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A Customs Dodge.

vi ler Loeb. ir-. .n TIE Survey.
4 pcrp'eSug problem in the enforce
meat the customs laws as applied 10
PERSONAL effects accompanying American
tourists returning from abroad is that Of
foreign residence For many years the.
Treasury Department defined a foreign
F.. sIdcnt 10 be one who had fixed place
Of abutie abroad for certain period.
namely. one o. TWO years Gin addition TO
eguh persons who were bona fide resi-
DENTS OF loreigu Couutriesl, thereby en-
bling Americans - bring in their per-
souaI effects free Of duty. without regard
.a Nat.e. provided they had remained
zoe q. tog.4 specified period. This pfac-
vas % So iuus detrimeUt 20 the ~eVe-
nue.. ~ >hat t'5,re was much mjS~epr"sent-
2t.a1 ..s 20 tte period American tourists
-I.s: .es+aes a5ISdc, aHd furthermore.
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No. 37.-Phospl1atic Methods.

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He Wouldn't.

I OSEPH H. CHOATE, the New York
) lawyer. deprecated at a recent dinner
the exorbitant fees charged by some law
yers
You have perhaps heard, said Mr.
Choate, 'of the gentleman who remarked
to his counsel when his case was settled
Well. your fee, sir, is exorbtant
know positively that you didn't give two
hours TO my case from first to last
All. sir, said the lawyer, arily 1T is
not alone my actual time | charge YOU
with. but the cost of my legal training
az well.
All very fine retorted the client.
And now / wonder il you'd mind giving
me receipt for the cost of your legal
training, so that your next customer
won't have to pay for 1t all over again. :"
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Exercise and Rest.
American Review

From the North American Review.
What is the relation between eXerciss
and rest? Work is that at which We mus,
continue whether Interesting or not
whether We are tired or not. II used to
be thought that the prime requisite Of
res. was the use OF faculties other than
hose involved i'm the labor of the day
But there il such thing fats que which
goes deeper than daily work We can
work 80 hard as to become exhausted. tol
exhausted for any kind of work. Perhaps
this is will fatigue. IL * coming Ia be re-
earded as fundamentally true that re 81
FROM such fatigue demands continuity:
that for example, four periods of fifteen
minutes each OF rest il not the equiv alent
of one hours rest; that man who goes
on a vacation and takes half an hour OF
his business work every day r. doing
TIE same thing the man Nho had a
horse with sore back. He kept the
saddle on only a few minutes each day
but the sore did not have chance 10
heal Rest periods must ne sufficiently
consecutive TO overcome consecutive fA.'
tigue.
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No Time for Flowers.

n PROPOS of election day, Senator
Penrose said at luncheon in Phil
adelphia:
More mud is thrown than flowers at
this season 1t can't be helped, / suppose
All the same, it puts many honest candi-
Ola ties i'll a bad light.
II was talking once to an inderendent
voter few days before election. He said
he had read up the careers of the two
candidates eXhaustively
And which of them will YOU vote
for? | asked.
g 1 don't know yet ne answered. shak-
ing mis- head. THE fact is. from what I
hear about them. ! think it's a great
blessing that only one OF them can get
in
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In the first place. the ground should be
made 10 suit boys. For youths under six
teen years the distance between bases
should be about siXty-four feet and be-
tween second and the plate ana third and
lance should De about fortv-tiNe feet
and the plate should be about fourteen
instead OF seventeen Inches wide. BOYS
with short bats can't cover larger plate
In word. a reduction from the regu-
laton size OF about one-third all around
makes a good diamond for boys under
sixteen. On such a field they can make
all the throws just as the best profess
SIGNALS can make them on a regulation
diamond. The pitching looks good. and
the little catcher can make the throws to
second OF line instead of looping them
as he must do on "a regulation field. FIX
perence has taught the writer that the
average boy under sixteen cannot execute
d throw of more than 1tto feet the line
If the best professionals find 1.0 feet try
ing, how can a boy of fourteen be eX-
pected TO make a throw Of the same dis
lance.
If a giant like MatheWsOn finds sixty
feet two inches all ne wants to pitch.
how is a slender lad of fourteen years to
be expected To pitch the same distance as
the mighty MattY? But every day you
find them trying 10 do it.
In learning to kick at the umpire. in
stead OF smoothing his field and playing
the game correctly. The young American
makes a vital and fearful mistake. Just
what interest the man who umpire:S the
average game on the lots would have in
cheating. or in giving any one the worst
of 1t. is not 10 be seen at a glance. OF
course, the amateur once-a-Week or once
a-year umpire will make mistakes, but
not half SO many as the average amateur
base ball player. II insread of kicking
at the umpire the amateur players would
spend the time and energy they devote
to kicking at the umpire to fixing ...o.r
fields. learning To make pickup catches,
throws and plays correctly. they would
prOfif very much
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those who might qualify in that connec-
ton would act as carriers for mercan-
tile houses and bring in under the guise
or personal effects merchandise of great
value. particularly wearing apparel tn
der the present administration the regu-
iation as to foreign residents has ma
teraiiy been changed. that now the
only persons who are entitled to bring
IN their personal effects free of duty
without regard to value are those who
are foreigners or citizens of the United
States who establish to the satisfaction
OF the collector that they are bona fide
residents OF foreign country il not be-
ing required that they have a fixed place
OF abooe. bur that they must have given
up their residence in the United States
and they cannot have a residence bot II
IN this country as We'll as abroad.
n lou want work read the want col
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Amateurs Never Play Points.

