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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-16
Jim Was Down on Bikes.
rCopyright. 1898. I

At the foot of long hill on Ken lucky turnpike came upon a farmer at his gate, who had a bottle in his hand and who said to me:
 Stranger, if yo' ar bound to town would yo leave this at Strikers drug stoh fur me and tell lem to sendiit out by the fust one comin'?"
 said I would. of course, and notic- ing that the bottle smelled strongly of liniment, asked if anyone had been hurt.
 Its my son Jim," replied the old man. "Yo' might call it hurt, or yo' might call it wrecked fur life. Least wise, what's left of him is in the house thar and has to be rubbed with Iini- ment every two hours
 Did tree fall on him?"
 ''No. sah, no tree"
 Fell off the barn, perhaps?"
 No, sah. didn't git no fall tall, and
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mat stranger was very proper man, but 1 gees over to the ole woman and sez:
 Liza. wbar' ar we at fur,co'n meal and sorgum?,
 Got heaps, she sez.
 How much powder?'
 " Bout two pounds
 Was we ever licked in a far fout 2"
 ," Never, ole man.
 ".Shall we be a-gittfn' or fl ght it out 9
 Tight, of co'se!'
 "That settled it." said the old man. T jest loaded up the rife and the shot- gun, heaped some logs together fur a fort, and l didn't pay no mo tenshun to the proper stranger. Mebbe it was two weeks befo' he cum along agin. and he takes off his hat to me and tenderlv sez:
 " Abe Hope, it's my natur' to be a proper and tender-hearted man, and I've cum back to call on yo' in proper and teuder-hearted way
 T kin also be proper when I tries. sez l, and 1 takes off my cap and bows to him.
 " Whats that heap O logs out thar?' sez he, as he looks around.
 It's my fort sez l. When me and the old woman ar licked in a far fout we'll go, but not until.'
 Then it's no use to be proper and tender-hearted to'rds yo', Abe Hope?'
 Not if yo' reckon to drive me off this squat
 He sighs and looks sorrerful and tender-hearted, but at the same time he gives me notice to leave in a week or he'll call out the law to make me. I sighs and looks tender-hearted. but I tells him to bring on (his law and I'll fight till I dies. The ole Mississip was boomin' jest then, but was full o' trubble and didn't pay much tenshun' to her. One night, when half my week was up, the ole woman wakes me up and sez:
 :" Abe, the ole Mississip is jest rippin' things all to pieces over to the south of us.'
 But can't stop her. sez I.
 T laid awake fur awhile and heard the waters roarin' and gushin' and ehawin' up the land, and then fell asleep agin. It was mawnin' when woke up next, and the old woman was up'n dressed and stood in the doab shoutin'
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no tree fell on him. He jest got onery. Jim dfd."
 You mean he got dissatisfied with things?"
 '.Mebbe I do, sah. Thar's about a hundred folks day cum along yere on them bicycles, and fur var past Jim has sassed every one of 'em. He never tooz 10 the bike nohow. One day about two weeks ago, arter a feller had got off his bike and hit Jim on the nose, Jim sez to me:
 Pop, thar's g'wine to be a calamity around yere this very night, and yo'd better stay in the house!'
 Whats the ealamity2' sez I.
 Never yo' mind. but yo'r son Jim ar gwine to git even with the hull crowd tonight
 T didn't say no mo-" continued the old man, "kase Jim ar great hand to blow around. To'rds night I seen him huntin' up a lot of rope, and soon arter supper he was missin'. didn't go out to hunt for him, and mebbe it was nine o'clock when 1 heard the racket
 What racket?" I asked
 Wells - screams = passwords whoops-groans and all that. down by the foot of the hill. My son Jim had gone down thar and stretched rope across the road jest in time fur about 30 boys and gals who was out ridin' to hit it. They was all piled up in heap at the foot of the hill, and Jim was in the fenee-co'ner laughin' to split"
 And they didn't discover him?'
 Didn't they? Wall, l reckon they did! The blamed idiot had to git out and swing his hat and whoop, and two minits later he was wrecked fur life. It wasn't no injury-no pertiel1ler injury. They jest begun at the top of his red head and busted him all to smash, and when got thar and picked up the re- mains thar wasn't skassly nuthin' but locks O ha'r and boot-heels to pick up"
 But you say he is still liying?" I asked
 ''Oh. yes. That is, them mangled re- mains is drawin' breath now and then, and once in awhile they ar openin' one eye and lookin' around the room, but we don't hev any hopes. I'm jest rub, bin in the liniment, kase I want him to git his senses back long huff to see what an idiot he made of hissef. Tell Striker to fill the bottle and make ii strong, and if he axes arter Jim yo' kin say thar is no chance to speak of, 'cepi that we've got one leg strengthened out and he seems to know his motherl" l M. QUAD.
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Fnt FoII.s, Goodness.

