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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-04
Some Brooklyn Husbands.

The Brooklyn edition of the World brings to notice some startling facts re- garding Brooklyn husbands. That at the last weekly abandonment day" in sin gle one of the eight magistrates courts of the borough sixty cases were tried: that the department of charities is collecting money from hundreds of bonded men to be turned over to deserted wives and that the trouble is increasing are dis quieting assertions
 The evil has been heightened this sea- son by the building trades strikes and the consequent inability of men who com monly earn good wages to provide for thelr families. But so far as the trouble IS continuous 1t is attributed by all the magistrates who discuss the matter to one cause-hasty and improvident mar riages. As magistrate Dooley says:
 A young man will get married on A very slender salary, and he will be belped out by his parents. This goes well for a time, but hard times come and the sun- port of the fostering parents is with drawn, and the young man goes to his parents home and leaves his wife. In those cases l frequently hold the young man under bonds to support his wife Tn almost every case the father goes on the bond He practically agrees to prom erly support his daughter-n-law.
 The collective wisdom of humanity can- not fix financial limit upon which young people can afford to marry" Circur. stances differ so much, some youths now slenderly salaried have such an energetic way of earning more each year, and oth CTS, well endowed by heritage, lose their all so easily. But the young folks them selves should mingle little paper-and- pencil practice In problems of arithmetic with their VOWS of fealty that these may be better kept.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-04
Custom in Flying the Stars and Stripes

Michael White in November "Success'
 In the flying of a flag there may not seem to be much deserving of particular attention. yet there is a right and wrong way even in hoisting, lowering, and sa- luting with flag as there is with every- thing else. In the first place a flag should be hoisted at sunrise and lowered at sun set or as near those hours as possible. This is invariably done on all government buildings, ships, and forts, with only one very marked exception; namely, when such places are in a state of siege, for the reason that flag lowered in the face of an enemy is regarded as an acknowl- edgement of defeat. So, if you fly your flag all night in reality you desire to in- innate to your friends that your house Is beleaguered presumably by robbers. the sheriff or the police. As is generally known a flag at half mast is a signal of death, and, when the union is reversed. one of distress but when flag is seen both at half mast and upside down, 1t is signal of dire peril and the most urgent need of assistance.
 In the actual hoistlng and lowering of a flag, there is a rule to be observed founded, like most other rules, upon reaz. on. A flag should not be run up with jerks but hauled up steady, by pulling
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-04
i, THE NEW LITTLE GIRL.
A AsExtreme Example of the Modern k System or Development.

From the Syracuse Post-Standard.
 We have, sir, within the past half cen- tury effected an enormous advance in many lines. We have women's colleges, we have kindergartens, we have flats, we have bridge whist and automobiles, we have clubs for the purpose of obviating the frightful necessity on the part of men and women to live at home.- Count less diversions and dissipations obtrude themselves upon lives which might be earnest and render them frivolous and empty. Hired nurses rear the hildren of the opulent Where meanwhile, is the rod without which in my youth the child was spoiled? Where are childish modesty, parental instruction and the salutary enforcement of obedience? Do we by erasing fear from our domestic systems insure for the future anything more promising than ungovernable un- governed and ungoverning maturity?
 A female child approached me not long ago on the street. An air of refinement and good breeding attended her. I paused and pleasantly observed her
 Hello, grandpalp exclaimed the child. "Has anybody seen our cat?''
 I made no reply.
 Speak up." said the child, 'ff you don't happen to have amputated your voice. I've lost kind of tall cat done off in tortoise shell finish. Her feet don't track, but she's sound and kind, city broke, stands without hitching and answers to the name of Laura Jean Lib
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-04
Pointed Paragraphs.

From the Chicago News.
 A familyJarasmever used in preserving peace
 Never judge women or cigars by their wrappers.
 Probably the best way to kill false hood is to let it lie.
 Silence may be golden, but good deal of speech is braZen.
 Amateur artists are not dangerous even if their designs are bad
 The secret of popularity is always to re- member what } forget.
 If man has no ear for music he can at least use 1t for pen-rack. It keeps a lot of people moving to get enough money to pay rent.
 Successful political orators say things that sound well and mean nothing.
 If a son doesn't take after his father 1t Is usually because the old man left noth- ing to take.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-04
Where is she ?"

