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The Washington times., 1903-03-29

is very easy after all. That quiet. we'll
dressed man is certainly distinguished
in some line. whereas the other is un-
depbtediy a lunatic and ought to be
locked up
& = YoH are; wrong. my friend" replied
Esqpirol, with a smile That quiet
dressed man, who seems to talk so
rationaily. has for years labored under
the delpsfon that he IS God the Father,
whereas the other man. whose exuber-
ance and seif-confdence have surprised
you. is NJ. Honore de Balzac. the great
est French writer OF the day"
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
An Eskimo Dandy

Wren your genuine Eskimo dandy goes
forth on the social iceberg to conquer
feminine hesrts the chief OF the arti-
fetal aids TO bis beauty he brings 20
bear on the susceptible consists OF huge
round ornaments sunk deep into ths
chin These are made of walrus tusks
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
Castro s FlaningO.

The much h-talked-of President Castro.
OF Venezuela. is very fond OF birds of all
kinds. and his palace is so filled with
cages that IL resembles an aviary. One
OF his favorite pets is a bright pink
fiamingo. which is perfectly tame, and is
allowed 10 stalk about the palace at its
own Eweet viii.
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

Mexico abounds in surprises. as ex-
pIorers. both OF scientific and CONNER
cial bent, are rapidly learning. The sis
ter republic Is striving to compete with
the United States in many OF our lead
ing products. and now II is the integrity
of our claim 10 possession OF the largest
trees in the world-the redwood trees
in California-that she attacks. offer
ing for inspection the great cypress
tree OF Tula, which is not far from the
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

Sydney. Nova Scotia. is sdmeW hat
famous for its sunsets. and, although
taken by an amateur at photography.
this snapshot is rare result in that
line. as It is not often that the sun. can
be photographed.
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

This monster is the only specimen OF
the great Galapagos tortoises remaining
or the Island Of Mauritius. where they
once abounded- AS the picture indicates.
he Is quite tame and lives on friendly
terms with rabbits and other domestic
animals. Some idea OF his size may be
obtained by the comparison with The rab-
bits As a matter OF fact, his carapacc.
or upper she'll. is eight and a half feet
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

tered rutElessly until only a few are left
These remnants now enjoy governmental
protection, but it has come too late 10
save the race. which is gradually dying
out
Very few geological gardens possess
specimens. and notwithstanding the Ut
most care and freedom. these big tor
toises have never been known to breed in
eaptfyitv
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
Two Strange Deaths.

Two persons recently died under eX-
-rraordiuarv circumstance ia a bathing
establishment near Fulham. After tax
ing bath they entered their rooms
which aciOined each other. and in a. min
ure or .rFo Bnc OF them was attacked
with dpopleNy and soon died. To is sup
roged. -hOwoFer. that ne cried for help
when nc was attacked. and that his cCns-
paaion heard him. for ne mounted on a
chair n order 10 look over he partition
into HE room and In doing 80 touched
an electric wire which gave him such
a shock that he fell backward and broke
his neck
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
A GIANT TORTOISE

long and seven feet broad. He has been
known to fame since the year 1910, when
he was as big as he is now. From this
fact, and from the observed rate OF
growth Of the younger tortoises. il is in
ferred that be is more than 200 years old.
A century ago these big tortOises were
common on, all the Galapagos, Seychelles,
snd Mascevene Islands in the Indian
Ocean, but they were hunted and slaugh-
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

jack the Giant Killer had mantle OF
invisiDility. and he vanished into air
when he donned IL We believed that
when we were children. but that some
grown men think such a thing possible
is apt TO cause surprise until il is known
that these men are Apaches. who have
many queer beliefs
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
Pharaoh's Daughter

This picture represents Pharaoh III
and the princess. his daughter. The
three ~top-knots'' on the head OF the
King denote that he was the third OF his
house. and was also known as the good
Pharaoh. His daughter is she who
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

s;AIl OF The cohdhions ofatmosphere and
hight were favorable. for the result has
distinctness and delleacy Of tone. and
one in contemplating it. looking into the
eye OF the sun" can scarcely realize
thar IL was taken in the fraction OF a
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

city OF Oaxaca. capital or the state or
Oaxaca.
This giant must have been growing
centuries before Columbus discovered
America or Cortes ingulfed the Aztec
empire IN a sea of blood. II is more
than one hundred and sixty Ieet in cir
cumference ten feet from the ground.
When Humboldt visited the tree he
placed a wooden tablet on It. This Is
still legible.
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

