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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
HOW INFORMATION IS
 SECURED BY SPYING

tastes, habits, health friends and means are carefully noted by the astute Teu- tons, who distir the honey of information from English fields for the German hive. The principal feature in which German secret service differs from that of Eng land Is that the Germans coordinate the whole of their knowledge and have it ready to hand In a concentrated form whenever it is required.
 The English system is different. There is secret service fund controlled by the foreign office So many foreign office agents are hostile to England and are unpaid that the foreign office service Is often found to be useless for naval or military purposes. During the last two years the admiralty has succeeded in wrestling from the foreign office the con- trol of the secret service, so far as 1t affects the navy. During the trouble with France over Fashoda agents of the ad- miralty were busily watching French opinion In the great centers. The English military intelligence department is again a separate service.
 What Is required is to concentrate in one spot the whole or lIlc huoWltuBS OD- tainable. The foreign office should be the brain. the eyes and the antennae of the nation. The German and Russian for eign offices fulfill these functions. The British foreign office not only does not know what is going to happen. 1t does not want to know, while the military and for eign office intelligence departments are separated admlnistratively
 What does the admiralty know about the German fleet? Very little. How many times has the naval attache in Berlin visited Emden, or even Kiel? For what purpose are the miles of quays erected at Emden little village with tenth rate museum In it? If the Boer war taught us anything it was to enforce the lesson that knowledge is power. There is nothing so conducive to peace as a full knowledge of the intentions and tenden- cies of other nations. An enormous outlay may be saved by the reorganization and establishment of an efficient and up-to- date system of secret service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
THE NEW MAN CARRIER.
A "comer' In It's Line the New Motor
 Cycle is Believed to Be.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 Signs multiply that there is stealing into peoples habits machine for trans portation useful beyond comparison with the automobile or hat wonder of mechan- ieal success, the ordinary bicycle. We re- fer to the motor cycle, or power bicycle, concerning which we observe most in structlve and confident article in the Worlds Work for July, by a member of noted in Journalism and for interest in automobiles.
 According to Mir. Norman there is much to be improved in the motor cycle now ob- tainahle, but as it stands it Is a ma chine quite near enough to perfection to be both practicable and agreeable. It's already proven usefulness may be ex- pected to broaden immensely with the de- velopment that is sure to come. The price of this machine Is now about s2Oo' and Mir Norman thinks that this ought to be much reduced. The total yearly cost, creditfng $40 to a sinking fund, is $l19, and on the basis of a performance of POO miles a week all the year round, this represents cost of about 30 cents a day, or about cent a mile 'incom- parably the cheapest method of indepen- dent rapid locomotion since the world was created" At the same time, this machine, which may be relied upon to average s20O miles a week, is capable of going fifty miles an hour.
 Only dwellers in the country know the enormous use that Is today made of the bicycle, particularly by workingmen go- ing to and from their work. Today, says MT. Norman, a man can live, at most, five miles from his employment. With the motor bicycle, his home may be fifteen miles away. and these extra miles will make a great difference in rent and the health of his family.
 Who has suggested a better solution of the alarming urban question, or the concentration of population in the great cities? We don't wonder that Mr. Nor man, whose judgment on the subject is entitled to high respect, believes that tricycles will be sold by Hundreds of thousands" and that many of the social and industrial conditions of our. time will be greatly and beneficially affected by them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
GIrdIInu inc World.

