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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
THRIFTY GIBRALTAR.
Town Will Not Hold the Surplus of
Population.


Poultney Bigelow in National Magazine
for May.
When the British took the Rock of
Gibraltar, 800 years ago, its most inter-
esting inhabitants were the scorpions,
which have furnished the nickname for
the genuine inhabitants. British liberty
and law have since attracted a popula-
tion closely suggesting that of Hong
Kong in density and prosperity. In each
case there is not standing room for all
those who wish to crowd in, and conse-
uuently the great bulk of would-be Brit
ism subjects have to find board and lodg-
ing elsewhere. In Hong Kong they drip
over the edges into sampans and live
afoat under the protection of the harbor
police AT Gibraltar they tramp away
each evening and return the following
morning. enriching by their earnings
Linea and other places in the neighbor-
hood.
Gibraltar is officially credited with a
population of about 10000. 1t would be
100000 were there room. The rock grows
nothing-Hong Kong is equally barren.
But in each case freedom of trade and
liberalty in administration have attracted
all the population that can possibly be
accommodated. Rents In Gibraltar are
relatively high. So they are in Hong
Kong, and for the same reason.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
Italians for the South.

1t will be strange indeed if the rail-
roads and the rest of the southern
people cannot induce some of the new.
Corners at New York to go south when
10000 are sometimes landed there in
a single day. The immigrant of this
season is almost invariably an Italian,
and the northeastern states have more
Italians than can find employment in
those states.
In Alabama, said an iron manufac-
turer recently, there are two jobs for
every willing worker, and 70 some ex-
tent the statement fits all other states
liz the south Men are needed in the
cotton mills, on southern railroads. in
the cotton fields, in every city, as well
as in the mineral district of this state.
Here men cannot be procured to keep
lie output of coal up to the demand.
This district is importing coal be-
cause labor is scarce here. Men can
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE WORLD,

\ OBSERVING LIES little comedies
one finds no human trait more anus
ing than vanity. We all have it-fhev
say-and yet to one person TINS falling in
another is very diyerting II a neighbor
has not our particular vanity we hold
linn up to ridleule with gusto. but If his
faults should happen to coincide with
those of ourselves It Is remarkable how
quickly they lose their comic features
And 1t is wise man who can profit by
vanity IN others IN order to insure a
demand for your services create the i'm
preston that what you offer s exclusive,
expensive, ultra and set aside for the
chosen few. The mere work of ralxing
in the coin will then be easy. If you con-
template beginning dancing class, state
that the membership will be limited to
twenty of the bluest bloods, with tuition
fees at a prohbitixe figure. and then
watch 200 bluebloods scramble for a
chance to pay you money. II you have
a school nothing makes a more profound
impression than the catalogue announce
ment that the membership is positively
limited to fifty" You will observe that
the individuals who know how to cater to
human vanity are those wLo live opu-
lently
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
Birminuham's Mayor.

birmingham" says the Mobile
Item, has a Mayor who works. Think
of It'll A Mayor who works!! Score
one for the Magic Town"
A mayor who works for the people
and not for his own promotion or in
terests is a rare bird no doubt, but
Birmingham has one, and the Item has
not overstated the case. He may
hope the people in general will con-
stitute a machine when he needs one,
but he proposes to do his duty as he
sees 1t, leaving the people to act as
they see fit
The Item makes no mistake when
1t says Mayor Ward is an ideal work
ing Mayor. Other mayors may work,
but their work may not be on unself-
ish lines. Mayor Ward Is no machine
builder. no manipulation of public af-
fairs for private good He works for
tie general good. This is wherein he
differs from some mayors of other
towns. He differs from SO many OF
them that the Item seems constrained
to call attention to his eccentric policy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
ACTED LIKE GOOD FELLOW.
Woman Peeled Off Bill From a Gen.
ulne Roll.

