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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-26

How we'll an old cookbook was dedi-
Gated when it was signed ITO those
plucky housewives who master their
work instead Of allowing 1t to master
them!"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-26

WANTED-TWO CARRIER BOYS
IN EAST END OF CITY. MUST BE
MACDONALD AT GRAPHIC OF.
FICE.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-26
An )jea of Friendship.

"A dog" said Flooding Pete, "is
one of de best friends man can
have"
Oats right" said Flooding Pete,
81 never knew a dog to ask to borrow
money or advise you to go to work !"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-26
nrs. K. Heinz.

Has opened dressmaking estabi,s n.
ment over kdtzenstelns shoe v+ore
where she Will be pleased IN navo
friends and others to give her call
112 Main St,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-26
CA9To1IA.
Ra.,, n. 1Ihs Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature =, &xzZzzkn
SPECIAL THANKSGIVING AN.
NOUNCEMENT.

Manager Philpot takes pleasure IN
announcing the appearance at the
Elks' opera house on Thanksgiving
Day Matinee and Night of the beau
tiful American actress, MISS HELEN
GRAVITY in dramatization OF F..
Marion Crawford's romance I'm THE
PALACE OF THE KING with the
original New York City production.
Seats on sale Wednesday, Novem-
oer Is.
Night prices Csc to $3.50; special
matinee prices, 25, soc, 75c.
Owing to the demand for seats tn
other cities the management has de-
cided to fill all mail orders in the Or
der ct their receipt. Free list posi-.
lively suspended.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-26

Don't think it enough to be beauty.
In order to approach perfection a wom-
An should improve herself intellectu-
ally as we'll as physically.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
THE FOOD VALUE OF RICE.

From the Ohio State Journal.
 It Is cheering for the householder to know, in these days when the grocer and the butcher show no mercy, that there is still one cheap edible which the experts class as a nearly perfect food. That's rice, and the world is indebted to the Rev. II. S. Clubb, of the Philadelphia Vegetarian society, for turning public att tention to 1t. The Rev. MT. Clubb, work ing in conjunction with the agricultural department at Washington, discovers that the Japanese army outfooted the armies of Russia, Japan. England. Germany. France and America in the advance on PelSin The Japanese soldier can double quick for fourteen hours without stopping and do 1t again next day. He may be shot straight through the body and hardly know anything hit him. Cause why?
 Cause he eats rice. So if any one has an unconquerable ambition to outfoot the armies of the world, to double quick for fourteen hours without break, or to be shot through the body without knowing he's touched, all he has to do Is save his money and live on rice. But one cloud oyercasts the horizon of hope We sus- pect that even now some greedy band of capitalists is organizing a rice trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
THE NEW AGE OF MIRACLES.

From the New York World.
 Two items in the current news direct attention in striking way to the inroads that modern science is constantly making on what were once regarded as the as- sured domains of death. Ten years ago if the questions had been put to the leading physicians of the world: Can a man live with his jugular vein and carotid arteries removed? Can a man live with his neck broken? they would have all answered positively "No."
 But Mrs. Julia Appleby of Auburn, N. Y. is enjoying good health and strength without her jugular vein and carotid ar teries. An operation said to be entirely novel in medical records has diverted to the vertebral artery the blood that ordi- narily travels through those channels to the base of the brain. The continuance of life after the breaking of the neck is not new achievement, the Duryea case yet there is something astonishing, to the lay mind at least, in the case of James Feeney who fell from a scaffolding in Washington last Tuesday, broke his neck and was completely parayzed below the shoulders and yet after undergoing the pected to have the full use of his limbs and muscles within three weeks.
 Science is opening a new age of miracles more marvellous than any wrought in the mast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
Baseball and Reliqion.

