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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
IN PLAIN ENGLISH
m the Chicago Post.

From the Chicago Post.
 It was sunset in England. The poem all leges that the sun belonged to England but it is also used by the rest of the world A young woman named Bessie went to see the sexton and asked him not to ring the curfew, because her sweet heart was in prison and they were going to execute him at curfew. The sexton did not ask her what kind of judge would issue such q decision. but explained that he couldn't afford to lose his daily wages. So Bessie went up in the belfry and held the clapper of the bell. Later she met Oliver Cromwell and gave him the par
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
WHAT HElwANTED

From the Popular Magazine.
 Senator Curtis of kansas tells the fol- lowing story about D young man who sometimes drank mure whisky than was good for him:
 He had been making a night of it, but had forsaken his c)hranions. He was acquainted with an undertaken named George, and got thu crazy notion at 8 o'clock in the morniiE that he must see this particular manl Accordingly he found Georges unfrtaking estabiish- ment, over which Gorge had his sleep ing apartments.
 The intoxicated yohg man rang and rang Georges bell ant at last awoke him. The undertaken put Is head out of the third d-story window, epecting to find that his funeral services were required inn mediately. Instead, he recognized his friend Frank.
 Well, Frank" he Exclaimed, grossly what do you want?I 'I just wan tell Pu, George" said Frank, that you're He lash man in the world I wan to do tsiness with"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
ADVICE N GIRLS
By Mark Twain.

By Mark IWaln.
 l don't know whatto tell you girls to do. Mir Martin has eld you everything you ought to do, ah now I must give you some don'ts.
 There are three thogs which come to my mind which I cdsider excellent ad- vice:
 First, girls, don't Aoke-that is, don't smoke to excess. lam 731k years old and have been smolAg 73 of them. But I never smoke to exdfs-that is. l smoke in moderation, only q cigar at time.
 Second. don't drink&hat is, don't drink to excess.
 Third don't marryf mean to excess.
 Honesty is the besNpolicy. That is an old proverb; but yofdont want ever to forget it in your joihey through life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
THE OvERSHOT.

THE oVERSHoT. I shot a poem into the air; It was reprinted everywhere, From Bangor to the Rocky Range And always credited to exchange"
 New York Mail. And long, long afterward it chanced, As a book of verse I gazed upon, I found the poem published there. And 1t was simply signed "Anon."
 Denver Republican. And now that bit of vagrant verse, Has gone much farther and fared worse; In the Podunk "rimes' last week I read it,
 And London Tit Bits" had the credit
 Chicago Tribune. And thus they credit other men For verse that ripped from my pen. Oh, let them steal it. if they please. l swiped it from old Sophocles!
 Kansas City Times. And sophocles, if truth were told, Took that same stuff and made no fuss, But changed 1t round and sent it out, As Kipling says, "the same as us."
 Rochester Post-Express. It may be that those lines were hid In some Egyptian pyramid, In ages when but few could sing, And written by some damfool king.
 -Boston Transcript. But, after all it matters not Who shoots the lines into the air. The marvel still will be the same That they are printed anywhere!
 -Pittsburg Sun. Just watch me grab this filler" fat And slap it in my labored column Today the world seems stale and flat, My mood, forsooth. israther solemn.
 LEGAL TERM. Miss Flipp accused young Trimmer of stealing a kiss"
 "Umph! I dare say Miss Flipp was guilty of contributory negligence" PAUL COOK.
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T, long for the rest of thy inland
DISTRESSING THOUGHT.

