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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
There Are Something Like 1890 ir
 New York.

From the Denver News. There are 1so9 chorus girls in New York and about 1000 stage girls who stand around and are looked at, but who can not sing. What becomes of them? Are they ambitious?
 A New York newspaper man talked tC one about it the other day with the following result:
 "Do you like being a chorus girl?" Pretty good.'
 "Will you always be one?"
 "Nixie."
 Are you ambitious?"
 Sure thing
 DO you want to rise in your profes- sion?"
 Why not?'
 DO you like shakespeareg'
 Crazy about him.
 (Which of his plays do you like the best?"
 That one about man.
 "Oh, Hamlet. you mean"
 "No, the other one'
 Probably 'Othello."
 That's it.'
 ''who is your favorite dramatist?" q don't like any of them.'
 "Who is your favorite musician" .''The man who wrote Under the Bam- boo Tree I could die singing that" "Who is your favorite actor. and why?"
 Marion and Deane; they're great" ''Do you want to act in comedy. or tragedy or drama, or melodrama?" None of 'em. I want to play in a short skirt. have about five entrances do a turn with some good man. and talk. l would not sing
 What do you want to do when you quit the stage?''
 "Keep a boarding house"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
Building the Canal.

It is the iashion to grumble because Chief Engineer Wallace and the bick- ering commissioners do not announce their plans, and let all contracts. They are gathering facts carefully, and they do not propose to be unduly hur- ried in their great task.
 But while they are surveying and | planning large force of Jamaica ne- groes, aided by every possible modern device are cutting into the backbone of the isthmus at Culebra cut. MT. Wallace took charge of the work on July l of last year, and now he says:
 '.If the next SIX months show progress corresponding to that of the past six weeks. the conviction of the best engi- neers on the isthmus is that a sea level canal can be constructed in ten years and be ready for large vessels by January 1. 1915"
 He refers solely to the progress made at Culebra, where rock cutting tou- miles long and about two hun dred feet deep must be made. The task IS huge one, but it is being pros ecuted with no loss of time. The French did a good deal of work, and we are dong the rest without inter- mission or cessation of any sort
 No doubht MT. Wallace has named the day of the opening of the canal, and winter tourist parties should be formed accordingly. Nineteen hun d-ed and fifteen will become a re- markable year, and Chief Engineer Wallace will be it's hero
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
Missouri Lobbyists.

Governor Folk has taken in hand the lobbyists who have heretofore swarmed about the Missouri legisla- ture. now in session at Jefferson City He does not propose to prohibit their coming altogether-he simply pro, poses to regulate them as follows:
 You must report to me when you come to Jefferson City and the purpose of your coming.
 If a bill Is pending before a commit tee which effects your employers you have perfect right to appear before the com- mittee but
 You must not remain longer than thirty hours In any particular visit.
 This consider ample time for you to transact whatever business you have on hand.
 Governor Folk has not indicated what he proposes to do with refrac- tory lobbyist, and such, one has ap- peared in the person of Col -Cy'' Clarke, who says he will defy the governor by staying the session out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11

He represents the racetrack men, who are interested in several pending bills.
 Governor Folk is 8 man of courage and determination. and the course he will take in Gy's case is interesting. The chances are that he will have him shadowed by dectectiye while he stays in Jefferson City. Whoever he talks to will thus fall under sus- picion, for the dectectiye will report daily.
 Col. Abe slupsl1y of St. Louis is an. other lobbyist who has appeared as usual at Jefferson City. but thus far he has not been troubled because his work is done at night. He never ap- pears by daylight. Colonel slupsky insists he is not a lobbyist. He says he is a detective, finding out things for his employers. Thus far Colonel Slupsky has been in Jefferson City sixteen days. He goes disguised. He does not wear his sparkler, and he has a beard pasted on his face. It is not the old Abe in appearance at least.
 Altogether the lobbyists of Missouri are in hot watsr, and they do not know how to cool the fluid they are standing in. Governor Folk cannot be cajoled or wheedled into any com promise. He says the lobbyists must go, and go they doubtless will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
From Tit Bits.

