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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29

than two seats in Pennsylvania, and the seats won in the Roosevelt wave of two years ago in Ohio will not be held. The democrats will gain more than three seats in that state. The result in New York cannot be foreseen, and this may be said of many other districts.
 The forces at work below the sur face this year cannot readily be meas ured, and possibly the majority of IA can be reversed, but the best obsery- CTS seem to think the present ma jority will be reduced to about 40. If congress had been left by the Presi- dent to follow it's own impulses under the dictation of customary influences, a democratic house would have been elected. The forcing through of a rate bill, a meat inspection bill and a pure food law, all supported by democrats, may save the republicans from utter defeat in the house, although they re- fused to revise the tariff or to take a single step toward preventing the pur- chase of elections by means of great slush funds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
New City Directory.

T have been wondering how the city directory will be made to comply with the new departure which has been instituted in regard to moving day in the city," said a business man.
 Heretofore the directory was prepared after October 1, when people had changed residence and business location, but now the directory must. either be delayed to June or July to give the new addresses, or else it will give the addresses from which people have removed.
 "The value of city directory depends upon it's being correct in the first place and, secondly, upon its appearance with the new year. Evidently one of these es- sentials must be sacrificed to meet the new conditions, and in either case it will largely fail in it's purpose.
 "A city directory is a great means of advertising a city or district and should district. A list of the corporations giv- ing the amount of capital of each, the number of men employed. the payrolls. the output and the value of it would be useful information for people at dis- tance The number of houses in the city and the number being built the current rates of wages in the various trades, the school attendance, the water supply, the railroads entering the city and the amount of imports and exports. All these things serve to give strangers some idea of city and the prospects of success which would attend their coming here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
THE SHETLAND PONY.

Minnie Mcintyre, in the Home Magazine
 for November.
 In 1893 the Shetland interest had taken such root in this country taht the Amert- can Shetland Pony Register was inau- gurated and 932 pure bred ponies num- bered and set down in the first volume of the Shetland Pony club, whose mis- sion declared itself to be to ''preserve concise record of the better class of Shet- lands which would be accepted as final authority in questions of pedigree and in guarding and perpetuating the purity of the stock" Since that time five sue ceeding volumes of the Register have been issued cataloguing in all 57o0 Shetlands up to the year 1905. This does not take into count all pure Shetlands in this coun- try. many having been neglected in this respect by careless owners, some being over height or not answering the require ments, while it is yet early this season to register this years colts Breeders now are many. and competition between the little horses for honors in the show yards of state fairs and horse shows furnish one of the keenest and most interesting features on the programmes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
Was Once a Newsgather.

chance "assignment' to a Sunday feature story by the city editor of the New York Times, on which paper she was working in a reportorial capacity. led Miss Belle Gold who has the role of Desdemona, the colored main in The Ham Tree" which comes to the Jefferson theatre tonight, to adopt the stage as profession.
 Miss Gold Is a graduate from west ern co-educational institution, and when her college days were over she went to New York to engage in active newspaper work, and in the course of two or three years was known along Park Row as clever feature" writer.
 "Here Miss Gold" said her city editor one afternoon, "go over to the Casino tonight. They are advertising for chorus girls for the The Telephone Girl. Get a job if you can, rehearse for a couple of days and let me have a page story by next Thursday night for the Sunday mag azine on the troubles of youthful as- pirants for honors in musical comedy. Try and make your stuff as snappy as possible"
 Miss Gold went on the assignment that night, worked with the choris for two days, and then by a lucky chance was given a small part, which paid her the same salary she was receiving in the newspaper office. She wrote inc Sunday story. and it was the last one she ever turned in. for she stayed in the cast of "rhe Telephone Girl" During the last few seasons Miss Gold has attempted only negro impersonations. being one of the few women in that particular line oi business in the profession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
Football Enthusiasm.

