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Mir. J. B. Simon, proprietor of one of the youngest, but most progress i've gents furnishing houses in the city, has returned from St. Louis and Chicago. where he purchased fall goods. Mir. simon is q careful and complete purchaser and his line is SC feet and always kept up to date. The J. E. simon Company is fast coming to the front and their trade increas- es daily.
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REV. MUNN RESIGNS
Was Pastor of the Baptist Church at
 Star City.

Rev. H. A. Mum, the popular pastor of the Baptist church at Star City, has resigned. He recently rendered his resignation and it was accepted by the church in confer ence.
 Rev. Mum has been pastor of the Baptist church at Star City for the past several years and ri ade many friends while in that town. In his departure Star City loses a good citizen, good man and an elegant divine.
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vlsed byIthe old man that he knew more about the lake than the cti- zen. The goldkunter then made ne fact evident that h was at some time resident of this section and was acquainted with tbe pioneer settlers of Pine Bluff, but he would not divulge his name. As the work progresses the mystery deepens in minds oE the people and further de velopments is awaited with curiosi. ty.
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E D. Russell. of Pine Bluff, secre- tary of the Commercial League of that city, and one of the livest busi- ness men of the State, was amoLg the callers at the Board of Trade yesterday. Mir. Russell is fully alive to the importance of the Bluff and leaves no stone unturned that vii inure to the growth of that great supply depot Ark. Democrat.
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CbTARRH

easily and pleasant ly, contains no mer- cuPy nor any other injurious drug. It is quickly absorbed. 0.a a1s4
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Miss Vickie Harrell was the charm ing hostess for delightful german given at her home on West Sixth av- enue last ednesday night. Miss Harrel's home is roomy and beau tifully arranged place and the beau ty of tue surroundings and com plete- ness of detail surpassed all previous occasions of it's kind. The dancing lasted several hours most pleasantly during which time the hostess labor ed charmingly to make all feel at home. and she succeeded. Delightful and refreshing eatables were served the guests. RJust before the mid Light cocks heralded the coming of another day the guests departed with many expressions of pleasure and obligations to the winsome and pretty hostess.
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Monday night last was the scene of a hospitable and social gathering at the spacious and handsomely fur nished home of Mir. and Mrs. 4. Hol- land on West Sixth avenue and that occasion will not soon be forgotten by those who were so fortunate as to be in attendance. The gathering was in honor of the eighteenth birth day of their charming daughter, Miss Hattie, and was quite sur prise to that young lady. Notwith- standing that fact, she WAS equal to the occasion, and those present en- ioyed themselves immensely in her company. Music, both vocal and instrumental, was rendered bv the young ladies and gentlemen in at tendance and the evening was ore continuous good time." Cream and cake was served the guests. Those present were Misses Nina Smart, RuDy Alexander, Mamie Cleveland, Vicie Harreii, Nellie Sallee, Trip Lindsay; Messrs. Finn Hut. Beaurie Hut. Fred Coe, Charlie Triplett. Alex Rowell and Walter Goodwin.
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Mir. D. W. Chandler and Postmas ter M. A. Elliott of Camden. were in the city Saturday night. They were returning nome from visit to Lit tie Rock, where they attended a meeting of the State Republican Committee.
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however, will only last on Monday night and Tuesday.

Miss Sue Belle Woods, of Monticel- To, is the guest of Miss Eddie Rut- lodge in this city, She is en route to Junction City, Ark, where she will teach music. Miss Woods is very ac- complished in the musical line and we wish her success in her undertak- ing.
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iEWlSH NEW YEAR,
 BE OBSERVED ERE TUESDAY
WILL BE CLOSED.
of the Oldest and Best hi;shed Festivals in the
 Jewish Religion.

