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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
cHURcHGoeRs VIcTIMIZED.
A Respectfully Dressed Woman's Sum
 day Morning Confidence Game.

From the New York Sun.
 A respectable way of begging Is now being practiced on the street cars. The beggar is a woman whose appearance does not indicate that she Is a mendicant. Thus far she has been seen only in the street cars on Sunday mornings.
 She waits until the church hour and boards a car that Is crowded. As she carries a small package, she gets a seat. few moments later she turns to a woman beside her and asks in subdued and pitiful voices
 ''Will you be good enough to assist me?"
 The woman appealed to- thinking that the applicant is in some physical dis tress, expresses a willingness to comply with the request and then the applicant says she is a poor woman who has just heard that an accident has occurred to her daughter, who has been taken to a hospital, and she Is oil her way thither and has paid her last cent to the con- ductor.
 The story is we'll told and has been successful on several occasions. But the woman has rather overdone the act, or has forgotten her victims.
 One of her victims, who yielded to her first appeal by handing out a crisp dollar bill which she had intended for the offer tory, has been approached by the respect able beggar three times. and In telling her experience to a friend learned that the latter had been victimized on a Sunday in the same way A conductor of an Am sterdam avenue car says he has heard of the game from several of his church pas SengerS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
From the Kansas City World.

FTOul IHe hdHSd5 Oily NOiid.
 @HE United States Supreme court, (0 by vote of to B. has rendered
 a decision that is solar plexus blow to the Dakota divorce. It upholds the right of a state to protect the mar riage of it's own citizens against dissolu- tion by another state on residence taken up solely for that purpose and aban- doned the moment the divorce is obtained.
 The decision does not, of course, affect the constitutional guarantee that full faith and credit shall be given In each state to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state, but it does restrict the right of one state to legislate and adjudicate for the cti- zens of other states.
 It is a matter of common and nauseat- ing notoriety that many a person has gone from his own state where he could not dissolve his marriage, to another state where divorce is easy, acquired the prescribed residence and obtained the di- vorce. and then promptly returned to his usual residence.
 This is constantly done. without any in- tention of becoming bona fide resident of Dakota or of abandoning the former legal residence. The sum of it Is that the Dakota residence is in intent and in ef- feet a fraud.
 The divorce granted to such a S,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
staie Schools for ihe Deaf and Blind.

The reports covering the forty-frst and forty-second years of the state schools for the deaf and the blind have just been printed, and they present many interesting facts.
 The principals report shows that the average enrolment of the deaf is now 14S, Jefferson furnishing 19 of the number, and Madison g, while Mo bile sends to the institution but two pupils. In six years the number of pupils has been increased 20 per cent, and boys are now occupying rooms as dormitories, which were intended for shop space, having no conveniences of living apartments. The time has come when comfortable dormitory should be built, thus permitting the old buildings to be returned to the uses of the industrial department Larger class-rooms and a sanatorium are also needed.
 Principal Johnson also asks that the limit of pupilage be extended at the discretion of the board of trustees to fourteen years in particular cases, the present ten-year limit not fitting some cases. Attention is also called to the need of provision by the state for feeble-minded children. At present no provision whatever is made by the state for such cases.
 In the school for the blind 100 pupils were enrolled in the last two years, coming from thirty-three coun- ties. Jefferson furnished Il of the Superintendent Manning wish es to have broom-making added to the industrial department of the school This industry is considered one of the best open toNthe blind. In this school, too, more room is needed, anu So lo d otShh Hehtin6 pidHl. All these are pressing necessities.
 In the school for the negro deaf and blind are 73 pupils, 37 being blind and 36 deaf These children are taught carpentering, upholstering, cane-seat- ing, understanding, gardening, sew ing, cooking, laundry work and house. work Shoe-making is soon to be add ed. Superintendent Graves reports that several former pupils are now self supporting, as the result of training in the state school at Talladega.
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appointed by MT. Cleveland two by. MT Harrison. one by MT. Mckinley and one by MT. Roosevelt Chief Jus tice Fuller and Associate Justices White and Peckham arc democrats, and all three were named by MT, Cleveland.
 Scarcely any member of the court has had moro experience in official life than Judge Day, the new ap- pointee. In Ohio courts and in the United States District and Circuit courts he has served a long time, and then, too, he became familiar with large affairs as secretary of state in MT. McKinleys cabinet, and as chair man of the peace commission in Paris after the war with Spain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
Continued Prosperity.

