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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-09
How He Proved II.

Here is pretty little story about
rip Van Wrinkle" which Joseph JEFF
ferson relates in his autobiography:
There is in the village of Catskiii a
Rip Van Wrinkle club. This society did
me the honor to invite me to act the
character in their town. I accepted, and
when l arrived was met by the worthy
president and other members of the club,
among whom was young Nicholas We'd
der, who claimed to be a lineal descend
ant of the original old Nick
"Emulating the spirit of evolution the
citizens had turned the skating rink into
a theatre, and a very respectable look
ing establishment it made, though in it's
transition state the marks of rollers did
cling to it STILL | was taking a cup of
tea at the able in the hotel, when / was
attracted to the colored waiter, who was
giving a graphic and detailed account of
this legend of the Catskill mountains to
one of the boarders who sat nearly oppo-
site to me.
Yes sah,' he continued, Rip went
up into de mountains, slep' for twenty
years. and when he came back hyar in
dis berry town his own folks didn't know
him.
Why said his listener. you, don't
believe the story's true?
True? OBJ course 1t is; why. point
ing me, 'dats de man. :"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-09
FROM SENATE CHAMBER TO JAIL

From the New York World.
There Is no help for it. The senate will
have to get along without the company
of Mr.. Burton, of Kansas.
Whether it could nerve itself to the
point of expeling him if the matter were
left to its discretion need not be con-
sidered, for the mere fact of his convic-
ton makes him legally incapable of
holding any office OF honor, trust or
profit under the government of the United
States" Whether a senatorship be now
an office of honor might be open to argu-
ment, but Burton has proven that 'it Is
certainly sometimes an office of profit"
Senator Burton will have to spend six
months in Jail for representing get-rich-
quick concern for pay before the post
office department. His defense was that
the services he was selling were merely
those of an attorney and not of a senator.
When one of Folks confessed boodlers
in Missouri was asked by Mr.. Steffens
whether If he had it to do all over, he
would Doodle again, he responded: "N es,
but I would study law" 'Why?' $50
as / could take fees instead of brides"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-09
The Rev. Dr.. Upper.

The Pulpit Monthly Magazine publish
ed in indianapolis, Ind. for April has the
following appreciation of DR.. Topper and
his work, who is now conducting evan
gellstic services at the Southside Bap-
fist church,
"Dr. IL. Allen Topper, Jr., whose pic
ture and sermon on System in the
Kings Service, we give in issue OF Inc
Pulpit has held important pastorates In
Kentucky, Maryland and New York, ana
is a member of one of the most influential
families of the south. His father, the
Rev. DR.. II. A. Topper was. Tor TWEEN
ty-fiye years, at the head of the foreign
mission board of the Southern Baptist
convention and his mothers brother, the
Rev. James T, Boyce, d. d., LII, D., was
the founder and first president of South
ern Baptist Theological seminary at
Louisville, Ky. The poet Martin Farquar
Topper of England and Sir Charles Tup-
per- the late premier of Canada were
cousins of DR., Topper Sr. DIR. ii. Alien
Topper, Jr. spent 1885 in an extended
trip through every country in the world,
and since his return home he has pub
lS1eu IOul NOlulhtS WihNH nav nav is'f o
sales-one of his books passing through
three editions and reaching a circulation
of nearly 10000. The names of these works
are: Around the World With Eyes Wide
Open Armenia: Its Present Crisis and
Past History Columbias War for Gu
ba, and Uncle Aliens Party in Pales-
tine During the last year DR.. Topper 5
pen has been engaged upon compre-
hensive work entitled: The Encyclopedia
of Missions which will be published this
spring As pastor of the Fifteonth Street
Baptist church, Brooklyn, n. Y, pro-
gressve, institutional organization; as 4,
director in the burea4 Of o.Issions, and
as president of the New York foreigners
mission. DR.. Upper, now IN the prime
of life. is at the height or his influence
and powe;.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-09
WATER WOULD NOT ANSWER.
kentuckians We're Bound to See the
BattIeship Properly Christened.
hiladelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
There are many superstitions in the
minds of sailors about christening YES
sci. When the Kentucky was launched
and this is simply an illustration of the
point-the Woman's Christian Temper
ance union succeeded In having the ship
baptized with water instead of the usual
bottle of champagne But at the same
time, and In psite of the triumph of the
temperance enthusiasts. a big delegation
of Kentuckans came to the launching
to pay tribute to their native state.
The bottle of aqua pura was duly
cracked over the Kentuckys bow, but as
the big hulk slid down the ways hun
dreds of half-pint casks of good old
Bourbon were yanked from the hip pock-
cts and hurled against the sides of the
vessel There was a great shattering of
glass; and gallons of Kentucky whisky
poured down her sides.
Apropos of this well remembered Incl
dent, Capt ]. C. Sanford, of the engineer
corps, in charge of the Delaware river
Improvement, let drop remark the 9TH
er day to the effect that the government
was about to have a new dredge built
to facilitate the work Now, a dredge Is
not a very imposing vessel, but 1t seems
that the sailors superstition holds good,
even in this humble case. what are
YOU going to call herr" asked an inquisi-
tive friend. That's a secret" replied
Captain Sanford THE dredge isn't I'M
der way yet, and the selection Of a name
before the work of construction has ac-
tually begun is regarded in the navy as
presaging bad luck
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-09
About Persona.

