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No Bonus Is Asked.

10 secure this industry involves only the local subscription to the Stock of a new and larger company to be organized under the laws of Arkansas, our people to have an equal representa tation and voice in the management. Stock in the new company will be gwen for every dollar contributed aud each sub. seriber to have the option of accept Ing z Der cent preferred or common stock. Not a dollarof the money is
 to go to any of the people coming Aere, but.it is to rema n in the hands of local treasurer for use as work lag capital for the ne company.
 By all means let us have thls
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PRESIDENT FOX
Appoints Delegates to s-Missis-
 sippi Commercial Congress.

The Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress twill convene in Wichita Kansas, on May 31 and continue iN session five days. President Fred Fox Saturday appointed delegates to represent in this congress the Commercial League of Pine Bluff, as fellows:
 W.H. Langford, S. c. Alexander. H. H. Hum, r. !P. Byrd, ". $. Jeter, L. E. Goldsmith, w. l.. De woody, W. B. Alexander, F. L. Dill ley, F. G, Bridges.
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factory, As an investment It will be safe and profitable, as combin ed wood and iron industry we know of no other enterprise that wodld be so beneficial to our city. Let every man interested in the future Of Pine Bluff subscribe, whether it be $25 or $1, 900.
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FUNERAL SERVICES.

The funeral of the little twin sons of MT. and Ms. J H. Mann was held from the family residence on West Twelfth avenue Saturday afternoon at , o'clock, services by Rev. W. D. Buckner. Remains were inferred in Bellwood.
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gsss tDEFENDANT WINS.

The case of c. F. Moore against the Iron Mountain railroad was tried in the circuit court Saturday. Mir. Moore .clain-ed damages in the sum Of $400 against the railroad company for the killing of fine horse. A verdict was rendered in favor Of the railroad.
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|ooMMITTEEs GO ACTIVELY
 TO WORK SOLICITING SUBSCRIPTIONS.
|pUT YOUR NAME DOWN.
.rbis is an Investment Which Will Be Both Safe and Profta-
 bIe.

