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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-19
MUZZLED DUCKS.
Not Because They Might Bite, but to Si-
 lence Their Quacking.

A baggage man on the Santa Fe who runs into Kansas City from ont in the western part of Kansas has lost lots of sleep. It is doubtful if he can ever catch up with it. He leaves Hutchinson at night and reaches Kansas City in the morning. Nearly every night he brings i'll his car two or three coops of live do- mestio ducks. During the night, when he has no baggage to deliver at small stations, 1t has been his habit and privi lege to lie down on an improvised couch and doze. With the advent of the ducks the dozing stopped. The almost constant quaeking of the ducks, who could not understand their strange environment, would not permit of sleep
 For many nights as he lay awake he planned relief. He thought of strangling the ducks or chloroforming them. But neither expedient seemed good. One night bright idea came to him. After he had put it into execution the ducks were silent.
 The next night he had two coops of unusually vociferous ducks As soon as it came time for sleep he wrenched slat from one of the eoops, reached in and pulled out duck. From his pocket he took small rubber band, which he slipped over the ducks bill just back of the nostrils. The duck tried to quack, but the rubber band, while it stretched little, would not permit the duck to open it's bill far enough to use it's tongue. Only murmur came from it. One by one the ducks were muzzled, and the baggage man rested comforta- bly,.
 The commission men were surprised next morning when they received lot of ducks with rubber bands around their bills, and when the bands were re- moved the shouts of protest from the ducks were deafening. Kansas City Star.
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Students. Franks.

In The National Magazine W. H. Leavitt tells some amusing stories of the pranks of American art students in Paris Once the students in one atelier hazed @ newcomer by taking all his money, putting him into a cab and giv- ing the driver instructions where to take him. When the cab halted, the penniless student alighted and stood on the curb. Twill you be so good as co light match?" said the student. II dropped napoleon in the cab and can't find it. Whereupon the driver whip ped up and was away in a hurry.
 A new student from Algiers amused the studio for awhile by initiating the sounds of vnrious wild beasts and birds. Then the fickle fellows tired of it. So one day, having prepared big box with breathing holes in it. they put the mimic in it and kept him there three days, at the end of which time he per formed only by request.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-19
STRAINS.
Why They Are So Severe and How They
 Should Be Treated


 It Is commonly said that sprained joint is worse than broken bone, and this is often true, for in severe sprain the injury is really greater than in a simple fracture The ankle is perhaps the most frequently sprained of all the joints, though the knee, elbow and wrist are also very liable to be injured, in falls especially.
 A sprain of a joint varies greatly in severity. It may consist of a simple wrench, without the tearing of any of the fragments. or 1t may be more ex. tensive injury. stopping just short of a disloeation.
 In moderately severe case one or more of the fragments of the joint will be torn slightly. or possibly completely across. The membrane beneath the lig- aments, which retains the lubricating fluid of the joint, will be ruptured, per mitting the escape of more or less of this fluid into the parts about and giv- ing rise sometimes to considerable swelling. This swelling may be inoreas- ed also by an effusion of fluid into the joint, especially if inflammation sets in, and finally there Is usually slight or even sometimes quite pronounced es- cape of blood into the tissues, and this, gradually working to the surface, ap. pears as black and blue stain.
 In more severe cases the tendons pass ing over the joint and attaching the muscles which move it to the bones may suffer considerable damage, or one of tachment, bringing with it silver of bone Where so much harm has been done to all the parts-bones, fragments, tendons and museles-it is easy to un- derstand that much pain will result and that the cure will be tedious.
 In the treatment of a sprain the first thing to be aimed at is to relieve pain and prevent inflammation, then to favor healing of the torn structures, and after that to restore the use of the limb.
 The first of these objects Is accom- plished by absolute rest of the injured part, the limb being raised, and by lead and opium wash, spirit lotion. or such other local applications as the physician may prescribe. Swelling is prevented in a measure and pain is sometimes re- lieved by firm bandaging with fan nel bandage.
 When the swelling, heat and pain are gone, the limb should not be used too soon, but should be brought gradu- ally back to health by cold douching, dry rubbing in direction toward ne times necessary in very severe cases to treat the sprain by means of splints, ex- aotly as if it were fracture or disloca- tion. Youths Companion.
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BEAUTIFUL MAGIC LAKE.
The Present Which al Earthquake Made
 to Tenneasee.