From the Providence Journal.
A well dressed woman of % or 40 tshe
didn't announce her age) hustled into a
hill car yesterday morning A little later
the gaze of every passenger was fixed
on her in mild establishment. When the
conductor presented himself she sprung
the top of a plain leather bag. dove into
1t with a far-away look IN her eyes.
fished out handful OF crumpled. twisted
bills, selected the one that pulled of
easiest and passed 1t over. She didn't so
much as glance at the notes and change
she received. She threw them back into
the reticule. shut II with n snap and
busled herself with her thoughts
Two men aiighted al the foot OF the
dip. Said one: Did You notice that wo-
man who paid her fare az II she were
PLAYING a long shot In fAce on stake
day? She's either very sch nf very Pc
euliar. Maybe she's both. At any rate.
80 women out of 1ta open one uf those
small swinging trunks as II there were
humping frogs In It. Then they grope
around carefully among handkerchiefs.
prescriptions. keys. visiting cards. post
age stamps and dress patterwns till they
find a purse The purse has compart-
ments and u contains all their cash. so
that II they lose II they'll be helpless.
ftnally they come 10 tue SICK IN Mnhcii
their silver and copper are hidden and
peck and peck. Usually they produce a
nickel or Ave pennies; but II by any
chance they have to break a bin they go
over the remains as If they We're bank
tellers But that woman fnh talking
about carried wad: that's the name for
1t: 1t wasn't roll. 1t was wad such
as you see on good fellows who have been
doing the town and who have money
what I call intoxicated money-in every
pocket That woman interested me-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21

not be procured for the opening OF
new, mines, or even for the working
to full capacity of old ones. Lands in
the south go a-begging because we
lack sufficient white population.
A meeting of all who are deeply in
terested in immigration is to be held
in this city next month, and steps
should then and there be devised to
aid the railroads in the splendid work
they have undertaken. The railroads
will do their part, and the people of
the south should second their efforts
The south must have white immi-
grants, and all keen observers agree
that the Italians are the immigrants
who will the most readily becoNae as
simulated in the south. Our climate
is their home climate, and our lands
are cheap, and the color line will not
drive them away. We must in one
way or another induce the arriving
Italians to find homes in the south.
The particular form of indueement
should be determined at the fortheom-
ing meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
School Strikes in CHICAGO.

The children In the public schools
of Chicago inaugurated a sympathetic
strike that was novel to say the least.
Their sympathies warmly ran with the
transfers and garment workers, and
so they decided to strike against some
body, and their teachers were their
only bosses in sight.
They could not be punished at all
If Chicago did not have compulsory
education law. Under that law it be-
comes the duty of parents to keep
their children at school. If they do not,
they may be assessed and fined, and
this is what the board of education is
engaged in doing. 1t has caused the
arraignment of numerous parents, and
the parents of six children have al
ready been fined each twenty dollars
and costs. More are to be fined
At is very natural on the part oil
children to sympathize with their pa
rents, but Chicagos board of educa
tion does not propose, 1t is plain, to
encourage or permit school strikes
Strikes on the part of adults are quite
enough, and children should be told
to stand back when labor movement
Is to be fought out.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Hohson. for Congress-.

L. B. Musgrove of Walker county
spent yesterday in Birmingham and left
last night for Atlanta. where he will
Join Capt Richmond Pearson Hobson
and accompany him to New York. The
Hull-Hobson nuptials take place at TUX
edo Park next Thursday.
Mr.. Musgrove was Hobsons political
manager in the congressional campaign
In the Sixth district last. year and is
still regarded as his chief adviser and
representative in matters political.
.IIobson is being urged 10 enter the
race for governor" said Mr.. MusgroYe.
Il am receiving letters eve day beg
cling me to use my influence with Hob
son and have him run for governor Now
while know that Hobson would com
mand splendid support, and While ne
lieve he would be an easy winner, ne
will not be a candidate for governor pal
Will be a candidate for Congress from the
Sixth district l understand that Con-
gressman Bankhead will not offer again,
but whether he runs or not. Hobson WIN
run. ] am absolutely certain that Hop-
son will be our next congressman.
zone reason why there is such per-
sisaant call for Hobson to announce for
governor is because he is not only close
to the hearts, of the people, frank, clean
and fearless, but is Tree from all political
entanglements. He would make an ldeai
governor, but as he has prediction Tor
congressional work. 1t is better that ne
should serve his district constituents on
the floor of the House of Representa-
ti.yae
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
CRANK Is FOUND AT LAST
FOR THE PEORIA CHURCH

