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Rev. Thomas B. Gregory in the PittsburI


Rev. Thomas B. Gregory In the Plttspurg
Sun.
~ I'VE hundred years before Christ,
!" in the bloom period of thought
the period of Aeschylus, Phidias,
Pericles, Socrates and Plato-appeared
Hippocrates one of the greatest names in
history. Quietly, but thoroughly. he broke
away from the old tradition. developed
scientific thought, and laid the founda-
tions of medical science upon experience,
observation and reason-so deeply and
broadly that his teaching remains to this
hour among the most precious posses
sons of our race
Thus speaks DR.. Andrew d. White in
his monumental work, THE Warfare of
Science With Theology
Before the time of Hippocrates-46O b.
C.-the science of medicine cannot be said
TO have existed. All diseases, in common
with other phenomena were attributed TO
supernatural causes and the direct doings
Of unseen beings, and had to be exercised
by ceremonies, prayers and adjurations.
An angry god or malicious demon made
people sick, and the only thing to do was
by tine proper ritual or incarnation, to
placate the god or drive away the demon.
Hippocrates was given the honor of de-
molshing this nonsense and of inaugu-
rating the true practice of medicine by
showing that disease was natural, not SUI
pernatural; or rather that 1t was the re-
suit of the violation of natural law rather
than the infection of supernatural agen-
ces
To the sick man he said THE gods are
not mad with you, the demons are not af-
fiicting YOU you or your ancestors have
of said violation of law there is some-
thing the matter with you. I will examine
you and find ont what it is"
And having diagnosed the case, the wise
old Greek forthwith proceeded to find
in Natures Pharmacopoeia, the remedy
that the occasion call de for.
The Sun of Medical Superstition had
had its setting. Hippocrates was to die;
the glorious truths that he had discovered
We're to be hidden by the dust of bar
barism and the darkness of mediavelism;
but they were immortal and would bide
their time, and the day was coming when
men would turn to them again and never
more forget them.
II Hippocrates was with us today he
would be divinely glad in witnessing the
marvellous strides that are being made by
the ancient profession!
The Medicine and Surgery of today are
hourly performing what would have been
considered miracles by the people of the
time of Hippocrates; and yet 1t is all the
plain, natural logicical result Of the fol-
lowing of the method laid down five nun
bred years before Christ by the Father
of Medicine
TO take medicine out of the hands of
the supernaturalists and place it in the
keeping and under the guidance OF the
scientists is. inevitably. to improve 1t, to
carry it on to victory after victory in
the humane work OF healing mans dis
eases.
The work began so long ago by Hip
pocrates is doing nicely. II Montsigne and
the authors of Gil Bias and the 'Apato
my of Melancholy were now in our midst
they would not find it possible TO have
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21
Fifth Avenue.

Now that work on the grand Union
passenger station is to begin and be
pushed without delay, Fifth avenue values
win rise steadily" said an old investor
Fifth avenue will become great thor
oughfare and ii will be only question of
few years when 1t will be a fashionable
shopping street
THE Hotel Jefferson to be erected at
the corner of Twentieth street and Fourth
avenue will soon be in course of con-
struction, It will be nip and tuck which
building is first to reach completion. The
hotel will be eleven or twelve stories
high and will cover site 100 by 40 feet"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
II is almost worth sending n boy to
college to learn from him what lot
you can get along without knowing
The way a girl sees man is not to look
at him.
There never will be an end of trouble
until there is an end of man.
When a little girl is absorbed in her
dolls if her mother is holding Il scandal
party in the room it is a sign she is
listening.
knows how to cook that makes you sure
brains are greatly overestimated in mar
ried life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21
Tail BUILDINGS.

"This is somewhat like the Flatiron
corner said northern man as he paus-
ed for moment beneath one of the city's
skyscrapers yesterday morning. The
strong wind rushed round the corner of
the building, and seemed TO hail from
regions more remote than even New
York.
ut seems that tall buildings serve as
tunnels to bring the winds down and ex-
pei ,nem with a mighty rush in the
streets, while it is true that the peculiar
shape of the Flatiron building is largely
responsible for the gusts about its base.
it is fact that the condition is noticea-
BILE in connection with other lofty struc-
lures"
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HIPPOCRATES TURNED
FROM OLD TRADITIONS

the fun with the doctors of today that
they had with those of two or three hun
bred years ago; but they would still be
laugh
There are still supersttions in medicine;
and in many places, even in the limelight
of this twentieth century enlightenment,
certain practitioners are making lots of
money curing people by other than nat
ural means.
The Medicine Men" the EtConjurers,"
and the 'Hoodoos, are by no means all
dead yet; but they are not as numerous
by great deal as they used to be.
Scientific medicine, founded twenty
three centuries ago by the Man from
Cos. is steadily gaining ground, and it
is eventually destined to drive all of it's
competitors from the field
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Publicity in New Orleans.

