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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
THE GOAL.

HE GOA1. How 1t makes the heart beatl An, a glorious sound
 Is the cheer of the man who has wonl The years of his labor are quickly forgot When the task that was set him Is done. NO wonder his heart is just brimming with joy
 No wonder there's joy on his face! Whlle the fellows who enter are many, alas But few of them finish the race Pray stihe your envy and join in his And give him your hand and your heart. For the way was not easy he had to traverse
 And troubles were thick at the start Perhaps he has taken the prizes you sought,
 Don't let that embitter your mind. Iris no proper reason for you to give un- Such notions are best left behind. Don't sulk and refuse to congratulate him.
 The fellow who's climbed to the ton. Success in this world is inspiring to sec It spurs on the man who would stop. Don't grudge good winner the ring in his laugh,
 Don't frown at the work he has done. For there's in the world no more glorious sound Than the cheer o. the man who has Wonder how old the chorus girls are in the new musical show. "Noah's Ark? It appears that Commander Peary still has plenty of breath left for another dash to the pole, but is short of coin. 
 GOOD THING TO KNOW.
 An, well, I'd like
 Someone to show
 Me how to make
 Two dollars grow
 Where only one
 Did grow before.
 I'd con that les
 Son Der and OCT. Glen Falls, N Y, claims a man who has written 1Os novels without ever hay ing found a publisher. His labor has not been in vain, however, for he has a stock of fuel on hand that would keep him warm for months. Why shouldn't women propose?o asks a newspaper querist. Why shouldn't they? The girl usually has ten times as much SSll -ppSSesSlOu dS the man 1n an ana1r of that kind.
 HIS WISH.
 Last month of spring,
 Together sing
 welcome to the summer.
 The ice man says
 Hot weather pays
 And hopes twill be a hummer. Ina ATa,-1 1rY E.s L. 4 wasn't the Marcel wave 1t would be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
MRS. ROBSON WILL GO.
VIII Accompany Husband on Tour of
 His District.

Special to the New York World
 washington.-Mr Richmond Pearson Hobson, wife of the hero of the Merrimac will accompany the congressman elect on an educational tour of his own and other districts in Alabama Government experts will accompany the party, and lectures will be delivered on practical topics.
 Mrs. Hobson is known as an accom- plished politician. She was bride when her husband made his Campaign for Con gress She drove with him through every county in the district and met everybody he did, and as result her husband won the nomination from MT. Bankhead who had held the seat for twenty years.
 Alabamians say that half the voters were won over by Mrs. Hobson with her pretty brown eyes and fetching smile She is Kentucky grl-little, dainty, ed ucated In a New York city school; wears gowns that are fit to vie with those of Mrs. Longworth; spriShtly, very much in love with her husband rides, drives, shoots and makes the best mint julep ever seen outside Kentucky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
THE LEGEND OF EVIL.
By Rudyard Kipling.

pS huuydru hlpling. This is the sorrowful story
 Told when the twilight fails. And the monkeys walked together, Holding each others tails. Our fathers lived In the forest; Foolish people were they; They went down to the cornland To teach the farmers to play. Our fathers frisked in the millet, Our fathers skipped in the wheat, Our fathers hung in the branches, Our fathers danced in the street. Then came the terrible farmers; Nothing of play they knew. Only they caught our fathers,
 And set them to labor, tool Set them to work in the cornland With blows and slclxles and fails. Put them in mud walled prisons. And cut off their beautiful tails. Now we can watch our fathers. Sullen and bowed and old, Stopping over the millet
 Sharing the silly mold.
 Driving a foolish furrow,
 Mending a muddy yoke, Sleeping in mud walled prisons, Sleeping their food in smoke. We may not speak to our fathers, For if the farmers knew, $ They would come up to the forest And set us to labor. too" This is the horrible. story. Told as the twilight fails. And the monkeys walked together, Holding each others tails.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
CHIHUAHUA DOGS.
Ie New York Mail.