Hs Jewish Religion. n .sas of Rosh Hoshona, or i,t New Year, will be appro.
 sIg Observed in Pine Bluff next sav. September 5, with the ssremonies. Services will be
 the Jewish Temple by Rev.
 F5rhfeld Monday evening be-
 Iso lat 8 o'clock and s' a' say norniDg beginning at 10
 The subject of his Monday V sos address will be New Ia sreetings". For bis Tuesday
 ap talk he has chosen as his seb Revelations of Truth. " n Isb Hashona, is the same to the bi as New Year is to the Gentle.
 soming year is 5660 in the
 ealendar. Monday evening ,ssnes of all the Jewish people H Ie uIty wlll be thrown open and
 rends and relatives received,
 
 sb the custom to call upon 8ther on New Years eve. The Ecss to be held at the Temple
 e nimpressive, as Rosh Bond is considered the begin d preparation for the great ask least of Yom Kippurim, the z daF of the year.
 EGaf the ceremonies in the syna- ] 2s sbe day is supposed to be one ssavty. The members of Jew sasigty will entertain on that
 Tbe festival is supposed to se eas sunset, as all Jewish festi- E eontinue from dark until dark, shs social function will be con- aea Tuesday evening. This holi-
 IS slways strictly observed in i Rluff and the-Jewish stores aagbout the city will be closed hoaor of the day.
 Resh Hashona is one of the oldest
 5est established festivals in the Ash religion. Celebrating as it ss she opening of the New Year; E made the occasIou for more fes- iitlss than any other fete in their 'eadar except, perhaps, the Pasch '0Fn CT times and even at pres. tin many countries it IS custo- sFgfnr the Jewish people to go eaten masque and pay calls upon elf garious friends and relatives. thIs country the custom of pay 3 ealls alone remains and the 'sanerading feature has been asInated.
 @izaN
 mes of the anclent observance the fastival still remain, however. wa a great day for repentance 1he Jews, second to that of Tom the people were sum- 'aed from all over the country aRe sound of the trumpet from Mlls to assenb ble in the temples { prepare themselves for Tom Qpprlm. The first part of the 'Hgal of Rosh Hashona was made sol deep repentance, and conse- 'Fal VI y the people wrapped them N, as was the custom in that v ID sackcloth and ashes, hiding s'f faces from their friends. This ''Vm survived in the masquera # which prevailed for some in foreign countries. The sgn Of visiting relatives also
 rom the old observance of s1east.
 ps celebration which will be held N 'ae Orthodox Jews will cary out Ssl ' more of the form than that Fu {, IS held in the synagogue.
 OiaSt Of the trumpet and the
 penltential features such as
 aaeo In olden times, will be
 'eu out as closely as possible.
 the Ot thodox Jews the festi ||s as's two days, as this was the
 IF h olden times, because some % Iasse Sss who lived at a distance, or " utQ not af <,n<o
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Took the Rest Cure.

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat
A business man of this city who was
badly run down by hard work left town
for a vacation, at the advice of his ply
sician, on the 1st of last July. He re-
were astonished at his Improvement. He
had gained considerably in weight. his eye
was clear and bright, his step was elastic,
ard altogether he looked five years younger
than when he went away. The change was
really startling. Here is the way he de-
clares it was brought about: Il simply
took the rest cure he said last night 1T
is the greatest thing in the world. L went
to stupid little town over in Mississippi,
where a cousin of mine is living. and for
six solid weeks l did absolutely nothing.
An active man will tell you at first blush
that that would be the worst kind of tor
ture, and so it is. unless you resign YOUR
mental and physical. If you try to read,
or think, receive letters, or talk, or even
listen to somebody else talk, you're gone. I
srent those six weeks on the placid level
of perfect idiocy. At first | would catch
myself musing about this thing and that
but 1 checked the impulse. and soon found
it delightfully."- easy to think about nothing
at all. l never opened my mouth except
to put something in it, took no exercise be-
You'd dressing and undressing, and was as
happy a alternating b5ar. l spraWled
in the sun all day long, and, honestly,
selves up. The fact is, l had merely stop
ped the engine for repairs, and when I
came to, at the end of my visit l was III
the finest kind of running order. My doce
tor had prescribed an entirely dinerene
course of treatment, exercise, rubbing
down. ana all that, and he feels greatly age
erieyed at my recuperation. He is inclined
q regard it personal.
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HAS HIS TROUBLES
The Baggage Juggler's Life is MOI
an Easy One.
4 MlSOGYNIST OF The WORST KIND
No Fun Carrying Trunks Up Many
Flights of Stairs.
1T is A PITIFUL TALE