The Present Which al Earthquake Made
 to Tenneasee.
 Reelfoot lake, which lies mostly in Obion county and partly in Lake, is the largest sheet of water in Tennessee, it being 40 miles in length and from 3 to in width.
 This lake, which evokes rapturous comments from even the most indiffer- ent observer, was formed in few min- utes by an earthquake, which, accord ing to the best authorities, occurred be- tween 9 and o'clock on Saturday morning, Nov. 16, 1911. There were two terrific shocks about 30 minutes apart and many lighter ones between and after. The earth rocked violently, deafening noise like thunder struck terror to the ear, the atmosphere was heavily laden with something like smoke and vivid and almost constant flashes of lightning illuminated the sur rounding country, and i'll less time than it takes to write it thousands of acres of lay had sunk far below the level of the .hty Mississippi.
 Father of Waters rushed into u sunken country, and the suction so great that for three hours the
 CT ran up stream, and rafts and boats ,elow the lake were torn from their moorings and went whirling into the seething, maddening vortex. As soon as the newly formed lake was filled the river went majestically on it's usual course, leaving to Tennessee one of the finest fishing resorts in the country, which Is annually the Mecca of thoH- sands of sportsmen.- Cincinnati Com mercial Tribune
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A LESSON FROM MEXICO.
Destruction of the Forests Has Brought
 Drought and DesoiatIon.

Drought and Desoiation.
 The early oonquerors of this country and their followers of today have been very wasteful and careless in the dispo. sition of their forests. with the result of accelerating the date when they will be compelled to face problem of forest preservation at considerable cost to themselves Denizens of the northwest are familiar with the rapidity with which the valuable timber areas have been denuded, until now there is scarce ly merchantable tree between Ar kansas and the Canadian line. Many notes of warnings accompanied this de- struction of the northern soft wood for ests. but they fell upon unwilling ears Only after it was too late to stop the mischief did the country begin to reoog- nize the indirect value of forests to agri- culture and that no high degree of civ ilization can exist permanently wit'i- out some sy stematic and adequate forest management. In India the destruetisn of the forests commenced 1000 years ago. and that country, having at last seen the folly of such waste. is now en- 6oe3So All tAO CA ptitSAfO AAuuk tAh4&k Ol reforesting large areas.
 The effect upon rainfall and the pro- ductiveness of the cultivated tracts has already been acknowledged by investi- gators. When Cortes first saw the val ley of Mexico, it was covered with woods, not dense, but abundant, from the timber line on the volcanoes down to the water's edge. Tho reckless cut ting down of the forests by the Span iards ill the first century following the conquest in 1521 increased evaporation, caused the lakes to dry up led to ire quent droughts, followed by occasional floods, and changed the climate of Anahuae.
 Any old rancher will tell stories of streams that flowed when he was boy and will show the dry arroyo now. They all claim that the tablelands had timber in considerable quntities where now there are barren deserts.
 This government has taken some steps in the matter, but it is also necessary for the landowners to assist in this work by planting trees and irrigating them for few years until they have taken good root. By using good judg- ment in selecting the trees and in plant ing in few years the complaints which are now so frequent of years of droughts will soon become fewer and fewer until they finally cease. Mon terey Globe.
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Awful Error.

'.I'll never forget the time took my good old aunt from the country to see a Shakespearean revival at one of the the aters.
 Ibid she like it?n
 Like it? I found out that she would never have gone at all but for the i'm pression she had that revival meant something religious. ."-Cincinnati En- quirer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-19

George J. Smith, who discovered the fabulousiy rich Treadwell mine in Alas la, has committed suicide. Returns are coming in early.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-19

The New York stock brokers are said to wear out the floor of their stock ax. change every five years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-19

If two tuning forks of the same pitch are placed facing each other, the one sounding, the other silent, in few sec- onds the silent one will be giving out a distinctly audible note.
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n Mitchell and Mrs. Wm. D. Cox, are residents of this place.
 The funeral will take place at
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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-09-16
The Currency Question.
LEssoNs 10 ExPERENcE
British Finaneierz Are Learning That
. Gold Standard In I'm
possible for India

