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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
THE ORIGIN OF GOLF.

rom OutlIR.
 One of the foremost of the games which we have adopted Is the royal and ancient game of golf. goufr, gowff-the last the genuine old pronunciation-or golf, which. curling excepted, is the game most pe- culiar to Scotland, as characteristic as baseball in America or cricket in Eng land. The word was derived from the Dutch lSolf, & club. but the game is not of Dutch origin, though in early days golf balls were imported from Holland, and perhaps the name came with them.
 The date of the origin of golf, even ap- proximately, like that of most sports, is unknown. Tradition has it that the herds knocking q ball about the heath with their crooks. But among the Ro- mans a game called paganica was played with ball stuffed with feathers. As early golf balls were made in the same way in Scotland, it has been surmised that the Roman game was perhaps a forerunner. An early name in England was bandy ball. and in old prints re- produced by Strut in his Sports and Pastimes' the club, some four and a half feet long, had curvature much like a crook. Later the heads of the golf sticks were affixed to ash shafts. and were faced with horn and backed with lead.
 Golf in the early days was a highly democratic game-laird and cobbler were competitors. Every one played, even the women. The links were the common land along the seashore. The prizes were simple-a golf club or a dozen balls, and only later the more elaborate medal and cup. Even the great national prize was a silver stick. which never became the property of the winner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
Misery of Paris

About three hundred years ago a great flood occurred in Paris, but it did not lead to the damage that the pres ent one has, simply because there was pot in those days an underground PnSfs. This subterranean Paris is 700 miles in length, and the filling Up of fhese miles caused the sewers to burst, tho streets to cave in. and the founda- fions of buildings to become insecure. If this underground world had not ex- isted the floods in Paris would have done comparatively little damage. The rlao was but 31 feet, rise that Gin oannati would laugh at.
 Whsn the waters recsds all of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
Some Southern Cities.

John c. Lusk, division passenger agent of the Southern Railway, with headquar- ters in Charleston. s. C.. passed through Birmingham yesterday. He was district passenger agent here from 1902 to 1904 inclusive; was transferred to Jackson vile, Fla, as district passenger agent and later to Atlanta. His headquarters have been at Charleston since 1907.
 Mr. Lusk began his railroad career in the passenger department of the Southern in 1898 in Knoxville. and among other cities in which he has been stationed as a passenger agent is Chattanooga. Thus 1t is seen that he has had an exception ally good opportunity Of knowing the south.
 Charleston, where I have my head quarters at present. said MT. Lilslz. 'is charming city socially and 1t is a solid. conservative business town. Atlan- ta is fine city, of course. It is famed for its team work and one cannot be there long and not feel the stimulus of the Atlanta spirit. Jacksonville is build ing up very rapidly and it will soon reach the 100000 class.
 "But Birmingham, in my view of the situation, Is the best city in the south. It has made wonderful progress since was first here and its improvement with in the past year makes a great impress sion on me. A friend of mine in Pitts burg, who went there to live about s5 years ago, became wealthy by investing his small savings and afterwards his sur plus in Pittsburg real estate. This man remarked when I last saw him tBirming- ham is sure to become second Pitts burg. The young man of energy who goes there now to grow up with the city will certainly get rich if he puts money in Birmingham realty"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
TO THE INvINcIeLE REPUBLIC.

By William Watson. America! I have never breathed thy air, Have never touched thy soil or heard the
 speed And thunder of thy cities: yet would Salute thee from afar. not chiefly awed
 erned dust, Nor measuring thy greatness and thy
 power Only by numbers; rather seeing thee As mountainous heave of spirit, emotion huge. Enormous hate and anger. boundless And most unknown uufathomable depth Of energy divine.
 In peace today
 when Fate Was at thy making, and endowed thy
 soul With many gifts and costly, she forgot To mix with these a genius for repose; Wherefore a sting is ever in thy blood, And in thy marrow a sublime unrest. And thus thou keepest hot the cage of
 life. Where man is still reshapen and remade With fire and clansor.
 And as thou are vast, So Ars the periis vast, that cvsrmese In thine own house arc bredi nss lsasu
 of these That fair and fell Delilah, LuxuST. That shears the heros strsngf6 eways
 and brings Palsy on nations. Flee her bove1fnesA For in tho end her kisses aeo . owoEd. Strong sons hast thou besottsn. nasnres
 rich In scorn of riches. greatly simple ninAsl No land in all the world hAth meanoyie1 Of nobler children; let it not bs sAd That if the peerless and the stainless
 one, The man of Yorktown and of valley
 Forge Or he of tragio doom, thy later born, He of the short plain word that thrilled
 the world And freed the bondsman--LA t not be That if today these radisAt ones re-
 turned, They would behold thee SAansed be-
 yond all thought From that austse1ty fieesiu thy youth Was nustursd. thess iargs habitudss ea
 soul
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Baruain Huntlnd Men.

