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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05
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The Giddy Girl Gusher.

oh, I've been SO busy today wall
ed the giddy girl gushcr. 81 had to
go down to the dressnaNer's and have
my new gown completely altered to
make it fit better
Il suppose YOU IL glad to have found
it out in time said her friend.
We'll, | am, and then am not :"
said the G, G. G., "and think that
! asked him how he liked my new gown
Jack is just hateful, too Why? Well,
and what he thought of it. Why. he
Tad the nerve to pick out the faults
ie :, and the worst of it was, he was
f.@ht' Oh, I'll never speak to the
vaaieh again baltimore Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05

Business mon and housc=owners on
the Arkansas side of Texarkana are
much exercised over the withdrawal
OF some insurance companies and
othef threatened Withdrawals of all
on account of the antitrust legisla-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-05

Joe Cans, champion lightweight,
arrives in Hot Springs to make ready
ior his bout with Steve Crosby.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18
The Minino Situation.

The operators of the Birmingham district meet today to consider the labor situation. The miners likewise meet today to consider that which they desire in the form of remunera- tion for their work, hours, and period of pay.
 The two classes have failed to agree and in consequence the coal miners of this district are idle and several oi the blast furnaces are banked. The business public, as well as the miner and the operator, suffers financially. The entire district is affected. A large portion of the freight tonnage of the railroads is cut off and the employees suffer. More than a million dollars of cash monthly is cut from the chan nels of earnings and trade.
 The Age-Herald can see no good reason for a continuation of this state of affairs. The miners have practical men among their leaders and repre- sentatives who know the situation in the district as thoroughly as any op- orator. They know the right and jus tice of the situation, and 1t is their uuty to stand for the same. The operator likewise thoroughly under stands the state of affairs.
 Let common sense prevail in their councils today and within a week the hum of industry will be heard through out the district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18

They could not do this if the latter had a fair field. and at present they have nothing of the kind.
 All depends now upon the thorough ness of the Russian evacuation of Manohuria in September. and also upon the secret treaty between Rus sia and China. No doubt Russia will make a show of keeping her covenant with China and the powers touching the evacuation of Manchuria in Sep tember, but her withdrawal may bo more apparent than real At the best our cotton goods will be treated un- fairly on her railroad lines In Man churia, and Russian goods will thus have important advantages, but Amer ican goods can perhaps stand such treatment. If Russian goods after September pay equal duties and equal port charges, they cannot be placed in competition with the better Ameri- can article. The Russian merchant is sluggish and unsldllful, and when he loses his present advantages he will give way to the better merchants of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18
Cuban Treaties and Loan.

The Cuban congress has ratified the naval stations treaty and the Isle of Pines treaty, and no doubt it will soon ratlfy the permanent treaty em- bracing the Platt amendment. This would complete her part of the task, and our own congress will meet on November in special session to com plete our part of the business of amity and friendly trade relations. No doubt the reciprocity treaty will then be ratified, although strong interests will have Hobbies in Washington plot ting to defeat 1t.
 After the treaties are fully ratified Cuba will then endeayor to place a loan for s35,O0O,OO in this country. This will be her first loan of consid- erable size at any rate. This loan covers her own war expenses, in- cluding the payment of her alleged troops. She may have incurred a floating debt and the proposed loan would place her fairly on her feet
 She will attempt to place a good part of 1t at home, and no doubt the rest of 1t will be offered to Ameri- can capitalists. Three commissioners will be appointed to place the bonds one by each house of the Cuban con gress and one by President Palma himself.
 It is difficult to say upon what terms the new loan of new repub- lie can be placed in this country. The army of liberation is very full of threats, and the utmost confidence in the stability of the republic is not generally entertained. The army of liberation did not do much liberating but they are very insistent in their demands for payment for their ser vices. But if they see money coming they will Keep quiet.
 If capitalists will not take the Gu ban bonds at a reasonable price, no doubt Cuba will endeavor to secure this country's endorsement of her bonds. Such an endorsement would make them go off like hot cakes, and it would bind Cuba to us still more closely
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18
DRESS FOR MEN AND WOMEN

