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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
Poll lax Receipts.

There are about 100000 people in Jefferson county, and out of that great number only 24O9 had paid poll taxes up to the close of business on Wednes- day last. This is not much more than l per cent, and a percentage of that proportion is wholly inadequate.
 The electorate of a great county should not be confined to old men and to 2409 men under 45 years of age, for that would place the control of the county in the hands of men over 45 years of age, who are, as a rule, too conservative.
 Poll taxes can be paid up to Feb ruary 1-that is to say they are due and payable up to that time for voting purposes. The voter under AS years of age who does not pay all poll taxes assessed against them on or before February 1 becomes at once a disqual- lned electOr, ana ne cannot remove the stain on primary day, nor on election day. He Is citizen, but he is a citi- zen deprived of the right to participate in public affairs. He stands disfran- chised, powerless at the polls, hoo dooed. He is really not much more than about half of full citizen.
 Go to the court house then and pay your poll tax. It is due, and on Feb ruary 1 it will be past due, and your vote will stand suspended. Pay the tax, too, for the money goes to the pub lie schools, and every citizen should be willing to pay $1.50 year towards the support of the noblest and most useful institution that the county holds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
ALABAMA PRESS

Sumter Sun: The inventor of the un- speakable Waterbury watch has at last been wound up by death.
 DeKalb Record; Wed like to swap gu- bernatorial candidates with Georgia for awhile, just for the excitement
 Mobile Register. Any method of pre- paratory muscular development adopted by President Roosevelt will pass muster when he has to shake hands with 5000 people in one day.
 Marshall Banner Place your ear to the ground and you will hear a mighty rumb- ling throughout the confines of old Mar shall. But do not be alarmed, it is only the candidates stripping for the fray.
 Ozark Star: It was a narrow escape, but by the free use of our pedal extrem- tiles we managed to get through the hol- days without being blown up by the small boy with his freeraekers.
 Franklin Times: The republican refer ees in this state do not seem altogether to have smooth sailing and number of trips have been made to Washington late ly not only by them but pie hunters also.
 Mobile Item: Miss Alice Roosevelt must feel immensely conscious of the universal admiration of the American people. No presents, be they ever so valuable, can equal the expressed admiration of her people
 Collinsville Courier: Life insurance rates are too high. Before confidence can be fully restored the vast surplus which has tempted the officials to squander. must be returned to policy holders in the way of reduced premiums.
 Centreville Press: The financial skin game that has been going on for years and years will continue to go on, so long as the people elect the men who are seek only for the people when it aids their personal ends.
 Huntsville Mercury: We notice that some of the phunny phellers of the para graph corps are disposed to poke fun at Thomas Lawson. The people will never forget that 1t was Lawson and he alone who started the ball rolling which Is de- molishing the ranks of the grafters and making others tremble with fear.
 Tuscumbia North Alabaman: Editor Max Hamburger of the Mobile Herald Is candidate for the state senate We hope he will win. He's a good fellow, a bright newspaper man and is well fitted for the office We know Max Is "agln us'' but does not prevent us saying a good word for the boy. Here's hopin'."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
Railroad Construction Last Year.

The Louisville and Nashville Rail- road company built in 1905 a branch thirty-six and one-half miles long, ex- tending from Bay Minette to Foley, in Baldwin county, and 1t also built a branch fifteen and one-half miles long, extending from Altoona to Moragne. The latter branch is near Oneonta, and is perhaps a part of a direct line be- tween Huntsville and Birmingham. The Bay Minette branch looks towards Fort Morgan, where, perhaps, city will be built and port established.
 These two branches are fifty-two miles long. and if the Louisville and Nashville had not built them in 1905 Alabama would have made a poor showing in the respect of railroad con struction in that year, for less than thirty miles were built beside
 The current year Is more promising. The Louisville and Nashville is as full of construction plans this year as 1t was in 1905, and there is a railroad scheme that proposes to build a line from St. Andrews bay, in Florida, up through the eastern counties of the state. and another company hopes to build from Mobile to Florence, tray ersing the western tier of counties. The Illinois Central and the Atlantic and Birmingham are also preparing to lay rails to Birmingham. and the pros pect is therefore good that the rail road mileage of the present year will exceed that of the year that preceded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
From the New York Commercial


