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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-10-23
For Rent

EOR RENT-THFllE LARGE UN- furnished rooms for ght house. keeping, all modern conyen iences. Apply 612 West 4th ave.
 10 23 6t.
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NANTED-2 OR UNFURNISHED rooms for light housekeeping, o" eight blocks Of Court House. Call
 old phone TIT. 10 23 Ct
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-10-23

SILVER PURSE BE- tween 7l3 Pine and 6th and Chest
 nut. Return to Graphic and re- ceiye reward. 10 16 Ct
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-10-23

If you have aches and pains in bones, back joints, Itching, Scabby Skin, blood feels hot or thin; Swollen Glands, Throat or mouth, falling hair, Pimples, or offensive eruptions, Generous Sores, Lumps or Sores on Lips. Face or any part of the body, Rash on Skin, or run down or nervous, Ulcers on any part of the body; Carbuncles or boils, TAKE BOTAN- IC BLOOD BALM (B. B. B., GUARAN- FEED to cure even the worst and most deep-seated cases. E. E. E. drives all poisonous matter from the system and sends q flood of pure, rich blood directly to the skin surface. In this way Sores, Eruptions, Pimples and every evidence of Blood Poison are quickly healed and cured, completely changing the entire body into clean, healthy condition.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-10-23

IF IT'S A QUESTION OF DOLLARS we can save you a good many if you make Us your headquarters for repairing of any description. We em- ploy only skilled mechanics, who if you firgure with us.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
MAMMOTH CAVE NEGLECTED.

From the Washington Post.
The Nashville Tennessean makes the
following sage suggestion that is pertinent
to many enterprises in every state Of the
union
Mammoth Cave is one of the greatest
wonders on the American continent. 1t
exceeds all other caves in the United
States in size, and offers an underground
maze which abounds in marvellous for
nations. Yet few visitors go there, and
Kentucky no longer profits from the
stream of sightseers who once thronged
the cave.
THE reason is plain. Mammoth Cave is
no longer advertised. Railways and hotels
are not pushing it. The attention of
travellers is not drawn to it, as was once
the case. Its beauties are undimmed.
In fact, recent explorations have made
accessible new wonders, but the public
has not heard of Them
Jenny Lind, the worlds greatest song
stress, visited the cave. She was awed
| by it's wonders and its grandeurs, and
advertised its attractions far and wide in
both hemispheres, advising every one to
see it. She sent thousands of visitors to
| it, even when to reach it one had to go
by stage coach either from Louisville at
the north or Nashville at the south
But there was another attraction that
lured many-Belrs tavern-and thousands
of its guests, great numbers of them
cultivated men and women from Europe,
were ready to testify, and most of them
did testify that it was the best tavern in
the world, so far as food and drink went
There three unrivaled meals and a clean
and sweet bed were furnished the guest
for six bits the "a hours; but Bell was
also farmer and bought no foods, or
very little, except coffee, tea, sugar, salt
and spices. Everything else was pro-
duced on his plantation by slave labor.
The tavern was on the Louisville and
Nashville turnpike, five miles from the
cave, and yet this old man, who dwelt
there more than half a century, never
visited the wonder; and it is an actual
fact that many old men have long lived
within an hours journey of the Mammoth
Cave and never entered it.
The railroad will now land passengers
at the cave, but the visitors are few; and
perhaps the fact is not much more due
to failure to advertise it than to the
complications of law growing out of its
ownership.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
Youthful Criminals Predominant

Judge Newcomer of Chicago says 70 per
cent of the criminals going through the
courts are mere boys between the ages
of IS and rs years. All who watch the
criminal courts in any city are appalled,
by the procession of boys in them. The
boy and the weeping mother are every
day spectacles in these courts. The boy
as a rule is Indifferent to his position in
the court, relying no doubt largely upon
the sympathy that the presence Of his
mother will secure. One case is much
Hike another in these courts.
1t is not easy to say where or In what
the remedy lies. Fifty years ago boys
did not constitute a majority OF GRIM
inals, but now they do What has led tc
the change cannot be definitely and &C.
curately determined The judges Of the
criminal courts are distressed by the
trend Of boys to crime of late. and they
are appealing to all good citizens to
study the situation in the hope that some
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
ON TOUR WITH KING EDWARD