to believe that they were in earnest.
a. l am a lodge man. 1 belong to the
A. F. and A. NJ, the I. o. o. F., and
the NJ. s. A. and would not object to
joining some more provided the brethren
will pay the initiation fees and keep up
the dues.
s. | am little in doubt about the next
qualification, for you don't define the
meaning of mixer" clearly. l rather guess
that l will fill the bill, though, for on
several occasions have shown myself
master Maybe you mean socially inclined.
If so, I'm your man for the position Who
ever comes near the church where l
preach anywhere near service time must
be keen of scent and fleet of foot IL I
don't make him shake hands before. he
gets away.
g. | am a crank, not a fool, understand.
but the kind of crank that moves
things" as you suggest. Things move
where I preach. If | cannot make them
move l can generally get some of the
cranky bretheren or sisters to lend
hand till the things start. On several
occasions l have succeeded so well in
moving things that my family, household
pastorate.
I. Now, as to being willing to assume
the burdens of the flock, I had best be
a little more positive in my answer, for
| am not sure what you mean by that;
| don't propose to take care of the pock-
etbooks for the brethren while they go
fishing or to speak knowingly about the
bigness OF the hats worn by the good
sisters at Easter time. | will not engage
to solve the consciences of the brethren
who hurrah for Jesus and vote for the
devil. and l will not usher any such up to
the pearly gates. | will not engage to.
write or deliver eulogies for those men,
bers who regard their religion as a kind of
spiritual life insurance with a birthstone
clause, paid up at baptism for all eternity.
About this last l am not particular.
And now, since this notoriety has been
achieved by the publication of the letter
the Atlanta congregation have frightened
their strings on their minister and are
loath to give him up. He has the call
under consideration and the Peoria con-
gregation is anxiously awaiting q hnai
decision
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
About Persons,

c. w. Buckley, postmaster of Montgom-
cry, is at the Morris.
Mrs. Dickerson and Miss Hubble of
Springfield, Mo, stopped at the Morris
yesterday en- route to New York, where
they will attend Captain Hobson's we'd
ding on May Is.
L. H. Lightfoot of Washingtonfis at
the Morris.
Prof. B. F. Giles. president of the Ala
bama Central Female college at Tusca-
loosa, was at the Morris yesterday
D. B. Smith, postmaster at opelika, is
at the Morris.
Dr. M. C. Thomas of Belle Ellen is at
the Morris.
A. NJ, Sanders of Nashville is at the
Morris
J. II. Johnson of Talladega is in the
city
II. c. Reynolds, Jr., of Montevallo is
in the city.
S. T. Mayfield of Nashville is in the
city.
J. S. Morrow of Mobile is in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
Coal Mine Development.

Coal mining, near the crossing OIL the
Southern and Frisco railways, twenty-six
miles west of Birmingham, is developing
very rapidly remarked S. J. Simpson,
president of the Black Creek Mining and
Manufacturing company yesterday.
I'VE opened a new camp just where
these two roade cross abou. six months
ago and the prospects are very good we
have the advantage of two roads IN ship
ping coal but have only completed side
track from one of the roads. We ex-
pect to build track from the other
road soon.
There are several new CAMPS in this
vicinity which is considered one of the
bes. coal districts In the section.
"F. II. Cross is vice president of the
Black Creek Mining and Manufacturing
company and Ellis +. Brown is secretary
and treasurer
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
Or. Staaq Returns.