Mir, A. l.. Funk, who has been
 bare in the interest of Lamb & Com
 nany. of Freeport, H., left Satur
 day night for bis home in Chicago.
 Before leaving arrangements were
 nerfected by whicn the committees appointed to solicit subscriptions
 to stock in the manufacturing plant which this company proposes to es- tablish in this city will go actively to work. As has already been stat ed this company are manufacturers of pumps, wind mills, tanks, feed grinding mills, corn and cotton seed pIanters. The business of this com many has been established for many years a1d it's goods are well and fa- yorably known throughout the United States and foreign countries. Its goods are catalogued in foreign languages as well as our own and has excellent foreign selling connections that bring a most desirable cash trade.
 h the manufacture of these goods will be found a market for our ash, hard pine and cypress lumber which we have been shipping north and paying the freight both ways, as we buy manufactured products of the north. Apart from our own lumber that will be utilized and fin .ished in this plant, a large amount of Southern pig iron and steel will be consumed, as in the equipment Of this plant will be found a complete foundry and machine shop. turning out finished goods from the raw material. Our own Arkansas coal and timber will furnish the force to turn the wheels of this great indus try and finishing products that will carry the name of Pine Bluff and Arkansas to the ports of every na- tion on the face of the globe and the money received therefor come in return to increase our local wealth, combining our natural resources with our favorable location for se- curing low shipping rates to the West, Southwest and all parts of the world, there can be no question as to the profitable success of this enterprise if located at Pine Bluff.
 As to our local interest, the loca- tion of this plant will not conflict with single established interest t, but on the contrary will be of great benefit to every manufaeturer, job Der or retailer now in our midst. The employment of 75 to 100 men which is assured within the first year, means new houses and homes, more business for our merchants and tradesmen, increased values in our real estate and a grand contri- button to our general prosperity.
 The business character and per sonality of the active men connected with this enterprise and who would bring their families, their name, business and experience to our city Is unquestionable, open to fullest investigation and their credentials bear endorsement of bankers and men of highest standing in the state from whence they come.
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MT. L. L. Nash, formerly engineer of this road but nov with the San ta Fe, was a visitor here last week.
 Mir. Robt. Wesson, our hustling night yard switchman, is confined to his room on West Barraque street with fever,
 MT H. NJ. Smith, master mechanic of the Bridge & Terminal Co.,, of St. Louis. was at these shops last week on business.
 MT. J. B. Kelley, road master on the north end, with headquarters at Brinkley, was again in this city last weekson business.
 Shpt. Wm. T. Coughlin has retlrr- sd from Tyler. Texas, where he had been making out new time card, which goes into effect on June 1.
 Messrs. R. o. Hurt, James Eau cette and Walter Boone. all represen- tatiYes of this road, have returned from a pleasure trip to the.capital.
 Mp. Jim Harris, formerly of the blacksmith department here bu now of Jonesboro, was shaking hands with his many friends here last week, Mir. Will Ferguson has returned from ParagOuld, where he was sent by this company to work on an sen- zine on the Paragould & Southeast ern road.
 Mir. Will Taylor, a machinist who has been confined to his room with weak eyes for several weeks, has re-. sumed his duties again in the ma ehinery department.
 I{ Our reporter has received a letter from an employe of the M. K. 6 T. Shops at Dennison Texas in which he states that those shops are 1ow lsworking two days per week and nine hours per. day.
 | Mir. Will Mara, machinist inSthe 5round house, had the misfortune to wrench his back while working on englne 1O5. He tried to drive large pin in one of the drivers, and losing his balance he fell into the pit ons his back.
 A large drop pit has been made on the north side 0f the round house for dropping wheels from under the en- zines without raising them up. Also a large automatic air jack has been placed in sthe pit for handling and lowering the large drivers.
 MT. J. J. Kress, formerly superin- teLdent of car service on this road, tas been appointed superintendent Of the transportation department lover the entire system of the Pitts
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Circuit Clerk J. A. LaL gford was on the sick list yesterday.
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Mir. J. J. Kress, formerly superin- teLdent of car service on this road, has been appointed superintendent of the transportation department over the entire system of the Pitts
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A large drop pit has been made on the north side of the round house for dropping wheels from under the en- zines without raising them up. Also a large automatic air jack has been placed in sthe pit for handling and lowering the large drivers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-20
EXPRESS WAR.

Issue has at last been Joined saws
the Chicago Chronicle, between the
express companies and the suburban
ites-the former denying, the latter
maintaining, for right of a traveller
who has paid his passage to carry one
or more bundles into a passenger
coach with him. An EIgin man has
sued railroad company whose en-
ployes elected him from a train be-
cause he refused to pay expressage
upon a bundle he was carrying. The
same contention has arisen in New
Jesrey, where New York business men
who live in Jersey have been sub
jected to all sorts of annoyances by
the railroad employees when they at
tempted to take home marketing with
out paying tribute to the express COM
panies. There are, of course, two
sides to the question. The express
companies claim that they pay the
railroad companies for the privilege
of carrying all express matter that
goes over the lines, and they maintain
that suburbanites load themselves up
with merchandise that cannot be
classed as hand baggage. 1t is like
wise alleged that combinations are
formed for the purpose of beating"
the express companies-that purchas-
ing agents come to Chicago to execute
commissions for their patrons and car
ry the goods home in the passenger
cars, thereby causing a loss of legit-
innate revenue to the express corpora
tons. On the other hand, it is
claimed by the suburbanites that the
express companies are simply seek
ing to "gouge' passengers; that the
persecution is directed not only
against the alleged purchasing agents,
but against innocent passengers who
may be taking home one or two small
Parcels.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-20
HOMEMADE HOREHOUND.