Tt is no longer proper to poke fun at ladies about bargain-hunting now that the men have shown their weakness for such things" said Sam J. Phllipson of Philipson & Harper.
 Our advertisement in The Age-Herald and other Birmingham papers brought us such rush of men bargain-hunters we had to close the doors and admit the crowd in squads 50 we could serve them Many ladies came with the male members of the family and many of our customers were wealthy and prosperous men who know a good thing even at bargain sales. We are well pleased with the results from our advertising"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
pANpET's BOWL OF COINS.

From the Argonaut.
 For careless generosity Daudet, the great French writer, could not be out classed by any man of his time. At one time he used to place on the mantel- piece of his study. at tho time when he held his weekly receptions, a bowl which was filled with silver coins. It was un- derstood that If any one of the Bc- hemians of letters who came to see him needed a little financial assistance he could go to the bowl and help himself. The experiment naturally failed. There were those who came to the receptions only for the safe of the bowl. There were those who put too liberal an interpretation on the mute invitation ex- tended to them. 'I used to see fellows pocketing the coins by handfuls," said Daudet, "and in the end I had to aban- don the practice"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
INDIANS AS SERVANTS.
m the New York sun-

From the New Iork Sun-
 Carson City. the capital of Nevada, is nrobably the only city in the country where the hired girl is souaw. TO the Carson City housewife every Indian man is Him and every Indian woman IS sahs' Neither Jim nor Sally can ever pc oe- nended on to work regularly, but as otner be,n is scarce and high-pricsd the occa- s,onai services which they deign 10 render are always welcome.
 Whenever Sally wants to work sne ai- ways opens the kitchen door without the formality of a knock and says "Manay- ue fvoman), you want work done!' or' .,rnn,v. Me heap hogadi," which means .n.. .b. ,s hungry and wants to work for a meal.
 An eastern woman Is apt to be fright ened the first time. this happens or the first time she looks and sees DUCK swarthy face pressed against the outside of the window, but she soon learns that Tim and Sally are quite tame.
 Sometimes Sally comes shivering to the door in winter. with a baby under her blanket. She is 'heap cold" and wants to toast herself and the queer little mor- sel of humanity on her back at the kitch- en fire. Sometimes Sally will bring an armful of baskets to sell at the door, and then the eastern woman rejoices exceed- ingly. for she knows that she can pick I'D for few cents baskets that she would have to pay dollars for in the stores
 The housewife likes to get Piute Sally to work for her if possible, for she is cheaper, more industrious and more adaptable than the Shoshone or Washoe sallies. The remnants of these three tribes have their homes up in the high hills above Carson, where no one else wants the land. They come down to the city every day. but they never stay there over night.
 fails to look from her window at the sunset and watch them making their way along the trail, Indian file. In and out winds the long line across the face of the darkened mountain, always ascending. the last sunbeams flashing on their red blankets. Each Jim is invariably with his own Sally, the squaw always carrying the papoose, but the father sometimes shouldering tired toddlsr. Up winds the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
Four Furnaces at Work.

'"The Wall Street Journal, noted for It's well as the ability and high -mindedness displayed in it's editorial articles, was in error in it's issue of Mondays date when 1t stated that the Sloss-Sheffield com pany's No. 8 furnace at North Birming- ham was out of commission" said a man in touch with industrial matters 'No was only recently made new at a cost of nearly $20o, 900.
 ''rhe Sloss-Sheffield is operating one furnace at Birmingham, one at North Birmingham and two at Sheffield. It's iron output from these four furnaces Is at the rate of about 25, 900 tons a month."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
SOME nAys

Some days the road seems Iong-so long, The burden hard to bear; And life has lost the lit of song No g1adness anywhere. But that's the time brave hearts should
 wake
 And fill the world with cheer; Across the gloom the sun win break And sorrow disappear. If all the days were happy days And all the nights were sweet With dreams where careless fancy strays, And happiness complete, The fires of fate would never prove Our courage to withstand Mlsfortunes. and our dearest love Would bear an empty hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
FAITHFUL SERVANTS.

We can't all sit in scornful seats And look down on the crowd, Like mighty love, whom poets say Sat throned and thunder-browed The most of us must pike along And do the best we can, Without or honor or applause, Upon @ modest plan, And earn our daily bread with ton In unromantio ways, Where poesy would nevar look And fancy never strays But if, amid the grime and dust, We find ono ray of light, Or learn to make environment More fair. in fate's despite, We will not have pursued in vain Our unpretentious way, For tasks performed with hopeful
 hearts,
 As best we morta1s may, Bring large amends, when all is OCT And life's short race Is run, To him who lies with filmy eyes, Yet knows his duty done
 QUITE A GAMBLE Marrying for love, in the hope that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
New Industrial Work.

