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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
CANINE POLICE THAT
 PATROL CITY OF CLIENT

sian and the Erie dogs. During tba dov they take their rest in comfortable loosa boxes attached to the head station or police. But at 10 o'clock their duties be- ein' and the last stroke of the hour has no more than sounded before thev set m chorus of deafenng barks. as if to show thelr eagerness to get way. They are m outy till 6 the next morning, but do not seem fatigued by their long hours
 It is necessary that these hard wortin. aniinais should be well fed, and their menu Tor the day would not be refused py any hungry man. It consists of soun meat, rice and bread, the last being tba pest kniepp bread. They have A hearty meal twice a day, as we'll as a biscuit ana snee Of bread before starting on 'nslr hlsht round. Their uniform con- sists or leather collar strongly bound "ltn steel and armed with sharp points, to repel any attack from their victims From this collar hangs a medal which bears the dogs name and address as well as the date of his birth.
 should the dog be lost or detained this medal serves to identify him In place of a helmet he wears a fine wire muzzla which will allow him to drink, but not eat. This Is to prevent him from being poisoned. It is fairly loose and is at tached by elastic bands which allow it to be instantly snatched off the head In their quarters there is a dressing room. where each dog has a peg placed beneath his name and from which hang the col lar, muzzle, chain, etc., which belong to him. They have their private medical man. who keeps close watch on their health
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
PROSPEROUS BIRMINGHAM.

From the Washington Post
 Birmingham, Ala. is the most pros porous city In the country today" said Edward J. Mccrossin. who Is the oldest real estate dealer in that town, while he rested from talking real estate in the lobby of the Metropolitan last night. II. is the only city that has never had & setback after It's boom. Property has never declined since the town was found ed,' said he, getting back to his favorite topic. "The iron ore. the coal and lime stone. and other materials necessary to make iron and steel are right at our doors. Nothing has to be hauled in. while Pittsburg and other iron centers have to bring some of their material hundreds of miles"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
eettlnn Out of Mud.

The city" said Mayor Ward yesterday lis rapidly getting out of the mud. Not only are cement sidewalks being laid by miles each year. but the paving of the streets is spreading rapidly, and the en- tire business district will soon be out of the mud.
 The paving of the alleys keeps step too, with the paving of the streets and it is not too much 10 anticipate the paw ing of the entire district between the railroads from the new union station to Fifteenth street.
 Tt Is nearly mile from the Louis vile and Nashville track back to the Frisco track on Ninth avenue-from Nor ris avenue to Ninth avenue, and 1t Is about a mile from Fifteenth street to the new union station. The paved space will, therefore, be about mile square, and that is about the size of the business district as it will stand, say, about two years from now"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News
 Don't lose your head if ambitious to get ahead.
 With some men an emergency is but another name for an opportunity.
 No, Alonzo; a woman isn't necessarily an artist because she paints.
 Travel broadens the minds of some ac- tors-and the feet of some others.
 A good woman is too good for any man but, fortunately, she doesn't know 1t.
 A spectacular show Is one the bald headed contingent views through spec tacles.
 The "1 told you so'' of his friends adds to the hardness of the way of the trans gressor.
 The man who exceeds you in politeness is better man than you are for the time being.
 woman knows almost as much about a railway time table a bachelor about a baby.
 With the waning of the honeymoon many a brave man begins to regret the failure of his faint nt-hearted rival. manage a husband If she has tears to shed and knows when to shed them.
 Our idea of first-class confidence man is one who possesses the ability to un- load gold brick on his wife's mother
 When some women clean house they sweep the dust from the carpet onto the furniture, then brush it from the fur- nitaira ontn tha carnat again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
About Persons.