VT '
 Young woman," said I, q am not aware that I have the honor of your ac- quaintance'
 Don't let that cause you any insom- mia, grandpa" said the female child, I'm not trying to make a hit with you. Either you've seen my cat or you haven't. If you haven't we'll part in a friendly way with no clothes torn If you have r like you to produce, dig up and relinquish the cat. Is it go? Is there anything doing in the feline way?"
 No" said I.
 "Then so long" said the female child
 This sir, I presume is the result of our system of allowing children to develop along the lines of least resistance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-04
Agricultural Department
CONDUCTED BY FULTON s. WHITE.

been one of the great drawbacks to fruit growing in the south.
 Baldwin County.
 This is said to be the largest county in the state, 120 miles long and sixty miles wide, and large enough to have two court houses. This county extends down to the coast MT. E. Smith of Fairhope, in this big county. was at the fair with some very fine exhibits of tropical, az well as inland products. Mr Smiths ex- hibits confirm what I have often said of Alabama, that if a wall was placed around her completely shutting her off from the outer world, and with pipe through this wall to run in our coffee we could come as near living independent of the outer world as any other state.
 MT Smith showed the sugar cane raw, and sugar and syrup made from the cane He also had a fine sample of sorghum; rice in various forms; oranges, pineapples. figs. Japanese persimmons and oceans. He also had a fine sample of velvet beans, as he is living in a section where these grow to perfection. He also had samples of the pie or stock melon, which makes fine stock feed and which is very cheaply grown. These pie melons come up and grow wild all through Texas and Okla homa. MT. Smith also showed some fine samples of broom corn, another good crop.
 Dairy Products.
 The exhibit of dairy products, milk and cream. by w. M. Glass of Birmingham was one of great merit, and only afforded another object lesson of what may be done in the south. The dairy industry is a profitable one. It should be greatly n- creased and every encouragement given. MT. Glass has been at great expense of time and money in fully educating himself for this business and now has it so thor oughly under control as to make it quite remunerative. MT. Glass says he can use a much larger production of cream than the farmers are now furnishing him and he Is fully equipped with machinery, so that he is in a position to make fancy butter. He will ask the farmers to milk more cows and ship in their cream.
 l expect to make a series of lectures along the Frisco line in Alabama this win ter and the creamery will be a feature. MT. Glass will go with me and tell the farmers what can be made milking cows and selling the cream and feeding the skim milk at home Mir. Glass will fur nish farmers who will milk cows separa- tors on very liberal terms. so that they may separate their own cream. MT. Glass's exhibits showed clearly what the value or creamery products is when prop erly managed MT. Glass is fully equipped with all the modern up to date appliances Tor making first class ice cream and but ter. Every one should see his plant in the citv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-04
Hogs.

The exhibit of hogs, too, was small. though the exhibit of Berkshires from Bel mont farm, smyrna, Ga, was fine. w. s. White of Zero Miss, showed 13 head of fine Poland China hogs We should have had a much larger exhibit of hogs.
 Taking into consideration the short time in which the fair has been gotten up and the means at hand for its support, the whole fair reflects great credit upon Pres ident Krebs and the fair association.
 The fair is worthy of much better sup port by the state First, in setting apart suitable grounds and then by a liberal appropriation each year for it's support. The state taking this interest in the mat ter would stimulate the people to action and secure a much better patronage from the farmers. Think of Illinois that has expended over one million dollars in building up their great state fair. The state fair is one of the greatest sources of agricultural education and deserves the liberal support of all the people of the state. What Alabama needs first of all for the building up of the state fair and other agricultural interests Is live. wide awake agricultural commissioner There will be a candidate for this office in the next election to look after these matters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-04
Poultry Department.

This department under the management or Superintendent H. J. McCafferty, was far more largely filled up than any of the other departments. There were many fine coops of birds, chickens, turkeys and other fowls. I did not have the time to make note of the individual exhibitors and only took in this department as whole. l must confess my surprise at seeing such a fine display of fowls. Then. too, there were all of the leading breeds represented.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-26
NEWSPAPER SAVED JaP'S LIFE.
Man Who Announced Strike Came
Near Being LyncEed at Dawson
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

SPECIAL
Seattle. Wash. April "a special from
Dawson to the Post-inIelligencer says: a
copy OF the Seattle Post-InteIligencer saved
the life of ]. wada. the plucky japanese
who brought the first news of the TananI
strike to Dawson this winter. Had it not
been for the paper the miners might have
run the man from the camp and lynchCd
him. The men In the Tan1na camp held n
meeting and took Wada To task for Great
charged him with spreading the report that
supplies were plentiful there. Waoa pros
duced a copy Of the Pos--lnteiligencer CT
several winters ago giving an aceoufit OF
his heroism in the Arctic in SAVING ihe lives
of a number of imprisoned whalfrs VINO had
become destitute Of bod The evidence
placated the men who Her.s pressing the
Complaint. and 1t vas decided not 10 act
summarily-
The japanese also produced a COPY OF the
Dawson Sun, showing thai in his interview
in Dawson he had not said there was pli lily
of grub In the new camp for all who might
go there, but enough 20 last. providing the
stampede was not TOO large"
Jack Green. a former Yukon River PROT.
who has lust returned from Fairbanks.
saws that for a while T. seemed a though
there would be enacted = seen. OF tie lays
OF early Western life. AMI WadI Was ap-
parently a strong candidate for a neckue
party.
SIX friends of the Japanese decided he had
done nothing grievous in spreading the
news after the manner he did. and they
Kept guard over him all night Had the
others attempted to force tho issle against
Wada. Green says. there would hav- been
a lively mix-up. as The six naw-found
friends of wada were made Of the proper
stun.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-26
VANISHING EPIDEMIC
RACES IN ENGLAND.

