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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04
INDIAN AGENT TO BE PAID.
Case Involving About $1 10000 Held for
 LaPointe Indians.

Washington, February 3.-Justice Bar nard of the District Supreme court to- day gra-ted mandamus directing the secretary of the interior and the com missioner of Indian affairs to pay John B. Bigby. an Indian agent of the La Pointe Wis, agency. certain moneys de- posted to his credit in the Ashland na- tional bank
 The commissioner says Bigby has all the rights of citizenship so far as prop erty is concerned, subject to only such conditions and trusts as may have been expressly named in the allotment, patent or contract of sale. The case involves about sl10.000. said to be held by the In- dian bureaeu for the several hundred La Pointe Indians
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04
Two Matches Made.

New York February 3.-J. H. Her man of the International Athletic club of Fort Erie succeeded in making two matches for his club today. Kid Mo Coy and Jack Root signed articles to fight before the club for purse of $5000 on March 16, and both men and the club posted forfeits. George Gard ner signed an agreement to meet Nc Coy a month later
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
m the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 A woman's idea of staying young Is to make her hair and complexion stay young.
 A woman can make herself love any man who quotes sentimental poetry about feminine nobility.
 The man who knows his business pre- tends to talk in his sleep when his wife is awake, calling out nothing but her name.
 A woman has such lively imagination that If she marries a bad penny she can make herself believe it is a twenty dollar gold piece in disguise.
 When a man goes home and finds his dinner the way he likes 1t and his wife unusually tender, it is either his mother in-law coming or the bill for some fur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04
QUARANTINE WILL SOON RAISE.
pr. Salmon Says the Epidemic In New
 Enoland Is About Over.

Washington, February 3.-Dr. 10. Sal mon, chief of the bureau of animal in- dustry, who has returned here from Boston, where he superintended the fight against the foot and mouth epidemic said today that 5000 animals already have been slaughtered in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hamp- shire, and that the indemnity the gov- ernment has paid the owners aggregate $1OO,o0O.
 Dr. Salem said that unless new cases should develop, it is probable that most of the quarantine restrictions now ex- isting will have been removed in about sixty or ninety days. Not single case of the disease has been reported from any point outside of New England.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04
Injunction Case Delayed,

Chicago, February 3.-Failure to se- cure service upon all the various de- fendants in the Rock Island injunction case, set for preliminary hearing to- day, has resulted in an indefinite de- lay. According to Attorney J. Hamil- ton Lewis, a week may transpire be- fore the hearing will proceed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04
Billiard Tournament.

New York, February 3.-In the an nual championship tournament or the National association of amateur bill Hard players today, J. E. Poggenburg of New York defeated Arthur Town send of Brooklyn by the score of 300 to 299.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04
Hotel Music.

Calman's orchestra Is rendering de- lightful music at the Hotel Hillman ev- cry evening. The programmes are made up of artistic music of the popular sort and are never heavy. The music begins at half past o'clock and continues until half past or o'clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04
Colonel Avery Dies Suddenly.

News York, February S.-Col Ira Avery, the oldest special treasury agent. in the service, died today of apoplexy. He was born in Virginia sfxty-seven years ago, and served in the civil war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

The Baltimore Herald thinks Sena- tor Morgan's favorite hero is Casa blanca, who stood his ground when everybody else had fled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04
Capt. Frank p. o'Brlen.

Capt. Frank P. O'Brien was slightly improved yesterday and was able to sit up for a short time. He Is still quite Ill and is confined to his bed the greater part Of the time. Captain O'Brien hopes to be able to be out, however, within the next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04
Those Dear Girls.

From February Smart Set.
 The First-When he proposed to me hs acted like regular idiot
 The Second-Well, my dear, you must remember that he was doing something idiotic.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

The Rhodes scholarships are to be very aristocratic. Only those who have been ground out of an American col lege are eligible, and the appointees are to be selected practically by the chancellors of state universities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

The day of the private secretary has come. Senator-elect Overman of North Carolina was Senator Vance's private secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

General Miles found a real sartorial rival in Ambassador Mccormick at St. Petersburg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

It is now proposed to put the salary of the President of the United States on the steel trust basis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

A railroad straight from this town to St. Andrews Bay, in Florida, is the latest. All railroads lead to Birming- ham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04
The Real Thino.