 1 HE first requirement. of the col (V lege graduate is power It does
 not matter how much you know or how much talent you have; if you can not transmute your requirements into practical power, you will be failure. This is very hard, practical common sense century. Theories do not avail. The world does not ask what you know, but What can you do?"-"Can you make use of what you know?" It wants men who can do things, not dream of them, or theorize about them.
 If you have learned to think in prac- tical terms; if you have used your col lege as a grindstone to give edge to your faculties and sharpen your mental pow ers if you have used it as a gymnasium not that you may carry away the weights and pulleys and other apparatus, but to develop your native force: if your edu- cation has been a calling out, an ex- pansion of the forces within you, and not a mere stuffng and .cramming pro- cess, the world will not long keep you waiting for place. If your college has increased your power to do, and not mere ly polished you up little, you will have no difficulty in winning your way. The world wants action, men who can step out from the crowd and lead instead of following
 The first years after graduation mark the dangerous period in a young mans life Tn the majority of cases the gradu- ate is open-hearted, generous and suscep- tible. He has faith in men and institu- tions; he is optimistic, and does not real ize how quickly contact with hard facts and actual conditions will tend to harden him, to lower his standard, to dwarf his ideal He does not appreciate the demor- allzing, brutalizing influence of a mere money making career which strangles all the finer instincts for the good, the beau tiful and the true, dries up the sympathies and dwarfs the growth of the higher self, marbleizes the affections and crushes out all that makes life strong, serene sweet and noble. He does not realize that the highest character cannot be developed under low. sordd aim.
 The young man leaving college feels that he has spent a great deal of time in preparation, that his education has been
 
 something as quickly as possible that will give him the best return in money, says Success. And so, unconsciously, he often chooses an occupation which calls into play his inferior qualities, which develops cunning, shrewdness, deception. and, for want of activity, permits his finer in- stincts to shrivel and die.
 One of the greatest questions a human being is ever called upon to decide Is the choice of a career. It affects ones entire character and destiny. No graduate can afford to choose an occupation merely be- cause there is money in 1t, and he must learn that to look upon vocation as only a means of getting a living is con temptible. He must learn that the highest success is not livingmaking, money-mak- ing or fame making but man-making. woman-making, character-making. Man hood and womanhood overtop position. wealth, vacations and titles, and are grander than any career
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
THE SONG OF FAITH.

By Josiah Gilbert Holland. Day will return with fresher boon God will remember the world Night will come with a newer moon; God will remember the worldi Evil is only the slave of good
 Sorrow the servant of joy: And the soul is mad that refuses food Of the meanest in Gods employ. The fountain of joy is fed by tears
 And love is lit by the breath of sighs: The deepest griefs and widest fears Have holiest ministries. Strong grows the oak in the sweeping
 storm:
 Safely the flower sleeps under the snow; And the farmers hearth is never warm Till the cold wind starts to blow. Day Will return with a fresher boon: God will remember the world, Night Will come with a newer moon: God will remember the worldl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
HOLIDAY MUSIC.

From Life.
 THE INVESTIGATION QUARTETTE
 Consisting of JAMES HAZEN HYDE. first tenor; RICHARD A M'CURDY. second tenor; c. M. DEPEW, baritone; JOHN A. M'CALL. bass. Will render the following selections: 1. Then You'n Remember Me. g. "I Remember, I Remember the Little
 House of Mirth.'' 3. Tho It Cost a Sight. to Memory Dear. 4. How Painful the Remembrance. 5. My Memory My Memory 6. Don't You Remember? After which MIR. CHARLES HUGHES. the silver-throated tenor, will sing that pathetic ballad entitled: Them Words Which You Did Say
 I Can't Forget
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
JEM MACE HOLDS TITLE.