Even the London Times, most con
serTative IN al its opinions and most
ultra in its support Of the gold stand
4 ard, is forced to practically aeknOwE
] edge that the effort to establish that
system Of currency in India is a failure,
and that it is probably an impOssi-
! bility. In a signed. communication to
that paper, Sir Robert Giffen aclnowl-
edges the gold standard failure, as fol-
! lows:
ct is a hard saying to some that a
/ gold standard is impossible for India
The subject has been discussed as if
the choice Of a money standard were
within the unlimited discretion Of a
government, and as if the only ques-
/ ton were the method Of acquiring the
standard selected. This is not a scien-
| tific view. Governments would Ger
( tainly act wisely ut all time in having
regard to the economic conditions Of
their subjects, and their tastes and
/ habits in the matter Of currency. To
force something unnatural, and es-
/ Pecially to attempt a change when q
community has already got money
which admirably serves the purposes
for which money is required, is always
| injudiciOus and injurious.
But such a change may be impOssi-
bic as well, and this is point not TO be
overlooked in the matter Of a gold
standard for India. Is gold standard
for India really possible or not? In a
| discussion from this point of view
am in full agreement, believe, with
| the best city opinion, which encourages
me to take up the subject. We may
throw aside at the beginning all idea
| Of establishing a gold standard
without a gold money, or with
out a currency Immediately and readi-
| y convertible into gold, which implies
the existence Of a gold reserve. All
such fancy schemes are essentially
| bad. They are TO be rejected, among
other grounds, on the score of the in
| jury they infiict by causing discredit.
! This has been exemplified in the case
Of India during the last few years
Capital, we are told on all sides, has
| been brought home from India at the
| high exchange ruling, and new capital
VIII not 60 out because no one knows
what the money Of India viii be. This
/ is the penalty the government and
people Of India pay for an artificial
and badly managed system of money.
Daily the fact is becoming more and
more apparent that the only possible
relief for the Indian situation lies in
! the reOpening Of the minis Of that
| country to the free coinage Of silver;
and, unpleasant as the acknowledge
ment may be, there are evidences in
| abundance that the British fnanciers
are already preparing themselves for
/ the change. This fact, considered in
| connection with the development Of
! entirely unexpected strength on the
| part of American coin bonds, forms
ground for most substantial encour-
! agement TO the advocates of free sill
yer coinage and full bimetaIic cur
rency in this cOUntry.-Denver Times
Sun.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-09-16
ENGLAND's WHEAT SUPPLY.
Would be Dangerously Short in Case
OF an Unexpected War-A Rem
edy Suggested.

