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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
------7=-7--7---ft Sixteen Negro Gamblers Fined

Sixteen negro gamblers filed out of the jail yesterday morning and pleaded guilty before Judge Feagin. They. had been ar rested for gambling and had been caught in the act Fines of sl0 each were as sessed, and all wisre paid by the railroads for which the negroes worked. They promised the judge to forego the entice- ment and the rattle of the dice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
Amanda D es From Injuries.

Amanda Evans the negro woman who jumped from a Powderly car Saturday night. died yesterday from her injuries. The accident was caused by the burning out of a fuse. which frightened the oc- cupants of the negro compartment and sent them scattering. Amanda fell upon her head, fractuiing it. She Is the eighth person who has been killed by ,or while riding electric cars within the past two weeks
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

It is said that an actress in New York wears three-string pearl necklace and s7o0 GOO worth of diamonds. Notice how We began-"It is said" The owl is probably favorite bird with the devil because he stays up all night and sleeps through the day.
 A QUIET NIGHT. When the dream fays laugh together soft and low, And the south winds sing a love song as they go; When old winter drops his buster to sigh And the stars are winlSing softly in the sky, All the minions of Jack Frost rise on the wing And whisper in the valley heralds spring. We've got a baby" chirps a poet. My! my! We bet the neghbors are glad! Springfield, Mo-, has politician named E. E. E. McJimsey. A man with a name like that could use it to pull the cork out of a bottle.
 REMEDIES ARE FIERCE. It takes a man of rugged strength, We're told, To quite survive the sure cures for A cold. An Ohio man drank twenty-seven glasses of whisky and died. It was ths hemlock for him. By the way. has the sun tried Sapolo for that new sun spot? With the amount of advertising it has had, Kuropatkins book ought to become one of the six best sellers.
 LOVE IS BLIND.
 When life is OCT
 And you depart
 No doubt you'll leave
 bleeding heart
 In one who knew
 Your honest worth
 And deemed you best
 Upon the earth
 The chances are
 That only one
 Will much admire
 The work you've done
 That one who held
 You great in life.
 We have in mind,
 Of course, your wife.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
Kills Saloon Keeper and Himself.

Maiden, Mo, February 1S-"Doctor'' A l.. Brannon, a saoonKeeper, who tonight shot and killed Attorney D. R. Cox and pr. J. w. Beall in the latter's office, was shot and killed himself a few hours later while being removed from the jail at Maiden to Kennett for safekeeping. The killing of Brannon was by unidentified persons standing in the shadow of the jail at Maiden.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

E. H. Hartman does not feel that he is needed to instruct the interstate commerce commissioners in railroad ing. He feels that he should not be compulsorily compelled to become their teacher and instructor. But so it must he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
x Street Cars Delayed By Horse.

A South Ensley car, No. 222, while nov ing rapidly, struck d horse near Fairview last night and caused considerable trou- ble, The horse was killed outright, while traffic was delayed more than an hour. All of the Ensley cars. lined up in the rear and the Bessemer car was held while the animal was removed and the street car replaced on the tracks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 The way to flatter a woman is not to compliment some other.
 If a man keeps his friends it's sign they don't see much of him.
 The incest thing about woman is tho wa she believes a man when she knows he isn't to be believed.
 If somebody has to do the carving in heaven, how does he keep from having eickel thoughts about it?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
PERSONAL.

John Sparrow left last night for North Alabama, where he goes to make adver- Using arrangements for a large firm.
 B. Dixon Armstrong will go to New York city today Dn business. He will be gous until the end of the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

Edna May is willing to marry pro- vided she does not have to leave Lon don or the stage, to both of which she has long been welded. And yet she is a native of Syracuse, N. Y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

In the settlement with Japan clause should be inserted requiring Admiral Togo to visit the Jamestown exposi- tion. This country desires to see the worlds great seadog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

N BIRMINGHAM man who works WA at night had remarkable dream
 the other day. He dreamed that he was standing on the top of a vast circus tent which stretched away on every side. A sea of nuttering banners and tent poles met his eyes. Gazing down the dizzy in- cline of the tent he saw multitude of people, thousands and thousands of them, surging in waves of humanity that eX
 tended as far as the eye could reach. But the tent itself fascinated him by it's immensity. The Greatest Show on Earth" twenty times over, never had so much canvas; 1t seems to extend miles and miles away toward the sky line and yet his dream vision was so clear that he could distinguish faces in that ocean of humanity below Suddenly, with gasp, he began to slide-down. down, down that frightful incline with the speed of the wind He turned icy cold and tried 10 cry out, but could not. On and on he went. his speed increasing at every moment He would be hurled like mis- sile of stone onto the heads of the peo- pie. The horror of it sichened him and his heart seemed to stand still. He heard a murmur of voices coming up from be- low Perhaps they saw him and were shouting a warning. Just as he ap- preached the end of the incline he spread out both feet to make the best fall pos sible. Then he woke to find himself stand ing on the floor of his bedehamber, where he had jumped in his fear. A low buzz of voices in the hallway was the mur- mur of the crowd that he had heard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
VII. MEN DRINK.

