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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-17
First Presbyterian Church.

The regular weekly services Of tho First Presbyterian church will b. held tais morning at II o'clock in the Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium. There will be no services at night. Rev. J. l. Nor ris will conduct tho services at tn, morning hour.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-17
Lutheran Church.

East Sixth avenue and Florida St. w. C. Schrader, pastor English Sun day school, 9:30 a. m. German ser- vice, 10: 45 a. m. English service, 7:30 D. m cordial invitation is extend ed to all.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-17
First Baptist Church.

Renular services will be held at the First Baptist Church this morn- ing and at nig.t by Rev. C. D. Wood. Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.; B. Y. P. U. 6:3O D. Ill. Sunday school at Bap- tist Mission, D. m A cordial in- vitasion is extended to the public to attend the serv ces
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-17
First Church of Christ Scientist.

Services Sunday at II a. m. and 7:45 D. m. Subject "Is the Universe Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?' Sunday school at 10 a. m Wednesday evening testimonial mee,- ing at 7:45 D. m. Reading room open daily exc 9pt Sunday from 2:30 to ) D. m. Visitors welcome. 10S Pine s..
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-12-17

An important meeting of the City Council will be held Monday night, at which several ordinances are to be considered that are of interest to notural gas consumers and local bus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steerd -CymbeIine.
Gold Production in Alaba ma

The mine production of gold in this state last year was 1922 ounces valued at $33,533. This is not a large amount, but it is rising amount, for the production of 1909 was in value but $29,239. The gold of 1910 in this state came from three deep mines and three gold placers. The deep mine production was from 9763 short tons with an average re coverable value per ton in gold and silver of s3.41.
 The deep mines of Alabama now produce more than the deep mines of Georgia. The placer mines of Geor- gia outrank, however, the placer mines of this state. The two states are running along quietly, neither producing a great amount of gold. The deep mines of Alabama are the more promising. These mines offer considerable possibilities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
The Iron Market

The local iron market is quiet. Rogers, Brown & Co, Cincinnati ircular says:
 Improvement in sentiment was noted during the past week, although the vol ume of business done was not large. The best feature has been frequent buying or small lots by consumers just keeping np with their consumption requirements. This has tended to keep good run of current business and the general indica- tions are that melt is slowly but surely increasing in amount.
 Basic and malleable sales in the cen- tral west had the call and there continues to be A fair tonnage under negotiation In this territory. In Eastern Pennsylvania territory it is reported that consumption is slightly. ahead of produetion-at that point, which has served to brighten she situation.
 Coke is spasmodic-in some territories o,liet. but furnace coke has been sold h the local territory and there are inquiries nending. Consumption in the ConnellsvillC district fell off sharply last wek and ship ments increased dui ing the same period Tn other districts there is scarcity O labor which has resulted in decreased output
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
Downfall of ReciprOcity

The desire of the Canadians to cling to the Union Jack at all hazards and to development within the proposed empire had much to do with the de- feat of the reciprocity agreement in Canada. The Canadians are loyal to the motherland, and they have fully and deliberately preferred closed door against the United States to a wider and freer trade with 90,000,000 of people.
 This loyalty on their part was aided and abetted by ring of manufactur- CTS in Canada who feared the high protective duties of the dominion would go next. To their assistance came some of the trusts of this coun- try, notably the paper trust, and they succeeded in carrying all, or nearly all, of the dominion cities.
 There is no appeal from the verdict. Canada promises to remain true to imperialism and the British flag a generation at least. The dreams of larger trade and growing friendship between the United States and Can ada have been dissipated, and they will not come back in the lifetime of the present generation. The hope of lower prices for the necessaries of life have temporarily disappeared also. The extra session was con- vened in vain, and this country is left at the mercy of the Aldrich- Payne Shoot tariff. Canada has vetoed the reciprocity pact, and the President has vetoed the wool, free list and cot ton bills, and the measure that the President pronounced at Winona ''the best ever devised" stands serene and untouched in all it's greed and price uplifting power.
 The country will next year choose between the Aldrich- Payne Shoot tariff and the bills that Leader Un- derwood will bring in next winter. That is to be the issue of next year, and it is now too late to change it. The Presidents pet measure has mis- carried, and the people will decide be- tween the President, who as stand batter vetoes all downward revenue bills, and the party led by Speaker Clark and Mr. Underwood, which is endeavoring to give the country tariff for revenue only and lower cost of living, for as the President said at Grand Rapids, ''our whole bus mess system rests upon the protective tariff basis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
UNCLE SAM AS EMPLOYER