Dr. John w. Stage, pastor OF the First
Presbyterian church, returned last night
from Montgomery. where he attended the
annual supper given by the Central Pres
byterian church of that city.
The features of the supper were the
presence of Mr.. ANUS r. Mcdonald, the
father of the church, who, notwithstand-
ing he is in the Goth year of his age, in
a seat of honor on the elft of the pastor,
the Rev. Neal l.. Anderson, d. D., re-
manned until well after II o'clock and APP
peared to enjoy every minute of the
time; happy post-prandial address by
the Rev. j. w. Stage, d, D., pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of Brming-
ham, and an eloquent plea by Hon. John
c. Anderson, associate justice of the
supreme court of Alabama, and an ardent
Presbyterian for a union of the churches
south and north. The Montgomery Ad-
vertiser says:
The supper was arranged for the Of
fieers by the members of the Ladies' Aid
Society, and although the members of this
society remained in the background
throughout the evening, the excellence of
their management was apparent on every
hand.
The tables were arranged in the shape
of double horseshoe, and they were
ornamented with epergnes filled with
great clusters of red carnations and
sweet peas. The toastmaster, Mr.. 7. Mar
shall Vass sat at the head of the table
and on either side of him were: Mr.. Nc
- If A. Oh,
and one of the oldest citizens of Mont
gomery; the Rev. ]. w. Stage of Bir-
mingham, the Rev. A. L. Phillips of Rich
mond. Va. the Rev. Neal l.. Anderson and
the officers of lie church.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
THE MUSIC THAT CARRIES.

Strickland W. Gillian in Success Maya
Zine for June.
I've toied with the men the world has
blessed,
And I've toiled with the men who
failed;
I've toiled with the men who strove with
zest
And I've toiled with the men who
walled.
And this is the tale my soul would Nu,
As 1t drifts Ger the harbor bar:
The sounds of sigh don't carry WE'LL
But the Tilt of a laugh rings far.
The men who were near'the grumbler's
side,
O. theJskeard not a word he said.
The sound of a song rang far and wide.
And they hardened to that instead
Its tones were sweet as the tales they
tell
OF the rise of the Christmas star
the sounds of a sigh don't carry we'll,
But the Tilt of a laugh rings far
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati En-

quirer.
N EORIA, ILL.,. May 1.-THE Central
~ Christian church of this city.
which was in the market for a
minister who could answer seven require
menis. one among which was that the
applicant should be "cranlz' after re-
eeiving 100 or more letters and kilograms
of application. has decided to cali Rev.
S. s. Lappin of Atlanta, Ill
Rev. Mr. Lappin wrote the committee
on the selection of pastor a unique let
ter, making up the seven qualifications
singly and advancing his ideas on these.
This was some weeks ago and the COM
mittee since then has been on the still
hunt locking into the record Of the rev.
erend gentleman from Atlanta.
The qualifications which must be en-
Nodded In the new pastor of the Central
Christian church are outlined as follows:
!. PIE must be a young man.
2 He must be a married man.
3. He must be an evangelist.
4. He must be lodge member
5. He must be a mixer.
G. He must be a crank.
I. He must be a bearer of the burdens
of TIE flock.
The following is the text of the letter
written by Rev. Mr.. Lappin. through
which he secured his cali to the pastorate
of the local church.
l. still lack little Of being 80 years
old. True. l will pass that mark before
long. but can set my foot on wall 10
inches higher than my head, and can
"chin a limb ten times running.
Ala am married to a woman. who in my
opinion ranks well up with the best wo-
men. I know, and after twelve years Of
pretty close acquaintance We are still
living together.
8. am an evangelist. served one year
as state evangelist in Illinois and nearly
killed myself at work. l always hold my
meetings where l am pastor If feel like
it and the church will let me. 1t has been
a rule with me never to turn anyone away
If they want to join the church where
am preaching. especially If I had reason
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
Value of Mixing.

at mas often been said that Sir Walter
Scott owed much of his knowledge of
human nature TO his ability as 4 mixer, .
said professional man yesterday. There
Is no denying the fact that nothing so
tends to broaden a man and bring him
In touch with the great. throbDing world
as faculty for ingratiating himself into
the good graees OF strangers.
You will find that nearly every one
has a longing for fellowship. 1t is sell
dom indeed that you will find a man
travelling who does not eagerly grasp the
opportunity for a chat with his seat mate,
while the flow of VIII in the smoking car
has become proverbial. The man who is
hail fellow well met is not always the
person To reap the most advantage from
such contact lie is In pursuit of pleasure
anu in the qualification of the moment
he does not take the trouble to analyze
his newly made acquaintances. 1t Is the
student of human nature who profits most
by mixing. He reads the people with
whom he comes in contact. studies their
peeGliarties and probes their inmost
thoughts. He usually directs the CONVEX
sation into instructive channels and ev-
cry moment he is learning something.
Have you ever stopped to think that there
are few people who can not tell you some
thing you do not know?
Not only does one gain wide Informal
ton and knowledge of men by mixing
but II broadens his ideas. give him con-
fidence in himself md fits him for over
coming the obstacles in his path. 1t IS
the mixer who succeeds these days. not
only in politics but in nearly all walks of
life. Every one is more or less depend
ent upon his fellows and woe betide the
man who has not the faculty of making
friends readily"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
New GARBAGE Ordinance.