Historical. Financial, Commercial and Industrial Alabama" is the title of n work now being prepared by the Alabama State Federation of Labor. J. H. Brad ley, chairman of the publication commit tee, says that the book will be profusely illustrated and that it will be the hand somest and most comprehensive work of It's kind ever published in the south.
 ''The information to be incorporated in the book" said MT. Bradley. Ifs be- ing gathered from authentic sources and the committee having the work in charge will spare neither time nor expense in making 1t worth while. Historical, Financial and Industrial Alabama in setting forth the resources of this seo- tion and presenting wsge-working and business conditions, will, it Is promised prove really valuable acquisition to the states literature"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
THE sLoWNEss OF STARVATION.

From the Argonaut
 During a prolonged fast the loss of weight is unusually rapid at first and decreases as the time goes on. Death ensues when certain percentage of the loss has been reached, and this percentage varies according to the orig inal weight. Fat animals may lose half their weight, thinner ones perhaps two-fifths. A man or woman of rather spare build weighing 143 pounds might. therefore, lose about 55 pounds before succumbing. Children die after a fast of from three to five days, during which they have lost a quarter of their weight. Healthy adults. however. have lasted 50 days when water has been taken. A German physician reports the case of a woman aged AT years who lasted for 4s days, taking water freely. She lost A pounds out of 14s pounds and died from exhaustion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
ON SMUGGLING OPIUM

Siberia's capacious siren, which Captain sound on the voyage over. The cook is also grumbling that the privacy of his gallery should have been invaded for the purpose of concealing five tins in the can used as a receptacle for waste grease and "drippings."
 The piano was ''doped" with 26 cans td fit it for dream waltzes and the con- with eighht cans. These varied hiding places were in addition to the floor and castings of the sand locker" where tha big haul of 14o tins was made by Enlow and Head
 Deputy Surveyor Blinn went on the job himself yesterday afternoon to seq If he could add any suggestion to ths ideas of the searchers and worked until late at night.
 The seizures on the Siberia are believed to be but forerunners of larger hauls td be made. The incentive for smuggling opium, now that its importation is abs solutely restricted is much greater than it was when the high duty made ths business of getting the drug into tha country a profitable one, and the customs authorities admit that they will no doubt be confronted with a system of smuggling that will eclipse any of the old games. They are therefore utiring in their ef. forts to discourage the smuggiers before the latter become adopts. The search- CTS yesterday went into new fields in their work. crawling even into the fur. naces and other disagreeable places from which they emerged covered with coal dust and dirt.
 The price of opium In China has not gone up and it is said that it can bs readily purchased at Hongkong for s6 q tin and be disposed of here for 80 a tin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
WARS OF THE UNITED STATES.

From the New York American.
 The 13 wars in which the United States the Revolution, seven years, 1775-17S2 :, Indian war in Ohio territory, 17e0. 5. War with the Barbary States, 1s03-1804 f. Tecumseh Indian war, 1s11. 5. War with Great Britain, three years, 1s12-1s1s 6. Algerine war, 1s15- 7. First Seminole war; 1877. 8. Black Hawk war. 1892. g. Second Seminole war. 1S45. 10. Mexican war, two years, 1s4s-1s4s. Il. Mormon war. 1S5s F. Civil war, four years, 1Sd-1s65. IS. Spanish war. April 21 to July e6. 1898.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
LAST YEARS LITERARY VINTAGE.

From the Chicago Evening Post
 Who wishes to recall the best sellers? !? They came, they sold. they are forgot ten. Men like Richard Harding Davis and Robert W. Chambers have taken their cash for 1909 and let their credit go If they have spread wide, they have spread thinly. No one remembers now their trimuphs of 1905 or 1907. Their days if profitable, but brief, and in com parison with more sincers, more real istic, more austere artists, they can ex- pect no commendation.
 William Allen White is the only Amer ican whose fiction appears to be a genu- inc revelation of life and good art
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
AN ALTRUIST.

SI beg your pardon" said the facetious diner to the waiter. T hate to see any creature lonesome. It's contrary to tho laws of nature"
 T don't understand you. sire said the waiter, with a puzzled air.
 T was referring to this oyster stew. Now, if you could prevail upon the chef to put in another oyster to keep the present bivalve company, it would be an act of kindness not only to tho oyster but to me, as we'll"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
HE KIN EW.

