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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11
An Aged PreIate.

Archbishop Williams of Boston is not so much in the public eye as some of the other members of the hierachy," said Catholic who knows him personally, but he is a prelate of exceptional tact and learning. His grace was s1 week or two ago. He passed his birthday in his accustomed quiet way. He enjoys excel lent health and doesn't look his age. He has not relaxed the arduous duties of the administration of the archdiocese. He arises every morning shortly after $ o'clock, and celebrates mass daily at [. After breakfast the morning hours are devoted to his official .labors.
 "A remarkable thing about the arch bishop is his voice. which on special oc- casions is heard at pontifical high mass In all the vigor and clearness of man not half his years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11
LETTERS TO EDITOR.
Card Playing.


 To the Editor of The Age-HeraId.
 As one of your appreciative subscribers I trust you will allow me space to say mo- to the question that concludes the following clipping from the Washington Post, printed in The Age-Herald of the 9th on Church Members Indulging in Card Games:"
 The chief objection to playing euohre or any other of the numerous games of cards is that cards are, and from time immemorial have been associated with gambling. Is that a sound argument? Must all sources of innocent amusement be abandoned when they are employed for other than harmless objects? Great as Is the amount of money staked on cards we suspect 1t Is exceeded by the aggre- gate of bets placed on horses. And great as is the evil wrought by card gambling we doubt if it approaches in magnitude the baneful product of betting on horse racing. Would not the alleged logic that bars cards because gamblers use them call for the abandonment of the horse for riding or driving purposes?"
 It strikes me that the reasoning of the author of the above paragraph is faulty, for the simple reason that there is not the proper analogy between the two cases.
 Cardplaying is not a necessary thing even for amusement, while horses for would have put his case better, had he said, Would not the alleged logic that bars card playing because gamblers use them, call for the abandonment of horse racing for an amusement?"
 In that case his reasoning would have been consistent and perhaps the conclu- sion would be a wise one.
 But furthermore, he mistakes when he says that "the chief objection church people make to card playing is that cards are and have been from time immemorial associated with gambling" Doubtless the greatest objection devout souls raise to card playing is their gambler-making ten- deney Each card table, whether in club or parlor. is school in which gambler } are made of both men and women. Wom- en gamblers are greatly on the increase. If one never learns to play cards he stands a fair chance never to become a gambler,
 The way card playing is conducted now adays and that by many church mem bers, 1t not only makes gamblers, but Is gambling itself. They play for a prize" which Is a silver thimble or cup, or a gold pin or charm. What would be the difference to call 1t stakes" and have the thimble or cup or charm molded into a different shape in one of Uncle Sam's hints and bear his stamp?
 So card playing is not only chargeable with using the gamblers implements. but with either doing the gambling act or schooling some one for that act.
 Yet there are other very serious objec- tions also to this practice, not the least among which is the dissipation it so often leads to. The fascination of the game leads its devotees to pursue it till late hours, thus injuring one physically and mentally and hindering us,. .ul study.
 Hence it is very evident that the church members who engage in this kind of amusement are either ignorant of the evil they are doing or are lacking in grace. J. K. WELLS. Taliadega, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11
ATALANTA.
By Sir Edward Arnold.

By Sir Edward Arnold Greek Atalantal girdied high,
 Gold-sandaled; great majectic Maid! Her hair bound back with silver tie, And in her hand tn Arcadian blade To pierce that suitor who shall choose Challenge her to the Race-and lose! And-at her rside-Hippomenesl
 Poised on his foremost foot, with soul Burning to win, if Pallas please,
 That course deep-periious whose goal Is joy or death! Apples of gold His trembling fingers do enfold. Oh. girls, 'tis English, az tis Creek!
 Life Is that course; train so the soul That. girt with health and strength,
 seek
 One swifter still who touches goal First--or, for lack of breath outdone, Dies gladly, so such race was run! Yet scorn not, If before your feet
 The gilden fruits of life shall roll Faith, worship, loving service sweet
 To stoop and grasp them So the Soul Runs slower in the race by these. But wins them. and HippomeneA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11
peratlons in Missouri.
quaYfed.
Attention is 9entered unon tb

