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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13

at the instance of the minister of trade and industry special conference of repre- sentatives of the private banks in St. Petersburg, together with other experts,
 has been held at the State bank for the purpose of discussing measures to be taken to curtail Russia's export of grain this year. Alarming news has also been received from Siberia. Under the intiu- ence of such news, and increased prices, cargoes of wheat on the Volga, destined for ports of export, have already been stopped and turned back
 IL was explained that there was no danger in view of the harvest prospects in the southern and central provinces being above the average. The famine will only be local, and can be met by the reserve corn and that of the new harvest in better favored regions. The reports of the failure of the crops in France, which might cause an increased demand for Russian cereals, have not vet been confirmed. In conclusion, it was de- cided that no danger of increased expert was to be apprehended, and that there fore it was premature to take any steps to prevent wheat from going abroad. Meanwhile all the banks agreed to in- crease their advances on wheat to grow- rs and merchants and to accept lower
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
Postnffice Building Assured

The many months work on the part of Postmaster Thomas, Congressman Under wood and the business men of Ensley is about to bear fruit in the shape of a new $1O0,000 postoffice building. Contractors are looking over the six sets of plans and specifications and bids are advertised for, to be in not later than September [
 The rapid growth of the city has made the need of new building in which to transact Uncle Sams business an imper- ative one and now that the start has been made it will be only question of time before the need will be supplied.
 The building in question will be one of which any city the size of Ensley or even larger might well be proud. It will be To- cated on the corner of Avenue G and Nineteenth street, within easy access of the business men of the city. It. will be 56xS5 feet in size and will have high cell ing and will be of handsome design. The building will be equipped with all of the modern conveniences when completed and will present a handsome exterior. The lot on which it will be located is 150 feet square. That part not taken up by the building will be converted into a lawn.
 Local contractors will enter into the bidding, which will close Septemmer 2. The bids, together with the plans and specifications, will be sent to Washing ton at once and as soon as the contract has been awarded the actual work will begin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13

interest on such advances.
 The court of St. Petersburg has been
 thrown into mourning by the death of the Grand Duchess Alexandra Josefna, who had been for some time in failing health. She was daughter of Duke Joseph of
 Saxe-Altenburg, and sister of the late Queen Marie of Hanover. She was mar ried in 1S4S to the Grand Duke Constan. tine, second son of the Emperor Nicholas l., who died in 1892.
 One of her daughters is the Queen of the Helenes, and the other is the Grand
 Duchess Vera, widow of Duke Eugene Wurtemberg, whose twin daughters arc | co-heiresses of the immense fortune Of their great aunt, the late Queen Olga. The Grand Duchess Constantine was .
 clever and highly accomplished woman, with a wide knowledge of art and liter ature. She was exceedingly popular, and at one time exercised a considerable and very excellent influence in the imperial family. In 1855 there was a general impress sion in Russia that the Grand Duke Con- stantine would claim the Imperial throne on the ground that he was the eldest son born to his father after Nicholas had himself become emperor. This report
 spread all over Europe. It was under stood that on this occasion the Grand
 Duchess Alexandra exerted herself stren- uously and successfully to smooth over difficulties and misunderstAndings,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
REPUBLICANS OF ENSLEY ARE SPLIT Two Sets of Delegates Are
 Elected CONTEST OVER COUNT Contractors Now Going Over Plans for Ensley's New $l00,0O0 Post
 office-Bids Must Be in
 By September
CONTEST OVER COUNT