Government investigation and photo
graphs have revealed the belief and re-
produced the magic mantle. The Indians
believe that when spy dons II he be
comes invisible. and so passes through
the lines Of the enemy. The skin is fan
cisul in design. and it's symbolism tells a
whole wonder story.
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

Marseilles has more Italians than any
other city in Europe outside OF Italy
The number is now %, 900.
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
SNAPPED, A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET.

second, II was taken by W. J. Davidson
OF sydney
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-13
WHO DESTROYS coNFIpENcE9

From the New York Evening Post.
 The bitter cry of Wall street for some months past has been that "confidence'' was being undermined by some wicked man, or men. Many Nathan-like voices have responsibility said, to President Roosevelt, Thou art the manr The mo- ment, it has been asserted, that the gov ernment brought the Northern Securities suit, capital took fright, the erstwhiie simple-hearted and confiding investor re- ceived 'rhill,' the crops took to doing badly, and the great captains of industry such as the builders of yachts and auto- mobiles for stock brokers and promoters began to set their houses in order. It was a beautiful theory-so clear, so close ly knit in logic, so comforting after it's melancholy fashion. We fear, however, that a rival explanation is likely to come into vogue after the revelations In the United States shipbuilding suit, by means of which the screen was thrown down and the public was permitted to see promoting as she Is really promoted. Con- fidence would have to be a peculiarly hardy growth not to be shaken by the scandalous spectacle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-13
What Delays Canal Work.

The railroad lobby that killed the Hay-Herran treaty at Bogota is now striving to carry the entire question back to congress, where it will fight for more delay. It has been fighting for delay in this matter ever since the Pacific railroads were built, and 1t will continue to fight on that same line. Not even the Oregons trip around the Horn disconnected tho railroad lobby.
 The danger now is that the subject will be hung up until the Pacific rail roads pour millions into the republican campaign fund next year They have been doing similar work many years, and they will be expected to put vast sums into the campaign fund next year.
 There is really no other way to ac- count for the non-action of the admin istration after the rejection of the Hay-Herran treaty. The Colombian senate rejected the treaty nearly two months ago, and yet President Roose- welt has not taken g step or expressed an intention. The Spooner law stands violated in its plainest terms. It calls for action on the part of the President in the present emergency. It. directs him to build a canal on the Nicaragua route. He disregards the law He tramples it undertoot, and republi- can congress will sustain him no doubt, because it's eyes are fixed on 1904 and a campaign fund.
 The present state of things is not | creditable to the country, but the coun- try is in the hands of the republicans, and nothing perhaps will be done to- wards the building of canal until the people speak in November of Next year. This will serve the Pacific roads very well, for all they expect is delay, and they will fight. for delay to the 1 last possible minute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-13
LEGISLATION IN ALABAMA.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 The Alabama legislature adjourned last week. It was the first legislature under the constitution of 1901. The session was limited to sixty days, and there will not be another legislative session for four years, unless some emergency requires the body to be convened by the governor. Nevertheless, in it's short session, it did much excellent work. It passed a child labor law. a uniform textbook law, an elective railroad commission law a law requiring periodical examinations of banks. a redistricting bill with an anti lynching section, and various important school laws. The Age-Herald of Birming- ham comments it as an industrious legis- lature and a courageous legislature. "No political clique, much less any politician; no trust, no ring, no corporation, could swerve it from its convictions" Not only did it defeat a proposal to deprive negroes of their proportionate share of the school taxes, but it passed a law reforming school districts so that they need not be formed on geographical township lines, but to serve the public convenience, a law to aid districts to build better school houses to the extent of $20O a district, and bill providing the machinery for put ting in operation the constitutional coun- ty tax Gin addition to the state tax) of one mill for school purposes These three laws show that Alabama is facing right in the matter of public schools, and they will inaugurate new era in the educa- tional system of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-13
Question of Sleep.

"The question of how much sleep a person needs Is a popular one," said a local physician Certain rules of health hours of the twenty four in slumber but there are numbers of people who have demonstrated that they can get along on much less. We all know that the great Napoleon seldom spent more than three or four hours in bed, and there are many hard working men of today who do very well with an equal period of manual laborers require much more sleep than brain workers. We seldom hear of a man who works eight hours a day with his hands allowing himself less than eight hours of sleep He could not hold out long if he did. On the other hand brain workers who toll, some of them, ten and fifteen hours every day, get along finely on four or five hours sleep. I know of night workers who finish at or o'clock in the morning, and yet are out of beG at 8 o'clock
 Although such persons do not seem to be inconvenienced by lack of sleep, cannot but believe they would be strong CT mentally and physically if they spent more time in bed. One young fellow of my acquaintance works from o'clock in the morning until 6 or at night, and yet he seldom goes to bed before 5 o'clock in the morning. However, he Is an excep- tion and it will not be many years before he finds himself a total wreck"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-13
WALL STREET AND THE PUBLIC.