From the New York Press.
 Jem Mace must now have the title of Grand Old Man of the Ring" He is nearly 75, and knocked out some South African heavyweight aspirants only a few years ago. saw him box Tom King over thirty years ago, the most gracefully made man I ever clapped eyes on. Tom beat Jem once and Jem beat Tom once; so it was nip and tuck. Seventeen or eighteen years ago l saw Mace and Mitch ell box. There was a difference of thirty years in their ages The fight was stop ped by the police
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
PLAYWRIeHTs' FIRST NIGHTS"

"The Players" Everybody's Magazine for
 December.
 A first performance is very trying to all connected with the production. but only the author knows it's refinement of torture. Augustus Thomas and Clyde Fitch are somewhat hardened. Each is always behind the scenes-they are fine stage managers and direct their own plays-with a pleasant little curtain speech carefully prepared. Glen Mac Donough buys a seat in the gallery where no one will know him, and 1t is only by the exercise of great will power that he is able to sit through the performance. He feels, however, that 1t is necessary, because he may want to make some changes the next day. Paul Potter never goes near the theatre on the first night of one of his plays; he hides where no- body can find him. If the play doesn't make a good impression he positively re- fuses to change 1t; he accepts it as a failure.
 George Ade suffers more from suspense when he Is waiting for the verdict of an audience than any man I know. He has a seat by himself in the orchestra. and those about him realize that he Is in mis- cry, although they may not know who he Is. I have heard him say that even the feeling of triumph could not make him forget the torment of the ordeal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
About Persons.

MT. and Mrs. Scott Maxwell of Cordova registered at the Hotel Hillman yesterday.
 Mir and Mrs. J M. Falkner and chll- dren were at the Hillman yesterday from Montgomery.
 D. c. Blackwell and J. w. Murphy of Anniston are at the Morris.
 Theo NJ Leovy. business manager of the and registered at the Morris. Mir Leovy is accompanied by Mrs. Leovy.
 J. H. Mason, Jr. of Dora is at the Met ropolitan.
 A. L. Sanford and G. D. Sanford of opeika registered yesterday at the St. Nicholas hotel.
 D. M. Mallory of Talladega Is at the Hillman, business interests having sum moned him to Birmingham.
 J. Thoman of Union Springs registered at the Metropolitan yesterday.
 JulluS fIce, Montgomery business man, is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 John Hightower of Sylacauga regis tered at the Morris yesterday.
 H. C. Gunnels of Montgomery is at the Hillman.
 F. M. Van Deusen of Sylacauga is reg istered at the Metropolitan.
 B. F. Giles of Tuscaloosa is at the Nor ris.
 Mrs w. T. Partlow of Tuscaloosa is visiting her mother, Mrs. J. T. Nixon.
 Edward L. Clarkson and T. Y. R. Mat thews of Tuscaloosa were the guests of friends in Birmingham yesterday. They will return home today.
 r. J. Ryan. Mrs. Ryan and Miss Ryan of Colorado Springs. Colo. are registered at the Hillman. They will spend several days in Birmingham. Mir. Ryan has large interests in gold mines and is one of the foremost citizens of Colorado
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
Not an OK Cart.

Tn connection with the recent state ment that a train had run from New York to Pittsburg over the Pennsylvania without a passenger and an interview with w. F. Greaves in the Age-Herald lobby column about no passengers on the busses of London and no one crossing London bridge on Christmas day, Frank " Berry, superintendent of Bucks fur mace at Chattanooga has written me the following letter., said A. B. Freeman, travelling passenger agent of the Queen and Crescent route:
 Cant you come back at him with a few "reminiscences of the two weeks we spent at Cumberland Island when we didn't even see an OK cart?' -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
Brown-Marx Building.

The name of the new building that will rise on the northeast corner or Twentieth street and First avenue'' said a competent authority yesterday, will not be named The Eugenotto.' That name was suggested when the company that will erect tho building was formed. but the suggestion has never been definitely adopted.
 The new structure will be named The Brown-Marx Building as compliment to Mir. Eugene L. Brown and MT. Otto Marx"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

