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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

insville than Canfeld ever heard of or Jerome ever dreamed of. Judge Martin has evidently travelled bit, and "bucked the tiger in Hot Springs or a French Lick lair. He has evidently been somewhere out side of Hawkinsville. That good old town of a few years since could not have learned suddenly the games of whist, progressive euchre, finch, trail, bunco or any other game with cards or like devices" and gotten into "a deep and widening stream, increas- ing in volume as it rolls it's turbulent and corrupt waters into the abyss of waste, desolation, ruin and crime" unless somebody had gone out to learn from the outside world and tell it at home.
 Judge Martin has our sympathy in the troubles his fanciful friends, who may have reaped finances from friv- oling with the fieecy staple on mar gins and otherwise, have brought into l.s community of Hawkinsville. We deeply regret it has gotten to be such bad town. It must have degen- erated from the good old days of a few years ago when that proper and prim old maid who went to the circus at the county fair, left the perform anee because the clown declared to be so far-sighted as to read local news paper poem through a heavily folded blanket laid over it-on the assump- tion on the part of the said old maid that if the clown could read the paper through the blanket he could sec through the garments draped about, covering and enclosing her person; and therefore it was improper for her to remain in the audience.
 But these were the good old days when the simple life prevailed in Hawkinsville and before Judge Mar. tin waxed warm upon the scent of wickedness.
 Though Judge Martin has discov- cred novelties that Birmingham knows not of and may never learn, such as finch, trail and bunco"- unless the latter word be applied to semi-occasional mining or real estate deals here-he does appeal to Bir' mingham, all In a heap, when he speaks of "depredations upon our larders by dishonest cooks who feed the idle Lotharios' But no Birming ham housekeeper dares protest for fear of being tread out by Brother Johnsing." Once Tread out" you cook for yourself or eat at restaurant. In this respect, only, Birmingham has modernized over Hawkinsville.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Music Festival.


 It mas been some time since the music ioVers of Birmingham had such a treat III store as the festival of sacred music "iilch Will be given at the Bijou this af- ternoon at o'clock The programme Is made up of church music but it is music or rich and brilliant order. Memoli's grand mass No. will be rendered in full ana the Gloria of Gounods St Cecllia's mass will conclude the concert. There Will be two orchestral numbers between chorus numbers and an orchestra of twenty1six pieces will accompany the music of the mass.
 The chorus numbers between seventy live and eighty voices and Is composed of the best festival talent of Birming- ham. The orchestra is well drilled MT Memoli having conducted five or six re- hearsals.
 Among the solo singers at the festival will be Mrs E. J. Putnam, formerly of Birmingham but now of Indianapolis. Those who used to hear her beautiful, sympathetic voice at St. Pauls church, know what to expect today and those who have never heard Mrs. Putnam sing cannot afford to miss this opportunity. Many people pay s2.5O or B to hear 4 great opera singer. but few of the famous prima donnas on the stage have been blessed with the tone quality possessed by this cultured woman
 The musical IT ass, familiar to all Cath olics, but not, asl rule, thoroughly ia miliar to Protestants, consists of theae parts: Kyrie Eeison, Christi Eleison Uord have mercy. Christ have merey): Gloria in Excelsisl Dec; Credo Cthe Nieene creed Sanctus lHoly. holy, holy Lord God of Sabbaoth); Benedictus (Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord) and Agnus Del Qiamb of God who takest away the sins of the world). The mass in its entirety Is not sung in Protestant churches, not because the words are at variance with Protestant theology, for they are not, but because of the length of all the better class of masses. Me- molis mass consumes about three quarters of an hour. Of all the celebrated masses Webers in G is perhaps the shortest, it taking up only thirty or thirty-fve minutes
 Beethoven's masses require more than an hours time and Bach's minor mass is much longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
Fairs and Farmers

''I would like to see the individual farmer of Alabama get the benefit of the big premiums to be offered by our new
 Fair association" said one of the diree- tors yesterday.
 q doubt the wisdom or expedlency of paying much attention to county exhibits.
 It is too difficult to assemble them, and
 then, too, John Smith is not entitled to credit for the work that was done by Bill Jones'. The individual farmer is the
 one who deserves encouragement, and he
 should have every encouragement
 ~ My idea is for the association to offer
 premium of 5000 for the best individual farm display, which must really be the products of one farm, and not the gather ing of the products of several farms Several hundred dollars should be offered
 for the best display of cotton; same
 amount of corn, wheat, oats. rye, hay
 potatoes, sugar cane and so on, making
 up another thousand. Then Alabama
 raised stock should receive special atten- ton. Then premiums varying from s25 to s1OO for everything that can be pro
 duced on our Alabama farm, so that no
 matter how small the farm the owner
 can compete for a premium.
 And this suggests the idea that the
 premium list should be prepared at once
 It will take some time to print 1t and the farmers should have it in hand before planting time that they may know Just
 what to expect as compensation for their foresight and energy.
 "Ths is of course, but the expression of one man, but if we are going to have a real fair we should let the people know it in ample time. The efforts of Brming- ham heretofore on the several fair propo- sitions have been hurriedly gotten up at
 the last moment-a kind of catch-as-you-
 can arrangement. Let us do it right this time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
Musical Comedies.