From the New York Mail.
 The American consul general at the City of Mexico has sounded a note of more or less wild alarm. The Chihuahua dog, he says, is perishing from the earth. It has already become so scarce, in its true and undiluted form, that specimens are never sold for less than s200 Mexican. The world sadly faces the day when even MT. Morgan could not purchase a Chi huahua dog, because there would not be a genuine Chihuahua dog to be found this side of that equal sky where the faith ful dog, resurrected and glorified, is sup posed to bear the hunter company.
 Yet if the truth be told, we see no req son why the world should not confront the extinction of the Chihuahua dog with a considerable degree of equaninity. What is the Chihuahua dog? There is a common impression that 1t is the well known hairless dog of Mexico This is mistake. It would indeed be a pity if this breed were to become extinct. be- cause it Is good to eat-really good to eat. Roasted, and on the platter, this creature is indlstinguishable, both in ap- pearance and quality, from roast suck ing pig. More could not be said for it. The little hairless dog is, moreover, in telligent, affectionate and discreet.
 But there Is no danger of the extinction of the hairless dog. In the first place, 1t is by no means exclusively Mexican. Almost every quarter of the world has it's own type of naked dog, Central Af- rica possesses one as big as a grey hound The ordinary hairless dog of com merce fifty years ago, was Chinese. He was then known as the "chow dog" on account of his extreme edibility-"chow" being pigeon English for food We have delicious hairless dog in the Philip pines, which may have figured in the price, S20,OOO000, which we paid Spain for those islands. Yet undoubtedly the Mex icsn hairless dog, still abundant, is the prince of hls species-the canvas back duck, diamond back terrapin and Rhode Island turkey of the canine race rolled into one.
 The Chihuahua dog Is not quite hair less, nor yet hirsute. His hair is thin. not absent. He is an extremely small dog, weighing about one and a half pounds. He is locally supposed to be "a prairie dog"-and the suppositon does full credit to the simplicity and gullbility of mind of the Mexican peon. Naturally the dog is nothing of the kind, any such hybrid being as impossible as a cross be- tween a humming-bird and a donkey. The chief point of interest about the Chi huahua dog Is his minute size and his awful destructiveness. He has been known to reduce to shreds in half a min ute tough Mexican sombrero three times his size. If he has any use in the world whatever, 1t has never been sus- pected. If the Chihuahua dog is going to disappear. better let 1t disappear We can get along without It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
New commlsaIon In MemnhIs.

The new government by a commission in Memphis will be emlnently satisfactory to the people if the constitutionality of the act of the legislature establishing this government is settled by the supreme court" said W. H. Moon of Memphis last night at the Morris hotel. At present the legal entanglements connected with the establishment of the municipal com mission are preventing it's becoming an accomplished fact and both sides are waiting for the decision of Chancellor Heiskell who was to have rendered the decision today, but am not sure that this was done. At any rate the case will go to the supreme cout of the state, and as that is now in session an early settle ment of the dispute Is anticipated.
 While the present mayor, James H. Malone, is a good friend of mlne I am in favor of the municipal commission and believe that existing political lines can be wiped out and the progress of the city accelerated under the new regime. l only wish that Mayor Malone had been made a member of the new comisslon and also believe that H. T. Bruce. one of the pres ent commissioners would have been a very good man for the new commission.
 The new municipal government of Memphis Is modelled after that of Calves ton, Tex. which Is said to be one of the best governed cities in the United States Our government has some notifications of the Galveston plan, but on the whole will follow the general course of the munich pal government of that city.
 was learned that the new town had
 'The president of the Memphis commits sion is J. J. Williams. strong man and one who has been mayor of the city for several terms. John T. Walsh Is vice president and represents the political fac ton which downed Williams in the last city election. Thus are combined the ele- ments in city politics which have long been at war with each other and who were chosen by Governor Patterson to come together in the new city govern ment and by this union wipe out all fac- tfonal differences.
 Governor Patterson had a difficult task to perform in appointing the five men who are to control the destinies of Mem phis; and the people of the city by whom he is held in high esteem, are generally of the opinion that the governor made wise choice in selecting the men for the commission.
 'The decision of the supreme court will be awaited with impatience and every body hopes that the matter will be settled and the new government inaugurated be- fore June l."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
South's Prosperity,

T doubt if old commercial travellers can recall a spring when sales were so satisfactory in the south as now" said Julius Herman of Cincinnati, who is re- turning home after an extended trip through the cotton states.
 FThe shape-up that the stock market panic gave the country was certainly not felt in the trading centers. Not only are the merchants in the large cities prosper ous, but every crossroads store is thrv ing. The improved business conditions in the south compared with ten years ago are indeed marvellous. Farmers have paid off mortgages and they feel and act as only thrifty men can; and as for the energetic business man In commercial and industrial towns he is accommodating wealth. I am no prophet, but 1t looks to me if the south would be rated as the richest section of the country within the next twenty years'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
Chairman Topping's Report