From the Cleveland Leader.
 Could men dress as the women do with out injury to their health? Isn't the aver age man more susceptible to cold than the average woman? Men wear more clothing in winter as weli as in summer. In the early spring men will shlver on open street cars while wearing overcoats when women look perfectly comfortable in shirt waists with no outside wraps Of course, this may be due entirely to habit for the women who braves chill blast in a shirt waist will shixer over the furnace register in a room where men find the temperature very agreeable It will prob ably have to be admitted that women are different from men in many respects as they always have been and always will be-, perhaps. The sexes cannot conform to the same rule of dress any more than they can to the same rules of conduct concern ing a thousand and one things connected with their daily life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18
Ramhno in the South.

David Fairchild has just published a little book, entitled Japanese Bam- boos, and Their Introduction Into America" The object of the book is to induce southern farmers to grow the grass that looks like a tree, but is in fact huge grass. MT. Fairchild is connected with the department of agriculture.
 Bamboo wood is the toughest known to man, and the extent of its useful ness Is almost unbounded The Jap anese turn the wood into house tim bers, frewood, paper stock, furniture, road bridges, toys, clothes and even food. The wood is at once the tough est, the lightest, the cheapest, the most lasting that man handles, and is therefore the most useful.
 The bamboo is not tree, but an OVergrOWn grass, anu MI, eh ShAiu says there are millions of acres in the lowlands of the lowlands of the south adapted to It's culture-lands that are not valuable for other pur- poses. Such lands will yield net in bamboo culture from $50 to $6O an acre. The plant is hardy, requiring little care, and the cultivation Is sim pie.
 If the climate and soil of our low lands be adapted to bamboo growing, 1t would not only add to the profits of southern farmers, but it would lead to the establishment in the south of many profitable and desirable indus tries. Southern farmers should send for MT. Fairchild's book, for 1t holds out to them new and promising in dustry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18
Wireless TeIearaphx Not New.

Few people are aware" said a man interested in science, that the principle on which wireless telegraphy is founded wass discovered in 1886 by professor at Cambridge university named Clerk Max well.
 He set up the theory that the induc- ton sparks from a Leyden jar or similar device started electrical vibrations in the air which travelled at the same rate as light, or 1s6,cOO miles a second. It was first disbelleved by scientists, but was finally admitted by them in a general way. It was not until early in the 90 s that Marconi began working on the idea that if an instrument could be made to receive the electrical vibrations set up 1t could be used as a means of communica- ton between two distant points without the use of wires
 "One of the most commendable things about Marconi is that he acknowledges his great debt to the men who made the discoveries, and never misses an oppor- tunity to give them their full share of praise. Since he is the man who has made the matter practical, however, he Is the one that should have the greatest credit and this will doubtless be accorded him in future years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18

lence if alone or in agreeable conver- sation if accompanied by a friend, and twenty-five would be apt to say they like it because it adds so" A great ad- vantage would result from making it op- tional. Instead of hiring an orchestra to make perfunctory music for those who want 1t and for those who do not, the proprietor of the popular restaurant might provide monographs just as he does footstools for those who need them. If music Is desired the waiter would bring an instrument, hook it to the back of ones chair, adjust the ear pieces and leave the customer to absorb much or lit- tie of it, as he might desire. Not many would be needed, we imagine, but for those who habitually enjoy the kind of music which is discoursed by restaurant orchestras the photograph would be just as satisfactory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18
About Persons.

