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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-31

Amelia, of course, opened the floodgates of ner eyes again, but through all her grief she thought that now there was nothing to prevent her from loving Dob- bin with her whole heart. And now go and write to William to come to you at once" commanded Rebecca.
 1T wrote to him this morning. Amelia said, blushing exceedingly.
 So Dobbin came over and took Amelia and Georgte away with him and the de- votion of lifetime was rewarded He wanted Jos to come, too, but the civilian declared that his heath required a fur ther residence abroad
 When Dobbin and his bride-elect went away, Rebecca did not present herself be- fore the pair, but they heard of her after ward. Jos traveled about from place to place and wherever Jos went there also went Mrs. Rawdon Crawley. It was a great scandal and Dobbin went over once to expostulate with his brother-in- law and bring him away but poor Joe said: "Oh, 1 daren't I daren't. She would kill me. You don't know what terrible woman she is."
 Three months later Joseph died at Ak la-C Chapelle, and it was found that he had frittered away his fortune in un- profitable investments engineered pre- sumably by Mrs. Crawley. He had ef- fected a large insurance on his life in her favor, and though the insurance CODpduy SdlQ II WAS the DIackeSt case they had ever seen, Rebecca went to England with her solicitor and dared them to refuse payment, whereupon they handed over the spells silently Rawdon Crawley died at Coventry Is- land from yellow fever. Six weeks later Sir Pitt died and the title and estates de- Volved upon young Rawdon, who de- clined to see his mother, though he made her generous allowance Dobbin also refused any communication with Re becca and she settled down at Bath and Cheltenham, where she busted herself in works of charity and never went to church without footman.
 A very strong party of excellent people regarded her as much injured womap and had her attend booths at chari / fairs Amelia and Dobbin encounte,, d her once at one of these fairs. v
 Becky cast down her eyes demurely and smiled as they hurried away from her-but her smile was not pleasant to see.
 Amelia and Dobbn began to live in the country and it was soon whispered that their daughter, Jane. probably would marry the present Sir Rawdon Crawley They were very happy; and Rebecca- who shall say whether she was happy or not!
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enthusiastic over the possibilities of the country which is now Rhodesia, and re- solved to add it to the British empire.
 He went back to Oxford, but once more. Tn the English air, his health broke down. He was able to complete his education only by retiring to South Africa for about half of each year, and never again was 1t possible for him to live for any length Of time in Europe. Whether he would or not, he had to be a South African. When his education finished, he resumed his residence in Cape Colony the doctors informed him that he would not live a year.
 But he did live, and had completed. when he finally died at the age of 49 a work which no man ever duplicated. and few men have rivaled. He was an empire builder in a new and wonderful sense Ierrltorially, Caesar conquered no larger share of the world than he did, and Cae. sar never dreamed of such bewildering wealth of gold and jewels as Cecil Rhodes upturned to the gaze of men.
 It is interesting to consider what South Africa would have been without Rhodes His part in checking Boer ascendency is well known. When he took hold of affairs in South Africa, everything had been con- ceded to the Dutch. Paul Kruger was the master. The Boers had even organized new republic, called Stellaland, on admit
 