This is an old fashioned prepara-
ton for colds and that made at home
will contain horehound, while the
boughten candy has the flavor given
to it with chickory. A manufacturer
confectioner once told the writer that
he had never had an ounce of the gen.
uine horehound herb in his factory.
To make this candy, first make a
rather strong tea of the herbs and
boiling water, then add one pound Of
graduated or coffee { sugar to each
pint of the tea and boil until it will
crack when tried in cold water. Pour
into shallow, well buttered pans and
when nearly cold mark into squares
or bars. One can soon tell how
strong to make the tea. The fresh
herbs are preferable, but the dried
packages one gets to the drug store
will do nicely.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-20
ARTIFICIAL OPTICS.


There are many curious industries
in New York city, and one that ranks
pre-eminent in the peculiar line is a
glass eye factory. 1t may seem strange
that there should be sufficient de-
mand for glass eyes to support such a
factory, especially as it employs a
Number of skilled workmen all the
year round. But when one learns
some of the secrets of the trade all
cause for wonder vanishes.
The prime reason for it's existence
is that a glass eye does not last more
than year, and very often not more
than six months. OF course, this ne
cessitates the purchase of new optics
every little while by afflicted people,
and the number of people who use
these eyes is surprisingly large judged
by the yearly production of the fac
tory.
Five hundred eyes are turned out
weekly, or about $4,000 in the year.
Not all of these are sold, but this per-
centaga is very small. The unsold
ones are stock eyes-that is, they are
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the heels together, the arms by the
side and the head high, and the
spine curved to throw the chest out
and the hips back Then touch the
floor in front of the feet with the fin
ger tips without bending the knees.
Rise to the standing position, and re-
peat fifteen times. If there is much
fatigue raise the arms over the head
before descending, to soothe and
stimulate the nerves of the back.
This simple exercise has been known
to reduce the weight twenty pounds
in three months, the greatest effect
being over the abdomen. At first
there will be a difficulty in reaching
the floor without bending the knees,
but this can be overcome by persistent
effort, which adds interest to what
might seem monotonous and mean
lngless. Drop the arms and by a
series of up-and-down motions. like
pumping, the tense muscles of back
and thigh will relent and the hands
get nearer to the floor At the end of
a week the difficulty should be over
come and suppleness gained.
When it comes to diet for obesity
the rules are so much like those for
dyspepsia and govt that invalidism is
suggested. Primarily the ban goes
out against that wicked trio of sweets.
fats and starches. All are tabooed
and that means a diet so monoto-
nously simple hta many a one lapses
into her former state of indulgence
from WEAKNESS and Impotence. There
can be no candy, no enticing drinks,
sugar in coffee or tea (although
saccharine can be used), no desserts;
nor creamy things, nor farinaceous.
Vegetables that grow below ground
plebeian vegetables, like potatoes
and beets-must be left out of this
Spartan diet, and butter is forbidden.
What is there left? Why, this: a cup
of hot water an hour before meals,
none with food: fresh meats-except
portland pulled bread, with some in
diligence in vegetables and fruit. This
of course is severe, but it is only
necessary for short time, and surely
will lower the weight After a suf-
ficlent number of pounds have van
ished into thin air a more generous
diet should be gradually adopted
Harper's Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-20
SAW MRS. GEORGE SHOOT.
State Produces Eye-Witnesses of the
Killing of Saxton.

Canton, O., April 16.--The attorneys
of the state regard Saturday as their
red letter day in the trial of Mrs.
George. They produced eye-witnesses
of the firing of two shots which took
effect in Saxtons body. One of these
claimed she identified Mrs. George as
having fired the shots and the other
testified positively that the woman she
saw do the shooting resembled Mrs.
George. The state also qualified a wit
ness of Mrs. Georges handwriting to
identify a letter it wants to introduce
as evidence. The third point which
pleased the state was the admission of
a police officer who found the revolver,
although he was not allowed to tell
how he found it to the full extent of
the details asked him. The state
wanted to prove that Rice, counsel for
Mrs. George, told him where to find
the weapon and sent him after it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-20
SCIENTIFIC JOTTINGS.

