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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
Disappointment Felt.

q am greatly disappointed over the re- port that Julia Marlowe and E. H. Soth- ern will not visit Birmingham next win ter,"-said a theatregoer. This Is gen. orally conceded to be the strongest the atrical combination that is projected for the coming season, and 1t would furnish a rare treat for the theatre-going pub lie of Birmingham. Miss Marlowe Is an actress of power and winning personality, while Sothern is a veteran of the stage who is covered with honors.
 "By the way, l notice that there Is now a very warm controversy being waged by the dramatic critic, William Winter. and MT. Sothern, which seems to have been started by the veteran critics refusal to worship at the shrine of the veteran player. As you know, Winter is the oldest and most famous of the dramatic critics of New York. He has not seen fit to agree with the popular verdict in regard to Sotherns acting and the latter has been very much offended He persists in the belief that Mir. Winters attitude is actu- ated solely by personal feelings, while tho critic is of the opinion that Sothern has enjoyed the adulation of the multitude so long that he Is unable to appreciate a sane criticism of his own defects.
 "Mr. sotherns Hamlet seems to have brought on the discussion, which is prov ing quite interesting to the friends and admirers of both disputants"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
Lovers Were Plentiful.

T have just returned from the Univer- sity of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, where I attended the summer school" said a young teacher. We had over 300 stu dents and there was more love-making going on than I ever saw before. In fact Cupid seemed to have had more apt pu- pills than all the rest of the faculty put together. Every evening when twilight came the campus would be dotted with in- terested couples seated beneath the big oak trees or strolling about.
 Tn justice to the young men I must say that the young ladies present were remarkably good looking and I hesitate to guess how many love-matches were au- spiciously begun while I was attending the summer school. I dare say that mar riage licenses will soon be in order if the lovers continues to make good pro- gress as they did at the University"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
That strumpet, Fortune.
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Growth of New France.

The department of commerce has just published a volume setting forth the progress in a century of the Louis lana Purchase. The lands bought by President Jefferson for $15,000000 ex- ceeded in area the original thirteen states by bout 50,00O square miles. He bought S75,025 square miles, and he paid about sixteen dollars a square mile.
 Out Of the vast area fourteen states and territories have been created, holding today fully seventeen millions of people. These millions of people grew in 1903 wheat, corn oats, barley, rye. hay and potatoes to the value of $S66, 6,339,000. Their wool product last year was worth sixteen million dollars, and the value of their farm animals exceeded a billion of dollars. When dairy, poultry and miscellaneous products are added the department of commerce concludes that the agricul- tural products of single year amount to one hundred times the original cost of the area; or, in other words, that It's cost is repaid by one per cent of the agricultural productions of each recurring year.
 The mineral productions of the area were elso immense, alike in coal, iron ore. silver, copper and gold Thirty million tons of coal were mined in 1902 in tho .rea, and the gold and silver production in 1902 stood at about seventy-fiye million dollars.
 The figures presented by the de- partment of commerce are almost be- wildering in every respect. For exam pie, there were 121, ,253 school teachers in the area in 1902, and 16,437 post offices, and 5,741 newspapers, and 62,- 405 miles of railroad, and the deposits in the banks of the area footed up last year $471, 100000.
 The publicantion of the department fairly revels ia figures, and those fig ures go to show that the development of the purchase has but been begun. Instead of holding seventeen millions of people, it will yet hold a hundred millions, especially when every foot of land is irrigated that the moisture of the Rockies can be carried to. The government is committed to the policy of utilizing all the available water for agricultural purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
MT. Roosevelt's Address.

From the Nashville Banner
 Mir. Roosevelt's address of acceptance is well written and is adroit in its en- deavor to give his party credit for all the good that has come to the American peo- pie through governmental policies. He makes the claim that the republican party has maintained continuously consistent policy, and that 1t is standing on its rec ord as an assurance to the country that there will be no risk in keeping the party in power and he contrasts this record with that of the democratic party in its factional experiences, with view of discounting its present position and its promises. This indicates the general tone that will be given the republican advo- cacy in the campaign. It is legitimate political argument, but the argument will be weakened by the weakness of the basis of many of the repubuiican claims of achievement and correctness of policy, and will be further weakened if the dem ocrats conduct a dignif1ed and strongly sustained campaign on conservative lines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
New York State Next November.