to admire in the poreine disposition. He is quiet at most times. Is seldom ob- streperous and has absolutely no regard for his personal appearance. would say that your porler is something of a phil osopher if he exercised more and ate less. Perhaps he follows the Epicurean school. but I must confess that a hog Is more admirable on the table than on his feet
 BALLAD ABOUT A rAnlslAN. As the sun was slowly sink'r9 Judge Hamilton sat drinking A creme de minthe in frolicsome Paree- He was thinking, thinking. thinking, while his eyes were blinking, blinking, Of litt1e~ old New York across the sea. Poor Mack just had no choice" said the judge in sotto voice. And I hate to see him paying what I owe"
 But the judge was full of glee, in that fro1icsome Farce.
 As he uttered words like these in ac- cents low: q got all, about all that was coming
 to me
 When the swag was handed round. got all, about all that was coming
 to me.
 And guess it won't be found" Then the judge enjoyed a sip. with the glass held to his lip, And from his bosom came a gentle sigh He was thinking of the days, with their many crooked ways.
 When he labored hard to lay for tune by But his smile came back again just to chase away the pain
 When he thought of what the future had in store. He saw old Easy street and the picture was so sweet
 That he muttered to himself as once before. q got all, about all that was coming
 to me
 When the swag was handed round. I got all, about all that was coming
 to me.
 And I guess 1t won't be found" Tho the judge has lost his health, he still has bit of wealth. He'll never suffer for the staff of life. He'll stay in gay Paree, for that's the place to be.
 Until reformers' talk is not so rife. Then he'll come back to his home far across the pillows foam To live upon the plunder that he took. And when he's growing old, to the peo- pie that he sold
 He'll murmur with calm and peaceful look:
 q got all, about all that was coming
 to me
 When the swag was handed round. l got all about all that was coming
 to me,
 And I guess it won't be found" mere man makes an attempt to tell why women follow the fashions It is his business to pay the bills and keep quiet.
 Kansas butter is being shipped to Great Britain in vast quantities." which is certainly "one on" the British cow
 NOT so BAD.
 Altho he ruined lot of homes,
 This must be understood.
 He was in melodrama and
 His private life was good. The heart of Andrew Carnegie is said to yearn for the old melon patches along the Ohio where he froieked when boy Still, there must be some consolation in the thought that he is worth more now than he was then. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
DID STATE INJUSTICE.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
 The Chicago Tribune in it's tabulation of lynchings In the United States in 1905 did Alabama an injustice It cited three alleged cases in this state, when up to the time its calculation was made there had been none. The only disgrace of that kind which can be charged against us took place as the old year was passing out. A portion of the people of Lime stone county are responsible for the state not presenting a clean sheet. and for that deep stain somebody ought to be nunished
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 mans wife never contradcts him if he agrees with her.
 One of the very best ways to be pop ular Is not to be sure you are.
 Either people have. too much ambi- tions for the worlds good. or too little for their own.
 Half the fun of hugging a girl is guess ing whether she really means you mustn { or not
 A man could make a lot of money by never having any bills to pay. but he would be of no use to his family
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
STRAIGHT TALK.

From the Savannah News.
 One conclusion that is inevitable from the testimony of the Annapolis cadets is that somebody is telling what is not true. Another conclusion is that the mid shipman who lies is not fit to wear the uniform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
UNCLE JOE HAS "MANNERs."
Wipes His Shoes on White House
 Grass Before Entering.

Washington.-Speeial to the New York World.-SpealSer Cannon, umbrellaless, stopped up the walk to the White House executive offices in a downpour this morn ing. dozen feet down the drive he stopped and carefully wiped his wet and muddy shoes on the wetter and muddier grass and emptied pint of water from the brim of his hat Then he stepped in- side with the complacent conviction that he had been properly neat
 If I had had an umbrella when I left my house to walk up here,' said MT. Cannon to a friend and colleague whom he met in the lobby, and who gloved, um- brellaed galoshed, macki>Soshed, scarfed and gaitered, was still cussing the weather habit would be mighty expensive for me-.
 Then Uncle Joe went into see the Pres ident to pay his respects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06

The Russians are not particular in counting the dead members of the pro- letariat, and so we will not be apt to know how many were killed at Mos COW.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06

MT. Carnegie reminds Pittsburg that he has given 1t about all the money he has up his sleeves for it. He in- inmates that the Pittsburghers should begin to be benevolent themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
GROWERS IDEA.

