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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11
STRIVING AND FAILING,
By Robert Louis Stevenson.

By Robert Louis Stevenson.
 Life is not designed to minister to mans vanity. He goes upon his long business most of the time with a hang ing head, and all the time like a blind child. Full of rewards and pleasures as it is-so that to see the day break, or the moon rise, or to meet a friend, or to hear the dinner call when he is hungry, fls him with surprising joys-this world is yet for him no abiding city. Friendships fall through, health fails, weariness as- sails him; year after year he must thumb the hardly varying record of his own weakness and folly. It is friendly pro- cess of detachment. When the time comes that he should go, there need be few illusions left about himself. Here lies one who meant well, tried little, failed much'-surely that may be his epitaph. of wAch he need not be ashamed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11
The IL. & Steel

The United States Steel corporation is making good beginning in the Bir- mingham district by retaining on the Tennessee board of directors Chairman John A. Topping and Vice President F. H. Crockard,'' said a banker. Tt would seem to indicate that the devel- opment work under way here is to be completed according to the original plans worked out year and a half ago by these officials.
 "The more that industrial circles and the public in general think of the United States Steel-Tennessee deal the more they are pleased with it. The fact is the benefit the district will derive from the entrance of the great corporation into this field cannot well be over stated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11
A CHILD'S LAUGHTER.

By Algernon Charles Swinburne. All the bells of heaven may ring, All the birds of heaven may sing, All the wells of earth may spring, An the winds on earth may bring
 All sweet sounds together; Sweeter far than all things heard, Hand of harper, tone of bird, Sounds of woods at sundawn stirred, Yelling waters winsome word,
 Wind in warm wan weather. One thing yet there is, that none Hearing ere it's chime be done, Knows not we'll the sweetest one Heard of man beneath the sun,
 Hope in Heaven hereafter; Soft and strong and loud and light' Very sound of very light Heard from mornings rosiest heisnf When the soul of all delight
 Fills a child's clear laughter. Golden bells of welcome rolled Never forth such notes. nor told Hours so blithe in tones so bold. As the radiant mouth of gold
 Here that rings forth heaven. If the golden-crested wren Were a nightingale-why. then, Something seen and heard of men Might be half as sweet as when
 Laughs a child of seven
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
IuveniIeN Court Law.

''I am glad to notice that an effort will be made to have the legislature now in session to either repeal or modify the ju- venile court bill.' said Mayor D. F. Sugg of Ensley "The bill as it now stands is harmful in it's effects. I am heartily in sympathy with the intentions of the measure. but as it now stands it is de- moralizing and harmful. The young boys of criminal propensities were quick to learn that they were immune from im- prisonment, and have on several occasions openly defed the police officers.
 ''I hope the bill willsbe amended so that the authorities can in some way handle these cases"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11
From the New York Globe.

From the New York Globe.
 H HE guess may or may not be (0 correct that Messrs. Gary and
 Prick, officers of the United States Steel corporation, journeyed to Washington in order to secure assurance that their company would not be attacked if it took over control of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company. Nevertheless, this guess is thought to furnish the most plausible explanation of the visit. It suggests that We have travelled far on the road toward Little Fatherism when group of American capitalists, having money to invest, do not deem it safe to buy property, even to assist in relieving a struggling trust company, without first securing the con sent of an overseeing government. Will it come to pass that ultimately no man will be allowed to purchase an acre of land or share of stock without getting permission from Washington?
 It has not been the policy of the United States Steel corporation to monopolize or to seek to monopolize the business of making and selling the iron and steel business of the country. Representing phase of trust development later than that of the Standard oil company, it has made no efforts to drive competitors out of business or to force sell-outs by price cutting. Marketing approximately 50 per cent of the total iron and steel product, it has been its declared policy to do no more than to maintain its rela- tive position. If control of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company has been ac- quired it is to be assumed that the mo- tive is not to move nearer to monopoly but merely a tempting opportunity to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11
COULDN'T TAKE THE JOB.
rom Success Magazlne

From Success Magazine.
 A middle west graduate came to New York to seek employment Through friend he received an offer or place IS shipping clerk to a certain firm. In reply he wrote as follows: "I regret that l cannot accept your kind offer of the posi- tion of shipping clerk. but the fact is that I am always sick when on the water"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11
About Parsons.