Oscar Fulgham of Selma Is registered
at the Morris hotel.
j. Lundie sloss of Morris was In Bir-
mingham last night, q guest Of the
Morris.
ira Champion of the Montgomery Jour-
nal Is in Birmingham.
g. ]. Downs OF Meridian was at the
Morris last night.
j. II. Howell Of Charlotte. n. c.. is
registered at the Morris.
w. Hughes. representing the C. o.
Burns company of New York. accom-
panied by Mrs. Hughes. is at the HILL
man for a day en- route to the Pacific
coast
H s. Bosler of Demopolis is at the
Hillman.
E. ]. Collins of New York Is at the
Hillman.
w. B. stratford of Montgomery is at
the Hilman.
H. A. Bishop of sylacauga is at the
Hillman.
Roland D. Williams of Memphis is at
the Ellman.
H. t. Mote of Atlanta is at the Colonial.
L. R. Coppage of Atlanta is registered
at the Colonial hotel.
]. P. Wiley of Atlanta is at the Co
lonia1.
D. L. Stewards of New York is at the
ST. Nicholas hotel.
O. R. Berry of New York is at the
st. Nicholas.
B. F. Moulton of New York is at the
ST. Nicholas
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-09
MOSCOW MORE RUSSIAN
THAN THE CAPITAL CITY

that great struggle between two en-
pires
The great bell now rests upon a pedes-
tall on which 1t towers to height OF
nearly thirty feet, and weighs as 1t
stands two hundred tons
The position of Moscow, In the east
central part of the empire, which in its
early days brought 1t into power through
the successful repulse of Mongol inva-
sions, at the present day adds to its COM
mercial Importance as Moscow Is the
center for Oriental trade. Today 1t ac-
quires a new Importance and interest
from the fact that troops start from this
city for their long journey over the
great Trans Siberian railway on their
way to the war.
With it's curious mingling Of modern
enterprise and the calm of antiquity
centered in the great market places and
the romantic old Kremin-Moscow is a
city of varied interest. To the Russian
peasant 1t holds the place that Rome
fills in Italian life, or Jerusalem to the
Jews. and the streets are constantly
thronged with pilgrims from all parts of
the great empire, visiting the shrines
of their ancestral faith From the far
north, from Arctic regions and the Baltic
shores; from the Black sea and the Cas-
plan; from the Urals and Siberia, on
foot and by modern rail and steamboat,
in every queer attire, they flock to the
ancient capital, with the result that Mos
COW presents to the observer from the
outside a bewildering conglomeration of
types
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-09