J. M. Boswell of Cincinnati is at the Hillman.
 MT. and Mrs. Macintosh of Auburn are stopping at the Morris.
 L. M. Dyke of Columbiana is registered at the Metropolitan.
 E. W. Baileu of Fernandina, Fla, is stopping at the St. Nicholas.
 W. J. woodley of Montreal Is stopping at the Hllman.
 R. F. Ligon of Montgomery is registered at the Morris.
 E. M Pinckard of Clanton Is at the Metropolitan.
 J. c. Metcalfe of Mexico is stopping at the Hillman.
 J. R. Hunter of Lehigh is at the Nor ris.
 J. A. Embry of Ashville is registered at the Metropolitan.
 R. A. Hinson of Greenville is registered at the Morris.
 United States Senator E. W. Pettus is in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18
Iron and Steel.

The reduction of No. foundry to S13.50 has not stimulated buying. The melters are holding off, and no gen eral buying movement is now expect ed before August 15, when the size of the years crops will be pretty fully ascertained, and the melters will need iron for the purpose of filling con tracts.
 A readjustment of prices Is going on, without any material check in consumption, and it Is but natural that iron and steel should share in the readjustment, especially when the blast furnaces of the country are turning out iron at the unparalleled rate of 21,500000 tons year. Each day something over 57,000 tons of iron ore are made in this country, and when prices are satisfactorily read justed it is believed that even such a great output will be consumed. Much of course depends upon the crops. A great corn crop and great cotton crop, in addition to the assured wheat crop, would set machinery a-humming again, and orders, especially from the railroads, would again accumulate.
 Iron is not apt to go to unremuner- ative prices. All such talk is idle in this waiting period. All are waiting to see what the crops will be, and when the out-turns of the crops are ascertained we will see a renewed activity in the iron industry. A buy ing movement will then, if the crops be satisfactory, sweep away all ac- cumulations, and there will be no ma terial check in production. There are no pessimists in the iron trade in this district, and there need be none any where.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18
JUDGE THOMAS c. JoNEs oE ALA
from the Chicago Record-Heraid.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 With every succeeding step in the prog ress of the peonage trials In Alabama United States Circuit Judge Jones makes 1t clearer that his qualities measure fully up to the needs of the emergency with which he is called upon to deal He Is let ting neither considerations of his southern origin and relationship nor arguments of temporary expediency blind his eyes in the slightest to his duty to apply the fed- | eral laws fully and fairly.
 His second instructions to the jurors in the Turner peonage trial must have given those worthies the worst shock of their lives. They had not been able to see their way to agree on a verdict in a case in which the defendant was clearly proved to have bought negro for cash, worked him naked and under guard in the day time. locked him up at night and whipped him on the average every other day.
 Judge Jones told them that if they be- lieved any of the evidence on either side it was perfectly clear that they should find the defendant guilty, and that if they did not bring in a verdict of guilty they would dishonor themselves in the sight of men and perjure themselves in the sight of God. He only regretted that he had no power to jail them for contempt of court.
 Whatever the final outcome of the pres ent trial Judge Jones may be counted on to keep the doors of his court open till peonage is effectually suppressed in Ala bama. The task will however, be a long one The first batch of indictments re- turned by the grand jury numbered nine ty-nine. and ran against eighteen men, some of them planters, some guards some corrupt justices of the peace and some corrupt constables and prosecutors The jurys work is not done, and it is estimated that it may return 1000 indict- ments before 1t gets through.
 It is to be hoped that the federal judges in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Louisiana. Mississippi and Texas will see fit to take Judge Jones for their model and persevere in their work till the whole south is freed from the new slavery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18
USEFUL DOG.
2 New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 We are accustomed to look among high bred dogs for intelligence. but once in a while there turns up a common old flee with more sense than all the collies and great danes in dogdom. My neighbor miss ed his morning Press so many times, and with so much regularity complained to me about it. that I set a watch on his front porch, where the delivery boy drop per 1t daily. At last the thief appeared in the guise of little yellow dog that resembled fox. He picked up the paper and ran off with 1t to his master. labor er who lived two blocks away. Every morning for a week he stole it. After ob- taining indubitable evidence the case was presented to the laborer, who protested that he did not know whose paper it was, but confessed that Qucit (good name for a dog) was guilty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18
ONLY ONE MAY.