Bruce Kennedy, managing editor. and Frank Spangler, cartoonist, of the Mont gomery Advertiser. are in Birmingham. They will leave tomorrow for Bodka, in which city Will T. Sheehan, the well known Advertiser reporter and writer, will be married to Miss Winston. E. R. Norman of Birmingham will also partici- pate in the ceremony.
 John w. Cheney, Tom McCalley. Wal ter Storey and Jack Abston left yester- day for Colon, to which place they were sent by the canal commission to fill lucra- tive positions. MT. Cheney will be a powder man, and his three companions machinists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

John w. Gates has returned but it was not he who brought back in his ample trousers pockets that $50,000,- 900 in gold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

The Root boom is merely a passing shadow. It will soon go to join the Fairbanks, Knox and Cannon booms. Roosevelt, Hughes and Bryan are alive, however, and their booms are real.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

If all the swamp lands are reclaimed the crop of frogs legs will be sadly diminished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

The Comer-Smith war moves merrily along, and the present week will put one or the other of the combatants in the lead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

Congressman Burton has discovered that he cannot march over the pros- trate body of Tom Johnson to the Sem ate chamber.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

The Mormons were defeated in Salt Lake City, and it is now in order to cafry coals to Newcastle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

Theodore E. Burton has a long head. He held onto his Congressional office, and he will serenely appear next month in his accustomed place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

Our present currency is becoming more elastic daily. It begins to see it was more scared than hurt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

New York is trying to make the in- coming gold feel it is at home. It de- sires it to stay and make this land of the free and the grandstander it's hab- itat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

The rise in the price of milk en- courages the COW to think she will be kept in the barn with no slaughter house looming up before her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

The price of hogs Is dropping in Kansas City, and the Chicago packers should hasten to get onto the low-price bandwagon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

Uncle Sam deports eloping couples who come in the steerage. In the cabin they would be all right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

The stronghold of the machine and of bossism is Pennsylvania, state that is rotten and contented even in the teeth of the capitol disclosures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

William Randolph Hearst is no longer a factor in New York politics. He was voted out last Tuesday and thrown among the political has-beens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

Mint juleps and true democracy went out of Kentucky hand in hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

Steel is more of a prince than pauper, and it proposes to stay so while open-hearth rails are in demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

George Washington was the father of his country. and John D. Rockefeller may prove to be it's stepfather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

The oil octopus is so humbled it goes to the White House to be patted on the back while it wags it's tall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

San Francisco will soon have a re- form mayor selected by itself, and it will feel like cat in a strange garret.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

The copper mines are reducing wages because the people have re- duced the price of their product.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

Cleveland seems to have concluded it cannot have too much Johnson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

Entered at the Birmingham. Ala-' postoffice as second-class matter uhoet act of Congress March 3. 1873.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-11

To be or not to be-that Is the ques- tion. -Hamiet.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-05-16
Folk and the Presidency.

Homer Bassford In st, Louis Times.
From time to time we hear talk oil
the possibilities OF Governor Folk as
an element in Democratic calculations
for 1907. We believe, as most obser-
yers do, that the nominations OF Mr..
Bryan Of Nebraska, is all but assured.
There is v e the chance. however,
that Mr.. Bryan may die, that be
may fall out with the leaders OF his
party, that he will say something that
Will set at naught the convention
pledges of thirty months ago. In that
case, it will be necessary for the party
to look elsewhere.
Let us take a first look. Where is
there a man who will meet the de-
mands OF the organization? Mr..
Hearst has placed himself almost, II
not quite, beyond the party pale. He
has bolted, issued sassy statements
and otherwise half-read himself out
OF the organization Mr.. Jerome, a
strong man, is a bolter. Mr.. Cleve-
land is fairly old and out Of touch
with the mass Of the party. Judson
Harmon Of Cincinnati is a big man,
but as a candidate has no appeal to
the great crowd that must see q touch
OF red fire before 1t casts its vote.
Looking the country over, from Seat
tie TO Savannah, we do not see a man
among the Democrats who is quite as
available as Folk OF Missouri. 1t is
said that bis own State would not be
for him, but the best answer to that
is found ia the election returns that
indorse Folk as the one man ON bis
ticket. at the same time choosing
Roosevelt by about the same figure
that made Folk the States Governor.
Yes another point at least inter
esting II not among the probabilities
OF next year: Folk is a Tennesseean.
The State is loyal 10 him and his fam
ilyi members OF which are powerful in
the States political organization Ten.
nessee is q OF the few States in the
Union that did not indorse Bryan In
the conventions OF 1907. II someone
should drop the hat at the psychology
lcal moment, that State would lead
on in a Folk delegation. Perhaps the
IRE thus ignited would spread over
the Union.
We want TO go on the record as
no feeling on the matter OF
whom the democrats nominate-cer-
sainly not at this early point in the
game; but we do not think and assert
that until the convention Is nearer lie
fay Of sitting there is a human DOUBT
hat Bryan will not be nominated and
hat Folk Is likely 10 be among those
resent when the ballots are counted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-05-16

