those physicians who insist that eating
apples will elevate the moral standard
seem to have forgotten what happened
to Adam and Eve.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

Carrie Nation called to see Hetty
Green the other day, but Hetty was
not at home and the reformer merely
left her cara and an impression on the
servants.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

Lieutenant Peary will not seek the
North Pole this year, but it will not
rot off unless the weather changes are
unusual. 1t will be there next year or
any other year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

Patti says we are a vulgar lot, but
just the same she accepted 100000
of our money, and carried it away in
her trunk. That money was necessarily
Yulgar
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

When the weather gets warm it Ia
remarkable how many counts and other
people of distinction are met walking
through the country for big wagers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

The walking between New York and
Jersey City still has it's drawbacks, but
many are trying it. 1t is New York's
latest fad.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

It Is some consolation to know that
while there is no 'possum and taters
in the summertime, there is water
melon and huckleberry pie.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

Mr.. Cleveland is thinking more Of
the third degree in the presidential
lodge than he is of the thirty-third
degree of Masonry.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

The absent-minded man is only try
ing to decide whether his last years
spring suit will look we'll for Easter
if it is nicely pressed.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

There are so many people now will
ing to loop the loop that the loop can
not break their necks fast enough.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

The Montgomery Advertiser should
hone down its blue pencils Messrs.
Hehin and Stallings are lifelong demo-
Gratis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

The apple cure for drunkenness is
too cheap to be in the same class with
the Kelley cure.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

A "knocker" suggests that the Bir-
mingham Dasebad team might have
permitted New York to make IA runs
instead of 10, and thus avoid hoodoo.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

The merger decision did not make a
deep impression in this district because
a game of baseball was impending.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

The Smiths are at the front. If it
is not Chief Apostle Joe, it is1William
Alden.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

Springfield, o., is sitting in the sack
cloth and ashes of remorse at present.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

"Meet Me in st. Louis, Louis, Louis"
Is said to be the newest Worlds fair
song inflicted upon the public.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-18

Circus posters will soon relieve the
monotony of rural landscape.