WHY MEN DRINK. A needy man Who rushed the can
 And drank his fill of beer Ere very long Did lift a song
 And show bit of cheer. He rushed all day The can. they say
 Those who observed him drinking. And when night fell He felt so well
 He heard his millions chinking. We are expecting any day to receive a volume of original poems from Theo- dore Roosevelt So far as known, he hasn't tackled poetry yet.
 THE BREAD WINNER. Just speak a word for father, Who has the bills 10 pay And tolls along for others
 Until he's old and gray. Forgive his little foibles,
 Don't laugh al his mistakes. His days are full of trouble
 That need of money makes. Don't treat his presence lightly, Or speak his name in jest Among your friends he loves you Far more than all the rest. Just speak a word for father, Twill light his weary face, And in the home he builded He won't feel out of place. Let me go whereer I will. I hear the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

A contemporary says that China is catching Up with the procession, be- cause it has graft and railroads. The railroads are modern, but graft is older than sunpowder
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
POSER FOR FAIR SEX.

From the Memphis Commercial-Appea
 A woman suffragist says women can vote as easily as they can try on a new hat. But can they keep their vote straight?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

After the game the floor was cleared for dancing and the usual good time fol- lowed. The Athletic club will probably play return game at the college shortly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

Congressman Crumpacker describes the Philippines as the sword of Da- moeles hanging over the head of the republic Why not swap that sword away?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

The private pension bill has been knocked out by the service pension, and there is talk of doing away with the former altogether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco has become an international figure even if the Mikado does not like his appear ance on the scene
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

Alr. Guggenheim, who bought a sen atoral seat from Colorado, began life as a barefooted boy. He was also at that time toothless.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
Will Rescind Action.

The state department being now fairly assured through the passage today of the immigration bill that the San Francisco authorities will rescind their action ex- cluding Japanese pupils from the white schools, is prepared to take up again the negotiations that were already in progress with the Japanese government looking to the regulation of Japanese immigration into the United States. It is expected the negotiations will result in an agree ment between the government of Japan and that of the United States for the withholding by the former of passports 10 Japanese of the laboriug classes seek ing to enter the United States.
 For several years past the Japanese government has declined to issue any such passports but the intention is to make this a matter of formal agreement if pos sibe In the short time of the remaining present session of Congress, it Is not pos sibe it is said, to frame anything in the nature of a treaty which would require the action of the Senate. In fact 1t is by no means certain that formal con- Vention Is necessary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

The s7500 member of Congress will soon be in our midst, but he may be no improvement over the old-time 5000 sort.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

The experts are reading up as well as the lawyers, and the week promises in the Thaw case to bring out series of battles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

The coming Spanish baby has been christened Alfonso. They should not count the chickens thus early even in Spain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

Kuropatlin fights the war over again, and the Russians will not enjoy it much more than they did the original effort. f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

sky-born music still" sang Emerson. If he were alive today everybody would think he was talking about phonographs.
 It would be hard for most people to worry through Sunday without the Sun Gay newspaper, which is the bridge be. tween Saturday and Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

All the English suffragettes seem to be Carrie Nations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

In view of the fact that Columbus got only $1 a day for discovering this country, it is no wonder that he died poor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

The snffragettes in London Know how to get into jail at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

The Maine was sunk in Havana har- Dor nine years ago this month, and some still remember 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

Anthony Comstock may yet butt into the Thaw trial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

There will be a void in the picture magazines when Edna May gets mar ried and steps out of the limelight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

LARGE SUM NEEDED. A man, no matter what his bent, Does well enough in life Who makes enough to buy the drinks And dress a little wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

Kuropatliin told the Czar three books full of truths, and the Czar should study those books closely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

It looks very much as if petty jeal- ousy may be figuring in the dissentions of the Thaw attorneys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

The rubber boots King in the Rhode Island deadlock is acquiring pocket full of lemnos.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

Pittsburg cannot see the sun spot. although it is fifty one times larger than Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

Rockefeller gives away millions with one hand while he raises the price of oil with the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

Thaw's insanity is of the disappear ing kind that baffles and mystifies the everyday man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

The Hobsonites call our navy but il nucleus of what we should have.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

The supply of poppies has given out in China and her famine sufferers are compelled to live on bark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

Peekaboo poets are lining up for spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
Schmitz's Statement.