From the Providence Journal.
 Wall street is deeply concerned just at present over the question when the multi tude will begin buying the wares which it has to offer. Wall street operators, like all other traders, are very deslrous of prosecuting the business of buying and selling stocks, and of late they have been busily engaged in marking down prices advertising bargains and bankrupt sales and doing their best to bring back custo- mers to their counters This has been difficult of accomplishment, and mark down has followed markdown with such bewldering rapidty that there seems to be no limit in the reduction in prices The fact apparently is that the business has been overdone. The dear public" has had so many gold bricks handed out to 1t of late years that it has become sus- picious of everything of that character no matter how tempting it may be made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-13
Game of Cricket.

Tt Is remarkable that cricket has not attained more popularity in this country" said a sportsman. We have adopted foot ball and baseball from England but cricket has made little headway in pub lie favor. Perhaps one reason of this is that the game is not lively enough for young Americans. They demand something that has plenty of action and although cricket Is quite a fascinating game when properly played 1t will probably never become general in this country It Is pre- eminently an English game that seems destined to remain in the old country. However, in some of our northern cities cricket clubs have been organized and some of the members have attained a fair proficiency but of course they can not compare with crack English players. Several of these clubs have even had the temerity to challenge English clubs but have afterwards regretted their haste. notice that the sport is practically un- known down south. although we have become very enthusiastic on the subject of golf, which you must pronounce 'gawf if you want to be ultra.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-13
Supreme Court.

'The legal fraternity is much interested in appointments to the Supreme court bench" remarked a Birmingham lawyer who has recently returned from Mont gomery. "So far it is announced that about twenty prominent lawyers in various parts of Alabama have hopes of being favored but just yet no one seems to have what the boys call "a lead pipe cinch.' Chancellor Kelley of Anniston has been favorably mentioned for appoint ment, several state papers have already begun his boom. There are several other good men mentioned who would make excellent judges for Alabamas highest court so that Governor Jelks will have a hard task to make choice Such posi- tion is much to be desired in the legal profession and hence the eagerness dis played by various candidates"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-13
Better School House S.

LoWndes county receives a larger sum of school money than it pays into the state treasury for all purposes whatever, and yet from. this county came the blow that denies to the chil- dren of Alabama better school houses in the next four years.
 The bill granting to each school dis. trict $200 that would first gather in as much more had passed both houses by good majorities, when Representative Goldsmith of Lowndes moved to recon slider the bill for the purpose it is said, of amending it. His request was granted, and he failed to offer his amendment or to call up the bill Ii the hurry and confusion of the closing days of the session no one else thought of the bill. The bill was practically in MT. Goldsmith's hands, and he let 1t die on his hands This was not theoretically the case, but practically It stood in that way At any rate MT. Goldsmith of Lowndes killed the bill.
 He cannot plead that the people of Lowndes are overtaxed when they get back more public money than they pay in, and it is difficult to see why the people of Lowndes are opposed to the promotion of school-house building in this state. The fair presumption is that MT. Goldsmith's unfortunate and unwise action does not represent pub lie sentiment in his own county.
 No state has poorer school buildings than Alabama. They are simply dis graceful. It cannot be pleaded that the Hipp bill would have aided the towns, because no town wants a school build ing that costs $4O0, or about that sum- The bill exactly fitted the rural dis tricts, where the school children are housed in many cases even more poor ly than tue beasts of the field MT. Goldsmiths victory is not one he will feel like rejoicing over later on. He has deprived the children of the next four years of better school school ae- commodations, but he cannot defeat the movement in 1907. Lowndes county was part and parcel of the movement which defeated in the new constitution local taxation in the school districts for school purposes, and now through the action of MT. Goldsmith It goes on record as opposed to reasonable ald on the part of the state in that direction. It's record is not an enviable one.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-13
THE FADED VIOLET.