The fact that England has had at
/ times only a three weeks supply Of
grain on hand and that an Interrupt
ton Of the imports OF grain for the
short space Of three weeks might
leave the British people without bread
/ has given serious concern TO those who
| study the problem Of national defense.
Il is recognized that if England lost
the control of the sea during war for
/ only a few weeks she would be starved
into submission, and while no English
man doubts that Britain would main
I tain her supremacy Of the seas in any
war, IL is recognized that an enemy's
| cruisers, sweeping the seas for mer-
/ chantmen, might seriously interrupt
the continuity of the flow Of bread
stuffs into Britain and cause a scarcity
/ Of grain, indeed an absolute dearth,
and that war with any frst-class naval
power would inevitably lead 10 such
an increase in insurance rates as to
| greatly increase the cost Of grain
/ brought from abroad. Therefore, as
l a measure Of security, as a measure
| of defense, the establishment of gov
| eminent granaries, where a supply Of
wheat might be stored to meet emer-
! gencies, has been proposed. And now
/ again this question has been brought
up by a special parliamentary commit
I tee, which has just reported that 1t is
/ profoundly impressed with the i'm
/ mense importance Of government
! wheat stores as an essential item for
| national defense and recommends the
/ appointment Of a royal commission to
/ deal with the matter
This question is becoming a more
! and more serious one for Great Britain
I with the flight Of years Twenty years
/ ago the consumption Of wheat IN the
/ United Kingdom was about 100000
/ bushels. of which less than half was
| imported. To-day the consumption is
/ about 10000, goo bushels a year, of
\ which al but about a fourth Is i'm
ported From an annual production
\ Cf about 100000, coo bushels 20 years
j ago, the annual production has fallen
/ 70 about $4,000, 600 or 6O,OCO,OOO- And
/ lille production has thus been cut in
half. imports have just about doubled
/ The total average annual acreage in
I yFhea t-fOr the years 1S71-T5 was 3,T57,-
80 acres; in 1896 the acreage was but
/ 1.734, us. and imports OF wheat have
risen from sO,Oo0, 600 bushels to TO-
O00, 900.
The reason for this decline in wheat
raising is that Britain has pursued a
I policy that encouraged the wheat pro
I ducers in silver and paper using cOun-
I tries at the expense Of her own people.
/ The step she should take as a measure
OF national defense is not the building
of 1overnuent Vranaries TO be filed
I with a SIX months supply Of imported
grain, but the restoring Of her wheat
7 lands to tillage. And the stimulus
needed to such restoration IS the aban-
idonment Of the monetary policy that
has caused prices to fan on the Brit
ish farm. but not IN silver using and
Z paper using countries 70 the same de-
gree g at all---Ell iiadelpsia American.
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UETRAHSIATAB1E
me AnerIsnn Phzsas, @Get there
II DiAcaIt for Foreisners 20
Translate.

What gives ne most trouble" said for
eign military attachs, IS tryIng to translate
your American language into EnZlish first
and then into ny own language, 50 as 70
give ny government q correct understand
ing Of the spirit and character Of your sol
dlers- ] ind the phrase get there for eE-
ample, difficult When I saw your infantry
going forward against the opposing troops IN
the forts and intrenchments, ] said to the
officer with me that the infantry should not
attempt such movement without the artil-
Iery. You're right he told ne, but the
boys VII get there At night, when we were
All 50 hungry, ] Fentured to inquire If fur
Their movement were contemplated tai your
army was prOTisiOned. Then the officers
who were gentlemanly, all laughed, and said
the army would think about rations when
they got there The second day we met
many Of your wounded men coming back
as we were going forward. When the colo
mel asked them about the fighting, so many
times / heard them say We got there And
afterwards also heard those words used
very often But It Is 50 difficult for me to
explain 50 my own people VII understand It.
what nature Of tactics Is get there Dos
ton Transcript.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-09-16
TIE OFFICIAL TINE
Tt Was Carried By the General and
Had 20 BE Recognized
as Such.

The necessity that there shall be only one
man who "has the say in military com
mand Is thoroughly recognized in the United
States army. A story Is told Of Gen Shat
ter, commander Of the American expedition
airy force for the invasion Of Cuba, which IL
Illustrates the punctihO Of the regulars in this
regard.
At a certain frontier post at which Shafter,
who then held an inferior rank, was COM
mander many years ago, a discussion arose
among several officers as to the exact time
Of day. A captain, with his watch ID his
hand, said:
at Is now exactly three o'clock"
"Oh, no, said lieutenant. by my time
it's eight minutes past three"
A third officer drew his watch out Of his
pocket. 81 know my time IS exactly right, %
be said, "and my watch says two minutes
past three"
At this juncture Maj. Shafter looked at
his silver watch.
Il don't know what your watches say, - he
remarked, "but / wish you to understand
that IN this command 1t Il five minutes past
three"
Then the young Offices remembered that
the authority OF the commanding officer e1-
tended even 70 the time Of day.-Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
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ganization known as the Woman's Relief
Corps, whose aid to the soldier Of to-day
fEhting against the world for a living, IS no
less notable than the herolsm Of the 90 g
One Of the most earnest members OF the
corps at Byron, H., Is Mrs James House
weart, but illness once put stop to her
active work. A year OF 50 ago, when she
was nearing fifty years OF age, the time
when women must be most careful Of their
strength, Mrs. HOuseWeart was taken serl-
ously III The family physician told her
that she had reached a critical period OF her
life, and must be very careful HIS pre-
scriptiOns and treatment did not beneht her
and other treatment proved unavaIllng.
At last DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People were brought TO her notice, with IN
disputable evidence that they were helpful
in cases such as hers, add with renewed hope
she tried the remedy. Last March she took
the first box Of the pills, which gave much
relief. She was determined to be cured
and kept on with the medicine, until now
eight boxes have been consumed, and she
feels ike a new woman
Mrs. HouseWeart said: i have taken
eight boxes, and have been improving since
I took the first dose. do not believe could
have lived without the pills. They have done
me more good than any physician or any
medicine / have ever tried.
DR. Williams Pink Pills are sold IN boxes
(never IN loose bulk at so cents box OF
SIX boxes for $3.50, and may be had Of all
druggists, or direct by mail from DE-. VII
liams' Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. I.
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wants 70 start Even AGAIN.