January was a big pay roll month h the Birmingham district, but February will probably be even better" said banker ''I have never known a year to start off so satisfactorily from busl- ness point of view as 1903. Everybody IS at work; everybody is busy. And wages are on higher level, believe, than ever before.
 Prosperity will doubtless continue through the year, unless we should nave bad crops next summer. Henry Cle~s & Co.'S Saturday letter contains these re- marks The railroads and manufactur- CTS alike are endeavoring to recoup them selves by getting better rates; but there is a limit to this process, and we are already entering a stage where hlgh prices in the United States must meet foreign competition. We are likely to see well-sustained activity in both com mercial and industrial circles for a long time to come; but if profits continue to decline it is inevitable that labor will eventually have to face either shut downs or lower wages.
 " Much will depend upon the next harvest; for both financial and industrial interests will be largely affected thereby. Should the crops be ample and find good foreign markets present conditions may continue another year; should we have poor crops the results will be different. One thing, at least, Is likely-an increased acreage of wheat, corn and cotton as result of present high prices. We are now fairly recovered from last years short corn crop which caused shortage in meats. Of the latter better supply should soon be forthcoming Our rail- roads are still seriously congested with traffic, much to the inconvenience of shippers; but the roads are making strenuous efforts to break the blockade
 While the tone of the Clews circular is optimistic on the whole, the suggestion or note of warning touching foreign com petition and high prices IS perhaps timely"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
United States Supreme Court.

It is practically settled that Judge Day of Canton, O., is to succeed Jus tice Shiras upon the Supreme court bench, being the fifty-third person who has been thus honored. There have been eight chief justices, beginning with Jay, followed with Rdtledge, Els worth, Marshall, Taney, Chase, Waite. and Fuller.
 The promotion of Judge Day, who was MT. McKinleys legal adviser and confidential friend and secretary of state, puts in the great court six re- publicans. leaving three places for the opposition. This has long been the po- Iitical standing of the court. Six to three is not fair division, but per haps 1t is all the opposition have req son to expect.
 Of the court only MT. Harlan was appointed by MT. Hayes. Three were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
Many Will Attend.

There seems to be even more interest than usual in Mardi Gras this year." said a man yesterday.
 "I don't know whether it is due to the fine weather we have been having or not but there is every indication that there will be large representation from this part of the state both at Mobile and New Orleans. Last year the festivities at both places were seriously handicapped by cold weather and it Is hoped that 1t will be more moderate this season.
 Some of the railroads have already issued very handsome posters advertising special rates to Mobile and New Orleans and they are expecting heavy passenger traffic in that direction the latter part of the month"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
DAKOTA.DIVORCE GETS
 A VERY DECIDED BLOW

journer by the Dakota court is a divorce to a real citizen of another state. It in- fringes upon the laws of other states as applying to their own citizens.
 The legislature of Massachusetts treated this procedure as mere evasion of the law of that state, and the divorce so ob- tained as bogus, leaving the marriage in full force. The Supreme court upholds the constitutionality of the Massachu- setts legislation.
 Any state that chooses may now pass similar statute, if it sees fit. Indeed, the courts, in the absence, of express legsla- tion, may hold that such divorces are illegal and worthless.
 This decision of course, applies only to cases where the divorce seeker has ob- tained a decree in another state without permanently abandoning or intending to permanently abandon residence in his own state.
 No state can compel any person to maintain residence within its borders or prevent anyone from becoming a bona fide citizen of another and as such obtaining valid divorce in accordance with the laws thereof But this is quite different from going to another state merely for the purpose of divorce and returning as soon as that purpose is accomplished. It is the prompt return that marks the divorce a fraud
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
THE BICYCLE INDUSTRY.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 While the "craze" for cycling is not so intense as 1t was a few years ago, there is still a good demand for wheels for practical purposes. The makers of bicycles have, to a certain extent, turned their ma chlnery to the production of automobiles various sorts In England. where roads gre better, the cycle has maintained its popularity HIgh-prlced machines" cost ing $125 are not much in favor, but $5o machines are still largely used The latter nre made very light and have improve ments unknown to the public a few years well maintained and dividends were forth coming. One tire company raid dividends of nearly $500,000 and other small com panies did we'll Cranks, pedals, tires gear case. etc., are all made lighter. The expiration of patents cheapens tires. Mo toroycles are becoming numerous and the industry of producing them is booming Motor cars for industrial work have had an enormous development, factories springng up everywhere The permanence and widely-extended character of the cycle and motor car industry In England result, no doubt from the existence every where of good roads. Bad reads limit se- verely the use of improved methods of traction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
THE VALUE OF BIRDS.