attention Is sentered upon the eglslators in Missouri who sold their votes for thou anddollar bills, when attention sh ,uld be directed towards the directrs of the baking powder trust who authorized such payments Tis trust procured the prohibition of u use of alum in baking powders in z in Missouri and other states, and since then its profits have been,
 i'd, $3,500,O00 year. Pure
 .1s were put through the legis-
 prohibiting the use in articles
 ouu Of deadly drugs, arsenic, opium and the like, and into this bill alum was adroitly slipped by the baking powder trust and it brought to the support of the bill all needful votes.
 The word "alum" was tucked away so neatly in the bill that its presence in 1t was not noticed in 1899, but when the cream-of-tartar crowd took com plete possession of the baking powder trade in, for example, Missouri, then the people saw what was the matter. and in 1901 strong efforts were made to repeal the alum clause in the bill. Then it was that the baking powder trust organized the Health Society of Missouri" and its headquarters were in the office of the trusts lawyer ir Missouri. The repeal bill was defeated in 1901.
 It came up again in 1903. The peo pie were tired of the monopoly estab lished by the trust and of its prices and the bill would have been passed i thousand-dollar bills had not beer handed out freely. It was defeated and Circuit Attorney Folk is now en gagged in ascertaining who voted against the repeal bill of 1903 and wh, they did it.
 A court has broken down the law ir Asome respects, but the trust still holds ehe sole right to manufacture baking powder in the state. Instead of ar resting the legislators who were brib Bd an attempt should be made to put m end to monopolistic efforts on the part of the trust. In other words. tbe men who authorized the repeated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The summer girl gets a little younger every year.
 The shirt waist covers a multitude of shapelessness.
 It's curious how woman's open-work stockings attract your attention If she isn't your wife. forget to tell his wife that he loves her if he suspects he doesn't.
 A man isn't half as ashamed to admit that he takes an interest in prize fights as that he does in political reform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

fers from Is nothing less than disease akin to melancholia, the cure for which is to be isolated from the world for six months without the slightest sympathy being shown to the patient, either by doc tor, nurses or attendants
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11
Mrs. sInnIae,a Concert.

Mrs sinnige's concert at the Jefferson theatre next Monday night for the bene- fit of the Orphans Home at East Lake, will be the muJcal event of the seost n. Tickets are now being sold and these tickets are good for reserved seats with out extra charge
 Mrs. sinnige will be assisted in her concert by Miss Gockel the brilliant piano virtuoso. and MT. Loder, the popular bar itone artist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

President Olyphant, aged eighty-slx has just concluded to resign the duties of the manager of hard coal mines and railroads, fearing there may be another strike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11
Cruelty to be Checked.

"The use of gulls. teors, grebes, hum ming birds and song birds for millinery purposes is likely to be checked material ly by an agreement between merchants and the Audubon society in New York" said a humane person. "After the first of next January the plumage of egrets or herons and Americans pelicans Is to be added to the list. Bird lovers will welcome such restrictions. The slaughter of song birds for women's hats Is one of the most shocking manifestations of mercantile heartlessness and of feminine vanity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

Minneapolis mayor pleaded that he was crazy when he boodled, but he was bundled off to the penitentiary re- gardless of his plea. Let the good work go on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11
very III.