From February Smart Set.
 Hewitt-I borrowed a policemans uni form and put 1t on the other day. Jewett-What did you do then?
 T don't know; immediately feb asleep
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

J. P. Morgan's poverty is surprising He stated before the tax officials that his debts exceed the value of his goods and chattels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

Domesticated lightning is becoming every day more useful Even Marconi's s form of it is popular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

There is an unwritten rule in con- gress which provides that no member shall introduce more than five anti trust bills,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

Count Quadt and Baron Speck von Sternberg begin to loom up in the Ven ezuelan ruction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

The only President and the only ex- President will be present at the open ing of the St. Louis fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

A yea and nay vote In the senate on the uniformity bill is wanted, and the people will do the rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

Uncle Sam is getting ready for a big war, but that war will never crys tallize.t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

SheffiAd and Gadsden, both in this district, Are enjoying a wholesome boom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

General Funston Is so thoroughly re- formed that he recently visited Kansas without making a speech.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

The insurance people are beginning to insure against appendicitis, offering to pay 5000 on its appearance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

The private character of Herr Krupp is still discussed by socialist papers in terms unfit to translate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

BlindfoldeA justice is supposed to be working on the Jim Tillman case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-04

The engine crew of the future is to consist of three persons. King Edwards coronation is becom- ing boresome.
 Shoot and Ankeny! long may they wave.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-26
Napo Ieon's Idea # Journalist.

The worst recommendation THAT aLy
man could have in Napoleon's eyes
was to be newspaper writer. Shortly
after the 18th Brumaire, Table de
PAarade, who was always a favorite
with the emperor, solicited an ap
pointment for one of his acquain.
tances. What has he done?" asked
Napoleon. ''He has been a journal
ist." "A journalist? That means a
.sumbler, a censurer, giver of ad-
vice, a regent Of sovereigns, a tutor
of nations. The Bicetre is the fittest
place for people Of that stamp" Sup.
pose Napoleon lived to-day. with his
every thought anticipated in the news
papers! Some good newspaper ad.
ylce might have saTed MIN in the
Russian campaign and later at Wa
terloo-New York Fress.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-26
GO{cer. cd and Men,ories

rom r-off, blue Wisconsin hills,
.2""e came a gift of flowers to me.
"'ih prisoned sunlight in their depths,
Md fragrance sweet Of field and tree
hoy spoke of days long passed away
D: haZy-golden autumn eyes.
II moonlight filtered softly down
nrouSh CanOpieS of yellow leaves
And like fair ghosts, for years laid low,
Come back to haunt familiar ways,
here rose to mind the fairy dreams
Woven in long gone childish days;
Dreams great with noble deeds ami true.
If hard-won fame, and wealth and
power:
Md who shall say the ripe. years
cut mock that golden fairy dover?
For speaks a living voice, as from
The perfumed flow wers my friend has
sent:
rlIe visions of the child are true.
For what is wealth but sweet Contents
10. Better than the fairies pelf
The hard earned wage of honest meh;
The nobest deeds are every days,
Done braveiy. once and yet again.
Power It is ours. above a kings.
And godlier than exalts a throne,
If we but make a single life
The brighter, that it's next our cwn.
The soul that rules it's living Self
Is mghtier than a scepter's sway,
The fairy realm of childish dreams!
1t lies about us every dav
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-26
SPECIAL TRIP TO BOSTON,
July 9th to 10th, 1908.