Marsh Miller of Meridian is at the Hill man.
 J. H. Kemp of Montgomery is registered at the Hillman.
 Henry Andrews of Anniston is at the Birmingham.
 MT. and Mrs, Louis Blake of Columbus, Ga, are at the Colonial
 Charles Leightman of Greensboro is at the Metropolitan.
 W. S. Davis of Gallion is at the Met ropolitan.
 R. E. Smith of Falkville is at the Met ropolitan.
 J. A. billiard of Montgomery Is at the Metropolitan.
 G. F, Young of New Decatur is at the St. Nicholas:
 Daniel Collier of Tuscaloosa is at the St. Nicholas.
 j.. E. Fletcher of Andalusia is registered a. the St. Nicholas.
 J. D. Armstrong of New Orleans is at the Morris.
 Percy Wallis of Mobile is at the Nor rix-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
From the New York Herald.


 S EVERY one is familiar with the Gn1 important part which the dog 0 plays in the domestic economy of Belgium Anything and everything which falls to the lot of donkey or horse In other lands is done willingly and cheer fully by these little creatures. But their use as servants does not stop with these ordinary duties, which can be performed by animals of no high intelligence The Belgian dog has become a recognized member of the police force, and since his entry into this field of action crime in the particular districts which are patrolled by him is said to have diminished two thirds.
 This fact needs explanation. Ghent is not only pierced by canals, but is sur rounded by rich farms and land as well as by luxuriant market and horticultural gardens. The city does a large trade in flowers and bulbs. The dock loafers and floating population that shipping always brings are tempted to innumerable petty thefts, while the extent of the gardens and fields and the isolation of some of the farms make it extremely difficult for the authorities to cope with them single handed In the hope of checking crime and robbery the chief commissioner of police obtained the services of dogs. He most carefully arranged every detail of their training, which is done entirely by kindness, and it is satisfactory to know that any member of the force would be instantly dismissed for striking a dog
 The methods used in training the dogs demand the utmost patience. Dummy fig ures are used, made as nearly as possible to represent the thieves and dangerous persons they may be likely to meet The dog is taught to seek, to attack. to seize to hold. but without hurting seriously. The first step Is to place the dummy in such a position that 1t will resemble a man seking to conceal himself The dog he must hunt. and enters into this part of his lesson with delight, but it is more difficult to teach him that he must not hurt shim. The teacher lowers the figure to the ground, and the dog learns that though he must not worry his prey. he must not allow his prostrate foe to move a finger dntl the order is given. After the dummy, a living model is used and as this process is not without danger, The person usually chosen for this part is one who takes care of the dog and for whom he has lively affection. But at the same time he is prevented at first from showing too <nuch zeal by wearing muzzle. Afterward the experiment is tried on other members of the force. and in four months the dogs education as policeman is considered complete, and he takes his place with the rest. The anil mals are also taught to swim, and to seize their prey in the water. to save life from drowning, to scale steel walls and to overcome all artificial obstacles.
 Most of these dogs are sheep dogs, but beside the Belgian there are also the Rus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
Mlnht Improve Service.

"I think that the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company might improve its service on South Highlands at night, - said a man who waited on the corner for twenty minutes last night for car on which to come down town.
 'I reached the corner about five min utes before 10 o'clock tonight and it was about fifteen minutes after 10 o'clock be- fore could catch car. There are about twenty-minute schedules on all the lines that pass that corner at night and the South Highlands car, the Highland avenue car and the Loop car pass Five Points about the same time. If the schedule was changed so that the cars going down town passed the corner at different times it would give a much better service
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figures are as follows:

Of the cities below the fifteen in rank 1t seems to be conceded that Kan sas City, Los Angeles and Seattle will show surprising growths. Kansas City is credited with a population in 1910 of S03,752; LOS Angeles with 212,479 inhabitants. and SeatLle with 160,671.
 The estimates are based upon the past rates of growth, city directories, police censuses, and upon the increase in the number of dwellings. Some of t..e figures are based upon known ex- tensions of bounds, but as rule ex- tensions do not materially affect the figures. Greater Pittsburg did not ma terialize. Boston has not taken in all it's suburbs, and the other cities of the list of fifteen have not many that can be absorbed.
 The growth of Washington Is sur. prising, because it has neither trade nor manufactures. It's growth is strict ly national, and it's progress goes to show what big country this is rapidly becoming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
"scoTTYg BACK IN NEW YORK.
Wounded, And Thinks He May Vet
 Buy Calling Guns.