 they were going to be permitted to hold on to it. The Afrikanders were swamp ing British influence in Cape Colony
 Rhodes life work was to change all that He first inspired the Jameson raid, which was the greatest advertisement British influence in South Africa had had. Without his subsequent work no political damper would have been clapped upon Dom Paul. Even the Rand-what there had been of it-would in the end have been Authenticated. Little by little rich Dutch empire would have arisen. Rhodesa. the hinterland, would have become Dutch. The Cape-to- Cairo rail- way would never have been.
 The eastern and western wings of the British empire would have been cut in two by Dutch realm at one of Its most important strategic points. A United States of South Africa, Dutch to the core would have realized there the Meth erlandish dream that was wrecked in America when Nicols'' expedition sud denly turned New Amsterdam into New York.
 All of which shows that mighty events may sometimes hang on a poor boys state of bodily health.
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wearing a mask and playing desperately for small stakes at the roulette table.
 It was the persecuted, the exiled, the maligned Becky.
 She recognized Jos at once, revealed to him her identity and told him a sad and effective story of her trials and tribula- tions. If ever there was persecuted vir- tue in this world 1t was right there, em- bodied in an exaggerated form in Mrs Rawdon Crawley. And when told how her little Rawdon had been torn shriek- ing from her arms by her heartless per- secutors, not only Jos but Amelia was moved to compassion and the little ad- venturess found a haven of rest which she sadly needed with her dear, dear friends of former days.
 Dobbin objected, but Dobbin was not much listened to. So Amelia and he had little quarrel and he departed for Eng land-for which Becky was not at all sorry.
 Mrs. Crawley at once began to dominate Amelia's household For while she was eminently respectable and rested quietly under the palm trees of this oasis in the desert of her adventurous life. But some of the friends of her days of wandering found her out and insisted upon sharipg 2 the spells of the captured caravan with her.
 strange lot of people began to fre- quent Amelia's drawing rooms-men of dubious titles who laughed loudly smelt strongly of tobacco and drank prodigious- 1y. Amelia became frightened and thought "Oh, if William were only here ?" Jos was completely under Mistres, Beckys influence and Georgie was only a boy.
 Finally, one day when they were stop ping at Ostend. Rebecca, who had seen long ago that things could not go on for ever ir that manner, delivered a little lecture to her friend, telling her that she was fool not to accept the devotion which Dobbin had kept burning for so many years and that she must go away from there. She needed a protector.
 Amelia, as usual, dissolved in tears and declared that she could never marry while Der heart retained the memory of her dead and sainted George. Cant for get him?' cried Becky. "That low-bred cockney that selfish humbugr' and then she told Amelia several truths about her late husband. When Amelia broke out with indignant cries that her statements were false, the adventures, with provok- ing good nature, threw her a little note Amelia recognized the handwriting and read it. It was the note which Osborne had slipped into Rebecca's bouquet on the night of the Duchess of Richmond's S ball, asking her to flee with him.
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-.rthough Thackeray had achieved for himself a considerable literary reputat ton before the publication of Vanity Fair" novel that he can be said to have reached that place in English literature which has been his ever since.
 Vanity Fair is the best known of Thackerays works, and it has given him a reputation as Il cynic which he hardly deserves. A common criticism of the storv is that the good people in it are all foo's and the clever people all knaves; and the criticism is not wholly unfounded Jt is a cynical story, but Thackeray was more than a cynic-he was, or thought himself, to be at that time. a man with mission to castigate society and expose it's shams; and being 9 "society man" himself he knew all about it.
 Thackeray called Vanity Fair "A novel without a hero," but it certainly doo5 not lack a heroine, for in the person of Becky Sharp it has a character drawn with such skill an power that it will live as long as any creature that ever sprang from the imagination of a nov elist.
 rhackeray claimed that in "Vanity Ia .''' he represented people as they were but the verdict of the world has been that in his story he did not give human na- ture a square deal. He himself vas never so merciless again. But the story is a great one by a great author, and though the medicine administered to our folies in |. is unpleasant, it is doubtless whole some.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-08

the Kentucky Liquor company, on Com merce street right near Bibb, a package that he had left there.
 Without losing a moment of time, the salesman rushed into the store, secured his package, and was off for his car in few seconds, being. in fact, so preoccu- pied with the thoughts of his train that he gave little attention to anything else. Just as he made a dart for the Cloverdale car MT. McGough was hit by a court street car, which was going in a southern direction, and was thrown under the car
 Motorman Reynolds, who saw Mir Me- Cough issue from the store in quest of his car. at once rang the bell to warn the salesman of his danger, reversing his breaks at the same time. However the car was too close upon the salesman to yield to the brakes at once, and he was struck broadside, falling in front of the moving vehicle.
 MT. McGoughs presence of mind, when he found himself In this position alone saved his life after he had been knocked down, and the reversal of the wheels. While the momentum of the car carried the salesman a distance of about ten feet from where he had fallen, the fallen salesman during this time struggled brave ly with the reversed wheels. which could not take hold, and by dint of much perse- verence saved himself from being ground to death beneath the car.
 When he had been extricated it was found that but for few bruises about his head, shoulders and legs the salesman was unhurt, though for a while nervous. He soon recovered, however, in time to doctor himself at home, but one hour later was down town, showing his | bruises, but apparently cheerful. The motorman and conductor of the Court street car were arrested on the charge of causing a collision. The trial 1 of the case will come before Recorder | Barber this afternoon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-08