Arrangements have been made for
a through chair car to leave Little
Rock at S:20 p. M, July list to run
through to Albany, New York via De
troit. From Albany the party will
take the magnificent trip in daylight
down the Hudson and after short
Steamer Will be taken 10 Boston,
reaching there the morning of July
9th; returning via same route, eX-
cept that one may take boat from
Buffalo to Detroit without extra cost.
This is the Official Route.
A splendid trip for teachers and
others.
RATES.
The rate for this trip are given
below from principal points where the
party is being made up, and cover
cost of all the privileges referred to:
From TeXarkana $41 90
Camden ........... -. 41.20
Arkadelphia ............. 40.45
Hot Springs ...:......... 4015
Little Rock .............. 3S45
Pine Bluff ............ 1850
Higginson .............. 371O
Newport ............ $500
St. Louis 28OO
Rates slightly less via direct rail
route. Additional information per-
tanning to route. rates, etc, may be
obtained of ticket agents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-26

'ArtN SLanHt 90 aMnN =.


The two children cIung to each other.
frightened by the serious looks of their
parents into Il vague understanding
that some calamity overhung them.
me mother sank into a chair and
buried her face in her hands The ia
ther leaned upon a mantel. the image
OF despair The children, their young
faces ciouded With their first serious
trouble. glanced from father to mother.
wondering what all this meant. There
was no sound except the mothers sobs
Before husband and wife came the
same picture. Was it thought transfer
Pncc or because at this moment of their
parting their minds naturally fell upon
the moment Of Most perfect bliss that
either lad ever .eoWn? They We're ten
years younger. 1t was sp:.l..:~.t. 1Ae. :.ot
cry spring. hut the "lcafy month of
Jun". There We're music I'D GanciY"
within and out on the piazza where
they had strollcd into the moonlight
came through open windows and doors
Che sound Of violin. harp and flute I! II
.:and rested lightly on his arm. and he
.r>. her to Il nook under an ovel!:anging
vine. 1t WAS ther" that they made up
their first quarrel. there that he tcid
his story and there. secluded from the
moonlight. in the sound OF Il babel of
merry voices. laughter and lni!s;c, he
took his first kiss This ecstatic mo-
ICnt now stood out in contrast with
thc >"m sNHeter that confronted them.
and for the moment each, shutting out
TIE present. Was lest in Il sllpremely
happy past.
The mother felt Il tiny arm about
iicr. Then came another a little larger
and stronger. She knew that her chill
t!rcn We're cl;ne:ag to her She looked
down at them. then UP into the face Of
their father, whom they had drawn to-
ward her
Mamma" said tie girl. don't let
papa and Arty go away"
Papa sad tie boy, don't let us
go away. Mamma, tell papa we
mustn't 50 away
Tugging at their father, they pulled
him down till he sank on one knee that
he might encircle them.
"MaUd." he said. these two little
voices calling on us to bear and for
bear for their sakes are all powerful.
For my part, the angry clouds that
have envrloped us are dispelled by our
children. who are suffering from our
own impcrfection. Let us wipe away
the chickering's that have brought us
and them to the verge of parting and
for the sake OF all that makes life
worth living. parental and flial love;
for the sake of these two innocent
ones, for our own sakes. let us forgive
and forget have been thinking of
the kiss took that night You re-
member
Strange, was thinking of it too"
LET us take it again. We may not
have With it that youthful thrill we
had then, but let us remember that we
We're then but two, while now we are
four"
In another moment father, mother
and children We're folded in one en-
brace. F. A. MITCHELL.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-26
TWO KISSES
tOriginal.l

