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GEORGIA SCENES"

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Speaking of an error of a correspondent
OF the Times-Dispatch in attributing the
authorship of Georgia Scenes to I.y
man Hall. the Abingdon Virgnian says:
"The correspondent made a very nat
ural mistake. The stories of Judge Long
streets first appeared in one of the ga
zettes of the State and were compiled
by him for and published in book form
in 1870 DESTROYS of concealing the au-
thorship he said at the outset, he wrote
under two signatures. Hall (Lyman)
was that signed to stories in which men
appeared as principal actors; Baldwin
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet to those
in which women were the prominent fig
ures.
referring to those fine old stories we
may say We are sure one of them fur
nished our versatile and lamented friend,
the late DIR. George w. Bagby, the foun-
dation of his great production 'Ruben-
stefn,' which went the rounds of the
press again and again some Years ago.
THE Song AN account of the perform
ance instrumental and vocal, of Miss
Aurelia Augusta Crump IA pupil of
Madam Piggissqueaki, who studied under
Mann selle Crol<ifroggietta) in Georgia
Scenes and the story of Rubenstein are
enough alike in many respects to be
double first cousins. One paragraph alone
In the former covers the whole point"
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Maxim GorkY. ReyoIutionist.

Maxim Gorky the Russian novelist
this country. He is an extremist in
politics, radical of radicals, but he Is
so prominent in literature and in the
hearts of the people that the Russian
government prefers to let him go free
rather than shut him in prison. He has
been arrested. but has never been tried,
and of course he has not been con-
victed. 1t is case not unlike Toll
stois. Both are too prominent and too
popular to be punished in the Russian
fashion for their political convictions.
Gorky is coming to this country with
a message. He desires his own coun-
trymen in this country and also the
American people in general to under
stand the titanic struggle that is going
on between the masses and the classes
in Russia. No one excels him in por-
traying the life of the poor--the prof.
etariat-in his own country, and he
will attempt to picture here the fruits
of autocracy and bureaucracy in true
colors. He is a great artist, greater
than Tolstoi in picturesqueness. He is
no mere agitator, but he bears a mes
sage of deep import.
The advocates of constitutional rule
in Russia have won a great victory.
The douma will be in their hands, and
autocracy is doomed, but the struggle
may be prolonged, and it is against
that possibility that the friends of lib
erty in Russia are preparing. Gorky
comes here representing advanced Rus
STA, constitutional Russia, the Russia
of the Russian people, and not the Rus
STA of grand dukes and privilege and
almost bottomless corruption. Assur-
eddy he will be warmly welcomed.
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DEFENDANT SWOONS
IN'THE COURT ROOM

Columbia, S. c., April 1O.-A special to
the State from Saluda says:
State Senator Eugene S. Blease, charged
wit hthe murder of his brother-in-law, Joe
Ben Coleman in October, was acquitted
tonight. No more dramatic scene has
ever been witnessed in the Saluda court
house than when Blease told in tears and
sobs his friendship and love for Joe Ben
Coleman, their association for many
years, his exertions to secure Coleman a
position, and then of the ruin of his wife.
At the closing of this dramatic scene the
situation was rendered even more dra-
matte when the defendant swooned as he
was leaving the stand and became limp
as death. He had to be carried to the
jury rom where he renamed during the
entire time of the arguments, attended by
a physician The arguments were con-
cluded by o'clock, at which time Judge
Prince delivered his charge. the jury re-
turning a verdict of not guilty at $3.50
o'clock tonight.
Blease and Coleman married sisters and
1t was the alleged intimacy between Cole
man and Blease's wife which led up to
the tragedy in October last.
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HAAS ARRESTED In
COTTON LEAK CASE

New York, April 10.-That the federal
authorities were not satisfied with the
outcome of the investigation instituted
against Moses Haas and Frederick a.
Peckham last year for having it is al
legged conspired with E. S. Holmes, Jr.,
of the bureau of statistics to secure adj
vance information concerning the gov
ernment's official cotton crop reports and
which resulted in the discharge of Haas
and Peckham,, was shown by the arrest
late today of Moses Haas. Haas was
held by Judge Adams In $500 bail. which
he furnished and was released pending
an examination on a date to be deter
mined later
Shortly after the federal grand jury in
Washington indicted Haas and Peckham.
Haas was arrested in New York and
Peckham in Saratoga Former Assistant
United States District Attorneys Mark
and Miller, representing Haas and Peck
ham in New York made the novel plea
before United States Commissioner
Ridgeway that their clients could not be
held for Holmes official misconduct In
New York; that being a crime peculiar
to the District of Columbia on this the
two men were discharged
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Indian Superstition.