"Who can tell what a day maj
bring forth? Who may say when the
sun rises beautifully fair, that be may
not set in a storm cloud? Who knows
that the rOse that opens 80 gayly in
the morning may not wither in the
hour Of noon: Who can tell when
the beautiful flower is to be snapped
from the parent stalk
"And all that we poor mortals can
do is, TO gather up the scattered
leaves and lay them where the rude
foot treadeth not.
"For many long days, weeks and
months we watched the feeble light
Of this young life as 1t foated away
from US On the river Of time. IL has
gone out forever from our vision; but
who a doubt that upon the great
ocean Of eternity it has burst into
noontide splendor?
although 'Teny' knew that hel
life was slowly ebbing away, that
death had set his signet upon hel
brow, that on the windows OF her sou.
The curtains had hecn drawn for a
long, long sleep, yet she was brave.
We read In the smile that alwsyl
greeted her faithful mother and Low
ing sisters. a mystic meaning that
only the rapt and parting soul may
know.
"Shrouded in robes immaculate,
asleep beneath a wilderness OF flowers
that fain would have kissed her eye
lids 20 awakening she was laid 70
rest by gentle and loving hands.
"'For tho from our bourne OF Time
and Place
The flood may bear me far,
l hope % see my Pilot face to face,
When l have crost the BAR"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-05-16
!: COUNTY NEWS.
A~ARTIRsBURe ITEMS.
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Godllef Jacob Is In New York.

Godlief Jacob is In New York.
ora slgler and Albert KlarenbacK
left Thursday far Pueblo, Colorado.
Mrs John Hilkemeyer was in Wells
vile Thursday.
Mrs. Freeland has returned 10 her
home in Illinois after spending the
winter with her daughter, Mrs. Jacob.
Clarence Thompson was down fro m
Benton City Friday.
LA Birdand Mr. Shaddock were oyer
from Vandalia last week.
Bernard Vomund, Ralph Taylor
and wife went to st. Louis Tuesday.
Millard Hayer left Monday for Col
orado..
Mrs Niehaus was in Montgomery
City Monday.
Miss Fanny Diven retu rned to Cen.
tralia Tuesday accompanied BY her
nephews, Morey and Field Dlven.
Joe Niehaus came up from St.ILouis
and spent Sunday with bis mother.
Miss Sallie Condit, ofCentralia. visit
ed here Sunday.
Maude Watkins went to Moberly
Tuesday.
Palmer Yelton, REESE Robinson.
Chess Wilbur are In Southwest Mis-.
souri,,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-05-16
THREE MEN SHOT In
FEUD BATTLE ar NEVADA, NO
Boy of IA Only One of Four Duel
lists to Escape Bullets = Woman
Arrested For Inciting Lad
Severely Wounded Not
Expected to Live.

Nevada, No, May s.-Three men
we're wounded. two of them probably
fatally, in a feud fight twelve miles
sOushwest OF Nevada at noon to-day.
The injured.
A. W. Corey, shot in the head, prob
ably fatal.
Charley NJ. Grimsley, shot in the
abdomen, probably fatal.
Constable Lloyd Cooling, shot in
the shoulder, serious.
The fight was the elimination OF
trouble that had existed between
Grimsley, and Corey, who are farmers,
over a land deal. Threats had been
made, it is said, and Constable Good
ing, with Corey, started Eto the
home Of Grimsley to arrest him.
Gooding said this afternoon that as
be approached the house Grimsley
and his ~l4-year-old son came out. Grim
sley opened ire on the Constable and
Corey, and a woman on the porch ur.
ged the boy to shoot.
The lad and his father both fired,
the Constable said, and Corey dropped
shot in the head.
The Constable was shot in the
shoulder at the first volley, but drew
is revolver aud 5 hot Grimsley In the
abdomen.
OF the four persons in the fight only
the boy escaped without a bullet In
his body.
Witnesses 70 the shooting summon
ed physicians, and tonight it was
stated that both Corey's and Grim
sley's wounds may prove fatal.
Sheriff Moore anG Prosecuting At
torney Coil, OF Vernon county, left
Nevada this afternoon for the scene
of the shooting and arrested Grimsley
his wife and his SON.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-05-16

