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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25
Meicalf and Morfnn.

It seems to be fully determined that Secretary of the Navy Moody is to succeed Attorney General Knox trans lated to the senate. Paul Morton is to succeed MT. Moody in the navy de- partment, and Congres sman Metcalf is to fill the shoes oI Chairman Cortel- you in the department of commerce and labor. These changes in the Me Kinley cabinet will nearly obliter- ate it.
 Paul Morton is the son of MT. Cleve- lands secretary of agriculture. Fa- ther and son were alike democrats up to six weeks ago, when the son sud denly fopped to the republican party. He has been an officer of large corpo- rations many years; is now vice. president of the Santa Fe system, and resides in Chicago, although the ap- pointment will designate him as a Ne braskan. His father lives in Nebras- ka. Paul Morton first became a gold democrat, and then his conversion to republicanism followed.
 MT. Metcalf is a favorite admins tration congressman from California He has been in congress six years, Is lawyer, and a native of New York state, He represents the Oakland dis -trict. He is member of the ways and means committee, and like Pau Morton, he is &a intimate friend q President Roosevelt, Both arc per sonal appointments. MF. Hay is still secretary of state and MT. Hitchcock secretary of the interior, and when the changes mentioned are made these two will be the only remaining relics of the Mckinley cabinet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25
LEES TRIUMPH.

By Thomas S. Collier. Each life has one grand day; the clouds
 lie Along the hills, and storm-winds fierce
 ly blow. The great red sun shine like thing or
 woe. And deaths sad skeleton stalk grimly by. Yet more of these, no matter how they try Can shroud the perfect triumph we
 shall know, Or dim the glory that some star VIII
 show Set far away in depths of purple sky. Sweet love may bring to us this day su-
 preme. Or it may thrill our souls through art
 or song Or meet us where red battle-surges
 foam; Hopes stranded wrecks the barren coasts
 may gleam, And weeks and months rush by. som-
 bre throng, But sometimes. somewhere. it will surels
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25
Nlqht Workers Irregular.

s'The night workers in Birmingham are very irregular in their habits" said one of them. 'Now I go to a certain cafe in town at about the same hour every night and yet I dine with different set of fellows nearly every time. Most of the fellows ones sees in this cafe seem to drop in and out just as the mood strikes them. They apparently eat when they get hungry and do not always get hungry at the same time. Even the same carelessness In regard to being punc- tual at lunch hour. Of course, it is not surprising that young men out for a good time are not regular about their lunches" 7"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Story of a "Hoodoo v

A party at the Hillman last night were speaking of the strong faith some peo- pie nave In the occult sciences, and in the potency of charms" and "hoodoos," I" when one of them said: T think the ne- gro's belief in such things is stronger than that of any other people Their long association with and the teachings of the Caucasian race has not entirely eradi- eated the savage beliefs and superstitions of their native African ,jungles. Their faith in the fortune-telier and in the reality of ghosts. Is implicit. An incident that occurred some years ago and the manner in which one of the race minis ter, was gnhed impressed me forcefully.
 A band of itinerant gyps1es camped in the neighborhood for few days, and as is customary with these people, some of the women went from house to house, agreeing for small sum to tell the i'm portant events of your lire and reveal to you the future. After telling the for tune of an old negro, they agreed for the sum of one silver dollar to supply him with a charm that would preserve him from bodily harm and prolong his life much beyond the time allotted man on earth. Silver dollars were not very num- erous in that community and one of them was held in high esteem. But the old negro secured one and thus became the possessor of the much coveted charm It was given to him wrapped in tissue paper, with instructions not to unwrap 1t until the next week, as if 1t was seen by him before the day mentioned, all of its potency would be destroyed. The commands of the fortune-teller were carefully followed When the package was broken nothing was found but two chips.
 "The minister was much wrought up when it was discovered he had been gnlled. But the gypsies had broken camp. carrying with them his dollar, and he had no recourse. That is merely one of numerous cases where their trust has been misplaced"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25
HOW IcEsERes ARE FORMED.