"The garbage laws recently adopted by
the City Council will be published In
full in the Age-Herald tomorrow MORN
ing said Mayor yesterday afternoon.
THESE laws completely revise the ones
under which we have been working for
sometime past, and every citizen of Bir-
mingham should procure a copy of the
paper and carefully read the measure, as
1t affects every merchant and householder
in the city.
Il have already had numerous requests
for a copy of the ordinance. Later it may
be printed in pamphlet form for general
distribution.
"The ordinance becomes effective I'M
medately after publication"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21

literary lights of Indiana as follows: His
torieal novelists. s9ss; dialect poets. 6ss7;
magazine poets. 1925; real poets, 430; dra-
matists. 1216; syndicate humorists ca:
short story writers. 1852 One could accept
all the other figures with considerable
eredulity, but is not the esteemed humor-
ist trihe in error as regards the real
poets?'' The alleged poets don't matter.
There are not $50 real poets in the
whole wide world, and not 30 alive today
who can carve their names on a wall and
have pilgrims visit the spot fifty years
hence.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
CALLED.

When Taft remarked on railroad rates,
With Roosevelt at the bat
The Dingleyites declined to tell
Why they were standing pat.
The Illinois mothers have declared that
the problem of child training will never
be solved until we have Fathers Coun-
els in all parts of the land. Now what
do you think of that? If pokah and re-
freshments are to be permitted, there is
no reason why fathers councils should
not become Immediately popular. but
close your eyes and imagine tI4dt you see
congress of sane American men seat
ed in vastfhall while one of their num-
Der dilates on the evils of allowing chill
dren to eat pickles. the use of the paddle
and hygienic clothes for girlsl The views
advanced by the up-to-date mothers clubs
make a fellow feel tired when he learns
how admirably the mothers of fifty years
ago reared stalwart sons and stately
daughters, with never thought that the
matter would be treated scientifically in
the future. Martha Washington's son
proved to be an admirable chap, and she
did not belong to the Congress of Moth
ers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
It is easier TO get into public life than
to stay there.
When a man can support his family II
is a sign he is no genius.
Some men are so lucky that when they
lose their purses there was never anything
in them.
There Is a lot of difference between be-
ing married in your honeymoon TO the
girl you love and all the rest Of your
life to her family
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
Only Rich Men Wanted.

The farewell honors rendered to
Nhiteiaw Reid. United States ambas-
sador to Great Britain, are about end
ed, and the recipient of them will soon
sail away to London. He has rented
house in Park Lane, a fashionable
street in the West End district of
London, for which he pays $4,000 a
year, although his salary Is but ST.
800.
Mr.. Reid can stand the pace, but
can the American people? Can we
afford to say to all but few Ameri'
cans, "You cannot serve as an ambas-
sador because you are poor" ? Can we
afford to take such a long step to-
wards plutocracy?
Salaries should be commensurate
with duties. If an ambassador at Lon
don must in order to be efficient live
in a house that is worth $45, 900 year
in rentals, then the United States
should own such a house in London.
Al any rate we cannot in all honesty
and constitutionality reserve ambassa-
dorships for the rich, giving to the
poor the inferior places only. The
drawing of such line is stab at the
yitals of the republic.
The present administration sends to
European capitals rich men only, and
1t Is fast making a precedent that de-
mands at an early day action by the
people, If it be desirable to maintain
Jeffersonian principles in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-21
Entirely Too Powerful.

From the Admission Star
The man up in Maine who killed three
bears with pocket knife they say is still
living but the last accounts are that IN
telling of what he did he so strained him
self that death will likely follow. And 1t
ought to. That man is too powerful to
live down here with ordinary mortals.