Before 1893 New York was almost uniformly democratic, republican victory being exceptional. Since that time the populous state has been al most uniformly republican. In the former decade there was but one re- publican vi-tory, and that occurred when Harrison carried the state in 1888 by 13,OO2 plurality. In the last decade the only democratic victory was in 1897 when Judge Parker was elected chief justice by a plurality of 6J.SS9.
 The most encouraging facts are de- rived, however, from the gubernatorial elections of 1900 and 1902. In the former MT. Rooseyelt's plurality was but 17,7S6, and in 1902 Governor Odell had plurality of S.S03. Such pluralities have a comfortable sound, but when it is remembered that the vote of the state exceeded l 1,600,000 in 1900, and will probably rise to 1,700,- 900 this year, we se9 that MT. Roose- yelt's margin was but one per cent, and Governor Odell's but one-half of one per cent. Mr. Roosevelt's plural fly was almost exactly equivalent to a plurality in Alabama of 1000, and Governor Odell's to a plurality of 800. Would we not consider such plurali- ties in this =. te uncomfortably snug?
 Judge Parker is an ideal candidate He is known in every part of his state as man of character and capae- ity-a judge who knows the law and who knows neither rich nor poor in las decisions. ne lives in the country, and always has been close to the soil and the hayfeld. His family and church relations are f1awless. He is not rich. His sympathies are those of the average American. While he is not a captain of finance or a captain of industry, he Is a successful man, the owner of th1ae good farms He has never been defeated before the people. No one holds him in distrust. Can as much be said of his opponent? Now why will not such man run better by one per cent-one man in hundred than MT. Coler did two years ago? The democrats of New York state believe he will carry tneir state, and if he should he will e the next president of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
An Insult to Democracy.

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch
 On yesterday MT. Theodore Roosevelt was formally notified by the republican committee of his nomination for the pres idencv. and in the address of notifica- ton by MT. Cannon and in Mr. Roose- velt's reply, the campaign note of the republican party was sounded. And 1t may be mentioned in passing that there was wondrous similarity in word and sentiment between the two addresses The .'concert of action is beautifully-and de- signedly-har and aceordant. It Is plain enough that the republicans will seek to make free silver the paramount issue of this campaign. They boldly and extensively lmpeach the honesty and sim cerity of the democratic party and it's honorable nominee on this question, and accuse both of base hypocrisy. Mir Can non and MT. Roosevelt have grossly in- suited the national democracy and Judge Parker, and the blood of every self respecting democrat must boil with indig- nation as he reads the joint indictment. The insult was not offered in hot blood and under excitement It was offered in calmness and deliberation and manifestly bp prearrangement between the two speakers. The democratic voters of the United States will resent the Insult as 1t deserves to be resented and refuted on election day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
From the New York Commercial.

X~ BITING of Russia In War
 Nv Time" in the August Century
 w Andrew D. White says: In re- viewing this first of my sojourns in Rus sia my thoughts naturally dwell upon the two sovereigns-Nicholas I, and Alexander H. The first of these was great man scared out of greatness by the overcoming specter of the Frenech fevolution. There had 4een much to make him stern reactionary. He could not but remember that two czars, his father and grandfather, had both been murdered in obedience to family necessi- ties. At his proclamation as emperor he had been welcomed by a revolt which had forced him
 To wade through slaughter to a throne a revolt which had deluged the great parade ground of St. Petersburg with the blood of his best soldiers, which had sent many of the nobility to Siberia, and which had obliged him to see the bodies of several men who might have made his regin illustrious dangling from the fortress walls opposite the winter palace. He had been obliged to grapple with a fearful in- surrection in Poland, caused partly by the brutality of his satraps, but mainly by re- nous carnage, and to substitute a cruel despotism for the moderate constitutional liberity which his brother had granted. He had thus become the fanatical apostle of reaction throughout Europe, and as such was everywhere the implacable enemy of any evolution of liberty. The despots of Europe adored him.
 As symbols of his ideals he had given to the king of Prussia and to the Nea- politan Bourbon copies of two of the statutes which adorned his Nevsky bridge-statutes representing restive horses restrained by strong men; and the Berlin populace, with unerring in stinct had given to one of these the name of Progress Checked and to the other the name "Retrogression Encouraged" To this day one sees everywhere in the palaces of continental rulers. whether great or petty. his columns of Siberian porphyry, bowls of jasper or vases of malachite-signs of his approval of reac- ton. But. in justice to him, It should be said that there was one crime he did not eommit-a crime indeed which he did not dare commit; he did not violate his oath to maintain the liberties of Fin land That was reserved for the second Nicholas now on the Russian throne
 Whether at the great assemblages of the winter palace, or at the reviews, or simply driving in his sledge, or walking in the street, he overawed all men by his presence; whenever l saw him, and never more cogently than during that last drive of his just before his death, there was forced to my lips the thought, You are the most majestic being ever cre- 'ated." Colossal in stature. with a face such as one finds on a Greek coin, but overcast with a shadow of Muscovite melancholy, with a bearing dignified, but with a manner not upkind. he bore him. self like a god. And yet no man could be more simple or affable, whether in his -2--E ir--
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
Two Great Strikes.