From McClure's Magazine.
 Icebergs are the product of the Green land glaciers. and are formed by the thousand in the far northern fords. As the glaciers sweep into the sea they 'calve'' or throw off mighty blocks, and these are what we know as icebergs. Some are of stupendous dimensions. Dr. Kane's Arctic expedition saw one two and a half miles long and two and a half miles wide aground in half mile Of water in Melville bay. This, of course, broke up into small pieces in time, which sun and sea and tide moulded into the beautiful and fantastic forms familiar to the Arctic voyager. As they drift south and the sun plays on their facade, 1t me1ts them into shimmering cascades which leap into the sea while below the tide frets them into delicate traceries. Then the berg gets top heavy, turns over and exhibits an absolutely new con- tour, and so the process continues until they disappear in the Gulf stream. The Labrador current, which carries them on it's bosom, extends from the Polar sea to the south of Newfoundland. an oceanic river 2o0o miles long and 100 wide, and generously bejewelled with these gor- geous creations; and, as an irreverent tourist remarked last summer, they rep resent enough cold storage 10 put the ice trust out of business and give every American citizen a refrigerator stock of his OWL.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25
ANGELS ON KENTUCKY FARM.
Two coonels Saw 'Em Rise From a
 Wheat Field.

Special to the New York World.
 Owingville, Ky.-Painters, ancient and modern, are all wrong in their conceptions of angels, if Col. John w. Hurt and Col James Mitchell, Olatown farmers. are ac- cepted as authority on the subject. Col onels Hurt and Mitchell aver that they saw a flock of real angels, and no mistake about it, rise from wheat field on the latters farm and soar gracefully and majestic'ly, Svh," up to the clouds. They thus describe the celestial flock:
 Their backs were of a snowy white and their breasts of burnished gold. The feathers of their wings were glistening black, with snow tips, and about their heads were hoods of beautiful blue. The angels, or whatever they were. rose slow ly and without noise or song or movement of their outspread wings, and ascended vertically until they were lost in the hazy clouds overhead"
 There Is a stump in Colonel Mitchelrs wheat field on which one may place quarter, depart for fifteen minutes. and then return to find jug of "Kaintucky dew" But neither Colonel Mitchell nor Colonel hunt had quarter that day
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25
Pretty Scenic Trip.

T believe more scenery Is crowded into a short trip out of Birmingham over the Frisco route to Jasper than on any other road in the south," said travelling man at the Morris. There is a constant panorama of hills and ravines that Is very pleasing to the eye, although there is nothing stupendous about the scenery. The train winds around hills and spans bridges with such rapidity that the eye is almost confused by the changing land scape. The first time went out to Jasper I was delighted with the trip and Instead of finding one of those dulf--trips that travelling men have to endure so often I was charmed by a scenic display in min ature that reminded me of some magnifi- cent views on a grander scale that have seen in other parts of the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25
YOUNG PEOPLE WE'D.
Interesting Ceremony Performed at
 Gold HlIl-other News.

Orelika, June 24.-(Special) l)-At the home of the brides mother at Gold Hill last night, Miss Sue Robertson was uni- ted in marriage to MT. Calvin s. Filing ton, the Rev. James M. Glenn of Loacho- pol performing the ceremony. The mar riage was an interesting event, and a large numberof relatives and friends were present to witness the ceremony. The bride and groom have many friends who congratulate them on their union.
 After the ceremony the bridal party left for North Carolina and Virginia on a bridal tour.
 Mir Ellington is a travelling salesman a most charming lady, possessed of many recipients of many beautiful and hand some presents.
 Jim Foster, negro bartender, was ar rested yesterday charged with selling liquor at a negro picnic held a few days ago at Oakbowery, in Chambers county. The negro Is In jail
 G. A. Dyer, a brother of Capt. B. l.. Dyer of this city, died a few days ago at his home near Sturlxie, from a stroke of paralysis He was good citizen and his loss Is felt jn his section.
 The preliminary trial of Ada Smith, the negress who killed Mrs. Joe Hollo- way at Loachopoka last weeK, took place here today before Judge Renfroe. The negress was remanded to jail without bail to await the action of the grand Jury. No evidence of any importance was brought out other than that gathered and reported at the time of the killing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25
The Newsboy Is Sarcastic.