'It's a singular thing, but the com mission of crime seems confined to cer- tain kinds of people, said Bluff' put ting on an air of wisdom.
 "Yes," rejoined Miggs. 'sThat's We!. known. It's confined to criminals or course"
 "Certain persons are almost sure to become criminals" continued Bluff, ig- noring the interruption. "while others are never, or very rarely, found ln prison"
 Because they are too lucky mur- mured Miggs.
 Tt may seem strange. but fat men seldom commit crime. This is the as sertion of crimnologists." :,
 Tt doesn't seem strange at all to me- remarked the irrepressible Mlggs Every body knows that it is dl1llcut, J, for fat men to stoop to anything low -Pearson's Weekly.
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"'Abe Hope, yere's our csh, yere's our truck-patch, but fo' tbar a9 we've dun bin a-gittin, iata laW strange kentryl Git outer bed O SUE me whar' we ar at!' 'nu 'ea
 T got outer bed" said Ab. looked away across the river aa as looked and fingered and fggerad puu it took me hull hour to mal,a :. dn Bimeby sees how it was. h t5a v ou' the river had cut a new channel - n's sl us south of us. We went to bed ;a U tus state of Tennessee, and we wol,a 'as the state of Arkansaw. The gp Y Y hadn't moved any, but the river 'sn p jest cut off about a hundred acroa Aas " that proper strangers land aSss tfrowed it into another state whaa p had got it fingered out I throws doa a my hat and jumps on it and yells t.1 glory. was yeIlin' when the nroaa stranger cums across in rowboat and sez:
 "'Abe Hope, I'm too proper and tonI der-hearted to git along in this world I said I'd call the law on ye, but mah' be I'll gin ye $50 to go away peace fully
 "But I've gone sez I. T souattea on yo'r land in Tennessee and yo, wac goin' to bring the law on me and turr me off. I didn't want any trubbIe and so last night I moved over into Ar kansaw.'
 "'But yo' took a hundred acres ofm, best land with yo!' sez he, and his eve, fills with tears.
 "'That was the doin's of the Lawd sez I. as winks at him with both eve, and feels to console him.
 'Then he sees that he can't bluff me and he wipes away his tears ant shakes hands over it and we ar tb, best of friends to-day. Yes, sah, it's al the doin's of the ole Mississip. If sb, hadn't cut that new channel and move, me over into ArkaRsaw I should neye hey owned a foot O land. She jest slice, me off a full hundred acres, and nd body can drive me off 'em. When went up to the county seat to git m deed a feller sez:
 Abe Hope, who did yo' dun bu that land of?'
 Nobody tall sez I.
 Then how did yo' git it?'
 The Lawd and the ole Mississi flung it at me one night fur a presen and I reckons that title ar good 'nu fur anybody around yere.'
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warmed up to work things went bet ter. We have always been against the Pilgrim Fathers and their Puritanic de seendants, holding that they were set of lickers and malcontents who de served the stocks. and it so happened that most of the cowboys were our way of thinking. The address didn't move any of them to tears or cheers, but one of them did step forward and loosen the moose around our neck and give our Adams apple better show to wob- ble about as we talked. The address was written to occupy two hours, but after listening about 15 minutes, the cowboys said the rest of the Pilgrims could go to and demanded change of programme. There was more toying in store for us.
 We were commanded to sing, but declined, on the ground that our voice had never been trained. The gang tailed on to the rope and drew us off the ground, and we then concluded to obey the command. We sang "The Sweet By and By" What Is Home
 