The two footmen who accompanied
the King when travelling also had settled
duties. One of them, Hoepfner, was a
German. He owed his brilliant career
to his height and his fine carriage.
After being enlisted insthe Grenadiers
of the guard of the Emperor William II.
because of his high stature. he soon
passed into the service of the Grand
Duke Michael of Russia, who was in
want of SHOW footman, and did not
hesitate to rob the Kaisers army of
Hoepfner. When King Edward noticed
his gigantic height and the correctness
of his bearings, he, in his turn, took him
into service. Hoepfner waited on the
sovereign at table, and opened the door
of the royal apartments, whereas the
other footman, British subject called
Wellard, was charged exclusively with
the care of his majestys clothes, boots
and dog-an absorbing duty when we
reflect that the King travelled with
70 pieces of luggage including countless
Gladstone bags. and that he took with
him some 40 suits of clothes and over
20 pairs of boots and Shoes
King Edward was a great smoker.
His valet filled his case every morning
with several brands of cigars and cisa-
rettes. He wore on his watch chain a
tiny gold match box engraved with the
royal crown. ventured one day to
admire it, whereupon heat once took 1t
from his chain.
Accept it,. my dear Paoli," he said.
''as souvenir; 1 should like you TO
have it."
And he very graciously obliged me to
fasten it to my own chain, where I
have worn 1t ever since
The King also possessed a remarkable
collection of walking sticks, all of
which were adorned with his monogram
In brilliants-an "E'' surmounted by
crown. There was one. in particular,
to which he was greatly attached. 1t
had belonged to Queen Victoria, and was
said to have come from branch. of
the oak In which King Charles II took
shelter when fleeing from Cromwell's
troopers after the battle of Worcester.
1t was handed down, by the descendants
of the Stuarts, and bore their mono
gram until the Queen had this replaced
by an exquisite little figure of a Hindu
GOODIES discovered in the course of some
excavations on the bisnss of the Gauges.
The King, of course, never used this
precious stick, at least not when travel
ing
There was another popularity which
had occasion to observe; all the Kings
overcoats had little white silk cross
stitched on the lining, just beneath the
collar. 1t appears that this was the
compulsory badge worn by the knights
of Malta, whose traditions were respected
by the King in his capacity of grand
cross of the order.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
CARUsO,S INJURY

From the New York Times.
Caruso has suffered bodily injury and
a large part of the civilized world
awaits eagerly fresh information regard
ing its extent, and his chances of speedy
recovery. A great deal of money is in
vested, directly and indirectly, in Caruso's
voice. Accounts differ as to- the exact
cause of his latest mishap. Either he
was accidentally stabbed with a stage
sword, or slipped and fell, injuring his
knee. Caruso Is a heavy man, and If he
fell on one of his knees, symptoms of
synovitis may ensue. Still, an injured
knee is not likely to affect his voice.
There is no other living performer in
opera or drama whose disa bilities would
affect so large a number of his fellow
beings. great majority of the people
who have SO literally subscribed for the
seats at the Metropolitan opera house
this year count most on hearing Caruso.
Managers and agents alike look to their
connection with him for comfortable
profits. The biggest and most compelling
tenor voice in the world is huge asset
for it's possessor and many others.
We have strong hopes that Mr.. Caruso' s
bad knee will not trouble him long, that
it will not stiffen and compel him to
adopt a manner of walking that might
spoil the pictorial effect of his portray
ais of Rhadames, Don Jose, and Lionel.
But Caruso can sing Celeste Aida" and
M Appari'' from a wheeled chair If
necessary and still move the whole world
to rapturous applause.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
InhilAA Oyer the Census RAtnrnS

