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The log cabin Democrat., 1907-01-17
BEEBE.
From the News, January }.

An epidemic of whooping cough prevails to some extent in this vicinity at the present time.
 Born, to MT. and Mrs. J. c. Stanley, k Saturday, January 5, 1907, a son.
 Squire D. J. Mcintosh, who is a candidate for sergeant-at-arms of the senate, will go to Little Rock this week to look after the inter est of his candidacy.
 ]. s. Smith has had another nice residence erected on his Cobb Lake farm. This is one of the most valuable plantations to be found in the county.
 A meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of Beebe was held on January 1, at which time the old board of directors was reelected, who in turn reelected the old officers. A dividend of 10 per cent was declared also 6 per cent was added to it's surplus.
 Hon. c. $. Barrett, of Georgia, president of the National Farmers Union, was waterbound here last Thursday and he took advantage of his stay to visit the home of National Secretary Treasurer Me Culloch, three miles west of town. After returning from his visit to the country, President Barrett called at the office and to a News man he expressed himself as high ly pleased with the manner in which the secretay and treasurer business of the organization was conducted. Bro. McCulloch, has his work perfectly systemiz- ed, ' said President Barrett, and everything is kept right up to date. No better man for this place could have been found in the United States and the order Is to be congratulate on securing his services. "
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-01-17
LONOKE.
From the Democrat, January 10.

From the Democrat, January 10.
 The Arkansas Nursery Company, located at Lonoke, was organized last week. The capital stock is twenty-five thousand dollars, one half of which is paid up. The in- corporators are H. Gates, J. M. Cobb and Mrs. Virlina Cobb. H. Gates of Little Rock, is president and J. M. Cobb of Lonoke, secre- tary and Treasurer.
 George Stephens of Crooked Creek township, who has been in iail here for some time charged with forgery and grand larceny, made his escape Tuesday night. 1t seems that he was left outside the cell and in some way pried the bars of window and let himself to the ground with blanket.
 The high water of the past ten days has done great deal of dam- age to the bridges in the county, several being completely destroyed and great many more or less wrecked. The waters in this sec ton of the country have been high CT than for many years.
 Arthur Sanders and Clifton Rule went to Little Rock Tuesday to meet the legislators as they come to the city. Arthur is candidate for assistant journal clerk of the house, and Clifton is a candidate for page for the same body. They are both good boys and we shall be glad to see them have what they want.
 The town council met Tuesday night and transacted about the usual business except that the ques- tion of employing town scavenge1 was discussed. We are of the opin- ion that this would be good thing for the council to do. The health of the town ought to be one of the first considerations, and to have good health the town must be kept in good sanitary condition, and il some one was employed to see that every part ot the town was kept clean it would go far toward insur- ing us good health.
 Grandson Apple of Austin died on Wednesday evening, January and. He was one oI the oldest cit izens of that community, being nearly seventy years of age. He was an exemplary christian, citizen and neighbor, man in whom his neighbors had the utmost conf dence and to whom they looked fol advice in time of need. We have known MT. Apple from our boy hood and know what a loss the community has sustained in his death. We sympathize with the family and community in their loss
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-01-17
CASA.
From the Democrat, January Il.

From the Democrat, January II.
 The Bank of Casa was organized in October, 1903, and has therefore been in business something over three years, and has been doing a splendid business since its organiza- ton having steadily grown each year, until now its deposits are i'll excess of $50, 900. .oo. Atits annual meeting, which was held on last Monday, a net dividend of 25 per cent was declared, paying I5 per cent to its stockholders and passing 10 per cent to the surplus fund. These figures alone speak for them selves as to the management of this bank and the confidence in which 1t is held.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-01-17
CLINTON.
From the Journal, Jan. II.