Mayor Schmitz's statement of the agree ment follows:
 We find that the administration and Congress are entirely alive to the situa- ton in California, and we feel they are anxious to meet the wishes of the Cali fornans. They are also desirous of keep ing on the best possible terms with Japan and of doing nothing which can break the ancient friendship between that country and the United States. It has been ex- plained to us with the greatest positive ness that the form of the action taken by the school board of San Francisco in re- lation to the Japanese school children has been completely misunderstood and mis- construed as an attack upon the Japanese as such, and that this misunderstanding and miseonception has been. and is now, one of the chief obstacles to the achieve ment of the purpose the people of Cali fornia really have ill view, this purpose being to secure by honorable and amicable arrangement with Japan the mutual eX- clusion from the two countries of the la borers, skilled and unskilled, of each country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19
JAP CHILDREN ID GO
 ID WHITE SCHOOLS

Washington February 1S.-The Japa- nese children are to be admitted to white schools of San Francisco under certain restrictions, skilled and unslxilled laborares coming from Japan are barred from the mainland of the United States. and American laborers, skilled and un- skilled, are to be excluded from Japan.
 This is the basis of the agreement be- tween President Roosevelt, Secretary Root. Mayor Schnitz and the San Fran cisco school board as an adjustment of the anfi-Japanese agitation brought about by the segregation of Japanese children in the schools of San Francisco The agreement means that the schools of San Francisco will be conducted in the same manner as they were before the board of education adopted the resolution last October providing for the segregation of the Japanese, excepting that adult Jap anese who are in primary grades must continue to attend the Oriental schools, and that Japanese children under 16 years of age will be admitted to classes with white children of their own ages. While the resolution of the school board as amended reads "Chidren of alien birth, it is freely admitted by Mayor schmitz and his associates that the discussion viii apply only to the Japanese children, 'and that the changing of the wording Was 10 make it plain to the Tokio gov ernment- that no discrimination was in tended against Japanese children.
 Assistant City Attorney Williams of San Francisco, who has acted as legal adviser to Mayor Schmitz and the board Of education since negotiations have been pending in Washington, tonight said;
 "To understand the exact meaning of the statement given out by Mayor Sehmtz it will be necessary for the newspaper men to read between the lines. The only concession we have made is to aGmit Japanese children to the white toin has brought about the exclusion Of Japanses laborers from this country"
 Mayor Schmitz said:
 "This is only a temporary agreement. President Roosevelt has given LIS direct and positive assurance that he will at once begin negotiations with Japan for the pur- pose of bringing about d new treaty that will exclude Japanese laborers, skilled aud unskliled, from continental United States"
 Shortly before midnight the following statement was given out at the White House.
 "A typewritten copy of Mayor SchmitZ' S statement was submitted to President Roosevelt and Secretary Root by the As sociated Press and the statement is en- tirply satisfactory to them "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

\ contemporary says that emma IS catching Up with the procession, be- cause it has graft and railroads. The railroads are modern, but graft is older than gunpowder.
 ---.rr--- Congressman Crumpacker describes the Philippines as the sword of Da- mocles hanging over the head of the republic Why not swap that sword away?
 The private pension bill has been knocked out by the service pension, and there is talk of doing away with the former altogether
 Mr. Guggenheim, who bought a sen atorial seat from Colorado, began life as barefooted boy. He was also at that time toothless.
 ----s.---
 Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco has become an international figure even if the Mikado does not like his appear ance on the scene.
 
 The S7500 member of Congress will soon be in our midst, but he may be no improvement over the old time 5000 sort.
 The experts are reading up as well as the lawyers, and the week promises in the Thaw case to bring out series of battles.
 The coming Spanish baby has been christened Alfonso. They should not count the chickens thus early even in Spain.
 Kuropatllin fights the war over again, and the Russians will not enjoy it much more than they did the original , effort. aa In view of the fact that Columbus got only $1 a day for discovering this country, it is no wonder that he died poor.
 There will be void in the picture magazines when Edna May gets mar ried and steps out of the limelight Kuropatkin told the Czar three books full of truths, and the Czar should study those books closely.
 The supply of poppies has given out in China and her famine sufferers are compelled to live on bark.
 