''I do not see why Manager Jake Wells of the Wells circuit does not bring more musical comedies to the Bijou." said a theatre patron yesterday. This class of show seems to pay better at the theatre than any other. The crowds that attend musical comedies are larger than those seen atfother attractions.
 Of course a certain class patronizes the melodrama, but very much better class of theatre goers patronize the musi- cal comedies, and they attend in larger numbers. For instance. at the matinee this afternoon the house was filled. and that is something that has not happened when a melodrama. was the attraction.
 Ut may be true that the melodrama costs the management less than the musl- cal comedies, but then should think that 1t would more than break even by the larger attendance and larger box office receipts from the musical companies"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

the succession, unless indeed bomb throwing is to become a leading in dustry in Russia.
 The assassination becomes import ant only when it's effects upon tie present Russian crisis is considered No doubt tho Gzar anGer pressure of various sorts, including the strain of war that the bureaucrats are incompe- tent to handle, is induced to convene zemsky zabor to be elected in part by the peasants. He is hesitating over the proposition. He Is vaeillating. TO his pitiful vacillation is due perhaps the assassination of the Grand Duke Sergius. The Czar is not strong and masterful No living Romanoff is, and the Czar is one of the weakest mem. bers of his family. He talks bravely, and then he listens to the women of the palace, including the Dowager Em, press, to the few men who gain ae- cess to the palace, and to- tho grand dukes, and more vacillation ensues. This policy of hesitation, this almost suicidal vacillation. is hastening the downfall of his fortunes. It is lead ing on to revolution.
 It is not probable that the death Of the Grand Duke Sergius will increase the Czar's yacillation. or that it Will change the course of events. It should be further proof to the Czar, who IS but reed in the wind, of the change that is inevitable. It might not have been so received in the days of Peter the Great, but men and methods are changed, even in Russia, and what was possible two hundred years ago is now become utterly impossible. The assassination will not change the flow of events. It will not turn the current or lessen it's deep significance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
WORK.

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning. What are we set on earth to work for?
 say, to toll;
 Nor seek to leave the tending of thy
 vines
 cines,
 And Deaths mild curfew shall from work assoil.
 God did anoint thee with his odorous oil To wrestle, not to reign; and he assigns All thy tears over, like pure crystaliines, For younger fellow workers of the soil To wear for amulets. So others shall Take patience, labor, to their heart and hand,
 From thy hand and thy heart and thy brave cheer, to all,
 The least flower. with a brimming cup may stand, . And share it's dewdrop with another near.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
Moscow's Bomb in Politics.
The assassination of the Grand D

The assassination of the Grand Duke Sergius, uncle of the Czar, may have led to the presumption that the line of succession had been cut. So it has, but not near it's source. The Czar has a son. That son is about six months old; but, young as he is, he is the czarovitch. After that son comes the Grand Duke Michael, the only living brother of the Czar. He was born in 1878. and is either an invalid or a weakling. His makeup does not greatly differ from that of the Czar. except that the latter is in better health.
 If the young son and the Grand Duke Michael should drop out, the successor would be the Grand Duke vladimir, born in .1S47, the son of Alexander II, and uncle of the present Cxar. His brother, Grand Duke Alexis, is next in line. The dead Sergius was also brother of Vladimir. He stood next after Alexis. It will thus Re seen hat his death has small relatiNp to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

Marion Standard: The Birmingham pa : pers object to the union passenger depot being called a shack. Says the only trou- ble is that the city is outgrowing it as it outgrows everything. Fact is Birming- ham is rapidly outgrowing her reputation for killing and law-breaking, and Bad Birmingham is getting to be misnomer.
 Demopolis Express-D Dispatch Birming ham has organized fair association and proposes to make Atlanta's show look like 30 cents.
 Gadsden Journal: Birminghams new fair has an abundance of money to be spent for the good of the Magic City. Why should 1t not buy poor old Vulcan for leading part in it's permanent ex- position?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