The largest bankruptcy case yet
fled under the new bankruptcy law
was that Of Angel MatthewsOn, of
Parsons He says his liabilities are
SI52, 900 and his assets nothing. A few
years ago Matthewson erected big
hotel and other buildings at Parsons
He also conducted a private bank and
was regarded as wealthy, but in the
financial crash Of '93 he was forced to
the wall. He has many creditors,
some Of whom are constantly harass-
ing him and it is to free himself from
these that he seeks the protection Of
the bankruptcy law.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-09-16

4 464G YER Ilucn DGLI6E
and was able to do nearly all my own
work. I continued the use Of your medf
cine, and feel that I owe my recovery to
you I cannot thankyou enough foryour
advice and your wonderful medicine.
Any one doubling my statement may
write 70 me and I viii gladly answer
all inquiries.-Mrs NEIL HURST, Deep
water, No.
Letters like the foregoing, con-
stantly being received, contribute not
a little to the satisfaction felt by Mrs.
Pinkham that her medicine and counsel
are assisting women to bear their heavy
burdens
Mrs Pinkham'saddr Lynn, Mass
All suffering women are invited to
write to her for advice, which will be
given without charge 1t is an ez-
perienced wOman's advice to women.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-09-16
Church People DemoIIsh Joints

Some Of the church people of Milton
vale started out to rid the town Of
Joints They first visited Joe BenOits
Joint and smashed up everything.
Then they proceeded to Peter Hammer
les joint and found it locked, and
with axes broke down the door. Just
then some one on the inside fred two
shots, one shot striking B. T. Miller,
editor Of the Press, in the face, wound
ing him badly After the shooting
Hammerlie escaped, but later was
found in a cellar and arrested The
church people proceeded TO demOlish
every thing in the joint
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-09-16
Thirty-FIvs Thounand Eile1

There Il enough calico made in the United
States every year to make q sash which
would 20 completely around the earth with
1000 miles Of material left for a bow. The
great popularity Of this fabric II justified by
the fact that the goods known as Simpson E
Prints are Of the highest standard Of
quality and finish The colors are absolutely
fast and VIII not fade nor VIII the goods BE-
come limp with washing and Wringing, and
as the material Is cheap and exceedingly
pretty, there Is little wonder that many
millions Of yards are used annually in the
dresses Of women and children.
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Town ownerIhIp 10 Kansas.

There are a waterwOrls plants
owned by the towns in which they are
located and a owned by private cor
pOratiOns in Kansas In a few months
there viii be more plants under mu-
nicipal control than under private
ownership, as Topeka is preparing to
buy its plant and NeOdesha has recent
" issued bonds to build waterwOrks-
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InaanIty - - HIm %

Frank o. Brown, who had forged
checks, stolen property and been con-
victed Of assault at Topeka, was last
week discharged from the insane asy-
lum as cured. Brown had been assist
ant city attorney of Topeka and his
escapades afterwards became nOtori-
Gus, but he always escaped by plead
ing youth and innocence. Last spring,
however, he got tangled up in a very
serious serape and he successfully
worked the insanity dodge. Less than
six months treatment at the asylum
anrad him
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Have you a soul for muEics" shs asked a.
she turned from the piano
''Tsr music, yea" Sc replied. and then he
hastily changed the subject and neglected TO
ask her 70 EinE again.
But she knew You can't always fool
girl even If she does think she has voice
CHICAGO Post.