From Tit Bits
 N HE Old Lady of Tnreadneedle NY street has had many a strange
 experience since she first opened her eyes 210 years ago in Mercers' hall, when one small room served all her pur- poses. and for strongroom she had a chest little larger than seaman would require.
 She was less than years old when the goldsmiths made a raid on her small exchequer, and were so confident of cut ting short her career that they went to the trouble of writing her "epitaph" and Hast will and testament" But she was already artful beyond her years, and the raiders had to retire baffled. A year earlier a tragedy befell her Deputy Gov ernor, one Michael Godfrey, who travelled to the continent to interview King Will liam while he was besieging Namur. He discovered the King in the trenchesS 'T think you should not expose yourself to such hazard the King warningly said. Not being more exposed than your maj esty," was the courtly answer, should I be excusable if I showed more con-
  Godfrey's lips when a cannon ball laid him dead at Williams feet.
 In 1707 the goldsmiths, whose banking business had been seriously injured by the interloper, made another desperate attempt, aided by Hoare and Child. to strangle the innocent And again she was saved by nobles like the Dukes of Marlborough and Newcastle driving up to her doors laden with bags of gold.
 A third raid was frustrated by clever artifice. The bank was besieved in 1745 by clamorous creditors demanding gold for their notes. whereupon number of the banks agents. also armed with bundles of notes, presented themselves at the counters in advance of the credit ors. were paid in sixpences to save time, and leaving the bank by one door re- entered it by another, deposited their specie, and returned to repeat the Der formance the bona fide holders of notes thus never being able to get to the counters, By this artifice the bank pre- served it's credit and literally faced its creditors
 Several times the bank has been in im- minent danger. of being sacked by riot CTS. In 170s the Tory rioters, after sack ing and burning several chapels in Lin coln's Inn and Holborn. began to storm the gate of the bank. and it would have fared i'll with the Old Lady if the Queen had not sent her guards. horse and foot, to the rescue.
 In 17s0, after a fanatical mob had de- stroyed Newgate and left behind it a trail of blazing Catholic chGrels and tallow chandeliers shops. it marched thousands strong, on the bank. It's recep- tion was a hot one, for the roof of the building swarmed with clerks and volun- teers, who had actually molded bullets from their melted instands, vnile a ring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
Larue Eestlual Chorus.

q was present at Mr. Memoli's festival chorus rehearsal Thursday night. not as a singer but as a listener and I was glad to see so large a band of vocalists," !" ,remarked music lover. T counted about fifty, and I told that when all the members of the chorus are together as they probably will be at next Sundays rehearsal, the number will reach seventy five or more.
 a"The festival of church music which takes place Sunday. February 19, will be a highly creditable event Gounod's Gloria alone should be worth the price of admission The orchestra which will support the singers will number twenty five musicians, and judging from the re- hearsals, it will be the best made up of local material ever heard here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
What, can the devil speak true?
 Macbeth.
Arnenflna's InsurrectIon.

The Argentine republic has long beer free from aggression or internal disturbance. It is as large as the United States east of the Missippi river. and it holds six millions of peo- pie who grow and export annually products exceeding one hundred mil lion dollars in value. One million of Ayres, which is alike the largest and finest city of South America. Argen- tina has long endeavored to attract immigrants, hoping in that way to be- come a producer of wheat, corn and meats even to the extent of rivalry with this country. Except perhaps Chili and Mexico no country in Latin America has got along better than Argentina.
 But now comes a rebellion scattered over several provinces, and it is spreading apparently. It has not at any rate been put down, and it may lead to serious consequences. So far as is known no grievances justifying an outbreak, or inviting one, exist. The entire movement thus far is g mystery, and it seems as if it must be relic of the old days when all ad- ministrations were put out of power by revolution. Such revolutions in South America consists of the "outs" who desire to oust the ''ins." At the bottom loot is the prize in sight. The trouble in Argentina may go no deeper, and if it does not it will soon doubtless be put down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
An Army of Rural Carriers.