"There are now 17,000,000 girls in their teens in the United States. If all these should suddenly be transported to some distant cline the candy stores would shut up, the gum factories would shut down, millinery stores would go broke, boarding schools suspend, wom- en would weep, men despair. Gone would be the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, the sound of singing, the joy of music, the light of beauty. The big round moon would flood empty hammocks and deserted front porches, song and laughter would flee away, the land would mourn, the stones cry out, the sky drop down tears and the whole world would agree that life isn't worth living."-Jewell County, Kas., Republican.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
Band Concert sunday

The open-air music season is fast draw ing to a close. The band did not play in Capitol park las' night but 1t will be heard tomorrow afternoon. AS the days have grown shorter the concert will be- gin at D. m. instead of 4:30 as here tofore on Sunday.
 The band concerts have proved so pop ular that 1t Is said to be the intention of the Music Study club, under whose auspices they have been given. to en- gage a larger number of musicians next summer and to provide for five or six concerts week instead of three.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

Most of them are now running on hand to mouth basis. They have bought as little as possible during the past eight months because of the continuously fall- ing market. So when they make up their minds that the time to buy has ar rived we expect a buying movement of very large proportions',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
Development in Winston

"No section of Alabama is developing more rapidly or has greater possibilities for the future than that section along north Alabama, ipcluding Franklin, Win ston and Cullmafl countless said Probate Judge John S. Curtis of Winston county, who spent yesterday in Birmingham.
 "The most marked development has been made in Winston county during the past 10 years and is stfll in progress. Any man who saw this county 10 years ago or even five years ago, would be amazed at the transformation that is taking place.
 "The agricultural sections are fast fill ing up by progressive farmers who are clearing the lands and building beautiful homes. The crops this year are very fine and the farmers are very much en- couraged.
 "The mineral and timber industries in this section are being extensively de- veoped. Winston is one of the most promising counties in the state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
outIook for Contract Work

After being in Arkansas for several months engaged in completing a large contract, w. A. Hill a well-known con- tractor returned to Birmingham yester- day.
 'I believe this winter will witness the inauguration Of some very important work in this district" said MT. Hill.
 "We have been invited to bid on sey- eral small jobs but the indications are that some very fine ones win be opened up soon. The summer has been very good here, as 1t has been in other places. The contractors are confident that condi- tions are to improve even over those of the present time, which are highly satisfactory. The railroads are not idle in planning Improvements and it would not cause me any surprise to see some good contracts let in the near future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press
 Work kills few men, but that isn't why so many are afraid of 1t.
 It looks as if men who could fulfill love vows just won't ever marry.
 The most deceptive thing about wom- ans bathing suit is what's in It.
 man thinks it's a virtue in him to want his family to have them instead of him.
 A couples learning to make marriage a success is learning to stand each others faults. f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
Lookout Land Company Incorporated

The Lookout Land company, new real estate and land company, was yesterday incorporated. articles of incorporation and application for charter being filed in the office of the probate court The company Is capitalized at 5000, and will begin business with 5000 actually paid in. Of flcers and incorporators are: Gus A. Pope, Jr., president T. Y. Walter vice presi- dent; E. NJ. s. Houston secretary and treasurer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
A BIASED OPINION.

DO you think buttermill1 will pro- long ones life, Colonel Soaksby?'
 "Aheml l have no doubt, Miss Plump CT, that if a person had to drink butter milk every day it would make life seem longer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
New Mineral Railroad

"The business men of Tuscaloosa have about completed plans for the construc- tion of railroad from Tuscaloosa to Brookwood," said s. F. Alston of the for mer city, who spent yesterday in Bir- mingham on business.
 "We have been working on plans for this road for some time and the people are very much pleased that success seems now to be assured. The line will go by Holt the industrial town just out of Tuscaloosa, and will open some of the finest mineral lands in Tuscaloosa county.
 "The project will be financed by home people and will be of considerable im- portance to the industrial development of that section"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

"Oh. trunks. pictures, furniture and stuff like that"
 Department store?'
 No; he drives moving van.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

Texas proposes to make the man who "sets them upn liable to a fine of $1OO. Texas is nothing if not progressive on the treating question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

The socialists of Milwaukee do not like the colonel and Wall street certainly does not. The rank and file may, how ever, be different.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

The schoolhouse, the best factory of all the list is soon to be reopened. In that factory children more or less raw are transformed into American citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
TINKERING WITH A MASTERPIECE