From Brooklyn Life.
 Mrs. Parke--Your husband has been very i'll. hasn't he?''
 Mrs. Lane-I never saw him so i'll. Why. for two weeks he never spoke a cross word to me.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

The donkhobors are stepping around lively in Manitoba, having discarded their uausers before all the snow had melted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

No alum was used in the mortar in which the corner stone of the Worlds fair was laid. There is prejudice against it
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11
vloa Prealdent ElnlaY.

vice-President W. M. Finley of the Southern railway, who has been in Eu- rope on the Riviera for several months for his health. returned last week with his family and is now at home in wash- inRton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

MT. Schwab may have a relapse now that he is reelected, and his mil lion-dollar salary is secured to him to the end of another year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

Trigonometry Is recommended as g relief to the mind after reading g Scotch dialect story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

Mrs. Burdick gets $25,0Oo of insur- ance money, but she still is short a clear conscience and a spotless reputa. tion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

Pittsburg Is enjoying real estate boom, having caught the complaint from Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

Now that the Earl of Yarmouth has settled down his creditors hope he will also settle up. The spring stampede to the Klon- dike is now taking place. It is an an- nuai event. Deacon Baer has surplus of fame with marked deficiency of popularity,
  President Roosevelt gets wetter as he advances in the irrigated districts.
 --s.--- Castles in the air should be possible in these days of wireless telegraphy.
 --s------ The Missouri mule Is not featured as he should be in St. Louis show.
  May Is no hotter than April, and April was worse than March.
  Colombia is almost as obstinate and shortsighted as Denmark.
  Defeated congressman become at once attorneys for trusts.
 ----------- The June wedding is preparing to sweep away the eligibles.
  President Schwabs reelection is a vindication of his health. The qostoffice scandals widen the more they are probed. The evacuation of Manchuria was a Russian joke. Mark Hanna had rather be good than be President.
 ---s-- What China needs is local Monroe doctrine.
 Dr. Lorenz can cure all ills but jeal- ousy.
 St. Louis will know better in 2003.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

The spring stampede to the Klon- dike is now taking place. It is an an. nuai event
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

Now that the Earl of Yarmouth has settled down his creditors hope he will also settle up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

Deacon Baer has 8 surplus of fame with a marked deficiency of popularity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11
A Curious Deed.

Here is the copy of curious old deed on file in Northumberland county, Penn sylvania,' said a Birmingham man. Tt appeared recently in the Sudbury Re publican. It bears date of October g., 1793.
 Tn a series of whereases it traces the ownership of the land conveyed from the Creator of the earth, who by parole and livery of seizin did enfeoff the parents of all mankind. to-wit, Adam and Eve, of all that certain tract of land called and known in the planteary system as the earth down through the ages to the maker of the deed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

Castles in the air should be possible in these days of wireless telegraphy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11
: Death of a Prominent Educator.

The death of Prof. Thomas R. Price, at the head of the English department in Columbia University, New York, Is la mented by hundreds of southerners. Professor Price was born in Richmond, was graduated from the University of Virginia in 1855 and served with bravery in the Confederate army. At the close of the war he went to Randolph Macon col lege, where he established its first chair of English. In 1873 he went to the Uni verslty of Virginia to become the profes- sor of Greek. He went to Columbia in 1882.
 A prominent Virginian living in Bir- mlngham, in speaking of Professor Price said: 'TIe was not only an able scholar, but he was one of the best and most engaging of men. Nearly all the alumni of the university, scattered through the country, knew him we'll and they will be distressed to hear of his death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

President Roosevelt gets wetter as he advances in the irrigated districts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

The Missouri mule Is not featured as he should be in St. Louis show.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

The 2ostofice scandals widen the more they are probed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11
RirmInoham's sIdewaIks

gThe thing about Birmingham that i'm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

May Is no hotter than April and April was worse than March.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

Mark Hanna had rather be good than be President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

The evacuation of Manchuria was a Russian joke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

President Schwab's reelection is a vindication of his health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

Defeated congressman become at once attorneys for trusts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

Colombia is almost as obstinate and short-sighted as Denmark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11
A HARVARD sToRK AT PUEBLO.

St. Louis will know better in 2003.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

The June wedding is preparing to sweep away the eligibles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

What China needs is local Monroe doctrine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-11

Thomas H. Carr, mayor-elect of Mont gomery, is on a visit to his relatives, MT. and Mrs. William Rosentihl
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-12
MOVED THE COTTON.
Iron Mountain Made to Quit
Blockading Sidewalk.