The baggage juggler on the delivery
| wagon was softly whistling TIL Whole
Wide Worlds Agin' Me-" while he sat on
the tal-board of his wagon. waiting for a
train.
"A lot of people coming back from the
beaches now, eh?" The Star man asked
him.
"Oh. two or three replied the baggage
juggler, resuming his imita lion of a pic
colo
How many hours day are they work
ing you?"
''rwenty-six." answered the trunk HEAVIER
cheerfuIly. "Twenty-six and"
Nice job" commented The Star man.
1T 'ud be all right if it wasn't for tn
wimmen." said the Saratoga spinner, let
ting out conversational link.
Why, are they eXacting?"
We'll, they want their moneys worth
replied the baggage dellverer with plenty
of meaning in his tone. They don't want
to let Us think for minnit that we can do
EN-. Say, yfstiddy me and me helper took
one up to one o them tail pa1tment houses
way up town. II was an overweight. and
II weighed $50 pound if it weighed q ounce
W en- we got up to Were it blCngcd We
found that the lady that owned it lived on
order. The lady was waitin' for us in tn
partment house Office. 1t wasn't up to us
to lug that quarter-tonner, short weight
up to the ninth floor where she lived but
she made such a hOller bout needin the
things in the trunk that We tackled the Job
Jes to blige her. | never tried to hustle a
barrel o. flour up the steps of the monu-
ment but that's what the job was like
anyhow. Me and me partner felt like Jock
eys that We trained off 'leven pound in
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Ballad of Fultah Fishers Boarding House
which might be adapted to the occasion SO
that it would read:
They told their tales of right and wrong,
OF bravely unwrought fraud
They backed their toughest statements with
The birthstone of the Lord
And cracking oaths went to and fro
Across the fist-banged board.
This revised version Of Kiplings verse
might be taken as a description of the ex-
citing situation at the Metropolitan Club.
Here are some of the tales:
One time, when Dewey was a young lieu
tenant he sailed under an eccentric cap
tain. The ship put in at Rio de Janeiro
when the commander was much worried
about the health of a pet parrot. He ask
ed the ships doctor to prescribe, and the
latter expressed the opinion that all the
bird needed was chance to climb into
green tree on shore. chew bark and dis
port itself. So the captain summoned his
steward and babe him take the parrot
ashore and give it some exercise.
The captains steward was an important
person then. This one was a conceited old
darby. who aped absurdly the authorita-
tive ways of his master, and the men were
always on the lookout for q chance to play
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merCiful noise we had to howl to make
ourselves heard, and our howls, added to
the other sounds. made the place a perfect
pandemOnium
Every once in a while word of how
things We're going would be passed to us.
Sometimes the news would seem encourag
ing; sometimes the reverse. The facts
were told to us exactly as they We're.
American fighting men don't need to be
lied to in order to keep up their courag e.
Every time we got a bit of information
good. bad or Indifferent it made no odds
we gave three rousing cheers for Dewey and
the flag and worked all the harder, down
there In the depths of the ship.
Suddenly some one called down that the
Reina Christina was coming out after US,
and that torpedo shot was to be taken at
her That made the heart of me come right
up into my mouth and l did wish | were
on deck and not below The next minute l
saw that my wish was to be gratitied, for
was called up to put the torpedo In order.
l am sure l never worked hard in my
life as | did trying to get that torpedo off.
Some little thing was out of order, and that
made delay. Meanwhile the Spanish ship
kept coming nearer and nearer. From the
instant of her starting out the vessel had
been made special target for the guns on
every one OF our ships, but she didn't slack
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when the Pensacola. Captain Dewey in
command. was in the ELECTROMAGNETIC
was then the flagship of the European
squadron shift of wind accompanied by
a rapid fall of the barometer gave warn
ing of changing weather. Presently
white squall came up, and there was busy
work for all hands, the executive officer
in the waist the officer of the deck the
quarter deck and the midshipmen in the
fo'castle believing and repeating orders,
while the sailors jumped through the tops
like monkeys. Just then something fouled
the clews of the main topsai at the very
moment the squall struck. and bungling for
moment or two nearly cost the vessel
spar. Dewey. from the bridge, was looking
on, and everybody was in trenulous an
tcipation of a severe rebuke. But he only
turned TO the officer of the deck and said,
mildly:
"Will you kindly tell me what was the
matter just now with the agricultural popu-
lation on the main topsan yard"
This remark percolated through the mid
shipmen to the crew, and being duly trans
lated it produced effect from which the
men did not recover for days.
Dewey and the Shark.
This story seems too good not to be true,
but the writer refuses to be responsible for
it.
AT Mobile bay, after the fall of New Or
leans, Dewey was a Junior watch officer
on the steam soop Mississippi. The ships
cook-caled in naval parlance the doctor
was a superstitious old darkey, and with
an extreme dread of sharks. He tried TO
convert Dewey to faith in the danger OF
sharks, but Dewey held out that they
would never bite human being. The lat
ter point was long in controversy between
them.
One day Dewey was sent ashore IN the
ships dingey on some trifiing duty. He
had on as usual, a frock coat with very
long tails such as all naval officers wore
in those days. In obedience to orders, ne
hurried back. the sloop being on the point
of getting under weigh. and as he sat in
the stern of the skiff his coat tails tralled
in the water Just the ding2y was on
the point of reaching the vessel shark
rose to the surface-perhapS attracted by
the gilt buttons on the coat tails afoTe-
said-and bit off the starhoard side OF the
iieutenants after uniform.
Dewey jumped to his feet and, well sat
istied under the circumstances to REIN
quish his coat tails, ran up the side of the
ship. The doctor" VII, had viewed the
proceedings from the rail OF III" vessel
approached him presently with q grin OF
the utmost width. All. ha.' he said TAX
ing advantage of the familiarity custom
ariiy allowed him on board. Perhaps
Massa Dewey, yo' blieve now dat sharks
won't bite a pusson. Whar yo' coat tai,
h?'
My coat TAIL" replied the lieutenant,
with his habituai sang froid, has been re-
moved by an act of Providence.
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BATTLE WITH A BIRD,
Wounded Loon Killed an Indian With
His Powerful Beek.