From the Charleston News and Courier
 What shall we do with our ex-Presi- dents?" MT. Grover Cleveland seems to think that they should be put to work | and kent at H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
NO CHANGE OF RETRIEVE.

From the Charleston News and Courier. It is understood that there is not the slightest chance of a reprieve being granted in tho Longworth- Roosevelt case
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
Morales is the latest boss to be upset
"BuSTED.n

From the Florida Times-Union.
 For sale, Cheap-One good political ma- chine, somewhat damaged but may be repaired. Address B. B. Odell, Jr., AL | bany, N. Y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06

A waiter says that the steel crowd do not give large tips, entirely over looking the fact that most of their money goes to stage fayorites.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
HARDY REMORsE.

From the Florida Times-Union.
 Louis F, Payn of New York, says, No man should do anything he is ashamed of" Few do. Leaden-footed Remorse is generally too late for real service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06

Police Commissioner Bingham has at any rate a picturesque vocabulary, and time will show how closely he will live up to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06

Ex.President Mccall says that the yellow dog" built the New York Life Insurance company but the public still refuses to admire the yellow dog"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06
THE REAL ARTICLE.

From the Memphis News-Scimitar.
 'So glad, so glad is the Presidents latest form of greeting. For real vernal gladness, however, consult Nick Long worth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06

Corey will be reelected president of the steel trust. The trust cares little about his morals so long as he attends to his business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06

NN N amusing incident of the per lP1V formanee of "Rafhese at the lief I . ferson theatre Thursday night as the eaper of clock which was to decide d wager made by the eracksman and Captain Bedford The hands were slowly creeping toward the appoint ed time; Rallies and the girl" were in the midst of scene throb" and the audience was as quiet as a mouse when suddenly the minute hand of the clock dropped weakly down and hung at perpindicular. Nearly every person in the audience noticed 1t and no doubt Mir. Belew was puzzled to ex- plain the litter which went around the house just when he was in one of his finest efforts. The bet was decided with the clock still marking the half hour.
 IN THESE DAYS.
 Rockabye baby.
 In a tree top
 Soon you'll grow up and
 Worry your pop;
 Make him spend money
 On college fads,
 Which Is the fate of
 Most modern dads. The St. Louis Globe Democrat treasures Nicholas Longworth by saying that Presi- dent Roosevelt will make good father in-law. As MT. Roosevelt has never acted in that capacity. it remains to see how he will conduct himself in his new office. John B. Mccall is a member of the Aus tralian parliament. The name sounds fa- miliar.
 A bacteriologist advises us to boil our watches and thus destroy the microbes which they harbor. No, soaking" will not do.
 MUST BE JOHN D.
 Everybody works for father,
 He gets all they make;
 What they don't surrender
 Fathers sure to take
 There's no use to grumble,
 People know they must;
 They don't have look in,
 Father owns a trust. The average man would rather have his heart touched than his poeketbook. In many cases 1t is cheaper.
 Despite the talk about football reform, colleges can not conceal their satisfaction when they succeed in securing a few 200 pounders among next years new students. Christmas eve-in Russia
 MATTER OF POSITION.
 He often had her on his mind
 It was like this, you see:
 He often had her on his mind
 But more often on his knee Julian Hawthorne says that hazing be- longs to more primitive age. Be that as 1t may, hazing is quite conspicuous in the present age.
 Possibly you didn't get a Christmas present but we will stake ALL our income that you got a calendar
 Mark Twain is being wined and dined so often these days that his living ex- penses must be considerably reduced at the house.
 While hog is not at all conceited, indolence and gluttony prevent him from becoming popular in life" said Col. Eff of Chiggerville. Personally I find much
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06

Grover Cleveland has been hired to sit on the rebate lid of the big in- surance companies. He will hold it down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06

The English parliamentary cam. paign Is not a patching to one of our corporationfed presidential jamborees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06

The late MT. Yerkes made will sat isfactory to his family at any rate, and that is more than millionaires gener- ally do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-06

District Attorney Jerome's insur- ance work should begin where the investigating committee left off.