From the New York Tribune.
 A writer in the Rochester Post Express, celebrating Bird Day. says that 1t has been said that if birds should be totally destroyed 1t would not be possible for human beings long to exist upon the earth. In order to become thoroughly fn- fornse on this point he wrote to j. Hart Merriman, chief of the division of ornith ology of the United States department of agriculture at Washington. asking for his opinion. His reply is as follows "If all bird life was destroyed from the face of the earth 1t would not be possible for man to long survive. since insect life would increase so rapidly as to be beyond con trol of insecticides, ard they would con sume every green thing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
from Rudyard Kipling. It was as fol-

from Rudyard Kipling. It was as fol- lows:
 The Carlton Club, London, Dec. 15 My dear Ashton-It will not be possible for me to accept the invitation to your college dinner in New York, for I have at present no intention of journeying to the states. s4
 Recollections of my life in New Eng land are still vivid. My wife's family con- nections are there, you know, and in not ing the fact I am reminded of the re- mark of your great humorist, Artemus Ward, that he was in favor or a vigorous prosecution of the civil war so long as there were any of his wife's relations left. I confess to similar feeling. New ertheess, I note, and rejoice in, the pros perity of your country. and hope some time in the future to make an extended visit there. Very truly your friend,
 RUDYARD KIFLlNG. The diners shrieked with laughter, and some begged for parts of the letter to take home.
 The principal guest, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling, made . speech.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
KIPLING'S. .FONDNESS F
 MRS. KIPLINGS'S7 PIES

sold. She simply couldn't stand having her husbands adorers sitting on their fence. The Nottingham mansion was a rambling place with a wall around it, high, but not high enough to prevent the lion hunters from climbing upon 1t. was in the town once, and while standing in the churchyard opposite KipIing's house l saw not less than half dozen people trying to look climb or break in. This house stood midway between the tomb of Sir Edmund Burne-Joncs, Kip ling's uncle by marriage. and the home of Lady Burne-Jones, his aunt
 The Burwash place is much grander. much older and much more secluded than was Kiplings home in Nottingham, and as the public are, of course, denied access to the grounds, he and his family stand strong chance of hereafter living in pri- vate. While in South Africa MT and Mrs. Kipling will stop at the house for merly lent to them by MT. Cecil Rhodes, and now the property of the Rhodes es- tate.
 But the Kiplings are not the only peo-
 
 pretentious homes. Everybody remem- bers about the pretty Virginia Daniels who became Lady Deerhurst in 1895. if remember correctly. This very rich Amer ican girl, daughter of the eccentric old California miner of that name, came first to live in London when her mother mar ried Charles Bonynge. another United .fYs- l.. r.rrIo md Since their wedding until now Lord and Lady Deerhurst have lived quietly at little country place in Worcestershire, but they have now leased a big estate, Dynes Hall, and 1t is understood they will do vastly more entertaining. Some day Lady Deerhurst will be the Countess of Coventry. She Is only Viscountess now, but high enough up socially to win att tention from the royal family. The king is godfather to her eldest boy, aged ?, and Princess Christian stood sponsor for little Lady Coventry, Lady Deerhursts first child.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
Word Twjstino.

"The Rev W. A. Spooner, an English clergyman, Is afflicted with habit of mixing up words in absurd fashion," said travelling man. "He once astonished his congregation by saying that some one present doubtless had in his heart a half warmed fish He meant to say half formed wish A hymn beginning Con quering kings their title take was turned into 'Kinkering kongs their title take, and the fifty-first Pslam was announced as "fusty-fifth.' '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
rrom inc New York Press

From the New York Press.
 Trust no man who lawns on you.
 The strongest bodyguard that can pro- tect a woman is a family of children.
 If a man can arrange to be rough enough to hurt a woman when he em- braces her, she Is sure he loves her.
 The thing that makes on woman love another more than anything else Is to know that she is better looking man the other.
 When dishonest man starts out to do business with an honest man, thinking he is dishonest. he never can get the tangle strengthened out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE

By Lord Tennyson. Half league, half a league, Half league onward All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Forward, the Light Brigade, Charge for the guns,' he said; Into the valley of Death
 Rode the six hundred. Forward, the Light Brigade! Was there a man dismayed? Not though the soldier knew
 Some one had blundered. Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die; Into the valley of Death
 Rode the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them
 volleyed and thundered; Stormed at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell,
 Rode the six hundred. Flashed all their sabers bare, Flashed as they turned in air, Sabring and gunners there, Charging an army while All the world wondered; Plunged in the battery smoke Right through the line they broke;
 Cossack and Russian Reeled from the saber stroke.
 Shattered and sundered, Then they rode back, but not
 Not the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them
 volleyed and thundered; Stormed at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell, They had fought so we'll Came through the jaws of Death Back from the mouth of He'll All that was left of them,
 Left of six hundred. When can their glory fade? o. the wild charge they made.
 All the world wondered, Honor the charge they made! Honor the Light Brigade.
 Noble six hundred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
Suspicious.