"A superstition of the Indian was that
a mans good qualities were inherently
in hair" said an old Indian fighter
therefore, when they killed an enemy
they went after his scalp.
There must be something in this theory
after all. You remember the story OF
samson-and the devil is always pictured
without any hair at all But it won't
do to carry the argument to It's logical
conclusion, for if we did, the wig makers
would be the only saints among men these
days-and the average man would have
about three shreds of character
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suls to be Americans and to receive
proper salaries would not only remove
a serious handicap to our present sys-
tenn but the suggested change would
provide an excellent school of consular
training and experience for consider
able number of bright young men who
would be, with the proposed remodel
ing of our consular service, in line for
promotion to consulships in which they
could serve with special ability and
success.
Mr.. Barretts suggestions really ex-
plain themselves. They need no argu-
ment. The cost of the proposed change
would not exceed 100000 year, and
that expense must be considered small
in the light of trade that approx
mates three billions of dollars a year,
and is rapidly increasing.
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WILL HOLD LAST
REHEARSAL TODAY

do nothing by halves" is Cole Broth
ers' motto and from early morning yes
terdav until 10 o clock the circus pro-
gramme was rehearsed over and over
again and the same thing will be done
both this morning and afternoon Be-
ginning at 715 tonight, Prof. Tinney's
International band will devote forty-five
minutes to the rendition of a promenade
musical festival and promptly at s
o clock the flna1 rehearsal will be started.
All of the performers will be in full
dress and every act and number Will be
presented exactly as 1t will be seen twice
tomorrow and Friday. The privilege of
permitting the public to witness the
practice work. which was enjoyed the last
several days, has been Withdrawn and the
only persons who will be allowed In the
big tent tonight will be the newspaper
men and attaches of the shows.
Everything is ready for the big open
ing tomorrow and rain or shine the
street parade will leave Smiths Park at
$3.50 o'clock and tour the main thorough
fares. series of free open air exhibit
lions will be given upon the grounds inn
mediatey after the return of the process
sion and at l p. m. the doors to the
menagerie and main tents will be thrown
open to the public. Under this order a
full hour will be allowed early arrivals
to inspect the display of animals before
the tournament is started.
That there will be four large audiences
here is indicated by the heavy demand
for tickets on sale the Parker's drug
store. While the number sold totals a
large figure, there are many desirable
seats not yet disposed of owing to the
greatly enlarged capacity of the main
canvas.
People will have the opportunity to
purchase an admission or grand stand
ticket in advance at no increase in prices
today between the hours of 10 a. M and
II o'clock noon. to and Z to D. M. or
tomorrow between 10 and and - o'clock
noon.
The fact that a portion of the receipts
OF the two days are to be donated to the
Elks charity fund will doubtless assist
In filling the tent for each performance.
Arrangements have also been made by
the purchase of tickets for members OF
other lodges and societies TO attend each
of the other three performances.
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SADNESS IN ADMISSION.
Death of Young Matthews Cast Gloom
Over the City.

Admission, April 1O.-tspecial)-A gloom
lowered over this city when the news was
received that Tom Matthews of Admission
and George Eubank of Birmingham, two
of the most popular students at the State
University, were drowned while fishing at
Lock on the Warrior river. MIR. Mat
thews was the youngest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. V. r. Matthews and favorite
with all who knew him. His entire life
had been spent in Admission and he num-
bered his friends by the score. Mr.. Mat
thews had been a student at the Univer-
slty of Alabama for several months. and
there his popularity was exceeded by
none. f. H. /
He was one of the brightest and most
promising students at the school. Mr..
Matthews was an. athlete of more than
ordinary ability and had an enviable repu-
tation throughout the state. As base
ball player he was considered one Of the
best among the school players of the
south, being a regular pitcher on his
school team j. f. Matthews. a local
attorney and older brother of the de-
ceased. left for the scene of the acct
dent
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Fewer Failures This Year.