From the New York Commercial
these days of awakening life in the
erstwhile frozen Businesses of the soil
tary bogr, lonely marshes and dim
siienee-haunted pools OF the Far away
woods there comes a feeble tlnkling Of
sound swelling in volume as the days
grow longer and hotter that brings cheer
to the ear and visions of light to the eye
CT epioures. It Is the batranchian chorus
the swelling, space-hlling naturalization
Of the frogs. It comes as the balm of con-
tentment to the seekers of solitude by the
stagnant pool, be he philosopher or pot
hunter, but 1t has a special meaning to
the easy. indolent individual whose in
terests and incl:nations lie In the direct
ION Of gastronomy. To him the awaken
Ing of Rama vissceus and Rama catesbi-
ana and others of the Xix out of a long
winters sleep and the deep vo1cings Of
pleasure following the period of hiberna-
ton menas much
1t means that there will be a gradual
but sure descent of values on the delicate
ly favored neither limbs of the wide
mouthed batrachia and q marked in
crease In the available supply, Already
the early arrival Of frogs legs have made
their appearance and they are selling n
a limited way at Coo a pound. Later on
when the marshes of Virginia give up
their spring frogs values will go down
and when lake Athabacca contributes to
the supply prices will touch the lowest
level.
The states supplying the largest quanti-
ties for the markets are California, Mis-
souri,, New York, Arkansas, Maryland,
Virginia, Ohio and Indiana. More frogs
are taken in New York than in any other
state. but on account of their compare
lively small size they sell for less than
the Missouri and California product. The
Canadian province of Ontario also yields
e comparatively large supply of market
frogs, but it is only early in the season
when the domestic supply Is light that it
pays to ship them to this market.
The prejudice formerly existing against
frogs as an articly of food, perhaps based
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-09
nSnirlt of Spring."

IAN article in the New York Evening
Mail headed the Spirit of Spring Is In
accord with my idea about the effect OF
the natural world on human energies
and general trade" said an obseryant
merchant "A bright spring always Ell
fects business for good.
Here are extracts from the article re-
ferred to 1T Is no new thing for Ian
gushing business to revive with reviving
nature. Spring makes business; 1t makes
people want thing not suited TO winter
which they must buy. But so does the
coming of winter. The whole story does
not lie in a mere change of the season.
The very spirit of the spring gets into
people. 1t makes them hopeful, and hope
makes safe ventures which dependency
defeats.
The mind accepts the natural not the
calendar, division of the year, and litts
itself UP to higher and more hopeful
achievement with the annual rebirth'
That is one reason why business Is bet
ter now, and things generally are picking
up. They are going to continue In the
same course But not wholly by any
means, because 1t is spring. They gain
because the bottom of things has been
touched. and the processes OF denauon
have been completed, and the Cape or
BAD Hope rounded. 1t is clear sailing
nouyp
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-09
BRYAN ON PARKER.
Doesn't Like Idea of "Wading Through
Peanut Shells" to White House.


Lincoln Neb.. April SIN the Common
er Mr.. Bryan says under the heading
Parker not Available"
He is first of all Mr.. Hits candidate,
and that itself would be sufficient to
raise a suspicion in regard to his posi-
ton on public questions. Mr.. Hill has
made himself the champion of Mr.. Par
ker in New York, and it is not likely that
he would do this without having an I'M
Outstanding with Mr.. Parker as to his own
position with the administration 1t can
ue safely taken for granted that in case
of Judge Parkers nomination and cleo
ton Mr.. Hin would be the cotrolling fig
ure in the administration and that would
mean those who attempted to reach the
wnlte house would have to wade through
peanut shells knee deep.
MIR. Hill stands for everything bad that
Mr.. Cleveland stands for, and lacks that
brutal frenkness that has given Mr.. Cleve-
land most of his popularity. But Mr.
Hills support dangerous as 1t is, is not
so detrlment,l to Judge Parker as the
corporate support which gradually gath
ering about him. There is no doubt that
unless the cooperate interest and under
stanu,ng they would not think of sup
porting him. The decision in the Merger
case shows how important 1t Is that the
President should be in sympathy with tht
people rather than in sympathy with the
corporations.
Judge Parker has been before the coun-
try as a candidate for year. and in all
that time he has never expressed himself
upon a single public question. or indica-
ted his views on single issue Can we
afford to nominate a question mark If
so we needn't be surprised If the voters
indulge in EXPLANATIONS Democracy's
contest with rlutocracy is not sham
battle or a make believe fight. 1t is a
terrible, earnest struggle and the decision
in the merger case has pointed out with
great distinctness the possible result of a
mistake in the selection of a candidate"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
sgd. ]. Bowie.