Since the cotton shipping
season opened up, the Iron
Mountain has piled cotton bales
around the depot SO as to block
the public sidewalk. Officer
Ed Cheek notified the officials
at the depot that the cotton must
be moved and the sidewalk
blocked no more, and if his
order was not obeyed he would
arrest the depot officials. The
cotton was moved. and it is not
probable that the walk will be
blocked again. The officer is
to be commended for his action
in the matter. The room which
is allowed the public around the
Iron Mountain depot is not suf-
fcient for the safety Of life and
limb without condensing the
space by filling it with cotton.
The burly niggers who sling
trunks and baggage at the Iron
Mountain depot are going to
cripple a man or woman, or kill
a child some day, because they
have no regard for the safety of
passengers who get on and off
the trains, but it seems that the
Iron Mountain is not going to
profit in this matter except by a
damage suit or two.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-12
NINETY CONVERSIONS
AT Tent Meetings to Date. and
Continue Another Week.

The first week of the reviv-
al services that are being con
Quoted in the big tent on Pine
street by Rev. b. Andrews,
closed yesterday and the
evangelist has decided to stay
another week. The interest
manifested in the meetings has
been most satisfactory thus
far. Up to this time there
have been ninety conversions
as a result of the services and
many more have asked for the
prayers Of the church. The
services will be held at the
usual hours this week, at 10
G o'clock in the morning and 5
o clock in the evening.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-12

Slbilities which may be attained
along the lines discussed III this
article if proper advantage were
taken Of the opportunities pre-
sented::
J. NJ. Aeee is in receipt of a
number Of letters asking for
wagons. One Iowa firm has
been very persistent in trying to
get log wagons and will hardly
take no for al answer. There
are numerous indications that
the manufacturers Of all manner
Of vehicles ard implements will
soon have to look to the hard
wood forests Of the south for the
necessary material. The timber
is here III large quantities and if
the capital was put into the bus1-
ness there is no reason why
large establishments should not
be III operation ali over this
southland, and there is no bet
ter place than Camden for such
enterprises. Mr.. Agee informs
us that he is constantly in re-
ceipt Of more orders than he can
possibly fill. v
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-12

pants OF the house thought the1
had the fire out About . 81
Mis-. SorrelIs was walking In
thc=ttout Nard and she noticed Il
blalc on the roof. MI. Sorfca4
again went to tic telephone ii
turn III the alarm, but saES hr
could get no response FROM the
central office. The alarm Wa
turned III at 4 neiehboriu2
phone, and the department rc-
sponded quickly and at once
checked the flames. MI Sof-
rells SAYS he is confident that i
the alarm had been turned IN
when he fist called lie would
not have suftefed8oss.
When seen this morning MI.
Sorrells says his telephone IS in
good working order, for he used
it Sunday evening.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-12
Mr.. SorrelIs blarheS Old TeIe=
phone Company for Loss
He Sustained.
COULDN'T GEl CONNECTION

The two-sto1y residence OF
Mr.. w. B. Sorrells, on Thir-
teenth avenue and Olive street
was partially destroyed by fire
Sunday morning about $50
O'Clock, and only the prompt
response of the fire department
saved the building from total
destruction. The damage to
the building was between $3.50
and 81 900, fully covered by in
surance. The household goods
were also damaged to the extent
Of about $500, and were not IN
sured. 1t is possible that a suit
against the old telephone COM
pany may result from the FIRE
as Mr.. Sorrells blames the tele-
phone company for his losses.
About 9 O'Clock the chimney
in Mr.. Sorrells home burned
out, and at that time he tried to
get the fire department to turn
in the alarm. In Pine Bluff the
fire alarm is turned in through
the old telephone system. Mr..
Sorrels says he stepped to his
phone and rang for central
when he first discovered that the
chimney was burning out. For
some reason, though the phone
was in good working order.
Mr.. Sorrells says central would
not answer. All efforts were
then made to put out the fire in
the burning hue, and the occu-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-12
Bunn=- abbot Wedding.