Such things as pitch outs, slow balls,
etc. are unknown to the average pitcher
of the boys teams on the Iots-in fact
to the average amateur pitcher. 1t is
only when a man gets Ia the larger
leagues that he learns these things
Sliding is also an unknown quantity on
the lots.
On the whole. base bail is a profession
of Il few skilled graduates, not the pas
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Diamonds for Boys.

teur team, which is usually about his
eighteenth year.
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lou want work read the want col
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Tread-56 inches.
Tires 30x3 inches.
Brakes-Internal expanding hub.
Springs front; full ell
iptic rear.
Frame-Pressed steel
Steering Gear-Pinion and sector
type.
Observation-Disclosures force feed
lubricator
Control-Pedals for service brake
and clutch; side lever for change
gear.
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Horsepower-Sixteen, A. L. A. NJ.
Cylinders-411sx4 inches.
Coolin g-Water, circulated by
pump.
Ignition-Jump spark
Current Supply-Remy magnetic and
dry cells.
Observation-Disclosures
Clutch-Disk. hard steel on bronze.
Prest-O-Lite equipment will be fur
nished, instead Of gas generator, as
an extra, If desired
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-12
Palos' Widows and Orphans.

Surely the district and the state Will
not turn deaf ears to the appeals for help
that go up from the widows and orphans
of Palos and Mulga. Surely the wolf Will
he kent from their doors, and means will
ne provided to educate the children left
helpless by the twin disasters.
The fund raised for use at the Virginia
mines. in Jefferson county, should at
least be duplicated. and the indications
are good that it will be. The hope is that
a fund of $4,000 will he subscribed for.
Such fund would carry relief to the
destitute Until the little ones grow up and
are able to help themselves. The gener-
oaitv of the entire state will respond to
this apepal OF the destitute. The destitute
at Palos and Mulga are without fault
of their own. Overwhelming disasters
svept from them breadwinners, and they
have a good full right to appeal to the
of the people of the entire state.
The relief fund should be carried to $780,
COO. The relief absolutely needed at Palos
and Mulga calls for that sum, and suf-
fering humanity has never appealed in
vain in this district and state. Let us
make the pitiful story a home, or rather
state, matter. and when the sum needed
is secured we will have the satisfaction of
knowing that we are able to take care
Of our own people when disaster, has
overwhelmed with grief and distress.
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any new rate four months pending an
investigation of its fairness. 1t may
establish through routes. Secret rebates
are 10 be punished.
Section 70. which winked at mergers.
mas been stricken out, SO has section :,
which was drawn to promote pooling,
The bill as it came from Attorney Cen
eral Understands hand was bill drawn
&c please railroad magnates, but 1t mas
been largely modified in the House until
1t contains several good features and
fewer vicious ones.
The Senate is the stronghold of the
railroads, and the bill that comes out of
the Aldrich- Elkns body will doubtless
be several degrees worse than the House
bill. It is too early to say what the
outcome will be, for the railroads are
fighting for all they can secure, and
that is good deal in the Senate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-12
Standpatism In the Middle West.

The split in the republican party is con-
stahtly widening, no matter how vigor-
ously President Taft may work to the
contrary. In Indiana, as We have seen,
the standpatters have no standing at all
before the people, but in Iowa the spirit
is definite and determined In every pre-
cinct in Iowa the insurgents are being
organized. They are led by Senators
Dolliver and Cummns, both of whom de-
tariff and are also opposed to the pres
ent control of the party. II have" said
Senator Dolliver at a big meeting held
at Des Molnes on Tuesday. mo hesitan-
ey in naming the present leaders of the
republican party in the Congress of the
United States. In the Senate one man
stands solidarity alone. and hitherto his
word has been law to the august tri-
bunal. Senator Aldrch is the man of
whom I have been speaking. In the
House Mr. Cannon, the speaker, has ex-
ercised dominating control. and after
him comes Payne, Dalzell and few
others of the same type. They look at
these vital problems from the corporate
standpoint, and they always are fearful
that any step toward the further and
better regulation Of these over mastering
forces and our commercial life will be
With which the multi llionaires have
been encirclng themselves will be taken
away"
| This simply means that the insurgents
will not accept the Aldrich tariff, and
that if they cannot get rid of it and gain
control of the party they will leave 1t, as
Congressman Foss did.
The movement in the middle west is
rapidly increasing, and the indications
now are that standpat congressman from
that section in the next Congress will be
| few and far between. No standpatter is
sure of reelection in any district, and
| III the middle west he is practically
Tawney of Minnesota and W. I. Smith Of
| will be on their part an uphill battle
| throughout.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-12
CONQUERING A MULE