From the Youths Companion.
The loon, or great northern diver, is a
powerful bird. The following instance of
one of them conquering q man happened
a few years ago
A young Micmac Indian, living at Grand
Lake. Nova Scotia, wanted to get the skin
of one of these beautiful birds to presenS
to his mistress on her birthday.
One day the youth who was an adept
at initiating the peculiar sobbing cry of
the loon, succeeded in calling a bird within
shooting distance His shot, however fail
ed to Kill outright. and the bird, although
so severely wounded that 1T could neither
swim nor dive, yet retained sufficient life
and strength to remain upright in the
water
The boy, thinking that his game did not
need another shot, swan out to retrieve it
but when he approached near enough to
seize the bird, 1t suddenly made a dash a
him, sending its head and neck out with
a spring like an arrow from bow. 1t
was only by a quick duck of his head that
the Indian succeeded in evading the blow.
He swan about the loon several times, at
tempting to dash in and seize him by the
neck, but the wary bird succeeded in foil
ing each effort by continually facing him.
and lunging out with his powerful neck
ne Indian then swan UP to within few
feet of the bird, and diving under him,
with considerable skill caught him by the
legs. He carried him under, and although
the bird struggled fiercely, managed to re-
tain his hold. But when they both rose
to the surface again a battle roya! began.
the Indian seeking to carry his prize
ashore, and the bird attempting to regain
his freedom. The bird, however, was too
much for his foe, and before the Indian
had covered a yard on his shore-bound
course disabled him with a vicious blow
from his beak full on the naked chest.
The effect of the blow was almost in
simultaneously fatal, for the beak pene-
trated close to the youths heart
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when baggage Is allowed to stay in the
station moren twenty-four hours after It
gifts in there's a storage charge for every
extra day the boxes stays in the bag
gage room. The wimmen can't git next to
this idee at all, and they won't stand for
1t. That is, they say they went bat they
always nave to. ven II comes to a show
down. jes like the men. / takes two big
leather boxes uo 10 a northwest house a
week or 50 ago. They'd been In the bag
gage room three Gays, and there was 81 30
storage charges on 'em. which 1t was up
TO me to elect or lose me Job. The lady
comes 10 the door when | rings the bell.
TWO trunks. nla'an.' says l. Half dol
lar for deliverin EN-, and $3.50 storage
two II a half
Storage says she. What's that?
Il tried to eNniain it to her. but she
broke me right OF.
DO you think You can tel me any
such fimsy story as that says she ex-
cited right away. You jes want that 81 20
to put in your pocket for liquor. l know
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CAMERAS IN SUMNER TINE.
The Prevalence of the Fascinating
Fad This Season.