From the Philadelphia Record Dem.)
 For President Roosevelt there Is but one way with spells mongering officials who are obstructing the operation of the civil service laws. These officials in the pos tai service are responsible for the scan- dals that have been brought upon the administration by their more or less cum ming evasion of the rules for regulating appointments and promotions It is fact beyond dispute that where the civil ser vice laws are fairly administered there is freedom from the scandals that disgrace the postoffice department. But let the postal officials be permitted by the Presi- dent to relax the civil service rules and 1t will not be long until the revival of the spells system will be celebrated in all the bureaus of public administration. This is the banquet which the spoilsmongers are eagerly awaiting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18
MUSIC AND THE MEAL
 SHOULD BE IN HARMONY

From the New York Times.
 In a budget of nonsense which Punch prints purporting to be a consensus of musical opinion as to whether meals should be eaten with an accompaniment of music, an extract from an alleged let ter from Mir Henry Bird shines conspic- uous for practical wisdom. MT. Bird is said to have written: You ask, Should there be music during meals?' But what of the converse ?-should there be meals during music? It seems to me that to offer music at a restaurant is a confess sion of failure on the part of the chef, i
 To get satisfactory dinner outside of ones own house without an accompani- ment of alleged music is becoming in- creasingly difficult. Sometimes the mu- sic is better than the food, and some times the food is better than the music. But never are they in a sympathetic re- lation Music may very well assist in the enjoyment and assimilation of a meal if one be dining alone with noth- ing pleasant or profitable to occupy his thoughts, especially If the music be not blatant or insstent in quality, and neither superlative1y good nor distress ingly bad. If superlatively good, it might cause an appreciative listener to hold his fork suspended midway between plate and mouth While his food grew cold and his wine warm. If distressingly bad 1t would prompt him to hurry through his meal regardless of certain indigestion, that he might the sooner get away and seek the blessings of peace and quiet ness. If too faint it would serve no good purpose, since the piano and pianissimo passages would be unintelligible; if too loud, 1t would interfere with the conversa- tion, which unconsciously accommodates itself to it's moduiations, ranging from a whisper to a roar, as may be necessary. 1 As to the kind of music to be played at meal times there never can be any possible agreement between the leaoer of the restaurant orchestra and the man at the table. The aim of the leader ap- age-impossible because there Is no aver age strikable. He does this by an arr rangement of selections as incongruous as would be menu in which sorbet, fish. peanuts, soup, confections, game, coffee, roast, pudding. pickles cream de menthe and French mustard should succeed one another in the order given. The diner | who is interested in selections from Tann- hauser'' shudders when Under the Bam- boo tree" jiggles itself into his reluc- 1 tant consciousness and experiences some thing of a shock when the three instru- ments which have struggled bravely. and it may be commendably, with the over ture of 'Mignon,' tumble over them- selves in The Honeysuckle and the Bee or some other popular coon melody of the ragtime variety. The average Is a | failure.
 l Of the value of music to the business | of a restaurant 1t is probable that opin- ions differ widely. Our own judgment of the matter would be that out of hun | dred persons made up of habitual and casual frequenters of restaurants fifty are indifferent to the music and scarcely know whether 1t is provided or not twenty-five would go some distance tc find a chance to dine comfortably in si.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18
Manchuria's Open Door.

Secretary Hay has received assur. ances from the Chinese government that it will soon open two new treaty ports in Manchuria, including Mouk- den, the capital and commercial cen ter of the province. This is to be done with the knowledge and consen; of Russia, but up to September Amer, ican goods will be subject to heavy duties. while Russians goods are not subject to any duties, and are favored on the Russian railroad lines and in all interior movements. The Russian merchants of Moscow propose to ousl American goods from Manchuria
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR,

From the New York Press.
 It is just like woman when she is talk ing to man over the telephone to whis- per to him so central" can't hear.
 1t is the girl that slips through a mans fingers just when he thinks he has caught her that he keeps on wanting to catch
 By the time an afternoon tea party has got through with good woman's repu- tation it looks as if it belonged in prob lem play.
 The skeleton that every man thinks he keeps safely hidden In the closu at home walks along the street behind him grim ning over his shoulder at all his friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18
THOSE sow-LEeoED EDITORS.