By Thomas Bailey Aldrich. What thought is folded in thy leavesl What tender thought what speeches.:
 pain!
 I hold thy faded lips to mine, Thou darling of the April rain. I hold thy faded lips to mine, Though scent and azure tint are fled O dry, mute lips ye are the type Of something in me cold and dead: Of something wilted like thy leaves; Of fragrance flown, of beauty dim; Yet for the love of those white hands That found thee by rivers brim- That found thee when thy dewy mouth Was purpled as with stains of wine For love of her who love forgot. I hold thy faded lips to mine. That thou shouldst live when I am dead When hate is dead for me and wrong, For this I use my subtlest art For this I fold thee in my song.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-13
INVENTOR EDlsoN's LATEST.
The "Wizard' Is Our Greatest Public
 Benefactor If He Has Done This.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 MT. Thomas A. Edison has just con- sented to thrill the public once more by announcing the perfection of an invention which will not only put the horse out of business, but will bring the gas com panies down with a sickening crash. In an interview the Wizard of Menlo Park declared the other day that he had just perfected an electrical generator which derives its power from a "fuel' of mar vicious potency and which will make 1t possible for the day laborer, as well as the millionaire, to light his home with electricity and have an automobile. For a few cents day light and power may be produced in sufficient quantities 10 supply the needs of any family, and the generator Is so simple. according to the inventor, that any person of ordinary intelligence can act as engineer. Refer ring to his invention MT. Edison said
 "You can wire your house for electric bells telephone from room to room or for anything that electricity will do,, and the batteries in your automobile will operate them The cost? It is so trifiing after you are provided with your plant that it Is not worth mentioning. We will use the word fuel for want of better term just at present to apply to the means by which it is operated. The fuel used in this machine is one that has never before been used for fuel under these condi- tions."
 We can assure MT Edison that if his invention will, as he says elsewhere in his interview, solve the storage battery question. provide a reliable power for vehicles without being cumbersome or weighty and al the same time enable the owner of a $450 generator-he says the cost will be materially reduced as soon as proper facilities for manufacturing the generators can be had-to quit paying gas bills he will have little trouble in get ting himself accepted as the greatest pub lie benefactor of the age.
 But Mir. Edison has unfortunately done good deal of talking lately without pro- ducing the goods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-13
CREDIT MAN TELLS HOW
 HE SIZES UP A STRANGER
From the New York Sun

From the New York Sun.
 Suppose it was your business. day in and day out, year in and year out, to pass upon the trustworthlness of folks who wanted to buy things without paying for them-without paying cash, that is to say. Suppose that a steady stream Of such people were passing before you all day long retail buyers. whose financial standing and habits it would be pretty difficult to determine with any approach to accuracy-how would you size 'em up?
 Would you judge largely by their clothes? Would you permit yourself to be guided by their manners? Would you join the physiognomists and try to read their faces?
 And if you did all of these things, hav- ing cooked all these impressions up to- gether and removed the scum. would you be likely to get the clear essence of 70. K" or "N G." in most cases?
 In every big department store there are a keen witted man and a keen-witted as- sistant who sit in an office marked De partment of Accounts, and large part of their time is spent in just this kind of chemistry. It must be that In a vast ma jority of cases they are correct in their deductions; otherwise the system would not be pursued
 This being true. they surely may be re- garded as among the best of the lightning calculators of human character.
 We have to judge largely by appear ances in many cases," said one of these credit experts few days ago. For ex- ample, one of the commonest transactions in our business is the cashing of checks for people whom we don't know.
 "Women come here every day, especial ly women from the south who are visit ing and shopping in New York. They have brought checks with them from home and they ask us to sell them goods, deduct the amount of their purchases and give them the balance in cash.
 They're good buyers too. .because they buy enough at one time Il 1ast for long time and their trade can't be overlooked or neglected. We cash from 5000 to $Soo( worth of such checks here every day. and that comes in th tcourse of year pretty we'll on to s1,000,000.
 Now. how are we to judge? The matter must be decided quickly; the woman can't walt for the long process of inquiry that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-13
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Police Protectlo1.

T am glad to see that extra policemen Will be on hand to protect visitors to the fair,' said a citizen "Pickpockets and sneak thieves always look forward to an event of this kind with pleasant antiei- pations of booty. Of course the larger the fair the more opportunities afforded for robbery. In the case of a big show like that to be given at St. Louis 1t is impossible to give every visitor ample protection, but this will not be so dif- fieult in Birmingham, and smooth gentry woud do we'll to lay their plans with care. Twenty-two officers should be able to preserve excellent order during the Ala bama state fair, which opens Thursday morning.
 'lt was wise move on the part of Chief Wier to put on extra policemen, and thus keep his regular force intact for patrolling the city. It is not alone at the fair grounds that criminals hope to get in their work, but when private houses are left unprotected while their occupants are away enjoying the sights strong temptation is afforded to sneak thieves, who sometimes make very rich hauls in this way. It is predicted that the crowds this year will be unusually large. Ex- eellent order and police protection are not the only good things promised, and perhaps this is one reason why so many will attend"