We have 27,000 rural carriers, and 220OO of them were appointed after examination and upon certifification by board acting under the direction of the rural carrier examining board. In the absence of a board the busi- ness is transacted through a post master who is supplied with applica- tion blanks and notices by the Civil Service Commission The applicant must be over IF and under 55 years of age, resident of the locality to be served, sober and of good char acter.
 When the postmaster conducts the examination the papers are sent to him by the Civil Service Commission, under it's seal. The postmaster breaks the seal before the applicants assembled for the examination. When the examination is finished, the papers sealed in the presence of the class and mailed to Washington for rating.
 The applicants for the post of rural carrier do not take kindly to a merit system. They do not see why more should be required of them than of the local postmaster. They all know how he was appointed, and they hark back to that appointment. But the govern mont will not listen to their tales of woe, and the rural carrier must now submit to an examination relating to rates of postage, registry and money order fees, and the making out of re- ceipts, with examples in simple ad- dition, and in reading and writing ad- dresses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
Gold i;oinq Out.

In the last fiscal year we exported gold to the value of thirty-six million dollars beyond all our imports of the precious metal, but in that year we produced from the earth eighty mil lion dollars worth of gold, so that at the end of the year we had over forty million dollars worth more of gold than we had on the opening day of the year.
 In the present fiscal year the work of the previous year will no doubt be duplicated. Already we have sent away $15,65O,OOO more than we have received One steamer last week took to Paris nine million dollars, all wol insured.
 There is nothing of moment in the current shipments. We are heavy pro ducers of gold. Colorado, South Da- kota and Alaska turn in to us great amounts every year, and naturally we stand ready to supply those countries that need gold and produce none. France is such country.
 We may send away before June 30, forty. or even fifty millions of gold. but this means no more than that some country wants gold which we can more readily spare than our bonds or stocks. We are settling bills with gold instead of securities We have become forehanded nation, and we have gold both to burn in the arts and to ship to other companies. We are, in fact, one oI the rich countries of this world-pern... the richest the world has ever known.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
ALARAMA,s VOTE.

Washington Correspondence of Chicago
 Record Herald
 Alabama was the first state heard from. No one ever had any doubt as to how Alabama would vote. But in this case a surprise was in store for them. Ac- cording to Senator Burrows. who made the announcement, that state cast her votes for Allen B. arker,' reminding everyone of Webster Davis eloquent per oration for William J. Brennings at the Kansas City convention. Mingled laugh ter and applause greeted MT. Burrows slip but the votes were counted for Alton B. Parker, just the same. Thus Judge Parker has the joy of making a luckless run for President and getting his name spoken wrong the first crack out of the box in the joint congressional assembly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
IN HOTEL LOB3IEs
Commercial cl,.h auildinn.

Tn many large cities Chambers of Com 'isiee occupy their own building and nope lo see our Commercial club occupy lhs a handsome building of it's own be- lore great while." said a successful business man yesterday.
 me membership of the club is growing steadily and 1t should reach. within the president year, seven or eight hundred. With such a membership the club should pc able to pay for site. A site ac- quireo and unencumbered would be ample foundation for credit and sl5o,oo0 could be borrowed for the building. The revenue from office rents would easily pay the interest on the bonds. The scheme seems exceedingly feasible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
oomestIs Science Department.

T am extremely glad that when the new High school is completed 1t will have department of domestic science" said teacher in that school yester- day.
 Not only will the young ladies be taught what is generally termed kitchen science but the work will be taught in truly scientific way. Young ladies who will probably never be called on to actually cook meal should certainly know how to do 1t. The average young lady's knowledge of cooking today seems to pnsist of recipe for making fudge. The young men, especially the dyspeptic declined, should rejoice in the fact that the young ladies of the next generation will not be ignorant of the secrets of the kitchen"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
ROMANCE IN HISTORY OF
 THE BANK OF ENGLAND

of soldiers fenced the building. The riot CTS made two furious onslaughts, but they were received with such a murder ous hail of bullets that they turned tail and fled
 Forgery was a dangerous game to play in those days. Year after year from thirty to forty persons were executed every year for thus trying to impose on the Old Lady; and so numerous and clever were these attempts that she had to pay the salaries of seventy clerks employed solely in the work of detect ing forgeries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
A MANHATTAN THAW.

