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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-02
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From Mr. Stead's latest utter- ances, 1t is plain tht before he gets through with his efforts for mi veraal peace he will be fiehtina mad.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-02

The salary of the czar of Rus sia is S23,o00,3o00, but the douma wants to give him 23 with the mil lions left off.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-02

luncheon and was married before sundown. Any statement as to inc brand of liquors served will be welcome news.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-02

With the coming Of Admiral Evans into Hampton Roads, it is re- ported that the air became as blue as the ocean.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-02
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We are waiting for John Wesley Gaines to deny that he is T Georgia editor with Republican third-term proclivities.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-02

Col. Watterson made a good bid for the dislike of Col. Graves by knocking both the latter's heroes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-02

Get busy and do things" is the advice of Busse, mayor of Chicago. shucks. anybody who gets $1s. .Qop year as Busse doe, can do things.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-02
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King Alfonso may as well pre- pare for a flood of congratulations whether it is a boy or triplets.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-02

-Wanted-Two or three unfur- nished rooms for light housekeep- ing, address M, care Graphic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-02

ECK, THE PHOTOGRAPHER, WILL GO TO HIS MONTICELLO GALLERY THIS SUMMER AS USUAL; WILL CLOSE HIS GALLERY IN PINE BLUFF JUNE THE FIRST. IF YOU WISH ANY KIND OF PHOTO WORK MADE LIKE ECK MAKES IT, HAVE, IT DONE NOW.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-02

A St. Louis man propo@ed at
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-05-02
Professor Fisher
 Makes Staten ent

(Continued From Page One.) cipal reasons for his stepping down and out
The Alaska prospector., 1907-09-12

TACOMA's climate is the
 best in the world. Tacoma's death rate is as low, if not lower than that of any other regis tration city in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR BIRMINGHAM

the Birmingham
by work showing hat
Birmingham Southern Cotton
by
convention held Birmingham glorious
The
association control so the world
gigantic corporation formed world in
the preaching Importance of its
The headquarters of giant add to the
any CITY,
bestr itself
such headquarters
The selection headquarters lies entirely
the
leaving Birmingham that impressed with Br
friendly
the association He said he hoped would
the
the city which makes the showing
make
prize Brmngham's opportunity
decade, should not be neglected.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22
Captain O'Brien for Mayor

Capt Frank P. OBrien announces in
this mornings Age-Herald for mayor.
Scarcely any one is better or more
fayorably known in this town. He
came here at its beginning, and he has
served it in various capacities through
thick and thin, through hard times and
flush times, through booms and panics,
and all sorts of notifications of both.
He was an excellent sheriff and con-
scientious legislator, and better still he
was a good newspaper man.
He goes up against George Battell
Ward, who has a fine record as mayor
behind him. A field of excellent run
ners is what the people desire, and
they seem to be in fair way to secure
free and happy choice.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22
EquaIizinu Taxable Values

The legislature has many great ques-
lions before it, but not one of them
outranks in importance that one relat-
ing to the equalization of assessments
as between counties. The present strife
among counties of underwriting is not
simply crude-it is downright dishon-
est and Alabama cannot afford to har-
Dor it any longer. 1t is disgraceful.
All are ready to say that the black belt
counties are the chief offenders, but
the truth is the entire state is living in
glass houses, and no one county has q
right to cast stones at another county.
This same problem has come before
other states. New York, for example,
has long had a board of equalization
which meets and says what the as
sessed valuation of each county shall
aggregate, leaving to the county off,
Gals the task of fitting that aggregate
to their taxpayers. A plan of that ma
ture would put an end to the under
cutting that is going on.
Other states have met the problem
and solved 1t, and the statutes of all
the states are at hand in the state
library, and it ought not to be difficult
to frame for state not overloaded
with complexities satisfactory solu-
ton. The subject needs, however, care
full consideration, and the passage of
an Alabama law may well be left to the
second part of the session. 1t should,
however, be tried out in committee and
reported and the report printed before
the proposed recess. In that way the
sentiment of the state can be ascer-
tanned, and bill be perfected that will
stand the wear and tear of actual op-
Grafton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22
Charles Miller Shelley