It is always well to jubilate. A
growth of 245.4 per cent in 10 years is
no ordinary event. It in fact stands
|salone in the list of cities having 100, 900
or more people. But this great fact
has already been celebrated in this
city, in this state and in this country.
It has been more widely discussed
than any other fact brought out by the
census bureau. A home jubilee would
simply be a keeping of the general
glee over Birminghams remarkable
growth.
But while we jubilate let us ges
down to lacks by making plans for
maintaining the percentage of 1910.
Great as it is it is a matter of last
April which is fast becoming ancient
history. We should turn our faces to
the future by acting in the present.
There is much hard work to be planned
and executed-much in the direction
of new development with some Incl
dents of annexation, and we cannot
begin the great task too soon or too
efficiently.
1t is not at all impossible to dupli-
- l. 1ooo 49, ,o~oao+ara that a1ectri-
fed the country in 1910. It can be
done Our neighbors in Jones valley
and even in Shades valley should be in
vited to share in our greatness. Even
Bessemer should be gently persuaded
the good people of Bessemer who are
not oficeholders. And above all else,
we should encourage industries to
come in. The best way to do this con-
sists in patronizing home industries
and home capitalistic enterprises rath-
er than those that drain away the cur
rency of the people of Alabama.
The Age-Herald says again, the per-
centage of 1910 should be maintained,
and the speaker at the jubilee who best
tells us what to do against 1920 will
be the one who best serves this city,
who best celebrates its glorious past.
In Chairman Massey's words, we must
establish and promote a Birmins n
spirit with an eye single to 1920.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
WHY PARIS?
ownership

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
The male sex as rule doesn't know
why the average woman wants her fash
ions from Paris. One of them has had
the temerity to say so on paper and in
print on this page. He got a prompt and
apparently conclusive answer from a
member of the sex that looks to Paris
for all the newest wrinkles in feminine
furbelows. Just why Paris should be
the court of last resort in fashions no
man will ever quite understand. But as
custom seems to have made 1t so and as
those who are most interested in fashions
still believe that dresses and hats that
indefnable and unapproachable some
thing" that no other city can give, we
are forced to bow to the decree and not
question why.
- interesting fact, however, can be
added to this decision. One Of the big
gest magazines devoted to the home and
women in this country is making a siren
uous and determined stand for American
made fashions, declaring that this country
has as much taste as France and that
they will prove it. Maybe SOL But as
the magazine is managed and edited by
men, we may be allowed to have our
doubts-and to offer our sympathies in
advance Of the Waterloo that is looming
up in the distance for the courageous
editor and publisher who are riding for a
fall
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
Local School Taxation

Captain Hobson does not overstate the
dangers of inadequate elementary edu-
cation in the public schools Of this
state. This inadequacy increases rural
diseases while it saps the vigor and op-
portunity of the home people. I'm no
state in America" says Captain Hob
son. lin no state in any civilized nation,
are people forbidden to tax themselves
locally for purposes of elementary edu-
cation. State aid is wise, and has been
adopted by all the states of the union,
and by all nations of the civilized world,
but it must be understood that it can
only be an aid. Local primary schools.
upon which depend the education of the
masses of the people of rural districts
cannot properly be maintained wholly
by state aid"
When a great immigration rush south
ward takes place the southern people
will be disinherited unless, says Captain
Hobson we give them in the mass eff
cient elementary education. 1t Is the
greatest problem before the people of
Alabama today, and the right in each
district of local taxation for school pur-
poses is the best remedy in sight. In
this matter the principle of local option
is an excellent fit and should be ap-
piled.
It is not necessary to stop to inquire
what selfish interests kept local option
out of the constitution of 19O1-interests
alike selfish and sordid and corrupt. 1t
was kept out and the legislature of next
winter should give the people of the
state an opportunity to put it in the con-
stitution by giving the people of each
school district that want better school
the right to tax themselves for 1t. Ala
bama is simply out Of the line of pro.
gress and development in this important
matter.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
All the worlds n stage,
And all the men and women merely
players. As You Like IL
Scholarships for Bows ard Girls