From the New York World.
 In 1916 there were approximately G327 names on the federal pay roll, or about one to every 1900 of the population. In 1911 there are 3S4,0SS, or one to every 242 of the population. Add 121,000 for the army and navy, 1415 for representatives abroad and nearly TOGO as employees of Congress itself and of the judiciary, and we have a total of 513,S54, or one in 180 of the population Fourth class postmas- ters employ on private account some 64,00O clerks. many of whom do other than pas tai work
 Suppose that only the more plausible portion, even, of those schemes that are preached for extending the power and the functions of the federab government were put into effect Suppose the half million employees of Uncle Sam become a million. with the states. towns and cities increasing their pay rolls in proportion. Should we ever fall Into that dry-rot of officialsm which in Continental coun- tries hampers private initiative by turn ing the attention of the educated classes so largely to government employment? l And what would be the effect upon our 1 political development of the interested support by ever increasing thousands of the party government in power?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
The Order of Odd Fellows

.'The Sovereign Grand Lodge of the in- dependent Order of Odd Fellows now in session at Indianapolis is evidently conservative body" said a man who ..passed the chair" in a subordinate lodge many years ago.
 Ut was never my privilege to sit in the sovereign body. but I have always -aken interest in it's proceedings as they appear ed in newspapers and in bound reports. received the encampment degrees soon after I was eligible. The encampment ceremonies made a deep impression on me- and l have often wondered why all odd Fellows are small--body, ,eta etaoi campment The degree fees in the Ord compared with the fees charged for che high degrees in Masonry.
 "I never joined the Patriarchs Militant, but have seen them parade and have ad- hired the showy uniforms worn by the marchers. What has struck me this week with the conservatism of the Sovereign Grand Lodge are these items which l read in the Associated Press dispatches in The Age-IIerald: Refusal to allow the Patriarchs Militant to elect their own grand commander. and refusal to allow the llebekahs, an extensive ladies a.ix- Hilary of odd fellowship, to form q na- tional assembly,.
 There is q modern tendency in va Iious organizations and in the political world to have fewer appointive officers and consequently more elective officers. But the Sovereign Grand Lodge will con- tiiue to have cirect control of the off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
THE COST OF LIVING

From the Dallas News.
 The old man drifted uneasily into the country store and stared about him. Peo- pie stared at him. for he was Q stranger to all but one man.
 That's old man Grimshaw,' this one explained in a whisper; Ines a hermit. I guess this is the first time he's come out O the mountains in 10 years. He lives on roots an berries and things"
 The old man leaned over the counter.
 Gimme" he quavored, "a niclSers s worth O cheese and crackers" The store keeper regarded him sternly.
 we can't sell things that way he said ''Why, man. cheese is 25 cents oorno you know"
 But" said the old man, Hast time I bought any they gave me bag full O. crackers with a hunk of cheese in it. The grocer laughed.
 "When was thatss' he asked. The old man reflected
 ",Bout eight years ago. he said. q been away"
 T should think you had" the grocer exclaimed. And didn't you use to buy can of cove oysters and get some crack CTS an pepper sauce and vinegar throwcd in?v The old man nodded. And set on a barrel in tn store" per sued the grocer, ''an' make a lunch out of t?" The old man nodded again
 "Nothin don' like that now the groc ,r assured him; times has changed" 'eI guess so" the old man sighed open | ing dirty leather bag with his teeth | gimme $2 wuth O crackers an cheese | Do I pay extra for the bag?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
FIRST AND LAST