Another veteran of the war has gone
over the Great Divide. General Shelley
went to the war among the very earli-
est of Alabama troops as an artillery
officer, and he was mustered out as a
general in Virginia by means of the
surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.
He fought in many battles. and at the
battle of Franklin nearly one-half of
his brigade was killed or wounded. He
himself received seven shots in his
clothing, and his horse was killed I'M
der him.
After the war he served the people
of his native state in Congress, and in
various other places of trust, and to
the hour of his death at the age of
more than three score and ten he held
the confidence and esteem of his fell
low-men.
A patriotic citizen in peace, brave
soldier in war, he goes to his reward
held in memory by the people of his
state, and his best monument will be
the record of his services alike In the
great struggle of the Confederacy and
In Alabama after the war. No man
need desire a better monument than
that,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22
DlNED TWO PIGS.
Society Woman Gave Animal Dinner
for Pet Porkers.

Chicago Correspondent New York World.
Mrs. Minnie Ffske-Griffn. one of the fash
ionables of the Lake Shore district has
out-distanced the unique eccentricities of
Mr., Harry Lehr as banquet giver She
has entertained pigs at dinner They We're
pigs of the four-footed variety. The pigs
whose ancestry is unimpeachable dating
back to a pork nobilty-that Included no
packers in its collateral branches. were
among the guests of honor at a dinner,
where only the humans were the people
of no Importance. Mrs. Grirrin's magnlf-
cent home, at No IA Foster street, was
exquistely decorated for the occasion,
and the daintily spread table, with its
silver and delicate china, was laid for
twenty.
Ten of the guests were a pink-nosed
pig attred in large blue bow; brown
and white guinea pig, wearing a smile;
a game cock of high degree whose oc.
casional remarks were loudly applauded; a
pink-eyed rabbit with a powder puff tail;
pouter pigeon that ehatted all evening;
a chameleon; a Boston terrier, white
Angora cat and a gray squirrel.
When Mrs. Grffln's invitations were
sent out each of the recipients was noti-
fed that none would be admitted unless
escorted by a pet animal. Carriages and
automobiles deposited Fashions Zoo at
the door and introductions were made in
the great reception hall. Here every
body exhibited the most delightful man.
ners till the Boston bull and the lady
angora were presented. The Montague and
Capulet feuds in the two families over
came all claims Of elegance, and for
time Mrs. Griffin's bric-a-brac seemed
doomed. When the pair were separated
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22
JAPANESE LULLABY.

By Eugene Field.
Sleep, little pigeon, and fold your wings
Little blue pigeon with velvet eyes;
Sleep to the singing of mother-bird swing
ing
Swinging the nest where her little one
lies.
Away out yonder 1 see star
Silvery star with a tinkllng song;
To the soft dew falling / hear 1t calling
Calling and tinklng the night along
In through the window moonbeam
comes
Little gold moonbeam with misty wings;
All silently creeping. 1t asks: rs he
sleeping
Sleeping and dreaming while mother
sings?"
Up from the sea there floats a sob
OF the waves that are breaking upon
the shore.
As though they were grooming in anguish
and moaning
Bemoaning the ship that shall come no
more.
But sleep. little pigeon and fold ytrr
wings
Little blue pigeon with mournful eyes;
And | am not singing see, ! am swing
ing
Swinging the nest where my darling
lies.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22

The causes of failures in the south
and the proportions assigned to them
are not materially unlike the figures
from the other sections of the country.
Like causes bring like effects in all
parts of the land.
In Alabama last year there were l4l
failures, as against 161 In 1905. The
assets of the failures last year in this
state footed up $1,42S,627, whereas in
the previous year the assets of 161 fail
ures were but $631,331. All the fig
ures go to show that 1906 was a pros
perous year, and the failures fell to a
minimum when the number OF firms
and business concerns in the country
is taken into consideration.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22
sPEcTAcLEs DEMoRALlzINe.