A rather strenuous meeting of the Ensley republicans was held yesterday at the city hall, which resulted in the election of two sets of delegates, com mitteemen and chairmen. The dissen- sion grew out of counting of votes cast for the men who were running for the various offices.
 The meeting was called to order at 12.1o p. m, by Chairman J. H. Jones. Chairman Jones stated that the object of the meeting was 10 elect a beat secretary and seven delegates to the county convention, to be held In BIT mingham, August 16. The names or MT. Shaddick and MT. Parker were pro posed. MT Meehl claimed 37 votes Tor Mir Shaddeck and 26 for MT. Far ker This result was not satisfactory for the Parker constituents and 1t was proposed by MT. Prince to have all of the voters sign their names to state ment certifying that they were legal voters This action was overruled and the names of pr. Meehl and MT Miller were proposed A count of votes showed that 32 were in favor of MT. Meehl and 27 for MT. Miller.
 At this juncture the friends of MT. Miller declared that the votes had not been counted right, claiming that vis- itors out in the hall were counted in favor of Mir Meehl mersly because they were standing MT. Kennamer then arose and asked that ali of the friends of Barker and Long meet in the back of the room.
 The Barker-Long faction then as sembled in the back of the room, when they began to elect officers of their own accord. I. A. Miller was elected as temporary chairman. A committee appointed to select seven men to attend the county convention reported the fol- lowing names: F. B. Parker, A. J.. Prince. c. P. Park, J. T. Stewart, A. L.. Golf. |. A. Miller and D. M. Lewis. On motion l. A. Miller was elected chairman of beat 45 for the next four years, and c. P. Park was elected per- manent chairman. Before adjourning the Barker Long faction made the fol- lowing resolutions: Resolved. That this convention indorses MT. Truman H. Aldrich for county chairman Resolu- tions prevailed that MT. Pope Long be indorsed for state chairman.
 Resolutions were adopted by the other side in which they indorsed Pres ident Taft for president to succeed himself; Maj. R. D. Parker, as national committeeman, and Pope Long, as state chairman. Delegates to the county con vention were as follows: J. D. Shad- dick, A. E. Meehl, B. B. Bell, John Holden, P l.. Day, Charles Layman and F. W. Allard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13

more than 300 feet high. The building is of ferro-concrete, an amalgamation of
 cement and iron with an outside wall or
 curtain of grey granite. Thirty thou
 sand tons of granite clippings and sand,
 900 tons of granite, COCO tons of cement,
 5000 tons of steel, 60,000 square feet of
 glass, coco steel case cements. 50 miles of heating pipes, and 25 miles of electric ca
 bles are some of the material used in con |structing this huge building special feature of the skyscraper is its clock, which is much larger than Big Ben. Each dial is 25 feet across, and the minute hand is 14 feet long and feet wide The clock never needs winding, as 1t is worked by electricity and has no weights
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
1xIlys zAlA11o0r OF NoKwAn AND RRnscz o1.Al.

looked partly his close blood relationship with English
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
Franklin Theatre

An unusually interesting set of pictures showing the corona tion of King George of England is the attraction slated for the Franklin theatre August 16. The pictures are clear, show ing wildly the great event. Don't miss this set of pictures for they are of educational value.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13

then maketh a beeline for an aid society supper She anointeth my head with the rolling pin occasionally. My arms run
 neth over with bundles before she is hali
 done her shopping. 6. Surely her dressmaker's and millinery
 bills shall follow me all the days of my
 life and I will dwell in the house of my wife forever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
JACOBS DRUG STORE USES
 QUITE A UNI0VE SIGN

The Eugene Jacobs Drug Store is calling attention to very unique win dow display of voco bottles by fash ing sign on the sidewalk with the protector f1ashlight. This store was one of the nrst to use the sign locally The Voco. bottles sell for S1 and afe said to embody the same good qualities of the higher price bottles. They keep hot liquids hot. and cold liquids cold as long as any bottle at any price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
Idle Hour Theatre
J. ". Andrews, Mgr.


 In spending your time at this Theatre you will be entertain ed with the best photo plays possible to get. We have for our programme Monday "Till Death Do Part, or the Klepto- maniac's Wife, A thrilling picture that will pay you to see. Also the "Angelus Bell, ; a tale of love and duty. The management . appre- ciates your patronage and will try to make you comfortable and give pictures you will en- joy. Don't miss them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
The "Twenty-Thi Sam"

From the Uhrich (Ndo.) Herald.
 l. My wife is my boss, shall not deny.
 ,? She maketh me lie down behind the bed when the swell company comes. and she leadeth me behind her up Main street.
 3. She restoreth my pocketbook after she has spent all its contents on hobble skirts and theatre tickets, and she leadeth me up the main aisle at church for her new hats sake.
 I. Yea. though T walk more than halt the night through dark rooms with crying baby, will get no rest, for She is behind me: her broomstick and her hat pin they do everything else but comfort $ She prepareth 2 cold snack for mo,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
WHEAT FAMINE IN
 THE VOLGA REGION
Alarming Reports From Siberia Turn Back CargOes of
 Exports