An amusing incident happened down town today" said a business man who was buying cigar "A big. fat man was sauntering down the street and stopped to buy a paper from a cripple With the assurance and brazeness which is a characteristic of Birmingham newsboys a diminutive urchin jumped in front of the prospective customer and thrust a paper in his face shouting, Paper, sir, buy firm mel The fat man lost his temper and slapped the boys paper aside with con- siderable force. The aggrieved urchin drew himself up to his full height looked the fat man over and in tones of infinite scorn remarked, Yer big blokel Wy in de ell don't yer hit CT man?'
 "The fat citizen looked rather sheepish and retired without delay"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25
MONTANA BUFFALO.
Fine Herd of Three Hundred on Flat
 head Indian Reservation.
From the Indianapolis Sun.

From the Indianapolis Sun.
 There are several herds of buffaloes in America, but all of them combined would not equal in size the Allerd herd of the Flathead reservation in Montana. The herd sprang form two buffalo calves captured twenty years ago by an In- dian.
 Charles A1lerd, one of the leading braves of the reservation, took the calves and, capturing a few others, started out with herd of five. It was his intention to fatten them like beeves and use them when hunting was poor Major Peter Roonan, at that time. Indian agent at the reservation, suggested to Allerd that 1t might be a good idea to breed the buffa- loes. as the animals were becoming scarce in that territory.
 The herd now number 300 and is valued at a quarter of a million dollars Allerd has given but little attention to his buffaloes. They have made little at- tempt to leave the little valley of the Flathead where they have been pastured Mountain walls easily barred any such inclination, and the Indians along the various passes have taken care to see that Charley Allerds herd did not escape. Allerd did not realize that he was wealthy man until one day he was offered $200 for one of his herd by circus agent.
 Parts of the herd have been exhibited all over the United States. They were o1fe of the great attractions of the worlds fair in Chicago.
 Just before Allerd died he called on the man who had suggested the buffalo breeding idea to him and gave him present of $500.
 Two half breed sons survive the old Indian. When they need money they kill the oldest buffalo in the heard and sell 1t to Butte butchers The hide brings $500 and the meat sells for an- other s5O0. The meat finds ready sale in Butte at $1 pound. Wealthy miners and others pay from $10 to SIP for the choicest cuts and invite their friends in for a buffalo dinner
 The herd is increasing by thirty or forty calves every year, and for some unknown reason this band of buffaloes thrives much better than the inmates of the Yellowstone National park
 Both the Allerd boys have travelled extensively and are well educated. It Is the hobby of one of them to harness at breakneck speed through the streets of Missoula. Many of the bulls in the herd are wild and great difficulty is ex- perienced in loading them for shipment. One magnificent bull recently charged from one end of the car to the other, striking with such terrific force that he broke his neck. The Allerd herd Is the only effort made to perpetuate the fast disappearing monarchs of the plains. i-yomfwypeptoinsr uetaoinshrducmfwyp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25
LIVING OVER DEATH-TRAPs.
Weird Explanation Offered for Many
 Mysterious Disappearances.