From the Kansas City Journal.
 If you see floating object of green ish hue 1t may be . lump of ambergris, :" cautioned the scientist
 And then. again, 1t may be a decayed watermelon" responded the old fisher man "Tve investigated thousands of lem in my time"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

James J. Hill says the meat boycott should be called of and all telephones ordered out. He should have consulted Associate Adviser Carnegie before speaking so decisively.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

Your poll tax if paid today will en- able you to vote this year. But if you are delinquent and fall to pay today, you cannot vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

The days are growing longer and spring is drawing near. It is gener- ally hoped in the sunny south that the backbone of winter has been broken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

Mrs. Howard Gould has pittance or a thousand dollars a week out of which she must buy her own clothes. New York society women have troubles of their own.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
A MODERN DIoGENEs.

"Ive hunted far and near,- he sighed, With all my heart and soul, But never have ap yet espied
 An honest load of coal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

New York is setting a good fashion when it takes steps to have railroad time tables published in the local pa- DerS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

James J. Hill and Chemist Wiley blame high prices on the women who have telephones. These wiseacres have another guess coming to them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The biggest bore Is the man whom ev- erything bores.
 We can have ideals in abundance till ws get . chance to carry them out.
 All you have to do to make foolish words seem sensible is to put them in a sone.
 Tho only kind act one type of man ever does to his wife is to let her become his widow.
 An engaged couple get 50 excited about it because they aren't going to be after they are married
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

The only real infant industry in the country is in Los Angeles, where place has been found in which babies are kept for sale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

money will come later is a rather un- certain proposition"
 "Yes, indeed; almost as uncertain as marrying for money, in the hope that love will come later"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

The ground hog is due tomorrow and he never fails to arrive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

A decline in the cost of an article of food is a novelty that nothing short of a general revolt could have made pos sible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
KNOCKING EDDIE BOX.

'.Here is an interesting article in the morning paper. entitled, Why Husbands Leave Home"
 What theory does the writer advance?'
 'eae claims that too many wives keep house according to the Ladies' Home Journal" #s#
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

The steers and sheep and hogs re- gard the anti-meat crusade in 8 friendly, not to say complacent, man. ner
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

The greatest flood in Parisian his tory occurred in 1616, the year in which Shakespeare died.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

With dreary skies on Candlemas day, February 2, we may expect spring like weather few days later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

long file to the brush tepees at timbee- line, where each tribe in its own place, separate from the other two. cooks it's scanty food at it's little campfire and goes to sleep among the moaning pines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

Today Is the last day upon which poll taxes can be paid in order to qual- fly voters for elections this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
HARD TO BEAT.

The shortest man I've ever met
 Upon this earthly star, Refused to drink a 5-cent ssdope," But took a dime cigar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

Comet A 1910 is said to be only four millions miles away, which is uncom- fortably close for comets to come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

The Kaiser Is 51 years old, and this war lord has never heard 8 hostile shot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

The boycott is a combination in re- straint of trade, but no federal judge is ready to call it into court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

Paris would be glad to get shut of the crest of the flood. It wants no such emblem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

When everybody keeps hen the millennium will be near at hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

Mir. Glavis is playing for even, with a good chance of getting 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

The ultimate consumer is waiting for the ultimate meat and butter figures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

The mixing of whitewash in the Bal finger case will be deferred until the final majority report is drawn up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
A TI0HTw.AD.

He sent his love a box of sweets
 She answered rather briefly, The total weight was just a pound That was the trouble, chiefly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

Only the labels will be damaged fl the wine cellars of Paris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

The call for your poll tax today will be the last call for this campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

Paulhan is trying to go higher than the price of meat, and thus far he has not succeeded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

The steam roller in England remains in the hands of the liberals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
EXTREMES.

"Tt seems odd that Jimpson. the million afre. should have quite reputation as a hunter of big game"
 Why so7"
 'He made his money manufacturing . preparation to kill bedbugs.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

Butter at any rate is on the tobog gan slide, thanks to the boycott.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
A SLAVE TO CHATTER.

A SLAVE TO CHATTER. Most nature-lovers are quiet people," That's easy to explain" Why sop
 An open field is as depressing to g garrulous man as vacant room is to small boy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
TRIIE WOMANLY.

Poor Mrs. Flubb. who's dead and gone,
 Was often heard to say She didn't care how things turned out, Just so she had her way. zH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
AT PRESENT PRICES.

''Pa, what Is an optimist7'
 An optfrnfst, my son, Is a man who says, Well, I don't like beef, anyhow
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01

Paris does not enjoy the touch of Venice forced upon 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
MOVING.

MOVING. Oh, yesterday was moving day And things were in tumble: I lost two jingles on the way, But guess I mustn't grumble.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-01
MT. and Mrs. Jack Spratt

Few modern households are so har- moniously adjusted as was the home of Mir. and Mrs. Jack Spratt. The story of that home is best told in the classic
The Newark journal., 1910-09-30
THE LASH of a FRIEND

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