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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-03
EMPHASIZED us lAsr vii
tiew IN osa Steamboat Captain Tried le
Prevent : eensesA

From the New Orleans Times Dem
oefat: q am free 10 admit this story
sounds triiie fishy. = said 4 New Or
leans lawyer. chatting over an after
dinner cigar. but / happen 70 know
it Is absolutely true Last summer a
local business man. who It Isn't neces.
sary to name. made a new will OF
rather an elaborate and peculiar char.
aeter I an bound to say TO you. re-
marked his attorney, when the docu-
ment vas completed. that | think 4.
more than likely your children will
make contest IL this will is ever
probated. I'm going TO have a talk
Win them on that very subject, re.
eorted his client Yes, replied the at
torney but when your voice is stilled
forever they may think differently
aboHt it That remark set the old
maI e bordering, and he finally hit on
very picturesque expedient. He had
a phonograph at mis- oTice, and, put
ting on fresh cylinder. he roared his
last injunct1oTe5 into the receiver in
lis most impressive STYLE Then he
carefully removed the record, swathed
it in cotton wool, and filed it away
with the will. Next day he sent for
the lawyer and gave him specific direc-
lions what to do after tho demise I
want you to call the family together
he said, and read the will carefully
from beginning to end. AS soon as
you get thTough and before they have
time to talk about IT, start the phono.
graph going and let EN- hear my last
message. Be sure to have a good, big
horn on the machine and see that
everything is in first-ciass working
order. You had better keep the thing
n your Office he continued, and any
time contest is mentioned just turn
It loose The old gentleman was a
steamboat captain in his early days
and he has way Of giving an order
that makes one jump to hear it. 7 am
inclined 70 believe that his scheme is
a good one, and that his parting adj
Duration, coming as it were from the
grave, will have highly discourGglng
effect on litigation
Evolution OF the Cranberry.
The cranberry Is a product of tbs
eountrys development, coming for
ward in the last fifty years from a
small, hard, bitter berry to hand
someIy shaped and good-sized fruit.
As the quality has improved the ber-
ries have increased in popularity with
consumers, until supplies are hardly
sufficient to satisfy normal demands.
Rhode Island was the first state to APP
ply scientific method to cultivation,
and the system adopted there has ex-
tended to other states, notably Massa-
ehusetts, New Jersey and Wisconsin.
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MODERN DENTISTRY
Artistic and Intricate Gold Filings a
 Thing Of the Past.

mug A A9As
 .eThe modern dentist need not be nearly as skilled workman as his father was. said one of the craft yes terday, as he merrily knitted Up foot or two of nerve with his little crochet hook, entirely disregarding his patients moans. You see, there are no beau- tiful and artistic gold filings put in nowadays As soon as a tooth gives an opportunity for showing skill in fill- ing, p2astoi it is cut off and crowned or bridged with gold. A gold tooth ia considered not unbeaut1ful, 1t seems but nowadays porcelain filings are preferred to metal enes for eonspicu- ous places. The porcelain comes in powder. an impression of the cavity is taken, the filling made, baked hard, in- serted, and secured by the cement with which the cavity has first been padded. As all shades of porcelain are to be had to match the different tints of teeth, these filings are quite inconspicuous. There are few people still who don't mind showing a gold mine when they open their mouths, and among these  are colored people, who seem to think they gain a certain amount of distiue- tion from such display. Among the most curious requests that ] have had In regard to work was one from an ac- tress to extend cavity she had in front tooth so that 1t would form 6 J. and fill 1t with gold. She explained that she was going to marry man named John, and that she thought it would be perfectly lovely to have his initial in evidence whenever she talk ed. l finally dissuaded her from this original project by pointing out that IL might be embarrassing in later years. if she should chance to marry a man named Thomas or Richard. She evi dently saw the good sense Of my re- marks, but she relinquished her re- markable idea reluctantly. Women generally very sensibly want to make the fact that they have had to resort to art to preserve their teeth aa imper- ceptible as possible, so, as l said be- fore, there's no really beautiful work done at present in the way of intricate filings, and that's a fact. "-psltimore News.
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HE RED MEN
Are to Have a Great Time Tonight
 Ball and Banquet.