From the Journal, Jan. Il.
 Actual railroad grading is now going on in Van Buren county.
 Will Campbell fell under load ed wagon Monday morning and wheel ran over his right arm break ing it. Dr. Milligan was called and reduced the fracture and he is now getting along nicely.
 New corners and land buyers are becoming plentiful in this county. The free home will soon be thing of the past. You had better take that homestead now if you ever expect to.
 w. T. Hammock of Quitrnan was in town Tuesday attending habeas corpus case before Judge Smith, and succeeded in getting Hubbard Jones out of jail. Hub bard was put in jail last Friday up on a commitment from the J. P. court of Cargile township. The Squire had fined Jones SIo and one day in jail for appropriating I2 or A old clapboards to his own use. The prosecution had failed 70 make the proper bond for cost and in his affidavit failed to state time and place the offense was committed, and for these reasons the prisoner was released.
 On account of his wife's illness Sheriff Bradley did not go on the tax collecting tour this week, but got ex-sheriff HatChett to go along with Deputy Tom Davis. Jim will l feel natural among the tax payers and if he is not careful will talk l politics.
 Henry L. Jennings, long time citizen of Van Buren county and once our sheriff, died near Morrill, ton Tuesday morning. He had been in poor health for some time and his death was not wholly un- expected. His remains we e brought to the Hale grave yard for interment.
 w. T. Davis and daughter visit ed at Leslie the latter part of last week. They report that place on big boom.
 Ed Bradley and Mrs. Leona liar dox were quietly married at the residence of Hamp Bradley last Sunday at 5 p. III. The Journal wishes them long life and happi- ness.
 Dr. ]. ]. Hargis has traded all his lands in and around Clinton to Jas. Jacobs of near Scotland for his farm. They both moved this week. We are glad to welcome MT. Jacobs to our midst but hate to see the Dr. and his estimable family go.
 The value of our timber land has increased 200 per cent in the last two years and yet there are. people in this county who have no land and won [ homestead for fear land will never be worth anything. It is queer how some folks will throw chances away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18

the pandemic arose there appears to have been for several years wide diff fusion of the disease in the large do- minions belonging to the Tartars and the Turks, who at that time ruled oyer the greater part of Asia. Galfridi le Baker Swynebroke set down the period of prevalence in Asia before plague entered Europe as seven years. When it did arrive it is estimated to have de- stroyed 2,000,000 of the inhabitants. England and Wales at the lowest coDf putation lost 2,500,00O of the inha itants, or about half of the total pop lation.
 For over 300 years after this visita- tion Europe suffered from fresh inva- sions of plague, which re-enforced the languishing infections already existing from previous ones. In the countries attacked there were some epidemics, in towns which, though continuing only for few months, are memorable, for their great mortality. For instance, the epidemic in Venice in 1876 caused 10000 deaths; that in Moscow in the same year. ,000 deaths; that in Naples in 1856, 100000 deaths; that in Rome in the same year. 145 000 deaths: that in Genoa. 60000 deaths, and the epidemic in London in 1865, nearly 10000 deaths. It was exceptional for an epidemic to recrudesce and occur year after year, which in India is al- most the rule, so that in the latter case the mortality, though smaller in individual epidemics, gradually accu- mulates, with very few exceptions, to proportion as great if not greater than that recorded in former times.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18
CO11znzGnf
The Prestige of Birth.

The career of the Countess Tarnovski.
 which is now being unraveled by the police of Vienna. has revealed her du- i1licity in numerous plots of attempted assassination. She is now in custody for the murder of Count Kamarovslty, and ono of her lovers Is also being held by the police, the trial to take place in Venice, where the crime was committed. Cabled accounts have already given the details. The murdered count was a cap tain of the Cossack Guards, and went 10 the front in the war against Japan. Marriage was no part of the countess plan in her attempt to get complete pos session of the vast wealth of the Rus sian nobleman. On the contrary. she de- lioorately arranged her affairs with the intention of either murdering the count herself, or better still, having one of her admirers, the Prince Naumoff, as sassinate him, and with whom she would divide the fortune that would come to her upon the death of the count. The result of the trial will certainly result in the execution of the Prince Naumoff who will not be the first person whom the countess has sent to his death. Years ago a young nobeman whom she mar ried was killed in a duel about her, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18
BESSEMER NEEDS
 ANOTHER HOTEL Crowds During Fair Demon- Strated Present Inadequacy POLICE LEARN TO SHOOT Interesting Contest Is Held Down On Jonesboro Creek-Personal and
 General News of Lively
 Bessemer.
POLICE LEARN TO SHOOT