the entire week was warm and cloudy, with about 50 per cent of sunshine.-W. M. Carter.
 day during the week; the remainder were wet and cloudy; the rainfall was heavy. John A. Hardie
 Randolph. Newell: The week as a whole has been cool and cloudy: some rain fell during the early part of the week.-H. D. Landers.
 Russell. Scale: The week was, for the most part, cloudy; a heavy rain and thunderstorm occurred on the afternoon of the 3d. Miss A. Augusta Bickerstaff
 Shelby Harpersville: The week was fairly warm, wet and cloudy, with some rain.-R. B. Posey.
 Sumter, Sumtervlle: heavy rain on the 3Oth was followed by cooler weather; the 2d was warmer and more rain fell on the 3d.-W. E. and E. B. Godfrey.
 Talladega, Lincoln: The days have been warm, but the nights have been very cool rain fell on four days.-R. w. Tuck.
 Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa: The week was generally ralny.-E. N. c. Snow.
 Southern District.
 Baldwin, Magnolia Springs: Coudy and showery weather prevailed throughout the week. lnere WaS very ittle SuHSnlne and the weather is still threatening. III. F. Kruger.
 Barbour, Batesville: The weather has been very unfavorable; the nights have been too cool.-George Boyer
 Butler, Mckenzie: The week was cloudy and warm, with rain on the Sd: more sunshine is needed.-J. c. Mcclure.
 Clarke, Whatley: The weather was rainy and cloudy most of the week; the temperature was low for the season.-J. A. Hill.
 Conecuh. Bermuda: The week was gem orally fair and warm, though a good rain fell on the 3d.-M. J. Morris
 Houston, Lucy: The days have been warm, but the nights have been very cool-A. l.. Crosby.
 Mobile Grand Bay: Several rains fell during the week; some windy weather is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-08
Supreme Court Decisions.

Montgomery, May 7.-(special.) .)-The supreme court handed down opinions in the following cases today:
 Tyson c. J.-Alabama Great Southern Railroad company vs. James A. Fulton. appeal from Bessemer city court; re- versed and remanded.
 Dowdell, J.-E. B. Rainey vs. Ellen Ridgway, ct al, appeal from Tallapoosa probate court; affirmed.
 Dan Pizetti vs. the State of Alabama. appeal from Mobile city court; affirmed.
 Anderson, J.-Crissie Carleton vs. J. W. Kimbrough, appeal from Clarke cir cult court; reversed and remanded.
 David Fleming ct al., vs Josie J. Walk CT ct al. and Mrs. Alsap, Josie J. Walker ct al vs. David Fleming, ct al, appeal from Montgomery city court; reversed and remanded on the direct appeal and affirmed on the cross-appea1.
 Mcclellan, J.-Carrollton Short Line Railway company vs. Thomas S. Lipsey, appeal from Pickens circuit court; re- versed and remanded.
 Mayor and Aldermen of Birmingham vs. Birmingham Water Works company; reversed and rendered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-08
Temnerature TabIe.

The following table shows the temper ature and rainfall at selected stations
 -Temperature- Rain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-08
News of CuIlman.

Cullman, May [. = Especially - The weather continues unfavorable for the strawberry crop The crop that escaped the freeze has about all been marked and the cold rains are delaying the late berries.
 Dr. and Mrs. B. M Kinney went to Valhermosa Springs Monday to be pres ent at the burial of Mrs. Kinney's broth CT, Charles C. Giers, who was killed by a fall from the fourth story of the gov- ernment building in Washington on last Saturday.
 Misses olma Burnum Hattye Brown, Cora Braash and Messrs Forney Fuller, James Mcdonald and Alfred Thurlow at tended the closing exercises at the Hancevile academy Friday evening.
 Miss Dora Gray visited friends and re- latives in Hartselle this week.
 John Gerdes of Birmingham is visiting in the city for few days.
 Mir T. E. Brooks, superintendent of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad com pany at Birmingham, was here Satur- day. MT. Brooks will bring his family here to spend the summer.
 Mrs. Dollie Diclkerson of Indianapolis, Ind, is here to spend some time with her sister, Mrs. William Pierce. Mrs. Pierce has been i'll for several weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. T. T. Roland visited friends in Good Hope this week.
 George H. Parker and F. D. St. John spent Monday in Huntsville.
 Mrs. c. II. Parker and daughter, Miss Sarah were the guests of Birmingham relatives Saturday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-08
J. A. connor Dies at Anniston.