The returns for the first quarter Of
1906 show that the number of failures
was per cent less than IN tte first
quarter of 1905. There we're this year
2791, as against 2941 one year ago.
Liabilities show this year an excess, it
is true, but this excess was due to
few large failures.
In the south the number of failures
and the amount of their liabilities are
both smaller. The southern failures in
the quarter just ended numbered 613,
as against 500 one year ago. The liza
bilities this year were $606i,171; last
year $7,065, 4S4. These figures are
additional evidence of the growing
strength of this section of the country
In Alabama there were in the first
three months of the present year 81
failures; in the corresponding months
of last year there Wee GO. The differ
enc6 DelWeeu dSSetS "iu iie'piii'iSn N"D
this year smaller than 1t was one year
ago.
No southern state shows SO great
decrease in the number of failures as
does Alabama. Mississippi did nearly
as well, but in Texas and South Caro-
lima the showing was not so favorable,
while in West Virginia there was an
increase in the number of failures. Ala
bama may fairly claim to be prosper
GUS state. All things considered it
may be just to say that Alabama leads
all her southern sisters in the respect
of prosperity and development.
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GOVERNMENT GOES
AFTER THE PACKERS

Chicago, April 1o,-The Chronicle tomor-
row will say:
president Roosevelt has once more
taken personal hand in the prosecution
of the packers, and the result is apparent
in a resumption of activity on the part
of the local federal officials. 1t has been
announced that the effort to punish the
packers as individuals is to be renewed
with vigor.
This is under direct instructions to Dis
trct Attorney Morriso nfrom the Pres
dent and Attorney General Moody Mr..
Morrison has been directed to proceed
against the packers under the Injunction
of Judge Grosscup of the United States
circuit court. and also to seek new in
jury.
1.-THE government agents are now at
work securing information which is to be
used as a basis of complaint before the
grand jury next month. This evidence,
it is said, will sustain a charge by the
government that the packers as indlvidu-
ais have violated the injunction of Judge
Grosseup. Several railroad officials have
responded to questions put to them by
government agents and the information
secured from the railroad men, together
with information volunteered by former
and present employees of the packers, was
declared tonight by one of the federal
officials to be sufficient to warrant the
return of indictments against certain of
the packer
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PRESENT DAY MAKEUP
OF A WELL-GROOMED MAN

ties of hair can be made to disappear by
careful cutting. Most BARRIERS refuse to
take the necessary trouble, and some
are ignorant of the special care that
every separate head demands.
Once 1t is well cut, a mans hair must
also be well brushed. Excessive care
is probably worse than carelessness. To
be well cut mans hair should never be
long enough to stick UP under his hat.
1t may be as long as he wants it on the
top of his head if it is short enough TO
brush properly.
1t is still the fashion of those men who
think of such things to part the hair on
the left side. The hair is then brushed
back straight from the brow. It is still
smart to brush 1t up ON the temples until
1t looks in a way like the hair in the
Stuarts pictures of George Washington.
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Better Consular Service.

A group of New York business men
recently asked John Barrett, our min
lister to Colombia, whose experience in
foreign affairs has been wide and
varied, to present practical suggestions
touching the betterment of the Ameri-
can consular service. This he did in the
form of an interview, and that inter-
view has been printed, and copy of
1t has come to hand in The Age Herald
Office.
Mr.. Barrett says, to begin with, that
all consular officers should be Ameri-
cans, and that their salaries should be
sufficient. About one-half of our con-
sular service consists of non-Americans.
This should not be. The dignity of the
country and the greatness OF our trade
forbid. by the present faulty sys-
tenn" says Mr.. Barrett, "a gratuitous
leak is provided by our government for
the advantage Of those it desires to
distance in the race for trade"
Mr.. Barrett, speaking from his own
ample observation, goes on to say that
. law requiring vice and deputy con-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-11