Bessemer, October 17.-(Special 1.-The question is being generally discussed as to whether or not Bessemer could sup port another hotel As the matter stands at present. both of the hotels are almost always crowded and most every evening people are turned away because there are not rooms enough to accommodate them. During tine State fair held at Fairview, there were numbers of visitors that either came by the way of Bessemer or else they stopped over here on their way home. The situation was worse last even-
 ing than it has ever been before. There were good many people that stopped over in this city mad half of them were put to a great deal of trouble in their efforts to secure a lodging place for the night. Both of the hotels were crowded, and all the boarding houses reported that they had all they could accommodate
 Most of the strangers were compelled to stay in the railroad waiting rooms all night or else sleep in a chair in some hall The fact that the fair caused great many people to pass through the city does not mean that business is not all ways good with the hotels and boarding houses, because they have as a rule all the boarders that they can take care of.
 It has been suggested that a new and up-to-date hotel would be a paying in vestment, and judging from the amount of business now being done by the hotels and the different boarding houses. such an investment would be a good one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18
MYSTERY ATTENDS
 SEISMIC RECORDS
SEVERE SHOCKS ARE RECORDED ON THE INSTRUMENTS, BUT NO REPORT OF SHOCK COMES Ex- CEPT FROM NAPLES.
Washington. October 17-oHicial state
e2e recorded yesterday, and followed

Washington. October 17.-Official state
 Mts today regarding the violent earth
 #9e recorded yesterday, and followed
 a disturbance of less magnitude today, indicate that the earthquake occurred at some point between 3900 and 5000 miles away, varying according to two estimates. The direction indicated is that the motion was either east or west. Today's shock which kept the weather bureau seismo- graph moving for three-quarters of an hour, may have been an after shock of yesterdays disturbance The occurrence has created widespread interest among scientists. It is possible that Congress will be asked at it's next session to au- thorize the extension of seismographic observations, so that records may be made by the government at various points in the United States.
 The coast and geodetc survey in an official statement today says that the observer of that office stationed at Chel- tenham. Maryland, has made a detailed report of the violent shock of yesterday and that from comparison with records of many earthquakes studied has deduced that the present earthquake is about 3900 miles from Cheltenham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18

Mr. and Mrs. Ed King, died yesterday in Newton, Miss, as the result of Bright's disease. The remains were brought to this city and were inferred in Cedar Hill cemetery with Kennedy Bros. in charge. The death of the little girl was a very sad one. She had been sick for some time and her mother thought that a change would benefit her. However the effects of the trip were too much for the poor little child to withstand, and she died shortly after reaching Newton. 2
 Orby Carlisle, the little so nof Mir. and Mrs. John Carlisle. at Wilkes station, died after a week s illness and the funeral took place today at Union cemetery, with Jacobs & Son in charge
 Chief of the Fire Department w. F. Nolan, who went to Washington to attend the convention of fire chiefs, returned to the city today. MT. Nolan stated that the convention was one of the most sue cessful ever held. and the trip was both an instructive and enjoyable one. Be- fore coming home he visited the James town exposition and number of points of interest in the east
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18
PANDEMICS.
Two Notable Ones That Devastated
 the Old World.