q read an article on metaphysics years ago." said a professional man. "in which the writer sought to show that 1t was Impossible for the mind to be fixed on any one idea topic longer than five minutes at most. It was asserted that the mind usually fitted from one subject to another every two or three minutes; that no one could listen to sermon, no matter how brilliant or start ling, longer than three minutes consecu- lively.
 My experience is doubtless the ex- perience of thousands, and that is, the mind can be riveted for twenty minutes or more on a good sermon or oration without fitting or being distracted, pro- vided the speaker is saying something worth listening to. The author of the article on metaphysics understood the tendency all right. but he exaggerated the habit of the mind to wander
 There are matters, however which so absorb the intellectuals of some people that makes it we'll nigh impossible for them to fellow the preacher closely for even one minute. And baseball Is one of them. 1 go to church regularly on Sun day and natter myself that 1 am a good listener, but of late l catch myself dwell ing on the game. had high hopes of the pitcher Saturday, but he turned out to be all in. and while the preacher was working up to a climax l was wondering why he couldn't put them over'-I mean the pitcher not the minister.
 Then I will get to thinking about Mondays game. 1 had read all the dope in the Sunday morning paper and couldn't get the dope out of my head. was startled at my inability to keep baseball out of my mind while the preacher was giving the congregation sound doctrine, but l afterwards found that 1 was not the only fan in church. Quite a number of my friends confessed to me that they played games through while the sermon was being delivered.
 AS an illustration of the hold that baseball has on men here in Birmingham 1 find many of those who are really re- ligious calling up the Age-Herald office Sunday night after church to ask how the game was at Memphis, Shreveport. Montgomery and New Orleans"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
LETTERS TO EDITOR.
Legislation for Barber Shops.

To the Editor of the Age-Heraid:
 I noticed in your issue of this date an article in regard to Scientific Barber Shops.' and I take this method of in- forming thep ublic that the barbers of Birmingham had bill introduced during the session of the legislature similar to the bill that became a law in the state of New York.
 We are very anxious for this hill to become law in the state of Alabama.
 As was stated, shaving, and in fact nearly all the work performed by bar Der, is to certain extent a surgical op- eration, and there should be laws passed that would require all barber shops to be in good sanitary condition and all bar bers instruments to be sterilized; require the towels to be sterilized, and. in fact, precautions should be taken in any way that would insure the public against any and all diseases that can arise from con- tagious or infectious diseases.
 The bill l refer to is still pending in the legislature, having been favorably re- ported on in the committee. We hope that the press will take up this matter and as- sist in getting this passed, and that it will become law in this state. for it will be a protection for the public that patronize barber shop, as well as Tor tbe competent barbers. Very respectfully,
 FRANK E. COLE. Corresponding Financial Secretary Local
 Union No. S3.
 Birmingham, August 31, 190a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
Interesting Relics.

Roman relics have recently been found in Paris, writes a Paris correspondent. The distinguished French archa eologist. the Rue Cassini where he had long sus- pected there lay remains of old Roman glories. He discovered the cover of tomb on which is sculptured in bass-relief Roman blacksmith wearing his apron In his left hand he brandishes long pair of pinchers and forceps. The right arm is broken off, but probably held ham, mer. M. Magne judges from the style Of the work and from a piece of money Of the time of Nero found near the tomb that the work is of the first century.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
About Persons.

The Rev Father Giles, O. s. B.. Of St. Bernard will return to Culman today. but will come to Birmingham the later mart of the week and remain until after Sunday.
 A. Hill of Milwaukee is stopping at the St. Nicholas.
 D. w. Pearce of Philadelphia is at the Morris.
 P. K Panidsen of Thirsby is registered at the Metropolitan.
 Robert G. Patrick of Marion is stopping at the Hillman.
 A. l.. Binford of Huntsville is stopping at the St. Nicholas.
 George P. Ide of Jacksonville is at the Morris.
 c. c. Morscheimer of Parkdale, Ark. is at the Metropolitan.
 w. II. Fenn of Wilmington, Del, is stopping at the Hillman. w. H. Mitchell of Talladega Is stop ping at the Morris.
 Allen J. Roulhac of Sheffield is stop ping at the Metropolitan.
 Lieut.. and Mrs. o. D. Duncan of the United States navy are registered at the Hillman.
 
 H. Fox of Columbiana is stopping at the Morris.
 Henry Fitts of Tuscaloosa is registered at the Metropolitan. Captain Jack ". Johnston has returned from Nsw York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
Meeting of the LeqisIature.