T.. There had been Il quarrel. indeed a
succession OF quarrels which had end
cd in the husband going away from
his home preparatory to a separation
from his wife. The terms had been ar
ranged by correspondence. They had
two children. Il boy ami u girl. The IA
lher was to have tie boy, the mother
the girl. The father had returned by
appointments, and the business part of
the affair had been transacted. They
now approached the matter of break
ing the news to the Children
Call them in,'' said the father. turn
Ing his back to conceal his emotion.
You go,' said the mother, with a
tremOlo in her Voice II mus. Get
through this ordeal with as little strain
AS possible Or shall break down. and
20 break Gown before the children
would not only pain them, but be ex-
crucia,ing for u.s..
Every we'll; Will go and fetch
them.
He went out and in a few minutes
returned with the little girl in his
arms, Ii" hey dancing along, holding to
his fatht".s hand. Both were laughing
and shouting. for they had been sur
priseu III Il FoiHp. Wien the man came
into the roam where he had left his
wife she Was standing with her back
toward him.
Maud ae said. here are Our chill
dren. | Y, i'll explain to them as we'll as
/ can What is to be: then you can say
goodby 70 A"s.sur.
The NoG2&si still stood with her back
to him and the children. SHE was
striving 10 naster her emotion Sud
denly, with an effort, she turned and
said composediy:
''Proceed."
'Arthur. said the man softly, "you
are to 60 away With me and live with
me, leaving mamma and Amy You
will have to get used to living without
them, for other people will take care Of
you, and you will have other play
mates
''Who's to put me to bed:' asked the
child in wonder
''Wcll, my boy, some good woman
will do that. and will begin by put
ting you to bed myself
81 don't want any good woman 10
put me to bed. want mamma. You
don't know how to undress me-. e.rapa."
The father knit his brows and. With
out making any reply, spoke to tie
girl:
you, Amy, dear, will stay with
mamma"
"And not have Arty?"
"No, my child. Arty is going with
me-
The girl looked into the serious face
of her father. then at her sobbing moth
er, and an inklng Of the truth crept
into her young mind. Going to her
brother, she put her arms about him
and said:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-26
Grover Is ResoIute.

Mr.. Cleveland is not going to STOP
fishing because Col. Watterson and
others think he won't catch any fish
He has as much right to fish for the
nomination as anybody. 1t is a case
of the survival of the fttest.-Pitts.
burg Gazette
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-26
The important Matter.

Let all minor matters, such as the
British tariff discussion, labor trou-
bles, Russia and the Jews, etc, be
set aside while we examine the new
cotillion devised by the dancing mas
ters' nvention-Chicago Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-26
Condescendinq.

President Draper of the University
of Illinois, admits that college gradu
ates have faults-which is really quit
a concession, coming from a college
observation-disclosures City Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-06-26
g %Zro~

Laxative Brotno=Qi:in;ne TABLETS
sc Tenedv that cH.rNs :, fose. in cx,c C..
]. G. Scott, of Osceola, Mo-, was
killed by lightning " aile on his way
% church.
A Delaware mob MADE two at
tempts to lynch negro who had as
saulted the daughter of a preacher.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-22
Forest Fires and Reforestation.

Probably this springs forest fires
have done more to destroy than has
been done either by public or private
effort to protect the country's woods
since the work of forest preservation
began to receive attention. In many
states vast tracts have been swept
clear by the flames, and it is probable
that carelessness, or worse, can justly
be held responsible for Sf1e starting of
every one of the many fires. No one
ever hears that any one has been pun
lshed for setting forest fires and the
measures taken to eXtingush them
when started are for the most part of
desultory and inefficient sort.
Unless effective measures are taken
to prevent these disasters, there is little
use in preaching the benefits of scen-
tific forestry or in spending money for
the results so slowly to be obtained by
its application. There is no question
that the forests should be better pro-
tected than they are and that larger ex-
penditures for this purpose than are
now voted would receive almost unani.
nous public approval. At any rate, 1t Is
the height of folly to spend even lit
tie money for guards that do not guard
and to plant trees on u few acres Of
ground only to let fire remove them
from as many square miles.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-22
Divorce and Remarriage.