The completion of the Commercial Pacific company's cable Is no ordinary event By connecting cable and land lines 1t is now 25,3S5 miles around the world via Chicago, San Francisco, Hon. olulu, Guam, Manila, Hong Kong, Sing apore, Madras, Bombay, Suez, Gibral- tar, Lisbon, Azores, Canso, and New York, the starting point. Owing to differences of time a message, for ex- ample, that is sent from New York at o'clock Friday evening would arrive at Guam at o'clock of Saturday morn ing, at Suez at midnight of Friday, and back in New York on Friday morning. Over the vast distances a message can be sent in four minutes of actual time.
 The Pacific section of the worlds girdle is about 5000 miles long, but it vas laid in four sections, and the long est section is 2606 miles long, extend ing from our own midway island to Guam. Some of it was laid in 4900 feet of water. It shortens the tele- graphic route between Washington and the Philippines fully 5000 miles, and the tolls arc not to exceed one dollar a word. The old rate was s2.35 word, and the government alone often paid S400,0O0 in tolls in year.
 The now completed project was be- gun by the late MT. Mackay in 1901. He asked for no subsidy or guarantee. All he asked was the right to land shore ends of the cable in American possessions, an1 this was readily granted.
 The cable itself was made in Lon don, and it was made especially strong to stand the wear of years on the bed of distant seas. It is only seven eighths of an inch in diameter. In the center is a twelye-wire strand copper core covered with heavy gutta percha insulation. Wrapped about this are eight plies of manila and asphalt, which in turn are covered by galvanized steel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
BILL NYE's LETTER.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
 More than one successful lecture star has had to thank Major Pond for his start He had keen discrimination and not infrequently sought out and dragged upon the lecture platform an obscure genius who never thought to see him self before the footlights Such genius was Bill Wye When the major found him he was acting as postmaster and editing the Laramie Boomerang over livery stable. ("waik Down the Alley. Twist the Gray Mules Tail, Take the Elevator Immediatelyl')
 Pond persuaded him to try lecturing and as there proved to be both money and useful publicity in 1t. Nye was grateful and used for years to remember the major with characteristic notes, one of which had the following exhaustive signature:
 Yours with a heart full of gratitude and a system full of drugs. paints. oil turpentine, glass, putty and everything usually kept in a first-class drug store Bill Nye."
 sP S-Open all night"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
Parting the HaIr.

"It is still good fashion for men to part their hair in the middle,' said a barber, but the fashion is not so much in vogue as 1t was some years ago. l think 1t will finally go out of style alto- gether There is no accounting for the whims of fashion. Women are beginning to take to the fashion of parting their hair on the side.
 "The old notion that 1t was effeminate for men to part their hair in the middle has about passed away. Some of the greatest military heroes of this country nearly all of them I might say always part their hair in the middle"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
A HORSE FOR c. .LlFoRNIAs GOV

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
 It Is probable the Terry residence, at Thirteenth and streets, in Sacramento, will be chosen as governors mansion by the commission charged with the duty of providing an official residence for the chief executive of the state The legisla- ture in 1901 appropriated ;5o,OoO for the purpose and of this amount $4s,000 re- mains. The members of the commission are of the opinion that the amount of money available may not be sufficient for the purchase of a suitable site and the construction of the building, and that It will be safer to take some place already built. The Terry home is directly opposite the capitol grounds and is one of the finest in Sacramento.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
The Mint Trade.

"A few years ago only enough mint was sold in Birmingham to supply country boys or farmers wives with pocket change in summer, but now the mint traffic has its larger commercial side" said truck farmer. There are more saloons today and the saloons have more julep drinking customers than was the case some years ago. And in addition to the demand which the saloon makes for mint all the first class vendors of soft drinks buy large quantities of mint. The value of the mint trade In Birmingham for the season amounts to fully $10,000."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
A scotchman's Superstition.

He came Into the hotel looking all right, and the clerk assigned room to him aftcr he had gone through the for mality of registering. After a few minutes he reappeared, and asked that the room be changed. He would give no reason ex- cept that fl, the room to which he had been assigned. did not suit him. Inquiry showed that fl was one of the best rooms in the house. and also had two beds.
 The murder was out. He was Scotch man and dared not sleep in one bed when there was another in the room that could keep his ghost. He was afraid that his wrath was or might beein the other bed. and so decided that he would take an in- ferior room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
SONNET.