n is all in a day and sometimes in an
 hour. Men have been called from the blow to parliament, from poetry to poverty. and from policeman to Presi- dent. As an instance of the latter when one Theodore Roosevelt in olden days dined daily at an attractive restaurant way down in the east side of New York among the Bohemians, where good things to eat. good things to drink and good cheer prevailed he was a police commis- sioner of the city of New York and his requirement. was to see that the man ill uniform on his beat did his duty. Roose- and was one of them. One night he sat among a party of former IIungarlans in restaurant far down on East Houston street, known as Little Hungary" ate of the table d'hote dinner, drank of the Hungarian light wines, from inverted decanters which fill your glass automati- cally when you present it beneath the valve. and talked of his ambitions.
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 You will be President some day" said an enthusiast, "and when you are we want you to promise to dine here again with us."
 "De-e-lighted. Of course I shall I will-sure!' responded the police com missioner. As President he did, on Tres- day last and all the east side turned out, and all the police and detective force. of Greater New York and the United States government secret service men were there to look after the safety of the man who few years ago dned often in this little Hungarian restaurant with no one to protect him. Then he was merely the man. Now he is the Pres- dent of this great country. But in many respects he is yet merely the man.
 Speaking of Little Hungary" have you ever been there? It's a clever little place to go to once in awhile for dinner. It is out of the beaten tracks Nbut it is simple, clean, jolly and thoroughly Bo- homian. The main dining room is ir the cellar with great wine casks about the walls. The tables are of the mission type, of heavy dark oak, and the chairs are likewise. The linen is immaculate. The tables are round and in the center
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT MEN AND
 r1ATTER OF INTEREST HERE AND ELSEWHERE

, of each is a wrought iron stand with
 long-necked inverted decanters hanging
 from twin claws high up. The mouths af
 the inverted decanters are within six inches of the table--the bulbs one filled
 with white and one of red wine are two feet higher grasped tightly in the claws of the frame. One who desires wine
 merely places his glass beneath the jn-
 verted decanter, raises it until it touches
 the mouth of the neck and, as if by
 magic, the glass fills. It is merely glass valve at the neck of the deeanter
 which does the work, but it is faseinat-
 ing, and the wine being weak there be no danger in dangling about it's dainty
 doings.
 In this place the cooking is good, the wine is pure and the music is the best
 in all New York. It is Bohemian; and
 an every evening occurrence that the
 talented among the diners join with the gaily costumed musicians of the band to
 make music song and merriment.
 It may be that the Presidents visit
 will make this place such resort for the curious as to destroy It's old time at
 tractions-but it has been dainty,
 genuinely good place to dine occasionally
 when one would seek good things to eat
 and genuinely good, clever and whole some company.
 l And now back to Birmingham.
 l Our good old iron industrial agent Vulcan, who went forth on a mission of travel to advertise Birmingham, ans
 who drew a draft on the community for cash to pay his way home, and incident ally his debts, has forgotten some of hfs | friends or has done something wrong | somewhere. Apparently he wants a home | to rest in, or a pedestal to rest upoa. when he gets here. The decoration Of | this pedestalc home seems to be the 1 cause of muss. The question is shall
 there be one name boldly emblazoned
 upon MT. Vulcan's base or shall he be
 bolstered up by an array of names num- I bered consecutively in the order of volume
 of subscription? Why not let Colonel Johns have his way; and then put, safely i deposited beneath the cornerstone of the 1 base, the names of all subscribers, and
 in big letters upon parchment, hidden within, the names of everyone who may ] himself think, or whose friends may
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press. {.
 A woman will always trust man un- less he is trustworthy.
 A man has hard time convincing him self that his son is as smart as he thinks he is. * srr
 Content is not knowing how many things there are that you would want if you knew about them. E
 It is a sign of good breeding to own an awful lot of hsndkerchlefs. but not to have to use them.
 A nice thing about girls going sleigh riding is when she comes in blushing she can act as if 1t was the frosty weather that did it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
Our City of Homes.

Greater Birmingham is emphatical- ly a city of homes into which no land lord enters. No landlord is known at all in fifty per cent of them, and at least dozen building and loan as sociations and loan companies are in creasing the percentage of home-own- CTS every year. No color line or other line is drawn in them, any more than 1t is in a bank or insurance company.
 A city that is we'll filled with home owners is a city that has a backing that no city has which is largely made up of landlords and tenants. Here whites and blacks are paying for homes, and every one of them is thus securing a good investment.
 While they are bettering themselves they are adding solidity and good cit izenship to the city--to Greater Bir- mingham, which is the real city. It would be difficult to find among home. owners a person devoid of patriotism CT a love of law and order. We are proud of our home-owners.
 The desire for home-ownership Is increasing, and not few believe that in the long run Birmingham will stand exceptional in the matter of home earning. We hope to rise to a higher and still higher percentage of home earners, and corresponding de crease in the landlord-and-tenant in terest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