The wedding of Miss Ella
Bum and Mr.. b. Talbot
took place yesterday at the
home of the bride 5 uncle, Dr..
II. L. Williams, on East
Twclfth avenue, Rev. !. NJ.
Hawley officiating. Only the
immediate families of the con
tracing parties were present,
Mr.. and Mrs. Talbot are re-
ceivinS the congratulations OF
a host OF friends.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-12
Mr., Cook, the Local Agent, Says
he Would MOI Be Surprised
But Can't Confirm Rumor
EMPLOY THREE Statesmen

For scVcraIda =ithas been
rumored among the business
men Of the city that Swift x
Co. would open up branch
house in this city. This ru-
mor IS neither affirmed nor.
denied at this time. Mr.. Buck
Cook, the local a9cntfor Swift
& Co., says he has heard ru=
mors to the effect that the
company was looking for a
suitable store building in this
city, but that he has received
no official notice from them to
the effect that they would
open the branch. Swift has
had three representatives
travelling out of the city for
over a year, and these men
have been making the whole
sale house of l.. Fowler & Co.
their headquarters. MIR. Cook
is the acknowledged agent for
the company at this place.
He says he would not be sur
priscd should the company
decide to open a branch at
this place, and gives eredencc
to t he rumOr.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-12
CASE OF DIPHTHERIA
In Zintry Home, Opposite the
Lakeside School Building.

There is case of diphtheria
i'll the family Of MI. Zintry, cor
ner OF Fifteenth avenues and
Laurel street, but the Zintry
home has been quarantined and
and every precaution taken to
prevent any spread Of the dis
ease. The Zintrys live opposite
the Lakeside school building.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-12
In His Position that Saloons
Have No Place in Towns
without Police Protection
MORE OF ROBBERY CHARGE.

Commenting on the six true
bills returned by the Jefferson
county grand jury against w.
c. Alexander, the Cornerstone
saloonist, the England Courier
says:
"The charge of robbery was
brought by A. 7. Ingram, OF
this city; who, in company with
w. A. Howard, was in Corner
stone on business. The town is
only small place, consisting of
the establishment of Alexander
and several etores. They were
in front of Alexander's place of
business when he held them up
in broad daylight and relieved
them of $1.75 at the point of a
revolver. Neither of the gentle
men having weapon they were
forced to submit. His place has
become notorious of late, and it
is to be hoped that this affair
will cause him to close up
The foregoing from the Cou.
rier goes far toward justifying
Judge Phillips in his position
that the saloon has no place III
towns without police protection.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-12
BOTH CLAIM THE SHOW.
"Hello, Bilr' Booked at Both
the Elks and Hollands

There is liable to be fun in
this city when the show of
eHello, Bill' comes here tomor-
row, as beth Manager Philpot ,
of the Elks theater, and Mana
ger Holland, of the Pine Bluff
opera house, claim that they
have booked the performance.
Mr.. Holland says the show IS
certainly going to be put on at
the "rubber top while Man
ager Philpot is equally certain
that it will appear at the Elks.
The manager OF the show will
have lively time choosing be-
tween the two houses.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-12
QUITE A DIFFERENCE
In Criminal Realities and Davis
Idea OF Toughness.

The Hot Springs Sentinel
Record takes the following
shot at Gov. Davis
:" efterson county 5 grand
Jury finished their labors in eX-
actly two weeks; and this IS
the county in which Jeff Davis
feared he would be assasslnat-
ed on Labor day. There is
Fouite a difference In criminal
realities and Jeff Davis idea of
the toughness of a county. "
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-10-12

w. r. Bryant and wife, of
Fordyce, are guests Of the Ar
lington.