The Alabama Federation of Women's
Clubs. of which Mrs. Phares Coleman of
Montgomery is president, is endeavor-
ing to secure an endowment fund of &c.
600. the income of which is to be used to
maintain scholarships In the state col
leges for the education of worthy boys
ana girls which would otherwise be un-
obtainable. The federation has hereto
fore depended upon voluntary contribu-
tons, and this has rendered its work for
the boys and girls uncertain. 1t now
proposes to secure, II possible, an endow-
ment fund.
The women of the federation are num-
erous and influential, and If they will
each and all go to work at this task
they will assuredly secure the minimum
sum desired. Subscriptions as low as
81 will be gratefully received. Mrs. ].
J. Mayheld of Montgomery is the treas
urer of the scholarship fund.
This city is well-equpped with wom-
ems clubs, and each of them should be
heard from in this matter. There should
in fact be a spirit of rivalry among
them In this most excellent work. The
women's clubs of Birmingham Will as
suredly lend a helping hand.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
No Guaranty Trust Needed

If the Wall street bankers who are
comforting with Sir Edward W. Holden
persist in their attempt to take from
the pockets of southern farmers half
million dollars annually while sub
iecting this whole section to the rules
and exactions of a foreign guaranty
company-if they demand this much
longer, concerted operation on the part
of the southern cities and southern cot
ton exchanges should be brought to
bear. Southern cotton men can confer
as well as Wall street men and the
spinners of Lancashire.
No one in the south need for a single
moment be alarmed. Cotton is gold
Cotton is going up simply because
It. Stocks of manufactured goods are
low and so is the supply of raw ma
terial at the mills. Under such circum-
stances no one in the south need be
nervous for a moment on account oil
the bills of lading trouble. 1t will ad-
lust itself by detail, and every bale will
be moved at full value.
The greater probability is that the
time for accepting cotton bills without
bank guaranty will be extended tc
December 81, and that it will then BIZ
extended indefinitely. There will be
no more Knight-Yancey and Steele
Miller cases, and the bankers know 1t
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
A Life-Iike Portrait

Miss Edna Smith, the well-known Bir-
mingham artist, has just completed an
oil portrait of the late Mrs. E. I. Tall
aferro for the Young Women's Christian
association, of which institution the dis
tinguished lady was president at the time
OF her demise. 1t is a speaking likeness
and as a work of art it is altogether
admirable.
Mrs. Taliaferro ranked among the fore
most educators of the south. In her busy
life strength and grace of character were
singularly combined, and the artist seems
to have presented with truth and feeling
the very spirit of the lamented woman.
Same artists readily master the technic
OF drawing but never learn to mix colors
so as to produce natural flesh tints. Miss
Smith has succeeded in a rare degree in
producing just the right color effects and
as for her drawing it is excellent in every
detail The portrait of Mrs. Taliaferro
will be on exhibition in Miss Smiths
studio in the Watts building next Tues
day.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
MEANING OF RENo's REFORM

From the Chicago Evening Post.
Gambling ends in Nevada" What a
chance for a sermon. Yet is 1t a wholly
unmixed blessing? For where will the
"red-blooded writer's find their scenario
now? They will have to write about
anaemic commemorative In which faro
and roulette are but minor industries.
Where, too, will the Reno gamblers go?
1t may have been rather good scheme,
after all. to segregate this vice In one
spot. And is 1t wise to remove from Ne
vada the fairly honest gambling with
cards and chips and leave the field en-
tirely clear for the wildcat gambling in
mines and prospects? Time alone can an
swer these questions. Meanwhile we fear
that the population of the Silver State
will approximate more nearly the ulti-
mate zero. When the reform in the d.
vorce laws matetrializes Nevada's chief
product will be solitude.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
THE LAST RESORT
From the London Chronicle.