 other sad, sweet songs. We didn't ex- Peet our singing to tickle them, but ii had that effect, and some of them laughed till they fell down. When our voice is raised in song it generally has tine opposite effect on our hearers, and they either make for the woods or shoot at us. We kept the machine go- ing until they finally grew tired of it, and wanted a change.
 When we were ordered to do q sail or's hornpipe for the delectation of the gang we plead want of jurisdiction, headache, loss of sleep, and several other things. But as soon as five or six of the fellows began shooting at our feet our knees instinetively went to work. We were never q graceful dancer, and we have no doubt that we made an awkward showing on this oe- casion. We think so from the fact that some of the miserable wretches laughed till they had to be thumped on the back to get their breath again, and their yells of moekery could be heard for two miles. It makes my blood boil to remember how we were obliged tc cavort around and make a elothespin of ourself. but we were in the hands of the enemy and had to obey. By ana by we were ordered to stop the ma chine, but there was more to come
 While we were dancing one of the men was busy writing out the follow ing schedule" which was read to us and our signatures demanded:
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Copyright, 1897.

"About this squatter bizness," said old Abe Hope, as he sat on log Ill front of his cabin and whittled away at o soft stick with his knife-"thar an ! no oreat shakes to make story. when T cTm home from the wah l found the ole woman livin' in cave Tn IenneS- see.
 ".Let's git sez I, as looks around.
 "'Whar to?' sez she
 "'Can't say, but let's be a-gittin' to D T picked up. the feather bed and the baby, and she picked up the skillet and the coffee pot, and we got. We kept a walkin' and a-gittin' aud we finally hit the ole Mississippi just above yere on the Tennessee side. Feared like good spot to make beginnin', and sol draps the feather bed and the baby and sez;
 "'Yere we squat.
 And we squatted. I put up bresh shanty, scratched up airth with a stick and planted some co'n, and nobody didn't come a-nigh us to make trubble fur two vars. Then along cums man one day and looks about and sez:
 "I'm the perlitest and tenderest- hearted man in all Tennessee, and I'm axin' yo' in the very properest way, and with the tears ready to fill my eyes, to pack up and be a-gittin'.'
 "'And fur why?' sezI.
 "'Bekase this ar my land sez he.
 "'But the Lawd made the sile of Ten nessee.' sez I.
 ".I knows he did, sez the stranger, but he sold out long ago, and I've got deed of all this land around yere. In the very properest sort of proper way I'm axin' yo' to be a-gittin. I'll gin yo' two weeks to move on.'
 "When a squatter squats," said the old man, as he looked up at me with smile in his eyes, The jest considers to reckon he's right thar fur life. He fggers that the Lawd made the sile fun the use of man. and he don't bother about deeds and lawyers and sieh
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"I die willingly.

'I die willingly.
 T asked the cowboys of three B. B. B. ranch to hang me for my crimes.
 ''I am buffer, duffer and liar.
 q am no editor, and the Il bodies in my private graveyard are those of jack rabbits.
 Do not bury my remains, but leave them for the buzzards to peck at."
 We at first refused to sign, but on being elevated about four feet and dropped again, we made haste to affix our signature.
 When the signature had been secured the idea was to pull us up and bring the affair to a happy climax. The rope was just lifting us off the ground, and we had a feeling in our neck as if we had swallowed a table leg, when Maj. Shorter, Capt. Daily, John Barnes and three or four other gentlemen ap- peared, being on their way to Pine Hill to attend court. They at once came to the rescue, but for a time a hot conflict was threatened. We were finally released and slowly journeyed back home. Our neck feels n foot too long, our Adams apple sticks out like 8 Chicago bay window, and we are 1iv- ing on grease until our throat gets in shape again. As to the future, we have only few words to say. We owe the gang a debt, and we shall pay it off. If we can't hump at least half of them out of this country or under ground in the next month then we'll cut off out coat tails, hang up our guns and ask China man tn kick LIS
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He Wanted to Pray, Too.

A Boston paper tells story of ii, tie boy on visit. He had not pee,. taught to say his prayers. and when ne saw the little boys of the house sas i theirs he had sense of not being v it'' at all, and went to bed melancnolyli The second night came and he heala the children once more go through what was to him their remarkab pie ils amarole ending in "Amen," and WIFI they were done. he said: "AunlIe' want to say my prayers. too. Nedy '..o well," she assented, much pleased' s on." The boy went down on his knees :.7 and rattled off: "First in war iirst il peace. and first in the hearts of ms ,, countrymeni" Then he rose, prouutlys conscious of having done the FsAS thing.
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And so it ar" continued Abe, as he ehut up his jackknife with click and stretched his arms and legs. I'm thanlin' the Lawd and I'm thankin the river, and if 1 git moved back into the state of Tennessee some night with about 50 mo acres added on reckon robody'H h'ar me complain to the end nf my days. ''
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Told Enough.