From lne IonuOn Mall.
 Mystery seems more closely linked with the Staffordshire poteries than any other district in the country. Tragedy seems to turk in the long, low lines of smoldering fires on blackened pit mouths, and men and women come and go and nothing more Is heard of them.
 Cases of suicide are innumerable, and the deep, silent canal gives up Its dead with an awesome regularity.
 But the weirdest phases of these dramas of the potteries is the mysterious disap- pearance of women, and of late such oc- currences have been startllngly fre- quent. sTrA~a
 Some months ago the sister of we'll known Longton resident vanished. and diligent search for her has been fruitless. Last week two persons disappeared from Hanley and Longton. One was a girl whose parents adhere to the belief that she was decoyed away.
 Suicide is invariably the first explana- tion offered for a disappearance, but an- other suggestion which breaks from the lips of those who know this mining dis trict is infinitely more terrible to con template. Old pit-shafts exist where the inhabitants least expect them. and a sur den caving in of the earth is by no means an unusual occurrence. It is not long ago that a man, while walking along a street in Hanley, suddenly dropped through a gaping hole in the pavement down into the bowels of the, earth.
 One old shaft has since been discovered in stable; another is known to be near the entrance to Bethesda church. and a short time ago the Fenten council re- ported that ten such death traps had been found close to the local cenemtery.
 The possibility of many of these miss ing persons having found an untimely grave by dropping through the rotten crust of the earth is an awe-inspiring suggestion that is whispered generally in the district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25
Fad of the chollies.

1T noticed a very ultra young man loitering in a well-known refreshment resort last night with his coat across his arm and his sleeves rolled up to his el- bows after the fashion much affected by city youths several years ago." said a man about town. "Now this young fel low no doubt considers that ne is a. pol ished adornment of society and would scorn the suggestion that he is not well bred, yet I see little difference in his conduct and that of a man who goes to the table in his shirt sleeves. The estab- lshment was well filled with young women who were seated at the tables, and while this youth did not sit down with them, he loitered about the fountain where his beautiful arms and other per factions were quite conspicuous. dare say that if a bod carrier had strolled in with his coat off and asked for a lemon phosphate he would have been stared at and perhaps asked to remove his unde- sirable and unkempt person from the gided resort.
 "As I said before, this habit of rolling up the sleeves and carrying the coat about on one arm was the delight of chappies about two years ago. They walked the streets this way from sunrise to sunset and then half the night, and the funny thing about it was that the fellows who never did stroke of work in their lives were the very ones who rolled up their sleeves the highest. It was a com ical sight to see young fellow come loping down the avenue, a huge Panama hat pulled down over his eyes, his coat off his sleeves rolled ur, his trousers rolled up and large bows futtering from his low-cut shoes, but he was well sat isfied with the figure he cut, an" the public merely laughed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A widow repents in haste to remarry at leisure.
 A girl would like to go barefoot if she could do 1t in openwork stockings and rgmmmmmmmmcfwyp fwyp awyp slippers with nice, big buckles on them.
 There is something almost as terrifying about the girl who discovers she has a voice as the one who discovers she has a mind.
 If it was against the law to go to a baseball game on week day the Desert of Sahara couldn't hold the crowds that would go
 It's funny how man will buy three bottles of champagne to show how well he lives and get wild with rage over 9 monthly water ball of 40.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25
Always Attract Attention.

There are two vehicles in town that never fail to attract attention when on the street" said an observant man. q refer to the ambulance and the patrol wagon Whenever one of the local ambu- lances comes hurrying along 1t is the object of many curious looks. The patrol wagon also attracts attention but it seems to me that the public is more in- terested in the mission of the ambulance than 1t is in that of the patrol wagon. Perhaps this is due to the inherent nor bidness of some people who would much rather see mangled body than a crimi- nal being carried to jail"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25
From the New York Mail.

From the New York Mail
 N OW that Coney Island has been U regenerated, 1t is proposed to
 change it's name-to what? In- anity of inanities-to Surf City'' In the fourth year of the twentieth century the combined intellects of the. young blood of the business men of the island" can hit on no better name than Surf City"
 It may be proper and necessary to change the historic name, the two-cen- tury-old title, of Coney Island, to indi- cate that the locality has been redeemed that 1t has turned over new leaf; that the place which once knew all manner of vice or vulgarity shall know 1t DO more. But the propriety of any change to the crass vulgarity of the proposed name there can be no intelligent doubt.
 But we question the whole matter of a changed name for Coney Island. That name was given to the place some 25O years ago, and ought not lightly to be changed. Then, why should the name be changed? Because the island is reform ed? Well, let the news of the reforma- tion spread under the old name; the ef- feet will be better than under new name which will have to be explained. and, when it is explained, will be accepted meredly as evidence that old customs ex- ist behind the new title, and not at al, that they have vanished with the old name.
 We have already in this vicinity some terrible examples of names changed to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25