St. Petersburg, August R.-(Special.)- Russia's exports of wheat this year will not be nearly so large as had been am ticipated. In the volga region the crop has been to large extent failure and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
The Undiscovered Cache

From the New York Sun. Captain Kidd told how he hid his treas- ure.
 .I buried few chunks of coal in Alaska" he exclaimed.
 Herewith he calculated Congress would not allow it to be dug up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13

By the turning of gold key Lord Sheffield formally opened Liverpool's S great 17-story skyscraper at the Pier Head, and hundreds of guests from all parts of England explored the remarkable building The first of it's kind to be erected in this country, tho skyscraper is built on the site of an old dock. It Is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
Miss McDonnough Honored

Miss Kate McDOnnOugh or EnSiey, who is visiting at Shelby Springs. was hon. ored with a dance at that place recently. Quite a number of Ensley people were present to enjoy the occasion. The in vited guests were: MT. and Mrs. William Spencer. MT. and Mrs. John w. Collins, MT. and Mrs. George Donaldson, MT. and Mrs. w. Ellis, Misses Sou Steele Spencer, Bessie Collins. Laurie Hunter, Cora Greene, Vim Pitts, Clara Pitts. Daisy Brown, Velma Roberts, Mrs. Randy, Mrs Ellis, Mrs. Krackenbuhl, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Donaldson, Miss Sallie Chambers, Miss Roy, Miss Johnson. Messrs. Jack Pitts, Will Longshore, Percy Pitts, Steele Spencer, A. P. Longshore, Dr. Carlisle Larry Hunter Donnaway, Will Lavender, John Strickland. Refreshments were served at the springs after the dance.
 Personal and General
 Rev c. E.. Boyd has returned from his vacation and will fill the pulpit at the First Methodist church today The sub ject of his sermon at the morning ser vice will be The Kingdom of God" There will be no evening service but there will be a special musical pro- gramme rendered by the church choir
 Another concert will be given by Nap pi's band this afternoon at Corey. Two of these concerts have been given at the Model City and both drew exception ally large crowds. The management has arranged for a special car service as well as seats flor the crowd. The following programme will be rendered.
 March-"America," Chambers.
 Overture 'Stradella," Floton.
 Waltz-"Jolly Fellows" Vollstedt.
 Seection-''Traviata," Verdi.
 Intermission.
 Selection-"Madame Sherry Hoschna.
 Ballet music from William Tell" Ros- sini
 Spanish Serenade-"La Paloma,'' Yra- dier.
 Selection-"Faust". Gounod.
 The many friends of Miss Leslie How ell are glad to learn of her improvement.
 Mrs. Ada Patterson of Fairview has returned from visit to friends and rela- tives in Oklahoma.
 Mrs. Ed Carson and son of Fairview have returned from an extensive trip through Tennessee and Ohio
 There will be no services at the GracR Presbyterian church today.
 Miss May Dobbins Is the guest of Miss Edith Scott of Ensley Highlands.
 MT. Allgood and George McNamara left yesterday for Chicago where they will spend their vacation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
A Famous Vine.

In the Cumberland Lodge portion Of the royal gardens at Windsor there is a vine, known all over England as the Cumberland Lodge vine. which is a shoot of a still older vine which grows at Hampton Court, but the shoot has far outdistanced it's parent in dimen- sions and productiveness. In England grapes are generally grown under glass. and the Cumberland Lodge vine has great glass structure, 12O feet long by 20 wide, all to itself Growing with astonishing luxuriance, the vine spreads Itself over roof area of 2,4OO square feet and bears annually a crop of approximately thousand huge punches of the finest favorc' "rapes. These grapes are frequent, d on the royal table. and the subje.. who IS presented with basket of them con siders himself highly favored. The shoot from which the great vine has grown was planted in 1775.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
Scott Relics at Abbotsford.