 It looks very much as if petty jeal- ousy may be figuring in the dissentons of the Thaw attorneys. --s.-
 The Maine was sunk in Havana har- Dor nine years ago this month, and some still remember 1t.
 
 Rockefeller gives away millions with one hand while he raises the price of oil with the other.
 
 Thaw's insanity is of the disappear ing kind that baffles and mystifies the everyday man.
 Pittsbnrg cannot see the sun spot 1 although II Is fifty one times larger , than Alabama.
 The rubber boots King in the Rhode Island deadlock is acquiring a pocket full of lemnos. 1 The Hobsonites call our navy but q nucleus of what we should have.
  The snffragettes in London Know how to get into jail at any rate.
 
 All the English suffragettes seem to l be Carrie Nations.
 ---.s.-- Anthony Comstock may yet butt into ] the Thaw trial. l Peekaboo poets are lining up for l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

It is said that an actress in New York wears a three-string pearl necklace and s70O GOO worth of diamonds. Notice how We began-"It is said"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala. postof1ce as second-class matter under act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

". D. Lanler and c. L. Stricklin are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age-Herald in it's circulation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-19

The owl is probably a favorite bird with the devil because he stays up all night and sleeps through the day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-06
The Crooked House,

On the estate of Earl Dudley, al Himley Staffs, there is a curious habi tation known as "the crooked house. It is altogether out of the perpendicu lar and slants toward the south end which is heavily shored up with thick red brick buttresses. These peculiari ties are the result of mining opera tions, the under stra tum of the earth in these parts being completely honey combed. The clocks on the walls, al though absolutely perpendicular. at their pendulums testify, appear to l.< hanging sideways at pronounced an gle. A short glass shelf, one end o! which appears to be foot higher than the other. proves to be absolutely level, while in the taproom Is a table whicL is apparently slanting, but on which if round marbles are placed at the seem ingly lower end they roll to all appear ance uphill to the top of the table and fall over with bump.-London Stand ard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-06
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-06

right arm of transportation. But if it be said that the interstate roads are discriminating against us, we have our remedy before the interstate com merce commission. Alabama and North Carolina are injuring them selves and playing into the hands of the North when they try to regulate intestate railroads, and place them in an antagonistic position to Southern development. They will kill off rail- road expansion and cripple one of our most efficient arms.
 How long will the South be so fatu- ously short-sighted as to legislate against herself in the interest of the North?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-06
Scuaw as kcueekeeper.

Pat d s0uaW ili a ,vi;er ;,ld she is the nea1est of house::e>Le.s. The blan kets are neatly re!ie,! and slowed ava; under tAe euGt Of the tepee, leaving t,l, cen e; clear. Eri"nt colored blankets ana fine fur ro1cs are spread about. and Il wonderfully beaded dance dvuu hangs from one of the poles. But put a sqUaw ill house and she is any thing but a success. Go into one Of these frame houses and you will find the mattresses laid along the fooi with the whole family sprawling there on. The cracked cook stove will be in the middle of the floor, with anything but agreeable odors coming therefrom. Outside the bedsteads and springs will be used as chicken roosts. But the squaw doesn't let her housekeeping shortcomings worry her. When she puts on an elk tooth robe. valued at anywhere from $1.5OO to 5000, and rides to the fair or to the agency on e Sunday astride a beaded saddle she ls a picture of contentment.-Denver Re, publican
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-06
Old Groa.

The inventor of grog. the long time beverage of the sea and of salt water literature, was Admiral Vernon. of whose coura geous deeds at Porto Belle a lively poet has sung:
 Which when they came to understand h.
 was so brave fellow.
 They did surrender, out of hand, the tow,
 Of Porto Bello.
 "Old Grog" was Vernon's pet namt in the navy of his day. and 1t was thus bestowed: Out on the Spanish main Vernon found that the result of givin.. each man in the ships company hal1 n pint of rum a day to drink neat was disastrous. His captains and surgeons sugge>t>d to him the revolutionary eX pertinent of mixing the spirit with wa ter. In station order Vernon -s qaresl this 10 be done. The new !iQCp' .Sas not favorably received. and J.,, seamen cast about for an opprobrioU> name for 1t and it's author. Now, Yer non used to wear q grogram boai cloak: hence 'Old Grog'"