From the New York Sun.
 Walter Scott, the Death Valley miner who is known as "seotty' arrived in town yesterday morning from Chicago He is at the Herald Square hotel. He remained in bed most of yesterday and his physician dressed a bullet wound in the lower part of his right leg, which the miner received in a mix Up at Death Val ley on December 3.
 "scotty" says he came here to buy few Mauser rifles.
 "They bent me a little bit" said he' "but I'm going to git even. The crowd that is tryin' t butt into my claims be- gan the trouble on December last. There was three of us-a white man, an Indian and myself. The Indian got shot. on December 31 they tried to get to me again They killed another one of my men, but the best they could do to me was peter me in the leg. just got on my faithful mule and with the blood dripping hke water rode thirty-three hours. l couldn get any medical attendance, so l went by train to Los Angeles. was laid up for a couple of weeks, but I got better an here I am. I'm going to protect myself the best way I kin, an if them Mausers don't help, I'm goin' t buy few Gatiins eunS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
COL. MANN NOT A CONFEDERATE

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
 The Times Dispatch was in error in say ing that Col. William D. Mann, editor of Town Topics. was Confederate. We were led into error by the fact that Colonel Mann moved to Alabama immediately after the war and became proprietor of the Mobile Register. He was democratic candidate for Congress from the Mobile district during the reconstruction period, and was elected by a large majority but was not seated. He lived in that commun- ity for years, and being a democrat we received the impression that he was a Confederate. In point of fact he was an officer in the United States army during the war between the states. He was born in Sandusky, O., and entered the federal service soon after the war broke out as captain of the First Michigan cavalry. He organized the first mounted rifles, af- terward the Fifth Michigan cavalry and was commissioned colonel in 1882
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
suNsoNNET BOSS OF MISSOURI.

From the New York Tribune.
 Mrs. w. E. Morgan of Missouri Is boss of one of the richest zinc mines in that State. To her employees she is known as the "Sunbonnet boss" and they are said to like her and work well under her di rections. Garbed in rubber skirt, coat. hat and boots, she goes down into a mine when necessary, and she Is on the ground to superintend operations. It is said to be due to her business foresight that the mine Is being worked, anyway, for the property had been codemned as worthless and was lying fallow, combination of dump pile and water. when Mrs. Morgan saw It's possibilities She organized company. purchased the engine, pump and other necessary machinery, employed the men, drained the mine and sunk the shaft deeper, and now is rewarded by a rich yield of zinc ore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
Government Buildings.

A public buildings bill providing for an expenditure of about $15,000,000 is to be passed, partly as a matter of party rewards, but partly for the pur- pose of outlining a new policy in the planning of public buildings A post office building is hereafter to be post office building instead of a nest for all sorts of government employees.
 In the next place government build ings are not to be erected to ornament a city CT 3 square or locality. A post office building is to be erected here after near union railroad station, and it is to be one story, or at the most two stories, in height. In other words, the public building of the future is to be useful, rather tnan ornamental, always provided the new policy of the govern ment architects be adhered to-
 Under this plan a postoffice building would be built here near the new union station, and the present government building would be turned over to fed eral officials other than those of the postofice department. But it is diff cit to say what Congresses of the fu- ture will do. The new plan may not prove popular, and the pork barrel may have to be made up in the future as 1t has been in the past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
A GIRLS HAPPY THOUGHT.
Supplies oversIeeves to Clerks at Five
 Gents a Week.