The present estate of Abbotsford was formed during the years 1911 to 1SlI from various small farms, the frs, one purchased bearing the "inharmo nious designation Clarty Hole. Afte! Sir Walter Scott's death in 1854 a com mittec of friends collected fSO00 to. ward the redemption of the estate and MT. Cadell. the publisher contributed the rest on receiving the rights over Scott's works. The library and mu scum had been given some years be fore by the creditors. AS his son Lieutenant ColLHel w. Scott. diet. CD his way home from India. the prop erty descended to J. +. Lockhart. his son-in-law. and thence to his daugh ter's husband. J. +. Hope-ScOtt. whose daughter held the estate for some years. Many Scott relics are preserv- ed in the house. notably his chair anG writing table in the study and his hal and gloves in the hall.-LondOn Stand ard
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Why He Wanted References,

At credit mems dinner one of the veterans told this story: "in the recon struction days man from q MlSsis- slppi valley town came to our western house one day. We had sold him Ae- fore ill a small way, and he always paid. He had enlarged his business, he told us, and wanted d biSSel !.i.a than usual, but before making his se- Ieetions he wanted us to give him ref erences. We expressed surprise at such an unheard of demand, but he said, My two brothers-in-law have gone in with me, and they're very par ticular as to whom they do business with So we sent him to our banks, and he came back, said we were all right, picked out a big line of goods, and in sixty days he 'busted.' We couldn't collect a dollar. Two years later met the man in Cincinnati and told him we had become reconciled to our loss. But will you please tell me. l asked, why did you want references as to our credit? Well, you see, lie answered. l wanted 10 know if you 'ouid stand it. - Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
Ihe Ra aiahs of Rustar

The rajahs of Bustar are hybrid faJputs, claiming to be of the family or the moon, and have reigned in Bus tar for between five and six hundred years. The family bears the name of hathputty, and every year the rajah has to sit on the rath at the festival of the Dusseerah wearing the jewels of the goddess Dunteshwarre, the tutelary goddess of the state, which are brought from Dantawara temple for the pur- pose
 Save for the jewels he Is clad only In wreaths of fowers," says writer In the Wide World, "and when we saw him he looked very solemn-al- most ashamed of himself-as he passed us.
 Tn connection with this ceremony there used to be brutal custom of dragging the rath, huge sort of jug gernaut car weighing many tons, over the bodies of live buffaloes, often only partly killing them
 This horrible practice was stopped by British officials"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
No Laws Delay Here.

In Perak, in the Malay peninsula. lawyers find no business, for modi- fled form of trial by ordeal decides all disputes. Ill p;i,e of the legal practi tioner the pleader is d native boy who is assigned 10 one or the other of the sides and is given bamboo tube in which Is sealed the pleading of the person or party whom he represents When all Is ready two stakes are driven into the bed Of stream. and by aid of a bamboo pole lne heads of Inc two boys ale submerged at thG same time. By Graspins iAe stakes they are enabled to remain En;,eI wa ter for quite awhile after their natural inclination would bring them to the surface, but at last one of them gives in and, releasing his hold of the stake comes to the air. He is iMnediatelf seized. and the tube he holds is c,t>;, aside. The other lad is led ashore hi- tube opened, and the docGMent con tained therein stands as the decision in the case
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
Hard For the ..sximos.

One of the difficulties of the Mora
 vian missionaries ill Labrador is to make the Old Testament, with it's wealth of pastoral detail. ineligible to the Eskimos, not one of whom has ever seen horse. "Sheep and cattle" says Hesketh Pritchard in Hunting Camps Ill Wood and Wilderness.
 they cannot realize UT conceive of. for there are no domesticuted animals save dogs ill that portion of the l,enin- sula. They comprehend the story of .Esau. the hunter. and that of samson and the lion. which animal can De translated as polar bear. but of Abra- ham in the land of AIesopotamia they can form no picture. The nearest ap. proach to these ideas Is drawn from the harvest of the sea, seals and fish taking the place of flocks and herds"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
lndispensabIe.

Three camels presented themselves at the dock where the ark was tied up, whereas but two animals of a kind had been called for.
 "One of you fellows will have to step aside" shouted Noah very per emptorily.
 But the three ships of the desert smiled knowingly.
 1," said the first of them, lam the camel which shall pass through the eye of a needle sooner than rich man shall enter the kingdom of heaven"
 "1," said the second, lam the camel which so many people swallow while straining at gnat"
 And l." said the third and last, "am the camel whose back was bro- ken by the last straw"
 Whereupon Noah, perceiving that posterity could ill spare any of these and would be lost for illustrations without them. graciously made an ex- ceptiOn in their fayor-Puck
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
Cliff of Natural Glass.