Great Falls, Mont, May Shelley
ing that the end Of the world will
come within ten days and that he
with a handful Of followers, will be
straightway translated to heaven, A.
W. Stanton, a prominent stockman Of
this city, yesterday disposed Of all bis
property, valued at several thousand
of dollars, to the first bidder for $3.50,
and, taking up his residence In a rent
ed house in the most elevated part Of
the city, is calmly awaiting the end
Stanton's followers, eight in number,
disposed OF their possessions in a sim
liar manne and are with him. Stan
ton was wealthy, buthas disposed OF
his belongings in order to be unln-
numbered when called from the earth
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-05-16
Little Pocket Physician.

Thousands who have been cured BY
Hyomei call the inhaler that comes
With every outfit the Little pocket
Physician, as it is SO small that II
can be carried In the pocket or purse.
There is really no excuse whatever
for anyone having catarrh now that
Hyomsi is so readily obtainable. II
you have any doubt about its value,
Otis Purdy will let you have a com.
plete outfit, with the understanding
that unless 1t cures catarrh, 1t will
not cost you a cent.
The complete Hyomei outfit consists
OF the"LitJtle Pocket Physician" and
a bottle Of Hyomel and costs only
sI.O0,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-05-16
DEAD TOWNS IN THE
STATE OF MISSOURI
Forgotten Villages Orce Places Of
Prominence-What the Knocker
and Anti Booster Would Like
to see-A Bit Of Intereat.
ing History.

Below we publish a list OF dead
ones" towns that have crumbled into
nothing because Of various reasons,
but perhaps the principle eason might
be a surfeit OF knockers and anti
boosters who cried calamity every
time a move was made to better econO-
mic conditions. We should all unite
In a hymn OF praise because Mexico's
leather lunged calamity crlers are re-
ceding before the multitude Of pro-
gressives like the cayotes before the
advance guard Of civilization.
An old map OF Central Missouri
shows towns now forgotten in the his
tory Of the state. These lare towns
that are now abandoned. Among the
number are
Petersburg, the birthplace OF Mrs.
John A. Logan, between Hallsville
and Sturgeon.
Old Summerville, a village east OF
Deer Park and near the Galloway line.
Stonesport, a promising young city
about a mile above O~laysville, laid out
In 1896.
Middleton, four miles west of where
Hallsyllle now stands.
Lexington, on Thrall's prairie.
Persia, a little town at che junction
OF Perche creek with the Boonslick
trace.
Nashville, laid out In 1919, just be-
low Providence. Had several houses,
warehouse and a postofice. The river
swept 1t away.
Lebanon, once stood near present
site Of Browns station, but was never
bali so large.
Smithton, half a mile west Of Boone
county courthouse. Town was moved
to Flat Branch TO get near water and
named Columbia.
Bourbontown, afterwards called
'Buena Vista" was just west OF
where Sturgeon stands and was aban-
doned In favor OF the new town Stur-
geon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-05-16
s. ]. Bovine.


5. j. Bovine, Jr., road overseer OF
Lawson District, has spent the great
er part Of this week facing the music
OF seven petitions in the Audrain
County Court, the burden OF which is
that the county court shall assess the
cost Of cutting the hedge fences,
bitches, ETC., to the road oyerseer and
not against the property owners along
such hedges, ETC., which is provided
bv law.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-05-16
WOMEN FOR POLICE.
socisty Delegation Protests to Mayor
OF Lorain, Ohio, and he Accepts
Offers to Serve.