From the Kansas City Journal.
 The furnishing and laundering once a week of oversleeves for the small charge of 5 cents to each customer is an enter prise a little demure, pleasant-faeed girl has launched. She is meeting with liberal encouragement from the clerks in the several departments of the city hall, and she has already large number of patrons. Every man and woman employed at the hall is patronizing her. and she said yesterday that she intends to enlarge her field of operations and try to in- terest the occupants of the large office buildings In her undertaking.
 Each Monday morning she supplies her customers at the hall with fresn laun- dered pair of oversleeves. taking away with her the soiled ones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
BRIGHT BE THE PLACE OF THY
 SOUL.

By Lord Byron.
 Bright be the place of thy soul! No lovelier spirit than thine Fer burst from it's mortal control In the orbs of the blessed to shine. On earth thou vert all but divine, As thy soul shall immortally be; And our sorrow may cease to repine, When we know that thy God is with
 thee.
  Light be the turf of thy tomb, May its verdure like emeralds be: There should not be the shadow of
 gloom
 In aught that reminds us of thee. Young flowers and an evergreen tree May spring from the spot of thy rest: But nor cypress norAyew let us see: For why should we mourn for the
 biest?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
ALABAMA PRESS

Gadsden Journal: Huntsville wants the dispensary system of whisky. The money feature is the attraction In Huntsville.
 Mobile Herald: When chauncey Dspew made his reappearanee in the Senate he looked self-eonscious, but refreshed, as if after a good cry.
 Mobile Item: Russell Sage Is quoted as saying "a man cannot have too much money" We'll most everybody else but Sage thinks he has.
 cadsden Journal: Fighting Joe has passed the firing line to return no more, but his memory will live through all the ages as one of the greatest of war he roes.
 Alabama Enquirer: Football has been abolished at Harvard pending reform in the gamo that will be acceptable to the board of overseers, according to an official announcement from the univer- slty. Eminent educationists who want to curb the stonage strennosity of our col legians evidently have no sporting blood in their veins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
The Iron Market.

''The iron market like the stock mar ket, has been weak during the last few days,~ said a dealer in the pig metal, "but I look for an active iron movement before the spring
 Iron for shipment to points north of the Ohio river Is offered at $14 on No. ? basis, which is shading local prices 50 cents a ton. Consumers have not covered for the entire first half of the year. and think they will find s14 iron scarce la ter on."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
The Weather.

"I have been predicting for some weeks that February would be exceptionally cold" said an old citizen.
 "The groundhog will see his shadow next Friday, and that will mean rough weather later on and a late spring. There are few signs that never fail and some that fall only rarely. The groundhog sigp has failed once or twice in my day. As a rule 1t can be relied on"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
UNARM ED,

From the Florida Times Union.
 Fourteen women were slightly stabbed on the streets of St. Louis last Tuesday night by some unknown young man who was running amuck" apparently. None seemed prepared with that lethal weapon. the hatnin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

POULTNEY B. Young Poultney B. Went down to see
 The Panama canal. He Staid a day, Then went away
 And wrote some facts banal. But Billy Taft
 Who hates all graft
 Disliked the stuff he wrote. Now Poultney B.
 Would like to flee
 His thoughts we cannot quote. It doesn't pay
 To get too gay
 With pets of Uncle Sam; For when he's mad He's rather bad
 And doesn't give a-rap. A man who says that he lived we'll three years by telling people hard luck stories must have been fortunate in finding soma one to listen The average man can't find anybody willing to hear his hard luck story
 KEEPS YOU HUSTLING. 1ne game of life is not like checkers: It IS game far more sublime. For Tn the game of life as played nov It Is your move most all the time
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31