q failed to see much enthusiasm at the Auburn-Sewanee football game last week." said lover of the sport yester- day. This was because the great ma jority of people who saw the game were Auburn rooters. There are many Se- vance alumni in Birmingham. and these were enthusiastic to a considerable ex- tent but the odds against them were too large. In consequence there was a lack of that gingery word wars which gener ally characterized intercollegiate athletic contests.
 But just wait until the Auburn team meets tine team of the University of Ala bama! Then you will get your moneys worth. You see, the alumni and adherents of these institutions are about evenly divided in Birmingham, and this makes the rivalry exceedingly keen. That day win be a splendid one for the rooters and the official llidders."
 "Another reason for the little noise from the sidelines in the Auburn- -Sewanee game is that the day went differently from the way the majority hoped. Had Auburn won, in other words, there would have been more noise."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
Submarine Boats

The accident to the French subma- rine in which fourteen men lost their lives draws attention to the question of the propriety of that class of yes scl as an instrument of war.
 According to international law, the use of the balloon as a means of con veying explosives to be dropped among the enemy is expressly forbidden, but wherein the difference exists between killing people by explosives discharged from beneath or above is reserved for more acute minds to discern than may be found in the ranks of ordinary men.
 The fact is, the submarine, while it affords an opportunity to a few brave men to show their courage by stalking their lives on the result of the adven ture, has robbed naval battle of all the circumstance which shed glory on the action. The torpedo was bad enough, but it's presence was an nounced by the torpedoboat; the sunk en mine was used exclusively in en- frances to harbors; but the submarine boat goes to sea and awaits the ap- proach of the big battleship. It does not show fight, it does not demand the skill to handle it in action which bat. tleship requires; the submarine is sim ply the embodiment of the cunning and courage of the tiger which lies in wait for it's prey.
 With the introduction of this mod, of warfare, the glory and renown 0 the great admirals vanish. The Mel sons, the Decaturs, the Semmes, tn, Paul Jones' and all the list of maya heroes whose names shed lustre on thu navy, are lost in the new tactics whicf strike from below and when least ex pected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
FRENCH GOVERNMENT ACTS.
Right to Police Morocco Has Been
 Given Spain and France.

Paris, October 2S.-At a meeting of the cabinet yesterday afternoon Minis ter of Marine Thomson announced that, having received consent of Pres, Fallieres, Premier Clemenceau and Foreign Minister Pichon. he had tele- raphed orders for the immediate de- parture for Tangier of the armored cruiser Jeanne d'Arc. two Europeans having been captured by brigands at Arzilla. Spain, M. Thomson said, had acted likewise under the clause of the Algeciras conference conferring the right of policing Morocco to the French and Spanish governments. The Jeanne d'Arc will carry besides her regular crew, 300 marines, who are to be used in case landing is necessary.
 Owing to the threatening behavior of the tribes on the Algerian frontier the government has instructed the military officials to make preparations to crush in an exemplary manner any attempt at violation of the territory by them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
Income Taxes.

This country has had two income tax laws. One was enacted as a war measure in 1861, when all incomes in excess of $500 a year were taxed at the rate of per cent A little later this tax was increased so that incomes between $500 and 5000. were taxed per cent, and incomes above $5000 10 per cent In the year after the close of the war this tax was levied upon 460,000 persons, and the revenue de- $73,000,000. This law was repealed as soon after the war, as the revenue it yielded could be spared.
 The country went along without an income tax until 1894, when a bill was passed providing for tax of per cent to be levied upon all incomes above $40O0.
 The income tax of 1866 was de- clared constitutional by the United State supreme court, but the tax of 1894 was a five-by-four decision, de- clared unconstitutional on the ground that it was tax upon property and "a direct tax which is a power reserved to the states.
 President Roosevelt suggests anoth. CT income tax, which will be neither war nor a revenue measure. He sug- gests "a progressive tax on all for tunes beyond a certain amount, either given in life, or devised, or bequeathed upon death to any individual. a tax so framed as to put it out of the power of the owners of one of these enormous fortunes to hand out any more than a certain amount to any one individual , 1 This looks more, perhaps, to an in heritance tax than to an income tax but one will be apt to involve the oth- CT. The agitation for the one will surely bring on an agitation for the other.
 It would, however, be foolish to seek the passage of either unless there is reason to believe the opinion of the court of last resort would sustain it
 The personnel of the court has been l greatly changed since 1895, and so has the sentiment of the court, and pos sibly the five-by-four decision of April 1 s, 1895, may itself be reversed, al ] though tax directed against swollen greater claims to judicial support than the revenue tax of 1894.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
Unsympathetic Charity.