An autopsy held on the body of Jules
Ebrenz conclusively shows that he did
mot have yellow fever, and New Or
leans has no suspicious case of that
disease. The mosquito theory stands
untouched
The Ebrenz case drew to New Or
leans all the health officers of the
neighboring states, and all TO man
expressed satisfaction with the meth
DDS of screening and sanitation that
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OPPORTUNITY.
!. ingalls,

BY John j. ingalls,
Master of human destnies am l.
Fame. love and fortune at my footsteps
walt,
Cities and fields | walk; / penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and passing by
Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late,
1 knock unbidden once at every gate.
If sleeping, wake; II feasting, rise, before
turn away 1t is the hour of fate,
And they who follow me reach every
state
Mortals desire, and conquer ever foe.
Save death. but those who doubt or
hesitate,
Condemned to failure. penury and Woe.
Seek me in vain and uselessly inlplore;
/ answer not. and return no morei
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VALUE OF PUBLICITY.

From the Mobile Register.
Congratulations all around upon the
demonstration that the sickness discovered
in New Orleans is not yellow fever Pub
licity has served well to bring immediate
investigation and 10 Danish suspicion that
threatened the peace of all this southern
country.
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Bishop Allen.

The Right Rev. e. p. Allen. bishop Of
Mobile. spent few hours in Birmingham
yesterday on his way TO cullman, where
he ofrreiates at st. Bernard Abbey today
this being the feast of ST. Benedict, the
founder of the BenedIctine order in the
sixth century.
The bishop will stop in Birmingham
on his way back to Mobile for the pur-
pose of visiting one or more of the church.
es in this vicinity. He win administer
confirmation at st. Pauls church in Bir-
mingham the fouth Sunday after Easter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Increasing Trade.

The produce business in Birmingham
is steadily increasing" said L. A. Town
ley the well known Morris avenue NOR
chant THE volume of produce trade
during the past three months exceeds that
of any similar period of previous years.
Birmingham is nobonly large consumer
but the people of this community want
the best Of everything
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE TIMES

feetionately?s he asked Yes wei,
the girl is the old mans wife" How DO
you know?' asked the woman. with
trace of amusement in her face. ON an
swered the young man with shrug of his
shoulders. You can't fool me. l have
watched the couple and / am sure they
are married" You are sadly mistaken
said the other. THE girl is my daughter
and the man Is my husband The know
ing youth forthwith retired.
4 BACHELORS PARADISE.
A book or two
A pipe and jar
An easy chair.
A friend not far;
A room where things
Are never lost
And garments stay
Where they are tossed;
A picture of
The girl who once
Upset his heart
He played the Ounce
A place TO prop
His feet up high
And let the time
Go speeding by,
n QeHs unkept
And never neat,
Where comfort turks
And rest is sweet,
Where reveries
Oft come and go
When rains beat down
And tempests blow.
In saying that college men are behind
the times, Jack London would lead US to
infer that he knows nothing of their pro-
gressiveness as hazers.
WHEN FATHER TRIES TO TAKE HIS
MORNING NAP.
When father tries to take his morning
He thinks the kids can't find enough
to do.
They try to manufacture all their noise
just when he wants to sleep a wink
or two
They put the grand piano out of tune
Or tumble quickly up and down the
stairs.
while Johnny beats upon battered
dram
His brother with horn attempts new
airs.
You'd think that pandemonum was to
pay,
A panic or at least an awful fire,
But still the kiddies keep the racket UP.
They never scientific little dears-to
tire.
Poor father tries to cover up his head
Alas, his feeble efforts are in vain.
Reluctantly he leaves his bed at last
And speaks a bit of language that's
profane.
You'll find It's always noisy at the hoGse
When father tries to take his morning
nap.
Attic he really needs a little sleep.
His children do not seem to care
rap.
For they are sweetly dreaming while their
dad
Is slkinning fellow mortals at the club
And if he wants to sleep aroun the house
He'll have to quit the game or get
sub"
There is a society in Indiana open only
to those who have been arrested. 1t is
easy to see what an enormous membership
the society would have if 1t were open
only to those who ought to be arrested.
PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21
LITERARY INDIANA.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
Three of the six best selling novels pub
lished last year were written by natives
of Hoosierland. 1t must have been from
a prophetic desire to get next that George
Sand named one of her stories Indiana =
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21
HARSH SUGGESTION.