The legislature meets today. It holds the record for courage and hon esty. No lobby can buy or swerve it. It will stand quite alone in the history of post-bellum Alabama. But it must now add industry to courage and hon esty if 1t desires to leave a great rec ord. It has but twenty-two working days in which to pass many general and local laws. Scores of local laws will be introduced, and these will block the passage of needful general laws.
 First of all, 1t should perfect and pass bill that fortifies and establishes the new electorate. The present pri- mary law is of no value whatever. As the Jackson South Alabamian shows, it admits of frauds of all sorts. It shuts out none, and in state in which but one working party exists the pri- mary is the sum total or at least cap sheaf of political action. Or rather it should be. It rests with the legislature to say whether the government of this state shall be vested in the new elec- torate, or whether 1t shall remain as heretofore at the mercy of scheming cliques and bosses.
 Another law much needed relates to the supervision and inspection of state and private banks. A second Bessemer disaster is not needed in this state. That disaster was primarily due to the utter want of inspection on the part of the state. Such want of state sovereignty should be supplied here after, and it is hoped the legislature will not adjourn until it has rendered state and private banks as subject to sudden and frequent inspection as na- tional banks are ever prepared for, thus rendering the one as safe and inviting as the other, and avoiding dis aster of the Bessemer sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01

thing has got to give way, and that something may be the opposition to the giving of a fourth nomination .o the Princeton sage.
 The Huntsville sage should give his attention to three weak points in the armor of the Princeton sage, namely, the third term issue, his party posi- ton in 1896, and his record in the Pull man strike. But hp should avoid un- due assaults upon Arthur Pue German, David Bennett Hill, Judge Gray, Rich ard Olney and all others who have been mentioned for the consideration of democrats. Leave abuse of other aspirants to the Montgomery Adver- tiser, which is fully equal to the task. Nor should Mr Wallace go out of his way to declare the party "a rotting, barnacle,Ioaded craft" although he lives on or reasonably near the naviga- ble Tennessee river, which gives him a right to be nautical even at the ex. pense of party loyalty
 By avoiding mistakes of the nature mentioned the Hon. John H. Wallace, Jr., may conduct a campaign in favor of Grover Cleveland with commendable pride, not to say eclat. And yet the dispatch published by the Memphis News does not say that he will crate at all. He may simply lend his name to the Sage of Princeton for Alabama consumption and proselyting effect, and let it go at that But this would scarcely enable him to claim a cabinet post in the third Cleveland admins tration, and a speaking campaign on the part of Huntsville's' ex-member may therefore reasonably be expected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
Presidential Politics.

"Interest in Presidential politics is not much in evidence in my section" said a Black Belt politician, but the Presidency will be a live issue, of course later on German will be very strong in Alabama.
 Grover Cleveland has many admirers throughout the state. but do not believe he will be considered seriously as a can didate because he has already had three nominations and two victories at the polls. A third-termer would hardly be regarded as available. German is un- doubtedly popular with the masses and many of the democratic leaders of Ala bama are committed to him. l have vot- ed for Cleveland three times and would vote for him again in 1904 if perchance he should be declared our standard bearer. But the thing for the party to do is to nominate that wheel horse of democracy Arthur Pue German
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
IN SCHOOL DAYS.

By J. G. Whittier. Still sits the school house by the road,
 A ragged beggar summing; Around it still the sumachs grow,
 And blackberry vines are running. Within, the masters desk is seen,
 Deep scared by raps official The warping floor. the battered seats,
 The jack-knife's carved initial; The charcoal frescooes on its wall;
 Its doors worn sill. betraying The feet that, creeping slow to school,
 Went storming out to playing Long years ago winter sun
 Shone over 1t at setting; Lit up it's western window panes,
 And low caves icy fretting. It touched the tangled golden curls.
 And brown eyes full of grieving. Of one who still her steps delayed
 When all the school were leaving. For near her stood the little boy
 Her childish favor singled; His cap pulled down upon face
 Where pride and shame were mingled. Pushing with restless feet the snow
 To right and left, he fingered AS restlessly her tiny hands
 The blue-checked apron fingered. He saw her lift her eyes; he felt
 The soft hands light caressing. And heard the tremble of her voice,
 As if a fault confessing. "Pm sorry that I spelt the word;
 l hate to go above you, Because'-the brown eyes lower fell
 Because, you see, I love you!' Stil. memory to a gray-haired man
 That sweet child-face Is showing Dear girl! the grasses on her grave Have forty years been growing! He lives to learn. in life's hard school, How few who pass above him
 Lament their triumph and his loss. Like her-because they love him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
Seleciinu Delegates.