 Passing along the street yesterday l saw a distressing incident which set me thinking" said benevolent old gentle man. T saw a poorly dressed and sickly looking young man accost a well dressed and prosperous looking man and ask little assistance. The well dressed man pulled out coin and flung it to the other
 "It pained my heart to see the look in that young mans face as he stopped to pick up the money He felt that his un- fortunate condition prevented his refusal of the assistance and he felt humiliated at the way the assistance was rendered. It would have cost the donor no more to hand that man the coin and at the same time express a word of kindness or sym pathy
 "The world is perishing for the want of sympathy. Charity consists in something more than giving a poor person dime. Very often a kind word will save some poor outcast soul that has lost hope.
 "If we do person a favor we ought to do it in manner to make the recipient feel that he not alone receives assistance but sympathy as well. Needless to say, no gentleman would willingly hurt the sensibi1ities of any person. and least of all a poor person. Next to sickness, l know of no greater afniction than pover- ty, but when a man suffers from both, his case is truly pitiable.
 "rhe professional beggar prefers the coin because his Is a profession; but the desolate and distressed ask for as- sistanoe it is true, but sympathy will make the coin turn to gold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
TITLE-HUNTlNG WOMEN.

From Lesles Weekly.
 It is estimated that. in all some 300 wealthy American women have married titled foreigners, and that the aggregate of their dowries exceeded $200OOO,0OO. The most heavily lowered bride was the Ouch ess of Roxburghe (nee May GoeleD, with fortune of s4OOOo,ooo The others include the Duchess of Marlborough (nee Wander bilD. $lo 1000; the late Lady Curzon (nee Leiter), $5OO0,OOO; Countess Castel- lane nee Gould, GOO; Mrs Vivian, SIP OO,O0O; Baroness Halkett, $loVo'ooo; Lady William Beresford, S3OoO'ooo; Princess Colonna mee Mackay), 25OO'OOO; Countess von. Larisch, AOOO,mO. Thirty British peers, or eldest sons of peers, and forty-four Englishmen with courtesy titles or baronetcies married American women.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
FILlPINos ARE GOOD WORKERS.

Hamilton Wright in Leslie's Weekly.
 l was tremendously impressed with the adaptability of the Filipino laborers, and the fact that they make such efficient workmen when properly trained. The man. ner in which these people take hold of things when they are given a fair chance is simply marvellous. know one man who went to the Philippines fourteen years ago and settled down among a tribe who lived in trees, ate fish and roots. and wore what clothing came handy. It was on hardwood timber tract. Today these "Bicols.'' for that is the tribe to which they belong live in nice homes, and have schools. churches. a brass band dance hall, and last, but not least they are excellent lumbermen; they know all the varieties Of the trees and their value and how to cut them. They have never left the cuttings. nor have they been affected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
NEW DICTATOR OF CHINA.

From Leslie's Weekly.
 The most powerful individual in China today is Yuan Shi Kai, the viceroy of Tien-Tsin He is virtually the dictator of the empire, having as his ally the old Empress Dowager. No decree is issued from Picking without his approval. He is. credited with having caused the Chinese government to issue the recent anu opium decree Yuan is man of great force of character and believer in pro gress. He has taken many steps to mod ernize his country Numerous attempts have been made to assassinate him. It is hoped that through his efforts China will be transformed into progressive land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Professional Jealousy.