The members of the Improved Order Of Red Men, of this state, are going to have a great and glorious time in the city tonight, on which occasion the local lodge will entertain their brothers with a grand ball and banquet al the Blqd City Club parlors and hall.
 The visiting members Of the or der aud the full membership of the local organization marched through tue streets this afternoon, headed by 3 brass band, and then went to the Fair grounds, where they will en- joy the afternoon.
 The affair tonight will be grand social success A large lumber Of visiting Red Men are in the city.
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PHILIPPINE INSANITY.
The United States Government rnves-
 tigating Mysterious Disease.

tigating n Mysterious Disease,
 Much attention has been called to the number of men in the army serving Iii the Philippines who have gone in sane. The government has sent q special commission out there te inves- tigate the matter. and there has been talk of a mysterious disease called tho "Soudanese Fever" It Is believed by some that this disease is peculiar to East Indian and African tropics; that it was this which caused Dr. Peters to get into trouble for killing Africans and made the French officers in ghe in terior of Africa recently siay other of ficers sent to their relief Everybody has heard of the Malay who runs amuck and, frenzled. kills right anc left until he himself is killed. The word "amuck" is corruption of the Javanese word "amoak," to kill There seems to be no doubt that the Malay occasionally goes crazy through an overiudulgence i'll opium or hasheesa and snringing from his shack. runs naked through the streets of the vil- l8ge, killing all whom he may meet. When in Malay village the cry eAmueks is raised. t is like the cry of Mad dog!" in an American village, and the popuIaee turns out with long bamboo spears ard kills the man as soon as they can. But the "soudanese fever" If it exists. is another thing apparently. It may be that the disease which has afflicted white men in the Philippines and in equatorial Africa is only a variation of apoplexy brought en by indulgence In heating and stimu lating foods. The London Lancet re- gently had something about the alleg- ed disease. People who had been af- fiicted with 1t and had recovered said that they had sudden sensation of desire to kill, and that they "saS red.s A sudden affiux of blood to the head and the bursting of a blood vessel would produce insanity or coma Tn northern elimes 1t more usually re- suits in coma; in the tropics it seems to result in insanity. All the soldiers of our army ih the Philippines who have been sent back as insane have been violent
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4 BURGLARY.
Dr. Scales Loses Several Valuable
 Instruments.

Last night sometime before o'clock burglar effected an en- trance to the office of Dr. J. W. Scales, over Anderson Meyer drug company on West Second, and made way with over a huudred dollars worth of valuable eye instruments. The eye instruments were taken rom case containing Doctor Scales entire supply. but the throat. ear aud nose instruments were iund at the bottom of the stairway leading to the Doctors office. There is no clue to the burglar; the police depart ment was advised of the burglary and tie officers are using all possible efforts to apprehend the guilty party or parties.
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Kidney disease is the enemy we have the most to fear as result of the feverish restlessness of our much wanted modern civilization. It is a treacherous enemy, working out its deadly effect under cover of the most trifiing symptoms. The first indica- tion os changes in the urine, frequent headaches, digestive troubles, should he the signal for prompt remedial measures. PRICLLY ASH RITTERs is kidney remedy of superlative merit; it is soothing, hralng and strengthening, quickly relieves the aching or soreness that always ap- pears in the advanced stages, checks the progress of the disease and through it's exec lett cleansing and regulating effect in the stomach, ,, liver and bowels, il brings back the strength and ruddy glow of vigor- ous health Sold by Walker Drug Co. d2W
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Many Thanks

T wish to express my thanks to the manufacturers of Chamberlain s Golic, Cholera and Diarrheea Reme- dy, for having put OH the market such wonderful medieine,9 says N. W. Massingill, of Beaumont. Texas. There are many thousands of moth- CTS whose children have been saved from attacks of dysentery and cholera infantum who must also feel thankful. It is for sale by w. l.. Dewoody & Go.
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rnRMfl cnniEg crcoiOu tliagB 6t6iHL SE00lUH
Will be Given Tonight by the Local
 Lodge of EIks.