IN REPRESENTATIVE CURTIS of
W Kansas intimates that William
Allen White did not write
What's the Matter with Kansas?n but
that the famous editorial was written by
a Topeka lawyer and Mr.. Whites claim
to 1t rests solely on the fact that it
was published In his paper, the Emporia
Gazette. Nothing is sacred nowadays-
nothing is safe from the iconoelasts
They rage abroad seeking to shatter our
cherished idols and laying waste the
foundations on which we have builded orr
hopes. If William Allen White didn't
write whats the Matter with Kansas?o
he could have written it, so why cavil?
BUSY TIMES IN BUGVILLE.
Now doth the cheerful little ant
Prepare to lay away
Choice fragments Of the picnic spread
Against a rainy day.
And exc the ehigger, full of glee,
Anticipates a feast
Upon the dainty summer girl
He is lucky beastl
No one could accuse Vesuvius of having
that tired feeling"
A man named Theodore will run for
Congressman Longworths seat in the
First congressional district of Ohio. Des-
tiny named him for the race.
IN THE SPRING.
Sing song of springtime,
Fields are fun of bugs;
Ger the budding landscape
Automobile chugs.
Reformers talk and then pass the hat
The baseball pass books having been
issued, the organization of the Anvil
chorus will proceed uninterruptedly.
Judging from her pictures, Ruth Hofer
is as good an excuse for a man to slip
up as any one could wish to find.
KICKING ON THE FARE.
The fisher ished,
The fishes swan.
They didn't bite
They wanted ham.
A young man. who made 100000 in two
wears has retired and declares he will
live on the money for the rest of his
life. He says that 100000 is enough thus
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IN HOTEL LOBBIEs


The auditorium of the new high
school, which will be dedicated this af-
tenoon and tonight Is one of the finest
assembly halls in any similar institu-
lions in the SOUTH said an educator yes
terday.
"fhe auditorium is well designed in the
hrst place and furthermore is finished
with great deal of taste. The acoustics
are splendid. Tho stage is large and well
arranged. and large amount of scenery
has been installed.
Taking all things into consideration.
the auditorium is one of the most mod
ern in the south.p
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Spectacular Vesuvins.

Vesuvius is not only wonderful
spectacle but it has more history be-
hind it than any other Volcano in the
world. The ashes and cinders and
stones it is throwing out today show
plainly how Pompeii and IIcrculaneum
were overwhelmed. In fact the site of
both are in some danger today. Vesu-
vius is spectacular because it stands on
bay near Naples. city even larger
than New Orleans, and it is a great
smoke producer and when that smoke
is lit up by internal fires, it becomes
a striking spectacle.
When it is remembered that vol
canoes stand as a rule close to the sea,
it is impossible to resist an acceptance
of the theory that volcanic explosions
are due to the seepage of water i'll
large quantities through assures to the
internal fires. An explosion might in
terrupt the seepage and thus the vol
canic power would become intermit-
tent.
Vesuyius is not by any means the
greatest volcano in the world. 1t stands
far below Mauna Loa or Pelee in en-
ergy, but as spectacle it is absolutely
the finest in the known world. and it
has been superior in that respect in all
historic times.
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THAT<FuTuRE DAY.

BY Frederick Lawrence Knowles.
When this warm body shall be dust
Some dateless year from now.
Still shall the reaper bind his sheaf
Still shall the plowman plow.
On other ears than mine shall fall
The veery's double trill.
Another's feet the sunset trail
Shall lure from hill to hill.
Though all forgotten then be ],
A moss-grown thing my name.
Though every chronicler forget
These hostages to fame,
Yet IL above my fiattened mound
Where wildfowers greet the rain,
My children's childrens Shildren's child
Shall twist daisy chain;
Though he have never heard of me,
Who shouts and leaps in play S
And in the marbles shadow laughs
The summer noon away,
In my white rome. Eternity
shall look down, perchance.
And my immortal years may be
More blissful for the glance
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REFLECTIONS OF A sAcHEIoR
the New York Press