From the Montgomery Journal.
1T is now said that Count Boni will be
given handsome amount annually by
the Gould family to keep him from want.
Why not make him work for his living?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21
HAS THE ADVANTAGE.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
We are becoming tired Of what Falstaff
called "damnable itera ton of Carnegie S
assertion that riches cause unhappness.
Confound him and his axiom. He's tried
both sides and we haven't
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

". X. Vanderbilt, Jr., was refused ad-
mittance at Monte Carlo because his
trousers were turned up. Coins sometimes
land in the fold of turned-up trousers
Won know
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21
PETTus, YOUTH.
A Man Is as Young as He Feels.
Good for Another Full Term.

a the New York Herald.
SENATOR PETTUS AT 50,
Chews tobacco.
Drinks liquor moderately.
A poor man.
Reads his Bible.
Runs no bills.
Calls his wife sweetheart.
Sees death far off
A senator who works.
Brims with subtle .humor.
Carries a red bandanna.
Loves flowers.
Enjoys a poker game.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

The Coreys are trying to get together
again, despite the actress. Mabelle Gil
man. who has not apparently been con-
suited. Andrew carnegie is steering the
affair
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

The hagmakers who have Fourth-of-July
orders to fill want to know whether to
put forty-five. forty-six or forty-seven
stars on them. Ask Uncle Joe Cannon.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

A baby was born in New York and its
excited father called the police, the fire
department and the ambulance He
wasn't used to being a father
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

The Depew resignation would be
warmly welcomed by New York politi-
clans, especially if accompanied by Tom
Plat document of the same nature.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

Bishop Moreland of California says that
motherhood is going out of fashion II
babies were fashionable it is safe TO as
sumo that there would be a great many
more,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

President Roosevelt cannot settle the
Moroccan trouble because he has got the
coal strike on his hands.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

The air is cold, but it does not bring
us eighteen inches of snow out of season
in the glad spring time.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

Former Secretary of the Treasury
Gage says he is glad to get out of the
public eye. He has earned his rest and
is now an old man.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

From his stronghold in New Jersey John
d. Rockefeller still succeeds in pushing
oil up from time to time
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

The Highlanders should contemplate the
condition of their own grounds before
they grumble at Alabama weather.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

The women of Kalamazoo, Mich, will
attempt to beautify the town. They
might start by changing its name
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

Andy Hamilton thinks of the New York
Life trustees what Speaker Joe Cannon
thinks of the Senate
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KERCHEWt

KERCHEWt
II sing of SPRING"
poet said
Then caught a cold
Twas in his head
And after that
Wheneer he sang
His verses had
nasal twang.
Let us all pull together" said the
dentists, and forthwith they organized a
union which attended 10 iegs as we'll as
teeth.
Excess of politeness made a Birmng
ham man reply, Madam, shall be
pleased to act as pail bearer at the fun
eral of your late husband
Wear plaids for spring" says voice
from Paris but so long as you keep on
your heavy underclothes until it is time
to take them off, you needn't bother about
the plaids.
TO THE AUDUBON SOCIETY.
little bird sat on a limb,
Twas on limb he sat,
But now the little bird is perched
Upon an Easter hat.
1t is far cry from hunting mountain
lions out west to chasing rats in the
White House, but it was done by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
SONG.
It's hard to be happy and sit on a tack,
IT'S a difficult thing, | wis
It's hard to be happy and sit on tack,
You are not prepared to doubt this.
A self-sufficient young man addressed
himself to woman who was seated in
the parlor of Birmingham hotel DO
you see that young lady playing. the
piano and the man bending over her af-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

The insurance magnates desire to state
that they did not stir up the yellow dog
They would have been glad if he had
staid in Paris
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

People who smoke and chew will con-
tinue to be known as "stinkpots' at Zion
City, as formerly.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