Congressman Sgd. ]. Bowie OF Annis-
ton. representative from the Fourth dis
triet. spent Thursday night In Birming-
ham and left for home yesterday after
noon. He will return to Washington next
Monday. Mr.. Bowie Is an ardent sup
porter of Judge Alton B. Paker teF tho
democratic presidential nomination.
am not only an advocate Of Parker saio
Mr. Bowie Just before taking the South
ern Railway train, but am an original
Parker man. The files Of The Age-Her-
aid of year ago will show that was
for Parker them
John B. Knox. who was IN the little
group that had gathered around the con-
gresham. said: II am original Parker
man, too"
well, If you were" laughingly replied
Mr.. Bowie you kept It to yourself.
When l made up my mind that I wanted
to see Parker nominated by the DEM
ocratic party ! proclaimed 1t.
Seriously" continued Mr.. Bowie, i am
for Parker because l think he is the man
on whom both factions of the party Will
most readily unite. Parker Is exceeding
ly strong with large proportion OF the
Bryan men of the west and he Is just as
strong with the eastern democrats, In
Guiding those who are staunch friends OF
Grover Cleveland. / think that Judge
Parker will be nominated and elected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-09
NATURAL BONE SETTER.
Section Hand Has Marvellous Power Of
Healing by Touch.

Syracuse IN. " Cor, New York World.
Thomas Quinlan, a railroad section boss,
has come down from the north to cure
Syracuse folks of their ills. lie was in
town for two days only, out in that time
he relieved many sufferers.
Quinlan lives in the village of Massena,
in st. Lawrence County. where he has
worked on the railroad for % years. He
is a muscular, red-headed colntrynian,
with nothing remarkable about him ex-
cept the alleged unusual healing Pc Yer
of his hands. The hands themselves ere
rough large and bony, showing the ef-
fects of years of hard labor. For ears
In his remote town Qulnlan helped peo-
pie who were sick and thought nothing OF
It, Then outsiders began to hear of the
cures he performed, and soon the halt
and the lame from other places came to
seek him out.
Among them was Miss Hogan, of Glens
Falls, who, after walking only with the
aid of crutches for 1S years, was made
sound and whole again.
Quinlan is now in Syracuse at the soli-
citation of Miss Lillian Dimond, a teach
err In Merrick school, to treat Miss Da-
mond's mother, who has been bedridden
for four years from a disease of the hip.
Mrs. Diamonds hip bone was displaced"
said Quinlan today, land | slipped 1t back
into its socket and bandaged 1t to keen
IL there She Is a heavy woman and eX-
tremely nervous She will be alright II
she keeps perfectly still and do exactly
as told her.
at made no pretensions to being a Lo-
REM or anything of the kind" said Qun-
Ian. 1T think am a natural bone-setter
and I have some sort of power in my
fingers that heals the sick. I've had i.
since I was years old, but I don't pre-
tend to understand II. It's in my fingers.
When I pass them over the injured part
of the body the fingers grow numb.
After rubbing for a while this numbness
passes away. I do not use lniment or
medicines of any kind
IT haye never taken any money for
curing people, and I've done this thing for
wears as a neighbor. It is only in the
last year that 1t has attracted attention -
Anna j. Kelley. the sixteen-year-old
daughter of John Kelley. of No. Poll South
State street. was carried to the hotel. A
disorder of the hip made 1t necessary for
her to wear a five-inch sole on one shoe
After three minutes treatment by Quinlan
her leg was heightened an inch an a
half and a portion of the high sole was
removed She is to go to Massena for
continuation of the treatment.
An aged woman. Mrs. Elizabet Durney
who was knocked down In the street by
a bycicle three years ago. and has peer
so lame since that she could walk only
with the help of a cane. came for treat
ment Five minutes later she was walk.
ing up and down the corridor without her
cane
Mrs. Edward Mahon. of No. 700 ,utt
West street. who had sprained wrist
that refused to get strong, said that Quin-
Ian seemed to snap something into place
in the wrist and she has since been ele
to use 1t. Quinlan went back to his
northern home and his railroad job at I
q c1Oc< indoy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-09
SEASON FOR FROG LEGS
DAWNS UPON EPICURES