|
Fad This Season.
| From the Philadelphia Bulletin
The batteries of cameras that were aimed
| at Governor Roosevelt in his recent brief
speechmaking trip furnished another evil
dence of the prevalence of the fascinating
fad of amateur photography this summer.
| In highways and byways, on the streets Of
rural villages, in the leafy recesses of urban
parks scattered through the scenery that
surrounds mountain hotels and mult1far1-
ously inhabiting the sands of the sounding
sea, the camera enthusiast swarms IN all
garbs and on all occasions.
The young woman who chased President
Mcl1inley for a mile the other day in the
vicinity of Lake Champlan and finally
succeeded in getting snap shot at her
victim when he sat down to rest tor a mo-
ment under a tree presents one type oil
this onlnipresent individual. In her normal
moments this damsel is doubtlessiy we'll
meaning and entirely decorous member CT
society But when the presidential game
came within her vision, all the restraints OF
everyday life were forgotten, and she fol
lowed her victim with zeal that would
have proved unconquerab2 II the distance
to be traversed had been ten miles instead
of
Not many of the amateur camera WELD
ers are lucky enough to get shots at a
President, but their ambition fortunately
for their own peace of mind, does not de-
mand celebrities as targets Their friends
and casual acquaintance who may be in
range on an excursion boat or at the sum-
mer resorts are continually asked to pose
in all sorts of attitudes, becoming or ludi-
crous as the camera wielder happens to be
of a serious or humorous bent of mind.
AS rule, this practice is received with
great good nature. Even the summer maid
en- who has at length captured the only eli
gibie young man at her hotel, with the pros
pect of an enjoyable tete-a-tete with him
for an hour or so, cOntriveS to smother her
vexation and look positively angelic when
her dearest feminine foe levels a camera
at the pair and frightenS the swain into
para yZed Vacuity.
There are occasional instances when the
practice of picture taking leads its votaries
to extremes While most Americans have
no objection to the reproduction of their
forms and features while on a summer
holiday, it is always advisable for photo
graphic enthusiasts to get the consent of
their targets in advance. When this is not
done the results sometimes decidedly
unpleasant for all concerned. Within rea-
sonable limits, however the use of cameras
by amateurs deserves encouragement.
While the outcome may not be strictly
praiseworthy from a critically artistic point
of view, the collections of scenes and land
scapes which multitudes of tourists will
take home with them when the vacation
period ends will afford resources of amuse-
ment and enjoyable recollection in many
household during the coming winter even
ingS.
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vealing instead of a merchantmen full
fiedged line-of-battfe ship with rows Of
frowning ports.
Il was about to say shouted the COM
mander of the privateer, that. while invit-
ing you to surrender, in case you don't
want to do so, 1 will
And he did" said Dewey. (Which will
serve to illustrate my meaning when say
that too much confidence in warfare is not
always a good thing. Your very good
health, Chichester"
Substitute for Swearing.
There has been great deal of discussion
about the things Dewey said at Manila,
during the naval battle; but, whatever his
remarks may have been. it is safe to as
sumo that they were forcible ones Though
quiet man under ordinary circumstances,
he lets loose" when there Is occasion, and
his flow of ''cuss-words' at such times is
described as lovely" Sailors, however, do
not mind such sea blessings SO much
as they do having language addressed to
them that they do not understand. when
they know that it has an uncomplimentary
significance. Most of all they dislike to be
caIled farmers in irony.
WE'LL 1t Is related that on day in 1855,
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trunk and run for it. Thought there was
mad dog loose in the house.
'Anythn' the matter, ma ann says I,
stoppin' still and holdin up my end o the
box.
Gracious sake alive. take your greasy
head away from that wall paper before you
ruin it, they all shouts at me at once
The baggage jugger smiled wanly whis-
tied three bars of Sweetheart and Wives"
and concluded:
And I'd blown meself to quarter sham
poo the night before