convention at Chicago MT. Root talked long but the general opinion seems to be that he did not say very much after all. while Uncle Joe cannon's speech was a palpable effort to kill time which succeed ed admirably. The fact is that there are few whlrlwind orators in the country who are able to sweep vast assembly off it's feet at short notice. Bourke Cockrane might do 1t but he was not at the repub- lican convention. In fact there was no reason why any one should talk himself to death at such a cut-and-dred af- fair, so the orators present should not be blamed for not working themselves up to fowery pitch.
 The distinguished Filipino visitors are engaged in seeing this country by easy stages They are still junketing about in the east, where they will have many op- portunities of studying American civili- zation in its most advanced stages As yet they have not displayed any marked avidity to ''do" any of the tenderloin dis tricts along their route but that will come later. No one should expect visitors to appreciate all the advantages of our civil lization in such a brief time. After they have been here longer they will no doubt be more interested in the chorus than they have ever been in the industrial conditions of this country.
 The picnic habit has such a firm grasp on certain parts of the country just now that everyday affairs of life are aola II 3a ed that most of the collieries in the an- thracite district of Pennsylvania will be closed for the first five days of July in order that all the operatives may get through with their picnics and be ready 10 return to work. The same state of affairs to lesser extent seem to prevail in the Birmingham district. It seems that never before were these outings so much in vogue. Picnics are popular and everybody is having them.
 Unfortunately the restrictions of large cities and the mania for something new which Is one of the distinguishing char acteristics of the people of today have resulted in making the colonial style of architecture not exactly unpopular but im- practicable. A residence designed after the mansions of ante-bellum times re- quires broad acres to set 1t off properly and of course makes a very disappointing appearance when damned between mod ern homes in city. And yet no more handsome more convenient homes were ever devised than the colonial mansion equipped with all modern conveniences. Several of the country's millionaires have recognized this fact, although the modern palace seems more in favor.
 
 A certain young dancer in New York is reported to have curtained her bed with strings of champagne corks she has collected as souvenirs of various little festive affairs which have served to make her career interesting and delightful. No doubt the corks are-most interesting to contemplate, since they represent con siderable outlay on the part of youthful cbappies but the young woman probably has no means of keeping tab on the head aches which resulted from the drawing of these corks. except very treacher- ous memory. PC.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-25
NO NEED TO CHANGE THE
 NAME OF CONEY ISLAND

, indicate local regeneration. For instance, Chatham street. name with a meaning and history. was changed to Park row because Police Justice Divver thought it implied too much evil for the good of his saloon. Sixth avenue between Thirty second and Thirty-fourth streets had It's name changed to Broadway for very similar reasons. It was even proposed to change the Bowery to something else because business men along that famous street thought that the old name was not good for trade This proclamation was prevented however. Harts Corners, an old Westchester name, was turned to Hartsdale-foolish in itself, but far bet ter than Eshkol, which was threatened because of some local graperies. Halls Corners. where the cocktail was invented has been renamed Elmsford; Blazing Star Ferry, on Staten Island, is now Linoleumvillel
 Yet there are some names that call for change. Skunk Hollow, in Westchester, certainly cried aloud for new name; yet it's present title of Rosedale hardly meets the demand. Nor does Paradise Park quite replace the Five Points of this city. The name Coney Island is not so redolent of evil as these business men imagine; the place itself is not so widely known as they think. Leave the name alone, and live down any bad repute that once may have attached to it. But if it must be changed. avoid as pestilence any Surf City"