"oh, don't worry about Mrs. Cnas, sa ter; she knows a great deal tna' s-e doesn't tell" My! What q wise woman she ni"S' be."-Chicago Journal.
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Arizona republican., 1898-03-08
TIME CLOCKS SATISFACTORY.
They Will Be Installed Throughout
 the Treasury.

Washington, March 7.-Treasury of ficials have decided that they will in- stall time clocks in every part of the department in a short while. It is claimed that the clocks now on trial have been so satisfactory as to leave no further doubt about using them. Several designs of the clocks are now being tried in the office of the auditor for the war department, in the Winder building, and another design is on trial in the office of the supervising architect in the treasury building.
 we are going to put the clocks throughout the building shortly" said Assistant Secretary Vanderlip today
 'aThey are working we'll, and a major ity of the employees who have tried them like them. We are still operat- ing those placed on trial and it may be a month before we decide which one of the clocks will be adopted. The clocks are working in such satisfac- tory manner that I would not be sur prised to see them extended to branches of the department outside of Washington. Heads of divisions and bureaus where the clocks are being op- erated agree that the plan is a dis tinct improvement over the plans which have been used"
Arizona republican., 1898-03-08
MARKHAM IS SURPRISED.
British Admiral Talks of the Hudson
 Strait and Bay Route.

London, March 7.-In the course of an interview today Rear Admiral AL bert Markham, the well known ex- plorer of the Hudson strait and bay, expressed his surprise at the account received from Ottawa of the experi- ences of the exploring steamer Diana while along the Labrador coast and in Hudson strait and bay.
 This account, he said, was at var1- ance with all previous experiences. In his opinion the H1dson bay route is open certainly four months and pos sibly six months year.
 He declares that it would be an i'm mense boon to commerce, cheapen the transport of cattle and wheat to Great Britain, be invaluable from an inn perial standpoint in saving time in the transport of men and stores to the naval base at Vancouver and afford 8 duplicate British route should the Canadian Pacific railway be seized by America in time of war"
 According to the report which is the subject of Rear Admiral Markham S observations, the Diana was only able to reach the mouth of the Hudson strait as late in the season as June 23. Even then the passage was badly blocked with ice. The steamers daily i journal from that date furnishes ter rible record of hardships and difficult ties in making.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-08
REJUvENATING OLD TREES.

Old trees are among the most. .cher- ished treasures of rural and suburban homes. They are the most costly, too as every finished product is costly into l which has entered those transforming and creative processes which only long reaches of time can furnish. An old house may fall down or be destroyed by fire, and, while we mourn the loss of the visible sign of old associations, bet ter and more beautiful structure can be made to take it's place. Dufswhen an old tree that has been the guardian of the home for generations and stood there before the home was founded sur renders to the blast the loss is beyond repair, for long time at least. As there is no immediate remedy possible the need of precaution becomes all the greater. When one of these old senti- nels begins to show signs of disease and decay and year by year grows more attenuated in Its branches and weaker in leaf growth and power we watch it as we watch a friend attacked by a slow but incurable malady. But reme- dies are now being discovered for all most every ill of the body and successful tree surgery is or may be as common as the higher form of that science.
 A recent number of Garden and For est discusses the rejuvenescence of old trees and gives practical directions for effecting it. Directly to the point are two illustrations of the same tree, ven- erable oak in the Arnold arboretum. The first is of tree with far-reaching branches, but marked by infallible signs of decrepitude, the leafage scanty and the general prospect of life dis couraging.
 The second illustration shows the same tree 12 years later, shorter of limb, it is true, but displaying vigor in every leaf and fiber, and exhibiting every char acteristic of youth and strength and hopeful promise of longevity. No miracle, not even one of natures, has been performed. The result is sim ply one of skillful tree surgery, of in telligent pruning according to the De Care system, which instead of send ing the tree blood long distances through collapsed and withered arteries contracts the area and applies the nour- ishing forces in such a way that they can be assimilated and made to promote the growth of all the members.
 The process is one which almost any intelligent farmer or tree owner should be able to apply. "Vigor can be re- stored to tree in this condition by shortening all it's branches by one-third or one-half their entire length. The only care needed in this operation is to cut back each main branch to a healthy lateral branch, which will serve to at tract and elaborate by means of it's leaves a sufficient flow of sap to insure the growth Of the branch" These di- rections must be carefully observed to prevent further decay, and care mus: also be taken to leave the lowest limb: the longest, so that the greatest possible leaf surface shall be exposed to th. light. So if some old tree, near road side or dwelling. that has been the landmark of a century, shows alarming symptoms, the owner should not de- spair efore he has treated it according to the general plan here laid down Boston Transcript.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-08
GOES ON WAR MISSION.