Great are the expectations of the pleasures to be enjoyed at the Elks social session to be given tonight by the local lodge.
 There are about 100 visiting Elks in the city and they will be treated roEallytonigbt A large number of ladies will be present. and an excel lent program has been arranged, as follows:
 l. Opening address-Nr w. F. Coleman.
 ,. Piano soio-Mrs. II. I. Holder. uess.
 2 Quartet tte-Nessrs. M. D. Me- Neill, J. Seldon Wright. Irl Arm strong and Mont Levy.
 1 Violin selo-Miss Anna Goza.
 ,. song-Aiss Vicie Harrell.
 6. Piano Solo-Miss J osie Dreyfus.
 County Judge lopes will preside as chairman.
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COLON HEAD
GREAT s ALT LAKE.
No Living Thing In It and No Danger
 of Being Drowned.

The water of the Great Salt lake. Utah, is clear and transparent, with bottom of fine white sand and mar gin of incTosted salt. It is one of the purest and most concentrated primes in the whole world. It's waters give sus
 tenance to no living thing; there is not the smallest insect or worm to frighten the most timid bather, and tue bathing Is the most perfect sea aathfng in the whole of North Ameri> ca or in Europe. No human body can sink in it. One may actually walk the water. nc matter how deep it is. Your body will persisitently rise up, tha shoulders above the surface, or you may even sit down in 1t. It's wonder Kul buoyancy must be experienced to he realized. No knowledge of swim nigg is necessary; one may enter the lake without the slightest fear; all you have to do is to lie down and float. But to swim in 1t, that is an- other thing! When your hands are put under the water to take a stroke, ypur feet, like Banquo's ghost, will not go flown. It is impossible to keep more than one end of your body under water at time. You cannot swim, but if you are man you can float on your back, with your arms crossed under yolr head, and smoke your pipa or cigar with as much ease as if in your own room. The water is so salt Lat it cannot be swallowed without great danger of strangulation; small drop in the eye, too, gives much pain
 But, in spite of all the dangers, bath ing in the Great Salt lake is refreshing and invigorating, notwithstanding that the body must be rebathed in fresh water afterward to remove the im- mense quantity of salt which adheres to the skin. It is hard work to make any headway, even against the smallest waves. Nearly half a million people bathe in the Great Salt lake every year; they come from all over the world. and tourists are beginning to realize that Salt Lake City and the magnificent surroundings present the greatest scope of novelty, and is des'
 tined to be a leading watering place.
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MAR

Empire brick and itmhurgar cheese, ehe finest n the laHl. reeeiv. ed twice week ek.-Strauss < &lner. Al Mitchell, the popnlar M4in street eoHfeetisner, returned home today from lengthy ana ole 49ant visit to his old home It Pa inyfa. Mo.
 
 Mir. Ii. (. Daniels and daughters. Misses Emma and Cornte Bales. came down from Little Rock this morning to take in the Fair.
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Operations of Rubbish pestrostor.

Shoreditch Vestry G4ondon) has fur kished some interesting particulars Of the opeltl ns of it's rubbish l. C. tor. During the past twelve months 26000 tons of rubbish were burned. Of which 92 per cent was domestic ref SC, and from the process was Ge- veloped 1,03134S board of trade units of electricity for sale to consumers for lighting purposes. In addition to this there ' as sufficient electricity de- veloped to work the electric fans, lifts and truck of the destructive house and to light 1t. The c1inkers from the f'ir- naces were sold to make concrete, and the surplus steam was used at tLe pub lie wash houses, and also to heat the baths and free library.
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NOTCH RED MEN.

There will be special and impor- tant meeting Of Nepons+tt Tribe Ne. l9 called ar their Wigwam on oct. 24, at l o'clock D. m., for the purpose of welcoming our visiting brothers, their sqaaws and pappooses to our tepees and hunting grounds, and for a general pow-wow.
 A. !. THOMPSON. Saehem. A. E. SMITH. [. of k.
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Walker Drug Co, keep standing -aady at all times a horse and bi- ciele for quick delivery of auy thing ordered from them. "
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The Elephant's Revenge,