think, that he is entitled to recognition for something he has done, or might have done. or will do when he can?
 Hut. however much the talent may scrap over ways and means, we all know that Vulcan Is coming home and is to remain here as a monument to. the real merit Of the district. The credit for, the iron man belongs to all the district.
 Apropos the iron man, there has been as much excitement in iron and manu- featuring circles this past week as if the fox hounds had jumped red in a grey fox district, and bounded off straight through the valley and over the hills, in- stead of circling about the clump of woods over the branch and keeping in hearing distance all the time. It looks. like a real race this time with bristing brush at the end of the chase
 As a matter of fact some shrewd old dog, who has scented a good thing afar got into the Tennessee Coal and Iron pasture, about the New York stock ex- change, and gobbled up all the loose ends offering, which seems to have been a full control. This may or may not be-; but it does seem that all the other fellows who have furnace stocks want. to be in line of the golden lightning which seeks compa- nies to devour. All the alleged big iron men of the district are In New York to sell, or see what's going on. Only MT. Bacon of the Tennessee remains at home working his plant for results. Though president, he is working like the hired man. to earn his salary. knowing not whether the stock speculators have sold him out of his job or not.
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 As matter of fact no one knows def- nitely who Is now in control of several of the big Iron companies of this district. It does look like there Is either big stock jobbing deal on or that there is to be a sufficient consolidation to make one very large company in the district which should earn large dividends.
 None of us can tell until next week what the result will be. In the mean time the man who may know has much opportunity to make merry in the market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
HOW HE SPENT HIS TIME.

rom the Boston Record.
 A bond salesman just back from Maine says he asked an old fisherman in a snow bound hamlet what he did with him self evenings.
 The reply was: 'Oh, sometimes I sit and think, and then again just sit"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
st EIIxabeth,s Church.

Bishop Allen will consecrate St. Eliza beth's church at Greenvile. Ala, today, The Rev. Father coyle of Birmingham and many other priests of the diocese will take part in the ceremonies. St.. E.izabeth's $ one of the largest and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19
About Persons.


 J. A. Cohen of Chicago Is at the Colo nial.
 George L. Wood of Baltimore is at the Morris.
 F. E. Stanley of St. Louis is at the Morris.
 NJ Hohenberg of wetumpka is at the Hillman. .e~. 5sarc and osa J. NJ. March of Nashville. is at the Hllman. 4aa J. Lodge of Tuscaloosa is at the St. Nicholas.
 James H. Keyser of Chattanooga is at the Morris.
 J. T Galhland of Lancaster, Ohio Is at the Morris.
 R. J. Coleman of Macon, Ga., is at the St. Nicholas.
 H. NJ. Greet of Washington, D. C.. is at ths Hilman.
 Charles CornweIl of Shelby is at the Metropolitan.
 James B. Jones of Fayette Is at the Metropolitan.
 Judge Thomas R. Roulhac, who was taken suddenly i'll in his room at the Morris hotel Friday night and who has been removed to Browns infirmary, was reported as resting quietly last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

Johann Hoch has no more wives than the Mormon apostles who are standing in with the republican party in the Dingley and other rotten schemes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

Selma and Tuscaloosa are to have federal courts. Such courts are lux uries that comparatively few towns have or desire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

Dictator Cannon Is exceeded in ar bitrariness by the Czar and Psi An. He Is the autocrat of the House, and his will is superior to that of the House or the people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

Count Cassini was, of course, shocked. He has more shocks com ing to him no doubt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

The grand duke crop in Russia will be cut down unless a zemsky zabor is soon added to the governmental machinery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

The Indianapolis News dares spring to come on. Spring continues to be dared" even in the sunny south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

Three Russian officers of the Lena are lost, strayed or stolen. They were interned at San Francisco. but they did not stay put.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

The Kansas legislature is preparing to place bomb called "anti-discrimi- nation" under the Standard oil in that state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

The supreme court stands ready to call down even the constitutional con- vention, which once stood as the peo- pie acting in their sovereign capacity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

No survivor of the Mexican war is as well known as the author of Ben Hur."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

Counting the four-legged variety only, the census bureau found in this country 47,329,517 hogs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

Gov. Bob Taylor's repudation of the vaudeville story is emphatic, and also legal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

Wanted-At San Francisco, three Russian officers attached to the Rus
 sian transport Lena.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

Colorado also proposes to add a state refinery to the list of state insti. tutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

Wall street is reconstructing this district, and We do not know where we are at.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

The West Virinia republicans have also been caught dickering with Standard Oil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

The biggest tyrant of the month is the weather-grim, sour and severe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

The long winter is very trying on Cassie Chadwicks hypnotic eyes. She needs exercise in Bankers Row.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

The Washington Post says the King is called in Kansas John D. Roba. feller."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-19

Hoch is hard to please about his meals, but was no stickler in choosing his wives.