By William J. Hampton. Swear, and the town swears with you; Don't, and the crowd is mad, For the whole town knows In the melting snows That the walking's D. d. bad. Oh, for fiat in some Vast wilderness where snow Is kept alway In a dry frappe Until it is time to go In a summer rush Of decent slush And not the kind we know Slush, slush, slush: Slosh, slosh, slosh. Out of the slush The gutters rush; Into the slosh The gum golosh Goes with glickety-gluch- galuck, And out again with a slimery suck. Slippery. sloppery; Drippery, droppery; Flippery, ioppery: Skippery, hoppery- We jump On lump Of snow in a hump To find that it's only a sloppery slump, A. devilish. deceitful. damply dump. And we get Our feet wet From the icy jet That shoots up our Well, no matter.
 We get the splatter Just the same. And our temper it hot. Though our feet are not Look at our pants. or skirts Soaked in the slush that sqnirts Out of the beautiful. everywhere. Thawing fast in the melty air. Look on us; pity us. Kindley heaven; Let us say: ''Damnv' And be forgiven.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
Mobile Mardi Gras.

We are preparing for grand Mardi Gras celebration in Mobile" said J. w. Weiss at the Hillman last night "The festivities will be exceptionally elaborate and great crowd Is expected Mobile is a hospitable city and visitors can feel assured of a good time"
 Mardi Gras comes three weeks from next Tuesday. In New Orleans and Mobile Monday and Tuesday of Ash Wednes- day week are given over to mirth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
TENNESSEE co. STOCK.

From the Wall Street Journal.
 The announcement that the Interna- tional Power company is the real pur- chaser of the controlling interest in Ala bama Consolidated Coal and Iron ex- plains the recent advances in the shares of Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Sloss-Sheffield and other southern iron and steel properties, which were consid- cred likely to be taken into any big con- solidation of southern companies.
 The loc omotive plants now constituting the properties of the American Locomo- tive company were originally acquired one by one by the International Power company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
BREAKING IT GENTLY.

From the Cleveland Leader.
 An did yez br-r-esk tn news fv Ca-a-sey's death to tn widdy, Ter renceT'
 q did, an I did ut gintly. said 'Good-morn' Mrs. Ca-a-sey; it's good luck we're afther havin' today sez I.
 An phwat'c the good luck? sez she.
 We've come into tidy sum iv money sez I,
 'Th' saints be praisedv sez she. An where's tn money comin' from. Terence? 2 From yer husbands life insurance. sez I. Sure he was kilt be tn blast this morninu '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
Justice in Virginia.

'In Virginia wEite men as we'll as ne- groes who commit murder are convicted and hanged" said 2. member of Birming- hams Virginia colony.
 "Mccue. who iiilled his wife and who was executed at Charlottesville, was con victed on circumstantial evidence, but it was so strong that public sentiment was unanimously in favor of the hanging. He was a deacon in the Presbyterian church, occupied a high social position and was man of means. out nothing could save his neck. Within the past twenty-five or thirty years I can recall at least a half dozen men of large means who suf- fered the death penalty In Virginia. do not recall a certain murder case where the murderer was acquitted. Virginia sets an example that all the southern states should follow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