Milton's daring way of surveying in- finite space did not commend itself to Bentley's cold reason, and accordingly. under his pruning hand, AS from the center thrice to the utmost
 pole,
 Was transformed into
 Distance which to express all measure
 fails.
 But this unimaginative editor knew how to be even more deadly prosaic. He came to that marvellous concept of satan's- Our torments also may in length of time Become our elements,
 And wrecked it in this style: Then as twas well observed, our tor
 ments may
 Become our clements.
 We wonder what Milton would have said to that bulgy padding, Then, as twas well observed"
 It was meet that Bentley, covered with glory, though he was from the Boyle vs. Bentley controversy over the genuineness of the Epistles of Phalaris. in which, singlelhanded, he had routed all the scholardom of Oxford, should, for his un- pardonable traversty of Milton, have fallen under the lash of Popes satire The terrible example which he afforded has been as a beacon light to warn would-be tamperers with texts of the shoals and shallows, the quicksands and the rocks, which beset their course. Since his time experiments in the correction of received readings have been few and far between. Hence the attention now about to be bocused on the daring innovator who undertakes to give a new version of Hamlet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

The Duke of the Abruzzi comes high, but the Elkins family seems to want him even if they have 10 put up $5,0OO,0oo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

Birmingham held the one hundredth place in the list of cities in 1900. Watch the notch it will secure in 1910.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

While we are conserving our natural resources we should also convey to the savings banks some of our unnatural funds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

ticulars. Oliver said he guessed it was one on him. Later Bessie and her lover got married and toured the country as Swiss bell ringers, and subsequently, went into vaudeville and played Listen to the Mocking Bird" on strings of sleigh bells. Cromwell had a mole on his cheek, but he recognized Bessie as a militant suffra- gette. f-
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J. Proctor Knott is living and his eigh- tieth birthday anniversary was recently celebrated at his home in. Lebanon, Ky.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

King Menelik should either die or get well. A mueh-bored public is becoming tired of his lingering methods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
A TURN ABOUT.

A TURN ABOUT. Its funny how things turn out som metimes."
 "Well?"
 "A woman who made up her mind that she ought to console another woman for having married a certain man, is now being sued by the other woman for alienating the mans affec- tions."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
A LAZY PHILOSOPHER.

He'd rather sit upon the fence
 And watch the world go by, Than spend his days In toll and strife, That only brings a sigh. He'd rather haunt the tuneful grove, Where feathered warblers throng, Than seek the crown of fame or wealth The restless crowds among.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
A WANDERER.

A sea- wind sang to a mountain lake, T come from the vasty deep. And a shore where the foam-ca pped
 pillows break
 And waves exultant leap, "To thy tranquil bosom's mirrored blue And the sentinel hills around, Aweary of din and strife and rue And oceans drear profound. "Is long for the rest of thy inland
 breast.
 The murmurous calm of the trees, Afar from storm and lowering crest And the lopg g-drawn roar of the seas''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

France is getting ready to meet the dread noughts of other nations with flocks Of bomb-carrying aeroplanes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

Uncle Joe Cannon still stapds adjourned so far as politics is concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

The school children are about to come back, and this is far better than any return of the politicians
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

While we are conserving our natural resources we should also convey to the savings banks some of our unnatural funds.
  J. Proctor Knott is living and his eigh- tieth birthday anniversary was recently celebrated at his home in Lebanon, Ky.
  The Duke of the Abruzzi comes high, but the Elkins family seems to want him even if they have 10 put up $5,OOO,Ooo. Birmingham held the one hundredth place in the list of cities in 1900 Watch the notch it will secure in 1910.
  King Menelik should either die or get well. A mueh-bored public is becoming tired of his lingering methods.
  France is getting ready to meet the dread noughts of other nations with focks Of bomb-carrying aeroplanes. The school children are about to come back, and this is far better than any return of the politicians
  If Ballinger persists much longer there will be no other way than to push him off the end of the plank.
  Joe Sibley is trying to blame his heavy campaign expenditures on his poor but honest secretary. Roosevelt says honesty and common sense should go together in order to se- cure efficiency St. Louis claims fourth place, relegating Boston and Baltimore to a contest for fifth place.
 Joe Cannon is keeping silent in vain attempt to conserve his political reputa ton.
 Tennessee is about the only state that indulges in progressive democrats. No conservation in tariff profits is de- manded by the public.
  A tornado followed in the wake of the colonel in Kansas. The sirens of joy parties should be muf- fled or abolished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