From the Spectator.
A certain Somerset vicar made himself
notorious by the vigor with which, in
the seventeenth century he inveighed
against the use Of the newly invented OPP
tic glasses. since they perverted vision
and made all things appear in an UNI
natural and therefore a false light. Micro
scopes and telescopes, with their array
of lenses, he declared to be imposters.
since a man could not see so well with
two pair of spectacles as with one. Some
asserted it to be sinful to assist the eyes,
which were adapted by providence to the
capacity of the individual, whether good
bad or indifferent. ut was argued that
society at large would become democrat
lied by the use Of spectacles; they would
give one man an unfair advantage over
his fellow. and every man an unfair adj
vantage over every woman, who could
not be expected on aesthetic and intellect
ual grounds to adopt the practice
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22
ALABAMA PRESS

Ashland Standard: What shall 1t profit
a man to give away his millions, and be
merely regarded as a conscience-fund con-
tributor?
Elba Clipper: Some of the papers are
beginning to say "Ex-Congressman Bow
ie.' He will not be an "ex" until after
March 4
Sheffield Standard: This warm summer
weather is a sort of stay of execution
that should be relished by the fatten-
Ing hogs in the farmers pens.
Conecuh Record: TOO many ten-dollar
bills are held in reserve says the Sec
rotary of the Treasury. If he is looking
in this direction, We hate to plead mot
guilty"
Eutaw Wing and Observer Hon. B. B.
Conner is now governor of Alabama. His
message urged the reform that he worked
so faithfully for and we trust he will
see his efforts crowned with success.
Gadsden Journal: The Birmingham Age
Herald says that in Indian Territory
some want to withdraw the lands from
tho Indians, while others desire to have
the Indians withdraw from the lands.
1t is a great game either way.
Ozark Tribune: Delighted we are that
Henry b. Gray has named the commit
tees of the senate and it was mon
strous proposition that the other crowd
wanted the Conner people to stand aside
and let them name the committees
Decatur News An admirer says of Cor
telyou that "he could give the sphinx
six easy lessons by mail that would make
that somewhat silent creation think her
self hitherto photograph" After a
round with such a creature. the average
man wishes that Maud would go into ex-
eeutive session with him.
Lineville Headlight: Governor Corners
message was very gratifying to the
friends of education. He advises that $780,
0O9 be appropriated out Of the general
find for the benefit of public schools. His
recommendations for giving assistance to
the rural schools for building better
houses were not as strong as some OF
the friends Of this cause would have
liked.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22
SHEDDING THEIR INITIALS.
the New York World.

From the New York World.
The newest fad in the muck
rake world seems to be the drop
ping of initials in the names of
the great editors and publishers. Years
ago State Librarian Melville e. Dewey
attempted to shed most of his name He
got rid of the last '1e'' in Melville"
and the initial "E." and tried to substi-
tute "i'' for the "ey'' on the tail end of
Dewey" This last effort was not pop
ular and failed. The new movement was
started by Cyrus II. X. Curtis of the
Ladies' Home Journal. who successfully
shook the "H. X" out of his midst. This
was followed by his editor and son-in-
law, Edward W. BOX. who shelved the
wv Col. George Brinton Mcclellan Har-
Vey soon content himself with plain
George" and Mr.. j. Lincoln Steffens
abandoned the -" The most recent one
to fall is Mr.. William O. ingalls,, who has
rolled the 20" into Nirvana. Whether
the effect desired is elegance or sim
plicity has not been revealed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22
PRESS POINTS

Memphis Commercial-Appeal: Emperor
Bill has got a pointer from President
Roosevelt and has sent his cabinet out
t. do a little wind jamming.
Washington Post: Your doctor and
your whisky are two things you should
choose with care" says a western editor
Why so particular about the doctor?
Portland Telegram: A Pittsburg coun-
Gilman was convicted of soliciting bride
and promptly recommended to the ex-
IRENE mercy of the court. Pittsburg does
not believe in discouraging the class of
men who have made that city famous
Columbus Ledger: An Alabama news
paper declares that the present legisla-
ture of that state is said to be the $50
berest' one the state has had in many
years. Our contemporary should not be
too sure. There's many a slip.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22
Failures Here and There