LoRAIS, ONO, May 9.-Unless
Mayor King changes his mind, Lorain
will have a police force CARRIED in pic
ture hats and peek-a-boo waists parad-
ing the streets during the carnival
season.
A committee Of society women TO-
day called upon the mayor and up
braided him for the in~eficiency Of his
police force. They declared they
themselves would patrol streets II he
could not improve the mems work.
IAN right" be replied, come TO
my Office tomorrow and | will swear
as many In as policemen IS you want -
The women say they are in dead
earnest, having become dlsgusted
with the number Of petty robberles.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-05-16
MEXICO TO-DAY
AND YESTERDAY

To the Editor CT the Evening Letter.
A few years ago Mexico was a coun-
try town: to-day IL is waking up to its
opportunities and is taking on city
ways. 1t has made wonderful strides
within a few years and will make
greater ones during the next decade.
Never mind the "knockers". The
knocker belongs to the country town;
when the town grows into a city lac
gets knocked ont Of the way ard the
procession moves on. The knocker
cuts a very small figure in Mexico.
The business mel as a rule speak we'll
OF one another. The knocker, for
purposes OF his own, has his hand out
against every other man; be wants
the town TO stay where It is, provided
he a hold his own. It is certain
that he could not hold his own in any
modern city. where modern ideas pre-
vail. Mexico will deal 10 her w way
with these who oppose Der progress.
They win disappear from the scene
In the natural process OF events. The
man who operates q OK cart natural
ly hates the sight OF a finely appoint
ed vestibuled train, but the people
take these matters into their "
hands and the OK cart disappears. The
man who has never worn anything
but 4 coonskin cap looks with suspicion
upon the man who sports a derby.
The city will simply outgrow the OK
cart and the knocker, as 1t will out
grow the muddy street and dark alley.
The good people are always in the
majority and the best people always
rule In the end. A drunken fool max
ing a disturbance at the corner ex-
cites notice from the fact that he is a
curiosity; ten thousand men walk by
without exciting the slightest interest
The exception is what seems to call
forth most interest, but we should
never lose sight Of the fundamental
facts Of our history IS a people.
CITIZEN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-05-16

fAftJA 1NNGsbIs
II want the county court to enforce
the dog law in the country, Just like
you folks do in town, said John Sam
Wiley, a west-Of-town farmer, Sat
urday. "As / understand it, the new
Law empowers the county court toim-
pose q tax on all dogs within their
jurisdiction, and l hope they will see
that 1t is enforced. We have too
many ours in the country aud il a
farmer has TO pay to keep a dog. he
viii get rid Of the no-aceount me and
thecountry will be better of. AS II
understand it, it costs a dollar TO keep
male dogs and two dollare for females
and the new law goes into effect In
June. / just talked with Judge Terry
about the matter and am anxious to
see IL ia operation
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-05-16
Biggest Locomotive Weighs goa Tons

Pittsburg, May 9.-The American
Locomotive Co. has completed at 1T
Allegheny plant the largest and heav
est locomotive In the world. 1t will
be used for dragging the Pennsylvania
l6-hour Chicago express across the
mountains.
The new locomotive with its tender
weighs 2O4 tons. which is many tons
in excess Of the heaviest engine ever
built before. 1t has three drivers on
each side, the drivers being so inches
in diameter. Just what the monster
will be able to accomplish in the speed
line will not be known until she is
given a trial.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-05-16

Mr.. Don Hogue and MI. Robert
Hughes, both OF Los Angeles, Cal.,
formerly OF Mexico, arrived here Mon
day with a string Of seven hoIses be-
longing to Mrs. Douglass, Of the same
place. which they intend to train at
the fair grounds until the season
opens for showing them. The horses
are all beauties and excellent ami
mails. They will probably be here
until about fair time. They have
with them a tally-ho and a carriage
for driving. The gentlemen picked
Centralla because it was centrally
located and easy to get in any direc-
ion.-Ce MT ralia Courier.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-05-16
A. J. Winscott A, An umnira

The following complimentary motto,
Of the work of A. J.lWinscott, former
ly OF this city, as Umpire in the Tex.
as League. is taken from the Austin
Statesman.
Umpire Winscott has made a good
Impression during the twelve games
be has ofiiciated here. He is perfect.
ly fearless Of criticism and absolutely
fair In his decisions, though sometimes
the fans do not see the play as be
does. He has nc favorities and that
kind OF man is needed to hold things
level In baseball.