 THE GALLERY CRITIC. Amt got no use fur opery
 An heavy shows like dat. What ain't got any villyuns or
 woman wld a hat Oats big an black an matches wld De color uv her hair When she stan's up afore de crowd An beats de gang, fur fair. Amt got no use fur opery-
 wants ter see 'em fight An set de pantin' hero free
 When he gifts in CT tight l loves ter see de villyun git
 His dose in de last act When de sweetheart says dat she's true An proves 1t fur fact. I loves ter see de foxy guy
 Dat tinks he knows 1t all Wake up right soon an find out dat
 He's playin' radder small I loves ter see de little kid
 Took back ter it's pore ma An solar plexus blows passed out
 Ter booze dat ruined it's pa. loves ter see de maiden whut's
 Been turned out in de storm Cum slipping back ter her or home
 An git CT welcome warm; I loves ter see de good folks git
 De big end uv de deal An lots uv troubles cum ter chaps
 Dat cheat an lie an steal. Professor Bell has promised the Aero Club of America that It's members shall be flying in three months. Look out for a covey of aeronauts about May 1. A Baltimore merchant eloped in a spe- cial train. Cupid is not the person to overlook bet and he is fully aware of modern advantages. Elopement by spe-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
Cities in 1910.

The New York Sun has summoned to it's aid an expert statistician of the census bureau, and he has made an estimate of what the population of the fifteen leading cities will be in the next census now but four years away. His figures are as follows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
THE LIMIT.

From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
 Among those who furnished spicy mat ter for Town Topics on the dead quiet was Rev. c. de Leon Nichols of New port This is even worse than the preacher in politics
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

The report that Grover Cleveland may live in California was probably suggested by the fact that he wants to get as far away from the insurance seat as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Morocco's Sultain has plenty of busi- ness to attend to. for he has civil war at home, and meddlesome con ference to circumvent at Algeciras.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
AN EXCELLENT MOTTO.

From the New York Press.
 A young man asks for motto to live up to- All right I'll give him the best he ever had or heard of namely. Finish What You Have on Hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Judge" Hamilton's health is worse, for he has heard that District Attorney Jerome is making up list of insurance indictments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31
GROWERS WOES,

From the Atlanta Journal.
 Grover Cleveland is fast finding that insurance umpires have about the same kind of troubles as basebsN unapires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

The captain of the slocum has been sentenced to the penitentiary, but no one has been punished for killing 500 people in the Iroquios theatre two years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Young Rockefeller should tell us what the moral difference is between telling lie and withholding the truth from the courts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

The Russian revolutionists will not do any more revoluting until March. They should spend all the intervening time in getting ready.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

4 former general manager of an Arkansas railroad has announced that he will preach the gospel. He will have to be content with less salary, but he won't be bothered any more by the threat of rate regulation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Record-breaking cold weather Is alto gether possible In February-at least, 1t has been in recent years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Congressman Hit says he will quit at the end of his present term. Para graphers have found his name full Of inspiration and his retirement will be regretted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

When the Pullman company begins to manufacture steel cars the second class passengers will have less chance than ever to escape aeath in smash m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Andrew Carnegie says that he owes all to wise mother, and the world will think better of him for his filial devotion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Castro continues to stand pat, but he has to move around to do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

A millionaire has married his stenog- rapher and she will have to begin cut ting her former acquaintances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

No news from Russia will prove to be good news if the douma does not fall Into the hands of the bureaucrats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

The Standard oils dummy com panies have dummy directors, but their net profits speak for themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

King Alfonso also does his wooing in the limelight. He and Nick are cir cumstanced a good deal alike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

The lobbyists watch the steamship lists. They fear that Lawyer Hughes will return unexpectedly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

The Standard oil feels sure it can trust Rhode Island, for Father-in-Law Aldrich Is king there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

An American engineer who has been to Panama says that 1t will take 15O years to dig the canal. That sounds more like what we have been thinking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Middies who do not haze or have not been hazed are without standing among their colleagues.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-31

Japan is assimilating Corea and it finds the yellow mans burden quite heavy enough for all convenient pur- poses.
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Center, Neb., is feeling chesty be- cause the town has batn tub. It is rumored that some of the townspeople will not go to the seashore next sum. mer