Meanness in little things was mag
nifcently exemplified by the Scotsman
who was travelling in the smoking COM
partment of railway train. tHe had
carefully filled his pipe, and, turning to
the man on his right, he asked, 'Ha' g
We match?'' The reply wag a regret
full negative. A similar inquiry ad-
dressed to the only other male occu-
pant of the carriage met with a sim
liar response. "Ah, weel," exclaimed
the son of Scotland ruefully, Il must
cen use ane of my ain!'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
AND THAT ENDED 1T

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
John Hays Hammond, at a dinner in
Lenox, talked about captains of indus
try.
"Of course, to a certain extent, they
must be cruel" he said. 'They must dis
charge incompetents, refuse to employ
needy friends If these friends belong to
the incompetent class. But then
Mr. Hammond smiled.
'They don't have to. repulse Their
friends point blank" he said. They can
forestall what is coming. Like the pretty
girl, you know.
"A caller said to this pretty girl:
My purpose In calling tonight, dear
Miss Smith, or Mary rather-for may
call you Mary may I not?'
oh, yes the young girl answered
calmly Yes, certainly. All papa's elder.
ly friends call me Mary
And there, of course, the matter
ended"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
PEACE

By w. E. Henley.
A late lark twitters from the quiet skies,
And from the west,
Where the sun, his days work ended
Lingers as In content.
There falls on the old, grey city
An influence luminous and serene
A shining peace.
The smoke ascends
In a rosy-and-goIden haze. The spires
Shine and are changed. Tn the valley
Shadows rise. The lark sings on. The
sun,
Closing his benediction,
Sinks and the darkening air
Thrills with a sense of the triumphins
night
Night with her train of stars
And her great gift of sleep.
So be my passing
My task accomplished and the long day
done,
My wages taken. and in my heart
Some late lark singing
Let me be gathered to- the quiet west
The shutdown splendid and serene
Death.
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remedy, even though partial one. can
be found.
The spectacle is distressing and it is not
confined to Chicago or to any other one
city. It extends to all of them in greater
or less degree. It is felt here in Biz
mingham, and it calls aloud for reform
and special campaign against vice and
crime in mere boys.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
LIGHTS AVID CRIME

From the Louisville Courier-yournal.
Chicago is to light up its dark places
by adding 10000 new arc lamps to its
Illuminating equipment. There is to be
a light on every corner, and in places
where It is long way between corners
there are to be additional lights.
The chief of police believes the in
creased illumination will be an important
factor in the suppression of crime and
will greatly increase the efficiency of
the police force. I'm dark localities" he
says, more patrolmen are needed than
in sections brilliantly lighted. If the
dark places are lighted up it will permit
the transfer of some officers TO districts
that have not enough now" All of which
is true. Electricity costs money and the
lighting bills of large city are enor-
nous, but money expended for improved
lighting facilities is well invested. Every
city should be well lighted and if most
of them were twice as well lighted as at
present there would be fewer cases in the
would be safer.
1t was former Chicago mayor, the
late Carter II. Harrison, who once re-
marked that lone street lamp is as good
as ten policemen Perhaps the state
ment was somewhat overdrawn. but
criminals fear the light almost as much
as they fear policemen. The footpad who
is seeking a victim naturally selects the
dark places as the scene of his nefarious
enterprise. If there are fewer dark
places there will be fewer opportunities
for thugs and thieves. Chicago has an
unenviable reputation for criminals of
this character. When 10000 new lights
are turned on it will not be SO profitable
field for their operations.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
A SLOW TRAIN

From T1t-Blts.
The slow train is still the target for the
shafts of the humorist. Recently a wag
sent the following letter to the editor OF
a country paper:
"Sir: Is there no way to put a stop to
begging along the line of the railway
For instance, yesterday an aged mendi-
cant with wooden leg kept pace with
the afternoon express all the way from
Blankton to Spaceley. and annoyed the
passengers exceedingly, going from one
open window to another with his i'm
Fortunate solicitations
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
DEMOPoLIs TIMES

The industrial edition of the Demopolis
Times, issued this week, is printed on
heavy magazine paper and handsomely
illustrated. This edition not only pre-
sents most attractive appearance from
a typographical point of view, but pre-
sents in comprehensive manner much
information about the growth
and the resources of fine old Demopolis.
The Age-Herald extends congratulations,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
Cold feet get much colder when yor
are married to them.
For every one man who is popular there
are 1000 who think they are.
The very good excuse you offer to PEG.
pie is preposterous when somebody else
offers 1t to you
A girl Is really surprised at her first
proposal she can act much more so al
those which come later.
A man will say things to his wife every
day that he would, not dare say to the
cook once in a lifAtime