The annual report of the Tennessee company covering the calendar year 1906 is a document full of construction and extension facts and figures. Al though the present facilities of the company foY mining and manufactur- ing are inadequate, yet the gross sales for last year. footed up s13,0oS,453, as against s10,S37, ,672 in 1905, and $S,92O,- 932 in 1904. These sales and all other facts in Chairman Topping's report do not include those of the Republic com pany. They relate to the affairs of the Tennessee company alone.
 The report shows that last year $762,254 was expended in new con- struction on furnace plants at Ensley and Bessemer; s414,453 on coal proper ties; $455,453 on the steel works at Ensley; $6s,254 on ore mines, and $4999 on the Bessemer rolling mill-a total expenditure last year on new con- struction of $1.705,S11. These liberal expenditures are already beginning to be felt in production and profits. The .steel mill at Ensley turned out last year 401, 1852 tons as against a product 1.-two years before of 155,266 tons. The hew steel works and rail mill, now DrninG up. will double the present out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
BRAINS.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Famous brains are of four sorts. The lowest group. contains the minds that are stimulated greatly by alcohol, tea and other drugs and by impressions derived from the senses; the second group con tains the infant prodgies, whose intellec- tual powers wane In middle age the third group contains the pathological cases usually terminating in insanity: the fourth and highest group is that of true geniuses, whose powers remain unlm- paired until old age. This is Hause- mans classification.
 Spitzka has come to the conclusion that men eminent In exact sciences like as- tronomy and mathematics have the greatest average brain weight Next come the men of action. including states men and artists and after these come the biologists, geolosists and other repre- sentatlves of the descriptive sciences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
Salaries of Rural Carriers

Congress never did a juster thing than when it voted an increase of pay to the rural free delivery carriers. Heretofore those carriers have been compelled to keep horse and wagon in good condition on a maximum pay of $720, but under the readiustment authorized by Congress they are here after to receive pay as follows: For routes of twentyfour or more miles, s900 per annum; twenty-two to twenty four miles, $S64: twenty to twenty-two miles, sS10; eighteen to twenty miles, $720; sixteen to eighteen miles, $630; fourteen to sixteen miles, $540; twelve to fourteen miles, s504; ten to twelve miles, $46S; eight to ten miles, s432; six to eight miles, $396.
 These increases, ranging from 9 to 25 per cent, will go into effect on July l, and they will put the service on a more enduring basis. They will oper- ate, perhaps, to stop the resignations from it. Men who are underpaid are not apt to serve the big, rich govern ment long, and the increase in com. pensation is, therefore, not only an act of justice to deserving public servants, but it will add to the efficiency of an important branch of the postal service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
SENATOR FoRAKER's SON.

From the Washington Times.
 Joseph Benson Foraker. Jr., is the oldest son of the famous Ohio senator and remains bachelor, much to the wonder of many. The younger Foraker is now in the thirtles, and he has never mani fested any desire to mix in politics A graduate of Cornell and lawyer young Foraker has cared more for business than for law or politics. and is just now vice president and manager of the great traction system of Cincinnati He draws four times the salary that his father draws as senator, and has less to worry about. While the young man has in- herited much of his fathers ability he has also inherited from the mothers side vast amount of diplomacy and repose, which fits him for business rather than for political warfare. He is well known in Washington society, and Is frequent visitor during the busy season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
COLONEL PATTERSON soETENED

From the Boston Globe.
 There may be those who think that Col. Henry Watterson, the veteran dis cipllharian of the democracy, and the stern chastiser of many leaders and as- prants to leadership is difficult to soften or placate. All such mlsinformed ob- servers may read in the colonels letters from Paris, which have been published in the Louisville Courier-Journal, a new understanding and valuation of the im- petuous Kentuckian's resources of sym pathy.
 Time was when Colonel Watterson, by his own admission, regarded the char acter and conduct of the great Napoleon with unqualified indignation. He has learned. however, to mitigate this resent ment, and to view the wonderful Corsican with pity, not to say admiratin. Standing at the tomb of the immortal Bonaparte the colonel is moved to write There can be little doubt that he possessed a credulous and a loving heart" And again He was essentially chivalric man.. Napoleon paid 8 "usurous price
 : for his glory" and Colonel Watter- son reviews his career with emotions mostly of pity and sadness
 There is solace for the longest suffer- ing victim of the Kentuckian's swift descending lash in the reflection that Col onel Watterson, through the softening in- fluence of time, has been able to make I'D with Napoleon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
Episcopal Convention.

"The triennial convention of the Pro- testant Episcopal church that meets in Richmond next October will be an inter- esting event, but not many questions of great importance will engage it's atten- tion," remarked an Episcopal clergyman As is well known, our church has ne- gro parishes and negro rectors, but no negro bishops. A movement is now be- ing agitated for the election of a colored bishop suffragan, to have especial charge of our colored churches This matter will probably be discussed in Richmond and 1t may possibly be acted on. The negro congregations ask for a bishop of their own race and the idea comments itself to many of the white clergy.
 Another question that may be consid- cred Is the dividing of the country into church provinces and the creation of archbishops, each province to have a prelate of archiepiscopal dignity at it's head. This is the Roman Catholic sys- tenn and it is the Anglican system. The time may not have come for this inno- vation in the Episcopal church of the United States, but in view of the fact that our missionary field has been divided into provinces and the further fact that this system works well, 1 can readily in- agine that we will have archiepfscopal provinces before a great many years
 'srhe triennal at Richmond will be largely taken up with the Jamestown celebration. The Episcopal church nat urally feels very direct interest in the English colonization, in Virginia, of 300 centuries ago, and that Is why the Vir- glnia capital was selected for the meet ing place of the general convention this year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
EIyton's Action Unconstitutional.