A cliff of natural glass can be seen in Yellowstone park. It is half mile long and from 15O to 2YO feet high. the material of which it consists being as good glass as that artifcially manu- factured. The dense glass which forms the base is from seventy-fiye to hundred feet thick. while the upper portion. having suffered and survived many ages of wind and rain. has natu- rally worn much thinner Of course the color of the cliff Is not that of nat ural glass-transparent and white-but is mostly black and in some places mottled and streakedI with, brownish red and shades of olive green and brown.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
ExclusiXA.

At an evangelistic service at Glasgow the preacher at the end of his addi ess cried. Now. all you good people who mean to go to heaven with me. stand up. With a surge of enthusiasm the audience sprang to it's feet. all but an old Scotchman in the front row. who sat still. The mortified evangelist wrung his hands and. addressing, him. said. My good man. my good man. don't you want to go to heaven:
 Clear and deliberate came the an swer Aye. Awm gangin. but no wi pairsonally conducted pairty!'-St. James Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
 MistIetoe . Menace.

Few people who know mistletoe only as desirable feature of Christmas decorations understand that the plant is a parasite dangerous to the life of trees In the regions in which 1t grows. 1t is only question of time after mistletoe once begins to grow upon a tree before the tree itself will be killed. The parasite saps the life of the infected branches. Fortunately it is of slow growth. taking years to de- velop to large proportions. but when neglected 1t invariably ruins all trees 1t reaches. The only method of eXtcr. mination is the cutting down of dis easod trees.-EXchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
Kindly Fruits.

The expression ill the prayer book kindly fruits of the earth" has for most persons no definite meaning on account of the difference in signif- canoe now attached to the word kind iy from that used when the expression was first written. The word kindly in that connection meant as nearly as possible "of it's kind." and the express sion kindly fruits of the earth meant "the fruits of the earth each after it's kind."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
Two of Kind.

II told dat feller l was so fat broke had to sleep outdoors" said Plod ding Pete.
 Did it touch his heart?" asked Me anderiNg Mike.
 No. He said he was doing the same thing an had to pay de doctor for tellin' him what a blessin' it was."-- Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
Why Waste His Breath?

Teacher-Now. Tommy. suppose yoN had two apples and you gave another hoy his choice of them. You would tell him to take the bigger one. wouldn't you? Tommy-No. mum. Teacher Why? Tommy-Cos 'twouldn't be nec- essary.-Suburban Life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
Ea;rlx Warned.

He-My dear. can't afford to buy you that hat. She-Still. you'd save money if you did. He-How so? She -Recause I'll just be i'll if don't have H. and you know what doctors bills are,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
H;t Bath Wavs.

"It ain't no fun bein' kid" Observ- ed a boy bitterly. You always halter % to bed when you ain't sleepy an sft up when you ara."-T0ledo Blade.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
His Kind.

'T heard of a man once who was going to make money hand over fist when he was carried off"
 By death?"
 "No: by the police. He was porch climbing. Baltimore American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
He Was Slow.

'I had not talked to him more than fifteen minutes when he called me an idiot"
 Gee! He didn't violate any speed limit in getting next. did he?-Boston Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17

It Is worth thousand pounds . year to have the habit of looking at the bright side of things. Johnson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-17
Drvino Her Tears.

"What do you do when your wifi eries?" asked the younger man. Do you have to give in to herr
 "No," said the older man Give hst some money. ."-Bu3aio Expresa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-19
Seeking Woman's Influence

service, and his ambition was far ahead
of his ability One evening he confided
to her his eagerness to have the steer
ing committee of the Senate place him
on the Committee on Finance, re-
garded as the most powerful body in
the upper house. He concluded with
these remarkable sentences:
"Now, | know you are close to Sen
ator Aldrich, and he listens to what
you say was wondering if you would
ask him to put me on Finance. He'll
do it if you ask him.
Her reply was noncommittal and
accompanied by smile of covert
mockery. She knew well enough that
such a crude request on behalf of
Senator with no more ability than he
possessed would mark her as being
half out of her wits the moment she
gave it voice. The request showed the
small caliber of the Senator; but it
proved that he knew her influence
among his colleagues.
A man who held the position of