Anniston May 7.-(special)-J. A. A. Conner, a pensoner of both the Mex ican and civil wars, died at the home of J. C. B. Key, four miles north of this city today, death being due to paralysis. His remains will be inferred at Edge mont cemetery tomorrow at II a. m. up- der the auspices of Camp Pelham. L. c. ", 30. The deceased was a member of the First Methodist church in this city, and had a large number of friends thorughout the Anniston district He is survived by a wife and six children. He has attended many reunions, always car rying the colors of Camp Pelham, until last year at New Orleans, when he was too feeble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-08
Site for College.

Running over the city today is a rumor to the effect that the city has been asked or would be asked. or would volunteer, to give to the Methodist college commits sion for the location of the womans col- lege that Is prposed to be erected in the city, the Oak Park land that is now used in Montgomery as a park.
 Concerning the rumor, Mayor Teague, who was this morning approached with the end in view of ascertaining the prob abilities in this direction, said that he had for quite a while heard of such report, but also stated that the commission had not asked him for such a donation, and further said that it had not been ten dered by the city. With these two pre- mises out of the way. the proposition now narrows down to whether or not the commission will ask for the site, and this, it is supposed will not be made known until the next session of the commission CTS in this city.
 The fact. however, that such report has spread has led to various opinions in regard to the matter. A few years ago the site of land now occupied as a park, one of the most accessible pieces of property In Montgomery, was bought by the city for the sum of 325 900. The years between that time and this, however. have greatly enhanced the value of the property, so that now it is variously es- -timated that a sale of the property in lots would bring a sum equivalent to at least three times this amount
 Whether or not the city would gain or lose by such a transferrence, however, is the point that is evolving all of the discussion The fact that, the college would greatly enhance the value of prop erty surrounding the site has tended to impress upon the citizens the fact that the eastern section of the city would greatly profit by such an arrangement, thereby bringing profit to the city.
 Tmo EIertinpe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-08
RAIN HAS FALLEN EVERY DAY IN WEEK Heaviest Downpour in. Western
 Counties WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT Temperature Below Normal In Most Looallties-Evaporatlon Very
 Low, Owing to Lack
 of Sunshine.
WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT

Montgomery, May 7.-(Speclal.) 1.-The weather report for the week ending yes terday, as made up by the Alabama sec tion of the weather bureau, is as follows:
 The weather of the week was partly cloudy to cloudy with rain in some DOT tons of the state on every day. The showers were heaviest and most frequent in the counties of the western half of the state; in the territory lying to the west of the Alabama river and south of the counties of Chiffon, Bibb, Tuscaloosa and Pickens they were especially heavy. In the eastern half of the state the total amount of rain for the week was below the normal but on account of the ire quency of the showers, the very small amount of bright sunshine and the light wind velooities, the rate of evaporation was very low, and the results were prac- tically the same that would have been produced by much greater rainfall fol- lowed by an average amount of sunshine and stronger wind velocities
 The temperature was below normal in most localities but the departure was very slight and at many points the week ly mean was practically the same as the customary average for the week of May. The fifth was the warmest day of the week; the thermometer readings reached IS and 80 degrees and at some points went slightly higher. It is worthy of note that the warmest day immediate ly followed a night that was by far the coolest of the week-the night of the 4th-5th
 Temperature Table.
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needed to dry the ground.-Julius Schnadelbach.
 Monroe, Turnbull: There has been too much rain.-J. w. McCreary Washington, Fruitdale There was too much rain and too little sunshine during the week-G. M. Billhlmer. Wilcox Annemanie: The week was wet.--James Mcclellan.
 MONTROSE w. HAYES.
 Acting Section Director.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-08
The Marvel Theatre.

The bill on at the Marvel theatre this week is proving unusually popular. The feature attraction is probably "Dida' in the Belle of the Ball" an attraction at one time shown in Europe by Hermann and later in America The illustrated songs for the week are new and the vo- calists are above the average.a New pic- lures are shown every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-08
Two Elections.