Two greai strikes afflict the coun- try-the meat strike in the west, and the textile strike In the east Each ties up great industries. The one re- lates to the food supply, and the other to the clothing supply. In each thou sands of operatives are protesting against reductions in the prices of la- bor, and in each the operators say conditions call for reductions in wages.
 The meat trust is a monopoly, and its demands for lower wages must grow out of desire for larger divi- dends, for a concern that can squeeze the rancher on the ono hand and the consumer on the other cannot plead poverty. No trust or combine ever had greater control over articles of Lecessary food than the meat trust possesses. tt is the sole buyer of cat t,C on the hoof and the sole dispenser of meats in many markets. Not so in the case of the textile strike The Fall River mills have plenty of competi- ton, especially in the south. The eastern mills say they desire to get into position in which they can hold their own against their competitors. How much truth thero is in this con tention it Is difficult to say Wages were reduced last November at Fall River ten per cent, and the operatives say that the cost of living is too high to let them accept cut of twelve and a half per cent additional. While the meat trust is putting up the prices of food articl the textile operatives ob- ject to a second cut in their wages
 No sympathy need be expended on the meat trust. It is one of the most arbitrary and despotic combines in this country. Its very existence is un- lawful, being condemned by a fed eral law. This law has not been fully nforced. but it is still law, and the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
Old Question Revived.

'I see that the old question of Sunday amusements at East Lake has been re- vived by the action of the East Lake council in passing an ordinance prohibit ing the management of the park from operating any of the amusement enter prises at that resort on Sunday" said q citizen last night. Now. while I can cas- fly see the motive which aetuated the East Lake council I cannot but think that the action will work a hardshin m large numbers of working people in the Birmingham district by their course sun- day is the only day for rest and recrea- ton that the majority of Birmineham,. population has and with no amusements at the lake the time will drag heavily. Sunday was rapidly getting to be A very popular day at the lake, but the action of the East Lake council will prove an ef- Efective dampers', -~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
August Advanoe.

The August number of Advance, Bir- mlnghams monthly magazine for young people, has reached this office and Is fully up to the high standard maintained by previous numbers. Advance is a most creditable publication and it's friends will be glad to know that the venture now seems assured of success. The magazine is on firm, finanefss basis and great things are predicted for its future.
 In the Auugst number appears an article by ". P. G. Harding. a prominent banker of Birmingham on Systematic and Intel ligent Saving" aud "Ameriea's Glorious Destiny" which was contributed by Capt Richmond Pearson Hobson. In addition there are a number of other clev- CT contributions and excellent illustra- tions by Blackman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
The Grape Seed EaIIacy.

der the impression that grape seeds cause appendicitis. and that 1t Is dangerous to eat grapes, when as a matter of course there is not case of appendicitis on rec ord that was caused by grape seed, so far as I know" said a prominent physi- elan last night "As a result of this mo- tion you will see people go to the trouble of biting the seeds out of grape pulp and thus spelling the true flavor of the fruit. If you bite the grape pulp the sweetness of the grape juice is destroyed by the sour flavor of the pulp"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
Hospital Training School.

The Bryce hospital training school has sane hospital for the past ten years and has accomplished much good. The course embraces two years of study and a new class will begin work next fall at Mount Vernon. In speaking of this school the prospectus for 1904 says:
 Promotion in the institution follows not only excellence of study in the school, but general department and aptitude for work on the wards. We recognize the fact that book-knowledge does not constitute all that makes a good nurse consequently 'ward-standing' is reckoned in with class standing,' in grading the scholars in the school and in assigning them to posi- tions on the wards.
 "The training embraces the general care of the feeble and sick, but particularly the judiclous and humane management of the nervous. the excited, the irritable and the vicious insane. An insane hospital has in it the extreme grades of these classes of persons, so that a nurse cannot have successfully risen through the two years service in an institution like this, where there are over 12OO such persons, without proving in the first place. that he or she Is made of good material for good nurse and has been tried and train ed by a most varied experience For this reason, if there be a good line of study in the class room, proper insane hospital training in the wards, more than any oth- er turns out acceptable nurses. The care of the insance, properly directed in a hu- mane way, begets an adjustability of character, to be acquired In no other ser vice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
ALABAMA VIEWS

Coosa River News-The Birmingham newspapers should not make too much ado over their undersized union passen- ger station until they are assured that the new one will be the largest and finest in the south. Don't be content with tona of the best gentlemen. Birmingham can better bide awhile than accept mediocrity. Let her have the best union depot in the land or wait til conditions demand it
 Greensboro Watchman: Hon. Alton B. Parkers famous telegrom announcing that he wished the democracy to under- stand that he was in favor of the gold standard before he accepted the nomina- tion for the Presidency, Is bothering the republicans very greatly. 1t took away all of their campaign thunder. They are de- nouncing his action in the premises as a Tow down political trick" and say tha convention was imposed upon by Hill Parker trick" But why should these re- publicans be so wrought up over the mat ter? What business is 1t of theirs? If Par. ker hurt himself and injured the demo- cratic party by the telegram, why should this cause the republicans to weep? They should be rejoicing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
Preoident's Speech.