A novelty in the form of a fOur-inch
circular saw has been lately installed
in the emergency hospital at Boston
for the amputation of limbs. The
saw is mounted on a flexible shaft,
like that used by dentists, only larger.
The bearings, in which runs the saw
arbor, are attached to a handle, by
which the surgeon is able to direct the
saw at any angle. Not only does
this appliance save a great deal Of
time. but the heat generated by the
rapid cutting is said to scar the flesh
and the blood vessels so that the heal
ing process begins at once, instead
of after an hour or two, as is the case
when the operation is performed after
the old method.
The question as TO whether the BIZ
cycle is really such an economiZer of
energy as it appears to the man in the
street has been for some time past ex-
ercising the minds of the gentlemen
who will not believe anything unless
they can prove it in fundamentally
precise terms. The man in the street
may now congratulate himself on his
perspicacity. A French scientist, M.
G. Bourlet, a great authority in abb
struse calculations of the sort, has
come to the conclusion that cyclist
weighing 140 pounds, riding 35-
pound machine on level road at the
rate of nine miles an hour, would have
expended at the end of sixty minutes
an amount of energy represented. In
the language of the schools, by 19.43O
kilogrammeters, equivalent, in plain
words and round figures, to lifting
height Of yard. II. instead of being
on his wheel, the same man had been
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-20
BOSTON BEATS BROOKLYN.
Score Is I - 0-Gotham Team Defeat
ed-Other Games.

New York, April 16.-rhe opening
game of the championship season in
Brooklyn Saturday brought out an at
tendance Of 10000 1t was a gala day
IN the baseball annals of Greater New
York. Eleven innings were required
to decide the supremacy, Boston
winning. The pitching of Ken
nedy and Nichols was superb, the hit
ting of course being light in conse-
quence. Both infields were veritable
stOnewalls. Neither side could score
for ten innings, and then Boston made
the winning run on a wild throw by
Jennings that sent Bergen to second
and Stahl's drive to deep center for
three bags brought him in The score:
Brooklyn O; Boston 1. Brooklyn's
battery, Kennedy and Smith; Boston's,
Nichols and Bergen.
Baltimore, April 16.-The rejuven-
ated Orieols defeated the New Yorks
Saturday in close game by a score
of to 3. Baitimore's battery, Kitson
and Robinson; New York's, Doheny
and Carr
st. Louis, April 16.-The baseball
season opened here Saturday with a
game between the Cleveland and St
Louis clubs. The ST. Louis boys easily
won the game by heavy batting and
good work in the field. The score: st
Louis 10: Cleveland 1; ST. Louis bat
terry, Young and O'Connor; Cleve
lands, Sudhoff and Clements.
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on his legs, walking at the rate of
three miles an hour, he would have
expended almost precisely the same
amount of energy, exactly 1920 kilo-
grammeters, but he would have COW
cred only one-third of the distance.
The advantage on the side of the
wheelman in mounting hills, always
providing he regulates his pace in
accordance with the steepness of the
ascent and does not attempt to keep
up the same pace as on the level, is
equally great. In descending hills.
the advantage of the cyclist over the
footman requires no demonstration.
The practical results of M. Bourlet's
figures are that the cyclist can cover
ninety miles day and be very little
more fatigued than his competitor on
shanks' mare who has laboriously left
thirty miles behind him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-20
TONIC OF A HEARTY LAUGH.