The Geneva Reaper says if national convention delegates be selected in primaries, it means hard fight be- tween the Cleveland and anti-Cleve- land forces. So it may, but the ma jority will win. Should hard fights be submitted to conventions, where dick CTS prevail?
 In very truth, not :. county in the state perhaps would favor a fourth nomination of Grover Cleveland, but granting that there would be hard fight in each and every county, then the primaries are the true, fair and just place in which to adjust it. When every democrat can vote on such a question then bitterness cannot follow, and the party would be at once con solidated Every man who voted in a primary would feel in honor bound to support it's decision. The Reaper seems to have some of the old repudiated convention virus lingering in it's sys- tenn. It should rise to the occasion. It should see there is nothing mightier in this country than the will of the majority, and the primary is the only sure and just way to ascertain that will and bring it out, and give it ex- pression and force, no matter what It may be.
 Not even the excuse of extra trouble remains in the case of tho selection of delegates. Congressman Richardson shows that by selecting our delegates when we select our congressman next year no extra convention need be held. Each congressional district can thus elect it's own delegates, and vote for four state delegates, thus cutting out the excuse of extra trouble. The peo- pie do not mind the trouble, and the politicians will not be so tender and considerate towards the people at this particular juncture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
One Recruit in Huntsville.

The Memphis News carries to its Alabama readers the following piece of news:
 Huntsville, Ala, August 29.-(Special)- The Hon. John II. Wallace, Jr., ex-member of the Alaban legislature. has announced for Grover Cleveland for the democratic nomination. for president in 1904.
 This may not settle it, but it will ncarry dismay at least to the anti Cleveland forces. When the Hon. John a. wallace, Jr., takes the stump op( Fear ahead of time and keeps it M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
CHEER UP.
the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
 At this season of the year, when we have occasional days that seem to take all the spirit out of us, we should more than ever practice cheerfulness, not alone tor our own benefit as much as to set others a good example. In dog day weather little trivialties that would cause a smile at other times seem to pos sess the faculty of irritating many of us
 When in such a mood we cannot do justice to ourselves. Many of the things that were better left unsaid are among the consequences of humid weather, so a little consideration and philosophy are just the things needed at this time.
 Don't act hastily or speak harshly to those about you simply because you hap pen to be out of sorts. Try car ride, sail on or a plunge in the salt water, and the exhilarating effects will make not alone your own perspiring pathway. but that of your assiciates, cooler and clear
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
AMERICAN LUXURY AND
 THRIFT OF THE MASSES
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 @HE truth of the late Colonel War 4 ins's witty characterization of
 our luxurious rich as "the people who devote themselves to expense re- gardless of pleasure is illustrated by variety of interesting instances by writer in the current Worlds Work. He tells us that the golf club houses and links represent an investment of $20,000,- coo; that last year s10,Oo0.000 worth of sporting goods were sold; that more than s50,00O0O0 is invested in pleasure yachts to maintain which $6000,000 year is spent that houses worth s500,000 apiece are now built in New York for sale to chance customers; that our importation of gems and diamonds abounts to s25,- OO0,C0O a year, and has increased 66 per cent in ten years that twenty-five of our millionaires own steam yachts worth in the aggregate $lo.oO0.ooo. and spend slo0.- coo year apiece upon them; that the au- tomobiles in the single state of New York number nearly 7Oo0 and cost upward of S2O, ,00o, 900; all of which shows that vast sums are being invested and spent for luxurious pleasures.
 That extravaganza of this kind is growing is undoubted. In 1895 the total receipts of the race tracks in this state were only s544.414; last year they were 8, ,4O1,717. This remarkable increase of expenditures for pleasure and sport on the part of the many Is just as sgnifi- cant as on the part of the comparatively few millionaires. But the individual lavishness of one millionaire attracts more attention than this sevenfold in crease of the general public's outlay at the race tracks within the past seven years. When J. P. Morgan is quoted as saying that it costs him s5OO0 a day to live excluding the maintenance of his yacht and other extras" we are apt to overlook the fact-so keenly appreciated in London-that there is only one J. P. Morgan.
 The fact that stands out largely and impressively against all these extrava- gances is that they have not affected the sober living nor the thrift of the general mass of our people. The direct increase in their savings bank deposits was 80 per cent between 1890 and 1900 for the whole country. though the increase in popula-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
Natural Wonders.