From the Chattanooga News.
 Three-fourths of the republican editors of the north who are meekly submitting to another term of Rooseveltism do not believe in Roosevelt, but they are afraid to say so. Practically every democratic paper in the south has opposed the Bryan movement. They are tired of trying to carry Mir Bryan, and have said so. Why is it that republican newspapers that have been made bow-legged trying to carry Roosevelt are afraid to throw him overheard? Is it cowardice. lack of inde- pendence, or what?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18
AN oLp-YEAR SONG.

By Oliver Wendell Holmes. As through the forest disarrayed By chill November. late I strayed. lonely minstrel of the wood Was singing to the solitude; I loved thy music, thus l said. When oer thy perch the leaves were
 spread;
 Sweet was thy song. but sweeter now Thy carol on the leahess bough
 Sirg, little bird thy note shall cheer
 The sadness of the dying year. When violets pranSed the turf with blue, And morning filled their cups with dew, Thy slender voice with ripping thrill \ The budding April bowers would f1ll Nor passed it's joyous tones away When April rounded into May;
 Thy life shall hail no second dawn
 Sing, little birdl the spring is gone. And I remember-well-a-da -day,- Thy full-blown summer roundelay, As when behind a broidered screen Some holy maiden sings unseen: With answering notes the woodland rung. And every tree-top found tongue,
 How deep the shadel the groves how
 fairl
 Sing, little birdl the woods are bare. The summers throbbing chant is done, Ana mute the choral antphon; The birds have left the shivering pines To fit among the treilised vines. Or fan the air with scented plumes Amid the love-sick orange blooms.
 And thou art here alone-alone-
 Sing, little bird! the rest have flown. The snow has capped yon distant hill, At morn the running brook was still. From driven herds the clouds that rise Are like the smoke of sacrifice: Ere long the frozen sod shall mock The plowshare. changed to stubborn rock.
 The crawling streams shall soon be
 dumb
 Sing, little birdl the frosts have come. Fast, fast the lengthening shadows creep. The songless fowls are half asleep. The air grows chill, the setting sun A May leave thee ere thy song is done. The pulse that warns thy breast grow cold, Thy secret die with thee. untold: The lingering sunset still is bright Sing. little bird. twill soon be night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-18
A BIT OF A LAUGH
The Law,a Delays.

The Laws Delays. From the New York Press .sYes dreamed went to he'll" .And whom did you see down there?' ..Bn Tweed, Jake sharp, Ned Stokes, chastine Cox Roxalana Druse, Jim Fisk. Carlyle Harris. Dr. Buchanan" And all the rest. What were they do- ing?' aWaiting for a new trial"
 A Last Remembrance. From Life.
 Ethel (ecstaticaily)-oh Charlie, would you just as leave propose all over again, and do it into this photograph? Cholly-Why?
 why, I want to have something to re- member you by after you have gone in and spoken to papa about it."
 Only Remedy. From the Chicago News. Young Man-Doctor, feel wretched all the time, nothing interests me. have no appetite, and can't sleep. What would you advise me to do? Old Doctor-Marry the girl, sir; marry the girl
 Between Friends. From the Chicago News. Mrs Enpeck-rd get divorce from my husband, only I think that is the one thing of all others that would please him. Mrs. Homer-Don't do 1t, dear. He doesn't deserve such kind treatment at your hands.
 
 Lazy, Indeed. From the Chicago News. sThat is the laziest man ever met !" said the old parson. How so?" asked the friend Why I told him he could reach the seventh heaven if he only tried, and he asked if there was an elevator"