From the New York Evening Post.
 Whether it was good political strategy for MT. Roosevelt to roar so gently through all the 5000 words of his speech of acceptance. it is too soon to say Un- doubtedly his humdrum prosings will be as balm to many republicans. Their President had got upon their nerves so many times. and they had so dreaded fresh imprudences from him, that his duif commonplaces, his strict adherence to all the party conventionalities. his sudden fondness for peace and his meek stand-pattisms. will be immensely reas- surfing. On the other hand. the pictur- esdue Roosevelt, the man of dash and yigor, whose motto was always audacity, who took things into his own hands and ..did things while all the world won dered has bee- too long before us and has won too many admirers not to cause start of surprise and disappointment when he comes forward ruefully to say. q am not what you think me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
Roosevelt vs. Parker.

From the New York Herald.
 "The issue now lies between Roosevelt, i. e., imperialism, and Parker, i. e.. con stitutionalism."
 That MT. Roosevelt has become inn pressed with this truth IS evident from the singularly calm and conservative tone of his speech of yesterday accepting the nomination.
 The keynote of his address and of Speaker Cannon's speech in notification was Let well enough alone Incident ally the President asserted the Jefferson ian principles of equal and exact justice to all men and of friendship with all na- tions, but the special stress which both he and MT. Cannon laid upon the tarin may indicate an intention to select this as the, chief tissue in the. .campaigns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS
RoossveIts Speech of Acceptance.

hooSeNelTS speech or HSCSPlauSOs From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 President Roosevelt was yesterday off, ieially informed of his nomination for President by the republican convention. and accepted the nomination in speech, which we give elsewhere. It Is moderate in length and generally moderate in lan- guage and tone and not at all in the usual Rooseveltian style. It is rather in the form of a stump speech directed against the democrats than an acceptance of the principles enuneiated by the re- publican party at Chicago. for MT Roosevelt gives more attention to the democratic than to the republican plat form. On the latter he promises more hereafter in his formal letter of accept ance. the speech being merely prelim- mary review of the situation. For his views on the issues involved in the cam palgn we must wait for the letter of ac- ceptance, which, judging from his prom ise, Is to cover all points fully. It Is well that MT. Roosevelt should do so, for his speech must be unsatisfactory even to the nose stalwart republican, in that he positively refuses to commit nimselfNto any promise for the future. Tt would be eminently unwise, he remarks, flor us to say what our next step in the Philippines will be-" And every other question is treated in similar way. The tariff will be settled satisfactorily by the republicans, but when or how he refuses to say. The same declaration is made as to trusts and on nearly all the great pub lie issues of the day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
Tires the Eyes.

1T have been enjoying the bicycle races at the stadium this week but have you noticed how tiring to the eyes 1t is to watch long racer" asked prominent citizen. "The riders go round and round the track with such rapidity that 1t is pie who desire to get In training for what the small boy calls rubbering' could not do better than go out to the stadium"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-30
Neuroes in This Country.

Bulletin Mo- of the department of commerce consists of 333 broad pages, devoted to figures and facts concern ing the negro in the United States. A few facts about the Alabama negroes are scattered throughout it's pages.
 There were in 1890 in this state 1907 negroes, only Mississippi and Georgia having more. Mississippi, South Carolina, Louisiana and Geor gia, each have a larger percentage of negroes, Alab,.mL standing fifth in the list
 Jefferson county has 56,917 negroes, being outnumbered in that respect by the District of Columbia; Shelby county, Tennessee; Baltimore city, Philadelphia, anu Charleston, s. O.. There are fifty-fiye counties In the country in which at least 75 per cent of the population consists of negroes. Lowndes, Greene, Dallas, Sumter, Bull lock, Hale, Macon, Wilcox, Perry, Russell and Marengo are included in the list. Montgomery contains 17,229 negroes; Mobile, 17,04o, and Birming- ham, 16,575. New York city holds 60,666, and Washington S6,702.
 All told the:S are 1o7,797 negro farm proprietors. One-fourth of all negro farmers have become landholders. In Alabama there are 14110 negro own CTS of farm. In Mississippi there are 21,975, and in Virginia 26.566. The negro owners hold 15,976,09S acres, of which 42 per cent is improved. The negro ownership is just about equiv alent in area to half of Alabama The value of the property of the negro form owners is put at $2O0,000000, or a little less than $500 for each negro farmer.
 Among Alabama towns Demopolis has the largest percentage of negroes, b6.7, and among Alabama counties Lowndes leads all the rest with S6.6 per cent of negroes. Lowndes is, how ever, eclipsed by some Mississippi counties, notably Tuneca, which con- tains less than ten per cent of whites.