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD AND The ST. LOUIS
London. April 2~5-CCopyright. 193)-Thsre
are no signs of decreas- in tn number OF
mysterious disappearance. which. concur
rent with the suicide epidemic. have made
the present month noticeable. At the end
of last year the whereabouts Of at least
1900 persons was unknown to their reia-
lives and friends In Great Britain.
Already this year large additions have
been made to the list of missing persons.
So far during April twenty-six men and
fourteen women have u~naecountably dis
appeared. Last year the total for the
whole month was under thirty. Rewards
amounting in all to more than S.0O have
been offered
In connection with the disappearance this
year descriptions have been circulated
broadcast, inquiries have been made at
ports, woods and marshes have been eN-
plored. rivers and canals dredged and the
services Of the keenest detectives Of the
country have been employed in the great
hunt. but the search has been Encouraging
for within the last fortnight only two cases
have been calculated.
two-thirds Of these mysteries involve per-
sons who have decided-to efface themselves
from their own circle. A majority of them.
Il is supposed. emigrate under assumed
names. some undoubtedly commit suicide.
while others die by accidents. hardships or
starvation. Detectives still al Inquiries
about a large number of persons who have
hAon lost txsnty q thirty yeare
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-26
ROYALTY TO GRACE
MRS. ADAiR'S BALL

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD THE ST LOUIS
London. April 5--CCOpyright. ls0)-The
fancy-dress ball to be given by Mrs. Adair
will be one of the events of the season,
and two royal Processes will. il Is antici-
pated. be present The feature of the ball
is to be a Quadrille Of Irish Kings and
Queens. arranged by Lady Barrymore.
while Lady Warwick is arranging another
fancy square dance.
With the exception of the ball in aid Of
London hospitals, there seems to be few
in pOrtant charity functions On the pro-
gramme. but balls. opera dinners. brushes
and fashionable race meetings will fill up
every day after the beginning of May.
In June a great many weddings will take
place. at which all London. in a social
sense. will be present.
Among these will be that of Lord Chrich-
ton and Lady Mary Grosvenor. when the
Prince and Princess OF Wales. as well as
the Duke and Duchess OF Teck. will be
present. at st. Peters, Eaton square. An
other June wedding will be that of Lady
ENelyn Erskine. Lord Buchanan's daugh-
ter. TO Mr.. Walter Guinness, son of Lord
Iveagh-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-26
PROJECTORS TO SAIL FOR
ALASKA IN TINY VESSEL.
Schooner Helen, Built on Lines OF
n Smack. Will Carry
Men TO Northern Waters.
REPrRLIC sPEc1AL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
San Francisco. April Elm a schooner
scarcely the size Of one OF the little Gaso-
line launches that so putting about the bay
four men will attempt TO reach Alaska
The wee vessel Is the two-masted schoon-
or Helen. and the men are prospectors who
hope 20 make their fortunes in the gold
fields. Once before the Helen sailed out Of
this port. and after a tedious voyage sue
ceeded in reaching Alaska.
She returned last year with Captain
LocEhart in command
The Helen Is 81 feet in length, 5 feet in
depth and hrs a beam OF Is feet She is
built on the plan of a New England fishing
smack. and is said TO be an excellent sea
boat.
A company. of which Joseph Seeley is the
president. owns her and several claims in
Southern Alaska. and the schooner will car
~ implements for working the claims
Philip Olsen will have charge OF the boat
She lies at the Pacific street wharf. and Is
being laden with supplies and mining I'M
plements.
The four men who will undertake the
hazardous trip laugh at the idea OF danger.
and declare the little vessel is more sea
worthy than most vessels OF larger oullo-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-26
LONDON PREACHER PLANS
CRUSADE AGAINST SOCIETY"