If Ballinger persists much longer there will be no other way than to push him off the end of the plank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

WHAT HE GOES IN FOR. What is Jiggers going in for now?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

No conservation in tariff profits is de- manded by the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

Tennessee is about the only state that indulges in progressive democrats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

Joe Sibley is trying to blame his heavy campaign expenditures on his poor but honest secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

Joe Cannon is keeping silent in vain attempt to conserve his political reputa- iinn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

St. Louis claims fourth place, relegating Boston and Baltimore to a contest for fifth place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

A tornado followed in the wake of the colonel in Kansas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10
NEW PRINCE OF WALES

The sirens of joy parties should be muf fled or abolished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-09-10

Roosevelt says honesty and common sense should go together in order to se- cure efficiency
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-04-02
Hudson { Ian in ConcIaye.

The Hudson Clan gathered in con- clave at the home of Mrs. M. E. Smart last evening to celebrate the approaching nuptials of one of it's members, Miss Virginia Hudson, to Robert Ryland on April G. The house was prettily decorated with wistaria. While assembled, the relatives filled Miss Hudsons s linen chest. It being April 1, this fun-loviDg connection played many innocent jokes which caused much meIriment At an ap- propriate time the chest was brought to the front door by an eXpressman. It was gaily decorated with the us ual accompaniments of white rib bons, old shoes, rice and etc. Dain- ty refreshments were served. The clan, after voting to add one more member to it's ranks dispersed with another pleasant memory added to those of it's former gatherings
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LADY EAGLES BALL.

The l.. E. Social Club No. 1, Lad ies of Pine Bluff Aerie No. 209, F. 0 E. will give their First Annual Ball lat Eagles Hall April 5. 1910. Ad. mission $1.00.
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Senior Circle Entertained.

Mrs. E. l.. Vail entertained the Senior Circle of the Christian church last evening, at her home, No. 300 Laurel street After the arrival of the guests amusing games and con- tests were indulged in, resulting in much merriment and interest for the young people. Tempting refresh ments were served near the end of the evenings pleasure, which made :, fitting close for such an enjoyable occasion. Those present were Mis- ses Theo Davis, Nettie Parker, Min nie Maul, Ethel Darnell, Drew Gam mill and Vivian Parker; Fred Maui, George Ward, Fred Hogenson, Har- vey Mullikin, Wiley Roundtree, Cahr- lie Graves and Clarence Allen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-04-02

visiting at Alexandria, La, returned to her home in this city yesterday.
 Max Gottlieb and daughter, Miss Essie, have returned from few days visit in Hot Springs, with relatives.
 w. H. Bellamy, the we'll known telephone company official of Althei- mer, was a recent visitor in Little Rock.
 Perry L. Owen, connected with Hills Advertising Service, has re- turned from a business trip to Little Rock.
 Miss Fife Culpeper, of Hot Springs is in the city visiting friends. Miss Culpepper formerly lved in Pine Bluff
 1 Mr. and Mrs. T. c. King have re- turned from Little Rock, where they spent week visiting relatives and friends.
 Miss H. E. Woolard left yesterday afternoon for Memphis, to attend the
 