From the New York Sun.
A big brown Kentucky mule della yed
the sailing OF the Royal Mail liner
Atrato yesterday by refusing to &c
aboard like II of its kind that made
no objection to being hoisted in a big
box from the pier into the hold OF
the ship. The brown mule kicked the
box to pieces before the hosting winch
got to work. Then dozen longsh ore
men tackled the mule, keeping out of
the way of its heels, and made a vain
effort to shove and pull it up freight
gGngplank. A cattle gangway was
brought from another pier and a decoy
mule was led up to it, in tile hope
that the brown jenny would follow. It
wouldn't
Then it was blindfolded and ropes
were put around it ainidships. forward
and aft. The hydraulic crane was
sta rted and the mule braced itself. 1t
found that hydraulic cranes are sew
eral times stronger than the strongest
Kentucky mules. 1t went up in the
air like shot kicking wildly. and was
lowered in to the hold with the other
mules. The passengers who had
viewed the struggles of the mule with
interest and laughter cheered and the
Atrato cast off her lines and backed
out into the Hudson. The mule had
been one hour making its protest
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-12
BIRMINGHAM, Nashville and Atlanta,

The Atlanta journal has ascertained
from a source regarded las absolutely
reliable" that the census enumerators
counted in its city "about" $4,000 souls.
In 1900 Atlanta had s9,s72 people.
To jump from saS72 in the year 1900 to
$4,000 would be lively indeed, and we
are not in a position to deny the Jour
nails figures. All tall census figures pro-
claim the prosperity of the south, the
taller the better.
The official figures will be forthcoming
the land. The cards gathered by the
enumerators have been forwarded to
Washington and the census bureau is
working day and night in punching and
tabulating them.
The prettiest race in the south has
ham and Atlanta, and if Director Du-
rand wants to thrill this section he will
send report that covers the three sspr-
ing cities. Even if the Journal has had
access to reliable sourcess's we will not
finch. 1t is s.fe. ,perrshtage of growth in
ten yea55fhat will decide the race which
the 4nree cities named are making
Whether il be our lot to weep or to
laugh we ask that the figures for the
three cities come in one official an
nouncement and then we will proceed to
cipher out the percentage of growth in
ten years.
True, Cory and Bessemer and Lewis
burg and Edgewood have not been an
nexed. These districts contain fully
5000 people. This is Birminghams mis-
fortune The census of this year will
cover our limited area whereas the
census OF this city in 1920 promises to
cover all of Jones valley. We are caught
unawares and unprepared, but still we
will not finch from a joint announce
ment.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-12
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

and as the name of the groom was
not given an interview was sought with
Spinster Sue to find the reason. 'rh ere
will be no groom, said the Spin: It
may have my weaknesses, but fond
ness for men isn't one of them, thank
tile Lord Those wedding Invitations
are to get presents: that is all any in
vitations are for. have given to brides
all my life and think 1t only fair
should get some in return What's a
man, anyway? If the bride rolled n
clothing store dummy up the aisle no
one would know the difference, and
don't intend to do even that. I have
walked alone all my lie, and I guess
| can walk alone to the preacher and
get his blessing just as well as If I
had q man tagged to me- I don't know
what my father intends 10 give me, but
think it should be something hand
some because l don't intend to bring
& son-in-law TO him foA support. IF
getting married results I'M the presents
that are my due I lntene to have a
bogus funeral later and Aossom out
with the plaintive airs of d widow. and
see what that will get m%'-Atchison
Globe. s
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-12
Retention Of the Commerce Court.

All the republicans present plus four
teen democrats voted in the House to
pass the railroad bill. The bill in the
Senate still hangs fire, and the nature of
the final enactment will not be known
until a conference committee sits on the
two measures, and the report of the
eonferees is adopted in both houses. All
this will not be accomplished until the
heat and humidity are about to drive
the senators and representatives out of
washington.
The House bill calls for a court of
conference, and future appointments TO
the court are to be made by the justices
Of the supreme court. The interstate
commerce commission is to supervise all
stocks and bond issues of interstate rail-
roads. No more is to be charged per
mile In "A snort haul than in a long haul
The interstate commission may suspend
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-12
Philippine Frlar Lands.