SPECIAL BY CABLE TO THE NEW YoR
HERALD y THE ST. DoUIs REPUBLIC
London, April 25-CCopyright. loo3l-Much
comment was heard to-day OF a sermon re-
Gently preached at the City Temple by
Doctor Parker's successor. the Reverend
r. J. Campbell. II is said he intends open
ing a regular crusade on the morality ques-
ton in English society.
II he should attempt to do such a thing
there is no doubt he viii find he has heavy
work cut out As a matter of fact. / DO
not suppose things are any worse now
than they have ever been. and. to a Ger
tain extent. they are very much better.
His. charges against certain society ladies
will certainly be- very strong. but such
things are very difficult TO prove. and IL
is more than likely the law Of Hbei might
play a very prominent part in the proceed.
s19a
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-26

growing in an undertone. But all went
well until the band began 10 play.
Then the beast suddenly leaped upon the
unsuspecting Turk and threw him against
the bars Of the cage and to the floor. The
long. cruel claws sunk deep into the pros
trate mans face. and tore flesh from his
cheek. His left arm was also badly lecer-
ated. and the right arm was broken by
the force OF its contact with the iron bars
Despite his physical agony, the Turk re-
tanned consciousness. and was cunning
CROUCH to simulate death in order TO m
duce the lion to cease his attack The DIG
b-ute was deceived. but for a moment only.
As he stood irresolutely paving his victim
ard growing hercely. "a fainting woman
screamed. and like a fash the lion resumed
his onslaught. His claws dug into the mans
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-26

left leg and ripped the flesh from the bone.
Meantime the crowd and the show at
tacheS stood breathlesSly watching the
one seeming to have sufficient presence OF
mind TO aid the hapless Turk. At last the
scream that routed the lions indecision.
Stop that musict" yelled one of the show
men. And when the band ceased playing
the lions rage began to wane. He left
the blood-covered keeper and skunk to the
other end of the cage Then the man in
sensible by this time. was quickly draEged
out OF the den, the lion making no further
demonstration OF hostility.
The wounded man was Immediately at
tended by two surgeons. who stated that
while his injuries were not necessarily IA
tai. septicaemia Is feared
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-26

Caesar Is the name of the lion that turned
on the man who thought he had mastered
him He IL a brute with a record. for he
has killed five men He Is considered one
OF the most valuable lions In this country,
because he frequently makes a display OF
fierce temper. especially when he hears 4
band play. Music has no soothing charm
for him. II was the blaring of brazen
instruments that provoked him TO attempt
his keepers life.
II was closing day for the carnival ana
large crowds flooded the grounds during
the afternoon. Jehu put his tawny animal
through the usual tricks. playing with him
before the admiring spectators and taking
foolhardy risks In the hope Of winning a
little applause Caesar was not in "A happy
mood. He submitted to the caresses of the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-26
LION ATTACKS JEHU,
TURKISH ANIMAL EXPERT.
Frenzied by Brass Band, the beast
Leaps pom Trainer and Claws
Him Terribly.

San Francisco. April Sin view Of a
large and Mortified crowd. Jehu. the Turk
ish trainer OF wild animals at the labor
carnival grounds. was attacked while per
forming with a leonine pet The man was
fearfully torn and bruised before he could
be rescued from the beast. and his condi-
ton Is precarious.
Americus times-recorder., 1903-11-24
'DIF FERENCES MAY
Be RECONCIL Ed,
Factions In Hotel Windsor
Case.
MAY ARRIVE AT a CONCLUSION
MIR. Fricker is Willing to Submit His
Claims to Arbitration. Both Sides
Declare They Are Willing to Effect
An Equitable Settlement.

The Hotel Windsor case and the
final outcome Of the legal squestit rs
which involves the future of this mag
nifcent property is now being discuss
ed with much interest in Americas
Auditor Hawkins opinion in the case
was, necessarily, very voluminous and
contained manv fine points of law and
equity.
1t was rendered upon the face OF the
evidence taken before him, which
comprises several hundred pages of
| type written matter.
1t was impossible, therefore, in the
scope of newspaper article TO give in
detail this able and valuable opinion.
Auditor Hawkins decides that the
property, upon rtain conditions,
must revert from Mr. G. A. Frlcker to
the Americus Manufacturing & I'm
provement Co. Mr.. Fricker is made
trustee of the hotel, with full power to
control it as for the past four years,
until the contest is brought to an end
SAtAOA 0U IA W VA W COubOAbs
It is understood that Mr.. Fricker is
willing to turn the property over to the
company, provided he be held harmless
from loss of money advanced upon the
hotel. To this end he will submit his
books for the inspection of the hotel
company, and.is willing to abide the
decision of any board of competent
arbltrators.
The attorneys of the hotel company
claim that they, also, are anxious and
willing to come to fair and Just COM
promise so that the property of their
clients can be at once rehabllitated and
put in condition where it can be put on
a paying basis.
1t is the earnest desire of every good
citizen of Americus that these contend
ing factions can speedily settle all diff
ferences and save the Hotel Windsor
from ruin and wreck, which must fol-
low further delay and neglect. It is
imperative that some understanding be
arrived at without further delay.
Let these gentlemen get together and
adjust their differences.