In their convalescence invalids OF
our Well-to-do middle class are apt to
be overloaded with gifts of flowers, or
dainty dishes to tempt the capricious
appetite. or magazines when they are
able to read, or the last new novel. A
more cheerful contribution to carry to
sick room is a good anecdote. a
mirth-provoking story, or a bright
piece of gossip, over which we can
chuckle again and again. The well
come visitor is he who has some
CHEEKY message to bring, some tale to
reclte which must be punctuated with
laughter. The aroma lasts after the
flowers are faded, and even after the
terrapin has been discussed and for
gotten.
Do not forget hat a good laugh is
a tonic to the invalid depressed by the
astonishing ''sequelae" of grip. A bit
OF humorous gossip or a piquant say
ing is a contribution of real value to
the sick room. Help the invalid, de-
pressed by the contemplation of the
necessary but tiresome paraphernalia
of the sick room (hot water bags,
medicine phials, douches atomizers) to
escape from the atmosphere in which
he has suffered solitary confinement.
Make him laugh, and then mindful
that there is no reserve of strength
depart at once before you exhaust
him, leaving behind the echo of de-
lighted mirth and a tale that can he
passed along, desirable social coinage,
to the next visitor who comes to the
room.
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used in the sale department of the
factory, or are sent to dealers through
out THE country as samples.
The prices of glass eyes vary con-
siderabl! An ordinary ready-made
eye coz S. while a made-to-order eye
with the pupil and corona carefully
colOred costs anywhere from $40 to
$50, and occasionally as much as $50,
but this latter price is rare one. foor
people can only afford the ready-made
eye, and large number OF these are
always kept in stock in different
~hades of blue, gray and brown.
Gray eyes are the most common;
then comes blue, and then brown.
Black eyes are q myth, and the factory
has never had a call to make one
Opthalmic hospitals are the largest
consumers of the false eye These buy
in quantities, and naturally get the
product at reduced rates. They buy
the ordinary ready-made eyes, as they
are used, for the most part, on poor
people who are financially unable to be
festidious in the matter of exact color.
The most startling feature of the
| factory is the cabinet in which the
stock eyes are kept. They are placed
| in large trays, sectioned off into tiny
| squares, each square containing an
eye. Blue eyes of many shapes and
shades are in one tray; brown eyes of
all kinds in another, and gray eyes of
| many varieties in third.
| When a purchaser comes in he or
| she is fitted with an eye from one of
these trays, and if the buyer is content
with the ready made article a dupli-
cate is furnished from the stock. If
the made-to-order article is wanted
the sample is sent up to the work
rooms with instructions covering the
minor changes or improvements that
can be made.
All of the regular customers have
sample eyes in the factory. This en-
/ ables them to send from distance for
duplicate. and new eye, perfectly
fitting anu of the correct color, is
shipped to them. The reason that the
eye wears out is that the action Of the
tear-which is acid-affects the enamel
roughing the edges and surface and
causing an irritation of the eye lids.
There has never been a time in the
history of the world that artificial eyes
did not exist. The ancient Egyptians
four and five thousand years ago, wore
false eyes and gold and silver, anG
later of copper ana Ivors 1t IS d
record that two patriotic Lutetians
when their country was in fnancia
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which is pumped by engine power in
to large cylinder and stored under
water pressure. Under the careful
manipulation of the workman the
enamel tube is formed into an oblong
globe, just the size and shape of the
human eye.
Next it passes into the coloring
room. A piece of colored enamel is
placed on the summit of the globe,
and this is gently heated in a small
flame, and continuously rotated.
Gradually this takes the form of the
iris, and then a spot of darker enamel
is added to represent the pupil. Then
this is covered by thick layer of
crystal to form the cornea.
At this stage the eye is detached
from the blow pipe and cooled, and
then sent to the cutting room, from
which it energies shaped into small
hollow oval with irregular edges. The
cutting is a difficult process, as a
hairs breadth deviation in size will
make material difference in the fit
ting. The edges are fired, and the
eye allowed to cool slowly, this being
the annealing or tempering process,
which toughens the enamel and rem
ders it less liable to break. The
final work is the polishing, and then
| it is ready for the owner.
The coloring work is the most deli
cate of all, as sometimes eight and
nine colors are worked in to give the
correct shade Brown eyes of the hazel
variety require very delicate streak
ing of yellow and gray, and some
kinds of blue eyes are equally difficult
to fashion. There is also great va
riety in the sclerotic, or white. In
childrens eyes it is a pale china blue;
in old people. gray; while with men
who are heavy drinkers or smokers
| it has yellowish tinge.
Of course, the great art lies in max
ing the artificial eye an exact dupli-
| cate in expression, size and color OF
the living eye, and so cleverly is the
work now done that few people can
detect the genuine from the false.