When the government paid s6,0oo,ooo or
$7,ooo,ooo for the philippine friar lands it
did not know that it was acting in behalf
of the sugar trust 1t now appears, how
ever, that contrary to local provision the
sugar trust has secured through the cum
ming and connivance of Brother Henry w.
Taft a good share of these valuable lands
1t ridiculously low prices.
The House has asked the Secretary of
War to transmit all information in his
possession concerning the sale of the friar
lands. The attorney who conducted the
negotiations for the sale of the lands has
}already testified that Horace Havemeyer
and WEIGH and sempr furnished the
money. All three are sugar trust officials.
At every point in the transaction Henry
w. Taft's law firm appears.
Anything short of a full investigation
Of the sale of government lands in the
Philippines will prove unsatisfactory to
the people, and there is good chance
now that the sales operations which were
surface and fully exposed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-12
DR.. EDWARD Howard Grirr.

The ladies far outnunbered the men at
the High school auditorium last night on
the occasion of DR.. Edward Howard
Griggs' lecture on THE Meaning and
Function of Sculpture and Painting and
yet there is not man in Birmingham
of any taste or intellectual grasp but
who would have enjoyed this lecture
and felt all the better for it. 1t was
large and eager audience which greeted
Dr. Grggs. and 1t is safe to say that no
discussion of art ever heard here was
quite SO Illuminating or SO full of in
terest as this on sculpture and painting.
DR.. Grggs is saturated with the poetry
and the philosophy of art and he has
the agreeable faculty of presenting his
ideas in a clear and convincing style
without INDUCING in technical words OF
phrases and without strainng or over
doing the subjective process. Everyone
knows that the fine arts are humanizing
and that they have direct ethical value,
but just what relation art bears to human
experience and just how far it informs
the higher life It is the province OF a
sympathetic student and luminous thinker
like DR.. Griggs to explain.
Dr. Griggs in continuing his course in
the Faust series will have for his theme
this afternoon, "Mephistopheles and the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-12
100000 AUTOMOBILES

| From the New York World
| The issue of the one hundred thou
sandth automobile license at Albany fud.
nishes a new standard with which tc
measure the extraordinary increase OF
motor vehicles In New York. According
| to Secretary of State Koenig the daily
average of applications for licenses ex-
ceeds $50, most of which come from
| Manhattan and Brooklyn. On the basis
Of an average valuation of $1,000 the
cars licensed represent weekly invest
ment of $1,5o00G0.
| The figures merely serve to corrobo-
| rate the results of everyday observation
| The multiplicity of taxicabs alone, to cite
only one phase of the increase of power
vehicles, has been phenomenal. The sta
tistics serve in particular to show how
| rapidly the elimina ton of the horse by
the gas engine is progressing, at least as
respects pleasure or passenger vehicles
| How horse traction elsewhere Is suffering
| from the competition of power cars is
| seen in London. where, according to the
| statement OF Sir John Macdonald before
the Royal Automobile club, only 11O,Oot
horses survive of the 10000 quartered III
| that city in 1900 On the streets of New
York hanson cabs are now conspicuous
| for their rarity.
Secretary koenlg notes a remarka bic
| increase In the number of poor mems
cars registered and the fact is sugges
tive both as an index of prosperity ant
| in its relation to the higher scale o.
| living. An investment of sl5GO0O0 G
week in automobiles is at the rate o.
| s7S.oe0.444 a year. To this first cost mus
| be added the outgo for repairs, running
expenses, chauffeurs' wages, automobil,
| haberdashery and the minor accessorie.
| If equipment-clocks, speedometers, etc
together with the amount disbursed il
road-house suppers and other forms O
touring hospitality. The grand total can
not be even approximately estimated. Blu
| that 1t has involved the diversion of al
inmonse aggregate sum from forme
channels of expenditure Is without ques
| ion. 1t is not assumed that the groce
| md butcher have suffered, but there il
no doubt that some compromising econ
omies have been necessitated of which
| iealcrs feel the effects
| One important aspect of the increase o
power and the decline of horse Traction
Is its bearing on legislation affectin,
vehicle traffic. The existing laws wer
oased on the horse the unit ma,
main factor of street traction. With tn
| horse now approaching elimination an,
| the time not far distant when the high
| ways will be almost monopoized b,
| power vehicles, the revision of legisla
| ton and it's adjustment TO the new con
| ditiOns has become OBLIGATORY