By William Shakespeare. Poor soul, the center of my, sinful earth. My sinful earth, these rebel powers that
 thee array, Why dost thou pine within and suffer
 dearth? Painting thy outward wall so costly
 gay? Why at so large cost. having so short a
 leaseg Dost thou upon thy fading mansion
 spend? Shall worms, interiors of this excess. Eat up thy charger Is this thy body's
 end? Then soul live thou upon thy servants .
 loss, And let that pine to agsravate thy
 store; Buy terms divine in selling hours of
 dross; So shall thou feed on Death. that feeds
 on men. And Death once dead. there's no more dying then.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press

From the New York Press.
 Alcoholic wit takes an alcoholic aud fence to laugh at 1t.
 You can nearly always tell when a woman is not thinking by the rate of speed of her talk.
 What puzzles a man is the queer way a girls curly hair unravels when it gets all mussed up on his shoulder.
 Some people are so fond of trouble that when they have learned better than to move they go to building house.
 After man has been married couple of years, if he doesn't try to act the way he did on his honeymoon his wife thinks he doesn't love her any more; if he does. she is ashamed of him fcr being so fool ish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
COLLEGE MEN IN POLITICS.

From the Savannah News.
 Many college men do enter politics, and 1t may be asserted that politics would be cleaner if some of them were out of 1t. All college men are not of that moral fiber necessary to political purity. Edu- cation alone does not make a man honest. There must be character as we'll as train as corrupt as, and more dangerous than, the politician who works himself up from the position of ward heeler If young men were especially educated for office, relatively few of them would succeed in getting offices. Under our system. men are seldom chosen at the polls for of- their erudition or special training: the man who can hustle the hardest and cor ner the most votes Is the one who gets the office, whether he is the best fitted for the position or not. We have no office holding class in this country, as in some of the countries of Europe. On the other side, ones public career may almost be young man educated for the line of po- litlcal service he Is to pursue. Here. how ever, the office is for any man of any class who can get it., and there are all ways hustlers scrambling for 1t. It would be very good thing if the consular and diplomatic services could be divorced from politics and put on business foot ing; if they were not regarded as spells of periodical contests but as useful es- tablishments for the conduct of public business. In that case it would be an ex- ceilent Idea to especially educate men for positions under these services. But the idea of college courses for men to hold the domestic elective offices is ahead of the times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
Ensley's Growth.

"Ensey continues to grow and take on metropolitan style" said man who has large interests In the Steel City. There is no boom in Ensley and no boom Is de- sired, but real estate gradually and nat urally enhances in value with the increase in population. The miners strike Is throw ing damper over business this week, but just as soon as a wage scale is signed everything will look up."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
Sport.
From Life.

From Life.
 Although but six persons were killed in the recent automobile races in France, the event was of the first importance in the sporting world
 Six killed in France are equal to ten or dozen killed here in this country.
 For in France, despite their demqcratic pretensions. they still cling to the old monarchial notion of the great value of human life.
 It Is the universal testimony that the motorist need be more skilful in order to kill anybody in France than he need be in -.merica
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
ATIP FOR MIR. coRTELYoU.

From the Sioux City Journal
 Secretary Cortelyou has an excellent opportunity to get his new department started right All he will have to do will be to observe the way the postoffice de- partment has been doing, and then adopt some other method.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
DOESN'T PRETEND TO LIKE IT.

From the Newport News Press
 Former Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith doesn't even seem to be trying to convince the public that he en- Joys having the lighted end of the situa- ton in his mouth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

The Parisian restaurants resent any reform touching the use of absinthe. They are willing. however, that auto mobile races should be reformed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

As Senator Mark Hanna drops into obscurity step by step the respect of the cartoonists for him increases. They will soon picture him without a dollar mark about his person.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07
About Persons.