An extraordinary incident occIrred 1t the Jardin des Plantes. The elephant house adjoins that in which the camels are located, and young camel re- gently introduced had great attention lavished on him, to the neglect of a big elephant which had hitherto had most of the public favor in that quar- ter. The elephant grew more jealous day after day. and matters came to g climax when, failing to attract the at. tention of dainty little maiden who was caressing his young rival. the ele- phant filled his trunk with water and deluged the offending damsel from head to foot Chatterbox.
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~ hdrd,y CrpCCtcd to sec yOu again."
saSsins and murdcrers every time you
20 out to prayer meeting or make par
ish calls. How do you like your work
SO farT'
"Thcre is plenty of it," answered
Philip gravely. "A minister must be
made of cast iron and fire brick in or
der to stand the wear and tear of these
times in which we live. Id like Il
week to trade ideas with you and talk
over the work, Alfred"
"YcUd get the worst of the bar
gain
81 don't know about that. I'm not
doing any thinking lately. But now, as
we're going to be only 80 miles apart,
what's to hinder an exchange once in
awhile?"
"I'm agreeable to that" replied Phil
ip's chum; ION condition, however, that
you furnish me with gun and pay
all surgeons bills when 1 occupy your
pulpit"
"Done," said Philip, with grin. And
Just then Mrs. Strong forbade any
more talk. Alfred staid until the even-
ing train, and when he left he stopped
down and kissed Philips cheek. "It's
a custom we learned when In the Ger
man universities together that sum-
mer after college, you know" he ex-
planned, with the slightest possible
blush, when Mrs. Strong came in and
caught him in the act. 1t seemed to
her, however, like an affecting thing
that two big, grown up men like her
husband and his old chum showed
such tender affection for each other.
The love of men for men in the strong
friendship of school and college life is
one of the marks Of human divinity.
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almost as large as the laSt one he had
faced. And yet his " appearance
was a sermon in itseA against the in
stitution he had held up to public con.
demnatiOn on that occasion. His knee
wound proved very stubborn. and he
limpcd badly. That in itself spoke
eloquently of the dastardly attempt on
his life. His face was pale, and he
had grown thin. His shoulder was
stiff, and the enforced quietness of his
delivery contrasted strangely with his
customary fiery appearance on the
| platform. Altogether that first Sun
day Of his temperance in his pulpit
was Il stronger sermon against the Sa
loon than anything he could have spO
ken or written.
When the first Sunday in the next
month came on, Philip was more like
his old self. He had gathered strength
enough to go around two Sunday after
Moons and note for himself the desc.
Grafton Of the day as it went on reck
lessly. AS he saw it all 1t seemed 10
] him that the church in Milton was
practically doing nothing to stop the
evil. All the ministers complained Of
the difficulty of getting an evening CON
gregatiOn. Yet hundreds Of young.
people walked past all the churches
every Sunday night, bent on pleasur
going to the theaters or concerts o.
parties, which seemed to have no trou
BILE in attracting the crowd. Espe
cially was this true Of the foreign
! population, the working element con
nected with the mills. 1t was COM
mon occurrence for dog fights, cock
fights and shooting matches Of various
kinds to be going on in the tenement
district on Sunday, and the police
seemed powerless or careless in the
matter.
All this burned into Philip like|
molten metal, and when he faced bis
people on the Sunday which was be-
coming n noted Sunday for them he
Quivered with the earnsstness and
| thrill which always come to senstiye|
man when he feels sure he has Il ser
mon which must be preached and al
message which the people must hear
| for their lives.
lie took for text Chrst's words.
"The Sabbath was made for man. andI
at once defined its meaning as special
day.
"The true meaning of our modern|
Sunday may be summed up in two|
words-rest and worship. Under TIE
head Of rest may be gathered what
ever is needful for the proper and
healthful recuperation of ones phySr
al and mental powers, always regard
ing not simply our own ease and com
fort, but also the same right to rest Cl
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urday in my western parish, and was
just in the throes of packing up to
come on 10 Elmdale."
"Elmdale"
"Ies; I've had call there. So we
shall be neighbors. Mrs. Burke Is up
there now getting the house straighten-
ed out, and came right down here"
80 you are pastor Of the Chapel
Hill church? It's splendid opening
for young preacher Congratulations,
Alfred"
THANK you. Philip. BY the way, |
saw by the paper that you had declin-
ed call to Elmdale, so suppose they
pitched on me for second choice. You
never wrote me Of their call to YOU"
he said, little reproachfully.
"It didn't occur to me-" replied Phil
ip truthfully. But how are you 60
ing to like it? Isn't it rather a dull old
place"
YES, suspect it is, compared with
Milton. ! suppose you couldn't live
without the excitement Of lodging as
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CHAPTER VI.