From the Cleveland Leader.
 '.In the days of the first C.. A. c. the city was fairly overrun with boxers, great and small" says former Council man C. L. Carran. There were many boxing schools, and the ambition of many young man was to be second Suii- van, a Mccoy or a Corbett. One boy in whom l was much interested had ap idea that he could fight and one night he n- vited me down to the c. A. c. to see him in action.
 .'As this boy went into the ring he, beck oned the referee over to his. corner and asked him to make an announcement. The referee was willing, and said:
 :. MT Black asks me to say that this is his first appearance fin any ring
 'In about seven seconds my boy friend was lying flat on his back with small chances of getting on his feet for an hour or two. He was badly hurt physically, but his mind was clear. He whispered something to the referee, and this official stopped the count.
 ~-'-'Mr. Black wishes to supplement his announcement of a few seconds ago. said the referee, addressing the crowd. This Is not only his first, but absolutely his last appearance in the ring"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
ASSASSINS
,t. Louis st-Dispatch.

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
 Compassion for the man who had in- nicted on him his fatal wound seized
 Premier Stolypin in his last moments. "The little fellow was pltiful as he came upon me in the theater, pale and bowed sorry figure he said
 What pitful figures all those have been in our time who have perpetrated assassi- nation in redress of real or fanoied poit- ical wrcngs-Czolgosz, Guiteau, even the dashing Booth with the frenzy of mad ness shining in his eyes. They had no personal grievance against the men whose lives they took. Mckinley, Garfield, Lin- coin became the victims of bullets solely
 because of the position they occupied. There is no heroism in murder under such circumstances, notwithstanding that the
 murderers of disordercd understanding may have fanciod that they were yield ing 10 the impulse of heroic idea. Even such men arc a part of the civilization amid which they have lived. They can throw off a consciousness of the uncivil- ized, cowardy ireachery with which they have acted ner of the condemnation they | have earned from their fellow men and i the futlity of it is more pitiful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23

From the New York Times.
 Charles Wilson Price, editor of the Elec- trical Review, does not say that Nikola Tesla's latest invention of a rotary en- zine operated by steam or gases will save most of the 3O,OOo,0O0 horsepower wasted annually by manufacturing plants in this country-power that is worth upward of s50,OOo,ooo He has not said, as Mir Tesla is reported as saying, that the new en- zine will give the world a flying machine that, without planes or screw propellers, ''excessively swift, and, above all, per- fecty safe in the greatest storm" will be small and compact compared with present machines, but capable of being built to carry shiploads of passengers. What MT. Price does say about the en- zine, however, arrests attention. A small turbine with g. rotor inches thick and hardly 10 inches in diameter, without vanes, blades, valves. or sliding contacts, has been exhibited at the Edison station here, and has been found "capable of de- veloping no horsepower" In fact, sev- eral of Tesla's engines have been tested. The Electrical Review publishes his de- scrption of them. declaring that his in vention cannot fail to excite interest in engineering circles the world over"
 Sir William Ramsay said in his recent address before the British association that "a good steam engine converts about one eighth of the potential energy of the fuel into useful work; seven-eighths are lost as unused heat and useless friction" In a good gas engine two-thirds of the fuel energy is wasted. It is quite conceivable that inventions will be made to conserve the enormous energies now wasted, Tes- las turbine, operating without the shocks or vibrations of engines that work with pistons, paddles, vanes, or blades, directs the propelling fluid along rotating disks in free spirals, and by it's adhesive and viscous properties the fluid communicates it's energy to the disks. By a reverse pro- cess the disks may be made to impart motion to fluids, thus acting as a pump which, if what is said about it is true, will effect great changes in mining opar- machine will presently be seen in automo- piles, working by gas or steam; in loco motives and ocean liners, and in factories ell over the world.
 Mir. Tesla has acquired reputation for revolutionary inventions that never quite arrived at the point of practical utility. But some of his inventions have proved to be practical and eminently useful. The new engine may be one of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
Plantation Systems of the South