Not since 1902 have there been so
few changes in year as there were
last year. In all the country 1885, fail
ures occurred last year, as against 9642
in the year 1902. These are two ban
ner years in period extending from
1882 to the present time.
In the south there were last year
1927 failures, as against 2123 in the
preyious year; 1857 in 1904, and 1917
in 1903. The liabilities of the failures
in the south in 1906 were $20,415,S01,
Il smaller sum than had been rolled up
in this section in any of the three pre-
Yious years.
Bradstreets thus presents the causes
of the southern failures in the last four
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22
Musical Celebrities.

1T frequently happens. indeed it has
been the rule recently, that musical ar
lists of high rank draw only small houses
in southern cities. but in the case OF
Madame Nordica, who will give a song re-
cital at the Jefferson theatre next Thurs
day night, there will be a decided ex-
ception to the usual slim audiences" said
Il. Seals of the Seals Piano company
Practically all the seats for the Nordca
performance are Sold and when the great
prima donna comes on the stage the house
Will be packed from bottom to top.
1T shows that the people of Birming-
ham are eager to hear good music rem
dered by celebrity, The reason why so
many fine musicians fall to attract crowds
Is because the public is not familiar with
their reputation. The first time Pader-
ewski gave a piano recital here every
seat was sold at fancy prices The fame
of the virtuoso had preceded him. Pader-
ewski's name was indeed a household
word long before he was announced to
appear here. And Nordicas name is Just
as great to conjure with as the brilliant
pianist's"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22
BRIDGE OR CRAPS7
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Without committing ourselves to the
proposition that bridge is as bad as
craps" we feel moved to remark that
Judge Fite of Gainesville, Ca, has ex-
hibited less than genuine southern chival-
nv in his recent charge to the grand
Jury of that high spirited and progress
sive town.
There is much to be said in criticism
of bridge, and great deal to De salu
in celebration of craps. Consloereu DIS
games which amuse and reward thelr
yotaries. and generally infuse mucn need
ed stimulation into dull and arid lives
both bridge and craps are entitled to
grateful recognition. The circumstances
that bridge is represented by the wealthy
and powerful; that 1t eniists the IN
terests of the highly placed and serves
to while away their luxurious ennul-ths
circumstance is the merest detail II is
an obvious accident which has allenated
our aristocracy from craps and secured
thar affections for bridge. AS a matter
Of fact, craps is admirably adapted to
n, fresco conditions, and 1t involves
certain gentle but wholesome exercise
which commends 1t with especial force
TO the victims of overheated rooms, arti-
ficial illumination and vitiated atmos-
phere.
What do the jaded. exhausted. anaemc
and i'll humored followers of bridge know
of the fierce delights of craps, the exult-
ant bawl of Come Phoebe!" and the
Homeric shock of conflict when the
bones" don't roll to suit the crowd?
They pout and growl. fling acid COM
ments at their partners, nurse bitter AMI
mosities, and rise next day to grid them
selves for baleful, devastating gossip
The crap players sleep 1t or, bind up
their wounds at early dawn, refresh
themselves with vast Gargantuan riots
of pot liquor. pigtails and corn pone
then sally forth to meet their quondam
roisterers of the night before, bearing
friendly hearts and pleasant memories
and strength renewed for further baga-
telles of the same sort.
But we cannot quite follow Judge Fit
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22
Our Veteran Senators