 Williams.
 Mrs. Gus Waterman and daughter, Miss Francis, returned yesterday af- ternoon from a visit with MT. Water man at Dumas.
 Mrs. w. A. Bishop, and son, Willi- ford, leave in few days for Texark- ana, to spend few days with rela- tives and friends l Mrs. P. P. Byrd and Mrs. Mary D. Speers have returned from a visit of several weeks in New Orleans, and points in Louisiana and Mississippi.
 Mrs. J. F. Callahan and two child ren, of Mt Pleasant, Texas, are in the city visit ng Elmer Richards and family O. West Fourth avenue.
 MT. and Mrs. F. H. Walker lef1 yesterday afternoon for Monette, Ark to atter;! Che wedding of their ne- phew, Walker Gragg, to Miss Lorina Wornall.
 Miss Carrie Greenfield, accompani- ed by Little Dorothy Loving, left yes terday morning for Woodson, where she will visit Gordon B. Greenfield for few days.
 Mrs. Harry Caughman, of Mem phis, is in the city visiting her par ents, MT. and Mrs. Dan Byrd, on South Olive street. She was former ly Miss Lottie Byrd, of this city. 4 Miss Clyde Harris is again the guest of MT. and Mrs. Guy Leila, after a visit with relatives at Sher' Till and Lake Dick. Miss Harris home is in Memphis. She is a cousin to Mrs. Leflar.
 | LADY EAGLES BALL.
 The l.. B. Social Club No. 1, Lad les of Pine Bluff Aerie No. 209, F. 0 E. will give their First Annual Bal lat Eagles Hall April 5, 1910. Ad mission $1.00.
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BRIEF MENTION
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Ben Franklin, of Richland, was in the city yesterday.
 Mrs. John Willis, of Sherrill, was in the city yesterday. w. l.. Carr has returned from a business trip to Stuttgart.
 Dr. J. l.. Caldwell left yesterday afternoon for Little Rock. Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Langford left yesterday afternoon for St. Louis. Captain R. R Rice, of aVrner, was in the city yesterday on business: ,,~lH7 lH7oaEaas~Gsa wTffre 1eaves today f3r {Texarkana.~ hria aas:sstsssiissssstr trip >ssl ssssllffs: N. J. John, of Stuttgart lis in Fthe city visiting her son Dr. J. w.
 Judge J. M. Elliott leaves Sunday for Star City to open chancery court Monday.
 Mrs. A. R. Sherrill, of Sherrill, was in the city yesterday, the guest of relatives.
 Miss Virginia Crittenden, of Althei- mer, was in the city yesterday on business.
 Dr. s. D. Wilson left yesterday morning for Arkansas City to attend Dr. Smith, Thomas A. Hill leaves this after noon for Little Rock, for visit with his family.
 N. and Mrs. Jo Nichol went up to Litt'e Rock yesterday afternoon, on brief trip.
 Mrs. ". I. Payne and little daugh- ter, Lucille, of sherrill, are visiting in the city.
 Mrs. W. A. Porter and Miss Fan nie Porters, of Monticello, are visit ing Mrs. R. w. Lane.
 F. H.. NalAer~and wife left yester- dayy noon for Jonesboro, to spend~a few dassa with feiess,3E:ss;s:=1A
 R. L. Elliott, of Wabbaseka. was in the city yesterday visiting his daugh- ter, Mrs. F. R. Ragland.
 Miss Emily Handford, of Batesville arrived Thursday afternoon, and is the uest of Miss Julia Williams. Gus Mooney has returned from Memphis, where he went on busi- ness trip and spent few days.
 Miss Katie Mccoy, who has beer
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Wistaria Club.

Mrs. Will Taggart was hostess for the Wistaria Club Friday afternoon. The meeting was a most enjoyable { one for the members and few guests. Mrs. Taggart's home was handsomely decorated with wistaria blossoms, < making pretty effect Bridge was { played and Mrs. R. F. Lee, was 6awarded the prize. an exquisite hana-
 gpainted plate. Dainty refreshments Swere served at the close of the @games. The club members present fwere Mesdames H. E. Trulock, R. E. sSLee, Richard Barnett, Van Knox, M. "A. Austin, w. l.. Toney. Will Collier, #D. H. Saunders, M. Danaher Will HTaggart and Sam Vaulx; guests of Sthe club, Mesdames John F. Ruther- sford, T. H. Collier, Clyde U. May
 field, John Bookhart and w. T. Sea well and Miss .Aylmer Taggart. The club meets next with Mrs. Frank Tomlinson, Friday afternoon, April s, at 2:30 o'clock, on West Fifth avenue.
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ham, the well known clubman and athlete of Memphis, and Miss Irma Jones, also of that city. Miss Jones is niece of J. Walker Jones, of this city, and has many friends here Mr Buckingham also enjoys many ac- quaintances in this city, where ae has frequently visited.