There is nothing dearer to man fol- lowing an athletic profession" said a gen. tleman last night, than reputation. A ball palyer is jealous of the errors charged against him, and an erroneous publication concerning a wrestler or boxer is like flying a red rag in the face of an angry bull
 ''The most recent incident under this head coming under my observation was letter from Charles Olsen, the well known wrestler. Mf. Olsen writes that the Police Gazette. a recognized sporting journal, does him a great injustice, and he is mail ing personal letters throughout the coun- try making an explanation. The Police Gazette, MT Olsen says, declares that recently in Kansas City, Frank Gotch, the champion wrestler, threw Olsen and Yan- kee Rogers within the space of one hour. Olsen, in his letters. declares that he was not within fifty miles of the wrestling scene, and he is going to considerable trouble and expense in having the error corrected. I see much justice in olsen's determination. too.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
FACTS ABOUT ESPERANTO.

George Macloskie, LL.D., D. Se., Pro-
 lessor Emeritus of Biology at Princeton
 University, in Harpers Weekly.
 Both In method and results the growth of Esperanto is remarkable example of evolution by artificial selection. Other languages have been developed by natural selection, and are known as natural or native languages; and they are linked to one another by connections known or in- ferred, which form the subject of phil oogy. These national languages, each a conglomerate from different sources, have divided the nations, which human speech ought to unite.
 Now the kara lingvo Gas Esperanto is called by it's adherents) is largely a one man affair, invented, or We may say cre- ated, by pr. Louis Zamenhof of Warsaw who still lives. It has grown up within our own time. and we know it's secret; there is no need of puzzling over its metaphysics as has been done about oth- CT lines of evolution. We know that it is the offspring of a plan, and we know something of the methods used; and the wisdom of these methods Is being mani fested in an easy grammar and rich and expanding vocabulary.
 1. The Root-words-After choosing a root, for particular meaning in Esper- anto, from any language, we may inn medately give it any of the seventeen grammatical endings which determine its status in Esperanto. If we take the Eng fish root form for the start, formo Is the subs tantive, forma the adjective, formi the infnitve of the verb, and forme is the adverb; and all these, except the ad- residue of the seventeen endngs. Only one of them usually the substantive, or else the verbal inflnitive need be given in an Esperanto vocabulary; but all are implied, whether expressed or not; and also all the numerous additional words are implied which, under the rules of the new language, are dervable from these. Our use of particular word may be challenged in writing English on the ground of its not being recognized by standard writer's. for example. if In sober writing we were to give the expressive Americansm "coeds" But the equivalent of this term in Esperanto, "gestudentoj," will go unchallenged though we never saw it in print or in manuscript; and perhaps it never occurred to anybody to name it until now. All the same, it is a good word in Esperanto-land, even if it had never been said or penned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
RaIsujI Enters ArziIla.

Tangier, October 2s.-Raisuli, the bandit chief, who had been appointed Pasha of Arzilla, entered that town yesterday after short fight with the insurgent tribesmen who were holding him. Three persons were killed and many were wounded, and all the prin- cipal caids were made prisoners. After wards letters from Mohammed El Tor res. the representative of the Sultan here, ordering that Raisuli be obeyed, were read publicly. The place pre- sented a terrible appearance. Many houses had been burned and the streets were full of the bodies of Jewesses who had been violated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
SUBMITS REPORT.
Major Ladd Makes Statement of Con-
 dition of Cuban Treasury.

Havana, October 28.-Major Ladd, supervisor of treasury, yesterday sub mitted to Governor Magoon a report showing the condition of the treasury and it's relative ability to meet the cur rent and extraordinary expenses of the republic for the current year
 A summary of the report follows:
 Balance required to meet the regu- lar budget, $17,5O0,000; estimate of bal ance required to meet war expenses. $2,000,000; estimate necessary to meet the increase in the rural guard, the military occupation damage and claims incident to the war, $2 10000 Balance required to meet special appropria- tions, S9 ,000,000 Total liabilities, $31, 000,000. Available balance October |, $11 1000 ,000. Estimated revenue for the remaining nine months of the fiscal year, $16,000,000 Total assets, $27,- GOO. This leaves deficit of $4,0000O0, provided all outstanding obligations are met during the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
Confessional Elections.