Today the Alabama legislature will
elect two United States Senators for
full terms. No previous Legislature In
this state was called upon to act in a
like manner, and the indications are
that no subsequent legislature will
have like opportunity, for the people
are becoming tired Of quadrennial ses-
sions.
Not only will two Senators be elected,
but probably not vote will be cast
against our two veterans, both over
fourscore in years. and both residents
of one of the lesser cities OF the state.
The entire situation is unique and
without precedent. but 1t is one that
Is creditable to Alabama in every re-
spect.
The legislature will simply ratify
and confirm the will Of the people, and
the people of Alabama have said that
they desire John Tyler Morgan and
Edmund Winston Pettus to stay in the
Senate as long as they live, and the
none is they will live TO be one hundred
years old,
On account of the pressure of bust
ness in Congress the Legislature wisely
.xcused our Senators from the custom
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
IA CCORDING to the health depart
WV ment, although grip has not as
yet reached it's usual epidemic
force, 1t is nevertheless alarmingly pre-
valent, and, from present indications, is
likely to become still more so as the in
element season advances. There are,
however, true and false varieties, which
should be duly recognized Every or
binary cold is not necessarily an at
tack of grip, but many nevertheless re-
semble it in many of its symptoms, espe-
cia1ly during a grip season. Indeed,
sometimes the spurious form causes more
real physical suffering than the veritable
malady. The only difference between the
two is perhaps in the absence of toxic
attack. Practically, then, in both in
stances the victim is very much ''under
the weather. for the time being Not
only this, but he is in a peculiarly sus-
ceptible condition for an attack of pure
grip in one of other of its many mani
festations, and particularly to pneumonia
when that disease is also assuming viru-
lent epidemic tendencies
Grip is not very fatal disease. in it
self, even in It's more severe forms, but
becomes so by its grave and numerous
complications. It's toxic effects are so
widely distributed that each and every
organ may become the subject of its
ravages. Although what is generally
known as pneumonia, pure and simple,
depends upon the pneumocoecus microbe,
the specific grip bacillus can directly pro-
duce virtually the same kind of pneumo~
mic Inflammation.
In different epidemics the influenza
bacillus has corresponding elective af
fnities for different regions of the body.
In London, for instance. we hear that the
digestive organs are suffering most; in
Paris that the larger air passages are
principally effected, while in New orl
and Vicinity the throat and nasal MEM
ORANGES are just now most severely in
volved. So marked is this last tendency
that the purely catarrhal symptoms very
much resemble those of whoopng cough.
Last year the throat complications took
the form of severe tohsilitls, with in
hammatory troubles extending to the ear
and BRAIN Several of the villages along
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of repairing to the state capitol and
addressing there the legislature. The
resolution was unanimously adopted
Senator Morgan acknowledges the re-
ceipt of the resolution, and he replies
that both he and Senator Pettus will
respect the resolution by remaining in
Washington, attending to the business
at hand in which Alabama is especially
interested, and which never was so
great as it is now.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-22

M GOOD recipe for poem is as
WV follows: Take equal parts of
mush and gush, throw in a
pinch of divine afflatus and add a
little love, a handful of roses, a bit of
blue sky and soft adjeetives. To get
the best results, provide rhymes and di-
vide into feet. Serve hot and you will
make Ella Wheeler Wilcox regret that
she ever started in the poetry business
GUERDON.
Be constant in the way you work and
live and love,
Be steadfast in the way you would
pursue
And some sweet day, when sinners madly
push and shove,
You'll find dandy place reserved for
you.
NOTIONS.
Money does most of its talking to old
men.
Most people get all the exercise they
want lodging trouble.
The spice of life leads to wheezy
old age.
It would surprise you to go to heaven
Another good trait of the brierwood
pipe is that 1t doesn't freeze in winter
THE USUAL WAY.
When an heiress marries a busted duke
And after a while the match is a fluke,
You'll find wiseacres wherever you go
Who patiently murmur, "I told you So"
In after years old residents of Browns
Vile will expectorate and begin, 81 re-
member when the negro soldiers shot up
the town"
BOOKS FOR FATHER.
Scrap book.
Blank book
Bank book.
Pocket book.
THOSE GIRLS.
Said Susie Weatherspear
To Anna Snow,
Il hate to gossip, dear
What do you know?'
OUT.
I'd sing a pretty song today
But can't-the muse has gone away.
Perchance, she's looking over hats,
Or with a chum is having spats.
At any rate, she isn't in.
Inc servant said, PLEASE call again."
Boston missionaries should make de-