The federal agricultural department is preparing to study the renters, the share croppers and the wage workers on southern farms, or rather planta- tions. The word plantation means a farm of 1000 or more acres, where as the word farm" usually means less than 300 acres, of which about 50, acres are titled. The rest consists of wooded lands. The methods of cul- tivating plantations are to be looked into, with view of ascertaining in what way the soil is best preserved and in what way the real tiller of the soil is given the best opportunity. A comprehensive and impartial study of the tenure problems of the south would prove instructive and valuable. The government is calling to its aid a corps of experts consisting of col lege professors, and there is promise that the situation will be accurately ascertained and clearly set down in black and white.
 Social conditions will be looked into with view of attracting immigrants. All aspects of southern conditions are to be officially investigated and re- ported. Three of the five experts in the field were drawn from southern colleges. Prof. R. F. Brooks of the University of Georgia seems to have been assigned to Alabama. This state is broad field full of varying con- ditions, and report which makes known farm conditions in the black belt counties and in the Tennessee valley will certainly be carefully read.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
MT. Taft and His VetOes

On account of the nature of the case, MT. Underwood says he cannot prove that the President agreed with his brother standpatters in the Senate that he would veto all tariff bills if they would see that the reciprocity bill was sent to him just as it had been passed in the House. MT. Un- derwood says he cannot prove the making of the bargain, but he fully believes, nevertheless, that it was made and carried out by both of the high contracting parties, so to speak.
 At Grand Rapids the President at tempted to defend his part of the con- tract. His defense consists of two parts-one that the work done by the House was done with blacksmith S tools" He pronounces the three tar if bills careless, inartificial and al- together unsatisfactory, and yet he  mentions but one particular to sus- tain these presidential objections. He does assert that the duty on bleach ing powder used in cotton mills was increased rather than decreased. This is the solitary particularized item in the three bills that he presents, and the fair inference is that he had no more particulars that he could pre- sent.
 But he says we must await the ac, tion of the board that he has ap. pointed to supersede Congress in it. constutionally appointed duty as th' nations tariff maker. This boare consists of two politicians, two col lege professors and the editor of ; Chicago stockyards paper. Aftcl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
BIG TIM HAS AN IDEA
From the New York Letter to the Gil
 cinnati Times-Star.

From the New York Letter to the Gin
 cinnati Times-Star.
 Big Tim Sullivan has been looking about a bit in his Bowery Kingdom, and as a consequence the brainiest man in Tammany has hammered out land tax system, which he believes will reduce .the congestion in the tenement dis tricts. People in my district sleep three and four to the room," he said, .and many of the rooms have never had a ray of sunlight in them. They have to live that way because the rent is so high. The tenement owner who Is willing to tear down his old building and put up a new one, with sunlight in overy window and bath in every flat,
 Is afraid to do so, because ho knows that his taxes would go skallyhooting up. The poor devils who rent his flats would in the end pay for that higher |rate of taxation. Every eighth child born in New York city dies because its mother has to go to work or starve. At the same time there are 10000 acres of good land lying idle within the city limits.''
 Therefore Sullivan has plan to cut
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
wHYMpER THE CLIMBER

From the New York Times.
 If is remarked as a significant fact that Edward Whymper died in his bed. Most of the great adventurers and eX. plorers, however, die in that common, orderly way. Captain Cook and Sir John Franklin were exceptions to well established rule. Accident insur- ance is, indeed, a profitable branch Of business. Whymple was well advanced in his 72d year, and had been i'll. He spoke to the correspondent of the Times in Geneva a few days ago as a man with a premonition of death. He died at ChamouniX among the tall mountains and glaciers he loved so well. In 1865 he was one of party of seven to undertake the ascent of the Matterhorn, on whose summit no hu- man foot had then trod. Whymper was first to reach the top, and the days triumph was his.
 Four of his party were killed in the descent but the passion for mountain climbing possessed Whymper complete ly from that time until advancing years compelled him to rest. He had previous Iy climbed some smaller Alpine peaks, but thereaf after he sought higher noun tains in Ecuador and Brazil and Green land, and he also explored the Canadia n Rockies. He talked, wrote and lived mountain climbing. It became his voca- tion and relaxation as well, his favor ite pastime," and his means of liveli- hood. He had won all the medals a mountain climber could win, and be- Bnged to many geographical societies and explorers clubs in Europe, Canada, and the United States. His book on "Zermatt and the Matterhorn" is in- spring to read, and though he was not greatly renowned for scientific achieve ments, he had served mankind as well in pursuit of his passion as he would If he had chung to art and painted land- scapes and portraits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
MISLEADING SHOW BILLS