W. J. Edwards of Decatur Is staying at the Metropolitan.
 L. K. Moss Is registered at the Metro politan.
 J. E. Wilson of Jonesboro Is at the Met ropolitan.
 W. 2. Lipscomb of Dothan is staying at tn Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

A parrot was put on the witness stand in a New York court, and It's efidence was accepted. Here is a fine opening for Harry Lehr and his pet parrot and monkey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

Manager Newt. Fishers despised Coal Barons have won at any rate as many games as his own collection has. When Fisher lost Alb. he lost all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

The shirtwaist man is now fully due, and no one has a right to hurl seornful words at him. He blossoms best at West End park.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

Out in Mary MacLane's country they are still having snow storms. It is a section doubly blessed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

The Iowa idea" with Allison trim mings is simply Dingleyism and trust ism sugar-coated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

Educators rushing towards Boston Is like carrying coals to Newcastle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

The Iowa idea has been Allisoned into high-art duplicity. It's best friends would not know it now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

The best reading in the present weather are accounts of north pole ex- petitions sledging over the ice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

MT. Cleveland is now at Buzzards' Bay, beyond the range and intervention of the interviewer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

The shaoed side of the street is now unusually popular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

Judge Parker has been Marching Through Georgia"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

From the British Colonial Printer.
 Life ain't in holding good hand, but in playing a poor ham well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

The Chicago Tribune rejoices in the fact that Booker T. Washington does net call himself an Afro-American.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

The postofflce department is doing a land-office business at Oyster Bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

Kentucky has new political leader whose name is Seldum Back. Mr. Back proposes to live down his name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

The great MT Scnwab now has an understudy. and he can now loaf in the stage wings while the water rushes on to dividends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

King Edward has eight grandchil- dren, and race suicide is not an issue ih his family.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

Always have something to do in hot weather and forget the thermometer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

santos-Dumont sails in his airship at night, and some of these nights he n ay fall asleep and wake up in Mars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

Polygamy has been declared legal on the Indian reservations by a Dakota court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

The latest speed automobiles very properly look like burial caskets on wheels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

The last hours of Pope Leo command the silence and respect of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

The summer resorts are smiling again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

President Loubet of France has de- parted for his visit to England,
 which promises. to be a most inter- esting state affair. The president will cross form Boulogne- -On-The- Sea to Dover and will be escorted by some of the fin- est war vessels In the French navy. The Duke of Cannaught will receive the dis tinguished visitor at Dover and King Ed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

TIE oHIY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-07

sbahu III NeH 1OIh COuTls anu 1lS e7idence was accepted. Here is a fine opening for Harry Lehr and his pet parrot and monkey. Manager Newt. Fishers despised Coal Barons have won at any rate as many games as his own collection has When Fisher lost Alb he lost all
 -.s.--- The shirtwaist man is now fully due, and no one has a right to hurl seornful words at him. He blossoms best at West End park.
 The great Mir ScAwab now has an understudy, and he can now loaf in the stage wings while the water rushes on to dividends.
 Santos-Dumont sails in his airship at night, and some of these nights he ay fall asleep and wake up in Mars.
  Kentucky has new political leader whose name is geldum Back MT. Back proposes to live down his name. 
 The Chicago Tribune rejoices in the fact that Booker T. Washington does not call himself an Afro-American.
  The best reading in the present weather are accounts of north pole ex- petitions sledging over the ice.
 -.s.- The Iowa idea' has been Allisoned into high-art duplicity. It's best friends would not know it now.
  Out in Mary MacLane's country they are still having snow storms. It is a section doubly blessed.
  The Iowa idea" with Allison trim mings is simply Dingleyism and trust ism sugar-coated.
 
 King Edward has eight grandchil- dren, and race suicide is not an issue ih his family.
  The latest speed automobiles very properly look like burial caskets on wheels.
 Polygamy has been declared legal on the Indian reservations by Dakota court.
 The last hours of Pope Leo command the silence and respect of the world.
  Always have something to do in hot weather and forget the thermometer.
  The postofflce department is doing a land-ofice business at Oyster Bay. Educators rushing towards Boston Is like carrying coals to Newcastle.
  The shaoed side of the street is now unusually popular. Judge Parker has been Marching Through Georgia" The summer resorts are smiling again.
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