The republicans have a majority of atives. The great majority was gained by carrying in the election of 1904 California, g. Delaware, 1; Illinois, '.
 Indiana, 2 Iowa, 1; Kentucky, 1 Mas. sachusetts, 1; Michigan, 1; Minnesota, 1; Missouri, g.; Nebraska, l.; New ter sey, 2; New York, 6; North Carolina, l; Ohio, 3, and Pennsylvania, 2-total, 4. If the democrats should carry all these contested districts, the republic ans would still have majority of 30. The democrats will probably gain more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
TO ROUND UP UTES.
Government Will Take No Chances.
 Sends Regiment of 1000 Men.

Cheyenne, October 2S.-According to adyices received by state officials, the war department has decided to take no chances in rounding up the band of Ute Indians in Cherokee county, and has dispatched an entire regiment of over one thousand men to capture the Utes.
 The Sixth cavalry is marching over land from South Dakota toward Pow der River, where the Indians are camped, and will probably join the Tenth cavalry near the camp and sur round the Indians. It has been de- cided if the Utes surrender to place them on one of the agencies south of the Black Hills until spring and then take them back to their reservation in Utah
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
AMERICAN MEN ALL ALIKE

a motto which tends toward the level prairie of life. if 1t is carried out in actual practice. Democracy may be re- sponsible for what the foreign observer noticed with wonder.
 The American colonists long ago refused to permit the introduction of any orders of society They kept from their new civil ization the barons and dukes of the old. Even the things which tended somewhat toward the differentiation of classes were cast aside as the years passed by and the notions of the rights of man. became increasingly popular. The ideas of the Declaration of Independence, growing in power, swept away the slight barriers of religious establishment or constitutional limitation until the democratic spirit dom- mated everything.
 Our political system led to further lev cling. The man of property was forced to the level of the average In order to gain the coveted votes. The man from the lowliest walks of life found it possible to rise until he was able to mold a mighty states decrees and shape the whisper of the throne" Men in America wanted to pe dihe ihey copleu one another. They do it yet. It is part of their life One of the charges made against certain woman in Massachusetts many years ago to prove her witch was that she was "not like other women.' No American man wants to have it said of him that he is unlike those with whom his lot is cast. The im- migrant makes it his business to become like the American just as soon as he can. Dr. Rechs statement is not necessarily a criticism of American manhood. It is simply a recognition of the accomplish ment of what has been striven for by the Americans for century and a half.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-29
PEGGY.

By Robert Burns Now westlin winds and slaughterng guns
 Bring autumn's pleasant weather; The moorcock springs, on whirring wings Amang the blooming heather; Now waving grain, wide OCT the plain,
 Delights the weary farmer; And the moon shines bright. when I rovs
 a night
 To muse upon my charmer The partridge loves the fruitful fells;
 The blower loves the mountains; The woodcock haunts the lonely dells,
 The soaring hern the fountains; Thro' lofty groves the cushat roves
 The path of man to shun it; The hazel bush o'erhangs the thrush,
 The spreading thron the llnnet Thus ev'ry kind their pleasure find,
 The savage and the tender; Some social join, and leagues combine;
 Some solitary wander; Avaunt away! the .cruel sway,
 Tyrannic mans dominion; The sportsman's joy, the murd'ring cry The futt'ring gory pinion But Peggy. dear. the ev'ning's clear
 Thick flies the skimming swallow: The sky is blue. the fields in view,
 All fading-green and yellow; Come, let us stray our gladstone way, And view the charms of nature; The rustling corn, the fruited thron, And every happy creature. We'll gently walk. and sweetly talk, Till the silent moon shine clearly; I'll grasp thy waist, and fondly prest, Swear how I love thee dearly: Not vernal show'rs to budding f1ow,rs Not autumn to the farmer, So dear can be as thou to me
 My fair. my lovely charmer!