From the Kansas City Journal
 Why is a river the greatest freak of nature?'
 Didn't know 1t was Why is it?"
 "A river as a head, but no feet. Its mouth is where It's feet ought to be-.
 Pretty good. A mountain is some what frea<ish. also. We have all seen the foot of mountain, but we never heard of mountain head"
 That's so. Still, it must have head for 1t has ears"
 Has ears? How's that?'
 Certainly. Did you never see moun- taineer?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01

tion for the same period was only 2 per cent. The just conclusion of the Worlds Work writer is that the growth of lux ury has not in the slightest degree i'm paired the economic power of the na- tion.' The multi-millionaires and their ostentatious spendings inevitably pro- yoke a public interest in excess of their real importance. The few highest peaks of mountain range are most looked at, while the immense area of the levels that stretch between makes little impress sion. Yet the life of the nation is not typified by its few phenomenally rich citizens. but by the millions of its plain people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
The Pone,s Health.

It augers well for the longevity of Plus x when the Rome correspondents begin to send out alarming stories about his failing health' remarked an old cit- izen. T have read several such stories within the past two weeks
 "When Leo XIII came to the papal throne the papers had accounts of his physical weakness. It was predicted that his pontiheate would not last a year. But Leo was pope more than twenty five years.
 "Pius X is in excellent health, the dis quieting reports from the vatican not withstanding, and humanly speaking, he is good for a long reign"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
New Cotton Crop.

The boil weevil crossed the Rio Grande in 1894, and in the seven years that have elapsed the pest has spread over S5 of the 125 cotton-growing coun- ties of Texas. Today the size of the crop depends upon the ravages of the Mexican insect in Texas. Bradstreet's puts the damage to the crop in Texas at about a million bales. All reports agree that the ravages of the boil weevil in south and southeast Texas are heavy. In the San Antonio district the boil weevil is at work in every county.
 Before reports as to the destructive work of the insect came in the Texas / crop was estimated at four million oobales, and the estimates as rule now ' place the crop of the state at three ! million bales. The lateness of the crop ' .5es the insects an opportunity to do H damage, and south of line
 through Waco the boil weevil is v sssing factor in the crop situa-
 Worth of Waco not much injury
 plants v'ill be felt this year.
 yield in he state will exceed grog I last year, but the Texas
 ow ist year was very short.
 million bales in Texas sr ,su.... Town the first estimates
 .ature crop to eleven million
 It is not possible to make a l. nillion-bale crop unless Texas grows our million bales, and no one puts her crop at over three million bales. An eleven-million-bale crop may pc made, and such a crop should com mand ten cents to the end of the new cotton year. It is certainly good for nine cens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
'------ PICTURE HATS IN THEATRES.

From London Punch.
 It is announced that further attempts are to be made to cope with the hat, nuisance at matinees by providing cloak rooms free of charge. Something also might be done by improving the quality of the plays presented. There is a good deal in the retort of the lady with the pie ture hat, who. on being told that those behind her could not see, said that they were not missing much.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-01
Oyster Crops.

"The outlook for the oyster crop is very fne,' said a well known caterer T have been serving good oysters during the past ten days, and by the first or middle of October I think the bivalves tributary to this market will be large well favored and plentiful. At least my advices from the oyster country all read that way.