TT don't wish to be quoted in this mat ter, and thereby become a target for at tack" said lawyer yesterday while dis cpssing the Elyton election but l have no hesitation in saying that the whole proceedings are unconstitutional and void
 "Elyton was incorporated in 1871, and the act of incorporation may be found in Weakleys compilation of the acts of Jeff ferson county. In fact there are either three or four acts dealing with Elyton There's one prohibiting the sale of intox- ieating lquors there's one comforting on the justices of the peace of Elyton juris- dlctlon over the whole of Jefferson coun- ty and there's the act incorporating the town of Elyton.
 'If the action of the people of Elytou had been to make a greater Elyton, and had taken in all the adjacent territory right up to the city limits of Birmng- ham there might have been something upon which they could hope to stand, but as it is now the thing is almost too ab- surd to claim attention.
 'The vote cast-is proof that the peo- pie regarded the whole matter as a farce; but until the action is annulled it will have force andNeffect It may be that the question will come up when Elyton at Green Springs park or the ball park.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
RoNcl AND HIS VOICE.

From the New York Sun.
 No singer since Adelina Patti was ever so careful of the voice as the little tenor Signor Bonoi. He refuses all social in- vitations, lives only among his intimate friends and seldom ventures into the thea ter except when he is going to sing. Rare- ly has he been seen In one of the city restaurants where his colleagues gather daily. Signor Bonci has learned from ex- perience that his voice can be kept in con dition only by careful living and a limit ed amount of singing. He therefore fol- lows very strictly his rules of conduct. In these days, in which singers are eager ly chasing after every kind of social attention. his case is striking.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01
Flush Times in the G. 0. P.

When E. H. Harriman's private counsel" James M. Beck, assailed be- fore a meeting of New Jersey bankers, President Roosevelt, William Jennings Bryan and almost everybody else er- cept William Mckinley, he no doubt expressed the real opinion of the crowd of magnates centered in Wall street. MT. Beck attributes "the state of feder- ated anarchy in which we are now living" to the practical dissolution of the two great parties of the country and to hero worship, the hero being the present occupant of the White House.
 While Mir. Beck was talking ex- Senator Marion Butler a Roosevelt heeler, rose to remark that "the inter ests" are spending barrels of money on or towards buying up delegates in the south in behalf of a reactionary. DdllCl llNtS III lNOlLn Sdl anu llO knows what he is talking about. The reactionary that "the interests" prob ably want is Fairchild. He is a second Mckinley. The money bags desire his nomination, although they are ready to take any one to defeat Roosevelt ian. So says Marion Butler who is in the midst of the fray.
 The battle lines in the G. o. P. are being formed. On one side may be seen Foraker, Fairbanks, and Knox, and on the other side, Roosevelt, Taft and Hughes. No quarter is to be given, and the interests" are hunting for delegates, and so is the administration
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-01

as economical as amy ever devised, after the initial cost of clubs and paraphernala. It is played by entire families, differing in this respect from the majority of games, and thereby giving much pleas ure in the home circle.
 The danger from injury is reduced to minimum, which imparts to players | and spectators a comfortable feeling of security.
 s It's practice tends to increase the ties of friendship and goodfellowship. Four men with touring car last year put up a couple of days at several clubs about Boston, and declared they never spent SD delightful vacation. Thousands of acres are now used for golf clubs that were formerly partially or wholly wastle land. Many millions of dollars are invested in these clubs and private grounds.
 Only short time ago vardon was in a class by himself Today in America most of the best clubs have players as skill full as he and dozens almost as expert The faddlsts first took this game up in this country. They dropped it, but it was | espoused quickly by thousands of real be- lievers in the best outdoor sports. Every state now has it's country club and golf links, and most summer hotels also have golf grounds nearby.
 Golfers absorbed in their play lose all thought of earthly cares. They are all young again. The blood courses through their veins freely, They experience a physical exhilaration that makes for sounder health.
 The mind Is charmed especially by the scenery. The golf courses are surrounded by natures choicest landscapes The players and spectators cannot view the scenes without feeling that truly .Nothing
 in nature is unbeautifuly They would be | justified also in exclaiming: Who can paint
 Like nature?i Can imagination boast
 Amid it's gay creation hues like hers?
 Or can it mix them with that matchless skill
 And lose them. in each other. as appears | In every bud that blows?