The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-05

EN REAT is St. Louis, Since the fair
 S has closed statistics show that >" the city is more prosperous than ever before, s doing more business, its commercial interests are broader and it Is growing every day. This is the after- math of the big show and the residents of St. Louis who supported the project so llberally will probably never have cause to regret their action. Clearly, the pos terior effects of a worlds fair have not depressed the metropolis eff the central west, although Philadelphia sleeps yet from the influence of her centennial in 1876 New York is chary of a great ex- position proposed to celebrate the discov- cry of the Hudson river by Henrik HIud- son because she fears to share the fate of Philadelphia. However, St. Louis, in stead of having her growth retarded by the Louisiana Purchase exposition, seems to have prohted by it, while Chicago man aged to survive the Worlds Columbian exposition. Perhaps there is more vigor in the western towns than in those of the east.
  ciological and legal point of view is that of the mayor of a town in Washington who has been sued for breach of prom ise because he refused to marry con- sumptive. lie says that he really loves the woman and has spent a large sum of money in an effort to have her cured, but believes it his duty to sacrifice him self and her rather than form a union that might only result in diseased chil- dren and unhappnes Although senti- mentalists may censure the man for heartlessness and demand that he marry his fiancee regardless of all other con- alterations, he has taken a sane and sen sble view of the matter that some of us have not yet advanced far enough to appreciate
 A new sun spot, believed to be the largest ever observed and 5000 miles ir diameter. has been recently discovered by a Chicago astronomer yet the chances are that it will not cause half the talk and misery that would result from one 'n- significant spot on some womaE's repu- tation.
 The Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry is another organization which affords exercise to the Order of Unmiti gated American Snobs. The purpose of the order is to determine what persons in the United States are entitled to bear arms" by virtue of the blue blood in their veins and a royal grant originally be- stored by a king across the water. Thus far only twenty-five noble families have been discovered, and 1t can readily be seen that the order is nothing if not ultra.
 Finley Peter Dunne, known to fame as "Mr. Dooley," seems to be having a hard time here of late. MT. Dunne says that he finds his Irish philosophy harder to write as time passes by. and recently he has had an operation performed on his eyes, which will prevent his doing any more work for at least month. MT. Dunne is now on his way to Europe, where he hopes to get back his health and new inspiration for his "Dooley" ar ticles. Perhaps a change of locale would make the wit of 'Mr. Dooley' fresher and more invigorating. George Ades fables and the Sherlock Holmes stories have finished their course. It re- mains to be seen how much longer MT. Dooley' will be able to hold out
 While referring to the Sherlock Holmes stories one is reminded of the statement frequently made that Sir A. Conan Doyle has "created'' the greatest detective char acter of the age, unlike any detective that has previously appeared in fiction. As a matter of fact Edgar Allen Poe's Dupin was undoubtedly the predecessor of Sher- lock Holmes. for his methods were very similar, and he was even more analytical than Sir A. Conan Doyle's great criminal expert. However. this is no detraction from Sherlock Holmes' fame. He is cer- tainly one of the most remarkable and entertaining personaees in present day fiction.
 In the year 1904 the total sum of sl0,- 06S,91 was stolen in the United States.