In spite of his determination to get
Sunday Of the next month Philip was
reluctantly obliged to let five Sundays
20 by before he was able to preach.
During those six weeks his attention
was called to a subject which he felt
ought to be made the theme Of one of
his talks on Christ and Modern Socie-
ty." The leisure which he had for read
ing opened his eyes q the fact that
Sunday in Milton was terribly desecrat-
ed. Shops Of all kinds stood wide open.
Excursion trains ran into the large
city 40 miles away, two theaters were
always running with some variety
show, and the saloons, in violation Of
an ordinance forbidding 1t. unblushing-
| ly flung their doors open and did more
business on that day than any other.
AS Philip read the papers he noticed
that every Monday morning the police
court was more crowded with "drunks"
and "disorderlies" than on any other
day in the week, and the plain cause Of
it was the abuse Of the day before.
| In the summer time baseball games
were played in Milton on Sunday. In
the fall and winter very many people
spent their evenings in card playing
or aimlessly strolling up and down the
main street. These facts came to Phil
ip's knowledge gradually, and he was
not long in making up his mind that
Christ would not keep silent before the
facts. SO he carefully prepared a
plain statement Of his belief in Christ's
standing on the modern use Of Sun
day, and as on the other occasions
when he had spoken the first Sunday
in the month he cast out of his reckon
ing all thought Of the consequences.
His one purpose was to do just as, in
his thought of Christ, he would do
with that subject.
The people in Milton thought that
the first Sunday Philip appeared in his
pulpit he would naturally denounce the
saloon again. But when he finally re-
covered sufficiently to preach he de-
termined that for awhile he would say
nothing in the way Of sermons against
the whisky evil. He had great hor-
ror Of seeming to ride hobby, Of be-
ing man Of one idea and making peo-
pie tired Of him because he harped on
one string. He had uttered his de-
nunciation, and he would wait little
before he spoke again. The whisky
power was not the only bad thing in
Milton that needed to be attacked.
There were other things which must
be said. And so Philip limped into his
pulpit the third Sunday of the month
kna preached on a general theme, to
the disappointment Of great crowd
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treated by our best country physieiashIb Ia
several years but with little benefit. hao M
reading about your medicine for long "a 81
but hadn't much faith in 1t. Last spring
cluded would try It, and before mac cold4 I'D
Medical Discovery began to mend. -
tinued taking 1t until had taken &C. ~
bottles Took DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pelies M
Now feel like q new man, and can DO ID
a days work as any one" 81
DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sentp
on receipt of stamps to pay expens.
mailing only. Send Al one-cent ssau
for paper covered, or 81 stamps Tor g., ~
binding, to DR.. r. ". Pierce. Buffalo ;"
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uOCtOfS anu IlIe.
cines in vain. u
last they have bes'
induced to try d.
Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery, VII
the general re'aa y
experienced by M
who put this wonds'I
full medicine to tn'
test at oncs
and a speedy cure.
For coughs, bro1.
chial affections, weat,| !,
lungs, splitting. y
blood, an d oths'
diseases of the Of
gans of respirat,loN..ii y.
"Golden Nledl'S|
Discovery" is pr';s1|
tically a specific. n
always helps it Il
most always cures
VI had been trouss
with bron c hits N
catarrh of the head "
eight years {; had ses.
cough, and at times g
difficulty in breathl...
writes ]. w. Howef. HoD,.
Esq, Of Bigfall, Haiiess| Ha.,,ss|
Co., Tenn. "A poI,fI
Of the time my apPssS,s5
was poor and part o.
timeI was unable -
ANYTHING. I had "
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A SORRY SIGHT

It is, to see strong man shaken Ike
reed by paroxysm of coughing, whltl
leaves him gasping for breath. PeopD
have suffered with bronchial affection
for years, with obstinate, stubborn cougn
and growing weakness. They have the {:
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If Mrs. Pinkham's Compound will cure
such severe cases as this surely il
must be great medicine-is there
any sufferer foolish enough not TO
give it trial?
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LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. 6,97ol
"I had female COM
plants so bad that it
caused me to have
hysterical fits; have had
as many as nine in one
day.
"Five bottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
cured me and it has
been a year since l had
an attack.
rlrs. Edna Jackson,
Pearl, La.