From the New York American.
 A pandemic is an outbreak of dis ease that attacks whole nation or group of nations. There have been several pandemics, but two only are recorded as standing out conspicuously as scourges of a particularly devastat- ing character and the effects of which were felt for many years after they had disappeared. These were the ustinian pandemic in the sixth century and the great pestilence of the four teenth century, later called the black death. The long interval of 800 years intervened between these two great pandemics of plaques. Between them were many epidemics of plague in Europe. Asia and Africa, some of which assumed more or less pandemic pro- portions, but none reached the dimen- sions of these two. The origin of neither Is known, but in both great commercial centers played a promi- nent part in maintaining and distribut- ing the infection. The Justinian plague, which continued over fifty years, first attracted attention by its outburst at Pelusium, which was then an empo- rum for the produce of the east and west. The endemic centers of Meso- potamia, Arabia and Ethiopia were in commercial relationship with Pelusium and it is probable that the infection came from one of these.
 The great pandemic of the fourteenth century was also associated with large commercial centers. for it entered Flu rope by the important emporiums and marts situated at that period on the Volga and in the Crimea and which, as pointed out by Craighton, were the terminal marts of the northern cara vans from China and the far east. 1t should be mentioned. however, that there were also the marts connected with the trade routes from India. The Russian records place its starting points in India Clemow, in his work entitled "The Geography of Disease" points out that plague prevailed in ln- dia in 1892 and that probably the Rus sian chronicles are correct Wherever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18
Art Exhibitions.

The art exhibitions Of the past week held under the auspices of the State Fair, were most creditabe. Several amateurs exhibited and a few professionals, who did not care to compete for prizes, but were public-spirited enough to arrange an exhibit which added much to the ex- hbtion Some of the amateur work was especially noteworthy. and all of 1t was most creditable. Awards have been made and the art section attracted attention throughout the week.
 The pictures could have been better exhibited if some attention had been paid to the walls in the woman's building. Rough, whitewashed walls were never intended for q background for oil paint ings or water eolors, and a small amount expended for d few rolls of paper of some of the dark maroon or green shades which would have covered a multitude of sins. and should it have been tackled on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18

The Edgeworth club will meet with Mrs. Putnam at her home, 115O South Twelfth street, this afternoon at o'clock. The subject Is "rhe Age of Restora- tion."
 Miss Carrie Berbresse of New Orleans is visiting friends in West End much stronger with the charming autumn weather.
 Miss Margaret Ehrman is at school at Rollins, Va.
 Mrs. R. W. Roland has returned from Philadelphia, Pa.
 Miss Avis Ehrman has gone to Phil adelphia to reside with her sister, Mrs. William McAfee.
 Mrs. Georgia Durham has returned from Nashville, Tenn.
 MT. and Mrs. W. H. Northington of Prattviie will pass the winter in Bir mlngham and have taken the Walker residence on Eighth avenue.
 Miss Octavia Brown has just returned home from an extended visit to East Mississippi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18
Our Girls.

From Harper's Bazar.
 A clever girl who design3 menus and dinner cards was confronted last Thanks giving with an order for something ab- solutely original. The menus were for a dinner f 12. Each was to be different and each unlike any that any one else had ever had As the order was from a valuable customer and there was no re- striction in price, the young woman felt that she must succeed or perish. After much cogitation and many experiments the following was the result: A rather stiff card, eight inches by five. At the head of each the arms of one of the origi- nal colonies; these in colors. At the bottom a little pen-and-ink sketch of some well-known event which took place In the colony whose arms adorned the top. As, for instance Putnam in the wolf's den on Connecticut: Captain Smith and Pocahontas on Virginia. etc. The menus itself was an Indian, naturally with an English tr7rslation. The artist admitted she feared that she might have mixed ner Indian languages, and given one dish in Sioux and another in Chero- kee, but none of the guests knew the diff ference.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18
Our Credited EmotionaIlsm.