Two notable cases in connection with
the canon of the Anglican church re-
specting the marriage of persons from
whom divorces have been obtained
have lately come under public notice.
One Of these was the marriage of Will
liam X. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Ruther-
furd in London, and the other was that
in which Rev. James j. Goodwin Of
Hartford, Conn, declined even at the
altar to marry a man whom he found
had been divorced.
The discerning public finds little diff
Guilty in deciding which of these in
stances to commend and which to con-
denim.
Mr.. Vanderbilt was, as the world
knows, divorced for statutory cause,
though the decree against him had
been amended by an order of the courts
Of New York permitting him to con-
tract second marriage. This, how
ever, had no bearing upon the regula-
ton of the Anglican church respecting
the remarriage of persons divorced for
cause. Provided with the court order
legalizing his second union, Mr.. Van
derbilt had perfect right to seek
civil marriage, which would have been
unQuestionably as legal and binding
as though solemniZed with the rites Of
the church. Though in exceedingly
bad taste, Mr.. Vanderbilt had of course
a right to ask a clergyman of the
Church of England to perform the cere-
mony, but = latter had neither the
moral nor ecclesiastical right to do so,
and has subjected himself to just dis
missal from the communion of the
church whose tenets he has flagrantly
violated.
The question of public concern Is not
so much the marriage of a divorced
Vanderbilt as that of the apparent
breaking down of the wholesome safe
guards which the church has thrown
|
The religious ceremony is held by the
public to prove and very properly so,
that no moral bar exists to the union.
1t is also justly held that the blessing
Of the church upon marriage gives 1t
not only q sacred character, but a GER
tain element of Responsibility and So
cial prestige wanting in a purely civil
contract between man and woman,
though the latter is no less marriage
in fact and in law than the former;
hence it is that divorced persons who
marry again so persistently seek cler-
gyman when civil marriage is open to
them.
Law cannot prevent divorce, or al
least separation, nor can it greatly re-
duce the number Of unhappy mar
riages Social OstraciSm can, however
almost wholly prevent the remarriage
Of those whose offenses cause divorce
No man or woman wishes to face socia
condemnation. Such condemnation II
society's main protection against the
apparently growing divorce evil. The
church, therefore, as the conservator OF
social order does well to deny it's sa
cred offices to persons who have violat
ed their marital vows, whether in higl
or low estate.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-05-22

WHAT DID YOU COME HERE FoRT"
and that wreckage and destruction fol-
lowed in his path are matters of cur
rent history. We need not repeat them
here.
When he created such terrible havoc
in our halls of congress, as result OF
which we have had TO call extra cleo
tons to fill the numerous vacant seats
in both houses on account of the Doodle
and bribery scandals; when he tam
pered with the presidents message,
which told us how many millions ac-
crued to that noble statesman from the
sugar trust; when our marts of COM
merce had been closed by him; when
the Stock Exchange had been made the
abode of spiders and silence; when at
the last he committed the heinous
crime of disclosing and therefore de-
stroying the methods by which mod
ell machine made city government was
conducted in our great vice protecting
city of New York; when, in short, our
whole system of living had been turned
upside down and inside out by the Ar
chimedes screw of that compelling eye,
ii was time for the nation to rebel. And
we did
No common methods would avail to
rid us of visitor who could render
himself invisible to the police when
wanted. So day of public hypnotism
twas appointed. On that day, Dec. %,
| 1913, at 10 Il. m, the whole country
| joined in an effort TO hypnotic the
Marian back to his lair in the empy-
rean. Standing under the open sky and
| looking toward the east, every person
in the United States over eighteen
years of age concentrated his thoughts
and prayers upon that one objeo..
The hum of industry was stopped
every train and mill and store and fac.
! tory in the whole vast area of the cont
nent was blanketed in one tremendous
silence as the millions Y people faced
the morning sun as though by the
swing of a mighty pendulum swayed
by common human impulse, for every
soul on earth has some dread of pow.
er which compels the unvarnished
truth at all times.
The common enemy was in Washing
ton at the time, ascending the steps OF
the Congressional library. So many
hostile thought currents focused upor
his will proved too much for him. He
was overwhelmed by an inclination tc
call his air ship and journey again
homeward.
At 1920 black speck appeared il
the sky above the gilded dome of the
library At 1920 he stepped into his
conjured AZ ship, and the awful eye
was seen to close slowly three times as
the vessel rose above the city.