ffOm the CHlcdSo ENtniHB I oSt.
 A wagon show, which had gaudy paper but little else, played to a very unsatis- factory business in a small town gener- ally good.
 Following the afternoon performance two locals were checking up the show from the 32-sheet stand on the fence op- posite the depot
 ''They didn't have this" said one, point ing to a herd of elephants
 ''Nor this" said the other, designat- ing thrilling riding act.
 "Blamed if I saw this,' No went on, indicating flying trapeze performance.
 Popcorn George, who had suffered keen ly through a slack day, had overheard the conversation. Stepping between them he put his hand on a scene show ing q mob storming red wagon for tick cts.
 No said he, land they didn't nave this"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
RUSSIA'S LATE PREMIER
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
 n EYER Arkadicirch Stolypin has been
 accused of pretty nearly every ! thing except dishonesty He has been hated by everyone. Attempts were made on his life twice before the fatal shooting at Kiev, In the last year or two, however, he has been acquiring admira- lion and respect, if not affection, not only in Russia but throughout Europe. He restored tranquility and prosperity to the country after the exhaustion of foreign war and domestic disorder of unspeakable vrulence. He died leaving Russia well advanced on the road toward constitution al and even popular government.
 Stolypin has been described by one of his critics as attempting the impossible feat of reconciling absolutism anl consti- tutionalism." Perhaps truer descrlp- ton of his aim and work would be that of easy gradients from the extreme of despotism to popular institutions.
 He was in fact an odd combination of ultra loyalist and liberal. When he raised his hand and blessed the Czar with the sign of the cross the instant after receiv- ing his death wound he displayed the temperamental side of his nature. Born of old Muscovite stock in moderate po- sition in life he was a devout adherent Of the Orthodox church, and that sort of or thodoxy carries with it a sort of rapt de- votion to the imperial throne. But Stoly- pin was also a man of remarkable en- lightenment and clearness of intellect; he saw the inevitable drift of the age to- ward the rule of the people and the over throw of arbitrary government. When he came into power he made his policy the guidance of this inevitable tendency. Thus it came to pass that he had the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23

two years of hard work this board proposes to say next December what
 Congress shall do in relation to the wool tariff. One schedule in two yearsl As there are 14 schedules in the Aldrich-Payne- Shoot tariff, many would not live to see the tariff re- vised, Twice IA is 2S, and the ulti- mate consumer will decide next year how long he is willing to wait for de- creased duties and a lower cost of living.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23

clal heads of the semi-military branch of ihe order, and also of the Rehekah sister hood Among other important acts of the Sovereign Grand Lodge in session at h.
 lianapolis was that which bars from the order hotel keepers who hold saloon IT, 'cenes Ordinary saloon keepers have been barred for some time. At the time I became an Odd Fellow saloon m were numerous and prominent in the lodge. I was initiated in lodge whose member ship was between 200 and 900 It was in a town of about 5000 population, and as well as I recollect nearly every barkeep- CT in town was a brother"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-23
TO F.

By Edgar Allan Poe. Beloved, amid the earnest woes
 That crowd around my earthly path Drcar path, alas! where grows Not even one lonely rose)--
 My soul at least a solace hath In dreams Of thee, and therein knows An Eden of bland repose. And thus my memory is to me .. Like some enchanted far of isle In some tumuItuous sea ff' Some ocean throbbing far and free
 With storms-but where meanwhile Screnest skies continually
 Just OCT that one bright island smile,