From the Chicago News. kAi
 I'm afraid my husband doesn't love me any more, said the bride of six months, with an overgrown sigh. M
 When did you discover the change" asked her mother.
 When I discovered that he had quit leaving any change in his pockets re- piled the young wife. sadly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
The Quay bandwagon Is an omnibus
THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

From the Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette.
 The action of the senate in regard to the lieutenant governor and the presi- dent pro tenn of that body was probably no reflection upon Dr. Cunningham, but the question naturally arises what have we got a lieutenant governor for?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
Not to Be Fooled.
rom the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Both these samples" said the cus- toner. smell like cheap goods to me-
 Those whiskies," replied the distiller, Fare the best on the market. They're both over ten years old.''
 Then they're old enough tp have bet ter scents"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
Facts in the Case.

From the Chicago News. Beggar-Pity a poor blind man who has a large family of small children to sup port.
 Kind Lady-Poor man! And how many children have you?
 Beggar-I haven't the least idea, ma am; I can't see em.
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Chicago is to have a teacher who will teach it's people to eat horse meat unconcealed in sausages and canned goods. Open plain horsb meat is quite different from horse meat by the un- derground route.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
rrf ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER II A.As,WA

Of such vinegar aspect that they'll not show their teeth in way of smile though Nestor swear the jest be laugh able.
 Merchant of Venice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
Her Idea of Manly Ways.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 Louise-He's such a manly mani
 Mary-what do you mean by that?
 Louise-Why. he dresses well, you know, and smokes a pipe. and-and that sort of thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
kipIinq vn Ills wIfes Kiln.

From the New York World.
 The Tufts College Alumni association dined last Thursday night at the Hotel Manhattan. Taber Ashton. who presided, read a letter which he said he received
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boom are cavorting along as if they had the whole field to themselves, but there are others.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02

If the Roosevelt policy be long maintained, the home of the Presl- dents will be known as the Black and White house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02

The Schwab health rumor is one of the most untractable that has ever been sprung on an innocent and help less public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02

The powers are trying to ascertain how much China will bear. They must have studied the traffic problem in this country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02

The Mark Hanna ship subsidy bill is sleeping so quietly it forgets to turn over to snore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02

The statehood speeches of the sen ators who are talking the omnibus bill to death make good fuel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02

If Uncle Sam takes a hand in a Latin-American affair, and fires at a fort, that fort will haul down it's flag.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02

Venezuela may have to fall back up- on revolutions in order to maintain interest in public affairs after the blockade is raised.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02

January tried to go out like lion, but it did not quite succeed in accom- plishing it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02

The Monroe Doctrine has been com pared to barbed wire fence. It looks easy, but is not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02

Minister Bowen is very popular in Caracas, but he proposes to remain an American.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02

New York has caught the ship canal spirit, and will endeavor to do something in that line herself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02

Senator Morgan declines to con slider the Panama route as it is crack ed up to be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02

Expenses at the White House are much increased by the changes made last year in it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02

George Ade's Peggy from Paris" is an unqualified success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02

Secretary Moody went to sea in or der to get his sea legs on.
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The leopard cannot change his spots, neither can hold-over senators.
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and Power company. was registered at the Hillman yesterday He was in the city to attend the meeting of the stock holders of the company here tomorrow. but soon after his arrival he was called away by telegram and it is not known whether he will return in time for the meeting Tuesday or not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
About Persons.

Fred Roos of Louisville is stopping at the Hillman.
 E. J. Bowers of Bay St. Louis is reg istered at the Hillman.
 Fred s. Blackmon of Anniston is at the Morris.
 M. w. Robinson of Alexander City is registered at the Metropolitan.
 A. Ward Cobb of Atlanta is at the Hillman.
 W. L. Sibley of Warrior is at the Morris.
 George weatherly of New Castle is stopping at the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-02
Gordon Abbott.

Gordon Abbott of Boston. large stock holder in the Birmingham Railway. Light
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Colonel Lynch seems to be as se- cure of his job as MT. schwab, well or ill, is of his.
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Booker T. Washington may yet have to train a class of postmasters.