1t is a mistake. Roultney Bigelow did
not suggest Taft for appointment to the
supreme court
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Mr.. Miner has dropped out with grace
and completeness, thus outdoing Count
Boni in crisis.
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L, H. Russ, c. G. witt and J. r. Kelley
are the only authorized travelling repre-
sentatives Of The Age-Herald in its cir
culation department.
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The government proposes to apply q
partment clerks.
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No communication will be published
without its authors name. Rejected man
usoripts will not be returned unless
stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
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washington Bureau Age Herald l12l @
street, N. w.
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Faint echoes are heard now and then
from the Hobson- Bankhead fight in the
Sixth district.
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Daily and Sunday Age-Herald. ........ IS. 90
Daily and Sunday. per month";. 20
Sunday Age-Herald, per annum.,... s'o9
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Subscription payable in advance.
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AuudluSid anu EikinOHl nave uOne, anu
people in glass houses, it is said,
should throw no stones.
z----
". x. Vanderbilt, Jr., was refused ad-
mittance at Monte Carlo because his
trousers were turned up. Coins sometimes
land in the fold of turned-up trousers
you know.
The Coreys are trying to get together
again, despite the actress. Mabelle Gill
man, who has not apparently been con-
suited. Andrew carnegie is steering the
affair.
Bishop Moreland of California says that
motherhood is going out of fashion II
babies were fashionable it is safe to as
sumo that there would be a great many
more.
The flagmakers who have Fourth-of-July
orders to fill want to know whether to
put forty-five. forty-six or forty-seven
stars on them. Ask Uncle Joe Cannon
---s.---
The Depew resignation would be
warmly welcomed by New York politi-
clans, especially if accompanied by Tom
Plat document of the same nature.
baby was born in New York and its
excited father called the police, the fire
department and the ambulance. He
wasn't used to being a father.
Former Secretary of the Treasury
Gage says he is glad to get out of the
public eye. He has earned his rest and
is now an old man.
--s----
The insurance magnates desire to state
that they did not stir up the yellow dog
They would have been glad if he had
staid in Paris.
The Highlanders should contemplate the
condition of their own grounds before
they grumble at Alabama weather.
----------------------
The women of Kalamazoo Mich, will
attempt to beautify the town. They
might start by changing it's name.
- -
~ -
d. Rockefeller still succeeds in pushing
oil IN from time to time.
------'' '--
President Roosevelt cannot settle the
Moroccan trouble because he has got the
coal strike on his hands.
The air is cold, but ii does not bring
rs eighteen inches of snow out of season
IN the glad spring l'nne'
Andy Hamilton thinks of the New York
hile trustees "''''' oie'Ner 'oe e"'''oi'
lhlhhs VI the 9eha'e'
po,,,o n,,o sn,ol.e apd Chew win con-
4. -. -. ....,,,,..., NJ.
''"'e ~ " my ="
City, as formerly.
Inc government proposes TO Apply
modified degree sof Oslerism to the de-
partment clerks.
NE Mizner mas o'soppeu ou' Wllh grace
and completeness, thus outdoing Count
Roni in n crisis
1t is a mistake Roultney Bigelow did
not suggest Taft for amendment TO the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, post
office as second-class matter under act
OF Congress March 3, 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

Let us all pull together" said the
dentists, and forthwith they organized
union which attended 10 iegs as well as
teeth
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

Senator Tillman will lay aside his pitch
fork when he steers the rate bill through
the Senate,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

A late bulletin announces that the CO.
reys are not yet reeonciled.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

our only war cloud is that Of the Sem
ate and Uncle Joe Cannon, and it is be-
coming acute.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

Excess of politeness made Birmng
ham man reply Madam, shall be
pleased to act as pail bearer at the fun
eral of your late husband.
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TO THE AUDUBON SOCIETY.
A little bird sat on a limb,
Twas on a limb he sat.
But now the little bird is perched
Upon an Easter hat.
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-tIlI1 flf7a
SYfZsfElsstsgQ Easspo
a's1silsHkie
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The bureaucrats propose to turn the
members of the douma into dummy direc-
tors
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stealing clover 1t must be the four
leaf kind
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From the New York Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-21

1t is far cry from hunting mountain
lions out west to chasing rats in the
White House. but it was done by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-06-29
CAR AND COURT
ARE NOT TO MOVE
Emperor Nicholas Will Re-
main at Peterhof Despite
Plot to Kill.

st. Petersburg, June 29.-An official
denial is given of the report that the
emperor and his court intend to leave
Peterhof and return to Tsarskoe.
Selo owing to the discovery of a rev.
olutionary plot among the palace ser.
wants.
. The Preobrajensky regiment Of the
Life Guards has been degraded as a
result of its adoption Of resolutions
recently upholding all actions of par.
Lament and announcing 1t wanted no
ore police duty, entailing the slay-
ing Of brothers or fathers.
BY the imperial order the regiment
is transformed into a special infantry
battalion. General Trepoff, com
mander Of the palace, has redoubled
his precautions for the protection Of
the czar.
The Bourse Gazette reports an out.
break Of mutinous spirit among the
grenadiers Of the guard.
Moscow, June Especial dis,
patches say two regiments at Yeliza.
bethpol refused to fire on the strikers.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-06-29
OHIO MAY REFUSE
TO ENDORSE TAFT.

Washington, D. c., June 29.-State.
ments that President Roosevelt has
given one or two intimates to under
stand that he would look with favor
upon Secretary Taft as candidate for
the Presidency have led some of the
analytical politicians of Washington
to say that the decision of the Sec.
retary of War to enter or stay out of
the Presidential race will depend
largely upon happenings in Ohio prior
to the state convention in Septem.
ber.
1t is utterly impossible that the Ohio
convention will indorse Mr.. Taft. The
action of the gathering will be domi-
mated largely by Mr.. Foraker and Mr..
Dick, neither Of whom has any marked
partiality for the Secretary of War.
While Ohio conventions never have
been noted for being thoroughly rep.
resentative of the people, there are
thousands of Republican voters in the
state who are bitterly resentful of the
Secretary of Wars course in rapping
the party machine in public speech.