 Two elections were held today in Mont gomery and in Montgomery county, one of which was for the election of the city officers nominated at the democratic primary held in this city on the first of April last, and the other a special election for the successor of the late William l.. Martin, of the house of representatives.
 The city election was slow and unin- teresting, owing to the lack of opposi- tion to any of the candidates. and the county election for the same cause. Capt. P. B. Mastin, whose name was the only one on the ticket for representative in the legislature to succeed MT. Martin, received a fair vote in the country pre- cncts. considering the inclemency of the weather.
 In the city the vote for Captain Mastin was a little brisker, numbering practical ly the same number of voters as were voting for the municipal officers. Those of the city offering themselves for elec- tion at the hands of the populace were: For mayoralty honors, W. NJ Teague, and for the ward representatives:
 Aldermen-at -Large-Ira H. Virgin Gas ton Gunter and Berto H. Johnson.
 Ward 1-James II. Parrish and F. H. Perry.
 Ward 2-J. c. Tyson and c. l.. Ruth.
 Ward 3-Charles F. Moritz and J. NJ. Kennedy.
 Ward 4-walter Brassel and w. w. Seidle
 Ward 5-Robert B. Tait and Thomas B. Thompson.
 Ward 6-James J. Sullcan and William J. Toole
 Ward 7-S. H. Saul and J. F. Jones. The supreme court has ruled that a boarding house is not hotel or inn, in the sense that it is in this way differen- tiated from a dwelling. The case Is up from Birmingham, where the water works company insisted that a boarding house is a commercial enterprise and not en- titled to fiat rates water as a dwell- ing The chancellor ruled that this con tention was good However. Mir. Justice Mcclellan takes the opposite view and holds with the city that 1t is. The effect Is to reverse the ruling of the chancellor. The court has held that Dan Pizetti. accused of wronging a member of his own family at Mobile, must serve ninety nine years in the penitentiary, or as much of that time as he lives. Another case
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-08
Patents Issued.

Washington, May 7.-(Specal.) .)-Patents issued Truman II. Aldrich, Birming- ham, car dumping apparatus; August Anderson, Birmingham, nut lock- Abljah William G. Decramus, Petrona, cotton press; Robert N. Livertt and J. D. Hood, Boaz, self-loading dump cart; Olin Mon- crief, Trussville, car coupling; Rosetran s. Wallace. Birmingham, air cleaner for air brake system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-08
Extract From Reports.

Blount Oneonta: Wet, disagreeable weather continues.-Aquilla J. Ketchum.
 Calhoun, Ohatche: The weather has been warm and cloudy; two heavy rains fell during the week.-J. L. Gilbert.
 Cleburne, Edwardsville; The week has been generally cloudy, with heavy rains. James M. Tyler.
 Colbert, Riverton: The weather has been cool and coplous rains have fallen. E. R. Neles.
 Cullman, Cullman: The week has been cloudy and rainy, with about 30 per cent of sunshine; the first few days were warm, but the latter part of the week was cool.-C. B. Livingston.
 DeKalb, Collinsvllle: The Ed, 4th and 5th were sunshiny; the remainder of the week was cloudy; rain fell on the 3d. F. P. Newman.
 Franklin, Phil campbell: There has been very little sunshine the rainfall has been excessive.-M. M. Duke.
 Jefferson, Irondale: Rain fell on al- most every day of the week.-G. B. Pray tor.
 Middle District.
 BibD EOllne: The last TWO dayS or the week were fair and pleasant; the first five days were partly cloudy to cloudy; rain fell on three days; the tempera- ture was about normal.-Will Woodson. Chiffon, Clanton: The week has been deficient in sunshne.-Wallace C. Edler.
 Choctaw, Pushmataha The week has been cloudy and rainy; 2.6O inches of rain fell on the 1st.-E. A. Carr.
 Greene, Boigee: There has been too much rain and an insufficient amount of sunshine-E. F. Bouchelle.
 Hale Gillion: The weather has been cloudy and cool; rain fell on five days, causing creeks to overflow and washing land badly.-J. T. Collins
 Lee. Waverly: The temperature has been fairly uniform, and about normal: the greater portion of the week was cloudy; rain fell on the 3d.-Monroe Jones.
 Milstead, Macon: The greater portion of the week was cloudy and warm; rain fell on the 29th, 2d and 4th.-A. C. Boyd.
 Montgomery. Montgomery: A heavy rain, with some hall, fell on the 3Oth;