probable that we could bid farewell to the grip" without regret.
 Booker T. Washingtons book, Up from Slavery" has been published in Germany. East India, Holland. Spain, Poland, Eng land. Norway and France. This year 1t will be published in China. Booker
 Washington is by no means a literary man, and the reputation he has achieved
 Is not due to what he has written so much as to what he has accomplished at Tuskegee. Still the wide popularity of
 Up from Slavery shows that book
 with a purpase seldom fails of finding it's
 readers.
 There is a marked distinction to be made between woman's waist and woman's waste. The former is often an object of admiration or ridicule. according as 1t is
 trim or obliterated by corpulency, while
 the latter is often responsible for the nightmares that visit married men. A woman is indebted to a kind providence
 for waist that is really a waist, and heaven only knows where her waste comes from. The best we can do is to figure Up how much it comes to. A Jersey City bride complains because her husband whipped her with wire cable half an inch thick. Clearly, the groom, being but newly married, does
 not know the first principles of training
 wives. During the honeymoon period all that is really necessary is firmness After
 while light riding whip, like that with which Petrucio threatened Katherine. l may be employed, but no husband should use a cable to chastise his wife within
 the first year after marriage. Such a procedure is not only unnecessarily harsh
 but shows a lack of that discretion and good judgment all husbands should ex- ercise in the care of their wives. The cable may be needed later, but certainly not in the first twelvemonth, except in the
 more extreme cases
 l While discussing the problem of how
 to make a happy home it is in order to 1 announce that an Illinois woman shot
 her husband for staying out late at night. Her example might be followed to ad- vantage by other women afflicted with errant spouses. The average man would rather be shot, any way, than listen to
 an early morning lecture from the top l of the stairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
About Persons.


 J. B. Greene. IT,. of opelika is at the Morris.
 w. T. owen of Anniston is at the Nor ris.
 A. R. Blacknan of New York is at the Morris.
 B. A. Treat of Florence Is at the Nor ris.
 p O. Blackman and T. B. White of sylacauga are at the St. Nicholas. o. J. sterns of Philadelphia is at the St. Nicholas.
 R. A. Hinson of Fayette is at the Metro politan.
 E. c. Robinson of Taliapoosa, Ga, is at the Metropolitan.
 Jule c. Wright has accepted the posi- tion of chief clerk at the Morris hotel, He was formerly night clerk of the Nor has for the past three months bee n- ris and day clerk of the Metropolitan but bas for the past three months been travel ing for his health.
 Col. John S. Mosby of the department of justice. who has been the guest of Gen E. w. Fucker for the two days. will leave today for Anniston. and will pro- ceed from there to his home in Wasa. ington.
 W A. Gibbons of Chicago is at the Colonial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
ABOUT BIRMINGHAM

DeKalb Record John Wanamaker will establish branch at Birmingham. John is a far-seeng man. He knows that great things are in store for Alabama.
 Tuscumbia North Alabamian: And now Birmingham is contemplating getting it's water supply from the Tennessee river Why not move their industries to Shelf field and be assured of an unlimited water supply and river transportation? We would also give the Birmingham folks a site on Richmond Hill for the permanent location for Vulcan.
 Wilcox Banner: Montgomery and Bir- mingham are both arranging to hold a state fair this fall. Diversified crops and encouragement to all industries are the objects to be attained by these displays. They mean better times and the bringing together of our people of all vacations is of mutual benefit. The visiting of the great St. Louis exposition caused our hearts to swell with admiration of our union-now let them swell nearer home, in recognition of the blessings heaped upon our beloved state by the hand of a bountiful Providence. Let there be no conflict of dates nor of interests, for we should all love both of these great towns, and feel deep interest in their welfare.
 Marion Standard: Now that Birming- ham and Montgomery are both to have a big state fair this year. suppose the week. ly press stand pat on free advertising and give the rival cities a full hand on bill boards and travelling agents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Lose your temper and find tempest
 A girl is an awful nice thing to give advice to that she won't follow.
 A woman could see no use in being fash ionable if there were no society columns to tell about it.
 It is great surprise to woman to find how much more expensive flowers get after she is married
 When woman rides on a street car without paying her fare she convinces herself that a company that treats its patrons so badly must be dis honest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11

New York city has not yet felt the moral effect of Bat" Masterson's s presence and methods. He Is very fetching, and his gun is one mass of notches.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11

The supreme court is beginning to find things that are constitutional. Houston county and the tax upon i'm migration agents have been ratified by the court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11

It was but an infinitesmal part of the dynamite plant at Boyles' that ex. ploded. If all of it should go off at one time this district would think re- construction times had returned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-11

"Bat" Masterson joins the admins tration as the best bad man alive. He goes to New York, where his services are much needed.