on their uncanny appearance, and doubt
by witches for spells In love affairs and
the cure of various diseases Is wearing
away. The annual catch Is now in excess
of 100000 with groce value to the hun
tiers of $4,000. The yearly cost of frogs
legs to the consumer IL 100000 This APP
plies only to the supply actually brought
into the various markets. Thousands OF
hapless bulls caught mapping pass from
blisful dreams to the waiting griddle AMI
are never accounted for.
The unrestricted hunting OF frogs
threatens their practical extinction In all
placeswhere their abundance and shipping
facilities or proximity to the market rem
der the business profitable. Already
marked decrease In the supply Is mani
tested In Lake Erie, In northern New
York and in the Virginia marshes, and
In order to meet the increasing demand
hundreds of people are experimenting or
preparing to engage in frog culture.
Frog farming as a business venture Is
not regarded generally as profitable. ex-
cept in rare instances where the FAR
mer' mas maze q STUDY Oh lHe odOJSSe.
The taking of frogs at large is also some
what precarious except TO the skilled
hunter, but some people have found the
business profitable, and the active de-
mand now existing for the pink-tinted
morsel promises to give pot-hunters and
farmers q good return on the invest
ment. One st. Louis concern has con-
tracted for $4,000 worth of frogs legs.
and several interested in this market
have closed contracts for the seasons
supply.
Experts in the market are predicting
a season of scarcity, basing their belief
on the fact that reports from the north
advise of winter-kiling as the result 81
the cold weather. Some Investigations
made in the rice-growing areas of the
south have instilled a little hope into the
breasts of those who pine for the dainty
fare for word comes. from Louisiana
that the boisterous husky denizens OF
the swamps there are numerous and not
too nimble in escaping the tolls.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-09
Primaries on Trial.

The primary system is not new in
Alabama, nor Is it SO old that it is
sanctioned by custom. 1t has op.
ponents who never fail to find objec.
lions in 1t. The Montgomery Times
assails it because it is expensive to
candidates. No doubt the candidates
for president of the railroad commits.
sion find the plan expensive, but the
candidates for the Supreme court are
not put to great expense. Men who
enter contest for county offices with
which go fat fees should not complain
of tie expenditures involved. This is
an +outgrowth of the fee system,
rather than necessary feature of the
primary system.
But above all expenditures stands
the one grand and solid fact that the
primary is the only means by which,
in state that has practically speak
ing but one party, the people can Sc
lect their own officials. In a primary
action is of the people, by the people,
for the people; whereas under the
convention plan action as a rule was
of cliques, by cliques, for cliques.
The voters should not lose sight of
the fact that the primary system is
still ON trial, and they should deport
themselves in such a way that the
ever-ready enemies of the primary will
find no excuse for striking it down
The Montgomery Times says it has
some features that indicate the wis.
dom of abandoning it," The Age-Herald
does not know one. The suggested ex,
penses Of candidates is not one. They
are themselves the creators of unusual
expenses. They voluntarily become
candidates, and they voluntarily as
sumo expenses that the people do not
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-09
MAJORS METHOD OF ECONOMY.
First Attempt at Marketing Proves a
LamentabIe Failure.

From Spare Moments
well known officer has an idea that
he can manage the affairs of the pantry
better than his wife.
My dear" said he one day, that ba-
ker of yours Is cheating you. He ought
TO give you seven of these buns for six
pence. can get seven for that price"
So the major set off for the bakers
shop.
On arriving he pointed to a pile of buns
on the counter, and said, in his severest
way:
II want seven of those buns for six
pence"
But" said the girl in attendance.
mo butts in the matter" roared the
major. IF you don't give me seven I'll
go elsewhere and get them"
We'll sir, If you insist" said the girl,
"Tll-'
II do insist" said the major.
So the girl counted seven buns Into a
paper bag, and gave them to the major,
who went off home greatly elated with
his success
Look what firmness can do he said
to his wife. II got seven for sixpense."
Yes" said his wife; but you have
been cheated. These buns are ha-penny
buns!'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-04-09
FRENCH JUDGE AND THE PARsoN

From the New York Commercial.
A French judge, visiting England, was
one day riding in a London tram-car,
when the conductor approached him for
his fare, two pence. The judge rendered
a silver sixpence in payment, and on re-
celying the change he presented two
pence to the conductor saying: Here,
my man, get yourself a glass of beer. ="
A clergyman sitting opposite interpos-
ed; Excuse me, sir, but is 1t wise to
encourage drinking? | have not touched
a glass of beer for years"
Poor mani exclaimed the judge,
take re udder tuppence."