Half the fun of lying is betting with
yourself whether the other fellow believes
you.
A man wouldn't be nearly so bald If he
didn't worry so much about the jokes on
the front row.
a widow never tells a man what good
habits her first husband had until after
she marrles him.
The only reason mosquitoes don't come
in winter is because people don't wear
openwork stockings out on the piazza
then
1t makes man terribly ashamed to
have TO walk with his wife in a gay hat
that he always tries TO nirt with if it Is
on some other woman's head.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-04-11
HEAVY SNOW STORM
BREAKS OVER BOSTON

Boston. April 1o.-The storm which
broke over New England last night de-
veloped into unusual intensity for an
April disturbance and caused damage to
telephone telegraph and electric light
wires. In this city snow fell for several
hours. The storm was severe all along
the New England coast At Gloucester
the schooner d. Clifford was blown ashore
and her crew was rescued with difficulty
by the Gloucester life savers.
Three ships and a two-masted schooner
were sunk in Providence town harbor and
another sloop was cast ashore.
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Mean Whisky.

Remarking on the extraordinary num-
Der of arrests made last month for drunk
enness, Capt. John S. Johnston of the
police department said:
Given enough mean whisky, l can
make criminals of the best men in the
world. 1t is not a question of what their
real natures are-they are simply inn
PEELED toward crime by the whisky, just
as surely as steam makes an engine go.
The cheap character of the stuff sold
nowadays in the average dive of the
city is nothing less than the mlcrobe-
the qulntessence Of crime. 1t saturates
the blood with the meanest passions and
turns the demons of the lower regions
loose in a mans brain. Then it is only
question of what direction he gets start
ed Crime of one sort or another is
mighty sure to be at the end of his row."
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND
MATTERS OF THE TIMES

differentiating himself from the average
man who never gets enough.
Last call for the Easter hat joke
A preacher. has decided that woman
can not be called young when she IS
forty. How is he going to know when
she reaches the period to quit being kit
tenish? =
President Roosevelt Is going to have a
baseball pass. No White House thunder
has ever been directed at the national
game. Baseball magnates do not trem-
BILE in the presence of reform nor have
regulation" nightmares. If the big stick
ever figures In baseball it will be as a
bat and home run should result.
,MEMENToEs.
The pleasures that We used to have
Are gone with all their frills.
They left behind as souvenirs
Some unreceipted bills.
At last the little Rockefeller has had
an opportunity of seeing what grandpa
looks like. Happy youngsterl He is not
yet aware of Miss Tarbells facile pen.
While guns were the favorite means of
committing suicide in the month of
March, considerate persons still prefer
some quieter method of night suicide that
will not wake up their neghbors.
THE ROOT OF EVIL.
Now money makes the giddy whirl
We call the social set,
It pays for popping champagne corks
And helps us out of debt.
1t makes a lot of trouble, too,
But nearly every man
Is wearing out his little life
To corner all he can.
Wealth does not bring joy said mil
lionaire and set up late that same night
to map out stock market campaign
with his broker, thus exercising the usual
prerogative of not practicing what he
preached.
AN EXCUSE.
While stuff like this may seem to you
Pure fol-de-rol and bosh,
If you but had to grind it out
You'd find it tough. b'gosh!
A sun bath will do you good. 1t is sani-
tary, healthful and not a bit of trouble.
PAUL COOK.
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Would Form Legislative Committee.

Washington, April 10.-If the action in
this city last night of the Central Labor
other central bodies throughout the
country there will be established in this
city a labor legislative committee to look
after all matters of all legislation in Con-
gress affecting labor one way or another
The proposed legislative body will be COM
posed of a representative from each of
the 1883 central labor unions of the United
States
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Belmont Buys Fine Stallion.

London, April 10.-August Belmont has
purchased the racing stallion Rocksand,
paying s125O00.
Rocksand br. h.. by sanfoin. out of
Roquebrune, In 1908. won for his owner,
Sir j Miller, the derby, the St. Beger.
and two thousand guneas stakes. This
year the horse has been at the Hamilton
stud farm. New Market
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LIVELY DOINGs.

From the Columbus Enquirer Sun.
Birmingham is to have a gay time this
week. The Funeral Directors association
of Alabama will gather there.