 The southern temperament, often mis- interpreted by writers who discuss us from long range, is again exploited in recent publication, "Brunhilde's Paying Guest,' by Caroline Fuller 6fhe Century company. Brunhilde is tragieally impov- erished and takes into her home in the piny woods section of North Carolina, northern paying guest" whom she after wards marries. The story Is supposed to reveal virtues and weaknesses of the southern woman, the "emotionaP' temper ament, exaggerated and treated in such a way as to cause resentment when one of the characters in the book declares that all southern women are devoid of any depth of feeling or real constancy In their ''affaires du couer'
 why Barby, it's simple enough when you come down to it. Every girl in Dixie is engaged to some man all the time, and all of the men all of the time, so as to keep on the safe side. It is just like a well-apponted table where you are never left without a plate before you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18
IF 7ke Sh0bS
BY ANNA KENDRlcK WALKER.

the number of men sent to untimely graves nobody knows, for the career of the countess has not yet been fully traced. The death of one lover left her free to ensnare another. It is an old story. Parallel cases can be recalled in most countries. There are no distinguish ing features. The countess is a seduc- tive siren. She created a sensation by the magniflcence of her toilettes and jewels. Her numerous victims were mad ly in love with her, and one after the other fell in her tolls. And yet stories like these hold a certain dramatic in- terest which is intensified if the woman in the case possesses wondrous beauty, and the duelists and murderers mixed up in her affairs have certain prestige of birth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18

try at the poor barrel and had not the chief called time, they would no doubt have been shooting yet. Frank Childers shot % times and missed as many. Diffly shot 20 times and hit the barrel 27 times. (Figure that out) Bishop shot every time and was finally requested to either shoot at the barrel or else quit altogether. Partridge shot IA times and hit the bull s eye 13 times, and he has had bad luck ever since. The chief refused to shoot at all, as he said they acted like green horns, and he had an amateur barrel record to hold up. After a good deal of discussion regarding the correct way to hold a gun, the party returned to town and the chief was heard to remark on the side that they reminded him of a crowd of sling shot boys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18
French Modes.

Lll of the new shades are called by French names. "Pruneau" is the start lin. purple color seen in many costumes and hats. There are so many purple shades from the deep violet to the royal purple, but the French include them all in their word, pruneau pluml.
 The ultra smart woman is asking for the still newer French shade, known in Paris as Salome, or Aeajou, which is a rich old mahogany shade. Begona and Brandy Cherry shades are among the new reds. much in Xngne The Vert defrs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18
M Zhe StudI0s

green is the latest shade in greens, which is described as a cool gray-green. Rhu- barb, cypress, and spinach shades are ex- tremely fashionable and succeeding the Copenhagen blue Is the new shade that has been compared to the sky at sunset, that delicate pinkish blue! There are sev- erela blue shades exceedinly fashionable. To look perfectly charming you must wear the shade of Hortensia-that is if you are the type for it, and the woman who has violet eyes could make no mis- take in wearing the distinctly new shade that is the color of a deep sapphire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18
aKs,.

From Harper's Weekly.
 Master Walter, aged 5, had eaten the soft portions of his toast at breakfast and piled the crusts on his plate.
 When I was a little boy" remarked his father, who sat opposite him, T al ways ate the crusts of my toast"
 Did you like them?" inquired his off, spring, cheerfully.
 "Yes," replied the parent.
 You may have these" said Master Walter, pushing his plate across the table.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18
What She ReadS

for the exhibition, would have made a most attractive art section. There would not have been any art at the fair at all if the superintendent of the womans department had not worked to arouse in- terest among artists to exhibit their work
 but the fair management. at nominal eX- pense. could have provided a more suit able background for an exhibition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18
Panic at Naples.

Naples, October 17.-A panic was caused here today owing to the sudden creation of smoke from all the craters of Vesu- MUS. accompanied by loud detonations, which usually mean a resumption of ac- tivity on the part of the volcano.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-18
Series of Shocks.

Berlin, October 1.-The sesmograph at Goetting today registered another extra ordinary series of earth shocks, lasting eight minutes. The region of the dis could not be located.