Captain Blunt of Rock Island Arsenal
 Leaves for Washington.
 Davenport, Ia., March 7.-Captain Stanhope E. Blunt, commandant of the Rock Island arsenal, started from here on an early train this morning for Washington. He left no word about the nature of his mission there. or about the time of his return.
 Opinion is divided as to whether his visit has connection with the wage controversy that recently arose at the arsenal, or, as is more generally be- lieved, whether he will confer with the war department about the part that the Rock Island arsenal would take in equipping the army in case of war with Spain.
 It is reported that General D. W. F1agler, chief of ordnance of the United States army, will soon make a visit to the arsenal
Arizona republican., 1898-03-08
DISTRICT COURT.
Several Cases Set for Early Hear
 ing.

District court was open for short time yesterday morning, during which fourteen cases were set for trial within the next three weeks. The cases are:
 Cease vs. Zeck, set for the 14th of March; Orosco vs. Silva, March 16; Southern California Savings bank vs. Hine ct al, March IT; Hackett vs. Hurley, March IT; Hickey vs. Far rington, March IT; Consolidated Canal company vs. Utah Canal and Enlarge ment company, March IS; Gardiner vs. Gardiner, March 21; Stoller vs. Wharton, March 21; Gang vs. Simms Improvement company, March 22; Spicer vs J. T. Simms and the Simms Improvement company, March 22; Hill vA Sherman, March 23; Hannah T. Sfmms vs. the Simms Improvement company, March 23; Meador vs. Valley bank, March "A; Farmers and Mer- chants bank vs. E. A. Tovrea, March 24; Walker, assignee, vs. Gray, March 25; Kessler-Boyle company vs. War wick Scott, March 25. .
Arizona republican., 1898-03-08
DENIES THE ENGAGEMENT.
Miss Marley Says She Is Not to Marry
 J. Waldere Kirk.

St. Louis, March Tt is stated here tonight that J. Waldere Kirk, the famous king of dudes, will be married in few days to Miss Marley of Los Angeles.
 Kirk arrived here a few days ago and stopped at the Planters hotel, and today Miss Marley and her mother ar- rived and registered at the same place. Soon after they had gone to their apartments Kirk sent up his card and was at once admitted. The three re- mained together for some time and then went out into the city.
 Miss Marley, who is very pretty and said to belong to one of the richest families in southern California, was asked about the marriage, but she shook her head and said there was nothing in it. She calls him Jim"
 Kirk has secreted himself in his rooms and refuses to see any one out side of Mrs. and Miss Marley.
Arizona republican., 1898-03-08
RECOGNIZES UNION LABOR.
Compliment to Organized Mechanics by
 Pittsburg and Chicago Men.

Pittsburg, Pa., March 7.-Union la bor in western Pennsylvania has ob- tained from Fuller & Co. of Chicago and Kaufmann Bros. of Pittsburg one of the most complete unsolicited rec ognitions in it's history.
 The Kaufmanns intend to build an annex to cost $130,000 and the contract has been let to Fuller & Co. Kauf- mann Bros. had the following clause inserted in the contract:
 ''It is especially agreed that all the labor under this contract shall be per formed by local union workmen. Bond with approved security for $5O,0O0, shall be given to the owner of the building by the contractors, condi- tioned upon the faithful performance of their part of the contract.
 The contract was made matter of record in common pleas court No. 1.